Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Dec 20 2014 04:03 PM
You know how, when you just don't need or want another guitar, right then someone makes you an offer you can't refuse? Monster bargain. Sounds terrific. Stacked bridge pickup on a push-pull pot.
2014 Michael Kelly 53. Very comfortable, full neck. Not a mark on it. Needed nothing but strings, in this case D’Addario NYXL 11-46. I like them a lot on this guitar.
I tell ya' I just couldn't help myself.
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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ludobag
Joined: Jun 05, 2010
Posts: 620
at south of
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Posted on Dec 20 2014 05:10 PM
For waf ,it is Christmas 
Nice tv
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tubeswell
Joined: Sep 24, 2011
Posts: 1424
Wellington, NZ
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Posted on Dec 20 2014 06:11 PM
Good score Noel.
— He who dies with the most tubes... wins
Surf Daddies
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Green_Meanie
Joined: Nov 18, 2013
Posts: 42
Michigan
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Posted on Dec 20 2014 06:14 PM
Dat woodgrain.
Mmmmmm-MMM.
Very handsome axe, Noel. Good score!
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CrazyAces
Joined: Jul 31, 2012
Posts: 4054
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted on Dec 20 2014 07:28 PM
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IMNoone
Joined: May 18, 2013
Posts: 41
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Posted on Dec 20 2014 08:08 PM
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Badger
Joined: Nov 16, 2013
Posts: 4537
Wisconsin
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Posted on Dec 20 2014 09:43 PM
Suh - WEET! Congrats!
— Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel
DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices.
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Bob_Kennedy
Joined: Feb 27, 2012
Posts: 316
Mesa, AZ.
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Posted on Dec 21 2014 12:33 AM
Cool Tele Noel! Everyone needs a Tele in their arsenal. Consider putting in a 4-way switch.
— Otto & The Ottomans
Kennedy Custom Guitars
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Dec 21 2014 08:25 AM
Thanks, everyone.
I have to admit how much it doesn't sound like anything else. I love the tiger stripes; they remind me so much of the back of Dad's violin. It's made in Indonesia, and has Stratocaster body contours. The 53 is far more gorgeous in person that it looks in the pic. If I were a rich man, I would have bought one of Jeff's black guard Pomonas, or at least a Fender AV '52. But this is so much nicer playing and sounding than the Squier Teles I'd found.
Bob, what exactly does a 4-way switch do on a Tele?
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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stratdancer
Joined: Dec 11, 2013
Posts: 2537
Akron, Ohio
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Posted on Dec 21 2014 08:28 AM
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LeeVanCleef
Joined: Oct 05, 2011
Posts: 744
France
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Posted on Dec 21 2014 08:50 AM
Noel wrote:
what exactly does a 4-way switch do on a Tele?
The extra switch position is usually wired to have the bridge and neck pickups in series.
Oh and congrats Noel. If the GA group gives you a hard time about it, blame Santa 
— Old punks never die... They just become surf rockers.
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Bob_Kennedy
Joined: Feb 27, 2012
Posts: 316
Mesa, AZ.
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Posted on Dec 21 2014 10:36 AM
LeeVanCleef beat me to it. Essentially, the fourth position will sound fatter & more humbucker-ish, while retaining the original sounds out of the other three switch positions.
— Otto & The Ottomans
Kennedy Custom Guitars
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Dec 21 2014 10:39 AM
Bob_Kennedy wrote:
LeeVanCleef beat me to it. Essentially, the fourth position will sound fatter & more humbucker-ish, while retaining the original sounds out of the other three switch positions.
Interesting. I think this is what the push-pull tone pot which engages the stacked single coil bridge pickup is supposed to do.
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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imafunkyman
Joined: Sep 16, 2007
Posts: 548
Utah
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Posted on Dec 21 2014 12:09 PM
Nice Tele Noel. Like Bob said, everybody needs one in their arsenal.
— Either you surf, or you fight.
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Dec 21 2014 01:04 PM
imafunkyman wrote:
Nice Tele Noel. Like Bob said, everybody needs one in their arsenal.
It's the one guitar I never thought I'd want, until I started to learn a Buck Owens song. Telecasters and Buck Owens songs. Who knew? But it isn't really a Telecaster. The Strat body contours, the headstock shape, a pearloid guard? It's too fancy to be a proper telecaster.
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Dec 21 2014 01:08 PM
I've been wanting to pick up a telecaster...
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Teiscofan
Joined: Feb 21, 2011
Posts: 513
Ontario
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Posted on Dec 21 2014 02:00 PM
Noel congrats on the Telecaster.
Beware........ as Teles are habit forming. Have you checked out TDPRI online yet?
Out of curiosity, what Buck Owens song?
— I am not obsolete, I am RETRO.... 
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Dec 21 2014 02:11 PM
Starting with Streets of Bakersfield.
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Dec 21 2014 02:22 PM
Noel wrote:
Starting with Streets of Bakersfield.
A track without a telecaster! Love that song, and the Bakersfield sound.
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CrazyAces
Joined: Jul 31, 2012
Posts: 4054
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted on Dec 21 2014 03:31 PM
If I had to break my electric guitar collection down to just two guitars
one would definitely be a Tele.
It's interesting now that I think about it, one would without a doubt be a Tele but the other..............?
I'd have to think harder on that one.
Glad you got one Noel!
Cheers,
Jeff
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http://www.youtube.com/user/crazyacesrock
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