Vester 'Tele' on it's way...

KotS · March 16th, 2008, 04:26 PM

I may be a lil' premature as I'm not a Tele owner yet, but this should be with me in the next few days -

- it's a Vester Tradition series 'Tele' (looks like a bound S/B to me..?) and (if it's as nice as the other Trad series Vesters I've played over the years) I've got big plans for it... I'll get it set up 'as is' to begin with, but fancy 'Esquiring' it ASAP.

I'm thinking about a Tortie plate (to match my S/B '72 P-Bass) & a Hotrails pup wired pos 1- H/B in series, pos 2 tapped & pos 3 H/B in parallel.

I'll see how the original neck works out for me, but may have to change it if has any hint of 'V' as I've read some Vesters have.

Anyway, Loving the site for the Esquire & Vester info, and I'll keep y'all informed of how I get on.

King of the Stuntmen

lupowitz · March 16th, 2008, 05:32 PM

Wellcome!
Looking forward to see the esquireisation!

TheDev01dOne · March 16th, 2008, 05:46 PM

Welcome to the forum KotS.. Yeah they're relly nice guitars, I have one that I refinished and modded and made an Esquire aswell. It went from this..

To this..

To this.

The only problem I had was that when I changed the pots to 'full size' CTS pots then the tone wouldn't fit but I just sanded out the inside of the control route and it fixed that easily. And the pickup I had made for it wouldn't fit in the bridge, all the screws were offset a bit so I just bought a wilkinson bridge for it.

They're really nice guitars TBH, even stock it was a great player but I bought it specifically for that project. The necks are quite nice, the horrible headstock grows on you pretty quickly. Mine was more of a 60's C profile neck, almost exactly the same as the MIJ '62 reissue I had.

Looking forward to seeing it Esquired and seeing some more pics when it arrives! Have fun!

KotS · March 16th, 2008, 06:05 PM

Thanks Devo1d.

The auction only closed Friday & I've been checking out what I could to add to my knowledge of Vesters (or Vesta as the seller had listed it..!) when I came across this site. Came as a relief to know that the head is supposed to look like that...

Found out a lot about Tele's/Esquire's too, a lot of it from your posts - that Black 'E' is a beaut, what with the reverse headstock and all. Appeals to me as a soon to be T/E owner, and as an ex-metaller..!

Should have it by Wed/Thurs this week, and can hardly wait.

KotS

KotS · March 21st, 2008, 07:11 PM

Well, it arrived yesterday. Here's a couple of quick pix 'out of the box' using my phone -

I kinda like the Headstock. It's got a bit of a Fender meets Tyler thing happening...

Haven't had a chance to do much more than clean & restring her, but I've got a feeling she'll be quite something. I'll probably look for a new neck though, as this one is very shallow with a slight 'V', and a lot of wear round the first couple of frets. Don't reckon I'll be in any hurry to upgrade much else in the meantime. Hardware all seems solid enough; Brass-ish saddles and some pretty good pickups.

And I'm rethinking the whole Esquire conversion thing...

Looking forward to getting her set up and some recording done but right now I've gotta go and stretch some strings,

KotS

Mark Davis · March 21st, 2008, 07:23 PM

Those look pretty nice whats the price range and where are they made?

TheDev01dOne · March 21st, 2008, 08:48 PM

Looks really nice KotS, I like the black pickguard on sunburst. Can you tell how many pieces the body is? Mine was 3 big pieces and 1 tiny bot on the corner where the jack goes.

AFAI have found out, the Tradition series (high end) are MIK in the Cort factory from the 80's.

I got mine (pretty beat up) for £94. They're pretty good value IMO.

hugo · March 21st, 2008, 08:59 PM

Devo1d, that is really sweet. I have this thing about matte black. I really want one. Did you paint that body yerself? I absolutely love it!! If you painted that yourself then you have to tell me step by step on how to do it cause I have a guitar that needs a facelift!! lol. Man, I love it!! The fact that it's an Esquire even makes it that much sweeter.
Kots, very cool. I bet you're almost wetting your pants over that one??

GEISHA · March 22nd, 2008, 03:32 AM

Got 4 Vesters Tradition myself, 1 Telecaster, 1 Esquire and two Strats.
They are top notch guitars. Whenever I look at second hand guitars and come across a Tradition, I don't hesitate for 1 second and buy it.
The cream '57'ish Strat was bought by me 4 weeks ago in pr1stine condition
for 130 Euro.

KotS · May 22nd, 2008, 04:14 PM

More pics -

More pics here - http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...dition%20Tele/

Haven't had time for any playing recently, but reckon she's a keeper. Pup's seem a little weaker than I'd hoped so may see about some upgrades, maybe some bigger frets eventually.

Anyway, gotta go play some Tele'...

