The Halle Berry of Teles

PeterUK · June 30th, 2003, 04:21 PM

Now as many of you know, I took a perfectly good, brand new vintage style body and neck - scooped in last year's fund raising draw - and produced a Broadcaster replica. I'm delighted with it, many others have shared my enthusiasm, whilst others simply don't get the relic idea.

Anyway, against all my better judgement for all things traditional (and relic-ed) Telecaster, I have to confess I've fallen in love with another. This for me is the Halle Berry of Telecasters.

It's featured in this months UK magazine Guitar Buyer and I'll end up having to buy another copy of the magazine because I've drooled all over it! (Yes, drool!).

This is absolutley gorgeous. When I get mine (oh, I do wish!), I'm going to her Halle.

Right I'm off for a cold shower. Enjoy.

For those that need more info, it's produced by a German luthier called Nik Huber (http://www.nikhuber-guitars.com/), and yes, he did study with Paul Reed Smith. But what a beauty!

Peter

Kevin · June 30th, 2003, 04:33 PM

That's nice, but I'm not sure that I (personally, YMMV) would consider it a "tele."

That seems more like an EB/MM or Wolfgang to me....

maxvintage · June 30th, 2003, 05:01 PM

Not to my taste--I can't stand that flamey top plastic coated dye-job PRS look. AAAA flame-top blah blah blah. The tele, (and the strat and the p-bass) for me , is great because it's about function more than looks. I mean, I like the way teles look, but the way they look is utilitarian and functional.

Also the double bucker thing...shudder. It's nothing like a tele--take it away!!!!! :D

PeterUK · June 30th, 2003, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maxvintage

Not to my taste--I can't stand that flamey top plastic coated dye-job PRS look. AAAA flame-top blah blah blah. The tele, (and the strat and the p-bass) for me , is great because it's about function more than looks. I mean, I like the way teles look, but the way they look is utilitarian and functional.

Also the double bucker thing...shudder. It's nothing like a tele--take it away!!!!! :D

How dare you insult the beautiful Halle

It is a personal thing, and think she's beautiful. :D

Peter

Bill E. · June 30th, 2003, 05:14 PM

She hasn't exposed her Humbuckers!

Sorry for the tasteless "Swordfish" reference!

Bill

PeterUK · June 30th, 2003, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill E.

She hasn't exposed her Humbuckers!

Sorry for the tasteless "Swordfish" reference!

Bill

Yeah, this is what the TDPRI is all about. Let's have some fun! :D

Pedalworld · June 30th, 2003, 05:48 PM

Why would you drag Halle down like that??!!#$%@^%

That looks more like the Danny Devito of Teles...

Mark Davis · June 30th, 2003, 06:06 PM

Thats a pretty guitar but not a Tele or even close to a Tele more of a Les Paul with Tele body as I see it.

As far as Halle rules here prevent me from saying what I REALLY think about her. Lets just leave it at that.

Keep this in mind too. I once went out with a beautiful woman who was a model and did magazine shoots she was stunning looking but as dumb as a cow and couldnt hold a conversation about anything. Then I went out with a sorta plain old country gal who could talk about anything would watch wrestling with me let a fart sometimes just a cool gal.

I've really never heard a good sounding beautiful showpiece guitar.

Kris · June 30th, 2003, 06:48 PM

There's no accounting for taste!

Kris

Scotland · June 30th, 2003, 07:15 PM

I have to say that although I actually like the look of it, I don't really think it's a Tele, there again, I don't class a 72 Thinline as a Tele either, if you called it a Hallecaster maybe J.D. would get one. Nik Huber produces some fine guitars and they are regularly reviewed in the Guitarist mag. receiving good points and ALWAYS compared to PRS.
Maybe if it was in that bikini it would have more appeal.

Dave W · June 30th, 2003, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maxvintage

I can't stand that flamey top plastic coated dye-job PRS look. AAAA flame-top blah blah blah.

Amen, brother!

