72' Custom Club .... Wide Range

[Blueblood]

Originally Posted by ESQUIREoholic

Hey BlueBlood, How are ya?


Still doing some of that great artwork? Still have the Muddy Waters?

Hey Esquire!

Great, yes and yes!

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http://community.webshots.com/user/72telecastercustom

Yep, the '72 is a versatile force to be reckoned with and as we've seen, it's timeless....

[edie5]

Originally Posted by ESQUIREoholic

Is your Custom a reissue or an original? MIM or MIJ? I think the original later models had the "Custom" like yours.

I bought it in '80 as second hand. The first owner was a blind musician who bought it (as he says) many years ago. The SN is 573839 and according to the Fender SN date of production is made in 1974. Theres a big F on the steel plate, a CBS era. No script "made in ...". The first owner buy it because it sounds great, obviously, because he's blind and have changed nothing.

[ESQUIREoholic]

Custom Tele owners what are you running through?

I'm currently using a BF Deluxe with a Celestion G12H at about 5 or 6 where the nice breakup lives. For louder venues I use the Cali 12 because it really drives well above 7 with a sweet spot at 8 and a half.

[hegn]

I have two original ones; a sunburst (Feb ´73) with maple board and a natural (Mar ´73) with rosewood board. They're both great, but the natural is my favourite, real sweet and boy does it moan and cry when you lean on it...! I usually use a Super Reverb (Blackface from '67) or an early MusicMan OneThirty HD212 (´73 or ´74 I think) to fire them up...

PS: The Customs are no 3 and 4 from the right in the second row (just in front of the gold LP DeLuxe twins) in my "Meet the family" photo below...

[ESQUIREoholic]

Nice Family.
I especially like that original Sunburst:

[booncrusher2000]

i think i am gonna be sick ......*boon grabs chest crumbles to the floor** i am always crying on these post about missing my 72 custom...........and this makes me miss it all over again...............great looking teles dudes!!!

[pfogle]

Hi all,

I just joined the club this weekend with a black 2003 MIM reissue.

I read in reviews about the HB being muddy, but found that lowering the pup a couple of turns cleaned up the sound quite a bit, while slightly lowering the output.

I'm interested in the 250k -> 500k tone pot mod and would like to know from anyone who's done it:

Is it a relatively easy DIY (I can use a soldering iron, but I'm not an electronics wizz)?

Is it better to do both vol and tone pots?

Does the mod make any difference when the pots are at '10' - or only when dialled back a bit?

any advice/experience very welcome!
thanks
Phil

[RichardWitt]

I love my Customs!

CIJ RI (Doris)



This one has had about 15 minutes of play and sits in the case under the bed (12 months now!) It's brand new and I can't bring myself to wear her in!

[OutlawSteph1975]

Hey Richard, I'm glad I'm not the only one who got sick of only black pickguards!

[RichardWitt]

Originally Posted by OutlawSteph1975

Hey Richard, I'm glad I'm not the only one who got sick of only black pickguards!

Thanks O.S.!
I couldn't actually find a tortoise pickguard, so I bought a blank from Warmoth and had it hand made by my local guitar tech. I think it was worth it!

[voxboy]

Originally Posted by ESQUIREoholic

This is great to see all the Customs. Black, Sunburst, Natural and I know I've seen one of those white blonde reissues somewhere. Here's an original in white blonde:

hi ;

sweet axe ...

what year is it ?

[voxboy]

Originally Posted by edie5

Here's my '74 beauty!

hi;

love the RW fret board ..

hardly see these with RW ...are they more "rare"??

[BritishBluesBoy]

Here's mine:

[mistermullens]

I thought I was already a part of this club? Must have been another thread. Love my '72 RI. Got it for $260 off eBay. Guy had it listed as a Squier with a terrible picture. Placed one bid at the opening price of $230 and won! Neck pup sounds great after I lowered the hidden pole pieces under the pup. Bridge pup just kills. Personally, I think it sounds better than the Nocaster bridge pup in my Esquire. Here's a quick shot.

Originally Posted by ESQUIREoholic

Custom Tele owners what are you running through?

Great question! Right now I run mine through a Vox Pathfinder 15R (w/10" speaker) and a 1976 Fender Vibro Champ (also with a 10" speaker). Both amps sound great and I hope to be running it through a Vox Night Train soon.

[Jeri]

Heres my CIJ, we been together 10 years now..

[Telenator]

Here's a shot of mine.

It's a MIM body with an American Standard neck and pfffff! my own pickups of course!

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