dangit I bought another one

jenton70 · April 20th, 2008, 11:21 AM

I just recently bought this '93 Tele Plus with the intention of selling it on Ebay for profit. I've got an itchy trigger finger to end that auction and keep this thing. I know it's not a "real tele" per se but it plays like a dream and sounds amazing. It weighs in at 6.85 lbs. Somebody talk me out of keeping this thing. One day I want to be allowed back into the bed. This couch is getting lumpy!

Ricky D. · April 20th, 2008, 11:24 AM

Of course, you didn't blow the grocery money, right?

Keep it a while and enjoy it. It won't lose value.

Shoved BassVIII · April 20th, 2008, 11:25 AM

Get a new couch then.

Newfie_J. · April 20th, 2008, 11:29 AM

Hide it may house and you can play it whenever you come over.

Canada isnt too far.

BroadMaster · April 20th, 2008, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by jenton70

I just recently bought this '93 Tele Plus with the intention of selling it on Ebay for profit. I've got an itchy trigger finger to end that auction and keep this thing. I know it's not a "real tele" per se but it plays like a dream and sounds amazing. It weighs in at 6.85 lbs. Somebody talk me out of keeping this thing. One day I want to be allowed back into the bed. This couch is getting lumpy!

I don't know....

.this strikes me as a lame way to get folks to buy/look at your guitar sale. But I'm a skeptic. good luck

Ira7 · April 20th, 2008, 11:37 AM

How can you sell it? Not only is it gorgeous, but it's got 6 strings and everything!

Seriously--that's a beautiful look, especially with the pearloid. If they had 08 MIM Standards like that, I would have chosen it over my sunburst.

J.Rodney · April 20th, 2008, 11:41 AM

keep it if you can afford to.you will regret it if you sell it.the ones that play like a dream and sound amazing are hard to find.money all looks the same and will leave you quickly,guitars now thats another story,they are all different and will stay around till you are ready to let them go.

raf · April 20th, 2008, 11:45 AM

You simply have to keep that...

jenton70 · April 20th, 2008, 11:45 AM

Okay I ended the auction. This thing is just too great. I tried it through my JTM 45 RI this morning and it can produce some great crunch with the 'bucker, hit the switch to single coil and it's perfect for searing leads.

BroadMaster - That's not skepticism, it's just being lame and feeling the need to infect others. Best of luck to you, too.

Shoved BassVIII · April 20th, 2008, 12:13 PM

So an new couch was the answer?

jenton70 · April 20th, 2008, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Shoved BassVIII

So an new couch was the answer?

Absolutely.

TG · April 20th, 2008, 01:16 PM

Good decision. That's a beauty.

voided3 · April 20th, 2008, 04:38 PM

It's always a good call to keep instruments you truly enjoy. If you ever HAVE to sell something though, start with the ones that get played the least, have limited versatility, or are "the spare guitar I keep in open G." For example, if I HAD to sell a guitar today, it would probably be my MIJ Strat XII. Don't get me wrong, I love it and I have it setup and playing perfectly, but it only really works as a rhythm or "jangle pop" lead sound or for doing the early Who-era Pete Townshend Rickenbacker-esque madness. It'd be good for slide if I cranked up the action, but then it wouldn't work for anything else. On top of it all, these have some value to them so it would be worth it if I was in need. That said, great guitar for what it does and feels great.

However, we're talking about a Tele here and these things can do anything so selling them is hard to justify! I know I'm never getting rid of my modified MIM Esquire because i've drilled a bunch of holes in it (different jackplate, pickguard, switching, and neck pickup) so its resale value is gone and frankly that doesn't bother me because just about every time I pick the thing up (except when it needs new strings... haha) I feel like I could play about style on this guitar and it just kind of falls into my hands feel-wise. That and I feel these things are built to go the distance because of their "plank" design that translates into a compact (compared to a hollowbody) and rugged instrument. If I ever go out on the road, I'm probably going to buy more Teles and Esquires let's just say.

jazztele · April 20th, 2008, 05:33 PM

now it's time for a brown tort guard and a filtertron in the bridge.

glad you kept it, that guitar's cool.

jenton70 · April 20th, 2008, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jazztele

now it's time for a brown tort guard and a filtertron in the bridge.

glad you kept it, that guitar's cool.

Filtertron, eh? I just so happen to have one from a Gretsch around here somewhere. Aww man, now you're gonna get me started in the dirty deed of dismantling another guitar.

