72' CUSTOM CLUB

ESQUIREoholic · March 22nd, 2008, 08:29 PM

A few years back on the FDP a group of us started posting our comments, pictures and mods to our 72' Customs -
Originals, MIM, amd MIJ models. It was alot of fun and I still love these models of Teles.

So who's still out there?
Any body new to this model of Tele?
Tell us your story, post a picture, any mods, MIM,MIJ, Original?

I miss mine so much I just bought one tonight.

Here's a picture of my last one disassembled:

Here's the new one:

The back:

morroben · March 22nd, 2008, 08:37 PM

Congrats on the new guitar!
My '72 Custom RI has become my favorite guitar...probably all time fave at this point. I bought it at a GC in Washington after I left Alaska in a motorhome and was wandering the earth. It had some issues and I got it for $320. Stripped the neck and gave it a tru-oil finish, leveled the frets, and it was good to go. Eventually swapped the pots out for 500K, after some advice from Terry Downs. Now I just love this guitar. Spanky tele tone from the bridge and the widerange makes a great slide pup.

dennyman · March 22nd, 2008, 08:52 PM

ESQUIREoholic, wow, that's cool looking. I'd like to get a SB body too but with a rosewood neck. Where did you get it? Thanks!

ESQUIREoholic · March 22nd, 2008, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dennyman

ESQUIREoholic, wow, that's cool looking. I'd like to get a SB body too but with a rosewood neck. Where did you get it? Thanks!

Just got it off ebay.
I tried a Sunburst with rosewood fretboad earlier today at Bill's Music.
Nice but I really wanted the maple board like my old one.

Morroben did you swap out all the pots for 500 K or just the neck pickup pots?

morroben · March 22nd, 2008, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ESQUIREoholic

Morroben did you swap out all the pots for 500 K or just the neck pickup pots?

Just the neck. It wasn't a night and day change but it did improve things a little. I keep that neck pickup really low, and the poles low in the pickup as well. Sounds better that way to me.
I almost forgot to mention that I recently swapped out the bridge pup for a SD 5/2. It sounds good and I'll probably stick with it, but the stock bridge pup sounded good too.

webb3201 · March 22nd, 2008, 09:55 PM

Is this close enough to join? I have owned both 72 Custom and Custom Deluxe and love the humbucker! This one has 500k pots and a bleed circuit and is my favorite guitar of all time!

ESQUIREoholic · March 23rd, 2008, 12:50 AM

web3201
Anybody is welcome who owns, has owned, uses or just admires the 72 Custom.
Nice shot of your Deluxe.

RodeoTex · March 23rd, 2008, 02:13 AM

Webb, What's the official name of that color? That's very nice.

AjayTele · March 23rd, 2008, 06:18 AM

Of course the 72 Custom and it's variants are one of my favourite types of Tele...

Here's my original...actually it's a 1974

shades · March 23rd, 2008, 06:19 AM

Alrighty folks, count me in. I've admired these for a long time and have begun to assemble/order parts to build mine. By summer it should be done.

RichardWitt · March 23rd, 2008, 07:39 AM

I love this model of Tele!

Got my first one at Christmas!

'90's "O" series CIJ

And this one I am currently putting together!

'07 MIM (minus the pickguard)

ESQUIREoholic · March 23rd, 2008, 07:55 AM

I have a mod I do where you pull the tone knob for the neck pickup and it makes the WRHP a single coil and has sort of a Strat tone to it. It very easy on the MIM models because it has a 4 conductor pickup wire at the pickup.
The mod is cool because you can't see it, it's reversable, and it sounds cool.
You can start out a tune or lead in the single coil neck pickup mode and as your lead builds you push the pot down and end with some serious tone.
But it actually sounds great playing in the single coil neck sound
"A-la-Strat" and you can always push the pot back down and your back to stock.

