a bit shoddy from Fender

axisus

Back of an acoustasonic, instead of nice ferrules we get this:

viz

Hmmm. Edited as I clearly got the wrong end of the stick.

Moe_Zambeek

It's a hollow body is it not? Can't put ferrules in fresh air I guess...

axisus

Moe_Zambeek said:

It's a hollow body is it not? Can't put ferrules in fresh air I guess...

Actually that is a good point, it probably is!

mart

I'd guess the ferrules would stress the wood too much - it being much thinner than the inch plus of a solid body.

That design, on the other hand, spreads the force over a wider area making it easier for the wood to bear.

ICBM

It's also because the bar is grounded in order to use the strings as a shield for the magnetic pickup, as they are on a normal electric by grounding the bridge - but this guitar doesn't have a metal bridge. To do that with ferrules they would need to ground them all individually, which would be a faff.

A much bigger bodge is the horrible rosewood bridgeplate on the front which appears to be nothing more than a cover for the bridge pickup hole so they can use a standard body. At least I assume that's what it's for and not a misguided attempt to make it look more like a normal Tele.

impmann

In fact, some Tele guys are fitting similar for better tone. Such as..

https://m.facebook.com/TaipanTone?refsrc=https://www.facebook.com/TaipanTone

WezV

impmann said:

In fact, some Tele guys are fitting similar for better tone. Such as..

https://m.facebook.com/TaipanTone?refsrc=https://www.facebook.com/TaipanTone

indeed.   I quite like the solid block approach.  I have even built some guitars with a glued in ebony block so that no ferrules were needed at all

axisus

impmann said:

In fact, some Tele guys are fitting similar for better tone. Such as..

https://m.facebook.com/TaipanTone?refsrc=https://www.facebook.com/TaipanTone

looks better inset into the wood like that

57Deluxe

Thats nothing - I was looking at that scratch!

Evilmags

Accoustasonics make nice firewood.

the_jaffa

That's a bit un-kind(ling)

ICBM

The earlier HMT Tele with a proper acoustic bridge and a Lace Sensor is a really good-sounding guitar - the best-sounding 'solid acoustic' I've played. I would still own mine if it wasn't for the horrible wide-thin jumbo-fretted early 90s neck. (Which couldn't easily be changed due to the offset neck joint.)