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Post by stardust52 on Aug 6, 2020 18:20:35 GMT
Hey there good people, I was considering the HB T-52 but currently it takes a lot of time to deliver.. next in-line was the Vintage V52 Telecaster Reissued Series.. anyone has experience with the two? or know the differences? do the Vintage V52 Telecaster Reissued Series worth almost double the price of the HB T-52?
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Almo1950
New Member
Great to be here. I have just bought an HB 35+ which is in perfect condition - no problems anywhere
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Post by Almo1950 on Jul 26, 2022 14:45:33 GMT
I have a Vintage V52 Reissue, they are a good guitar but there were a couple of things I didn't like.
1) There was no height adjustment screws on the neck pickup ( I suppose that that's how it was in 1952 ) The pickup screws into the body underneath the scratchplate.
2) I wasn't keen on the Wilkinson pickups - I swapped them for a set of Ironstone which are excellent and a good price too.
When I swapped the pickups, I drilled the scratchpate to allow the screws to go through and attach to the neck pickup so I could now ajust the height. I also wired in some full size pots and put copper shielding inside the body cavity to help cut out hum.
A final thing I did was buy an 'Ashtray' bridge cover to complete the look. I has a genuine Fender Tele blonde in 1970 with the bridge cover and always liked the look of it.
Alan
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Almo1950
New Member
Great to be here. I have just bought an HB 35+ which is in perfect condition - no problems anywhere
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Post by Almo1950 on Jul 26, 2022 15:09:05 GMT
Funnily enough I was thinking of trying the opposite on a tele Almo1950 - screwing the neck pickup straight into the wood to see if it has a different response. Did you notice any changes as a result of hanging yours off the pickguard? I couldn't see the point of having a pickup fixed in such a way that you can't balance the sound with the bridge pickup. The Vintage Tele was a replacement for one I bought a few days earlier which I returned. On the original one, the pickup had been screwed to the bottom of the cavity out of centre which meant that the scratch plate had to be fitted out of center for the pickup to go through it !!! It looked 'wonky' The shop sent it back to the supplier. I can't see that screwing the pickup onto the wood would affect the response or tone. I have usually found that pickup height / distance from the strings is more vital. Lower down away fron the strings give a cleaner tone - too close to the strings ruins sustain because the magnetic field tries to grab the stings. Having said that, my Strat Plus has Fender Lace pickups which work in a different way and you can get them as close to the strings as you feel comfortable with. The Blue/Silver/Red set produce a sound which leans slightly towards a 'humbucker' tone. The Ironstone pickups on my Vintage Tele are more responsive and brighter than the Wilkinsons which came with it. IRONSTONE: ironstone-guitar-pickups.co.uk/product/telecaster-vintage-guitar-pickups-alnico-v-iii/Almo
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fleetfootmike
Harley Benton Club Junior Member
Do I have enough guitars yet?
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Post by fleetfootmike on Apr 6, 2023 10:27:59 GMT
Belatedly: I have both The TE-52NA weighs a chuffing ton, and really did need a setup when it arrived, and the fret ends dressing. But to be fair, it was B-Stock, so I was expecting a bit of work, and it was considerably cheaper than the Vintage V52 Icon. I am tempted to relic it to match The Boss's Esquire. Of the two, the V52 Icon gets played more, mostly because it's currently the one out on the rack (current 'grab' rack - V52 Icon tele, V6 Icon strat, TE-20HH, RB-612CS, TE-90QM and a Sterling MM 5 string bass, with a Squier CV 50s JM as soon as I get it back from being set up.).
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