The Nocaster Club

I can't believe nobody's started one. I guess they're too busy playing 'em. I like one but at the moment, funds are short so I'll be satisfied just for now looking at pics and hearing stories. Originals, CS, etc...

Pleeeeeeaase........

I guess I'll jump in here. I'm surprised no one's posted yet. Mine's an '06 NOS I picked up for $1500 back in Oct. 08. I rewired it to the "modern" wiring to make switching a little less tedious onstage. Great sounding, light guitar and I love the big neck. All my other guitars, are unfortunately, drawing dust, though.

I guess I'll jump in here. I'm surprised no one's posted yet. Mine's an '06 NOS I picked up for $1500 back in Oct. 08. I rewired it to the "modern" wiring to make switching a little less tedious onstage. Great sounding, light guitar and I love the big neck. All my other guitars, are unfortunately, drawing dust, though.

Finally! Thanks for posting. Would love to see pics!

I've got a '08 Lake Placid Blue Nocaster NOS...but with a 9.5 radius. I did originally buy a Butterscotch one but the shop dropped it and took a big ding of paint off. Anyway, I bought the blue one for a good/ end of line clearance price.

There's a pic of it on my profile.

Here's my two! Note to self...must get some new pics! :smile:

http://inlinethumb18.webshots.com/28881/2457662910062929858S600x600Q85.jpg (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2457662910062929858JMfCrY)

Yes, I need some new pictures also!

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t25/Bubbanov/37JAN252008016.jpg

2003 Lake Placid Blue NOS..I'm in love...

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s178/jonnybo1/DSC00701.jpg

My nocaster on the left. Natural with a neck humbucker.



http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/zz229/jlex765/013.jpg

2003 Closet Classic.

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o67/echorrigan/Nocaster_Front_Full.jpg

I'm hoping to get this one and officially become a member of the club.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd171/telechaser/Guitars/05nocasterbody.jpg

Light relic

http://www.flametop.me.uk/ft/nocaster.jpg

Here's mine.......deal of the century that my wife got......2006 Nocaster Relic for $1000!

http://theteahaus.netfirms.com/Julia-2005/nfpicturepro/albums/userpics/10001/CSRelicTele.jpg

I've had my NOS for quite a few years, It's had a few customs, and some of them returned to stock. Sometimes sports a hipshot B-Bender.

It's an awesome guitar. Nothing else to say.

R

Just need a neck and I'm in!!! :mrgreen:

Hello,

here are 2 pics of my Nocaster:

https://fotoalbum.web.de/alben/klaus_kemmerling/Tele/printImage?imageId=99003430&imageType=image

https://fotoalbum.web.de/alben/klaus_kemmerling/Tele/printImage?imageId=99003585&imageType=image

Greetings, Klaus

'00 NOS. One of the greatest guitars Fender have ever made...


http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n183/billybuck_2006/MyNocaster.jpg

these are so nice guys. Stop posting so I don't gas any harder than I already am...Thanks

First of all, hi to everyone!

Nocaster's my dream guitar. I'm not currently a member, but hoping to be very soon :grin:

Can somebody tell what's the, let's say, average price of used nocasters? I'm going to Toronto this summer and I'm planning to get back to Europe with Fender Nocaster so I'm calculating how much money I need :mrgreen:

Thank you very much!

Here's mine.......deal of the century that my wife got......2006 Nocaster Relic for $1000!

$1000.00 Thaus???

That's just wrong....so wrong....that I didn't score that deal of the century!!!

:lol:

Here's some Innards fer ya !

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/mellecaster/2007%20Nocaster%20Relic/DSCF5814.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/mellecaster/2007%20Nocaster%20Relic/DSCF5816JPG.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/mellecaster/2007%20Nocaster%20Relic/DSCF5821JPG.jpg

Wow, sure is slow around here - we must all be busy playing and enjoying our Nocasters.

First of all, hi to everyone!

Nocaster's my dream guitar. I'm not currently a member, but hoping to be very soon :grin:

Can somebody tell what's the, let's say, average price of used nocasters? I'm going to Toronto this summer and I'm planning to get back to Europe with Fender Nocaster so I'm calculating how much money I need :mrgreen:

Thank you very much!

