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Ray, to be honest, that £1080 strat at guitar village has nothing to justify the price over £750 American Standard. You would be paying premium for artificially "aged" (yellowish) plastic parts.

Telecasters looks, if you like the sound that is, can be improved upon. This is one of the best modern telecaster clones - Schecter PT. No shapeless pickguards, humbuckers for beefy sound, push/pull volume splits the coils for strat like sound, bridge pickup on plate with volume pulled (single coil) for the tele twang.

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Then you have modern stuff, like Telecaster FMT, same idea, humbuckers for full sound, coil tap on volume for single coil sound, really good Seymour Duncan pickups in this one, costs about 500 papers new. Headstock can't be helped though.

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Couple of hundred more can buy more exotic woods in that range, meet Fender Telecaster Special Edition Custom Spalted Maple HH

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If you do decide on strat, I have a spare 2008 American Standard VG in black I could part with, plays like a regular strat, but at a turn of the knob becomes optional modeller - emulates fat strat, tele, acoustic, 12 string, has several alternate tunings. Perfect condition in original hard case. I'd be cheaper than any new American Strat on sale atm. I'm in no rush to part with any of my guitars, not trying to "pimp" my stock or anything, just kind of adding to alternatives.
 
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I'm actually not a huge fan of the Tele's above - they're not awful by any means but in a complete opposite way to Raymond I actually feel like the weird cut-off pickguard and the chrome control plate and all that is a big part of what gives Tele's their cool look :p
 
Scrutinize said:
Tele owners are like parents with ugly babies, they think they look beautiful but everyone else knows the truth.....
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I totally disagee....there is an honesty to them..and the balance is all there in its design..

Ignoring the fancy ones posted above Humbuckers on a tele is just wrong....

A PRS reminds me of a parent with a child entering a beauty contest....

The guitar doesn't want to look that way and longs to be out with her friends getting into trouble.

In fact I have never seen one with battle scars.
 
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Scrutinize said:
Tele owners are like parents with ugly babies, they think they look beautiful but everyone else knows the truth.....
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easyrider said:
I totally disagee....there is an honesty to them..and the balance is all there in its design..

Ignoring the fancy ones posted above Humbuckers on a tele is just wrong....

A PRS reminds me of a parent with a child entering a beauty contest....

The guitar doesn't want to look that way and longs to be out with her friends getting into trouble.

In fact I have never seen one with battle scars.
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Thanks lads, nearly spit my tea out :D

True dat, the only guitars you really see with battle scars are Strats & Teles's where every other guitar is treated like a special kid.
I really can't remember how many times my Start has fell over, been thrown, been thrown into a drum kit, had a drumkit thrown into it and even ssmashed into somebody's face who got too close.
On the back of my Yamaha SG2000 I had a couple of teeth marks :D
 
easyrider said:
I totally disagee....there is an honesty to them..and the balance is all there in its design..

Ignoring the fancy ones posted above Humbuckers on a tele is just wrong....

A PRS reminds me of a parent with a child entering a beauty contest....

The guitar doesn't want to look that way and longs to be out with her friends getting into trouble.

In fact I have never seen one with battle scars.
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As it happens, Youtube recommended me this video last night!

 
Dimple said:
Thanks lads, nearly spit my tea out :D

True dat, the only guitars you really see with battle scars are Strats & Teles's where every other guitar is treated like a special kid.
I really can't remember how many times my Start has fell over, been thrown, been thrown into a drum kit, had a drumkit thrown into it and even ssmashed into somebody's face who got too close.
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My LP has quite a few dings and stuff on it - they were there when I bought it but honestly I don't mind that much - I don't mistreat my guitars but having one that is already imperfect is kind of nice; no need to fuss and worry over it until that inevitable first accident :p

A week or two ago I managed to smash the headstock straight up against a glass ceiling light as lifted it up to hang it back on the wall-hanger :( Didn't damage the guitar or the light though - which was good but a bit strange
 
Raymond Lin said:
As it happens, Youtube recommended me this video last night!

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Yeah I have seen that before.... :p

What's interesting is the fact he still wants the tele body though....when he wants the Gibson sound.

And his favourite guitar is the 54 tele...

Not a Prs in sight... And everyone he has... Has battle scars and mojo.....

