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Stuco · February 11th, 2007, 01:27 PM

Well it started when I bought a squier '51 for the neck to use on my new tele project:

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaste...ay-turser.html

Well, I started reading all the reviews on the S '51 and couldn't resist buying ANOTHER one. I figure if I don't like it I can just sell it on idiot bay.

It seems the blonde ones are sold out everywhere that has the $99 deal. So if you want a black or sunburst one I don't imagine they will last much longer. I'm very excited about the posibilities with these.

If you have pictures of your '51 please post them. or comments those too

Stuco · February 11th, 2007, 03:05 PM

Guess I'm alone on this one.

jwells393 · February 11th, 2007, 03:08 PM

Ok ............ but people are probably getting tired of seeing this Ferden '51.

...................

stephent2 · February 11th, 2007, 03:14 PM

I've been close to buying a squire '51 just because the $99 price tag, but I don't need one (at all).

I'm not saying I'm cured, but I believe I'm getting better, or maybe just a little more selective.

Every time I see that Ferden '51 it's like the very first time. Very cool.

Stuco · February 11th, 2007, 03:31 PM

Jwells, I'll never get tired of looking at that guitar. Do you have any more pics of it?

tuuur · February 11th, 2007, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stuco

Guess I'm alone on this one.

Oh no, you're not. If they were that cheap over here I probably would have bought a second one as well.
But in the Netherlands they're still like 150-170 euros...

Unkie Al · February 11th, 2007, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stuco

Guess I'm alone on this one.

Nope, i fact there's a entire forum dedicated to the mighty ´51.
Loads of pics of modded '51's over there.

Enjoy...

-I have a '51 myself, nice guitar, and the neck is fantastic!!!

missfortune · February 11th, 2007, 05:11 PM

Amazing what a couple of cans of Rustoleum can do.

casterway · February 11th, 2007, 06:24 PM

I got the last local blonde one. Check out this way cool site...
http://www.usacustomguitars.com/virtualguitar.html

I 'built' a rosewood one with tortoise shell pg, slanted soapbar bridge,lipstick neck, and tinted neck.

Buckocaster51 · February 11th, 2007, 06:37 PM

This is a game I really like to play.

Here is the "before" photo.

It will have to warm up a little before I can shoot the "after" picture.

If you know what I mean.

While I am at it, I am going to try to make MOST of that pickguard go away.

BTW...I drug that guitar to a job last week. Nobody even knew when I switched over to it. So...either it sounds pretty good, or the Martycaster sounds pretty bad.

Or something like that.

Bill · February 11th, 2007, 06:45 PM

For those of you who've worked on your Squiers 51's...is it true that the fingerboard marker dots are silkscreened on there and not actual plastic dots?

Just wondering if they're going to wear off, as the neck finish seems pretty thin.

Stuco · February 11th, 2007, 06:55 PM

Buckocaster, are you teasing us or have you really not finished that guitar?

Buckocaster51 · February 11th, 2007, 07:28 PM

Stuco...that's the way it came out of the box. Still has the pickguard condom on it.

As soon as we get a streak of days above freezing the plan is to change it to KRYLON #3553 Watermelon...or '56 Buick Tahiti Coral (if I can find some in a rattle can that doesn't break the budget...not much of a budget on this guitar...odd as it may seem)

jwells393 · February 11th, 2007, 07:34 PM

Buck .......... Is that the Watermelon you have sitting by the guitar?

Buckocaster51 · February 11th, 2007, 07:38 PM

Jack, yessiritis. #3533 it is. (Notice the change in the number.) The cap looks just like the inside of a nice ripe melon...might have to airbrush in some seeds. (That is a joke, just a joke.)

I really like this Tahiti Coral

There are places that will mix it in a rattle can, but always at budget-buster prices.