ESQUIREoholic · March 23rd, 2008, 08:15 AM

Oh another point, if you remove the pickguard you can actually adjust the pole pieces on the neck pickup you can't see - from underneath. For example if your "G" string is too strong you can adjust down the "G" string pole piece from up top on the one coil and then remove the pickguard and adjust down the pole piece that isn't visible from above on the other coil.
Many times we found that some of the Customs could sound a bit muddy in the neck position but with some adjustments in overall pickup height, whether up or down, and individual pole piece adjustment - you could tame her.
Many have put an overwound Tele pickup in the bridge to balance out the volume of the 2 pickups. You can adjust your Volumes but if you like the Bridge to be a bit fatter but retain the Tele sound it's a cool mod.
Dropping the neck PU is easy but sometimes you lose some of the tone if too low. It really depends on the guitar.

I love em' and have had the opprtunity to try originals, MIM, and MIJ models.
Each have there own feel and sound - subtle but nevertheless - different.
Some of the originals I've tried have had some really hot neck pickups which are great for Rock and hard drivin' Blues. They're all good!
For what ever reason I tend to like the MIM models best. They have a certain something I like but so many have said that the MIJ models are tops for the reissues. Those who own the originals are especially lucky because those babies have been slowly climbing in value (finally).

Check out Sheryl Crow's Guitarists in this shot:

ESQUIREoholic · March 23rd, 2008, 08:22 AM

Check out this cool logo Blueblood came up with a while back:

Here's something you don't see often ( Fender Bigsby on a Custom

):

ESQUIREoholic · March 23rd, 2008, 08:26 AM

Check out this cool logo Blueblood came up with a while back:

Here's something you don't see often ( Fender Bigsby on a Custom

):

Of course there's always KEEF:

ESQUIREoholic · March 23rd, 2008, 08:28 AM

MindlessMuse · March 23rd, 2008, 09:58 AM

Here is my 72 RI Custom Deluxe with updated pickguard...Count me in

jazztele · March 23rd, 2008, 11:31 AM

i absolutely love mine (MIM sunburst with rosewood...i've posted pics a 1000 tinmes before...)...snap and twang on the bridge, jazz tones on the neck, good strummin in between...it's the closest i own to a swiss army guitar...

Blueblood · March 23rd, 2008, 11:54 AM

Oh man! Great many memories that your bringing back Esquire!

I'm sure you remember mine...

...and remember the wallpaper?

Etc...

ESQUIREoholic · March 23rd, 2008, 05:25 PM

Hey BlueBlood!
Yeh, it's been a while...
I've still got some ol' pics-

Remember this banner:

Here's one you did a while ago:

How about this Classic:

It that Chet ?????:

And so many others...........

ESQUIREoholic · March 23rd, 2008, 05:26 PM

I still haven't stumbled into one of these:

shades · March 24th, 2008, 04:11 AM

A cool thread with some great guitar porn.
My build will be a hybrid blackguard Tele Custom/Deluxe if that makes sense.

ESQUIREoholic · March 24th, 2008, 05:41 AM

Sounds great shades.
What kind of neck are you using a Strat style headstock or Tele style headstock on your Hybrid?

Here's my first Custom - the one that got away.......

lamouche · March 24th, 2008, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ESQUIREoholic

I still haven't stumbled into one of these:

hey guys
i just went to a guitar shop yesterday and found the same model... it's a usa tele with rosewood neck, humbucker and a lace sensor mic... made in 2001 (serial begins with Z1)... i just love it, but it costs (used) 1300 euros... is it normal for such a model or it's too expensive?
please help
thanx

March 22nd, 2008, 08:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
ESQUIREoholic Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silver Spring, Md. Posts: 719	72' CUSTOM CLUB A few years back on the FDP a group of us started posting our comments, pictures and mods to our 72' Customs - Originals, MIM, amd MIJ models. It was alot of fun and I still love these models of Teles. So who's still out there? Any body new to this model of Tele? Tell us your story, post a picture, any mods, MIM,MIJ, Original? I miss mine so much I just bought one tonight. Here's a picture of my last one disassembled: Here's the new one: The back: __________________ Tone of the week: ... a MIJ Custom Telecaster and my 64' BF Deluxe Reverb Clone...

