Let's see your GUITAR!

[kosta]

THIS WHOLE DAMN FORUM IS OUT OF PHASE!



(That gold looks sweet, Skully!)

[skullservant]

Thanks buddy

[Derelict78]

HOLY SHIT AA!!!!
I guess its been a while NICE AVATAR!!!!!

[GardenoftheDead]

It occurs to me that I've never shown my "musical gear that I would grab out of a burning building" guitar. Not because it's the nicest thing I own, but because my grandfather gave it to me when I was three years old.

[sylnau]

New Guitar day.

It came with a replacement bridge... should I replace it... I guess not.

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What is this for?

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It sound so great!!!

[Chankgeez]

Awesome, syl, congratulations.

I'd leave it with the bridge that came on there. (TWSS)

That's a capacitor. Did it come with socketed caps or something?

[sylnau]

No socket for the capacitor.

Look at the neck:

[excane]

New Guitar day.

Awesome. Enjoy it dude. The cap is for tone pot. How's it sound out of the case?

[sylnau]

Sound great out of the case, but will need bigger strings.
I don't know what is on the guitar "stock from fender"... so not sure if I will put .10 or .11... any advice (I have .10 on the PRS)?
Might change the pickup for some Lollar later... but those sound great.

The wood is oak.

What is the cap shoud do for the tone?

[Holy Schnikes]

OMG that's easily one of the coolest Teles I've ever seen, congrats syl!!!

As for strings, I like an 11-50 set on my Tele tuned a full step down, tensions feels good and very well balanced. If you go changing pickups, check out BKPs Blackguard sets, the Flat 50 bridge pickup is so good! Maybe consider a coil tapped or series/parallel bucker in that neck position down the road too, get you some of that versatility you're used to with the PRS switching....

[coldbrightsunlight]

That tele is goooorgeous! The grain on that oak looks amazing.

A different cap on the tone pot will give you a different amount of treble roll-off; the lower the value of cap you use, the brighter the 'minimum' position on the tone knob will be.

You can also solder a cap between the input and output of the volume pot to make it reduce the treble less when you reduce the volume (known as a 'treble bleed' mod).

Both of these are very much YMMV with what values work with your guitar, pickups and other gear, which might be why they included another cap with it.

[sylnau]

It sound a lot different from my PRS.
Pickup are more Noisy, but lot more définitions.
I have to crank the volume on the amp a bit more compare to the PRS.

It sound awesome. I feel like all my pedals sound different (it's like having some new pedals).

I might switch the pickup for those in a couple of month (for higher output):
http://www.lollarguitars.com/mm5/mercha ... er-pickups
http://www.lollarguitars.com/mm5/mercha ... er-pickups

I'll put .11 strings in there too.

[Holy Schnikes]

What's the fretboard radius, 7.25" or 9.5"?

[kosta]

Dude that Tele is major. Really awesome looking. Congrats Syl! I played a Nash Tele Deluxe with those Lollar Regal WRHB's in it, and I couldn't put that damn thing down. Those Lollar's sound gooooooooooood.

Also, while we're at it, NGD recently for me too :

1979 Gibson The Paul

Some non-original parts and somebody punched a hole in it to move the pickup selector up top at some point, but man this thing is killer! The pickups are an old set of DiMarzio Super Distortions, and they sound fantastic. Walnut body and neck, and an ebony board. Lean and mean. Really really digging this one so far.

Shout out to homeboy Chankgeez who made the rounds with me last week while I was trying to figure out which LP to go after. Thanks man!

[sylnau]

What's the fretboard radius, 7.25" or 9.5"?

I dont have this information.

It's smaller than my PRS which is:
•25" scale length, 10" radius fretboard

How do you mesure that?