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Post by doofus on Mar 17, 2015 10:28:19 GMT
I bought this guitar last week on the strength of the red thin line I bought previously, The fit & finish is every bit as good as the other, The nut was well cut & the tuners do their job as good as any other tuners I've encountered. the fret work was perfect but had a protective coating on them, tarnished is probably not the correct word, anywho I taped the neck off and used my steel fret protectors with steel wool to give them a mirror shine. The body is a gloss finish which is flawless & the neck a satin finish, great neck, very smooth. The double binding is very well done.The two single coil Wilkinson pickups have a great voice, I'm not sure how to describe them but they're neither Strat or Tele sounding, a mixture of both in a good way. I noticed the picture of the bottom strap button was slightly off centre on Thomanns site & it's off centre on mine too. I don't know if the bridge is routed for a traditional Tele bridge pickup under the Tiger yellow pick guard if people wanted to upgrade to a traditional bridge pickup, I haven't looked. ( I doubt I'll be upgrading this guitar as I love it as is) The one thing that surprised me was the weight of it, I don't mean heavy heavy, just heavy for a Telecaster. The tone unplugged is very crisp & resonant & has great sustain. I haven't had a great deal of time with it except a little demo with a cleanish tone with reverb but this really is a great sounding Funk machine on first impressions, It sounds superb. Incredible value & once again very fast delivery from Thomann.
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Post by JAC on Mar 17, 2015 14:24:50 GMT
That top is beautiful!
Congratulations on a great guitar!
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Post by annoyingtwit on Mar 17, 2015 15:09:41 GMT
It looks fantabulosa!
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Post by mintschi on Mar 23, 2015 14:01:19 GMT
A nice piece of wood!!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2015 19:39:23 GMT
I like it mucho! One of those HB tele guitars will be mine before the end of this year.
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Post by doofus on Jun 22, 2015 12:23:15 GMT
I was doing some recording with this guitar the other day & I finally got around to weighing this guitar, albeit on mechanical scales, it weighs in just under 9lbs.
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