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December 24th, 2009, 12:11 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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Greetings from Philadelphia!
Greetings!
I've been lurking about on this board for weeks now whilst doing research to buy my first tele. Now that I've got one, I feel like I can join! Name's Jack, I'm 28 and live in Philadelphia (have I omitted any other information that they say you're not supposed to divulge online?) I'm primarily a drummer (spare the jokes I've heard them all :) but have been playing guitar off and on for about 10 years. Late this year I finally decided to front a band and, after playing our first gig on a borrowed guitar I decided it was time to buy my own! I'm just dipping my feet into the tech stuff, but I figured for a while that i wanted a tele. Many of my favorites play them - most notably Joe Strummer, Bruce Springsteen and Steve Cropper. Plus, it seems everyone in the world (at least around me) plays a strat, so I wanted something different. And yes, I think they look cooler than other guitars. Money's pretty tight right now, so I couldn't go all out. In fact, to pay for the guitar (and, in a total "rock star" move as far as I'm concerned), I ceremoniously sold mine and my ex-wife's wedding rings. What I landed with was what I think (and hope!) is a nice deal from Craigslist: Squier Affinity, butterscotch blonde, not sure of the year but it looks pretty new. Modded with the bridge changed to stamped, drilled holes with ferrules so the strings run through the body, and fender noiseless vintage neck and bridge pickups. Oh yeah, and it's got straplocks.Not sure what etiquette is about discussing how much you've paid for a guitar, so I'll just say it was significantly less than the $180 retail price. It plays pretty nicely, though I've yet to put it through a decent Clash workout yet :)
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December 24th, 2009, 12:19 PM
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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Dec 2009
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whoops, forgot: its also got a four-way selector for the pickups.
How am I doing on the lingo so far? 
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December 24th, 2009, 12:32 PM
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Tele-Meister
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Thanks!
I'll have some pics up over the next few days!
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December 24th, 2009, 07:26 PM
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What about the wedding rings?
How could this have been OK with the Mrs.? haha You already know some of the fantastic things that can be done to a tele, on and off the stage. Funny there was a "thread" about the four way switch mod. A few responders on that thread were quite entusiastic about the mod. I have it in one guitar but after reading that thread I gotta do it on another tele. Particularly if the tele has Keystone pick ups, which a few of the mentioned responders said they had. And so it goes. :} Welcome friend! SO |
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December 28th, 2009, 04:52 PM
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Tele-Meister
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Fortunately the ex-Mrs doesn't frequent guitar forums, so what she doesn't know won't hurt her
 Thanks... well I'm certainly learning a lot about the tele, and I'm pretty good at regurgitating what I hear! I like the 4-way switch, but never really had anything to compare it to. I'm thinking once I get used to it I'll wander into a guitar store and try out a stock Affinity to hear the difference. What's the significance of the Keystone pickups?
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December 28th, 2009, 09:15 PM
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greetings from over the bridge.
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December 29th, 2009, 10:31 AM
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Tele-Meister
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Quote:
 Whereabouts in Philly are you?
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December 29th, 2009, 12:18 PM
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December 29th, 2009, 01:19 PM
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Tele-Meister
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Mighty Little. We just started out, and we're doing almost all originals. We have a few rough songs up here: www.myspace.com/mightylittlemusic.
are you in a band right now?
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