Tuesday, October 27, 2009
To get a new Telecaster or not is the question? I have one already. It’s nice but I’ve always thought the neck was too big – especially when I compare it to the neck on my Strat – which I love. The Strat however doesn’t sound like a Tele – and I’m thinking about B-Benders (having just seen Marty Stuart play the hell out of one). I have a hipshot on the Tele I have but to be honest I’ve never really liked it – it just never seemed natural and it was really hard to control. I read a article with Marty recently where he said it wasn’t until he got Clarence White’s Tele that the B-Bender made sense – it had a longer pull on it and it was easier to control. So what to do. I originally thought about getting a Strat/Tele hybrid – Fender Custom Shop actually do make such a thing (and Eric played one at the Hyde Park Blind Faith show). The problem is that it looks like a mutt. It’s a very expensive way to get the right neck on a Tele – and I’m wondering what it sounds like (it’s not easy to get to play these Custom Shop guitars without buying them). So now I’m thinking of the Clarence White Custom Shop Tele. Same problem – you can’t play it first. So I emailed the Custom Shop for info and they said I had to order it through a dealer. So I emailed TruTone in Santa Monica – if you haven’t been there you need to. What a great shop – there web site gives you some idea but you have to really experience the physical thing to get the real feel. Guitars stacked up, good people, unbelievable gear (you want to try out an old guitar of Ry’s?). Can’t recommend them enough. Anyway they back to me and now we’re trying to find out what the options are around necks (C-shaped vs. V-shaped?) and we’ll see where we go. Still think it’s a lot of money – and as my wife said “you can only play one guitar at once”, and it would be nice to actually play one first. I’ll keep you updated.
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