Pics of the 50's Classic Buffalo head

Mark Davis · December 19th, 2003, 10:15 PM

http://www.marcondo.com/marcondo/BUF/index.html

genelovesjez · December 19th, 2003, 10:21 PM

So is the buffalo going to stay or go?

0le FUZZY · December 19th, 2003, 10:23 PM

Fats a buffalo how come he gots feathers?

HEE! HEE!

Ya me tew --------yew gonna leaf him on air?

Cam · December 19th, 2003, 10:41 PM

...definately has to stay. I dig the history of axes....

Shnook · December 19th, 2003, 10:57 PM

I personally think you should keep the art on the Tele. It's well done and it adds character to it. Someone must have really liked the guitar to put the effort into making it unique. If you just can't stand it, sell the guitar to me. I don't mind it one bit. btw, nice score. I don't see too many 50's Classics on eBay. Or maybe I'm not looking in the right place at the right time. How does it play?

Mark Davis · December 19th, 2003, 11:52 PM

I was starting to think someone must have loved this Tele to paint that Buffalo skull on it get an early 70's Fender case for it and an ash tray for the bridge.

I cant see the painting while playing so for now I'm gonna keep it.

rebelern · December 20th, 2003, 02:18 AM

Pleased to hear that the "Buffalo Skull" is staying, that was my opinion from day one, and congratulations on purchasing, such a nice pre-loved Telecaster. :)

Ernie.

Nick Fanis · December 20th, 2003, 06:14 AM

it looks good 8)

Colo Springs E · December 20th, 2003, 06:47 AM

....compare to the other 50s classic you had? Lighter, heavier? How bout the neck/pocket fit? What year is this one??

-Eric

Matt Hesley · December 20th, 2003, 11:34 AM

That's a cool looking Tele you got there, Mark!

My guitar cases have buffalo skull car-window stickers on them. I'd leave it there too. It looks great.

I was just talking about this topic yesterday with a friend who operates an Indian jewelry shop in our town. The symbol of the buffalo skull and eagle feathers portrays life and health. It is an expression of reverence for these magnificent animals and the life and sustenance they provided Native Americans for centuries.

Have a good day!
Matt

superreverb65 · December 20th, 2003, 01:47 PM

Looks like it has a nice fat neck. I tried a 50s MIM at guitar center the other night, I have a tele now which weighs in at 8.5 pounds and I'd like to get a lighter one to put a Hip Shot on. The MIM 50s at g.c was horrid! The pickups were weak and the neck was really skinny. However to be fair it did need a set up. The back of the neck didn't look anything like yours Mark. Were there better years for these? Does anyone else fidn it odd that the neck profiles can be so different on guitar thats being produced in the 21 century?

I say keep the Buffalo atleast for now, it does look like whom ever had it before you liked it.

Anonymous · December 20th, 2003, 03:12 PM

Just take a Sharpie and write "Roy Nichols" on the headstock. Or right next to the artwork on the body. (You could even fake a signature if ya wanted to...)

Then the guitar will forever be your:

"Buffalo Nichols" model. Arf.

Sorry, it was just too awful a pun to pass up. ;-) CS

Mark Davis · December 20th, 2003, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colo Springs E

....compare to the other 50s classic you had? Lighter, heavier? How bout the neck/pocket fit? What year is this one??

-Eric

This one is as identical as it could be to my original MN8 50's Classic. Same big but not too big neck the strings bend super easy just like my other one and its 6lbs 10 oz 2 ounces heaver than my original one but I did take the weight with the ash tray cover on so without that it might be 6.5lbs just like my other one.

Good tight neck pocket the whole guitar is mint I even took off the plastic on the pickguard.

I have heard that Fender is making V and U shaped necks on the 50's Classics now so if anyone plays a new one that has a thinner neck it might be one of the V necked ones.

Larry @ Music One is looking up the serial number for me on my original one to see how close it is to this one.

Wouldnt it be weird if this new one I just got and my old one were just a few serials apart. I know they look feel sound and act the same.

What surprised me on this one is with the ash tray cover on, the bridge pickup doesnt sound as bad as the one I remembered in my original one.

The guy I got the guitar from packed it so good it was unreal. It was in a HSC inside a box inside another big boc with tons of packing paper. I wrote in the Ebay feedback this guys packing was so good Houdini coundnt have escaped the package. 8)

Kingpin · December 20th, 2003, 07:45 PM

Sounds like you've got yourself a real winner. It's nice to hear about a positive Ebay experience for a change!

Mark Davis · December 20th, 2003, 09:04 PM

Yes I agree. I'm always hammering Ebay for deals I have seen go bad so felt good when this went so smooth and I got such a great guitar. I placed my bid 1 day before the auction ended and thought I would have been outbid. Was surprised to see I had the high bid.

Guess I dont need a Strat anymore for awhile this is much more fun. I had forgotten how much fun a Tele is shame on me!!

ye olde fretmonkey · December 20th, 2003, 09:42 PM

Mine's got an MN8 serial # too. Wouldn't trade it for anything. Nice fat neck for my big meathook hands.

Tim Armstrong · December 21st, 2003, 12:25 AM

Kingpin, your avatar almost cost me a computer keyboard! Spit my drink laughing!

You're wrong, and that's right!

