Boris Bubbanov can you list all your teles?

[Mark Davis]

I know you have several and several of the same model.

Can you list them all or would it blow up the server?? LOL

[Birdsnest]

+1

...and maybe a group shot of some of the masses...assuming not all will fit (you'd probably need a panoramic camera like they used for ol' school photos to fit 'em all). LOL.

[Mark Davis]

Originally Posted by Birdsnest

+1

...and maybe a group shot of some of the masses...assuming not all will fit (you'd probably need a panoramic camera like they used for ol' school photos to fit 'em all). LOL.

He will proably need a big space like the Superdome to show them all! LOL

[Scotland]

I'll bet he has more necks than a giraffe park in Africa.

[Mark Davis]

Originally Posted by Scotland

I'll bet he has more necks than a giraffe park in Africa.

hahahah Its been awhile since Boris posted a message he is probably working on a list and after wearing out 2 keyboards should emerge sometime in May! LOL

[mellecaster]

I'd like to see Double B's hoard also......

[boris bubbanov]

I can't group shoot them, because I don't leave enough money for geetar stands.

Most know I have 1 CS Nocaster and some G + Ls and home-assembled ones, but lets just talk about USA Teles and Ensenada Teles:

3 2006 Am Se Cubic Zirc 60th Anniversaries modded different ways;
1 2004 Am Se in black, maple neck, vintage bridge mod;
2 2006 Upgrade Highway Ones in Red, maple and one 2005 'mule' ( 1/2 upgrade )sunburst, maple;



7 AV52 60th Anniversary Limited Edition FSRs, all stock or near stock;

7 MIM Classic Bajas, all stock or nearly so;
1 MIM Palo Escrito Classic 60's, stock;
1 MIM '69 Thinline sunburst, aftermarket neck and tuners, keystones;
1 MIM Classic 50's Esquire, sunburst;
4 MIM Deluxe Nashvilles, Blonde (ash) with maple boards, some mods;

7-8 Squier Teles, various mods. A lot of the guitars have 'borrowed' necks which may end up elsewhere. I seem to have forgotten one or two.

There. That's not so many, right? These numbers pale next to Ajaytele and Csapo, and perhaps others who prefer discretion over braggin' rights

I know, I know, very weird having big multiples of the same guitar. I may yet rebody a few. Walnut Baja, anyone? How about mahogany?

One thing this 'grouping' does me. I think I can say without fear of lack of exposure, that the Ensenada product has 'arrived', no question in my mind.

Oh, I say stock. The vast majority of the Fenders have the Glendale machine jack cup and all but about 6 of the Fenders also have Gotoh tuners, not Pings. The Glendale jack cup would not work on one Red Highway One, the bore was too big, so back to electrosocket.

[McFly]

Boris, it seems like you are into variety here. This begs the question how did you wind up with 7 Bajas? I did see there we 7 52RI's as well, but those have a lot of differences through the years.

[Mark Davis]

Thanks Boris I knew you had a few of the same model.

Thats 35 guitars.

Glad your a good sport and can take some kidding around without getting mad.

[charlie cash]

Mark,
That's 35 plus the undisclosed number of G&Ls and home-assembled ones.

[RumorsofsurF]

Dang! Now when people ask why I have 4 Teles, I can tell them that I'm still 50 away from Boris...

[Flat357]

When you get to 40 , i'll let you part exchange them for one of my strats

[kb1rcefn]

Boris, a lot of great guitars, I'm sure - but which one is your #1 - the one you just go to and PICK UP - the one you like to play best??? That's the question!!

[Jellecaster]

I always feel better when I find someone with more Teles than me!

My collection is down to twenty-eight and to be honest, the Palo Escrito almost has me convinced that I should sell most of my remaining stable. Why should I have so many when my $500 Stupid Deal of the Day sounds better than any of them?

[boris bubbanov]

Originally Posted by kb1rcefn

Boris, a lot of great guitars, I'm sure - but which one is your #1 - the one you just go to and PICK UP - the one you like to play best??? That's the question!!

