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moonshiner · July 27th, 2005, 11:47 AM

hey hey...

Do not treat the telecaster sickness lightly... once you find one you love, you'll need to find another...

Any how... as a bit of nonsense.. if you don't want that 66... pass over here...!!

The MIM Nashville is a good guitar with the following caviats...

1 the neck is thin (at least my rosewood neck is).. the maple I played was good... but I like beefy necks...

2 the bridge and neck pickups weren't to my taste... they didn't sound 60's to me... they didn't even sound 50's... but YMMV..

3 the strat pickup in the middle is good.. you get nice bell like tones from it.. but with the 2 pickups I installed... it's kind of noisy by itself..

4 to get a pickup selection, you'll need to rewire it from it's stock configuration.. check fender's site for details of current switching.. but the true Fender middle position neck/bridge combo cannot be attained with stock wiring..

If you are looking to buy a budget type guitar, a la the MIM Nashville, maybe you might want to check out the Classic 60's or Muddy Waters telecaster.. People have have good things to say about both... If you have a goodly amount of cash.. you can always spring for a CS62 tele or CS63 tele.. but you will pay for custom shop prices and for custom shop interpretations...

As for the bridge questions... I have all three general configurations...

6 saddle, 3 saddle steel, 3 saddle brass... all are good... Don't let anyone tell you one is better than the other... but... each one has a different sound... I suggest using the forums search feature to find out more about each saddle type...

Consequently, there has been quite a bit of discussion about nashvilles here.. that too you can look up if you want more opinions...

Otherwise... best of luck in your tele search...

July 27th, 2005, 11:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
moonshiner Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Milyucky, Whiskonsin Posts: 2,145	hey hey... Do not treat the telecaster sickness lightly... once you find one you love, you'll need to find another... Any how... as a bit of nonsense.. if you don't want that 66... pass over here...!! The MIM Nashville is a good guitar with the following caviats... 1 the neck is thin (at least my rosewood neck is).. the maple I played was good... but I like beefy necks... 2 the bridge and neck pickups weren't to my taste... they didn't sound 60's to me... they didn't even sound 50's... but YMMV.. 3 the strat pickup in the middle is good.. you get nice bell like tones from it.. but with the 2 pickups I installed... it's kind of noisy by itself.. 4 to get a pickup selection, you'll need to rewire it from it's stock configuration.. check fender's site for details of current switching.. but the true Fender middle position neck/bridge combo cannot be attained with stock wiring.. If you are looking to buy a budget type guitar, a la the MIM Nashville, maybe you might want to check out the Classic 60's or Muddy Waters telecaster.. People have have good things to say about both... If you have a goodly amount of cash.. you can always spring for a CS62 tele or CS63 tele.. but you will pay for custom shop prices and for custom shop interpretations... As for the bridge questions... I have all three general configurations... 6 saddle, 3 saddle steel, 3 saddle brass... all are good... Don't let anyone tell you one is better than the other... but... each one has a different sound... I suggest using the forums search feature to find out more about each saddle type... Consequently, there has been quite a bit of discussion about nashvilles here.. that too you can look up if you want more opinions... Otherwise... best of luck in your tele search... __________________ "Everyone's got to be something... Me? I'm stupid... It's all I ever wanted to be... Shock me again!"