Black top Tele

DonovanB

I jammed on one of these when I was checking out that Ibanez amp.

What a beauty...

Hammeron

Donovan Banks wrote: I jammed on one of these when I was checking out that Ibanez amp.

What a beauty...

You know how my taste runs....but she is damn fine.
The pups don't look traditional, or is it just me?

DonovanB

Nope, teles normally have a single coil and a lipstick pup.

This one was amazing. Also played very well.

Ray

Dunno about the lipstick? Two single coils?

Bob-Dubery

Ray wrote: Dunno about the lipstick? Two single coils?

Perhaps Don refers to the traditional skinny, encased Tele neck pickup.

giggsy

Ooh - I like that - even the subtle differences like the knobs.

DonovanB

My bad,
One of these

makepeace

ya. although lipstick pups are also single coils, they're another thing completely..

nick

Ive always wanted to try out one of the 'buckered Teles ?

Jack-Flash-Jr

It's pretty as hell. I'd love to put a humbucker in the bridge position on my tele but can't get my head around the ashtray issue...

singemonkey

Jack Flash Jr wrote: It's pretty as hell. I'd love to put a humbucker in the bridge position on my tele but can't get my head around the ashtray issue...

Why not just put it in the neck? Or you can put a hot-rails type humbucker in there?

Don't you need to replace the neck on yours first anyway? ?

Keira-WitherKay

Jack Flash Jr wrote: It's pretty as hell. I'd love to put a humbucker in the bridge position on my tele but can't get my head around the ashtray issue...

they make a stacked humbucker called a lil 59...(supposed to be a copy of gibson 59 les paul pup.they make the usual humbuckers but call the stacked one the "lil" 59) ) ... which fits tele's an strats with no mods ...... seymour duncan i believe makes em ......

Highway-Chile

yeah they seem like really nice guitars. Of course the first thing I would loose is the skirted knobs. Those suckers are fugly! Belong on an amp, not a guitar......LOL....what do they have an excess of those and they are trying to get rid of them?

I actually have been diggin' on the idea of getting the Blacktop Jaguar. At like $400 and change they are a great value.

I like this guy's plying also.

singemonkey

Highway Chile wrote:

Jack. I think you need to own this guitar.

Jack-Flash-Jr

singemonkey wrote:
Highway Chile wrote:
Jack. I think you need to own this guitar.

Stop trying to feed my GAS >☹

That said, I've suddenly got a serious eye on that Jag! If I can get my neck issues sorted out in the tele I might invest in a stacked HB... bridge position is most important for the sound I like...

ezietsman

They have these at Marshall in Tokai and Cape Town, Played one, quite nice, much like a Tele-shaped LP really. Nothing particularly special about it.

Roberto

Actually tried one for the first time yesterday and was impressed. Have two strats and prefer Fender neck, scale-length and playability to LP style so was nice to pick something up that felt familiar but produced good heavey tones. This is definitely only to be purchased once I have a true twangy Tele in the stable though!

arjunmenon

ezietsman wrote: They have these at Marshall in Tokai and Cape Town, Played one, quite nice, much like a Tele-shaped LP really. Nothing particularly special about it.

'Nuff said. I've played one at the Marshall in Retreat and dare i say they don't have the X factor that Teles have going for them.
Imagine a Les Paul with 3 single coils.

chris77

I've been having nasty thoughs about getting a black one and pimping it up.... Firstly, the knobs will have to make way for plain chrome ones instead. Then some GT style racing stripes in a dark gun-metal grey. Maybe even some smoked chrome hardware.... Not too serious about it at the moment, but a real probability if the opportunity presents itself ?