Have $ 1800 available - you may be able to find one for less.

I think Thaus' $ 1,000 (CAN) buy was the steal of the century. Very impressive deal. You're likely to pay $ 1,600- $ 1,700 I would say.

Have $ 1800 available - you may be able to find one for less.

I think Thaus' $ 1,000 (CAN) buy was the steal of the century. Very impressive deal. You're likely to pay $ 1,600- $ 1,700 I would say.

Wow. Most of the ones I've seen @ stores and on ebay are more in the $2000.00+ range. I've seen '95 and '96 Cunetto's going for over 4K!

Good luck finding one for $1000.00! (I mean that sincerly, not sarcasticly)

My Nocaster relic Limited Edition 2009

* Premium ash
* Radio 9,5"
* Trastes Dunlop 6105
* Pickup neck Custom Shop twisted
* Pickup bridge Nocaster custom
* Modern circuit.

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb47/iorio76/IMGP1524.jpg

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb47/iorio76/IMGP1525.jpg

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Ive got a Nocaster relic myself and Ive went and place a Custom Shop twisted Tele pickup in the neck position with a modern wiring set up and Ive made it a better guitar .

I had a original Fender 1952 and this Nocaster is every bit as good as that guitar was and the 52 I sold it .



The twisted Tele pickup has given a great guitar a added dimension but to be honest Ive been playing my Gibson ES 335 50th Anniversary just about all the time for the last 2 years :wink:


Trouble Ive got myself into here :oops:

The twisted Tele pickup has given a great guitar a added dimension but to be honest Ive been playing my Gibson ES 335 50th Anniversary just about all the time for the last 2 years :wink:




Yeah, your reply has gotten some silence but there's some real respect here for a nicely fettled ES 335 as well. Those can be real decent. :wink:

This is my Nocaster. She's a rescue. I put her together from scattered Custom Shop Nocaster parts on Ebay.

This is my Nocaster. She's a rescue. I put her together from scattered Custom Shop Nocaster parts on Ebay.

How does she compare, to the others you have played?

Did she end up costing more, or less, than the usual nice used one?

Are there some import fees, etc., you do not owe when you ship in pieces as opposed to a whole guitar, in Aruba?

Looks just like mine, except the neck is darker. Nice.

Boris, it was not my intention to bypass duties. They are the same anyway for parts or for a completed guitar.

It did cost more to put this together compared to buying a Nocaster, but it was just something I had to do.

In the end, it's a super lightweight, great sounding guitar.

the best, most consistent guitar fender's ever made:

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c150/thespiralboys/IMG00032-20110630-0748.jpg
(hangin with the RIC)

...hot rodded with ToneShaper and Lindy Fralins.

06' Nocaster Ebay prize
http://i39.tinypic.com/1zywoxs.jpg

After selling one, I was down to one for a while, but I got this one just a few weeks ago and now I've got two again! :smile:

http://inlinethumb39.webshots.com/46438/2852131760062929858S600x600Q85.jpg (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2852131760062929858ODljTU)

I have no ability to post a pic right now but mine is a 2003 Closet Classic which I've retired from gigging service now. The modded "Nashcaster" is it's stand in.

The only non-stock item on the Nocaster is the neck. I wasn't enthused about that thick "U" neck so our other guitarist and I swapped the necks from his 52RI which had the soft "V" neck I prefer. I love playing it but I just don't like taking it out to gig anymore but it's by far the nicest Tele I own.

97 Nocaster
http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/767/medium/DSCF3737.JPG

http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/767/medium/DSCF3751.JPG

http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/767/medium/DSCF3739.JPG

2000 Timemachine Nocaster
http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/767/medium/Nocaster_2000_2.jpg

Here's my Dave's Special Order '52 Tele Relic which boils down to a Nocaster.
The only differences are frets (not quite med. jumbo, like a short 6105), and radius (9.5) and without neck lip.
Body is otherwise identical and it sure is a Nocaster neck.

Nocaster bridge pickup and a Twisted Tele in the neck position;

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y87/bluesjuke/DSC_0024-2.jpg

My Nocaster

7.2 lbs and 1 pc body.

