On Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 9:31:43 AM UTC-10, cibola de oro wrote:
> 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 sky's the limit as to pickups for Teles. Alumitones might work, although I don't think they make those for a conventional bridge install. I have used them on an archtop guitar but that extended tonal range is not something that I want on an archtop - on a Tele, however...

http://www.lacemusic.com/alumitone_single_coil.php

>
> >>
> >>> 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.