You can't really have a favorite in the old fashioned sense; otherwise most of the other guitars would just be stockpiled, I don't intend for that to happen.
My most recent 'favorite' has got to be this one, but I've played 16 guitars and three amps in the last 3 days. But this is a sweetie:



In an average month I play 3/4ths of the Teles, sometimes for 10 minutes per a few, but they get attention. This is further complicated by having three different 'hiding places' for them.

[Mark Davis]

Originally Posted by Jellecaster

I always feel better when I find someone with more Teles than me!

My collection is down to twenty-eight and to be honest, the Palo Escrito almost has me convinced that I should sell most of my remaining stable. Why should I have so many when my $500 Stupid Deal of the Day sounds better than any of them?

Up until July of 1999 when I got my 1st 50's Classic a 6.5lb one that was really really good I looked down my nose at the MIM models. I had heard alot of reports about crappy workmanship guitars that wouldnt stay intune all knids of horror stories.

So I was wondering how this new Classic series could be so good? SO I got another one a couole years later in 2001 a 60's Classic that was even better and since then I havent purchased 1 USA made Fender.

Ive owned almost all the Classic series of Teles and Strats besides the Thinlines.

[boris bubbanov]

Originally Posted by McFly

Boris, it seems like you are into variety here. This begs the question how did you wind up with 7 Bajas? I did see there we 7 52RI's as well, but those have a lot of differences through the years.

I had 2 Bajas, then they went closeout and as I saw them as great value, I figured a nice one was worth a lot more than $ 460 in falling US Dollars. I may rebody a few. If they become icons someday maybe I could trade one for a CS Jazzmaster.

The AV52 FSRs are is fact identical specifications; each is a little different, most obviously the body grain patterns Here's a grubby picture of 6 of the 7:

[AjayTele]

Originally Posted by boris bubbanov

The AV52 FSRs are is fact identical specifications; each is a little different, most obviously the body grain patterns Here's a grubby picture of 6 of the 7:

FWIW, I LOVE the fact that you have 7 of those things...makes me feel a little less "unusual" in my collecting habits

[kb1rcefn]

Originally Posted by boris bubbanov

You can't really have a favorite in the old fashioned sense; otherwise most of the other guitars would just be stockpiled, I don't intend for that to happen.
My most recent 'favorite' has got to be this one, but I've played 16 guitars and three amps in the last 3 days. But this is a sweetie:



In an average month I play 3/4ths of the Teles, sometimes for 10 minutes per a few, but they get attention. This is further complicated by having three different 'hiding places' for them.

I guess my question should have been - "what do you do in your spare time?????" - I'm jealous at how much you must get to play!!

[Murphy Slaw]

Boris is a jerk.

He lives in New Orleans.

He has 7 52RI FSR's.

He can get the best crawfish, boudin (yea, I know about boudin), jazz, blues, anytime he wants.

No, I mean ANYTIME.

When I grow up. I wanna be Boris.

Nice collection.

I would kill an endangered bug for a few boudin links right now.

Murph.

[McFly]

Originally Posted by Murphy Slaw

Boris is a jerk.

He lives in New Orleans.


When I grow up. I wanna be Boris.

Nice collection.


Murph.

++1

[boris bubbanov]

Thanks for the reminder. Yeah, the food is something else. It just tasted better when more of my crew was here. And the music is more home grown than it had been for awhile; a lot of the big shows don't come here anymore. Jazz Fest might help make up for that.

It ain't much of a collection, more of an amateur skunkworks. The day it starts feeling like a real 'collection' is when I get to trading some out. Next year, who knows?

[Telehackster]

Originally Posted by Murphy Slaw

When I grow up. I wanna be Boris.

Me, too. But as the old joke goes, pick one: you can't do both. So, just being Boris is good enough for me.

[Colt W. Knight]

I have two guitars and two banjos. I can't play any of them very well.