On 10/19/2017 9:58 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 10/19/2017 11:40 AM, notbob wrote:
>> On 2017-10-19, Casa lo pensa > wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRnDMPbtUSM
>>
>> Danny was the true master.Â* Roy was awesome, but Danny was faster.
>> Hard to decide who was better.
>>
>> Check this guy out.Â* He's using a MIM Tele, jes like mine:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5SC1uIxXhk
>>
>> ....but he's primarily a bluegrass musician with a lotta great
>> recording equip.Â*
>>
>> nb
>>
> He's a talented youngster but nothing beats the original by Dire
> Straits.Â* It was a Fender Stratocaster, not a Telecaster
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMpp8IFL64E
>
> Jill

Yes it was!

Knopfler is a master as well.

And that patented Strat quack is so unique.

Enough so that the Tele is now built with a 5 position switch and 3 pickups:

http://shop.fender.com/en-US/electri...147502301.html

My one beef is the lack of a rosewood fretboard which warms the tone
significantly.

One more cool version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jxsnIRpy2E

And TNX!