slackey
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Post by slackey on Oct 11, 2022 22:52:54 GMT
i want the te 90 with p90's
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Post by justlearnin on Oct 13, 2022 2:19:55 GMT
i want the te 90 with p90's Yeah .... I asked Thomann Mgt about that too... They said " not currently" ... So to satisfy my P90 jones, there is the TE 90 QM (the Red one) and the CST 24 90... I agree the TE 69 would be absolute killer with P90's, but I'm thinkin that TE 90 will do the trick ! See, normally on the PRS site, I say "Buy BOTH" ... Where that would cost anywhere from $1,800 to $3,000 US ... BUT Here, on the HB site ...buying both is less than $500.00 US, so that is what I am going to do ... And not give the HB guys a hard time ...(actually , I'm up to 5 HB's I gotta have and I'll run out of rack space, before I run out of $$$, hopefully) With PRS/ Fender ? the $$$ goes much faster ...
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Post by nieljorg on Nov 19, 2022 9:10:19 GMT
I just got the HB TE69 TL. It’s a great looking guitar, and sounds fine. It needs a bit of setup though, there is a bit of string buzz around the fretboard. I also have a fender 62 custom CIJ, that is just as acoustic with a solid block body as the HB 69 TL is, and the weight is about the same. but i always wanted a Thinline with a marble neck, and this one is nice from the start, and with a setup, and my preferred stringe I’m sure it will be great. And the price!! Fantastic.
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Post by justlearnin on Nov 22, 2022 4:06:25 GMT
i want the te 90 with p90's OK, I was talking about putting P 90's in a Fusion line guitar. Fusion, has all the cool stuff, in one package. I just wanted a P90 version / Fusion. It was to that Thomann said ... Naw ... BUT like you mention, the TE90 QM has the P90's (not as cool as a Fusion) ... but I will give one a try ...
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jml77
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Post by jml77 on Nov 22, 2022 12:06:50 GMT
I have a te-90qm red with p90. It came quite well set up, and generally in great condition. Over time though I came to dislike the Roswell P90 pickups, the neck was ok but the bridge pickup was too mid-focused, and basically only did one thing well, and that was a growly mid focused raunchy sound. Some people might like that, but I found it quite limiting. It had a high DC resistance at 10.2K. There wasn't a good balance between the neck and bridge pickups, and a very odd dropoff in output on the high E string. Another dislike was that the set I got in the te-90 had ceramic magnets and not the advertised Alnico5.
I've just replaced the pickups with a set of Artec ASA90 P90 soapbars, both N and B come in at around 7.5K ohms. And they are great. Nicely balanced, clear sounding, and both work well into a clean or overdriven amp. I finally enjoy playing the te-90.
Another annoyance with the te-90 is the neck to body joint, it's a huge square block, which does get in the way a bit when playing above the 17th fret. It just looks ugly. I've got all the parts to convert it to threaded insert, machine screw and ferrules. I just need to pluck up the courage to take a sander or other cutter to the blocky bit and install the threaded inserts in the neck. Fingers crossed no breaks or splits occur.
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Post by nieljorg on Nov 23, 2022 21:04:02 GMT
I thought this thread was about the new te69 thinline.
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jml77
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Post by jml77 on Nov 24, 2022 0:10:08 GMT
nieljorgYou thought right. Te-69 looks a mighty fine guitar. Funny you should say that it is no louder than your solid body fender tele custom. I had the same experience with the te-90, despite it's chambered body and 2-foles it isn't very loud acoustically at all. Probably a good thing as it shouldn't present any acoustic feedback problems, or not so much. How do you find the intonation with the 3-saddle bridge, I often see people replacing the saddles for compensated saddles, is that something you would be likely to do?
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jml77
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Post by jml77 on Nov 25, 2022 13:17:55 GMT
That same guy has now taken the pickguard off for a look underneath and measured the f-hole cavity Nice work. Well that was a surprise. Not much weight relief with a cavity that size. (The cavities in the te-90 are as near body length as possible) I still have a hankering to buy a tele. Just not sure what to go for. But the price of this Te-69 compared to the te-62 and te-52 and the fact that it's thinline in looks only (or near so) is off-putting.
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Post by justlearnin on Nov 26, 2022 15:06:03 GMT
I thought I had previously responded, but the fact that the TE 69 is not as "thinline" as we would like ... I don't see as "offputting" I think the way to view the TE 69, is like it is a TE 52 (a great killer Tele clone) ... that does not weigh 10 lbs ! I'm not sure about the price delta on the 69 vs 52/ 62 ... but geezopizza, until they get to the point that they start costing REAL$$$ (like Squier CV at $459 US ) I'm not concerned about that either. I do intend to cop one, but only after I satisfy a current P90 "jones" , by copping a TE 90 QM and a CST 90 . Maybe a Fusion T ... then the TE 69 just to have one ...
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Post by justlearnin on Nov 26, 2022 15:09:25 GMT
nieljorg You thought right. Te-69 looks a mighty fine guitar. Funny you should say that it is no louder than your solid body fender tele custom. I had the same experience with the te-90, despite it's chambered body and 2-foles it isn't very loud acoustically at all. Probably a good thing as it shouldn't present any acoustic feedback problems, or not so much. How do you find the intonation with the 3-saddle bridge, I often see people replacing the saddles for compensated saddles, is that something you would be likely to do? H'mmmm I wondering if a bridge upgrade might make the TE 90 more resonate ? Something I might look into, after I procure one !
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jml77
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Post by jml77 on Nov 29, 2022 10:33:54 GMT
The hardtail bridge on my Te-90 (chunky type) is good enough.
On te-69 there is a typical 'ashtray' style telecaster 3-saddle bridge. These can be a little tricky to intonate, and forces a compromise. I've found that the cheaper ashtray bridges can be a little rough around the edges. So I just wondered what the quality was like on the Te-69.
I say ashtray bridge but most come without the 'ashtray' bridge cover these days. I miss my Jedson Tele copy complete with the bridge cover, which did get used as an ashtray more than a bridge cover. Not that I miss smoking, nasty habit.
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Post by nieljorg on Nov 29, 2022 21:05:48 GMT
I find the intonation on my new te69-tl just fine out of the box. The measures of the bridge is not exactly the same as on my fender 62 custom. Because that one has the ashtray cover and it won't fit the HB 69 te, ]But still i must say it is a beutifull and fine sounding guitar. Only the thing with the push pull tone pot and the stacked humbucker is it sounds nearly the same in both positions. But hey at this price you get a very nice tele thinline base to work on and modify if you wish. I recommend this guitar, it's great value for the money
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jml77
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Post by jml77 on Dec 4, 2022 22:52:23 GMT
But in the youtube demo that beatroot posted earlier in this thread, the humbucking mode and split mode sounded quite different. Which begs the question is the pickup wired correctly on nieljorg's te-69.
I've seen posts on here before where split buckers have been incorrectly wired from thomman or the original factory.
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