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It appears to me that everything you said has a good point.
Sure enough, if one goes the partscaster route one takes the risk to loose it pretty much all since nobody will go for your personal partscaster that you yourself rejected for anything close to what you have in it (but I never have and never will buy a guitar with the idea of resale value).
My personal score is four good ones out of five ... the fifth one was when I went too far astray from the classical designs without knowing what I was doing (a guitar with more than fifty different sounds ... all of them somewhat ok, none of them great). My loss, lesson learned. The others are pretty close to classic Strats and Teles and I really like them. It takes time to understand what one likes
good luck! I am out of this thread ...
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04-15-2018 05:30 PM
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I stand by my original post on one of your other threads...
Originally Posted by Jehu
And although many on this forum may think it is silly vanity, at his age the name on the headstock is likely to be important to him. Also, if someday he realises that he just plain doesn't like it, it will be much easier to sell/trade a good Fender than a random partscaster.
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Methinks you may be overthinking this and overloading the expectations, making a choice impossible. Teles are a simole tool and they are more alike than they are different.
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By the time you figure out which guitar to buy your son will have caught the harmonica bug.
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Very happy with my Warmoth.
I like Jeff's idea. Get a loaded body and add a Warmoth neck.
(FWIW, I decided to go the Warmoth route because I couldn't find a good Tele with a P-90 in it. Having built the thing, I'm now wondering why anybody would use anything else.)
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Originally Posted by Boston Joe
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Originally Posted by Razorbackjazz
My best advice would be to buy something within the budget, then tweak it to serve your needs.
Sometimes something as simple as a different set of strings will change the tonal character of a Guitar.
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Mate, cut through all the niff naff and trivia, Fender Baja Telecasters.
The maple fingerboard has a wide nut/fingerboard.
The rose wood fingerboard has a narrower nut/fingerboard.
Choose the one that's comfortable.
Loads of switchable tones, there's even a mode that turns both pickups into series for a louder humbucker tone.
One day I'll get me a maple necked Baja.
Don't over think. That just clouds the mind.
Expensive teles don't always equate to value.
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I have a Baja tele that played so nice I put a barrel bridge, bone nut, 4 way switch, and texas specials in it.
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Originally Posted by Razorbackjazz
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Razorback, I count at least 3 people that say you’re overthinking this. Count me as the 4th. The general consensus is: get a new or used American Tele and swap the neck pickup out for a humbucker. If you buy from Sweetwater you’ll be assigned your own personal sales rep who will be more than happy to pick the best one out for you. They may even do the pickup swap—wouldn’t hurt to ask. Only make sure to not get a vintage Tele, as it will come with the 7.25” radius. I happen to believe that starting last year Fender is producing some of their best guitars and basses in a long time.
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Originally Posted by jgs2n
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Great choice.
Tell him to play the hell out of it!
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Originally Posted by Razorbackjazz
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Originally Posted by Razorbackjazz
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Originally Posted by Boston Joe
Here’s a photo of my son’s new guitar.
The good man on Reverb came down from $1475 to $1275. Now we wait.
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That otta get you into the ballpark ---- ish. LOL
Hopefully your young son won't be too into stickers, custom paint, relic-ing and such . . .
But seriously, I'm sure it's going to be a great telecaster. So many of them are
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Razorback--
1. I hope we're never driving around together and I ask you "where do you want to eat?"
2. You did well, that's an outstanding guitar. I hope we helped more than confused in the process.
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
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Originally Posted by El Fundo
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Sweet... nice axe! That's the classic look, so it will never go out of style.
You might want to spring for some nice, compensated saddles at some point. I like the Rutters straight-comp saddles, but I know a lot of people like Glendale.
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Fender’s Vintage Hot Rod Series was just too good to be true. I remember thinking something was up when they jacked the prices up to over $2000 a couple of years after I bought my Hot Rod Strat (I paid $1500 for it). They really are more in the area of a serious boutique instrument. I have a student who has several custom shop Strats and Teles that I’ve never been that impressed with. None play and sound like my Strat did. I’m sure there must have been some head-butting going on at Fender over that series. I’m confident that you need not worry about it being anything less than stellar at all points. That is absolutely the best choice you could have made and I’m sure your son will be ecstatic!
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That looks like a bullseye! Congratulations!
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
The Strat body that I got on ebay from a guy whose name is analogous to "telosphere" was advertised as being brand-new American Special, but it arrived with body scratches, a dented-up neckplate (where it looked like a power tool had skipped out of the neck screws at least 3 times) and some of the parts had been swapped-out. (!) When I contacted him he proceeded to ignore all of my emails, and was uncooperative when ebay stepped in. I would proceed with caution when it comes to buying a fully populated body on ebay. My experience with one of the biggest purveyors of loaded fender bodies on ebay was bad. He isn't someone I'd recommend.
The custom W neck that I bought was nice -- very nice. It had only one flaw -- the last fret wasn't installed properly. When it was pressed in, it looks like it was pressed in too hastily, as the tang deformed a bit and the body of the fret seated closer to the headstock on the treble side than on the bass side. The result was that the fret spacing was unequal between the E and e. It's plainly visible, and it measures significantly different with calipers, but I didn't worry about it because I doubt hat I'll ever need the last fret, and if I'm up that high then I'll probably be bending. Other than that, the neck was flawless. I'd highly recommend W.
Of course, putting everything together is a bit more complicated than just bolting the neck to the body, installing a nut and installing tuners. I had to drill indexing holes to mount my tuners, and I had to file the nut. There will always be some fine-tuning when it comes to fitment and setup, so if the OP isn't experienced in doing this then he'd be well advised to get some help to assure the best possible result. It would make for a great father-son project.
edit: fixed a typoLast edited by BeBob; 04-20-2018 at 05:15 PM.
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Buy a Fender Standard Tele. Rosewood or maple, your son’s preference. Drop a noiseless pickup into the neck. A J. Barden will do it. Have a tech level the frets and set it up properly. Done.
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