Simon Katz Telecaster - who knows something?

Dan-K · October 18th, 2005, 12:11 PM

Hi everyone!!!
I'm a fresher on TDPRI... I mean, just registered member, but I use this recourse for a long time unregistered and I think TDPRI is the best place to communicate with all Telecaster fans all over the world! I'm glad that I'm a part of this community now!

And... men, would you be so kind to help me? I just hope you know something about former Jamiroquai guitarist Simon Katz and, especially, his blonde fat Tele... I'm going crazy when I hear his sound on live shows... Maybe somebody knows something about his guitar... please, somebody?..

Dan-K · October 20th, 2005, 06:13 AM

Oh... :( No replies... There are some pics, maybe it helps...

gls500 · October 20th, 2005, 08:36 AM

I looks like a Made in Mexico "Fat Tele" to me, the same one that David Hamburger plays.

Nick Fanis · October 20th, 2005, 09:11 AM

or an older discontinued mex/usa "CALIFORNIA" FAT TELE....
Of course the LAST thing you will need to get a similar sound is the exact same tele

Dan-K · October 20th, 2005, 12:51 PM

Oh! Thanks for replies guys :)
Ye-es, it looks exactly like a MIM Tele Special... on this photo for example...

...and I know that it's not a California Fat Tele, because I have a '96 live video where this axe can be seen (California Series started in'97). BUT! Is it possible that such a famous person uses a MIM Tele, especially on live performances? Is the quality of MIM Tele Special so high? You know.. I don't want to say that MIM Teles are bad guitars but... well... people I know usually said that Mexicans are good for practice and... small performances, but not for big live concerts... Maybe he plays on a custom guitar? Which other performers do you know who use MIM's?

Nick Fanis, why not? I thought if I want the same sound structure, the same esthetic of sound, I need the same Tele... or I needn't?

P.S. gls500, who is David Hamburger?

P.P.S. Sorry for my English guys... It's not perfect...

zydeco honeycup · October 21st, 2005, 01:01 AM

No info on the tele ... but agreeing that Simon got a great Tele tone on those first two albums (and probably others - I just never heard them). I was a newbie guitar player when those records came out - and thought that Stratocasters and Les Pauls were the only guitars that mattered. I thought Teles were "worse" than Strats because three pickups are better than two!

Anyway - he was one one of the first Tele players I really noticed, quite unlike the players we talk about most of the time! Those chords on Scam were the best ...

Nick Fanis · October 21st, 2005, 03:09 AM

Quote:

Nick Fanis, why not? I thought if I want the same sound structure, the same esthetic of sound, I need the same Tele... or I needn't?

no you don't any tele w/ a neck humbucker & the SAME amp & effects (and the same "hands" of course) will get you there.......

sometimes we forget that the guitar is only the 1/3 of the equation (the other 2/3 are the amp & effects)

October 18th, 2005, 12:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dan-K TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Russia, Togliatti Posts: 15	Simon Katz Telecaster - who knows something? Hi everyone!!! I'm a fresher on TDPRI... I mean, just registered member, but I use this recourse for a long time unregistered and I think TDPRI is the best place to communicate with all Telecaster fans all over the world! I'm glad that I'm a part of this community now! And... men, would you be so kind to help me? I just hope you know something about former Jamiroquai guitarist Simon Katz and, especially, his blonde fat Tele... I'm going crazy when I hear his sound on live shows... Maybe somebody knows something about his guitar... please, somebody?..

October 20th, 2005, 09:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
Nick Fanis Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Athens-GREECE Posts: 1,793 14 Photos	or an older discontinued mex/usa "CALIFORNIA" FAT TELE.... Of course the LAST thing you will need to get a similar sound is the exact same tele __________________ "Hit him again Jack,he is crazy!" Hunter S.Thompson www.myspace.com/nickfanis

October 20th, 2005, 06:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dan-K TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Russia, Togliatti Posts: 15	Oh... :( No replies... There are some pics, maybe it helps...

October 20th, 2005, 08:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
gls500 Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 894	I looks like a Made in Mexico "Fat Tele" to me, the same one that David Hamburger plays.

October 20th, 2005, 12:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
Dan-K TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Russia, Togliatti Posts: 15	Oh! Thanks for replies guys :) Ye-es, it looks exactly like a MIM Tele Special... on this photo for example... ...and I know that it's not a California Fat Tele, because I have a '96 live video where this axe can be seen (California Series started in'97). BUT! Is it possible that such a famous person uses a MIM Tele, especially on live performances? Is the quality of MIM Tele Special so high? You know.. I don't want to say that MIM Teles are bad guitars but... well... people I know usually said that Mexicans are good for practice and... small performances, but not for big live concerts... Maybe he plays on a custom guitar? Which other performers do you know who use MIM's? Nick Fanis, why not? I thought if I want the same sound structure, the same esthetic of sound, I need the same Tele... or I needn't? P.S. gls500, who is David Hamburger? P.P.S. Sorry for my English guys... It's not perfect...

October 21st, 2005, 01:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
zydeco honeycup TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 95	No info on the tele ... but agreeing that Simon got a great Tele tone on those first two albums (and probably others - I just never heard them). I was a newbie guitar player when those records came out - and thought that Stratocasters and Les Pauls were the only guitars that mattered. I thought Teles were "worse" than Strats because three pickups are better than two! Anyway - he was one one of the first Tele players I really noticed, quite unlike the players we talk about most of the time! Those chords on Scam were the best ...