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Originally Posted by Hep To The Jive
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01-07-2016 02:22 AM
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I found this chart maybe you can send it to companies to show what you want.
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Originally Posted by Hep To The Jive
If you're checking out necks to make a 'Bitsa' Tele you should check out the Squire Vintage Vibe necks. Perfectly good and less coin.
Talking about Squire necks check out the J Mascis Jazzmaster neck, it is quite wide and full in the hand (Ooer!).
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give me a baseball bat U shape neck any time .... takes a few days to get used to if you usually play modern tele necks ....well it did for me when i got my 1st one ........but once you made that adjustment it just feels perfect .... and the necks you been liking feel like toy instruments ... and a big fat neck usually translates into a big tone too... the neck plays a huge role in tone somewhat more than we give it credit for
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I'm with Keira on the big U neck for Telecasters. +1
Say, the Guthrie Trapp piece reminds me of the late Danny Gatton, if he were playing an Umphrey's Mcgee chart.
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Originally Posted by jazzbow
I remember on Guild website a neck I think is the same profile described as soft U, so maybe that's better than D for description.
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Keith's playing on Jobim's "Meditation" is excellent. The tone he gets from the Telecaster is superb. You simply cannot go wrong with a Telecaster.
Two years ago, I owned two...now: none! I am going to have to do something about that.
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Originally Posted by Greentone
Check out the Fender Baja Tele's they have a nice chunky neck and being a MIM model they are only $700 or less if you find a close-out like I did. Put a Joe Barton bridge plate on and you have an amazing guitar for under a grand.
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Nothing against the bridge pup, but jazz is about the neck pup. Has anyone put in a second "~neck" pup hard by the first one, for variety? Like having a P-90 and a HB?
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Here's my latest Tele, I found a deal on it a Fender FSR Baja Tele in gold metal flake finish. I love the Baja Tele neck a Soft-V not quite as big as the U neck, but has the flatter 9.5 radius versus the 7.5.
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This has been my #1 for quite a while. I added the humbucker.
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Originally Posted by morroben
Can you practice acoustically with it, and hear it better than a Tele without the F-hole?
How is it for non-fusion jazz?
Does the humbucker make a big difference for jazz than the original pickup?
TIA
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Originally Posted by sgcim
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Originally Posted by Greentone
Keith
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Anybody know about Blade guitars? Made in Korea, finished in Switzerland. I saw a few of them in a store today, two strats and one tele (I'm considering buying a tele this year). Visually they just oozed quality.
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I wish this tele was mine:
I recently stumbled upon Uncle Doug's videos. Most are about vintage tube amps, very informative and interesting!
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I finally put my Tele, which I bought new in 1998 or so, on consignment in my town. Now that I no longer play rockabilly and play jazz only, I have no further use for such a crude instrument.
Have yet to buy an archtop, but in the mean time, I'm very pleased to be playing jazz on a Breedlove.
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Don't do it!!!
My tele was my main guitar for 15 years...then I got into jazz, and thought I needed an archtop...and I bought and sold a few, kept a few...tried a semi hollow...but a few years later, the tele was my main axe again, and still is right now. I like my other guitars too...but my tele's going NOWHERE.
Every guitar player should have one.
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yeah teles are the best, I'm gonna hang out at tdpri til I'm sick of teles
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Originally Posted by Ghostofachance
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Originally Posted by m_d
A guitar teacher of mine had one of their Strats--this is about twenty years ago--and it looked, felt and sounded great. I was occasionally allowed to play it. At the time I had a US made G&L Climax, which was a also a great guitar, and IMO the Blade was of a similar quality. And FWIW I'm a big G&L fan.
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
Lorne Lofsky?
Strat, or tele?
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Lorne has been playing an Ibanez for a long time. He used EMG pickups, IIRC. He had a longstanding musical relationship with Ed Bickert; they put out a few albums together.
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Being a primarily jazz-like guitarist, I've been building a nice collection of guitars that suit my tastes and style of playing.
I realized that I was missing something...A TELECASTER!
So, while I'm killing time, stuck here in Boca Raton for a month, as my Lady Friend studies classical piano, I got to try out 10 different telecasters from several dealers. After extensive auditions, the winner is:
I have to say, I bonded with this MIM FSR Tele almost immediately. There were 2 available and this was the winner. I must admit, I really really wanted to love the AVRI 52 or the more expensive American models, but bottom line, this one nailed it for me! Especially now that I strung it with 49-11s, a super light gauge for me, as I'm used to 56-13s, but perfect on this guitar! 😄
I MAY want to change the neck pickup. I'll have to wait until I get home and play it through my amps. Thinking it might need a little warmer, smoother sounding pup.
Any thoughts/recommendations?Last edited by gspirro1; 02-02-2016 at 12:21 PM.
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Originally Posted by gspirro1
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