TVTheWiredTurtle
Joined: Dec 03, 2009
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Posted on Mar 06 2013 05:25 PM
Ok.. per tru-arc's Trequest here is the video demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LWj4NOOneg
and the 4 telecasters I put together, involved:
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Rutters 52' relic ash tele, peter florance 59' neck pkup, 10g Daddario nickel rounds, rutters brass bridge/ saddles
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Rutters Sugarpine tele, oil finish w. fender rosewood neck, T-armonds, rutters brass bridge/ saddles
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Rutters Sugar pine, sugarpine double bound, fender maple neck, TK Smith CC-eque neck pkup, thomastik 11g flatwounds and alum tru arc, bigsby
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Rutters Ash tele, TK Smith Bigsby pkup, Daddario 11g flatwounds, steel tru-arc, bigsby
Amp is 63' Blonde bassman, fender custom shop tonemaster cab, Nocturne Dynobrain, Nocturne Seltzers Tonic switcher, Nocturne F-Bomb reverb tank.. Played both dry and wet.
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TVTheWiredTurtle
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Posted on Mar 07 2013 03:20 PM
89 hits on this thread, and no comments? Come on you guys, get your feet wet. Walk out of the corners, dont be shy. Anybody goofed on telecasters for
surf like me? Anybody hate telecasters for surf?
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tiki101
Joined: Mar 22, 2009
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pgh, where the zombies live
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Posted on Mar 07 2013 03:40 PM
I dig it. I've been a fan of tk's stuff, but this might be the first time I've seen a direct comparison of his pickups. Very unique, and percussive, when compared to the T-armonds and sorta-standard lipstick. Even the Cc and Bigsby show significant differences, when shown side-by side.
Very helpful.
all i need now, is extra dough.
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Hammond101
Joined: Feb 22, 2013
Posts: 342
SoCal USA
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Posted on Mar 07 2013 04:05 PM
Surfin' Teles? Sure I've done it for years. Brian Carman of the Chantays played a hardtail Tele style guitar live many times and would grab the body and bend the neck for vibrato. He is very good at it.
Of the four guitars demo'd above I liked the sound of the pine slab with the T-armonds in it. To my ears it was the most surfy. I would supose that with amp adjustments and the tone control on the reverb unit they would all cut the mustard.
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
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Seattle
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Posted on Mar 07 2013 04:34 PM
TVTheWiredTurtle wrote:
89 hits on this thread, and no comments? Come on you guys, get your feet wet. Walk out of the corners, dont be shy. Anybody goofed on telecasters for
surf like me? Anybody hate telecasters for surf?
Lots of reverb, but I don't hear any surf music. That is why I didn't comment. You should do some surf music samples for us!
I think we all love Teles here, but we don't often get to hear them play the music.
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tubeswell
Joined: Sep 24, 2011
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Wellington, NZ
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Posted on Mar 07 2013 06:13 PM
This 'looks' sorta convincing
I loved the 2nd geetar tone - I was getting distortion thru my 'phones when I listened so it was a little hard to enjoy
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Bob_Kennedy
Joined: Feb 27, 2012
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Mesa, AZ.
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Posted on Mar 07 2013 06:24 PM
I love Teles for surf. To my ears, I liked #1 best, but I have to concur with Jake, it wasn't surf music. Sounded good though!
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TVTheWiredTurtle
Joined: Dec 03, 2009
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Sandy Eggo
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Posted on Mar 08 2013 02:38 PM
JakeDobner wrote:
TVTheWiredTurtle wrote:
89 hits on this thread, and no comments? Come on you guys, get your feet wet. Walk out of the corners, dont be shy. Anybody goofed on telecasters for
surf like me? Anybody hate telecasters for surf?
Lots of reverb, but I don't hear any surf music. That is why I didn't comment. You should do some surf music samples for us!
I think we all love Teles here, but we don't often get to hear them play the music.
No surf music? I played a chord progression vibe from Los Straight Jackets
"close to champagne" wasnt it apparent?
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Hammond101
Joined: Feb 22, 2013
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SoCal USA
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Posted on Mar 08 2013 02:44 PM
TV, I think they were looking for a big gliss. I got what you were trying to do.
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TVTheWiredTurtle
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Posted on Mar 08 2013 07:16 PM
sometimes the surf is just washed out maaaan ( i just told this to my 9 yr old as we were at the Wedge two sundays ago, and it was just shy of looking like a lake...he was really bummed)
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arny
Joined: Aug 22, 2010
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Netherlands, Europe
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Posted on Mar 09 2013 04:01 AM
Lol! Some nice zen-logic there!
I love tele's, my first guitar was a tele. And I like to switch between my jag/jazzy, gretsch and tele.
I loved the tone of 3rd rutters, damn, I think I'm gonna hunt me some TK Smith's for my MIJ bigsby tele. The original pickups suck anyway. So I was thinking of replacing them with dearmonds. But these TK's really shine!
Thanks for the great demo!
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togergo
Joined: Jan 23, 2012
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Budapest
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Posted on Mar 09 2013 08:40 AM
If the player good in surf, the guitar will play surf I love tele's
— original compositions (low-level demo stuff /out of tune, etc) myStuff not my best, but i don't like to be in a musician community without anything to show
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nedorama
Joined: Oct 10, 2009
Posts: 221
South Bay, CA
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Posted on Mar 09 2013 10:38 AM
Sounds good to me! I play tele's and while I don't play surf, those are some happening tones. Giving me ideas for a 4th Tele...
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GaryJ
Joined: Feb 15, 2013
Posts: 56
District of Chicanery
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Posted on Mar 11 2013 12:00 PM
Any guitar can surf, teles included. As for the clips, they all sounded pretty much the same to me, through my lap top speakers, and I thought there was too much reverb. Otherwise, the playing was good.
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TVTheWiredTurtle
Joined: Dec 03, 2009
Posts: 855
Sandy Eggo
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Posted on Mar 18 2013 04:55 PM
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