ttmax
Harley Benton Expert
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Post by ttmax on Apr 18, 2019 11:00:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2019 11:55:35 GMT
Well probably the Squier vintage Mod tele custom although I don't like what they've done to that scratchplate round the bridge. Nasty!
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Post by LeoThunder on Apr 18, 2019 12:14:42 GMT
I would prefer the LTD with modern shapes and rounded neck heel but the absence of coil split is not forgiveable.
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Post by MartinB on Apr 18, 2019 12:49:32 GMT
I would go for the one with the traditional Tele bridge pickup because I really like the sound of a Telecaster bridge.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2019 13:34:49 GMT
I do too MartinB . I've just been rocking one now! Thought I'd compare it with my favourite strat and discovered my strat's Ironstone neck pickup is microphonic and doesn't like a gain and compression pedal on. It won't be going to a gig till that gets sorted. Eek! Sounds were comparable enough though in the mix. Not a problem. But, once again, my no name Tele wins. Best £40 I ever spent.  |
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Post by LeoThunder on Apr 18, 2019 14:29:52 GMT
But, once again, my no name Tele wins. Best £40 I ever spent. I love that bass I stole for 50€ plus shipping, with case! Half that love comes from that ridiculous price, half from the small achievement of turning a botched cheap thing into a well playable and fairly good sounding instrument by fixing the nut (it was cut for a fretted intrument and mounted on a fretless  ) and re-wiring its controls to something that actually made sense. Then another half comes from it being my first (and only as yet) fretless bass, which I really enjoy fooling around with. You guys counting halves have no idea what love is. |
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Post by LeoThunder on Apr 18, 2019 15:13:02 GMT
Going through Telecaster shaped string holders by increasing prices, the first I find that makes me wish to try it is the Harley Benton TE-90QM HH Trans Blue, semi-hollow, HH, 188€. I could be interested in the red one with P90s but… I don't really want a red guitar. I mean another one. Going further up in price, quite a bit, I find the Fender SQ CV 70s Tele Thinline MN 3TS (380€), attractive, with a decent look and Fender Wide Range Humbuckers. Then there would be the Squier Classic Vibe Tele Thin with single coils for 445€. There is just too much black and white on all others. These three are all semi-hollow but this is a coincidence. The next level of attraction comes with the Chapman Guitars ML3 Modern Incarnadine V2, at 519€. I don't even mind this one is red.    .JPG?w=680&h=680&fit=fill&bg=FFFFFF&auto=compress&auto=format) |
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Post by MartinB on Apr 18, 2019 16:40:43 GMT
G&L, Fret King and Cort also make good T style guitars, there’s an awful lot of choice out there for T fans.
@leo Thunder I think I’m correct in saying no modern Fender Wide Range pickups are really Wide Range pickups anymore.
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Post by LeoThunder on Apr 18, 2019 18:18:24 GMT
@leo Thunder I think I’m correct in saying no modern Fender Wide Range pickups are really Wide Range pickups anymore. Are they still something special or just regular humbuckers? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2019 19:07:35 GMT
The originals had individual magnet slugs in them. They now seem to be regular humbuckers with bar magnets. I know some folk have stripped the magnets and screws out and replaced them with slugs.
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Post by MartinB on Apr 18, 2019 19:20:15 GMT
The originals were CuNiFe magnets 3+3 so more like a pair of singles in series iirc.
The modern ones are just standard humbuckers in a fancy case afaik.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2019 20:21:46 GMT
You got it MartinB . Sort of an evolution of the Precision pickup. Leo may well have been developing them for a good while because a very similar thing turned up on his G&L guitars.  |
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Post by MartinB on Apr 18, 2019 20:26:38 GMT
I have been tempted by quite a few G&L guitars, including that Comanche.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2019 20:44:08 GMT
I like the way that little wibble in the headstock shape almost has a purpose on that Comanche: to hold the word 'Comanche'  . Normally I hate those sorts of overworked shapes. |
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Post by salteedog on Apr 18, 2019 20:55:50 GMT
I vote for the Tele Custom but I also don't like the scratchplate cut around the bridge.
But I'm biased because I've long lusted after a traditional style Fender Tele Custom - as a left hander they are as rare as hen's teeth.
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. Normally I hate those sorts of overworked shapes.