J.Frusciante "bandaged" teles!

Nick Fanis · June 28th, 2006, 07:52 AM

why does he do it?

robb3566 · June 28th, 2006, 08:21 AM

You mean the black tape-looking stuff along the top edge of the body? It looks like it's to make the sharp bound edge a little more comfortable when playing. It's a bit puffy, like he stuffed some kind of padding in there.

zooropamofo · June 28th, 2006, 09:22 AM

Looks like he's trying to bring some of the contour advantages from the strat over to the tele...

Myself, that's why I love the tele...hard-nosed approach, lol.

Then again, who am I to tell JF how to play/outfit his Fenders?

Sunburst Island · June 28th, 2006, 11:10 AM

I was gonna say the same thing about the 'strat' roundedness. His arms have been through a bit, the skin may be sensitive still, and this could add as a protectant to it. He played a late sixties blond tele at last years "All Tomorrow's Parties Festival," and it didn't have the covering on the side. Best to ask him, or Dave Lee.

ravelle · June 29th, 2006, 10:54 AM

i don't really get what u guys mean by trying to get the contour feel. Isn't putting the black sponge just increasing the height?

clayfeat · June 29th, 2006, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by robb3566

You mean the black tape-looking stuff along the top edge of the body? It looks like it's to make the sharp bound edge a little more comfortable when playing. It's a bit puffy, like he stuffed some kind of padding in there.

Sometimes that edge feels like a knife. Looks like he decided to do something about it.

Pete Galati · June 29th, 2006, 11:17 PM

I hate to admit it, but most of the guitars I've had with binding on the body, I've taken a single edged razor blade, and shaved the binding a little rounder where my arm rests on it. It feels better that way.

I can understand that bandaged thing, but I'm not crazy about how it looks. It does look more comfortable though.

Pete

Ed Bickert · June 29th, 2006, 11:23 PM

Looks like crap. But he obviously isn't worried about resale. Must be so nice to buy a guitar and not care one bit about how it looks. Just that it plays the way you want it to.

dr_twangenstein · June 29th, 2006, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Ed Bickert

Looks like crap. But he obviously isn't worried about resale. Must be so nice to buy a guitar and not care one bit about how it looks. Just that it plays the way you want it to.

Every guitar I've ever had.

Pete Galati · June 29th, 2006, 11:42 PM

What's the point of owning a guitar, if it's uncomfortable to play? IMO, whatever it takes to make it a player.

June 28th, 2006, 07:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
Nick Fanis Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Athens-GREECE Posts: 1,781 14 Photos	J.Frusciante "bandaged" teles! why does he do it? __________________ "Hit him again Jack,he is crazy!" Hunter S.Thompson www.myspace.com/nickfanis

June 28th, 2006, 08:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
robb3566 Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Asbury Park, NJ Posts: 469 6 Photos	You mean the black tape-looking stuff along the top edge of the body? It looks like it's to make the sharp bound edge a little more comfortable when playing. It's a bit puffy, like he stuffed some kind of padding in there. __________________ 'All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.' -Fran Lebowitz

June 28th, 2006, 09:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
zooropamofo Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 28 Posts: 893	Looks like he's trying to bring some of the contour advantages from the strat over to the tele... Myself, that's why I love the tele...hard-nosed approach, lol. Then again, who am I to tell JF how to play/outfit his Fenders? __________________ I was tryin' to find my way home But all I heard was a drone Bouncing off a satellite Crushin' the last lone American night This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there? This is radio nowhere, is there anybody alive out there?

June 29th, 2006, 11:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
Ed Bickert Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cape Cod, MA Age: 40 Posts: 946	Looks like crap. But he obviously isn't worried about resale. Must be so nice to buy a guitar and not care one bit about how it looks. Just that it plays the way you want it to. __________________ Sorry, not the real Ed Bickert. Just a fan.

June 28th, 2006, 11:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
Sunburst Island Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: States Posts: 538	I was gonna say the same thing about the 'strat' roundedness. His arms have been through a bit, the skin may be sensitive still, and this could add as a protectant to it. He played a late sixties blond tele at last years "All Tomorrow's Parties Festival," and it didn't have the covering on the side. Best to ask him, or Dave Lee.

June 29th, 2006, 10:54 AM	#5 (permalink)
ravelle Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2005 Location: asia Age: 19 Posts: 469	i don't really get what u guys mean by trying to get the contour feel. Isn't putting the black sponge just increasing the height?

June 29th, 2006, 11:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
Pete Galati R.I.P. Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,104 2 Photos	I hate to admit it, but most of the guitars I've had with binding on the body, I've taken a single edged razor blade, and shaved the binding a little rounder where my arm rests on it. It feels better that way. I can understand that bandaged thing, but I'm not crazy about how it looks. It does look more comfortable though. Pete

June 29th, 2006, 11:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
Pete Galati R.I.P. Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,104 2 Photos	What's the point of owning a guitar, if it's uncomfortable to play? IMO, whatever it takes to make it a player.