Dealer's pic:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g7/humbuster/NOCASTER.jpg

This one, along with my Les Pauls, will take me into retirement.

My Nocaster:
NOS Masterbuilder Yuriy Shishkov.
One piece rosewood neck, 0.95 inch at first, 1.00 at 12 fret, 9.5 radius.
Two pieces (Gtr Ash and Bass Ash) body.
Abby Ybarra hand wounded Nocaster pickups.
Crafted August, 2011.
Weights 6.6 lbs.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z321/papous1972/DSCN1406.jpg
http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z321/papous1972/DSCN1462.jpg

...and because of the white dots on the dark neck, she also looks nice
with a white parchment pickguard:

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z321/papous1972/DSCN1471.jpg

...But no photo can really show how beautiful my baby is,
nor how she plays and sounds...:grin:

Here are better pics of mine. I think it was originally sold by Wildwood. It's 9.5 radius, and came with a humbucker.
I think the original owner put in a different humbucker and must not have been happy with it because when I got it the Humbucker sounded great, but the bridge pup was extremely shrill. I got it for a very low price for a Nocaster.
Finally got the wiring so both the humbucker and nocaster bridge pup both sound great.

2000 Nocaster
Refret with 6105
Lollar Special T

I just pulled the trigger on a 2005 Relic. Can't wait till Thursday for it to arrive.

The wait is worth it, congrats!

Wow! Best playing guitar I've ever owned. Also the lightest. I played one at GC and didn't like it,figured it wasn't setup, had little girl strings and they don't have a tweed amp on the floor there.I took a gamble on ebay. After some real strings and a set up ( the guy had the intonation way off) It plays itself. Louder from the back then the front acoustic. I'll never sell!

2008 Custom Shop Nocaster NOS

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff495/iim7v7im7/Guitars/nocaster2.jpg?t=1335020463

http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff495/iim7v7im7/Guitars/nocasterback2.jpg?t=1335020480

Had my Nocaster 51 Relic for about a month now - absolutely loving it! My other Teles haven't had a look in since and any other neck I play now just feels puny! Mines a 2009 with 9.5 radius, med jumbo frets and 4 way switch. Weighs in a 7.1 pounds.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/johnny_99_2006/SAM_1643-1.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/johnny_99_2006/SAM_1620.jpg

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j9/johnny_99_2006/SAM_1606.jpg

I'm the proud new owner of a 2008 Nocaster Relic. I love it! I haven't been able to even take my hands off it long enough to take it to the shop to get set up. What an incredible guitar. It sounds, feels and looks like the real thing (which I've played, my cousin in law has, well not a Nocaster, but a 52 Tele).

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(PS - Not sure how you guys post such big pics, I was only able to get them to this size...)

A more up-to-date pic.

http://i1323.photobucket.com/albums/u589/rongarson/TwoNocasters_zps2036b3cc.jpg

I recently picked up a 2010 NOS. It rings like a bell! I've owned several Fenders and none worked for me, but it was just a matter of learning what was available. I like big necks and 1.65 or large nuts so seems like someone should have said, "NOCASTER!" to me before now. I wish they had. Mine has nocaster pups and vintage wiring. My Lentz T has modern wiring so this is a welcome change and very cool.

Quick pic is all I have for the moment:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b182/gwtrucks/B6A993C1-B8DB-4E2C-9224-D8FED554CEAA-12620-0000072F609568D9_zps5553169d.jpg

Congrats to you new owners, these are the best Fenders you can get in my opinion and experience.

Here's my '09 NOS:

I think it came from Wildwood. I got it used.

I replaced the SD 59 with a Seth Lover and put Glendale saddles on. Otherwise it's stock. 9.5 radius. Med Jumbo frets.


http://pic40.picturetrail.com/VOL361/492960/22521571/374169205.jpg

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http://pic40.picturetrail.com/VOL361/492960/23502548/392703192.jpg

May I present my July 2012 Nocaster NOS?


http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac141/aid1957/51Nocaster6.jpg

Nice!

I'm joining this club. Should get mine early next month. We're moving, so I am waiting to have it delivered to our new place. Can't wait...

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"Feder"...