I rest my case about the telecaster... :D
 
easyrider said:
Ignoring the fancy ones posted above Humbuckers on a tele is just wrong....
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Humbuckers on tele is the only thing that makes sense. You can get single coil sound from humbucker by splitting coil via pull/push volume knob. Done. But you can't fatten single coil to hum free, full and beefy humbucker sound. You can cheat by pairing two single coils in switch mid position for a louder signal, but that doesn't make them noiseless, reverse polarity or change the sound characteristics of two coils 10cm apart playing together. It's not even aesthetics issue, as you can have humbuckers that look like single coils. In this day and age there is no reason to have single coils on Fenders at all.

A PRS reminds me of a parent with a child entering a beauty contest....

The guitar doesn't want to look that way and longs to be out with her friends getting into trouble.

In fact I have never seen one with battle scars.
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That's not how it is at all. Strat is for those who want bright, twangy, sparkly sound. Tele is for those who want even weedier, brighter sound and don't care about versatility. Gibson is for those who want fat, growling sound. Ibanez and superstrats are for those who want the latter to be even louder, tighter and faster. PRS is all all three worlds for those who want boutique finish and upmarket touch and are willing to pay much more than its worth for it.

If guitars were cars Strat player would turn up in Mondeo. Tele player would arrive in Connect mini van. Gibson player would turn up in BMW 5 series. Superstrat player would arrive in Nissan GTR. PRS guy would park his Aston Martin two parking spaces away so no one opens doors into their ride. Superstrat/Nissan GTR guy would comment how his ride is much faster to 30mph, quoting few lofty milisecond stats of in gear acceleration, Gibson/BMW owner would mention how his toy is better drivers car for everyday use, with best engine, most options and balance of affordable luxury to price, Strat/Mondeo guy would comment how his ride is the best selling, loved by all, universally appealing budget family car with big boot while Tele/Connect fellow would offer irrelevant off-the-cuff remark how he's the only one that can fit 5 bales of hay and still have space for two sheep in the back of his vehicle.

And they'd be all looking at the Aston Martin, and deep inside know, that even though it doesn't have as much leg space as the Mondeo, isn't as good all around car as BMW, doesn't launch from lights as fast as GTR and you will never even attempt to transport sheep in it, if only money was no object... Then quickly dismiss the thought as "looking too douche-y".
 
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Well, i got a new guitar.

Can anyone guess? It cost less than the Gibson Custom Classic II I saw at £1299 but more than a Fender American Standard Strat at £750.

A clue.

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I played with one of the greatest sounds ever last night.
The crowd were shouting for Whole Lotta Rosie so the guitarist handed his guitar to me because he hates playing it and I got somebody up to sing it.
Oh my ******* God what a sound.
It was his Stevie Ray Vaughan Strat that he'd made himself going through a Marshall TSL602 and it was on fire (it had sounded good all night).
We gets to the end of the song and I signalled the band to keep playing until I ran out of ideas so went for a 32 bar solo.
I didn't want to stop but I was aching at that point.
 
Nitefly said:
PRS studio.
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Wrong. ;)

Dimple said:
I played with one of the greatest sounds ever last night.
The crowd were shouting for Whole Lotta Rosie so the guitarist handed his guitar to me because he hates playing it and I got somebody up to sing it.
Oh my ******* God what a sound.
It was his Stevie Ray Vaughan Strat that he'd made himself going through a Marshall TSL602 and it was on fire (it had sounded good all night).
We gets to the end of the song and I signalled the band to keep playing until I ran out of ideas so went for a 32 bar solo.
I didn't want to stop but I was aching at that point.
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SSS config ?
 
Raymond Lin said:
Well, i got a new guitar.

Can anyone guess?
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PRS Custom 24 in tabacco sunburst. Possibly in McCarthy variant.

Dimple said:
I played with one of the greatest sounds ever last night.
It was his Stevie Ray Vaughan Strat that he'd made himself.
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It would be close to impossible to make one. D shaped neck with rosewood slab rather than veneer fretboard and 10" radius, 1959 pickups, both rare as hens teeth. I bet what you heard was the sweet tones of modern Texas Specials.
 
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v0n said:
It would be close to impossible to make one. D shaped neck with rosewood slab rather than veneer fretboard and 10" radius, 1959 pickups, both rare as hens teeth. I bet what you heard was the sweet tones of modern Texas Specials.
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I know he had stuff coming from all over the world and poured over pictures & schematics.
I posted a link to the guitar a couple of posts up.
 
Close Von, soooo close but in black gold.

A new 2011 custom 24 with a 10 Top.

Before you say, crazy Raymond...!

I know, I didn't plan on getting one either but that came up at a silly price, could not say no. I set out getting a single solid body and I think it's mission accomplished.

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Yay, full fat USA custom 24!!! :D
 
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