dsi1 wrote:
> On 1/9/2016 9:48 AM, MisterDiddyWahDiddy wrote:
>> On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 10:07:40 PM UTC-6, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On 1/7/2016 12:46 PM, cibola do oro wrote:
>>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>>> On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 11:10:51 AM UTC-10, cibola do oro
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 7:56:20 AM UTC-10, cibola do oro
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 4:27:19 AM UTC-10,
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, January 4, 2016 at 3:31:44 PM UTC-5, Janet B wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Pizza war! Pizza Hut and Papa John's slash prices
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Too bad I wouldn't eat either.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Janet US
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> There's an awful lot of guitarists around that could play better
>>>>>>>>>> than guys like Clatpton or Page that will never make a dollar
>>>>>>>>>> playing.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've always believed that the best players are people that
>>>>>>>>> nobody's ever heard of. The reality is talent isn't enough - you
>>>>>>>>> have to have the desire to make it playing music. I never had the
>>>>>>>>> desire or the strength to be a performing guitar-monkey.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A sound appraisal.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Drive doesn't mean great music, but drive may share great music.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The worst part is that if you have some talent, people around you
>>>>>>> will be trying to control your life. This happened to my guitar
>>>>>>> buddy in high school. After college he moved to India and
>>>>>>> disappeared for a while. My guess is that the idea of being a
>>>>>>> performing monkey did not appeal to him either.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Under many radars:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Rfv0dQttM
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sumpin' tells me you may dog this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't know why I don't have a Telecaster. It made the guitar
>>>>>>> suitable for mass production and is responsible for our history with
>>>>>>> the electric guitar for the last 60 years.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeppers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's truly a brilliant design. I've got every guitar that I've
>>>>>>> wanted since I was 18. The only one that missing is the basic
>>>>>>> Telecaster.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'll always dig and respect guys that do their own thing. Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had a feeling you might.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe you add a 50s butterscotch one day?
>>>>>
>>>>> Heck, I may just build my own. Any monkey should be able to - as long
>>>>> as he's a very diligent monkey.
>>>>>
>>>> I yield to your "monkey grip", since it's not a bass...
>>>>
>>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> Speaking of "grip" I find myself in a most ridiculous situation. I have
>>> small tubes of denture material that is no longer made. The $7 tubes,
>>> which I thought was overpriced, is now going for over around $140 a
>>> tube. If I sell all the tubes, I'd probably be able to buy a Telecaster
>>> plus a dinner at Morimoto Waikiki. Now that would be funny as all shit!
>>
>> The first Tele I ever saw had a bridge cover. They are beautiful with
>> the
>> cover on, and while the cover restricts picking near the bridge (most
>> folks
>> don't do that much of that anyway, do they?), and adds a little extra
>> work
>> changing strings or setting intonation, the Telecaster with the bridge
>> cover
>> is so, so pretty.
>>
>> http://chasingguitars.com/wp-content...2013/07/03.jpg
>>
>> Speaking of pretty guitars, I've got a nice one, and I'm sure that real
>> guitarists would think that some bang out 4 or 5 chord rock song hack
>> like
>> me doesn't deserve to play one of these, but I have small hands, and
>> in 1st
>> position the neck feels really nice.
>>
>> http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server30...0.1280.jpg?c=2
>>
>>
>> If they made a little gold tone bridge cover for my Blueshawk, it
>> would make
>> the guitar even prettier. Like this one.
>> http://www.12fret.com/wp-content/gal...ge_cover_1.jpg
>>
>>
>> Electric guitar bridges are ugly. Look at these Telecasters.
>> http://www.tdpri.com/forum/attachmen...r-p1000713-jpg
>>
>>
>> --Bryan
>>
>
> The telecaster bridge is a nice design that structurally makes a lot of
> sense - it spreads the string loading forces over the widest area of an
> other guitar bridge and has the mounting for the bride pickup. This was
> a common practice with lap steel guitars. The cover provides some
> electrical shielding for the early pickups which were prone to be noisy
> from leaking transformer circuits and provided a palm rest for the lap
> steel player's picking hand.

But later pickups made that so much less of an issue, and the after
market now?

Well....

http://intl.fender.com/en-NL/guitar-...kups-set-of-2/

> The cover proved to be impractical for guitar pickers and most of them
> were pulled off right quick. I wouldn't want to play a Tele with the
> cover on because that would pretty much mean I couldn't use most
> dampening technique. OTOH, if I was buying a vintage Telecaster, the
> original cover included would be a very good thing.

Yep.