best thinline tele copy recommendations?

mr-mac

I love my Korean Maisons and they are mainly unknown but were hand made with good woods (only low end thing about them was basic Korean hardware/pickups). Eg we had a guest band hosting our band jam/open mic and the guitarist played a proper Gibson SG handed him my cheapo maison and his jaw hit the floor. He fell in love with it and ended up playing it for part of the night.

So are there any similar thin line semi hollow tele copies out there? Of a similar story. Actually used some quality woods not laminates or cheap wood were very well made with (like my maisons) and action that would make an ibanez shred machine look sheepish. Something less well known that can be picked up for a lower end price but with some hardware changes and new pickups would rival if not walk all over the real thing.

would appreciate any recommendations

thanks

meltedbuzzbox

G&L ASAT or whatever it is called?

thermionic

Squier Thinline Classic Vibe surely?

rossi

Vintage do a nice one .

mr-mac

Do vintage use real, good quality woods or laminates (same with squire). Really looking for something probs can pick up s/h in same vain as the maison (sold for budget-just climbing ladder price but used real solid woods of high quality) surely that must exist somewhere? 

thermionic

The Squier CV Thinline Tele is solid (or hollow, you know what I mean) mahogany. I doubt you'll find any CV owner complaining about the quality of the wood. 

Winny_Pooh

G&L tribute or Squier classic vibe

Gassage

Get a MIM for around 375, and put Oil City wide range in it.

thermionic

Asking price for the MIM Thinlines has rocketed up, most people want £600-700 for them now, although there is a nice MIM '69 Thinline on ebay for £500 BIN.

Gassage

thermionic said:

Asking price for the MIM Thinlines has rocketed up, most people want £600-700 for them now, although there is a nice MIM '69 Thinline on ebay for £500 BIN.

I sold one recently- it took ages- I took 425 for it

mr-mac

Cool will look at both options and have a look at what they are and spec etc, just assumed squire may not be as choice woods, appreciate the advice

riscado

Best one you could get in my opinion would be a Danocaster. If you want cheaper and quite decent a fender classic 69 thinline.
For feel, consistency, quality, sound and response, nothing beats a danocaster though.

TTony

Mr GSP.

mr-mac

Very nice

BigMonka

Wis for @TTony as that's what I've got too, second hand values for handmade stuff like that are often ridiculously low compared to a brand name.
what WRHB have you got in there Tony? I'm considering putting one in mine too.

thermionic

Gassage said:

thermionic said:

Asking price for the MIM Thinlines has rocketed up, most people want £600-700 for them now, although there is a nice MIM '69 Thinline on ebay for £500 BIN.

I sold one recently- it took ages- I took 425 for it

New Kings Road Vintage Guitars have had one (17 years old with a partly rubbed off headstock decal) on ebay for many months and they want £695 for it! No wonder it hasn't sold. £425 is a good price, the Thinlines were always quite a bit more expensive than the 50s/60s Classics.

TTony

@BigMonka ;  

They're both Oil City pickups - I rarely buy/use anything else these days.