Jim Adkins Telecaster?

giggsy

I'm after a tele... and I keep on coming back to this one. Anyone seen them locally? I can get one from musiciansfriend.com if need be.

Here's the ad speak:

When platinum-selling Jimmy Eat World guitarist and frontman Jim Adkins cheerfully challenged Fender by throwing down the gauntlet of designing his perfect electric guitar, a collaboration began that resulted in the Fender JA-90 Telecaster. Fender sat down with Adkins and went over his old Fender TC-90 spec by spec, making some important changes that subsequently produced this unique new model. The Jim Adkins Telecaster guitar has a mahogany neck set into a semi-hollow ash body, Seymour Duncan® Soapbar pickups, independent volume and tone controls, an Adjusto-Matic™ bridge and anchored tailpiece. The high-output Custom Soapbar SP90-3 pickup uses two large ceramic magnets for extra output, compressed dyanamics, and sharper attack. The full frequency response delivers extra punch. The Vintage Soapbar SP90-1 has short, wide bobbins for higher output and more powerful midrange than Strat or Tele single-coils. The tone is sweet and smooth. Sweetness, indeed!

Body: Semi-hollow ash
Finish: Polyurethane
Neck: Mahogany, set neck
Fingerboard: Rosewood, 12" radius (305 mm)
No. of Frets: 22 medium jumbo
Scale Length: 24.75 (62.9mm)
Nut Width: 1.650", (42mm)
Hardware: Chrome
Tuning Keys: Fender® cast/sealed
Bridge: Adjusto-matic™ bridge with anchored tailpiece
Pickguard: 3-ply Black/White/Black
Pickups: Seymour Duncan® Custom Soapbar SP90-3 & Vintage Soapbar SP90-1
Pickup Switching: 3-position toggle
Controls: 2 volume and tone
Strings: Fender Standard Tension ST250L, Nickel Plated Steel, (.009
to .042)

And here's what it looks like

Bob-Dubery

I have no particular gripe with that guitar, and it looks very lekker and so on. However, it's NOT going to sound that much like a "proper" telecaster. So if you want that classic tele sound then maybe you want to consider something else. If something tele-shaped, with a tune-o-matic style bridge, P90s and a glued in neck floats your boat then go for it.

giggsy

Yeah, I'm not really after the 'classic tele sound'. The majority of tele players I like dont have that sound either, actually far from it. There's something I like about this guitar but I am not sure what - being a semi-hollow body is also a plus for me. But I'd obviously rather play one first before deciding than ordering 'blind' from overseas

epictring

I also looked at this one a while back but rather decided on a 72 reissue. Keep in mind hollow bodies tend to feedback easier than solid body's.

They look awesome though ?

nicovlogg

There are a few variations on this theme, I've seen one or two floating around that looked cool. Very cool looking guitar in my opinion! The original TC-90 is also worth checking out.

Banditman

X-Rated Bob's right: it's not going to give you a traditional / classic Tele sound.

Played one in my local guitar shop, and it's a really nice guitar in it's own right. Tele-ish, but with its own vibe. Nice feel, nice weight, pretty versatile tonally, and not different just for the sake of being different. I liked it but if you can get your hands on one before buying, that's always the best way to go.

I think the local guys still have theirs up for sale. It's in the trans red stain finish. PM me if you want their number.

giggsy

Banditman wrote: X-Rated Bob's right: it's not going to give you a traditional / classic Tele sound.

Played one in my local guitar shop, and it's a really nice guitar in it's own right. Tele-ish, but with its own vibe. Nice feel, nice weight, pretty versatile tonally, and not different just for the sake of being different. I liked it but if you can get your hands on one before buying, that's always the best way to go.

I think the local guys still have theirs up for sale. It's in the trans red stain finish. PM me if you want their number.

Thanks man, appreciate the feedback - can you recall what the sticker price was just so I know what I am in for? Unfortunately just the black for me for some reason 8)

Jayhell

When I saw JImi Eat World, the guy actually played this one. I remember drooling over it... NICE!