Cheers, Tim

Bill Ashton · December 21st, 2003, 07:27 AM

Timbo's work...is our Skull Island inhabitant lurking about out there somewhere's? Mark, did that come from out of the Penn Dutch country in PA?[/i]

December 19th, 2003, 10:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 58 Posts: 12,845	Pics of the 50's Classic Buffalo head http://www.marcondo.com/marcondo/BUF/index.html

December 19th, 2003, 10:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
0le FUZZY Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kolly-forn-knee-ya Posts: 10,001 6 Photos	` Fats a buffalo how come he gots feathers? HEE! HEE! Ya me tew --------yew gonna leaf him on air?

December 19th, 2003, 10:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
Cam Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Alberta Canada Posts: 953 7 Photos	That bison skull....... ...definately has to stay. I dig the history of axes.... __________________ Relic Schmelic! Play the darn thing! Wipe it down after and put it in it's case!

December 19th, 2003, 10:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
Shnook Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 402	Keep It I personally think you should keep the art on the Tele. It's well done and it adds character to it. Someone must have really liked the guitar to put the effort into making it unique. If you just can't stand it, sell the guitar to me. I don't mind it one bit. btw, nice score. I don't see too many 50's Classics on eBay. Or maybe I'm not looking in the right place at the right time. How does it play?

December 20th, 2003, 02:18 AM	#7 (permalink)
rebelern Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Swampyville, Australia. Posts: 896	Mark! Pleased to hear that the "Buffalo Skull" is staying, that was my opinion from day one, and congratulations on purchasing, such a nice pre-loved Telecaster. :) Ernie.

December 19th, 2003, 10:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
genelovesjez Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Age: 41 Posts: 3,735	So is the buffalo going to stay or go?

December 19th, 2003, 11:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 58 Posts: 12,845	I was starting to think someone must have loved this Tele to paint that Buffalo skull on it get an early 70's Fender case for it and an ash tray for the bridge. I cant see the painting while playing so for now I'm gonna keep it.

December 20th, 2003, 06:14 AM	#8 (permalink)
Nick Fanis Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Athens-GREECE Posts: 1,792 14 Photos	keep it! it looks good 8) __________________ "Hit him again Jack,he is crazy!" Hunter S.Thompson www.myspace.com/nickfanis

December 20th, 2003, 06:47 AM	#9 (permalink)
Colo Springs E Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 5,203 5 Photos	So Mark, how does this one.... ....compare to the other 50s classic you had? Lighter, heavier? How bout the neck/pocket fit? What year is this one?? -Eric __________________ Think I'll pack it in and Buy a pickup Take it down to LA...

December 20th, 2003, 11:34 AM	#10 (permalink)
Matt Hesley Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 191	That's a cool looking Tele you got there, Mark! My guitar cases have buffalo skull car-window stickers on them. I'd leave it there too. It looks great. I was just talking about this topic yesterday with a friend who operates an Indian jewelry shop in our town. The symbol of the buffalo skull and eagle feathers portrays life and health. It is an expression of reverence for these magnificent animals and the life and sustenance they provided Native Americans for centuries. Have a good day! Matt

December 20th, 2003, 01:47 PM	#11 (permalink)
superreverb65 Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Il. Posts: 118	Looks like it has a nice fat neck. I tried a 50s MIM at guitar center the other night, I have a tele now which weighs in at 8.5 pounds and I'd like to get a lighter one to put a Hip Shot on. The MIM 50s at g.c was horrid! The pickups were weak and the neck was really skinny. However to be fair it did need a set up. The back of the neck didn't look anything like yours Mark. Were there better years for these? Does anyone else fidn it odd that the neck profiles can be so different on guitar thats being produced in the 21 century? I say keep the Buffalo atleast for now, it does look like whom ever had it before you liked it.

December 20th, 2003, 03:12 PM	#12 (permalink)
Anonymous Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 0	Hey, I know what to do. Just take a Sharpie and write "Roy Nichols" on the headstock. Or right next to the artwork on the body. (You could even fake a signature if ya wanted to...) Then the guitar will forever be your: "Buffalo Nichols" model. Arf. Sorry, it was just too awful a pun to pass up. ;-) CS

December 20th, 2003, 07:45 PM	#14 (permalink)
Kingpin Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Here Posts: 1,208	Congrats Mark Sounds like you've got yourself a real winner. It's nice to hear about a positive Ebay experience for a change! __________________ Bring on da Twang

December 20th, 2003, 09:04 PM	#15 (permalink)
Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 58 Posts: 12,845	Yes I agree. I'm always hammering Ebay for deals I have seen go bad so felt good when this went so smooth and I got such a great guitar. I placed my bid 1 day before the auction ended and thought I would have been outbid. Was surprised to see I had the high bid. Guess I dont need a Strat anymore for awhile this is much more fun. I had forgotten how much fun a Tele is shame on me!!

December 20th, 2003, 09:42 PM	#16 (permalink)
ye olde fretmonkey Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Austin Posts: 3,358	Mine's got an MN8 serial # too. Wouldn't trade it for anything. Nice fat neck for my big meathook hands. __________________ Just 'cause that's the way things are, that never did make it right.

December 21st, 2003, 12:25 AM	#17 (permalink)
Tim Armstrong Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Berlin, Maryland, USA Age: 49 Posts: 9,668	Kingpin!!!! Kingpin, your avatar almost cost me a computer keyboard! Spit my drink laughing! You're wrong, and that's right! Cheers, Tim

December 21st, 2003, 07:27 AM	#18 (permalink)
Bill Ashton Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Central Massachusetts Posts: 489	That almost looks like... Timbo's work...is our Skull Island inhabitant lurking about out there somewhere's? Mark, did that come from out of the Penn Dutch country in PA?[/i]