Hello,
So this year I decided I wanted a Telecaster. Choices and responsibilities in life being what they are, careful planning was dictated (read: Make sure you're getting what you want!).
After trying several different models including Bajas, Lite Ash, MIM Ash Standards, and finally the Nashville, I went to the local music store yesterday and something caught my eye.
Hanging there on the wall was an ordinary looking, used but WELL cared for, Highway One in black. So I took it down and started strumming. I liked the way it played, so our next logical step was to plug it in, but I kept thinking: "These strings feel slick"
In to the amp we go! I am putting this slick stringed little number through it's paces (ha!) and digging the sounds it makes. The resident tech of the store comes over and says:
"Does that thing still have the flatwounds on it?"
Apparently the guy that owned this liked the way those strings sounded and played.
So, long story short, I ended up taking this gem home with me. I think I got a killer deal on what is basically a new American made Telecaster! Yes it's not the ash body I was sooo convinced I wanted, but this one just spoke to me when I played it. And based on the reading I've been doing here, some others have experienced the same phenomenon.
This Tele journey will prove exciting!
PS: After some obligatory haggling on the price and a set of DR Pure Blues (roundwound strings) I couldn't be happier with the newest addition to the stable.