JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
Posts: 2762
Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Jul 05 2016 03:31 PM
You could tell they were merely hipster if their definition of 'surf' included Best Coast and the Growlers. Also if they referred to 'indie surf'. Also that they couldn't actually play the guitar because it's not hip to actually suffer to build one's musical craft.
Chippertheripper wrote:
I think there are guys on this board you could walk by on the street and call a hipster and not know they were an undercover surf nerd.
A nerd builds his own guitar. A trustfunder buys one that he might have built at Bain Capital Guitar Center.
— Squink Out!
Last edited: Jul 05, 2016 15:33:03
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Chippertheripper
Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 819
Semass
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Posted on Jul 05 2016 04:26 PM
Hey, I can't really play the guitar either. It's more like "Chippy smash!"
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devinomatic
Joined: Feb 02, 2016
Posts: 61
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Posted on Jul 05 2016 04:41 PM
I'm pretty nuts about this guitar. Hardtails are cool, and I'm a sucker for olympic white bodies with maple necks; however, the thick poly finish is a deal breaker for me.
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JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
Posts: 2762
Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Jul 05 2016 05:33 PM
Dude, you can play the fricken guitar.
I decry only those that 'play at' guitar.
Chippertheripper wrote:
Hey, I can't really play the guitar either. It's more like "Chippy smash!"
— Squink Out!
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zzero
Joined: Jul 09, 2010
Posts: 1153
Lillian Alabama
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Posted on Jul 05 2016 06:49 PM
Ibanez has a new Talman out that is a near dead ringer for that tele. Made in Indonesia. MF and AMS have 'em for about 400. Recently went back to a real Tele, no need for the thing.
— Enjoying the surf,sun and sand!!
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DoNtFearTheReverbBass
Joined: May 24, 2008
Posts: 422
Land Locked CINCINNATI OH
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Posted on Jul 06 2016 09:45 AM
tubeswell wrote:
If I had one, I'd whammy-ise it
Yes, and turn the volume /switch plate around. Or better yet use a stetsbar vibrato/whammy. I have put Stets bars on several of mine and whoooah...what a range of difference and it always comes back to tune.
Build one ...buy a body ... Color it the way you really want ... Find a rosewood tele neck or get an ebony custom (a stronger option) ... Use the best caps and potentiometers one can find ... Use the right wire.
Put a stetsbar on it and if you must...put a fender decal.
Still comes out under the $1299MSRP catalog price
— The mighty KAHUNATONES
Don't Fear the Reverb ! Grateful Surf ! SURFIN' Tiki Bandits !
I can be reached through the following or at don@donschott.com. :
www.donschott.com
www.eyerecords.com
www.dontfearreverb.com
www.kokopellistages.com
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Old_Tele_man
Joined: May 01, 2014
Posts: 75
Tucson, AZ
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Posted on Jul 16 2016 03:57 PM
Sorry, just NOT my cup-o-(Tele)-tea!
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devinomatic
Joined: Feb 02, 2016
Posts: 61
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Posted on Jul 18 2016 07:46 PM
It's me again. I went and played one of these at my local store for just a minute. I know my way around teles, jags, strats and jazzes.. and this guitar felt weak. Very long and awkward, wasn't fond of the neck shape, etc. And especially the ashtray bridge, very inhibiting for tremolo picking and fast passages. All in all, it felt like a really good squier.
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Chippertheripper
Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 819
Semass
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Posted on Jul 18 2016 09:34 PM
The ashtray is standard tele hardware. You're right, it can be cumbersome, but that shouldn't have been a surprise.
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tubeswell
Joined: Sep 24, 2011
Posts: 1424
Wellington, NZ
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Posted on Jul 19 2016 12:01 AM
Chippertheripper wrote:
That looks sick with the gold foils.
I've posted this before, but this was mine. It's currently apart, but I'm slowly accumulating parts to reassemble as its own beast.
Cool.
— He who dies with the most tubes... wins
Surf Daddies
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Pihabeach82
Joined: Sep 29, 2015
Posts: 479
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Posted on Jul 19 2016 04:30 AM
Chippertheripper wrote:
That looks sick with the gold foils.
I've posted this before, but this was mine. It's currently apart, but I'm slowly accumulating parts to reassemble as its own beast.
This is brutaly cool
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