Wally · June 30th, 2003, 07:22 PM

Right? But, come on, Peter, that is nothing close to a Telecaster. It has a carved top, humbuckers, probably a shorter scale than a tele, probably has a set neck vs. the tele bolt-on arrangement, maple cap on a mahogany body right?, and those dolphins are right out of the Robin book.
If you love it, buy it and cherish it. That won't make it a Tele.....but it might make you happy. I think every Tele player should have at least one Gibson type of guitar.

Drak · June 30th, 2003, 08:28 PM

I 'swear-to-God-hand-on-the-book', I have the missing link between a 'regular' Tele and that picture.

Check it out and you tell me if mine isn't 1/2 way in-between the two.

It's a guitar I'm building presently.
Quartersawn Mahogony body with Flamed Myrtle (yes Myrtle, not Maple) top and double-bound.

Warmoth 'upcharged' Birdseye Maple neck which I sprayed a nice yellowish amber. All nitro.
It'll still be a few months before it's done tho...The rear is exactly the same as the top, a carbon copy, control plate included in the finish.

Me Like!

http://www.fenderforum.com/userphoto...tml?recid=4157

1964 · June 30th, 2003, 08:30 PM

IMHO, a Tele-shaped body maketh not a Tele; an essential part of Tele tone is the traditional bridge assembly. YMMV.

Caper · June 30th, 2003, 08:52 PM

Nice geetar Pete

Adam Waldron · June 30th, 2003, 09:06 PM

Thats not a Telecaster.

Cheers,

Adam

Mark Davis · June 30th, 2003, 09:17 PM

A Telecaster is a Tele shaped body without quilt or flame and not carved top. It should also have a 3 saddle bridge and a Tele pickup at least 1 then its an Esquire. It can have a 6 saddle bridge but to me that looses points.

Anything else is a copy of a Tele.

Drak · June 30th, 2003, 09:46 PM

I'm in total agreement with that.

Mark Davis · June 30th, 2003, 09:58 PM

Also another good comparison you look at a 57 Chevy and you know right away its a 57 Chevy no question about it. You dont call a 57 Chevy a 58 Chevy cause they look completly different.

Leos original design is a Telecaster/Esquire/Broadcaster anything else that is different from this design isnt a Telecaster just as a 58 Chevy isnt the Classic 57.

Drak · June 30th, 2003, 10:06 PM

Than this is complete, total, banal, hubris, eh? (especially considering the active on-board EMG Afterburner pre-amp, ...sorry Leo, Love Ya!) ...even tho it sounds just like a gorgeous sweet Tele?

:)

...just ribbin' ya Mark!...

http://www.fenderforum.com/userphoto...tml?recid=4158

Mike D. · June 30th, 2003, 10:36 PM

Anyone else see the similarity to the recently introduced Hamer Monaco Elite?

Mark Davis · June 30th, 2003, 10:46 PM

From the looks of that top horn you have allready taken some serious ribbin!

Just jokin around of course. If its got strings and you play it and have fun thats all that REALLY matters

pc · June 30th, 2003, 11:35 PM

Uh, anyone ever seen a Godin LGX body? Just about the same guitar, it seems to me. Not quite the frilly excess of that one, but the body (and the buckers) are nearly identical.

Here's mine:

I like the idea that someone might consider it to be some kind of Tele, though. Makes me feel better about owning it. (Oh yeah, and it sounds good too!)

tweeddeluxe · June 30th, 2003, 11:54 PM

Purdy guit, but it ain't no Halle Berry.

't'ain't no tele either. Looks like a candy-coated PRS.

Tom

hippietim · June 30th, 2003, 11:57 PM

Peter - that guitar is beautiful - Tele or not.

Colo Springs E · July 1st, 2003, 02:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pedalworld

Why would you drag Halle down like that??!!#$%@^%

That looks more like the Danny Devito of Teles...

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Hmmmm.... I agree! Halle's much classier than THAT guitar. I actually find that guitar sort of strange looking, but of course everyone's entitled to their opinion!

-Eric

Colo Springs E · July 1st, 2003, 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike D.

Anyone else see the similarity to the recently introduced Hamer Monaco Elite?

