crumble
Joined: Sep 09, 2008
Posts: 3158
Guildford England
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Posted on Jul 08 2009 10:14 AM
Ibanez Talman TC530. It's been said before and i think it's true, if you like strats then you'll take to the Talman like duck to water. Semi resin-cast body, quite a chunky birdseye maplewood photo-framed neck and three chrome plastic covered lipstick pickups.
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There was enough room under the pickguard to fit just about any pickup around. This one had three lipstick pups that sounded like PING! PANG!  I bought and sold it before i discovered surf music so now i'm sort of kicking myself.
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deabud
Joined: May 18, 2006
Posts: 29
Lemont, IL
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Posted on Jul 08 2009 11:09 AM
My son has a TV550. Black with gold hardware. He picked it out because it looked different than his friends guitars. Sounds pretty amazing. I don't know how to post a pic, so here's a link to one I found on the web.
http://www.angelfire.com/md2/wrgaphardt/images/guitars/TV550_Ibanez20Talman.jpg
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crumble
Joined: Sep 09, 2008
Posts: 3158
Guildford England
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Posted on Jul 08 2009 01:41 PM
deabud
My son has a TV550. Black with gold hardware. He picked it out because it looked different than his friends guitars. Sounds pretty amazing. I don't know how to post a pic, so here's a link to one I found on the web.
http://www.angelfire.com/md2/wrgaphardt/images/guitars/TV550_Ibanez20Talman.jpg
It comes in lot of different configurations, some have wooden bodys too.
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Kawentzmann
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1062
Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Jul 08 2009 04:00 PM
I remember that I liked them better than Charvel Surfcasters.
— The Exotic Guitar of Kahuna Kawentzmann
You can get the boy out of the Keynes era, but you can’t get the Keynes era out of the boy.
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crumble
Joined: Sep 09, 2008
Posts: 3158
Guildford England
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Posted on Jul 09 2009 04:54 AM
Kawentzmann
I remember that I liked them better than Charvel Surfcasters.
I've never used a Charvel Surfcaster but i've seen some of their cheaper models. The Talman was neither cheap or expensive - around 350GBP ($560?) in mid to late 1990s, made in the same factory as the high end Joe Satriani model which also sported a resincast body. I wasn't fussy about the tremolo block, it was very cheap and nasty but i noticed this picture with a Wilkinson trem conversion. Don't be fooled into thinking it's some sort of beginners guitar.
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Phredcheese
Joined: May 26, 2011
Posts: 3
Palo Alto, CA USA
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Posted on Oct 05 2011 12:50 PM
Just bought one in pale blue. Any idea where I could look for a replacement pearloid pickgusrd?
— Jeff
-too much gear is just barely enough-
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LeeVanCleef
Joined: Oct 05, 2011
Posts: 744
France
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Posted on Oct 06 2011 03:13 AM
I doubt standard replacements are available, but if you want to go DIY you can buy uncut ABS pickguard material from Guitarfetish. There's also pearloid stick-on sheets for sale on eBay; it looks like an easier solution but I have no idea if it looks like the real thing once installed.
These guitars look cool 
— Old punks never die... They just become surf rockers.
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crumble
Joined: Sep 09, 2008
Posts: 3158
Guildford England
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Posted on Oct 06 2011 06:12 AM
Try searching with: Custom Pickguard. I've seen sites offering one-off custom pickguards in the past. They might need your old plate for a template though.
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