Potvin El Camino...Esquire meets TV Junior !

sparklecat · November 8th, 2009, 02:30 PM

http://www.potvinguitars.com/el_camino.html

This thing actually looks very cool!
St. Blues mixed the Tele/Les Paul Jr. thing way back in the mid 80's, but this one does it even better IMHO. I'm not affiliated with Potvin in any way, just thought it was a neat idea. Wonder how it sounds with the Gibson scale?

BluesBrother · November 8th, 2009, 02:37 PM

Well.. It doesn't really remind me of the St.Blues models so I don't think I could compare the two. But thease really looked nice, but were a bit pricey. I'd like one tho.. And then another.. and another... and..

jason spell · November 8th, 2009, 02:55 PM

Look at the other model, the Ranchero. Still a Jr./Tele mix, but in the opposite ratio. Both very cool axes.

Blazer · November 8th, 2009, 02:58 PM

It reminds me a lot of the ESP hybrid model.

Which later came with a more Gibson style neck and construction.

TDPRI · November 8th, 2009, 03:22 PM

I like it!

It's Tele enough for me. Thanks for posting.

Mark-00255 · November 8th, 2009, 03:28 PM

Interesting that the El Camino model with the Tele-style bridge/pickup has a brass nut, and the Ranchero style with P-90 and hardtail bridge has a bone nut. I'd like to A/B those to hear the differences. Cool guitars, I think.

Fatmanstratman · November 8th, 2009, 03:29 PM

I like it too - especially the TV Yellow model!.....

But $1900?......

I'm afraid I don't like it THAT much!......

newtwanger · November 8th, 2009, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fatmanstratman

I like it too - especially the TV Yellow model!.....

But $1900?......

I'm afraid I don't like it THAT much!......

Boo-teek, and made from scratch. No point in spending all that time if you can't get paid for it. Lots more people get that coin for bolting a musikraft neck to allparts body.

I tried it out at the Montreal Guitar show in July (he's from Ottawa) and loved the neck and build quality. I'd drop coin on that before the poor playing Gibson VOS LP Jr. DC.

mikep · November 8th, 2009, 04:39 PM

Hey folks, just wanted to say thanks for the kind words and offer a few clarifications.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark-00255

Interesting that the El Camino model with the Tele-style bridge/pickup has a brass nut, and the Ranchero style with P-90 and hardtail bridge has a bone nut. I'd like to A/B those to hear the differences. Cool guitars, I think.

I offer both models with brass, bone or graphite nuts. The El Camino does come stock with a brass string retainer instead of string ferrules.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fatmanstratman

I like it too - especially the TV Yellow model!.....

But $1900?......

I'm afraid I don't like it THAT much!......

Both the El Camino and the Ranchero are actually $1750 including a hardshell case. (Not shilling, just wanted to clarify ;) )

Quote:

Originally Posted by newtwanger

I tried it out at the Montreal Guitar show in July (he's from Ottawa) and loved the neck and build quality.

Thanks! I can't believe its time again already, but I just confirmed my attendance in Montreal again for 2010. If any of you are planing to go (I know it's a loooong way off) stop by and say Hi. I'd love to hear your thoughts after trying them out.

Mike

mohika · November 8th, 2009, 04:46 PM

Very cool, they remind me of this one.

RomanS · November 8th, 2009, 04:50 PM

That Ranchero is HOT!

Blazer · November 8th, 2009, 04:56 PM

Cool guitars you make Mike.

I tried my hand at making a Tele/Les Paul Junior hybrid but mine was very different.

boris bubbanov · November 8th, 2009, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mohika

My heart melts only for this one.

The other ones? I'd just as soon take a whack at it, myself.

This one, on the other hand, kills.

mohika · November 8th, 2009, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boris bubbanov

My heart melts only for this one.

The other ones? I'd just as soon take a whack at it, myself.

This one, on the other hand, kills.

boris, send me a PM. I have no vested interest in this guitar, other than the fact that I want it!
It is for sale, cheap, right now.
No affiliation.

Mike, your guitars are truly beautiful!

Groovey Records · November 8th, 2009, 05:57 PM

Jason - Jaydawg - Made one just like that gold top when he was making My LesQuire Jr.

I know you guys see it a lot but it belongs in this thread.

Mike, Jason and I talked about the open book headstock, a snake head ,and going with gibson scale neck. But we went Tele scale and neck.

Pine body veneered with rosewood and a solid rosewood neck. pm for details if you need em

Just the LesQuire Jr. that sounds better then it looks.

mikep · November 8th, 2009, 06:04 PM

Mohika, that gold top is awesome! I have a single cut version of the El Camino in the works because I get a lot of requests for the double cut verison with two pickups (which I don't do because of the neck tenon). Actually I have a 2 pickup version of the Ranchero in progress as well (Ranchero Grande!). If you like build threads you can follow along in the workshop section of my website.

