Played a '53

TG · March 23rd, 2005, 08:26 AM

I've been trying to flog a Tokai ES60 I bought recently (great guitar but my Blues Junior doesn't work well with humbuckers and I don't want to have to get a new amp or start the replacement pickup experiment thing, etc, etc....) so I called a little music shop an hour's drive from here to see if he'd sell it for me, or if I could trade it. I asked if he'd any teles handy and he said that he had two.....a '57 and a '53.
I didn't see that coming.
So I nipped up just to see them and had a good try out of them. The '57 was modded with 3 pickups and a phase switch, but the '53 was in good original shape...other than that it may had a refinish a long time ago. It was old and checked, but it was almost a natural finish. Not butterscotch.
It played well and sounded good, but as I'm not willing to mortgage our house I'll just leave it there.
I can see now how accurate the 52RI is.

He had a 1920s Gibson archtop too. It had as playable an action as most modern electrics.

Fun little trip out. I didn't expect that when I got up this morning.

fakeocaster · March 23rd, 2005, 01:49 PM

Where was this alladins cafe?

Exactly how big a mortage are we talking here?

TG · March 23rd, 2005, 04:33 PM

Kinvara. On Galway Bay near the Burren. Teeny little place with fiddles, old lap steels, acoustics, a few electrics and assorted CDs and whatever.
He mentioned around 15 grand for the tele, I think.

There's a nice cherry-red Tokai ES60 in there too, BTW.

March 23rd, 2005, 08:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
TG Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Beside a bog in the west of Ireland Age: 46 Posts: 4,427 7 Photos	Played a '53 I've been trying to flog a Tokai ES60 I bought recently (great guitar but my Blues Junior doesn't work well with humbuckers and I don't want to have to get a new amp or start the replacement pickup experiment thing, etc, etc....) so I called a little music shop an hour's drive from here to see if he'd sell it for me, or if I could trade it. I asked if he'd any teles handy and he said that he had two.....a '57 and a '53. I didn't see that coming. So I nipped up just to see them and had a good try out of them. The '57 was modded with 3 pickups and a phase switch, but the '53 was in good original shape...other than that it may had a refinish a long time ago. It was old and checked, but it was almost a natural finish. Not butterscotch. It played well and sounded good, but as I'm not willing to mortgage our house I'll just leave it there. I can see now how accurate the 52RI is. He had a 1920s Gibson archtop too. It had as playable an action as most modern electrics. Fun little trip out. I didn't expect that when I got up this morning.

March 23rd, 2005, 01:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
fakeocaster Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Enniscorthy, Ireland Posts: 645	Youve made me curious now Where was this alladins cafe? Exactly how big a mortage are we talking here? __________________ cheers fakeocaster

March 23rd, 2005, 04:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
TG Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Beside a bog in the west of Ireland Age: 46 Posts: 4,427 7 Photos	Kinvara. On Galway Bay near the Burren. Teeny little place with fiddles, old lap steels, acoustics, a few electrics and assorted CDs and whatever. He mentioned around 15 grand for the tele, I think. There's a nice cherry-red Tokai ES60 in there too, BTW.