Now, to me, that is one SERIOUSLY ugly guitar. That thing has a HIDEOUS neck joint area. Body looks like a Les Paul that got bloated or something.

Yuch!

I'm sure it's a fine playing and sounding guitar; I can't get beyond the looks.

-Eric

June 30th, 2003, 04:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
PeterUK Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: . Posts: 2,830	The Halle Berry of Teles Now as many of you know, I took a perfectly good, brand new vintage style body and neck - scooped in last year's fund raising draw - and produced a Broadcaster replica. I'm delighted with it, many others have shared my enthusiasm, whilst others simply don't get the relic idea. Anyway, against all my better judgement for all things traditional (and relic-ed) Telecaster, I have to confess I've fallen in love with another. This for me is the Halle Berry of Telecasters. It's featured in this months UK magazine Guitar Buyer and I'll end up having to buy another copy of the magazine because I've drooled all over it! (Yes, drool!). This is absolutley gorgeous. When I get mine (oh, I do wish!), I'm going to her Halle. Right I'm off for a cold shower. Enjoy. For those that need more info, it's produced by a German luthier called Nik Huber (http://www.nikhuber-guitars.com/), and yes, he did study with Paul Reed Smith. But what a beauty! Peter __________________ .

June 30th, 2003, 05:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
Bill E. Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Western MA Posts: 289	That can't REALLY be Halle... She hasn't exposed her Humbuckers! Sorry for the tasteless "Swordfish" reference! Bill __________________ Greetings from Shell Beach...

June 30th, 2003, 05:48 PM	#7 (permalink)
Pedalworld Banned Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 936	gotta disagree.... Why would you drag Halle down like that??!!#$%@^% That looks more like the Danny Devito of Teles...

June 30th, 2003, 06:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
Kris Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Reykjavik, Iceland Posts: 357	More like, er, Liberace? There's no accounting for taste! Kris

June 30th, 2003, 07:15 PM	#10 (permalink)
Scotland Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, Yewrup Age: 54 Posts: 6,513 3 Photos	Right then I have to say that although I actually like the look of it, I don't really think it's a Tele, there again, I don't class a 72 Thinline as a Tele either, if you called it a Hallecaster maybe J.D. would get one. Nik Huber produces some fine guitars and they are regularly reviewed in the Guitarist mag. receiving good points and ALWAYS compared to PRS. Maybe if it was in that bikini it would have more appeal. __________________ All those who believe in psycho-kinesis, raise my hand !

June 30th, 2003, 04:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
Kevin Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Terre Haute, IN Posts: 2,967	That's nice, but I'm not sure that I (personally, YMMV) would consider it a "tele." That seems more like an EB/MM or Wolfgang to me....

June 30th, 2003, 05:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
maxvintage Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Age: 49 Posts: 427	Not to my taste--I can't stand that flamey top plastic coated dye-job PRS look. AAAA flame-top blah blah blah. The tele, (and the strat and the p-bass) for me , is great because it's about function more than looks. I mean, I like the way teles look, but the way they look is utilitarian and functional. Also the double bucker thing...shudder. It's nothing like a tele--take it away!!!!! :D

June 30th, 2003, 06:06 PM	#8 (permalink)
Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 58 Posts: 12,876	Thats a pretty guitar but not a Tele or even close to a Tele more of a Les Paul with Tele body as I see it. As far as Halle rules here prevent me from saying what I REALLY think about her. Lets just leave it at that. Keep this in mind too. I once went out with a beautiful woman who was a model and did magazine shoots she was stunning looking but as dumb as a cow and couldnt hold a conversation about anything. Then I went out with a sorta plain old country gal who could talk about anything would watch wrestling with me let a fart sometimes just a cool gal. I've really never heard a good sounding beautiful showpiece guitar.

June 30th, 2003, 07:22 PM	#12 (permalink)
Wally Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 4,031	In the eye of the beholder... Right? But, come on, Peter, that is nothing close to a Telecaster. It has a carved top, humbuckers, probably a shorter scale than a tele, probably has a set neck vs. the tele bolt-on arrangement, maple cap on a mahogany body right?, and those dolphins are right out of the Robin book. If you love it, buy it and cherish it. That won't make it a Tele.....but it might make you happy. I think every Tele player should have at least one Gibson type of guitar.