April 20th, 2008, 11:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
jenton70 TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Milwaukee Age: 38 Posts: 65	dangit I bought another one I just recently bought this '93 Tele Plus with the intention of selling it on Ebay for profit. I've got an itchy trigger finger to end that auction and keep this thing. I know it's not a "real tele" per se but it plays like a dream and sounds amazing. It weighs in at 6.85 lbs. Somebody talk me out of keeping this thing. One day I want to be allowed back into the bed. This couch is getting lumpy! Last edited by TDPRI; April 20th, 2008 at 06:54 PM. Reason: We don't use that kind of language around here. EVER.

April 20th, 2008, 11:45 AM	#8 (permalink)
raf Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2007 Location: Indiana Age: 42 Posts: 695 9 Photos	You simply have to keep that... __________________ "Great playing! Awesome tone! Cool Tele! All is right with the world!"...raf '08

April 20th, 2008, 05:33 PM	#14 (permalink)
jazztele Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: chicago Age: 29 Posts: 2,198	now it's time for a brown tort guard and a filtertron in the bridge. glad you kept it, that guitar's cool. __________________ “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

April 20th, 2008, 11:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ricky D. Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Maryland Age: 57 Posts: 906	Of course, you didn't blow the grocery money, right? Keep it a while and enjoy it. It won't lose value.

April 20th, 2008, 11:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
Shoved BassVIII Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Idaho Age: 26 Posts: 353	Get a new couch then.

April 20th, 2008, 11:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
Newfie_J. Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Bay Age: 28 Posts: 204	Hide it may house and you can play it whenever you come over. Canada isnt too far.

April 20th, 2008, 11:37 AM	#6 (permalink)
Ira7 Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Coral Springs, FL Age: 51 Posts: 326	How can you sell it? Not only is it gorgeous, but it's got 6 strings and everything! Seriously--that's a beautiful look, especially with the pearloid. If they had 08 MIM Standards like that, I would have chosen it over my sunburst.

April 20th, 2008, 11:41 AM	#7 (permalink)
J.Rodney Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Louisiana Age: 49 Posts: 165	keep it if you can afford to.you will regret it if you sell it.the ones that play like a dream and sound amazing are hard to find.money all looks the same and will leave you quickly,guitars now thats another story,they are all different and will stay around till you are ready to let them go.

April 20th, 2008, 11:45 AM	#9 (permalink)
jenton70 TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Milwaukee Age: 38 Posts: 65	Okay I ended the auction. This thing is just too great. I tried it through my JTM 45 RI this morning and it can produce some great crunch with the 'bucker, hit the switch to single coil and it's perfect for searing leads. BroadMaster - That's not skepticism, it's just being lame and feeling the need to infect others. Best of luck to you, too.

April 20th, 2008, 12:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
Shoved BassVIII Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Idaho Age: 26 Posts: 353	So an new couch was the answer?

April 20th, 2008, 01:16 PM	#12 (permalink)
TG Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Beside a bog in the west of Ireland Age: 47 Posts: 4,492 7 Photos	Good decision. That's a beauty.

April 20th, 2008, 04:38 PM	#13 (permalink)
voided3 Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 691	It's always a good call to keep instruments you truly enjoy. If you ever HAVE to sell something though, start with the ones that get played the least, have limited versatility, or are "the spare guitar I keep in open G." For example, if I HAD to sell a guitar today, it would probably be my MIJ Strat XII. Don't get me wrong, I love it and I have it setup and playing perfectly, but it only really works as a rhythm or "jangle pop" lead sound or for doing the early Who-era Pete Townshend Rickenbacker-esque madness. It'd be good for slide if I cranked up the action, but then it wouldn't work for anything else. On top of it all, these have some value to them so it would be worth it if I was in need. That said, great guitar for what it does and feels great. However, we're talking about a Tele here and these things can do anything so selling them is hard to justify! I know I'm never getting rid of my modified MIM Esquire because i've drilled a bunch of holes in it (different jackplate, pickguard, switching, and neck pickup) so its resale value is gone and frankly that doesn't bother me because just about every time I pick the thing up (except when it needs new strings... haha) I feel like I could play about style on this guitar and it just kind of falls into my hands feel-wise. That and I feel these things are built to go the distance because of their "plank" design that translates into a compact (compared to a hollowbody) and rugged instrument. If I ever go out on the road, I'm probably going to buy more Teles and Esquires let's just say.