March 23rd, 2008, 12:50 AM	#7 (permalink)
ESQUIREoholic Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silver Spring, Md. Posts: 719	web3201 Anybody is welcome who owns, has owned, uses or just admires the 72 Custom. Nice shot of your Deluxe. __________________ Tone of the week: ... a MIJ Custom Telecaster and my 64' BF Deluxe Reverb Clone...

March 23rd, 2008, 02:13 AM	#8 (permalink)
RodeoTex Tele-Holic Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 847	Webb, What's the official name of that color? That's very nice. __________________ Turn it on, turn it up, turn me loose.

March 23rd, 2008, 06:19 AM	#10 (permalink)
shades Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pittsburgh,Pa. Age: 51 Posts: 1,061 8 Photos	Alrighty folks, count me in. I've admired these for a long time and have begun to assemble/order parts to build mine. By summer it should be done. __________________ confessin' the blues...

March 23rd, 2008, 07:39 AM	#11 (permalink)
RichardWitt Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Age: 33 Posts: 1,057 1 Photos	I love this model of Tele! Got my first one at Christmas! '90's "O" series CIJ And this one I am currently putting together! '07 MIM (minus the pickguard) __________________ "What a perfect solution to a problem that should have never existed in the first place!"

March 22nd, 2008, 08:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
morroben Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: california Age: 31 Posts: 1,683 18 Photos	Congrats on the new guitar! My '72 Custom RI has become my favorite guitar...probably all time fave at this point. I bought it at a GC in Washington after I left Alaska in a motorhome and was wandering the earth. It had some issues and I got it for $320. Stripped the neck and gave it a tru-oil finish, leveled the frets, and it was good to go. Eventually swapped the pots out for 500K, after some advice from Terry Downs. Now I just love this guitar. Spanky tele tone from the bridge and the widerange makes a great slide pup.

March 22nd, 2008, 08:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
dennyman TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: USA Posts: 26	ESQUIREoholic, wow, that's cool looking. I'd like to get a SB body too but with a rosewood neck. Where did you get it? Thanks!

March 23rd, 2008, 06:18 AM	#9 (permalink)
AjayTele Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 47 Posts: 813 12 Photos	Of course the 72 Custom and it's variants are one of my favourite types of Tele... Here's my original...actually it's a 1974

March 23rd, 2008, 07:55 AM	#12 (permalink)
ESQUIREoholic Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silver Spring, Md. Posts: 719	I have a mod I do where you pull the tone knob for the neck pickup and it makes the WRHP a single coil and has sort of a Strat tone to it. It very easy on the MIM models because it has a 4 conductor pickup wire at the pickup. The mod is cool because you can't see it, it's reversable, and it sounds cool. You can start out a tune or lead in the single coil neck pickup mode and as your lead builds you push the pot down and end with some serious tone. But it actually sounds great playing in the single coil neck sound "A-la-Strat" and you can always push the pot back down and your back to stock. __________________ Tone of the week: ... a MIJ Custom Telecaster and my 64' BF Deluxe Reverb Clone...

March 23rd, 2008, 08:15 AM	#13 (permalink)
ESQUIREoholic Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silver Spring, Md. Posts: 719	Oh another point, if you remove the pickguard you can actually adjust the pole pieces on the neck pickup you can't see - from underneath. For example if your "G" string is too strong you can adjust down the "G" string pole piece from up top on the one coil and then remove the pickguard and adjust down the pole piece that isn't visible from above on the other coil. Many times we found that some of the Customs could sound a bit muddy in the neck position but with some adjustments in overall pickup height, whether up or down, and individual pole piece adjustment - you could tame her. Many have put an overwound Tele pickup in the bridge to balance out the volume of the 2 pickups. You can adjust your Volumes but if you like the Bridge to be a bit fatter but retain the Tele sound it's a cool mod. Dropping the neck PU is easy but sometimes you lose some of the tone if too low. It really depends on the guitar. I love em' and have had the opprtunity to try originals, MIM, and MIJ models. Each have there own feel and sound - subtle but nevertheless - different. Some of the originals I've tried have had some really hot neck pickups which are great for Rock and hard drivin' Blues. They're all good! For what ever reason I tend to like the MIM models best. They have a certain something I like but so many have said that the MIJ models are tops for the reissues. Those who own the originals are especially lucky because those babies have been slowly climbing in value (finally). Check out Sheryl Crow's Guitarists in this shot: __________________ Tone of the week: ... a MIJ Custom Telecaster and my 64' BF Deluxe Reverb Clone...

