Weird 70's tele Mod?

WickedGTR · August 28th, 2005, 04:21 PM

Just wondering if anyone out there remembers a weird tele mod I used to see advertised in the mid 70's.

There was a company that did onboard amps/speakers. They used to advertise in Guitar Player magazine. They routed the body and installed a battery powered amp, and routed between the pickups and mounted the speaker BETWEEN the pickups, right under the strings. The amp had a lot of drive and could easily drive the strings to harmonic feedback. Guitar could be plugged into a regular amp too, which would pick up the resulting overdriven strings.

I saw Earl Slick use one with David Bowie on his 'Station to Station' tour around '75. Not exactly my cup of tea, but it was and interesting effect for the distorted- feedback- sustain- ebow type genre....

Anyone familiar with this- or maybe have one of their old ads that they could post?

bendaway · August 28th, 2005, 10:34 PM

This is what I found first. It is from the "It's New" section of the February 1976 issue of Guitar Player magazine (Elvin Bishop on cover). I may have an actual ad in another old 70's issue somewhere.

Wild Rice Chris · August 28th, 2005, 11:42 PM

That's an interesting idea. I may have to build one know...

If you used a Lil Smokey amp, it would fit into a Nashville body route...

WickedGTR · August 29th, 2005, 12:22 AM

I knew one of you guys would know- that's it!!

It's as weird as I remember it- thanks- will try to get some more info on it too...

THANKS!!

August 28th, 2005, 04:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
WickedGTR Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hillbilly Hollywood Posts: 2,127 4 Photos	Weird 70's tele Mod? Just wondering if anyone out there remembers a weird tele mod I used to see advertised in the mid 70's. There was a company that did onboard amps/speakers. They used to advertise in Guitar Player magazine. They routed the body and installed a battery powered amp, and routed between the pickups and mounted the speaker BETWEEN the pickups, right under the strings. The amp had a lot of drive and could easily drive the strings to harmonic feedback. Guitar could be plugged into a regular amp too, which would pick up the resulting overdriven strings. I saw Earl Slick use one with David Bowie on his 'Station to Station' tour around '75. Not exactly my cup of tea, but it was and interesting effect for the distorted- feedback- sustain- ebow type genre.... Anyone familiar with this- or maybe have one of their old ads that they could post?

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bendaway Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: NC Age: 49 Posts: 129	This? This is what I found first. It is from the "It's New" section of the February 1976 issue of Guitar Player magazine (Elvin Bishop on cover). I may have an actual ad in another old 70's issue somewhere.

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Wild Rice Chris Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rice Custom Dungeon Posts: 2,867 27 Photos	That's an interesting idea. I may have to build one know... If you used a Lil Smokey amp, it would fit into a Nashville body route... __________________ "The children need to learn how to build their own environment and make their own music that is inspired by their roots."--Eugene Hütz "All music turns out to be ethnic music."--Steve Reich Enjoy, and please visit my homepage.

August 29th, 2005, 12:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
WickedGTR Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hillbilly Hollywood Posts: 2,127 4 Photos	Amazing! I knew one of you guys would know- that's it!! It's as weird as I remember it- thanks- will try to get some more info on it too... THANKS!!