Extended Range teles

Blazer · May 18th, 2008, 08:08 PM

Okay then I guess we're all aware of the Fender Bajo sexto tele which has a 27' scale length neck and is meant to be tuned in A-A.

Thing is that some guitarplayers either couldn't get used to the wider space between the frets and the general feel of a longer neck or found that the standard tele set up of the bajo didn't suit them, so some have decided to look to other ways to extend the range of the tuning on a tele.

One such guitar that we already discussed is the ESP Stephen Carpenter, which marries a tele shaped body to a seven string neck and active EMG electronics.

This guitar, like the bajo secto has a 27' scale and is tuned A-A but with a low E, making it really more of a short scale bass, something that's also reflected in the placing of the pickups, which are where they would be on a normal bass.

Then there's the BC Rich Robert Conti Signature model.

As far as extended range guitars go, this must be one of the classiest, it has a standard Fender scale length with low B and F# strings added. The guitar has a single neck humbucker, arched top and mahogany body.

Conti playing a Custom BC Rich, which as you can tell was even more ornate than the regular model.

But probably the LEAST tele-like of them all comes from Conklin guitars who made this nine string... *How can I put this nicely?* ...abomination.

This nine string monster has fanned frets, FOUR humbuckers which, if I understand the description rightly, each have their own output.

esteban · May 18th, 2008, 08:24 PM

<3 Stef Carpenter.

And that BC Rich is just amazing....

My Tele, while only 6 strings, is tuned B-b like a baritone, so it's sort of extended range, but not....

TheDev01dOne · May 18th, 2008, 09:30 PM

Yeah I gotta admit I always like that ESP Tele whenever I see it. Can't see myself ever needing a 7th string (still haven't mastered any of the 6 I already have) but I like the pickup configuration and extended scale.

I need to join a post-rock band so I could have a use for a beast like that.

CDR! · May 30th, 2008, 02:36 AM

O man Wow I have been waiting for a a picture (its got me stuttering) O My Holy Grail...

were to get? two of my favorite guitars in one (1) a Telecaster seven string oh my I have been gone to long.

Chic Disc Rico

May 18th, 2008, 08:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Blazer Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,054	Extended Range teles Okay then I guess we're all aware of the Fender Bajo sexto tele which has a 27' scale length neck and is meant to be tuned in A-A. Thing is that some guitarplayers either couldn't get used to the wider space between the frets and the general feel of a longer neck or found that the standard tele set up of the bajo didn't suit them, so some have decided to look to other ways to extend the range of the tuning on a tele. One such guitar that we already discussed is the ESP Stephen Carpenter, which marries a tele shaped body to a seven string neck and active EMG electronics. This guitar, like the bajo secto has a 27' scale and is tuned A-A but with a low E, making it really more of a short scale bass, something that's also reflected in the placing of the pickups, which are where they would be on a normal bass. Then there's the BC Rich Robert Conti Signature model. As far as extended range guitars go, this must be one of the classiest, it has a standard Fender scale length with low B and F# strings added. The guitar has a single neck humbucker, arched top and mahogany body. Conti playing a Custom BC Rich, which as you can tell was even more ornate than the regular model. But probably the LEAST tele-like of them all comes from Conklin guitars who made this nine string... How can I put this nicely? ...abomination. This nine string monster has fanned frets, FOUR humbuckers which, if I understand the description rightly, each have their own output. __________________ "I reject your reality and subsitute my own." - Adam Savage, Mythbusters

May 18th, 2008, 08:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
esteban Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Austin, Texas Age: 19 Posts: 1,068 3 Photos	<3 Stef Carpenter. And that BC Rich is just amazing.... My Tele, while only 6 strings, is tuned B-b like a baritone, so it's sort of extended range, but not.... __________________ When I die, they'll say, he couldn't play sh*t, but he sure made it sound good. - Hound Dog Taylor

May 18th, 2008, 09:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
TheDev01dOne Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Staffordshire, England. Age: 20 Posts: 464	Yeah I gotta admit I always like that ESP Tele whenever I see it. Can't see myself ever needing a 7th string (still haven't mastered any of the 6 I already have) but I like the pickup configuration and extended scale. I need to join a post-rock band so I could have a use for a beast like that. __________________ '86 MIJ Esquire Squier Standard - Heavily Modded Bastardised '80(?)s Vester Esquire

May 30th, 2008, 02:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
CDR! NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Davis California USA Planet Earth Posts: 8	O man Wow I have been waiting for a a picture (its got me stuttering) O My Holy Grail... were to get? two of my favorite guitars in one (1) a Telecaster seven string oh my I have been gone to long. Chic Disc Rico