March 23rd, 2008, 08:22 AM	#14 (permalink)
ESQUIREoholic Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silver Spring, Md. Posts: 719	Check out this cool logo Blueblood came up with a while back: Here's something you don't see often ( Fender Bigsby on a Custom ): __________________ Tone of the week: ... a MIJ Custom Telecaster and my 64' BF Deluxe Reverb Clone...

March 23rd, 2008, 08:26 AM	#15 (permalink)
ESQUIREoholic Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silver Spring, Md. Posts: 719	Check out this cool logo Blueblood came up with a while back: Here's something you don't see often ( Fender Bigsby on a Custom ): Of course there's always KEEF: __________________ Tone of the week: ... a MIJ Custom Telecaster and my 64' BF Deluxe Reverb Clone...

March 23rd, 2008, 08:28 AM	#16 (permalink)
ESQUIREoholic Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silver Spring, Md. Posts: 719	It's on Fire.... __________________ Tone of the week: ... a MIJ Custom Telecaster and my 64' BF Deluxe Reverb Clone...

March 23rd, 2008, 09:58 AM	#17 (permalink)
MindlessMuse TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norristown, PA Age: 36 Posts: 26	Here is my 72 RI Custom Deluxe with updated pickguard...Count me in

March 23rd, 2008, 11:31 AM	#18 (permalink)
jazztele Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: chicago Age: 29 Posts: 1,491	i absolutely love mine (MIM sunburst with rosewood...i've posted pics a 1000 tinmes before...)...snap and twang on the bridge, jazz tones on the neck, good strummin in between...it's the closest i own to a swiss army guitar... __________________ “For the guitar is the most unpredictable and least reliable musical instrument in existence...and also the sweetest, the warmest, the most delicate, whose melancholic voice awakes in our soul exquisite reveries.” Andres Segovia

March 23rd, 2008, 11:54 AM	#19 (permalink)
Blueblood Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2003 Location: Directly in front of monitor Age: 55 Posts: 679 13 Photos	Hey Esquire...uh..aholic! Oh man! Great many memories that your bringing back Esquire! I'm sure you remember mine... ...and remember the wallpaper? Etc... __________________ (((((((((((({{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{got mojo?}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}))))))))))))

March 23rd, 2008, 05:25 PM	#20 (permalink)
ESQUIREoholic Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silver Spring, Md. Posts: 719	Hey BlueBlood! Yeh, it's been a while... I've still got some ol' pics- Remember this banner: Here's one you did a while ago: How about this Classic: It that Chet ?????: And so many others........... __________________ Tone of the week: ... a MIJ Custom Telecaster and my 64' BF Deluxe Reverb Clone...

March 23rd, 2008, 05:26 PM	#21 (permalink)
ESQUIREoholic Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silver Spring, Md. Posts: 719	I still haven't stumbled into one of these: __________________ Tone of the week: ... a MIJ Custom Telecaster and my 64' BF Deluxe Reverb Clone...

March 24th, 2008, 04:11 AM	#22 (permalink)
shades Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pittsburgh,Pa. Age: 51 Posts: 1,061 8 Photos	A cool thread with some great guitar porn. My build will be a hybrid blackguard Tele Custom/Deluxe if that makes sense. __________________ confessin' the blues...

March 24th, 2008, 05:41 AM	#23 (permalink)
ESQUIREoholic Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silver Spring, Md. Posts: 719	Sounds great shades. What kind of neck are you using a Strat style headstock or Tele style headstock on your Hybrid? Here's my first Custom - the one that got away....... __________________ Tone of the week: ... a MIJ Custom Telecaster and my 64' BF Deluxe Reverb Clone...