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Old May 1st, 2008, 11:42 AM   #19 (permalink)
Doug Ferguson
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Originally Posted by hekawi View Post
I've got a FMT HH Telecaster (flame maple top, double humbucker). it is really a Gibson in Fender clothing....tele body shape, but carved top; set neck, but 25 1/2 scale....the sound is very Les Paul/SG, and with the coil splitter, you can get a single coil sound...although it's more like a P90 equipped Gibson than a true telecaster




features and specs from the Fender site:
http://www.fender.com/products/searc...tno=0262000561
+1. You beat me to it, hewaki. Mine's always impressed me as being a Gibson in disguise, very SG-like or even an LP, as you note, but without the fat neck of an LP. It's a nice guitar. Not tele-like in tone, but nice.
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