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April 16th, 2008, 06:59 PM
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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Denver, PA, USA
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I have fallen in love again!
I have not played a Tele type guitar for almost 2 years. My sister bought me a strat and I have been playing that. A thread in the amplifier section on reverb got me thinking. I had always used reverb a lot like it was what you where sapposed to do. Well after reading that thread and thinking. I turned it off. What a difference. For the better. I like my strat tone more, and more to it I love my Tele again. Even clean I just loved it with no reverb. I just jammed with it for an hour and only stopped because my bad back was killing me. No my Tele is not a Fender. It is a douglas. But it sounds good to me. Might get new pickups to try one of these days just for kicks. But I am loving my tone of my Tele now. I am not saying I will not use reverb again, but I see it in a different light. I thought everyone used it all the time and it was just soemthing you where sapposed to use. I guess I will be reading the Tele post more often now.
    Bill
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April 16th, 2008, 07:09 PM
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Doctor of Teleocity
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Bill .......... how about some pictures of your actual guitar?
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April 16th, 2008, 07:09 PM
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Nice slab of wood there, Bill. Great color. Headstock would have to go if it were mine. But that's just me. FINE SPECIMEN. I agree about reverb... it does have it's place.
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April 16th, 2008, 07:42 PM
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Tele-Holic
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Bellingham Wa
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I like the figured ash,, I used to have a bunch of it, I broke down and sold it to a furniture builder,,,AAARRGGGHHHHHH! Wish I had it back!
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April 16th, 2008, 08:54 PM
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Tele-Meister
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OK. As requested, here are a few of the actual guitar I have. The others where from the sight I bought it from. I had to wait for my camera to come home. My daughter took it again. Well my digital SLR will be here soon.
   Bill
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April 16th, 2008, 08:58 PM
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Tele-Meister
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Oh yeah. This guitar is awesome, especially since it was $129.99.
http://www.rondomusic.com/wf150ta.html Bill
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April 16th, 2008, 09:16 PM
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Tele-Meister
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That is what sold me on it. I was not in the market for one. But saw that and had to get one. It is a great guitar.
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April 16th, 2008, 09:31 PM
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 Is that veneer or photo finish?
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April 16th, 2008, 09:35 PM
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Tele-Meister
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Veneer!
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April 16th, 2008, 09:50 PM
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First of all I think it's a great looking guitar and I may be ordering one myself. However what's advertised as an ash burl top may be done with a photographic process similar to the MIJ Fender Foto-Flames. Either that or williamfriggle was sold the actual guitar pictured on Rondo Music's website.
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April 16th, 2008, 09:52 PM
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Outsourcing is a successful endeavor. I see these and think.... why not? But I didn't like the Rondo necks. I could order a neck replacement, but then I get to looking at bodies on the site and next thing ya know parts are coming. Beautiful! What gauge strings are you using? Got any modding plans in mind?
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April 16th, 2008, 10:30 PM
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Jack, man, you are a wily son of a gun! I think you may be right....
my niece continues to love her douglas (just like william's) and this thread has convince me to order one... Rhomco and I are kicking around putting my variax guts into the douglas... william I am so happy about your new love... this particular model just seems kind of special.
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April 16th, 2008, 10:36 PM
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Randy ........... I think you should definitely order one ........ a picture of another one would definitely answer the question. On a $130 guitar I don't think a not so real top is a big deal.
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April 16th, 2008, 10:39 PM
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I'll have courtney (my niece) take some pictures... she is a photographer so they should be pretty good examples... I held off ordering mine until Rob got his.... he was gonna vet the quality and if it is/was good enough, I am gonna get one, get him to fenderize the neck and put my variax in it... should be cool!
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April 16th, 2008, 10:48 PM
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Quote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variax Scott
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April 16th, 2008, 11:05 PM
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Jack, whattya think? I have a foto flame strat (impulse buy in the late 90's--> 225.00 at GC) it is a good guitar and has not had any of the trauma I've read about... I play it sparingly.. but it is cool... so if this is a foto flame thats okay... if it is a veneer... bingo!
The variax thing would be great because I dig the models but hate the guitar... Here is a guy who did it.
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April 17th, 2008, 12:48 AM
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Doctor of Teleocity
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I have this Foto-Flame (body only) Telecaster. For the longest time I thought it wasn't Foto-Flame but then I compared pictures of the front and back and could see the pattern repeated.
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April 17th, 2008, 07:07 AM
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Tele-Meister
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I have dealt with Rondo before and when it is a photo top he says that. But maybe not. It would be weird that I got the actual one in his photos. But someone had to get it. LOL! I will email him and ask him.
Bill
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