dsi1 wrote:
> On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 1:39:41 PM UTC-10, cibola de oro wrote:
>> 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?
>
> A lot of the Telecasters sold these days still have pickups with a design Fender developed in the 40's.

True day - the reissue market is strong.

> The pickups introduced by Gibson in 1957 were quieter, more fuller sounding, and stronger.

Far more, yes.

> The Gibson humbucker defined the sound of late 60's and 70's rock but I wanted a guitar to sound more like the Beatles and less like the Stones.
>

So you wanted a Rickenbacker!

Who didn't?

>> Well....
>>
>> http://intl.fender.com/en-NL/guitar-...kups-set-of-2/
>
> Those sound pretty good. Less tweet and more balls. They would be a good choice on a Tele - I think.

I think so too, the spectrum of choices is so broad now!

Consider:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/pickup/...nd-tele-bridge

or...

http://www.seymourduncan.com/pickup/little-59-tele

hmmm....

>>
>>> 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.