Jelly · February 12th, 2007, 04:34 AM

I've been tempted many times - would like a blonde one with black guard. But I keep resisting, because ultimately isn't it just a hardtail Strat with a Tele neck and a huge pickguard? Say "yes" because that will make me feel better about not having one! :)

Rob DiStefano · February 12th, 2007, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jelly

I've been tempted many times - would like a blonde one with black guard. But I keep resisting, because ultimately isn't it just a hardtail Strat with a Tele neck and a huge pickguard? Say "yes" because that will make me feel better about not having one! :)

Umm, sorry ... no. Swap the bridge bumhucker for a P94 and it's far closer to a Tele than ya think. Or use a Strat Bezel and stick in a Rio Muy Grande and you've HAVE a TELE ...

tuuur · February 12th, 2007, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buckocaster51

This is a game I really like to play.

Here is the "before" photo.

It will have to warm up a little before I can shoot the "after" picture.

Can't wait to see how this will turn out...

allen st. john · February 12th, 2007, 08:48 AM

Quote:

I've been tempted many times - would like a blonde one with black guard. But I keep resisting, because ultimately isn't it just a hardtail Strat with a Tele neck and a huge pickguard? Say "yes" because that will make me feel better about not having one! :)

Um, no.
I've got a nice Strat and a couple of nice Teles and the 51 is really a different animal. The stock bridge humbucker gives a unique tone--edgy and in your face--and mine has a GFS lipstick in the neck for a jangly roots rock tone that you can't get from a Tele or a Strat.
Maybe you'll like it, maybe you won't but the 51 is not just a me-too guitar.

allen

jjkurtz · February 12th, 2007, 09:07 AM

My dad got me the blonde w/ black guard for my 30th birthday a couple weeks ago. I haven't modded it yet as I'm working on a nashville tele. I actually like it stock (I know, the blasphemy).

It made a believer out of my dad though. He's a vintage Fender bass man. I sent him some links to the '51's on MF and he made fun of me a bit for GASing over a Squire. He surprised me with it for my birthday and revealed that he picked it up when it arrived and was very impressed. Now he's GASing for a '51 RI P Bass to match my Squire. He probably bought a S'51 to stash in his closet and play when nobody's home.

Jelly · February 12th, 2007, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob DiStefano

Umm, sorry ... no. Swap the bridge bumhucker for a P94 and it's far closer to a Tele than ya think. Or use a Strat Bezel and stick in a Rio Muy Grande and you've HAVE a TELE ...

Quote:

Originally Posted by allen st. john

Um, no.
I've got a nice Strat and a couple of nice Teles and the 51 is really a different animal. The stock bridge humbucker gives a unique tone--edgy and in your face--and mine has a GFS lipstick in the neck for a jangly roots rock tone that you can't get from a Tele or a Strat.
Maybe you'll like it, maybe you won't but the 51 is not just a me-too guitar.

So basically what distinguishes the Squier '51 for you guys is the pickups then?

ROADMAN · February 13th, 2007, 01:35 AM

Just Ordered A 51 From Fender ,best I Could Do Was A Black One...sold Out Of Vintage Blond And Burst Across Canada Least That's What The Dealers Are Telling Me...there Around 175.00 Cdn.up Here

Solman87 · February 13th, 2007, 02:58 AM

i had seen the 51's before, but shyed away simply because of the squire tag...but it could be a fun mess around 'lectric. i had thought about buying a pawn shop $99 special and gutting it before respraying with something cool, but that oculd be easily just as fun...

curious to see how yours comes out, bucko...

jjkurtz · February 13th, 2007, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buckocaster51

Jack, yessiritis. #3533 it is. (Notice the change in the number.) The cap looks just like the inside of a nice ripe melon...might have to airbrush in some seeds. (That is a joke, just a joke.)

That is a great color! A black pickguard would give it that "seedy" vibe. I just might use that color myself.

abraxas · February 13th, 2007, 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjkurtz

That is a great color! A black pickguard would give it that "seedy" vibe. I just might use that color myself.

