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Yes, this is one big difference between the Tribute series from Asia and the USA models. With the Fullerton models you also get to specify any belly/forearm contouring, and a lot more. But I took mine on trade, and felt I got the better end of everything, so I’m learning to live with it. Definitely going with mediums on my build.
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04-02-2021 05:15 PM
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The vintage frets are more to my taste at 0,043 height as opposed to 0.057 for the medium jumbo - that's very close to what I have on my 1961 ES-175D in terms of hight. The downside going custom shop is the additional cost of shipping to Europe and import duties, so I'd prefer to find something that can be bought directy from a European (non-UK since Brexit) supplier or shop. If I can't source anything in a tele shape my fallback 2xP90 could be the new Gibson ES-330 Slim Harpo "Lovell" for which I am awaiting quotes from the European shops...... not a tele but a really nice piece of kit from the looks of it
Last edited by Ray175; 04-04-2021 at 04:32 AM.
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It took about a year but I finally got all the parts together for my dream build!
MJT alder body, Warmoth roasted maple neck (fatback contour), McNelly bliss pickups, Rutters bridge and saddles, mostly fender for all the little parts.
And here’s the preliminary fitting:
This is my main player I’ve had for several years now. Squier body, allparts fat neck, Bill Lawrence Keystone pickups, 4-way switch.
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My Tele - weight 8 lb
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anyone here using the gibson scale conversion neck by warmoth? I always wanted to try a tele with a shorter scale and flatter radius, but almost 400 euro (shipping/taxes) is a lot for just a fun experiment.. But i recently sold the guitar pedals that i stopped using, were hidden in my closet (some i even forgot i had) and which resulted in a surprising amount of guitar money
So now i’m tempted again..
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I haven't tried Warmoth conversion necks, but I have conversion necks from Musikraft, which I love, and Best Guitar Parts, which are my favorite. They bring my Telecasters closer in feel to my ES-335, which was my goal.
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I thought this might interest folks here, I review I just did for the Donner DJC-1000S.
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Yeah, the intonation surprised me as well, I can only imagine these guitars are machine cut with laser precision which in the past may have been a costly and complicated procedure but now is apparently achievable at low cost. I really struggled to find an out-of-tune note on this guitar as you saw.
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I have one on a Strat, roasted maple with roasted maple fingerboard so it didn't need to be finished. Feels great under the hand. I've had it for 5 years or so, very stable. Smelled amazing when it was unboxed, sort of like a smoky maple-y incense, but that didn't last.
it also changes the sound of the instrument. Less twang, rounder highs. I liked that, but putting one on a Tele or Strat will shift the tone somewhat.
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I love my Hanh model "C", made out of sugar pine, light, resonant, and a delight to play. The pickups on this one are custom (Jazz-Tele) pickups by Pete Biltoft from Vintage Vibe Guitars. The neck has a very thick, girthy, fat tone!
Cheers,
Arnie...
Just upgraded the Neck PU to a Pete Biltoft Custom CC without modifications!
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Last edited by arnie65; 05-24-2021 at 08:30 AM.
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My weapons of choice
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I have. I put a Warmoth conversion neck on my first partscaster on the advice of another builder because I have exceedingly short fingers. I went with their "modern" neck with a 10"-16" compound radius. I works fine, I think it was over $300 USD with the options I wanted (ebony FB, pearl dots, EVO gold frets). String tension is lower on the short scale, so I actually played 11s on it for awhile. "Balanced Tension" strings are also a good option for short scale guitars. Ultimately, I found myself want the snap and tension of a regular scale and built myself another with different pickups. I did stay with the modern, compound radius neck again. Warmoth necks are great, it's too bad they cost so much to get over there. Cheers RB
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Jim Campilongo sorry bad spelling but the name on the headstock of your new guitar is a very interesting player mixing country with jazz very eclectic.
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My tele is a Nash with Lollar med wind Imperials and rosewood finger board and I love it quite a bit. Lite relic sky blue color. I use nickel 11s and tune it down a half step to get a Ted Green vibe.
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Here's my new tele i bough couple of weeks ago. 98 nocaster. Thinner neck then what you would expect from a nocaster.
Needed to get used to it but really liking it now.
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Has anyone tried the new-ish FLUENCE "Gristle Tone" Tele pickups by Fishman ? What I've heard + read so far is making me very interested but - as usual - the clips on youtube do NOT help to form an opinion on the clean/warm/UN-distorted tonal character of these units. I was hoping they could replace the DiMarzio AREA pickups in my Tele with which I'm increasingly dissatisfied these days ...
Please share your experiences !
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