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Wait! I was wrong. It was another seller that’s accepting offers.
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04-09-2018 05:27 PM
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Can’t go wrong with a fender that he likes and plays well. Go to guitar stores and let him play everything that catches his eye. Doesn’t one of the Iron Maiden dudes play a Strat? The other half of the electric guitar equation is an amp. That’s a whole other thread with everyone having their own opinion. Lots of options- - you are only limited by his tastes and your wallet. Used- you could score a decent amp that would do jazz and rock (with a pedal) and a guitar for less than 1,000. American stuff is nice, but don’t discount the Asian and Mexican fenders.
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And speaking of Teles...
Telecaster love thread, no Archtops allowed
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Teenagers & Telecasters!! Oh my!
I wish you & your son all the best with this.
In this link the 'touched buy the hand of God' Mr. Jack Pearson explains his predilection for "Squire" guitars,
particularly the Indonesian variety.
I would suggest that you & your son familiarize yourselves with Mr. Pearson's performances & interviews (Youtube)
if you have not already; very worthwhile.
My point is you can get a very good guitar for performance that isn't too precious while saving money for
a more informed-by-experience choice a little later. Also, there is dough left over for a first rate setup.
I'm no Pearson but I sold my lovely "Hot Rod Red' American Standard Strat to a pal and kept my
my five pound (!) Indonesian Strat so you might say I practice what I preach.
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Originally Posted by El Fundo
Hmm. In my HS jazz band we covered the range of Jones/Lewis, Basie, Foster, Nestico, etc. No fluff. In fact, after my first rehearsal, the director and the drummer told me to go get a Basie record with Freddie Greene so I'd know what to do.
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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Used market is where you get most for your buck ... else an am special
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Originally Posted by Razorbackjazz
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Love it! This would be great advice for any kid starting out and interested in many different styles.
Of course, the best guitar is the one he will play...
My Tele is a bit of a mongrel--started out with a MIM body and Warmouth neck--but I will second the idea that even the Squiers offer a lot of bang for the buck. A good friend of mine just got a 2-HB Suhr thinline which is beautiful and sounds great, but maybe a bit expensive for your needs.
One thought if you find a comfortable guitar but want something mellower in the neck position is to change out the pickup to a SD Alnico 2. Perfect for jazz.
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Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
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Originally Posted by Razorbackjazz
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Or you could get something like this (although I’m not sure if the pickups are the same size as standard humbuckers in case you decide to swap neck pup out for a Duncan):
Fender American Pro Telecaster(R) Deluxe ShawBucker™, Rosewood Fingerboard, Candy Apple Red
I bet those Shawbuckers are awesome though. Tim Shaw redesigned all of Fender’s pickups. I know I love the ones in my Strat.
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Baja telecaster. Done.
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There are a lot of teles in your price range and lower. I'd take him to Guitar Center and let him go at 'em. Let him pick the one that sings to him. That'll be the best guitar.
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Originally Posted by El Fundo
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Steve Cropper at left. Cab Calloway at center!
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Originally Posted by Sam Sherry
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For me it would be a Tele with a humbucker at the neck or a Nashville pickup arrangement.
I believe that almost all Fender Teles are already routed to accept a neck humbucker, all you'd need would be a new pickguard. But be watchful, you'll have to know what mounting-hole spacing you'll need for the particular model - the English and metric version pickguard mounting screwholes are at slightly different locations.
A very good choice IMO would be a Nashville Tele, particularly if a slightly brighter/chimier neck-plus-middle tone is useful to him. This might be a particularly good choice since it has a swimming-pool rout and so is very easy to mod. That is, if he doesn't like the three-pickup arrangement it's very easy to convert to a humbucker at the neck. Another reason the Nashville might be a good choice is that the fingerboard radius is 12", which many seem to find works well for chording.
So my choice woud be a Nashville Tele, around $800. Available with either maple or pao ferro fingerboard
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Originally Posted by dconeill
I stopped buying teles a few years back when I finally pieced together the "perfect" (for me) telecaster...I don't know if things have changed on more recent models, but my experience was very much the opposite when I was buying and gutting telecasters for a few years--surprisingly few were routed for neck humbuckers.
The Nashville tele, I do know, has a "swimming pool" rout...meaning the most versatile of teles can be made even moreso!
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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Originally Posted by Razorbackjazz
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Originally Posted by El Fundo
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I build guitars so maybe my perspective is skewed. But for about $1,200 you can have pretty much any feature you want custom ordered in a Warmoth parts caster build. All you would need is a screwdriver, a little time, and a pro setup when you were done. I mean ANYTHING you want. Flame maple with a purple burst, if that is your fancy. And if you are a little flexible you can probably mate an existing body and neck from their stock, add all the bits and pieces, and have at it for $700. That's a LOT less than $2,000. I wouldn't want to build an acoustic guitar without guidance, tools, etc. But a plank guitar? That's a big premium for it to say "Fender" on the headstock. A little DIY bonding (QT with your son) will give you HIS guitar that will always be the one he built with good 'ole dad. Heck, you might like the process so much you make yourself one and still be under the $2K budget!
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Originally Posted by rlrhett
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Originally Posted by customxke
Inexpensive ES175 Near Sacramento
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