Blazer, that looks really nice! Is that mahogany?

TDPRI · November 8th, 2009, 06:29 PM

That gold top is really fantastic. OK, now I want to see a Tele Paul with a beautiful LP 'burst top.

straightface · November 8th, 2009, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RomanS

That Ranchero is HOT!

Yes, indeed!

Groovey Records · November 8th, 2009, 07:05 PM

TerryCaster by Terry McInturff

There goes the neighborhood LOL

mikep · November 9th, 2009, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Groovey Records

Pine body veneered with rosewood and a solid rosewood neck.

That Rosewood looks beautiful and I bet the neck feels great (I love rosewood). I have a solid Indian Rosewood El Camino (an upscale version I guess

) in progress.

RomanS / Straightface: if you like the Ranchero, here's a sneak peak of the wood for the 2 pickup Ranchero Grande I'm working on. So far I have the one piece cocobolo neck ready to carve and I'm about to start on the body. Maybe I should start a build thread here?

Notalent · November 9th, 2009, 11:58 AM

Allow me to be the grouchy SOB that I am...Don't like them! No disrespect, just seems like folks are reaching to come up something new in a design context that reached it's limits long ago.

jkingma · November 9th, 2009, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TDPRI

I like it!

It's Tele enough for me. Thanks for posting.

Ditto.

kman900 · November 9th, 2009, 02:42 PM

Very nice hybrid . . i see some GAS coming up . . NOT AGAIN!

Southern Ill Electrics · November 9th, 2009, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Notalent

Allow me to be the grouchy SOB that I am...Don't like them! No disrespect, just seems like folks are reaching to come up something new in a design context that reached it's limits long ago.

I sorta get where your coming from......

But i gotta say,3-barrel half brige + a single P-90 on a Pine body is to cool...
Simple setup and a thick neck.......Let it rip.

Leo got it right the first time......but its nice to have options.

Notalent · November 9th, 2009, 03:09 PM

Southern-I have to admit, that's a clean, and close to the bone, Tele. Does that P90 give it a mello twang...what's the headstock look like?

Southern Ill Electrics · November 9th, 2009, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Notalent

Southern-I have to admit, that's a clean, and close to the bone, Tele. Does that P90 give it a mello twang...what's the headstock look like?

Thanks so much............

Die hard Gibby scale P-90 freak for many,many years......But I like the tad more spankage of this setup....Really more woody sounding ....It'll twang for sure.....Got some honk full up on the volume and there is a sweet spot 3-4 clicks off on the Vol......Yep,T-style headstock...............the one pictured is long gone.....but got my personal guitar in the works.......Wifey has been on bed rest from surgery and we are off to hopefully get released today,so back to gettin' busty soon !!

mohika · November 9th, 2009, 04:01 PM

Fano makes some cool hybrids too.
No affiliation.

http://www.fanoguitars.com/

Man, you guys are posting some beauties.
I've been admiring Southern Ill's work lately,
especially that reddish orange T with pinstripes!

Southern Ill Electrics · November 9th, 2009, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mohika

Fano makes some cool hybrids too.
No affiliation.

http://www.fanoguitars.com/

Man, you guys are posting some beauties.
I've been admiring Southern Ill's work lately,
especially that reddish orange T with pinstripes!

Thanks.....I'm with ya....Just some lovely guitars.....Look at those Jaydawg pieces.....COOL STUFF !!!!

More stuff coming.......Some family things have put guitars on the back burner but fixin' to get movin' hopefully soon.

telepath · November 9th, 2009, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Notalent

Allow me to be the grouchy SOB that I am...Don't like them! No disrespect, just seems like folks are reaching to come up something new in a design context that reached it's limits long ago.

You are allowed Sir

Sharks reached their evolutionary zenith many, many eons ago.
They are still beautiful, and deadly, deadly efficient.

Its 'just' tweaking with a trusted formula.
And some fine tweaking to my eye - as are some other mighty fine looking home jobs in this thread.

'Form is temporary class is permanent' - and all that.

Now what can I do .. hmm ..

dear santa .. i huv bine gud

mikep · November 11th, 2009, 07:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Notalent

Allow me to be the grouchy SOB that I am...Don't like them! No disrespect, just seems like folks are reaching to come up something new in a design context that reached it's limits long ago.

Grump away! No disrespect taken. I really like the tele shape (although you wouldn't believe how many people tell me they don't. gasp!) and I like to tinker with it.

Southern Ill: The planksters look great. Didn't you do a pinstriped one?

November 8th, 2009, 02:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
sparklecat TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 11	Potvin El Camino...Esquire meets TV Junior ! http://www.potvinguitars.com/el_camino.html This thing actually looks very cool! St. Blues mixed the Tele/Les Paul Jr. thing way back in the mid 80's, but this one does it even better IMHO. I'm not affiliated with Potvin in any way, just thought it was a neat idea. Wonder how it sounds with the Gibson scale? __________________ I even sleep with it on!!!