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee22/e_stamp/1951%20Nocaster%20Copy/P1090168.jpg

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee22/e_stamp/1951%20Nocaster%20Copy/P1090176.jpg

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee22/e_stamp/1951%20Nocaster%20Copy/P1090164.jpg

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee22/e_stamp/1951%20Nocaster%20Copy/P1090197.jpg

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee22/e_stamp/1951%20Nocaster%20Copy/P1090185.jpg

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee22/e_stamp/1951%20Nocaster%20Copy/P1090219.jpg

"Feder"...

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee22/e_stamp/1951%20Nocaster%20Copy/P1090168.jpg

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee22/e_stamp/1951%20Nocaster%20Copy/P1090176.jpg




Lovely.

So, from the Pic's I assume for the most part, a rosewood fingerboard on a maple neck would constitute heresy, if one were to put it on a BSB body. I'm gathering stray components, and I have just such a neck, waiting in the wings. Am I good, or do I keep shopping?

So, from the Pic's I assume for the most part, a rosewood fingerboard on a maple neck would constitute heresy, if one were to put it on a BSB body. I'm gathering stray components, and I have just such a neck, waiting in the wings. Am I good, or do I keep shopping?

I lean toward maple neck on ash,but love Rosey boards on pine.

Also,Leo wasn't thinking"re-fret" with these bolt on guitars,more so,"re-neck"....so,pretend your maple neck got worn out and it was replaced with what you have.

Each his own......Enjoy.

So, from the Pic's I assume for the most part, a rosewood fingerboard on a maple neck would constitute heresy, if one were to put it on a BSB body.


Well, it is a "Nocaster" thread, so rosewood would not have been invented yet... :wink:

So, from the Pic's I assume for the most part, a rosewood fingerboard on a maple neck would constitute heresy, if one were to put it on a BSB body. I'm gathering stray components, and I have just such a neck, waiting in the wings. Am I good, or do I keep shopping?

I wouldn't kick this one outta bed...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqFk4e-RB0w

We messed up. We should probably have 3 clubs:

1) for genuine Nocasters;

2) for various FMIC Custom Shop "No-Caster" offerings, and

3) for serious clones of original Nocasters.

http://thestevieboy.tripod.com/51nocastergrass.jpg

I've had it a few months, 2012 Relic. For me, the perfect Tele.

OMG ..... so much eye candy! Simply amazing!

At long last, the wait is over. Perhaps I can now stop ogling and finally join this illustrious group - or can I? I haven't mortgaged the ranch (if only I had a ranch to mortgage) so that I could go out buy myself a genuine NoCaster, but I did find myself fondling and drooling over a fine looking 'replica' of a real one at my local dealers a few days ago.

After a couple of sleepless nights and much lengthy consideration on how I was possibly going to make this happen, I finally took the plunge. I mean this thing is probably as close as I will ever get to hearing and 'feeling' the sound of a real NoCaster. Others may have had a different experience ..... but to me, this thing goes way beyond any expectations I may previously have had.

OK, what did I buy? It's an '09 Limited Edition NoCaster, and I am its first owner. Beautifully 'bashed up', and looking just as Keef would expect, and well ... what to say? I just love it.

I sincerely hope this will entitle me join the rest of you extremely lucky folks in the 'NoCaster' (reissue branch) owners' club.

And now, please allow me to share a few compulsory(?) photos .....

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l48/tonyjp/09NoCasterone.jpg

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http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l48/tonyjp/09NoCasterfive.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l48/tonyjp/09NoCasterfour.jpg

I joined the club a couple weeks back. This has got to be one of the smallest club threads and probably the most populated. Guess Nocaster players just play on and forget about posting.

I hope I make this club a couple more times.

OMG ..... so much eye candy! Simply amazing!...

At long last, the wait is over. I finally took the plunge.

OK, what did I buy? It's an '09 Limited Edition NoCaster, and I am its first owner. Beautifully 'bashed up', and looking just as Keef would expect, and well ... what to say? I just love it.

And now, please allow me to share a few compulsory(?) photos .....


Sorry folks but my originally posted photos disappeared - unknown to me. I suspect the recent changes made by photobucket , and my involvement in those changes, may be the cause of my photos being deleted. Sorry! Here are some replacement photos.

See original post #63

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