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Q: About one of Eddie's Guitars

americanpsycboyamericanpsycboy Posts: 4
edited June 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
My 10 year old son is on a mission to find out what kind of guitar Eddie used on SNL. It's the black & white electric w/circles and an arrow. Any or all info. would be appreciated. He's also curious as to if Eddie designed (decorated) it himself, whether those are decals, or paint, etc., or he has someone do that for him. Not my area of expertise -- I just love the music.

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  • senninsennin Posts: 2,146
    was it this one?

    http://pearljam.com/i/tourphotos/20060513/7.jpg

    Fender Telecaster.....'63?

    Looks like he used a marker on it.
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    upon further review of the tape, the arrow appears to be just electricians tape, and i have no idea what kind of guitar it is, but i think ed would have done that himself, i cant see him saying to someone, "arrow and a circle, thats what i want for the snl show"

    (its okay if you dont even have a son and just want to make your guitar like that, i understand.)
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  • moster78moster78 Posts: 1,591
    We had a thread post-SNL dissecting every bit of gear we could identify, as it was the first time seeing the boys live in awhile.

    Its a Fender Telecaster with a P-90 pickup in the neck postion, not sure on the color of it, as some of it looks all sparkly. Not sure if the arrow and circle are tape or marker, but I think its Ed's way of saying, The Who sticker would go there. He had the RAF bullseye sticker on his Teal SG during the 2003 tour. I have a sticker just like it (Thanks Dunkman!) but just can't bring myself to stick it on my axe, a Teal SG as well.
  • senninsennin Posts: 2,146
    oooo....I actually might have a picture I took last year at a small club show in seattle....
  • senninsennin Posts: 2,146
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  • m0jorisenm0jorisen Posts: 516
    It’s a Fender Telecaster.
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    m0jorisen wrote:
    It’s a Fender Telecaster.



    indeed, and customized a bit, I assume he probably has a Lindy Fralin P90 installed because that's whats in the Gibson SG.

    http://www.fralinpickups.com might help. http://www.fralinpickups.com/p90s.asp

    also check out http://www.giventowail.com
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  • House53House53 Posts: 1,276
    sennin wrote:
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    Great Pictures here!! Looks like you had good seats... lol
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  • sandozsandoz Posts: 166
    http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=B7F644207DA191D9


    sorry it's a DL, can't find a way to put this one by another way.
    Can you tell me if it works. thanks.
  • casper leblanccasper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    Works fine. How the hell did you take that picture so close?

    As for the guitar: that bulls eye and the arrow look very tinkerish. Probably just Ed messing around with it.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    sennin wrote:
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    What show was this?
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  • senninsennin Posts: 2,146
    http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Mexican-Telecaster-standard-black-tele-2003_W0QQitemZ7419894639QQihZ016QQcategoryZ38083QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

    just pop on some new pickups and some sparkly stuff. :p

    :)
  • senninsennin Posts: 2,146
    keeponrockin wrote:
    What show was this?

    School of Rock (notice that Ed's playing with a bunch of kids). Neumo's in Seattle, 2005.

    http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/goodtruant/Neumos

    a bunch of other pics here ^
  • WindNoSailWindNoSail Posts: 580
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    indeed, and customized a bit, I assume he probably has a Lindy Fralin P90 installed because that's whats in the Gibson SG.

    http://www.fralinpickups.com might help. http://www.fralinpickups.com/p90s.asp

    also check out http://www.giventowail.com

    so is the p90 put in place of another pickup like the lipstick style? I assume you would have to bore out the space to fit it? Is that hard?
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  • moster78moster78 Posts: 1,591
    WindNoSail wrote:
    so is the p90 put in place of another pickup like the lipstick style? I assume you would have to bore out the space to fit it? Is that hard?

    It might actually have the space in the body anyway, since the pickups mount to the pickguard, so you'd just need a new pickguard. If it did need body routing, leave it to the pros.

    I know my strat, despite having all single coils, has body routing for a humbucker in the bridge, and possibly the neck.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    My dad got his HB taken out and a P-90 put in his tele. He had to make the hole slighly wider and put a new pickgaurd on. Sounds awesome!
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • senninsennin Posts: 2,146
    sennin wrote:
    http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Mexican-Telecaster-standard-black-tele-2003_W0QQitemZ7419894639QQihZ016QQcategoryZ38083QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

    just pop on some new pickups and some sparkly stuff. :p

    :)

    oops.....I won this auction!

    :p
  • elstongunnelstongunn Posts: 285
    sennin wrote:
    http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Mexican-Telecaster-standard-black-tele-2003_W0QQitemZ7419894639QQihZ016QQcategoryZ38083QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

    just pop on some new pickups and some sparkly stuff. :p

    :)

    probably had his daughter add the sparklies.
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  • moster78moster78 Posts: 1,591
    sennin wrote:
    oops.....I won this auction!

    :p

    Thats a good deal. Amazing how quickly one's collection grows!
  • sandozsandoz Posts: 166
    hey man, it's mine !
    really good choice !
  • senninsennin Posts: 2,146
    sandoz wrote:
    hey man, it's mine !
    really good choice !

    yours....as in, you have the same one? or, it was yours??
  • sandozsandoz Posts: 166
    no, it's not mine.
    Mine is a young girl ( MZ420xxxx )
  • jbdjbd Posts: 65
    Don't know if you ever noticed but Ed's had this guitar for a long time now, but it's only the first time he plays it live... You can see it on the inside picture of the No Code album.
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  • sandozsandoz Posts: 166
    yep, already TEN years ...
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  • samquigleysamquigley Posts: 220
    That's not the same guitar, note the maple board. Ed's guitar is actually finished in "black sparkle" too, the plain black parts appear to be covered in tape.
  • jbdjbd Posts: 65
    biffhardon wrote:
    That's not the same guitar, note the maple board. Ed's guitar is actually finished in "black sparkle" too, the plain black parts appear to be covered in tape.

    I couldn't access the link, but it could be the same guitar, just need to change the neck...
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  • PearlJam134PearlJam134 Posts: 66
    Ebow target :)
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  • moster78moster78 Posts: 1,591
    jbd wrote:
    I couldn't access the link, but it could be the same guitar, just need to change the neck...

    Fenders are good like that. Mix and match parts. I read somewhere that Eric Clapton assembled his famous "Blackie" Strat from the parts of three different guitars.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    moster78 wrote:
    Fenders are good like that. Mix and match parts. I read somewhere that Eric Clapton assembled his famous "Blackie" Strat from the parts of three different guitars.

    It was something like 5. He bought 5, then took the best parts from each, gave the leftovers to friends (including George Harrison).
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • moster78moster78 Posts: 1,591
    keeponrockin wrote:
    It was something like 5. He bought 5, then took the best parts from each, gave the leftovers to friends (including George Harrison).

    He bought six for like $100 a pop, gave one each to George Harrison, Pete Townshend and Steve Winwood, and took the remaining three and built Blackie. According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackie
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