Sparkle Teles...Let's See Em - Page 2

JukeJointJimmy · October 2nd, 2007, 08:41 PM

Here's my CS Champagne Sparkle Tele....got a matching Strat. I call them the "Bass Boat Twins"

charliebrown · October 2nd, 2007, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by GilmourD

Where do you guys get your sparkle paint? Can it be found in a can?

I did a Strat for a friend with some paint he found at Kragen Auto Parts..it's Duplicolor Metal Specs...comes in a Red, Blue and I think a green also. We got a nice faux Lake Placid Blue and clear coated it with Duplicolor clear Acrylic lacquer. It turned out great. Get a can and do a scrap piece-we used gray primer...just a tip

It takes as long to cure as nitro lacquer does...wet sanded after about 8 coats of clear over the color, then polished and got a nice deep metalflake finish. Just don't sand through the clear coat or you'll ruin the "glitter"...put on plenty of clear and you'll be ok.

hegn · October 3rd, 2007, 02:37 PM

I have a Custom Shop silver sparkle (with just a touch of gold in the silver) made in 1994. It's a great instrument, light as a feather and very resonant. Apparently its made as a replica of a 1967-68 Tele (the logo script matches a transition script too...). The only drag is that it is equipped with Texas Specials, which I don't think does it justice...I'm thinking of replacing them, I'm just not sure with what (maybe some Nocasters...?) Suggestions welcome..
In my edition of A.R. Duchossoir "The Fender Telecaster" book there's a picture of Bob Dylan from the early nineties playing the exact same CS sparkle model ,and as it happens Bobs sparkle is on display in the local Hard Rock Cafe here in Copenhagen...

JukeJointJimmy · October 3rd, 2007, 04:10 PM

Hegn, Your Sparkle Tele looks to be just like mine (see post above). It is from the same era, has a highly figured neck, and Texas Special pickups. I changed the plain white guard to a pearl guard to match my Sparkle Strat's guard. That guitar is also from about the same time and has TS pickups as well. I like the Texas Specials in my Strat, but agree they rob some tone from the Tele. My Highway 1 Tele's pickups sound better to me!!

BootRoots · October 4th, 2007, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hockey Rocker

Anyway, last time I used rattle cans of Krylon in metallic silver, flocked on the dry sparkle, then coated them with about thirty layers of Krylon clear acrylic. It worked, but not perfectly.

nice. I used some Krylon and spray glitter I found at wal-mart.

SoK66 · October 4th, 2007, 03:07 PM

" Apparently its made as a replica of a 1967-68 Tele "

Indeed, Fender made around 100 sparkle finished Teles in that time frame, split between silver & gold. Half had black binding and were called "Buck Owens" models, the other half were without binding and simply considered a special edition. I have one of the latter, a rosewood board '68 in sparkle silver. All came with a special brown tolex case, slightly smaller than the regular, black tolex case. It's a long, sad story, which I posterd over on the Fender Forum a while back. If I can figure out how to UL pictures to the site I'll copy it over here.

SoK66 · October 4th, 2007, 05:15 PM

Ok, I think I've got it. This is what remains of an original '68 silver sparkle tele that I've had since '73. I got this in a trade with legendary steel player, the late Kenny Trantham, who I gigged with back in the day. Kenny was the second owner and called it "Ol Sparkly". Unfortunately for originality's sake and the historical preservation of rare & precious Telecasters, this was a poor workingman's axe that got hacked, er, "modified", heavily over the years.

It eventually got to the point where not much was left of the original guitar other than the neck. The big loss was that early on we stripped off the silver sparkle finish. We eventually routed the original body for humbuckers, put on Shaller tuners, wired it with mini switches & pull pots, the usual '70s *& '80s curses. Eventually the 7-piece body started to fall apart and was replaced with a Warmoth replica. (Best I know the original body got used for firewood.) In the early '90s Stan Jay of Mandolin Brothers told me it had been one of about 25 silver sparkle Teles Fender had done in '67 - '68, and in original condition would be worth, well, a lot...gulp! Larry Wexler (Wexler Vintage Guitars) worked for Stan at that time and knew the history of the late 60s Fender sparkle guitars well.

