Natural ash tele - pics added - GuitarTalk Community

chris77 · 2010-09-28T19:00:57+00:00

I am 90% sure I'm getting this. http://www.amazon.com/Fender-Standard-Electric-Natural-Fretboard/dp/B001OICCRQ It's a fender special run for Guitarcentre a...

Natural ash tele - pics added

chris77

Its not even more expensive than what I could get a new mim tele for locally. It works out about the same. So ja I agree, if you can, get a guitar locally and support the stores. The only reason I brought her in is I love the natural ash look, and the fsr mim is the cheapest way to get one. Std mim's dont come in natural ash. Might just be the gushing praises of a new parent, but man, the wait was worth it. Lovely, lovely guitar. The body is a bit darker than I expected and the maple neck is a lovely whitish colour that contrasts beautifully with it. The grain is also what I hoped for - its a 3pce body, but the grains blend well. Will post some pics this weekend. I've already got a couple of mods in mind though. I have a black pickguard and a mia string tee that will be fitted when time permits. Then I would like to swop the bridge to a vintage one with brass saddles and get a seventies F-style neckplate as well. All in all it will still come in way cheaper than even a used mia tele, plus I get to tinker with it a bit?

chris77

Oki dokes... some pics.

Bodyshot. The tortoiseguard is actually nice...but the bridge will have to go. Also the knobs are a bit shiny and quite coarse. I will be looking at a vintage style bridge with brass sadles and replacement knobs I think.

The neck is lovely. Currently the guitar is fitted with a set of 9's and it plays like a dream. I have been fitting my other electrics with 10's and 12's for a while now, but the 9's really makes it a pleasure to play and I think I will go back to them, in time, on my other electrics as well.

the back

the small fender Special Edition sticker on the back of the headstock

I just placed the black pickguard over the tortoise one to get an idea of how it will look.

makepeace

absolute beauty. natural finishes are great, and it looks like you got lucky with the figuring. nice ?

nick

Vintage style bridge and the black guard 8) Nice guitar!

racman

Looks very cool Chris - congrats !!

kayDUB

Looks very good! Personally I wouldn't touch the tortoiseshell pickguard, looks awesome!

needleshy

looks rad, i put some of those teflon saddles on mine and they are much better that the original saddles. never tried brass ones though. i think the black pickguard is looking good on it, but so does the other.

what kinda music you playing?

MIKA-the-better-one

Super nice guitar...... nice and simple in appearence..... and very sweet sounding i expect....... The natural finish always looks cool on teles...... not so much strats... but teles they really go well with

Norman86

Very nice! ?

chris77

Thanks for the comments guys. Needleshy - I play a bit of bad rock, blues, pop and whatever else I can, except metal or shred. Not that I wouldn't want to, I just can't. :-S The neck pup is o.k and the middle position is great for clean tones, but the bridge is a killer hey. Lots of growl and bite without losing clarity. So far I love her. A lot.
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Sebber

Awesome score, she's a beaut! At first I thought the tortoise shell pick guard looked great, but then I saw that last pic with the black, that's the way I'd go. I see a tele control plate that needs reversing though...

deefstes

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's guitar :'(

chris77

Yup, the black guard is my favourite as well. @Sebber - what do you mean by reversing the control plate? I'm not too clued up on Teles yet....:$

infernox

That is actually hot. and the pick ups, sound good?

Sebber

chris77 wrote: Yup, the black guard is my favourite as well. @Sebber - what do you mean by reversing the control plate? I'm not too clued up on Teles yet....:$

Like my Muddy Waters Tele. I've got a wayward strumming hand that permanently knocks the Tele pickup selector switch so I reversed the control plate and swapped the Volume and Tone pots round, much easier for violining and downright impossible to change pickups by mistake. I much prefer Teles like this:

deefstes

Sebber wrote:Like my Muddy Waters Tele. I've got a wayward strumming hand that permanently knocks the Tele pickup selector switch so I reversed the control plate and swapped the Volume and Tone pots round, much easier for violining and downright impossible to change pickups by mistake.

OK, my turn, what is "violining" please?

Sebber

deefstes wrote:
Sebber wrote:Like my Muddy Waters Tele. I've got a wayward strumming hand that permanently knocks the Tele pickup selector switch so I reversed the control plate and swapped the Volume and Tone pots round, much easier for violining and downright impossible to change pickups by mistake.
OK, my turn, what is "violining" please?

Violining is the timeless art of hammering on a note when you guitar's volume is all the way down, then, while you keep the note fretted, quickly max the volume knob on the guitar: it sounds sort of violin-like because you don't get any of the usual attack you get when picking a string. If you're quick on the guitar's volume control you can play whole solos like this. It sounds best with some distortion/overdrive and some reverb or echo.

Typically I find violining easiest on Strats, but if you reverse the control plate on a Tele like mine then the guitar's volume control is much easier to access with your picking hand.

deefstes

Sebber wrote:Violining is the timeless art of hammering on a note when you guitar's volume is all the way down, then, while you keep the note fretted, quickly max the volume knob on the guitar: it sounds sort of violin-like because you don't get any of the usual attack you get when picking a string. If you're quick on the guitar's volume control you can play whole solos like this. It sounds best with some distortion/overdrive and some reverb or echo.

Typically I find violining easiest on Strats, but if you reverse the control plate on a Tele like mine then the guitar's volume control is much easier to access with your picking hand.

Fascinating! Thanks. You wouldn't have links to any Youtube videos illustrating this perhaps?

Sebber

deefstes wrote:
Sebber wrote:Violining is the timeless art of hammering on a note when you guitar's volume is all the way down, then, while you keep the note fretted, quickly max the volume knob on the guitar: it sounds sort of violin-like because you don't get any of the usual attack you get when picking a string. If you're quick on the guitar's volume control you can play whole solos like this. It sounds best with some distortion/overdrive and some reverb or echo.

Typically I find violining easiest on Strats, but if you reverse the control plate on a Tele like mine then the guitar's volume control is much easier to access with your picking hand.
Fascinating! Thanks. You wouldn't have links to any Youtube videos illustrating this perhaps?

I don't have access to Youtube from inside my work network but if I Google "violining" the first Youtube link that Google returns looks to be a video of someone violining on a Strat.