Are you kidding? I'm already looking for another 51 after seeing that color!!

Some Green might look good on it also... hmmmm.... hmmmm....

tuuur · February 13th, 2007, 09:43 AM

Hmmm... I got a SB '51, and I like it a lot; however, nowadays I play the Tele copy mostly.
Now I got the chance to swap it for a Silvertone 1448 without the case-amp (the kind Beck plays on currently).
I am very tempted to do so... do you guys think that's a good deal?

Johnnytone · February 13th, 2007, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tuuur

Hmmm... I got a SB '51, and I like it a lot; however, nowadays I play the Tele copy mostly.
Now I got the chance to swap it for a Silvertone 1448 without the case-amp (the kind Beck plays on currently).
I am very tempted to do so... do you guys think that's a good deal?

yes

Jelly · February 13th, 2007, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tuuur

Hmmm... I got a SB '51, and I like it a lot; however, nowadays I play the Tele copy mostly.
Now I got the chance to swap it for a Silvertone 1448 without the case-amp (the kind Beck plays on currently).
I am very tempted to do so... do you guys think that's a good deal?

yes yes

tuuur · February 13th, 2007, 07:31 PM

Well, three times yes is a winner... I'm gonna go for it! :-)
Thanks for the input!

The Amazing Phil · February 13th, 2007, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by missfortune

Amazing what a couple of cans of Rustoleum can do.

I've eaten sweets that exact colour that tasted ace and had sherbet inside. Does that have sherbet in it? Can I....eat your guitar?

mistermullens · February 13th, 2007, 10:38 PM

I love these things. I just ordered a Sunburst from MF and it should be here tomorrow. I got the last local, black '51 at guitar center at the end of November for $79! Haven't seen another one since. I had plans for this one. GFS Lil' Killer "vintage" in the neck and GFS Vintage 59 in the bridge. Installed a Gibson 3-way toggle switch. This is my main guitar and it rocks and was my first ever project.

aznrambo481 · February 13th, 2007, 10:45 PM

upgraded pups, tuners, plus gibson-style swith and tone control added(looks like mistermullens' except with another knob between). Thinking of refinishing, and adding the tdpri partscaster decal (hopefully coming out?) and photos eventually.

Stuco · February 13th, 2007, 11:17 PM

nice 51's people

casterway · February 14th, 2007, 12:26 AM

Hi Roadman (waves from Langley). Dang right they're sold out of Vintage Blondes here. I just got the last one from L&M last week. They DO have 2 blacks and a burst still though.

tuuur · March 17th, 2007, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tuuur

Well, three times yes is a winner... I'm gonna go for it! :-)
Thanks for the input!

So. I got myself the Silvertone, and guess what? We didn't turn out to get together well.

So I swapped it for a blonde Squier '51 plus an old Aria f-hole jazzer. In the end, still a pretty good deal...

February 11th, 2007, 01:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
Stuco Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: GA Posts: 4,229	Squier '51...Couldn't resist Well it started when I bought a squier '51 for the neck to use on my new tele project: http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaste...ay-turser.html Well, I started reading all the reviews on the S '51 and couldn't resist buying ANOTHER one. I figure if I don't like it I can just sell it on idiot bay. It seems the blonde ones are sold out everywhere that has the $99 deal. So if you want a black or sunburst one I don't imagine they will last much longer. I'm very excited about the posibilities with these. If you have pictures of your '51 please post them. or comments those too

February 11th, 2007, 03:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 65 Posts: 14,282 101 Photos	Ok ............ but people are probably getting tired of seeing this Ferden '51. ................... __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person.