Figuring it was all water over the dam, I didn't do anything with the guitar but play it for the next 16 years. But, last year I decided to at least get it back to a visual approximation of its original spec. Fortunately, I had kept most of the original parts, and what I no longer had I was able to either replace with Fender reissue or scrounge on eBay. I ordered a new body in sparkle silver from Warmoth, but while I was waiting for it to arrive, up popped an outrageous Marty Bell sparkle silver body on eBay, which you'll see in the photo below. (I've since swapped them over and the body you see here will form the basis for a new Partscaster.) The Warmoth is beautiful, but a bit less dramatic and more authentic, at least from what we can remember. The first replacement body was simply left intact with all its components and, with a new neck & tuners, became another Partscaster. (Looks like the darn thing is havng offspring!)

What's original is the neck, tuners, E&B string tree, neck plate & screws, bridge & screws (not on the guitar right now), string ferrules, bridge pickup (Fralin rewind), springs & screws, switch & tip, knobs, jack & cup assembly, assorted screws and the original small brown case. What's new is the body, pickguard, neck pickup (90s Fender Vintage Original), control plate, pots & wiring.

No longer vintage original, but a great guitar with a lot of nostalgia mixed in. That it sounds killer just adds to the cool, too.

spankdplank · October 4th, 2007, 05:55 PM

Sok66--at the risk of sounding like Paris Hilton, THAT'S HOT!!!!!

SoK66 · October 4th, 2007, 07:59 PM

LOL, thanks! (Paris might look good in that color, don't you think?) What you can't see in the photo is the killer birdseye maple neck. It's sort of a "C" profile, been a great player, no matter what body it ended up on.

Buckocaster51 · October 4th, 2007, 08:25 PM

There are some sharp looking sparkly guitars showing up.

A fellow could get wild and crazy ideas here!

hegn · October 5th, 2007, 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoK66

" All came with a special brown tolex case, slightly smaller than the regular, black tolex case.

Actually mine came in a black tolex case (just like an original late 60'es case, but without the Fender script logo)...

SoK66 · October 5th, 2007, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hegn

Actually mine came in a black tolex case (just like an original late 60'es case, but without the Fender script logo)...

I was referring to the late 60's era run of original sparkle silver & gold Teles. One of those original cases can be seen in the photo I posted above.

Just thought I'd add that the A. Duchossoir's Telecaster history you refered to has a picture of one of the original 67 - 68 sparkle gold Teles on p. 41., and also a black & white photo of Buck Owens & Don Rich playing examples of the "Buck Owens" model of the same era, which was identical except for black body binding. Can't find any refernce to confirm, however it appears most, if not all, of the Buck Owens guitars of that era had maple-capped boards, rather than rosewood.

Twangmeister · October 5th, 2007, 10:41 AM

Just found this on an old laptop I was going through for some files. Apparently I had some time on my hands that day. This is my #1 to this day, a '93 CS gold sparkle with a bunch of upgrades.

SoK66 · October 5th, 2007, 06:48 PM

How do you like the Barden pickups?

jfp · October 5th, 2007, 07:07 PM

My CS "Buckocaster" masterbuilt by Alan Hamel. I know I've shown these before, but I never tire of doing so. Hope you don't tire of seeing them. Links rather than pics because they're pretty large.

Enjoy

http://www.fenderforum.com/userphoto...ml?recid=14186

http://www.fenderforum.com/userphoto...ml?recid=14182

PACARTNEY · February 14th, 2008, 07:51 PM

Hi , friends this is my new sparkle tele , i love it !!!!!!!!

i hope you like it too, best wishes !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmIoUBtWS2M#GU5U2spHI_4

AjayTele · February 14th, 2008, 09:31 PM

Oh, I had forgotten about this thread....and I now have a sparkle Tele!

