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mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
edited February 2004 in Musicians and Gearheads
Well, folks, the Telesonic is gone. Sold it. Damn it!

But I got $550 more than I paid for it, so hey...

I will have my two Teles within the month. Squire Tele Custom II, with a new Warmouth Strat neck (gun oil, perhaps?). And a 72 Custom Tele (HH) with Classic 57's.

I'll take pics when I get them all tricked out...
...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    ouch on losing the telesonic.
  • House53House53 Posts: 1,276
    I had a telesonic once too, if the guitar isn't right for you, then it isn't right...

    It sounds like you have honed in on the tele market though... good idea.

    It's often hard to explain why a guitar becomes "your guitar" and others don't, but you have to be willing to explore.

    So, do your teles have maple boards or rosewood.
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    yeah it's gone but you made $550 on it. That's great.

    Definately on the gun oil neck.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    Originally posted by House53
    I had a telesonic once too, if the guitar isn't right for you, then it isn't right...

    It sounds like you have honed in on the tele market though... good idea.

    It's often hard to explain why a guitar becomes "your guitar" and others don't, but you have to be willing to explore.

    So, do your teles have maple boards or rosewood.

    I have become a Tele fiend... I've decided that I want to play Teles and pretty much only Teles. The Telesonic was a great guitar, and I loved it like I love all my guitars, but I decided that it wasn't EXACTLY what I wanted. So I took the money (got what it's worth, at least) and now I'm in the market for my two Teles that I KNOW I want.

    Both will be black body, black pickguard... the Custom II will have a maple neck/fretboard, and I think I do want a light gun-oil tint on it. If I get the neck (definitely a 60's Strat) from Warmoth, I can get it unfinished and add the gun oil and have it finished locally. Then bolt it on, and Presto! I haven't had a chance to see how the pups are, so I don't know if I'll want to replace them, but if I do, it will be with Fralins.

    The '72 Tele Deluxe is a bit of a question... I can get a Squier version, and replace the neck (same as above) and then get new pups (either Seth Lovers or Gibson Classic 57's). OR I can get an actual Fender, stick with the wide Strat neck, and just replace the pups.

    What do you guys think? I would prefer to have the same neck and body for both (black-on-black, with gun-oil maple 60's Strat necks) but would I be better off getting the Mexi Fender Tele Deluxe and sticking with the neck? Hmm...

    Here are links for those interested:

    Squier Tele Custom II:
    http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=040223175233150131025216149274/g=home/search/detail/base_pid/519584/
    Fender 72 Tele Deluxe:
    http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=040223175233150131025216149274/g=home/search/detail/base_pid/511141/
    Squier Tele Custom:
    http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=040223175233150131025216149274/g=home/search/detail/base_pid/515113/

    The necks look like they're going for about $132 (for the 24.75" scale versions, my preference). Classic 57's are about $100 apiece, Seth Lovers are about $120, and Fralin P-90's are $160 for a set. I figure it would take about $150 to have the neck finished and attached and set up. Add shipping and whatnot, I'm looking at about $600 for the Squier Tele II, about $650 for the Squier Custom, and about $950 for the Tele 72 Deluxe, set up the way I'd want them.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Hey Mig
    If you're going that far with customizing, why not get a Warmouth body? It probably will be better sounding wood than the Fender. Tele's are pretty easy to build. Warmouth has the pick guards and most of the hardware. If they don't have it, Stewart Macdonald should.

    http://www.warmoth.com/common/frames/paint.htm.
    http://warmoth.com/common/frames/pickguard.htm
    http://stew-mac.com/
    Probably for less money than having all the parts left over from the other ones.

    Congratulations on selling your telesonic!
    Be kind, man
    Don't be mankind. ~Captain Beefheart
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    one thing mig. the 60's necks only come with a rosewood board as far as I know. You'll need to get the 50's neck for the maple board I believe.

    I love your idea on the pups

    but hey man? No Thinline? They sound awesome with dual hums. I know a guy that plays that very setup into an AD-30. Sounds awesome.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    yeah, i'm with who's.

    at this point, you're better off just buying warmoth bodies too. better wood than the squires will have.

    see if you can get them finished locally though as warmoth finishing is hugely expensive.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    http://www.warmoth.com/common/frames/guitarbodies.htm

    Here's the custom bodies.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Finishing_supplies/Finishes_and_solvents/ColorTone_Aerosol_Guitar_Lacquer.html



    http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Books,_plans/Building_and_repair:_Finishing/Guitar_Finishing_Step_By_Step.html

    I've used that lacquer for one guitar. If you were building a bunch, you would get a sprayer, but those aerosol cans are pretty good.
    Just don't blow up the basement. We'll see you on stage with your new Tele, your face covered with soot, hair all wild like a mad scientist!:D
    Be kind, man
    Don't be mankind. ~Captain Beefheart
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Originally posted by who's_pearljam?
    http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Finishing_supplies/Finishes_and_solvents/ColorTone_Aerosol_Guitar_Lacquer.html



    http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Books,_plans/Building_and_repair:_Finishing/Guitar_Finishing_Step_By_Step.html

    I've used that lacquer for one guitar. If you were building a bunch, you would get a sprayer, but those aerosol cans are pretty good.
    Just don't blow up the basement. We'll see you on stage with your new Tele, your face covered with soot, hair all wild like a mad scientist!:D


    wow cool. I was just wondering about that. My brother in law has an automotive sprayer, I bet I could build one and then paint it with that.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Originally posted by Pacomc79
    wow cool. I was just wondering about that. My brother in law has an automotive sprayer, I bet I could build one and then paint it with that.