February 11th, 2007, 05:11 PM	#8 (permalink)
missfortune Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Age: 44 Posts: 229 15 Photos	previously posted, but since you asked... Amazing what a couple of cans of Rustoleum can do. __________________ Peace, missfortune http://www.soundclick.com/professorf...ightycowwolves

February 11th, 2007, 06:24 PM	#9 (permalink)
casterway Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Aldergrove, British Columbia,Canada Age: 41 Posts: 4,115	I got the last local blonde one. Check out this way cool site... http://www.usacustomguitars.com/virtualguitar.html I 'built' a rosewood one with tortoise shell pg, slanted soapbar bridge,lipstick neck, and tinted neck. __________________ If Meg White can call herself a musician, then so can I.

February 11th, 2007, 06:37 PM	#10 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 57 Posts: 8,400 1 Photos	This is a game I really like to play. Here is the "before" photo. It will have to warm up a little before I can shoot the "after" picture. If you know what I mean. While I am at it, I am going to try to make MOST of that pickguard go away. BTW...I drug that guitar to a job last week. Nobody even knew when I switched over to it. So...either it sounds pretty good, or the Martycaster sounds pretty bad. Or something like that. __________________ "If you can't say something nice... don't say nothing at all." - Thumper the Rabbit "An awfully lot of time can be wasted waiting for the right time." - Gunsmoke's Doc Adams

February 11th, 2007, 03:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
Stuco Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: GA Posts: 4,229	Guess I'm alone on this one.

February 11th, 2007, 03:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
stephent2 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA. Posts: 3,406 20 Photos	I've been close to buying a squire '51 just because the $99 price tag, but I don't need one (at all). I'm not saying I'm cured, but I believe I'm getting better, or maybe just a little more selective. Every time I see that Ferden '51 it's like the very first time. Very cool.

February 11th, 2007, 03:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
Stuco Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: GA Posts: 4,229	Jwells, I'll never get tired of looking at that guitar. Do you have any more pics of it?

February 11th, 2007, 06:45 PM	#11 (permalink)
Bill Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 3,181 67 Photos	For those of you who've worked on your Squiers 51's...is it true that the fingerboard marker dots are silkscreened on there and not actual plastic dots? Just wondering if they're going to wear off, as the neck finish seems pretty thin. __________________ B i l l B a e c k WilliamBaeck.com

February 11th, 2007, 06:55 PM	#12 (permalink)
Stuco Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: GA Posts: 4,229	Buckocaster, are you teasing us or have you really not finished that guitar?

February 11th, 2007, 07:28 PM	#13 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 57 Posts: 8,400 1 Photos	Stuco...that's the way it came out of the box. Still has the pickguard condom on it. As soon as we get a streak of days above freezing the plan is to change it to KRYLON #3553 Watermelon...or '56 Buick Tahiti Coral (if I can find some in a rattle can that doesn't break the budget...not much of a budget on this guitar...odd as it may seem) __________________ "If you can't say something nice... don't say nothing at all." - Thumper the Rabbit "An awfully lot of time can be wasted waiting for the right time." - Gunsmoke's Doc Adams

February 11th, 2007, 07:34 PM	#14 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 65 Posts: 14,282 101 Photos	Buck .......... Is that the Watermelon you have sitting by the guitar? __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person.

February 11th, 2007, 07:38 PM	#15 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 57 Posts: 8,400 1 Photos	Jack, yessiritis. #3533 it is. (Notice the change in the number.) The cap looks just like the inside of a nice ripe melon...might have to airbrush in some seeds. (That is a joke, just a joke.) I really like this Tahiti Coral There are places that will mix it in a rattle can, but always at budget-buster prices. __________________ "If you can't say something nice... don't say nothing at all." - Thumper the Rabbit "An awfully lot of time can be wasted waiting for the right time." - Gunsmoke's Doc Adams

February 12th, 2007, 04:34 AM	#16 (permalink)
Jelly Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 1,428 10 Photos	I've been tempted many times - would like a blonde one with black guard. But I keep resisting, because ultimately isn't it just a hardtail Strat with a Tele neck and a huge pickguard? Say "yes" because that will make me feel better about not having one! :) __________________ "I got on a bus and I went to Fresno because I thought Merle Haggard lived there."