MIJ Sparkle Tele

Buckocaster51 · February 14th, 2008, 10:06 PM

I've added this one recently.

A few pictures of it have been posted in another thread.

AngelDeville · March 3rd, 2008, 12:40 AM

Here's mine.....

Hiflyer · May 16th, 2008, 12:43 AM

Here's a limited edition CIJ 62 RI on ebay:

Michaell · May 16th, 2008, 01:02 AM

I always have loved sparkle teles

If I played in a country band I would have a sparkle tele....maybe 2 of 'em!

RothnRoll · September 20th, 2008, 05:03 AM

bump :)!

Wally Gator · September 20th, 2008, 06:06 AM

Man, I've been searching for an orange sparkle Anderson Tele for some time, just screams Hot Rod.

Wild Rice Chris · September 20th, 2008, 07:35 AM

My '78:

Came that way (I bought it around 5-6 years ago), not sure who did the finish.

October 3rd, 2007, 02:37 PM	#43 (permalink)
hegn Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 162 1 Photos	My CS sparkle from 1994 I have a Custom Shop silver sparkle (with just a touch of gold in the silver) made in 1994. It's a great instrument, light as a feather and very resonant. Apparently its made as a replica of a 1967-68 Tele (the logo script matches a transition script too...). The only drag is that it is equipped with Texas Specials, which I don't think does it justice...I'm thinking of replacing them, I'm just not sure with what (maybe some Nocasters...?) Suggestions welcome.. In my edition of A.R. Duchossoir "The Fender Telecaster" book there's a picture of Bob Dylan from the early nineties playing the exact same CS sparkle model ,and as it happens Bobs sparkle is on display in the local Hard Rock Cafe here in Copenhagen... __________________ Meet the "family"

October 4th, 2007, 03:07 PM	#46 (permalink)
SoK66 TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Posts: 10	" Apparently its made as a replica of a 1967-68 Tele " Indeed, Fender made around 100 sparkle finished Teles in that time frame, split between silver & gold. Half had black binding and were called "Buck Owens" models, the other half were without binding and simply considered a special edition. I have one of the latter, a rosewood board '68 in sparkle silver. All came with a special brown tolex case, slightly smaller than the regular, black tolex case. It's a long, sad story, which I posterd over on the Fender Forum a while back. If I can figure out how to UL pictures to the site I'll copy it over here. Last edited by SoK66; October 4th, 2007 at 05:17 PM.

October 4th, 2007, 05:15 PM	#47 (permalink)
SoK66 TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Posts: 10	Ok, I think I've got it. This is what remains of an original '68 silver sparkle tele that I've had since '73. I got this in a trade with legendary steel player, the late Kenny Trantham, who I gigged with back in the day. Kenny was the second owner and called it "Ol Sparkly". Unfortunately for originality's sake and the historical preservation of rare & precious Telecasters, this was a poor workingman's axe that got hacked, er, "modified", heavily over the years. It eventually got to the point where not much was left of the original guitar other than the neck. The big loss was that early on we stripped off the silver sparkle finish. We eventually routed the original body for humbuckers, put on Shaller tuners, wired it with mini switches & pull pots, the usual '70s & '80s curses. Eventually the 7-piece body started to fall apart and was replaced with a Warmoth replica. (Best I know the original body got used for firewood.) In the early '90s Stan Jay of Mandolin Brothers told me it had been one of about 25 silver sparkle Teles Fender had done in '67 - '68, and in original condition would be worth, well, a lot...gulp! Larry Wexler (Wexler Vintage Guitars) worked for Stan at that time and knew the history of the late 60s Fender sparkle guitars well. Figuring it was all water over the dam, I didn't do anything with the guitar but play it for the next 16 years. But, last year I decided to at least get it back to a visual approximation of its original spec. Fortunately, I had kept most of the original parts, and what I no longer had I was able to either replace with Fender reissue or scrounge on eBay. I ordered a new body in sparkle silver from Warmoth, but while I was waiting for it to arrive, up popped an outrageous Marty Bell sparkle silver body on eBay, which you'll see in the photo below. (I've since swapped them over and the body you see here will form the basis for a new Partscaster.) The Warmoth is beautiful, but a bit less dramatic and more authentic, at least from what we can remember. The first replacement body was simply left intact with all its components and, with a new neck & tuners, became another Partscaster. (Looks like the darn thing is havng offspring!) What's original is the neck, tuners, E&B string tree, neck plate & screws, bridge & screws (not on the guitar right now), string ferrules, bridge pickup (Fralin rewind), springs & screws, switch & tip, knobs, jack & cup assembly, assorted screws and the original small brown case. What's new is the body, pickguard, neck pickup (90s Fender Vintage Original), control plate, pots & wiring. No longer vintage original, but a great guitar with a lot of nostalgia mixed in. That it sounds killer just adds to the cool, too. Last edited by SoK66; October 4th, 2007 at 07:41 PM.*

