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alright, imagine this

mahogany tele body, warmoth short scale mahogany tele neck (or other, just my preference, but short scale for more bass), rear routed so no pickguard, bigsby, p-90 bridge (no neck pickup), no load 300k pots, and *drum roll* esquire wiring

seems like a pretty good idea to me, i never understood why lp jr's didn't have esquire type wiring, but it just dawned on me that you could make one with it

but i don't have the finances for another tele right now, so someone else; have at it

It sounds like the Tele I'm building- minus the Mahogany.

mahogany's always good.

Not a fan of bigsbys

Shorter scale? Gibson scale is best

not familiar with esquire wiring, but I'd miss a neck pup


Originally Posted by big_blackIt sounds like the Tele I'm building- minus the Mahogany.Oh yeah, no Bigsby either. I wouldn't know what to do with one.



actually, its kinda been done. Fender produced the quot;Tele Jrquot; for a year or two. Shorter scale, mahogony body, three-way toggle switch, and I believe it had P-90's.

Now Squire is making mahogony teles (quot;custom seriesquot;, or something like that). They were in the last issue of MF

with esquire wiring you can disconnect the tone control, or have like a preset tone knob setting

bigsby would just kinda be my thing, i mean, not only do they look rockin as hell, but you can't beat them for vibrato

right now i don't have a neck pickup in my nashville, or a middle one

don't miss em

It's almost everything I hate on an instrument I love in one convenient package......

*shivers*

Funny you mention it. I wanted to pull the trigger on a Fender Stratosonic, which is exactly what you describe, only a strat shape.

Originally Posted by GearjoneserFunny you mention it. I wanted to pull the trigger on a Fender Stratosonic, which is exactly what you describe, only a strat shape.

Wow . . . gorgeous . . . love it.

Came THIS close to getting a Stratosonic in cherry red....

-X


Originally Posted by dogcityrockeractually, its kinda been done. Fender produced the quot;Tele Jrquot; for a year or two. Shorter scale, mahogony body, three-way toggle switch, and I believe it had P-90's.

Now Squire is making mahogony teles (quot;custom seriesquot;, or something like that). They were in the last issue of MF

the tele jr is one of the best guitars I've ever played. I wish they'd continued it instead of the telesonic.

howd u make that pic?


Originally Posted by SkarekroughIt's almost everything I hate on an instrument I love in one convenient package......

*shivers*

Tell me about it. On all my guitars, the pickups that get 90% of my total jam time are the neck pickups. I just don't know how somebody could play with just a bridge single coil, you can't get the warm, gooey, bassy, singing sounds of a neck pickup with a barking bridge P90!!

the only guitar i've found with a usable neck pickup (unless you're playing through an old fender) is a strat, and that's because they're really really bright guitars

this is more of a rock oriented guitar


Originally Posted by drew_half_emptythe only guitar i've found with a usable neck pickup (unless you're playing through an old fender) is a strat, and that's because they're really really bright guitars

I agree 100%.

I never quite understood the single bridge pup thing myself. I like the straight up rock and roll balls to the wall sound I get with a bridge p90, but the rhythm clean with two p90s blended and the jazz and blues neck p90 tone really make for an exceptional instrument. Only using a bridge p90 looks like a handicap to me especially when there are so many fantastic tones that dual p90 guitars can attain.


Originally Posted by GearjoneserFunny you mention it. I wanted to pull the trigger on a Fender Stratosonic, which is exactly what you describe, only a strat shape.
Hey GJ, what's a good price for the two pickup version of the stratosonic?

some may like the sheer simplicity of a single bridge p'up and most, the versatility dual p'ups offer.

instead of an esquire wiring with the bridge p90, how about installing a varitone switch like bb king's lucille or the blueshawk?

that will certainly result in a more versatile single p'up guitar.

that guitar really sounds bad i mean it has 4 things i absolutely hate: short scale, p90's, bigsby, and one pickup guitars. Basically not my style