Gear4Music Paradigm Tele Thinline

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Hmm, @chedapapa?

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Yeps, know about that one for a while now but the fretbaord material is making me paranoid!

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Ok, I just checked again and they have changed the MULTI-ply to just Ply. In this case maybe same as the Roseacer fretbaord which could be a good thing if it looks and feels like the one on my Shorty P bass.

To be honest I keep going back to my Stratocaster as it just feels so good in my hands, against the body and the sound is also much more musical than Tele which is more punchy. I prefer the Strat pup low output sizzlness. I think Im staying with strats from now on and keep the Tele just for some extra punchy need. Im not chasing P90's any longer or Humbuckers (unless they are single coil shaped).

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To add; I really use the N+B in parallel on my Strat and that option is a MUST HAVE for me on Strats. What I need to do is also get the N+B in series and my Start would be all I'll ever need

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I use a blender knob for N+B on a strat. I love being able to dial in just enough of one when playing the other. I tend to use the blend more than the tone knob when adjusting live; a bit dark, blend in some bridge; a bit bright, blend in some neck.

[ttmax]

Also this guitar don't like, sound is acceptable, but mine had a defect probably Some cold welding for those reason output was fluctuating. Perhaps it could be repaired easily.

But what led me to return it after a brief inspection through the f, was to discover that the wood does not completely cross the whole central part as it is usually for a Hollow body.

Also the controls are cheap and practically functioning only at the end of the race.

Pity if it had been built better I would have kept it. Aesthetically very beautiful.

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Thinline Teles are not hollow bodied in the accepted sense. They never have been. They were always simply weight relieved. The f-hole was only added so the customer knew it was a weight relieved tele. The insides are routed out in a horseshoe shape, leaving a short centre block and then the back closed up with a cap. You should not expect to see a fully hollow inside nor a full length centre block. I guess this is the template the Paradigm uses. Construction is not like an ES335 which has a central wood block added between a shaped front and back. On these the centre block has been known to not extend all the way to the tail either. Gretches were even more unpredictable.

Here's typical Thinline rout.

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Thank you for this informations.

In fact, what I didn't like was more the bill than the type of construction.
In the picture you attached it is all well done and ordered, not like on the guitar that was sent to me, this added to a bad setup (an Allen wrench was also unmanageable), plus the problem with the jack have decreed its return. It is true that they are cheap instruments and therefore it also goes to luck, but I preferred a hb with p90 to test the type of pickup even if I have to admit that on the subzero they didn't sound bad at all and the aesthetics was also pretty, too bad

[Vincent]

How is the neck on this guitar? For the money it still looks okay to me. A shame you do not like it. They sell a tele type model called the SubZero Paradigm Domino. No F hole but it has top and rear carves, and humbuckers.

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Mar 23, 2019 10:16:45 GMT Vincent said:

No F hole but it has top and rear carves, and humbuckers.

And proper saddles. But then, I can have all this on any number of guitars that do not try to look like a Telecaster anyway.
I would still prefer a TE-40 by a very long shot.

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Sorry i want try p90 and those don't have, Hb te 90qm don't like colour so my choice is hb cst 24t p90, i just have a hb cst 24 and shuld beba solid guitar good built hope that this new be a confirmation

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Mar 23, 2019 10:16:45 GMT Vincent said:

How is the neck on this guitar? For the money it still looks okay to me. A shame you do not like it. They sell a tele type model called the SubZero Paradigm Domino. No F hole but it has top and rear carves, and humbuckers.

Neck is thin but back has a too rough finish I would say worse than a hb te or st 20.
While i like the sound and general aesthetic with that decidedly vintage look.

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P90s and a Thinline? I was just checking out my Richwood to see if it was going to the next gig. It DEFINITELY is. The D'Addario strings have finally settled down. Woohoo. Don't normally take these two but through the Bugera V22 they are sounding very nice.

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Very very nice guitars and color 👍
Waiting my new purchase .....

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Those inlays look interesting on the bottom pic. Strangely similar to my Shine ES335's sister guitar that I bought a few years ago. I like how they made a Mickey Mouse ears, earlier, 335-alike and then went pointier for a later style with fancier bindings and inlay bling. I got this rich brown one for my bandmate so we would look like a chocolate orange on stage!

        

These were made when Shine (Saein) were a really good South Korean manufacturer. They helped Harley Benton to build their first guitars. Also built Epiphones.