Sunday, March 16, 2008

Here Comes The New Baby!


The man's 1974 Fender Telecaster Deluxe has arrived.

This is a real vintage man. Not a re-issue. Its previous owner is a friend (he's playing at SXSW now!) who took care of it really well. For a 30+ year-old guitar, it's in a pretty good condition. It has a couple of nicks and scratches. Otherwise, it's perfect.

So the man lovingly polished the guitar, re-stringed it and gave it another lease of life. 
He's played it. He has piped the sound through the Mesa Boogie F50, a Vox AC30 and a Ceriatone JTM45. He loves the sound on all 3 amps.

It's got such a different sound that isn't distinctly Telecaster. Since it is first made to compete with Gibson's humbuckers, it's got this thicker twang but it's not as deep as a Les Paul's. The sound lies somewhere in between I'd say. It kinda completes the collection between a Jazzmaster, a Telecaster and a Les Paul.

Omigawwd! I don't believe I actually wrote this post. I'm not a guitar bimbo afterall!


9 comments:

Anonymous said...

hah! you prob know the guitars better than you know the names of bags!

Anonymous said...

it's a beauty!

=eLaiNe= said...

you are now! hahahahah =p

Anonymous said...

coolz ... haven't seen a Fender that close, let alone a vintage

Anonymous said...

Wow..!! must have cost a fortune eh..??

Anonymous said...

i'm sure he'll enjoy it for the different sounds!

imp said...

jazzgal: you're right you know? i don't know those names of bags. i never bother about them. but guitars, i love the shapes and sounds.

andrew: very much so! but when i first saw it, it was unpolished, raw and UGLY!

elaine: :)

slurp: they're beautiful things. evil indeed. they'll entice u to turn out your pockets.

mamabok: no lah. a pretty penny though. but well worth it.

clamshell: totally!

Jo said...

no you're not. I am the bimbo cos' I donch know what you are talking about! LOL!

imp said...

jomel: heeeheee. if your man is into guitars, you'll be INDUCTED soon enough! :)