    It's actually way easier than it seems, and his sprayer is exactly what you use. Hang the body from a screw in the neck cavity, a bunch of light coats. Then get some 0000 steel wool between coats, a pina colada, and you're ready!
    That book is really good.
    Be kind, man
    Don't be mankind. ~Captain Beefheart
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Originally posted by who's_pearljam?
    It's actually way easier than it seems, and his sprayer is exactly what you use. Hang the body from a screw in the neck cavity, a bunch of light coats. Then get some 0000 steel wool between coats, a pina colada, and you're ready!
    That book is really good.

    I wonder how pina coladas taste with a little paint spray and paint thinner garnish.......
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Originally posted by Pacomc79
    I wonder how pina coladas taste with a little paint spray and paint thinner garnish.......

    Been there done that! Hard to wreck a pina colada. A little sprinkling of sawdust on the top caps it off.

    NO SMOKING THOUGH!:eek:
    Be kind, man
    Don't be mankind. ~Captain Beefheart
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    well that works. Maybe we'll paint his mustang and my guitar on the same day.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Originally posted by Pacomc79
    well that works. Maybe we'll paint his mustang and my guitar on the same day.

    We built a bunch of guitars a while back from scratch, fingerboards and all. We used to spray them all at once. It's so much fun, after all the cutting and sanding and drilling, to see them all hanging up together in the booth when it was time to spray, then to see the color go on was like seeing the finish to our little babies.

    The ones we made were Paul style, glued in necks, I'll have to put a picture up of the one I use, when I can figure out how to do it. Les Paul shape, but string through bodies like a Flying V. We made them with Korina wood, and they're light and have great tone.
    Be kind, man
    Don't be mankind. ~Captain Beefheart
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Did you just use a gloss finish?
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Yup
    Nitrocellulose Lacquer with the color in it. Really thin coats to build up the depth of color, then finish off with a bunch of coats of clear nitro lacquer. No polyurethane! Kills the tone.
    Be kind, man
    Don't be mankind. ~Captain Beefheart
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    cool. That's what I want. I'm really loving figured Koa.


    But I played a Taylor 810 last night that was on sale so........we'll see.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Originally posted by Pacomc79
    cool. That's what I want. I'm really loving figured Koa.


    But I played a Taylor 810 last night that was on sale so........we'll see.

    We had koa finger boards. Cool looking.
    We actually quit using all that rare endangered rainforest wood, (after I was what was happening to the rainforests),though and started using Lake Superior submerged timber. (Timeless Timber) 100 year old wood that was on the bottom of the lake, that is dense and has holes in the wood cells that they say is as close to a stratavarius as can be.
    If I ever start making them again, that's what I'd use.

    I love my Taylor. What a neck.
    Be kind, man
    Don't be mankind. ~Captain Beefheart
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    I've heard about timeless timber. we have our own submerged wood down here called Cypress. It's pretty cool. As is southern swamp ash. very nice guitar wood.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Originally posted by Pacomc79
    I've heard about timeless timber. we have our own submerged wood down here called Cypress. It's pretty cool. As is southern swamp ash. very nice guitar wood.
    I went to Environmental College and learned to Scuba dive with the guy who found that wood and figured out how to bring it up, and started that company.
    I know Cypress. Down in the Okeefanokee!
    (Oh Black Water. dah dah dah dah....... oh I forget the rest of those words!)

    Well, I'm off to work. My home inspection busy season has started. I'll earn an honest living for a while! Have a good one!
    Be kind, man
    Don't be mankind. ~Captain Beefheart
    __________________________________
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Originally posted by who's_pearljam?
    I went to Environmental College and learned to Scuba dive with the guy who found that wood and figured out how to bring it up, and started that company.
    I know Cypress. Down in the Okeefanokee!
    (Oh Black Water. dah dah dah dah....... oh I forget the rest of those words!)

    Well, I'm off to work. My home inspection busy season has started. I'll earn an honest living for a while! Have a good one!


    Oh black water keep on rolling mississippi mud won't you keep on flowing.

    The okeefenokee is a great place to canoe but you have to watch out for the alligators and there's no dry land anywhere.

    Later.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    You guys have definitely given me more than a little food for thought...

    I'd be very interested in getting a custom Warmoth body, and building from scratch. I know I couldn't do it myself, but I know a Fender Gold-level Tech who could get everything together right. I would be worried about the cost, but I guess if I want it to be PERFECT, I should look for the best possible route.

    Damn you people! What troubles you cause me!
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
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