Ed Bickert · May 22nd, 2008, 05:32 PM

Never heard of a "Vester" until this thread. What about them? Anyone care to elaborate? Are they US made? Are they still around?

Ed Bickert · May 22nd, 2008, 05:32 PM

Must say I'm not a fan of the headstock. But that's just looks.

TheDev01dOne · May 22nd, 2008, 07:07 PM

They were made in the Korean Cort factory apparently. I think they were short lived but quite good quality guitars, unappreciated since not many people ever heard of them you can usually snap them up cheap.

The headstock isn't as bad as it looks at first, you get used to it pretty quickly.

GEISHA · May 23rd, 2008, 01:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed Bickert

Never heard of a "Vester" until this thread. What about them? Anyone care to elaborate? Are they US made? Are they still around?

I just made myself a 60 page illustrated booklet on Vester, if you are interested drop me a PM.

Sollophonic · May 23rd, 2008, 06:36 AM

I had one of these in the other week. Someone wanted some new pickups in it, as the other ones were too noisy for him, but I have to say the guitar itself played like a dream. The neck was really nice, and I really liked the bound body too with the 5 hole pickguard, though has had bowed quite a bit at the top edge.
It now has a pair of hotrail pickups in it and he seem to be a happy man.

Talking of pickguards, I have an antique burst Squier Standard which has a tortoiseshell pickguard on it, and I'm not sure if I like it or not. I like the combo of yours with a black plate myself. I want to see what other combinations look like with either sunburst or antique burst. Maybe I'll post a new thread about this.....

Steve G · May 23rd, 2008, 06:52 AM

Vesters are cool! Mine had a great neck I remember.

March 16th, 2008, 04:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
KotS TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 13	Vester 'Tele' was on it's way... Now it's here I may be a lil' premature as I'm not a Tele owner yet, but this should be with me in the next few days - - it's a Vester Tradition series 'Tele' (looks like a bound S/B to me..?) and (if it's as nice as the other Trad series Vesters I've played over the years) I've got big plans for it... I'll get it set up 'as is' to begin with, but fancy 'Esquiring' it ASAP. I'm thinking about a Tortie plate (to match my S/B '72 P-Bass) & a Hotrails pup wired pos 1- H/B in series, pos 2 tapped & pos 3 H/B in parallel. I'll see how the original neck works out for me, but may have to change it if has any hint of 'V' as I've read some Vesters have. Anyway, Loving the site for the Esquire & Vester info, and I'll keep y'all informed of how I get on. King of the Stuntmen Last edited by KotS; March 21st, 2008 at 07:15 PM.

March 16th, 2008, 05:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
TheDev01dOne Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Staffordshire, England. Age: 20 Posts: 492	Welcome to the forum KotS.. Yeah they're relly nice guitars, I have one that I refinished and modded and made an Esquire aswell. It went from this.. To this.. To this. The only problem I had was that when I changed the pots to 'full size' CTS pots then the tone wouldn't fit but I just sanded out the inside of the control route and it fixed that easily. And the pickup I had made for it wouldn't fit in the bridge, all the screws were offset a bit so I just bought a wilkinson bridge for it. They're really nice guitars TBH, even stock it was a great player but I bought it specifically for that project. The necks are quite nice, the horrible headstock grows on you pretty quickly. Mine was more of a 60's C profile neck, almost exactly the same as the MIJ '62 reissue I had. Looking forward to seeing it Esquired and seeing some more pics when it arrives! Have fun! __________________ '86 MIJ Esquire Squier Standard - Heavily Modded Bastardised '80(?)s Vester Esquire

March 16th, 2008, 06:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
KotS TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 13	Thanks Devo1d. The auction only closed Friday & I've been checking out what I could to add to my knowledge of Vesters (or Vesta as the seller had listed it..!) when I came across this site. Came as a relief to know that the head is supposed to look like that... Found out a lot about Tele's/Esquire's too, a lot of it from your posts - that Black 'E' is a beaut, what with the reverse headstock and all. Appeals to me as a soon to be T/E owner, and as an ex-metaller..! Should have it by Wed/Thurs this week, and can hardly wait. KotS Last edited by KotS; March 17th, 2008 at 02:18 AM.

March 21st, 2008, 07:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 58 Posts: 12,468	Those look pretty nice whats the price range and where are they made? __________________ I'm so blind my seeing eye dog needs glasses.

March 21st, 2008, 08:48 PM	#7 (permalink)
TheDev01dOne Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Staffordshire, England. Age: 20 Posts: 492	Looks really nice KotS, I like the black pickguard on sunburst. Can you tell how many pieces the body is? Mine was 3 big pieces and 1 tiny bot on the corner where the jack goes. AFAI have found out, the Tradition series (high end) are MIK in the Cort factory from the 80's. I got mine (pretty beat up) for £94. They're pretty good value IMO. __________________ '86 MIJ Esquire Squier Standard - Heavily Modded Bastardised '80(?)s Vester Esquire

March 16th, 2008, 05:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
lupowitz Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hungary Posts: 335	Wellcome! Looking forward to see the esquireisation!