October 4th, 2007, 08:25 PM	#50 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 5,176 1 Photos	There are some sharp looking sparkly guitars showing up. A fellow could get wild and crazy ideas here! __________________ "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 14th, 2008, 10:06 PM	#58 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 5,176 1 Photos	I've added this one recently. A few pictures of it have been posted in another thread. __________________ "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

October 4th, 2007, 05:55 PM	#48 (permalink)
spankdplank Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Houston, Tx. Posts: 580 22 Photos	Sok66--at the risk of sounding like Paris Hilton, THAT'S HOT!!!!!

October 4th, 2007, 07:59 PM	#49 (permalink)
SoK66 TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Posts: 10	LOL, thanks! (Paris might look good in that color, don't you think?) What you can't see in the photo is the killer birdseye maple neck. It's sort of a "C" profile, been a great player, no matter what body it ended up on.

October 5th, 2007, 06:48 PM	#54 (permalink)
SoK66 TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Posts: 10	How do you like the Barden pickups?

October 5th, 2007, 07:07 PM	#55 (permalink)
jfp Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 269 3 Photos	My CS "Buckocaster" masterbuilt by Alan Hamel. I know I've shown these before, but I never tire of doing so. Hope you don't tire of seeing them. Links rather than pics because they're pretty large. Enjoy http://www.fenderforum.com/userphoto...ml?recid=14186 http://www.fenderforum.com/userphoto...ml?recid=14182

February 14th, 2008, 09:31 PM	#57 (permalink)
AjayTele Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 47 Posts: 946 12 Photos	Oh, I had forgotten about this thread....and I now have a sparkle Tele! MIJ Sparkle Tele

March 3rd, 2008, 12:40 AM	#59 (permalink)
AngelDeville NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Albuquerque Age: 97 Posts: 8	Here's mine.....

May 16th, 2008, 12:43 AM	#60 (permalink)
Hiflyer Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 220 4 Photos	Here's a limited edition CIJ 62 RI on ebay:

May 16th, 2008, 01:02 AM	#61 (permalink)
Michaell Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: on the bus Posts: 599	too cool I always have loved sparkle teles If I played in a country band I would have a sparkle tele....maybe 2 of 'em! __________________ x

September 20th, 2008, 05:03 AM	#62 (permalink)
RothnRoll Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Texas Age: 37 Posts: 101	bump :)!

September 20th, 2008, 06:06 AM	#63 (permalink)
Wally Gator TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 19	Man, I've been searching for an orange sparkle Anderson Tele for some time, just screams Hot Rod.

September 20th, 2008, 07:35 AM	#64 (permalink)
Wild Rice Chris Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rice Custom Dungeon Posts: 2,826 24 Photos	My '78: Came that way (I bought it around 5-6 years ago), not sure who did the finish. __________________ --Insert Signature Here-- Enjoy, and please visit my homepage.