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GuitarJonz · February 25th, 2012, 08:02 AM

I remember these from the Tele book, they had extra routs to reduce weight, but became known as smuggler's teles because of all the extra room for your favorite contraband. I saw THIS ONE on eBay recently, guy wanted $1599.00 for it, it didn't sell. Now if he loaded up those cavities with something, he might have a shot

southwoodgtars · February 25th, 2012, 09:11 AM

I saw that too. Way too pricy without any cool contraband! You could build a little flap for a derringer or something cool that you could access fairly easily. I watch too much tv...

afoolsparadise · February 25th, 2012, 09:22 AM

Relisted and currently at $480 with 14 bids. A long way from $1599 but somebody's interested! Curious to see what the final bid is...

dayold · February 25th, 2012, 09:27 AM

those routes are crooked as a dogs leg.

telex76 · February 25th, 2012, 09:36 AM

$480 still way too much for that.

ludashoeless · February 25th, 2012, 10:17 AM

thats cool but 480? no way! i could get an american strat on cl for that

Power_13 · February 25th, 2012, 03:31 PM

I've always wondered whether something like that affects the structural integrity of the guitar. How much of the body could you carve away like that before the string pull becomes too great and the guitar folds in on itself? Has anyone ever experimented with that?

zeke54 · February 25th, 2012, 04:14 PM

Man , you're talking about a Tele , you could probably drive a semi over it !

gwjensen · February 25th, 2012, 05:24 PM

I wouldn't pay $10 for it.

motwang · February 25th, 2012, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by afoolsparadise

Relisted and currently at $480 with 14 bids. A long way from $1599 but somebody's interested! Curious to see what the final bid is...

for about $500 couldn't you just router out those same cavities? I'm thinkin' thats a nice lookin' body but ..............????

February 25th, 2012, 08:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
GuitarJonz Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Central Mass. Posts: 3,684 7 Photos	Smuggler I remember these from the Tele book, they had extra routs to reduce weight, but became known as smuggler's teles because of all the extra room for your favorite contraband. I saw THIS ONE on eBay recently, guy wanted $1599.00 for it, it didn't sell. Now if he loaded up those cavities with something, he might have a shot

February 25th, 2012, 09:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
afoolsparadise Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Portland, ME Posts: 285 6 Photos	Relisted and currently at $480 with 14 bids. A long way from $1599 but somebody's interested! Curious to see what the final bid is... __________________ Why be a second class copy when you can be a first class original?

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February 25th, 2012, 09:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
southwoodgtars Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: north carolina Posts: 574	I saw that too. Way too pricy without any cool contraband! You could build a little flap for a derringer or something cool that you could access fairly easily. I watch too much tv...

February 25th, 2012, 09:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
dayold Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: st louis Posts: 302	those routes are crooked as a dogs leg.

February 25th, 2012, 09:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
telex76 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Fort Worth,Tx. Age: 62 Posts: 8,776	$480 still way too much for that.

February 25th, 2012, 03:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
Power_13 Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: West Yorkshire Age: 30 Posts: 233	I've always wondered whether something like that affects the structural integrity of the guitar. How much of the body could you carve away like that before the string pull becomes too great and the guitar folds in on itself? Has anyone ever experimented with that?

February 25th, 2012, 04:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
zeke54 Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: central calif. Posts: 473	Man , you're talking about a Tele , you could probably drive a semi over it !

February 25th, 2012, 05:24 PM	#9 (permalink)
gwjensen Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Springfield Virginia Posts: 1,130	I wouldn't pay $10 for it.

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