June 30th, 2003, 08:28 PM	#13 (permalink)
Drak Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: DC 'Burbs Age: 47 Posts: 447	I 'swear-to-God-hand-on-the-book', I have the missing link between a 'regular' Tele and that picture. Check it out and you tell me if mine isn't 1/2 way in-between the two. It's a guitar I'm building presently. Quartersawn Mahogony body with Flamed Myrtle (yes Myrtle, not Maple) top and double-bound. Warmoth 'upcharged' Birdseye Maple neck which I sprayed a nice yellowish amber. All nitro. It'll still be a few months before it's done tho...The rear is exactly the same as the top, a carbon copy, control plate included in the finish. Me Like! http://www.fenderforum.com/userphoto...tml?recid=4157

June 30th, 2003, 08:30 PM	#14 (permalink)
1964 Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 119	IMHO, a Tele-shaped body maketh not a Tele; an essential part of Tele tone is the traditional bridge assembly. YMMV. __________________ F.I.B.™

June 30th, 2003, 08:52 PM	#15 (permalink)
Caper Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,169 7 Photos	Nice geetar Pete

June 30th, 2003, 09:06 PM	#16 (permalink)
Adam Waldron Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 607	Thats not a Telecaster. Cheers, Adam

June 30th, 2003, 09:17 PM	#17 (permalink)
Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 58 Posts: 12,876	A Telecaster is a Tele shaped body without quilt or flame and not carved top. It should also have a 3 saddle bridge and a Tele pickup at least 1 then its an Esquire. It can have a 6 saddle bridge but to me that looses points. Anything else is a copy of a Tele.

June 30th, 2003, 09:46 PM	#18 (permalink)
Drak Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: DC 'Burbs Age: 47 Posts: 447	I'm in total agreement with that.

June 30th, 2003, 09:58 PM	#19 (permalink)
Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 58 Posts: 12,876	Also another good comparison you look at a 57 Chevy and you know right away its a 57 Chevy no question about it. You dont call a 57 Chevy a 58 Chevy cause they look completly different. Leos original design is a Telecaster/Esquire/Broadcaster anything else that is different from this design isnt a Telecaster just as a 58 Chevy isnt the Classic 57.

June 30th, 2003, 10:06 PM	#20 (permalink)
Drak Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: DC 'Burbs Age: 47 Posts: 447	Than this is complete, total, banal, hubris, eh? (especially considering the active on-board EMG Afterburner pre-amp, ...sorry Leo, Love Ya!) ...even tho it sounds just like a gorgeous sweet Tele? :) ...just ribbin' ya Mark!... http://www.fenderforum.com/userphoto...tml?recid=4158

June 30th, 2003, 10:36 PM	#21 (permalink)
Mike D. Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 570	Hamer Monaco Elite Anyone else see the similarity to the recently introduced Hamer Monaco Elite?

June 30th, 2003, 10:46 PM	#22 (permalink)
Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 58 Posts: 12,876	From the looks of that top horn you have allready taken some serious ribbin! Just jokin around of course. If its got strings and you play it and have fun thats all that REALLY matters

June 30th, 2003, 11:35 PM	#23 (permalink)
pc Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Columbus, OH Age: 41 Posts: 515 3 Photos	Uh, anyone ever seen a Godin LGX body? Just about the same guitar, it seems to me. Not quite the frilly excess of that one, but the body (and the buckers) are nearly identical. Here's mine: I like the idea that someone might consider it to be some kind of Tele, though. Makes me feel better about owning it. (Oh yeah, and it sounds good too!) __________________ Me

June 30th, 2003, 11:54 PM	#24 (permalink)
tweeddeluxe Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: MD Age: 51 Posts: 735	Purdy guit, but it ain't no Halle Berry. 't'ain't no tele either. Looks like a candy-coated PRS. Tom

June 30th, 2003, 11:57 PM	#25 (permalink)
hippietim Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Raleigh Posts: 2,101	Peter - that guitar is beautiful - Tele or not.