For guitars of the straight waisted variety (or reverse offset).
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andy
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by andy » Sat Jun 24, 2017 9:34 pm
Well, I picked this up about a month ago! So not the exact day but here is a post.
After selling my last good telecaster a few years ago I started having the itch again and ordered this one new at my local Long and McQuade. The "worn" bits are pretty tasteful (especially in comparison to the earlier RW models). Also, the finish is kinda sunken in which looks cool in certain light. I've played a couple of hot gigs on it now and the neck has more wear between the frets than I expected it would. It doesn't feel any different, it just seems to gather dirt quicker to mimic that worn maple look.
The pickups are really great! They are TexMex pickups. I think they are hotter than typical 50s style pickups. I think they suit my style better. I mostly play straight into a Princeton or Gibson BR-9. It's nice to have a single coil sound along with my supertron guitar.
Anyway here is a guitar
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Fenderguy
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by Fenderguy » Sun Jun 25, 2017 1:51 am
Looks really nice, an awesome player I bet
But, where did you get those letters/stickers?
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andy
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by andy » Sun Jun 25, 2017 6:26 am
Thanks! The neck was nice out of the box but it's starting to gloss up nicely just from playing. And I got those letters at the local Home Hardware.
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lammie200
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by lammie200 » Sun Jun 25, 2017 8:29 am
andy wrote:Thanks! The neck was nice out of the box but it's starting to gloss up nicely just from playing. And I got those letters at the local Home Hardware.
You forgot to get the "I."
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StevenO
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by StevenO » Sun Jun 25, 2017 8:50 am
Those are FANTASTIC guitars. The neck is good, a bit slim and wide for my liking, but I would own one very quick if something ever happened to my Tele.
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Telliot
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by Telliot » Sun Jun 25, 2017 9:30 am
StevenO wrote:Those are FANTASTIC guitars. The neck is good, a bit slim and wide for my liking, but I would own one very quick if something ever happened to my Tele.
Oh yeah? Did they change the neck? Mine is a big, fat "U" profile and by far the favorite of all my guitars.
The cool thing about fretless is you can hit a note...and then renegotiate.
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Fenderguy
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by Fenderguy » Sun Jun 25, 2017 1:20 pm
I remember playing a roadworn tele a couple of years back. It certainly played nice, but the aging just looked silly imo.
But this one looks much, much better!
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andy
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by andy » Sun Jun 25, 2017 1:44 pm
lammie200 wrote:andy wrote:Thanks! The neck was nice out of the box but it's starting to gloss up nicely just from playing. And I got those letters at the local Home Hardware.
You forgot to get the "I."
STAIN?
Anyway, the neck on mine is a big fat profile. Not skinny at all.
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PixMix
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by PixMix » Sun Jun 25, 2017 2:55 pm
That's beautiful. RW Tele will be my next guitar purchase. I held one on my hands (didn't reply plug or even play) last weekend. Really, really nice feeling neck, light weight. Finish felt really nice, and I did notice ash grain under the sunken finish. Beautiful!
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StevenO
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by StevenO » Sun Jun 25, 2017 7:10 pm
Telliot wrote:StevenO wrote:Those are FANTASTIC guitars. The neck is good, a bit slim and wide for my liking, but I would own one very quick if something ever happened to my Tele.
Oh yeah? Did they change the neck? Mine is a big, fat "U" profile and by far the favorite of all my guitars.
Oh, it's fat, just different profile than my own Tele. Kind of hard to describe and I think "slim" wasn't the best descriptor. My bad.
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by BlixaFan » Sun Jun 25, 2017 7:58 pm
that looks great! looks just like my japanese tele, which has similar wear (but actually just acquired over 20 years). my neck isn't quite there yet, but man, teles are killer guitars. i never used to be into them, and i picked mine up for $600 on kijiji. and holy crap, it's basically my main guitar since then. i feel bad for my strat and mustang