November 8th, 2009, 02:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
BluesBrother TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Sweden Posts: 71	Well.. It doesn't really remind me of the St.Blues models so I don't think I could compare the two. But thease really looked nice, but were a bit pricey. I'd like one tho.. And then another.. and another... and.. __________________ "It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas. Half a pack of cigarettes. It's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." "Hit it."

November 8th, 2009, 02:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
Blazer Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,118	It reminds me a lot of the ESP hybrid model. Which later came with a more Gibson style neck and construction. __________________ "I reject your reality and subsitute my own." - Adam Savage, Mythbusters

November 8th, 2009, 03:29 PM	#7 (permalink)
Fatmanstratman Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fatmanville, Cambs., UK Posts: 4,003	I like it too - especially the TV Yellow model!..... But $1900?...... I'm afraid I don't like it THAT much!...... __________________ . . . *"Behind every argument is someone's ignorance."*

November 8th, 2009, 04:50 PM	#11 (permalink)
RomanS Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Vienna, Austria Age: 38 Posts: 4,348 22 Photos	That Ranchero is HOT! __________________ http://www.myspace.com/romans212 http://www.myspace.com/theneatpickers http://www.thomassoulriverband.com/

November 8th, 2009, 02:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
jason spell TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: southwest missouri Posts: 32	Look at the other model, the Ranchero. Still a Jr./Tele mix, but in the opposite ratio. Both very cool axes.

November 8th, 2009, 03:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
TDPRI Administrator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: TDPRILAND Posts: 7,378 46 Photos	I like it! It's Tele enough for me. Thanks for posting.

November 8th, 2009, 03:28 PM	#6 (permalink)
Mark-00255 Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: South of Seattle, WA Age: 52 Posts: 688	Interesting that the El Camino model with the Tele-style bridge/pickup has a brass nut, and the Ranchero style with P-90 and hardtail bridge has a bone nut. I'd like to A/B those to hear the differences. Cool guitars, I think.

November 8th, 2009, 04:46 PM	#10 (permalink)
mohika TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: california Posts: 83	Very cool, they remind me of this one.

November 8th, 2009, 04:56 PM	#12 (permalink)
Blazer Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,118	Cool guitars you make Mike. I tried my hand at making a Tele/Les Paul Junior hybrid but mine was very different. __________________ "I reject your reality and subsitute my own." - Adam Savage, Mythbusters

November 8th, 2009, 05:57 PM	#15 (permalink)
Groovey Records Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Desolation Row Posts: 2,389	Jason - Jaydawg - Made one just like that gold top when he was making My LesQuire Jr. I know you guys see it a lot but it belongs in this thread. Mike, Jason and I talked about the open book headstock, a snake head ,and going with gibson scale neck. But we went Tele scale and neck. Pine body veneered with rosewood and a solid rosewood neck. pm for details if you need em Just the LesQuire Jr. that sounds better then it looks.

November 8th, 2009, 06:04 PM	#16 (permalink)
mikep NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 5	Mohika, that gold top is awesome! I have a single cut version of the El Camino in the works because I get a lot of requests for the double cut verison with two pickups (which I don't do because of the neck tenon). Actually I have a 2 pickup version of the Ranchero in progress as well (Ranchero Grande!). If you like build threads you can follow along in the workshop section of my website. Blazer, that looks really nice! Is that mahogany?

November 8th, 2009, 06:29 PM	#17 (permalink)
TDPRI Administrator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: TDPRILAND Posts: 7,378 46 Photos	That gold top is really fantastic. OK, now I want to see a Tele Paul with a beautiful LP 'burst top.

November 8th, 2009, 07:05 PM	#19 (permalink)
Groovey Records Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Desolation Row Posts: 2,389	TerryCaster by Terry McInturff There goes the neighborhood LOL

November 9th, 2009, 11:58 AM	#21 (permalink)
Notalent Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 176	Allow me to be the grouchy SOB that I am...Don't like them! No disrespect, just seems like folks are reaching to come up something new in a design context that reached it's limits long ago.

November 9th, 2009, 02:42 PM	#23 (permalink)
kman900 Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Trier, Germany Age: 50 Posts: 407 1 Photos	Very nice hybrid . . i see some GAS coming up . . NOT AGAIN! __________________ Using an apostrophe for plural sucks

November 9th, 2009, 03:09 PM	#25 (permalink)
Notalent Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 176	Southern-I have to admit, that's a clean, and close to the bone, Tele. Does that P90 give it a mello twang...what's the headstock look like?

November 9th, 2009, 04:01 PM	#27 (permalink)
mohika TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: california Posts: 83	Fano makes some cool hybrids too. No affiliation. http://www.fanoguitars.com/ Man, you guys are posting some beauties. I've been admiring Southern Ill's work lately, especially that reddish orange T with pinstripes!

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