February 12th, 2007, 09:07 AM	#20 (permalink)
jjkurtz Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southaven, Mississippi, USA Age: 32 Posts: 223	My dad got me the blonde w/ black guard for my 30th birthday a couple weeks ago. I haven't modded it yet as I'm working on a nashville tele. I actually like it stock (I know, the blasphemy). It made a believer out of my dad though. He's a vintage Fender bass man. I sent him some links to the '51's on MF and he made fun of me a bit for GASing over a Squire. He surprised me with it for my birthday and revealed that he picked it up when it arrived and was very impressed. Now he's GASing for a '51 RI P Bass to match my Squire. He probably bought a S'51 to stash in his closet and play when nobody's home.

February 13th, 2007, 01:35 AM	#22 (permalink)
ROADMAN Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: delta b.c. canada Age: 54 Posts: 2,206	Sold Out In The North Just Ordered A 51 From Fender ,best I Could Do Was A Black One...sold Out Of Vintage Blond And Burst Across Canada Least That's What The Dealers Are Telling Me...there Around 175.00 Cdn.up Here

February 13th, 2007, 02:58 AM	#23 (permalink)
Solman87 TDPRI Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Austin Tx Age: 22 Posts: 66	i had seen the 51's before, but shyed away simply because of the squire tag...but it could be a fun mess around 'lectric. i had thought about buying a pawn shop $99 special and gutting it before respraying with something cool, but that oculd be easily just as fun... curious to see how yours comes out, bucko... __________________ "good artists imitate, great artists steal" -Pablo Picasso

February 13th, 2007, 09:43 AM	#26 (permalink)
tuuur Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: the Netherlands Age: 41 Posts: 1,833 7 Photos	Hmmm... I got a SB '51, and I like it a lot; however, nowadays I play the Tele copy mostly. Now I got the chance to swap it for a Silvertone 1448 without the case-amp (the kind Beck plays on currently). I am very tempted to do so... do you guys think that's a good deal?

February 13th, 2007, 07:31 PM	#29 (permalink)
tuuur Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: the Netherlands Age: 41 Posts: 1,833 7 Photos	Well, three times yes is a winner... I'm gonna go for it! :-) Thanks for the input!

February 13th, 2007, 10:38 PM	#31 (permalink)
mistermullens Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Atlanta Age: 32 Posts: 3,600 36 Photos	I love these things. I just ordered a Sunburst from MF and it should be here tomorrow. I got the last local, black '51 at guitar center at the end of November for $79! Haven't seen another one since. I had plans for this one. GFS Lil' Killer "vintage" in the neck and GFS Vintage 59 in the bridge. Installed a Gibson 3-way toggle switch. This is my main guitar and it rocks and was my first ever project. __________________ Jonathan ReverbNation Twitter Teles & Esquires

February 13th, 2007, 10:45 PM	#32 (permalink)
aznrambo481 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: La Jolla, California Age: 18 Posts: 2,902 6 Photos	upgraded pups, tuners, plus gibson-style swith and tone control added(looks like mistermullens' except with another knob between). Thinking of refinishing, and adding the tdpri partscaster decal (hopefully coming out?) and photos eventually. __________________ Check out my bands, and feel free to PM me comments on them! The Eclectics (guitar/vocals) SLIP (bass)

February 13th, 2007, 11:17 PM	#33 (permalink)
Stuco Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: GA Posts: 4,229	nice 51's people

February 14th, 2007, 12:26 AM	#34 (permalink)
casterway Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Aldergrove, British Columbia,Canada Age: 41 Posts: 4,115	Hi Roadman (waves from Langley). Dang right they're sold out of Vintage Blondes here. I just got the last one from L&M last week. They DO have 2 blacks and a burst still though. __________________ If Meg White can call herself a musician, then so can I.

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