NGD... Tele - ISH

paulmapp8306

so, Ive been looking for a really nice tele style for about 3 years....  Im picky.

I wated Ash body and Maple neck - and a lot of production teles are now pione or alder, not ash or alder.

2nd, I like wood grain.  I dont like block colours.  Now I dont need a flame maple top of course, but a translucent finish with some grain on the body, or flame in the neck is what I wanted.

i wanted an early 50s style sound - broadcaster rather than tele if that makes sense.

I dont like U or D shaped necks, meaning most CS 50s tele arnt any good either.

Now - recently Peach got a couple of 50s teles with Deep C, or oval C necks, so I thought a trip might be worth while.  they also have a tom Anderson ticon, which has the same neck profile as my P90 loaded cobra-S (my favorite guitar currently).  this is the main stumbling blocks so the TA might be right.

Most LSLs are now pine, and GG didnt seem to want to help with a custom order - and with a custom you never really know what your going to get.   Xotics are few and far between with less having the right mix.

HOWEVER,  i found this at the weekend online, and as it happens I was only an hour out of my way home from where I was working today, and I finished early.  Fate?   Possibly.  However a trip to Music Street in Huntingdon (not somewhere I was aware of - though the lineage if from Machine head of years gone buy - as is world guitars).   THIS is lovely - not QUITE sure on the PUs yet, I may been something a little more broadcaster (more mid range in the bridge) - but its stunning, feels great, is light at 6.1 lb (my back will thank me for any weight loss).

Nitro finish - which Ive never had, and a UK builder.... Great "today only" price, £1k cheaper than the Anderson and at least 1.5k to 2.5k cheaper than a CS.

https://i.imgur.com/SJnveeO.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/eDHOP9x.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/rAOcxMO.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/IbJz9GG.jpg

now to loose a few hours and decide if I need those PUs changed.

Musical_Mystery_Tour

Well it certainly looks nice. Hope it sounds as good.

stonevibe

Is the output jack on the bottom edge of the guitar? Looks like an odd placement if it is. Or is it something else?

paulmapp8306

stonevibe said:

Is the output jack on the bottom edge of the guitar? Looks like an odd placement if it is. Or is it something else?

yeh, bottom edge.  

stonevibe

paulmapp8306 said:

stonevibe said:

Is the output jack on the bottom edge of the guitar? Looks like an odd placement if it is. Or is it something else?

yeh, bottom edge.  

You'll have to let us know how that works out. 

paulmapp8306

stonevibe said:

paulmapp8306 said:

stonevibe said:

Is the output jack on the bottom edge of the guitar? Looks like an odd placement if it is. Or is it something else?

yeh, bottom edge.  

You'll have to let us know how that works out. 

Its not much different from the standard Tele I had a few years back, nor from my PRS or Tom anderson.  its maybe an inch so so more "down" than back, but nothing worth shouting over really.

You can see all 3 here:

https://i.imgur.com/rMa9Emj.jpg

drofluf

Lovely although the first picture had me confused!  Before I zoomed and saw the fret cover I thought you had a fretless Tele.