March 21st, 2008, 07:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
KotS TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 13	Well, it arrived yesterday. Here's a couple of quick pix 'out of the box' using my phone - I kinda like the Headstock. It's got a bit of a Fender meets Tyler thing happening... Haven't had a chance to do much more than clean & restring her, but I've got a feeling she'll be quite something. I'll probably look for a new neck though, as this one is very shallow with a slight 'V', and a lot of wear round the first couple of frets. Don't reckon I'll be in any hurry to upgrade much else in the meantime. Hardware all seems solid enough; Brass-ish saddles and some pretty good pickups. And I'm rethinking the whole Esquire conversion thing... Looking forward to getting her set up and some recording done but right now I've gotta go and stretch some strings, KotS

March 21st, 2008, 08:59 PM	#8 (permalink)
hugo Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sarnia,Ontario Age: 48 Posts: 812	Devo1d, that is really sweet. I have this thing about matte black. I really want one. Did you paint that body yerself? I absolutely love it!! If you painted that yourself then you have to tell me step by step on how to do it cause I have a guitar that needs a facelift!! lol. Man, I love it!! The fact that it's an Esquire even makes it that much sweeter. Kots, very cool. I bet you're almost wetting your pants over that one??

March 22nd, 2008, 03:32 AM	#9 (permalink)
GEISHA Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Zaanstad, Netherlands Age: 56 Posts: 267	Got 4 Vesters Tradition myself, 1 Telecaster, 1 Esquire and two Strats. They are top notch guitars. Whenever I look at second hand guitars and come across a Tradition, I don't hesitate for 1 second and buy it. The cream '57'ish Strat was bought by me 4 weeks ago in pr1stine condition for 130 Euro. __________________ In the beginning Leo Fender created the Precision Bass. And Leo said, “Let there be frets.” And the bass players saw that frets were good. And the out-of-tune notes were separated from the in-tune notes. And the world was transformed.

May 22nd, 2008, 04:14 PM	#10 (permalink)
KotS TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 13	More pics - More pics here - http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...dition%20Tele/ Haven't had time for any playing recently, but reckon she's a keeper. Pup's seem a little weaker than I'd hoped so may see about some upgrades, maybe some bigger frets eventually. Anyway, gotta go play some Tele'...

May 22nd, 2008, 05:32 PM	#11 (permalink)
Ed Bickert Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cape Cod, MA Age: 39 Posts: 946	Never heard of a "Vester" until this thread. What about them? Anyone care to elaborate? Are they US made? Are they still around? __________________ Sorry, not the real Ed Bickert. Just a fan.

May 22nd, 2008, 05:32 PM	#12 (permalink)
Ed Bickert Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cape Cod, MA Age: 39 Posts: 946	Must say I'm not a fan of the headstock. But that's just looks. __________________ Sorry, not the real Ed Bickert. Just a fan.

May 22nd, 2008, 07:07 PM	#13 (permalink)
TheDev01dOne Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Staffordshire, England. Age: 20 Posts: 492	They were made in the Korean Cort factory apparently. I think they were short lived but quite good quality guitars, unappreciated since not many people ever heard of them you can usually snap them up cheap. The headstock isn't as bad as it looks at first, you get used to it pretty quickly. __________________ '86 MIJ Esquire Squier Standard - Heavily Modded Bastardised '80(?)s Vester Esquire

May 23rd, 2008, 06:36 AM	#15 (permalink)
Sollophonic Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Skipton, N. Yorkshire, England Age: 44 Posts: 281	I had one of these in the other week. Someone wanted some new pickups in it, as the other ones were too noisy for him, but I have to say the guitar itself played like a dream. The neck was really nice, and I really liked the bound body too with the 5 hole pickguard, though has had bowed quite a bit at the top edge. It now has a pair of hotrail pickups in it and he seem to be a happy man. Talking of pickguards, I have an antique burst Squier Standard which has a tortoiseshell pickguard on it, and I'm not sure if I like it or not. I like the combo of yours with a black plate myself. I want to see what other combinations look like with either sunburst or antique burst. Maybe I'll post a new thread about this.....

May 23rd, 2008, 06:52 AM	#16 (permalink)
Steve G Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: LeeK (England) Posts: 1,545 54 Photos	Vesters are cool! Mine had a great neck I remember. __________________ "He was a drinkin' man with a guitar problem..." http://www.myspace.com/stevegiddings http://www.myspace.com/hiandlonesome