I'm building a new guitar. So three things influenced this one. A hybrid tele / Strat body I saw, an interesting neck and particularly an interesting electronics option. Here are the bits as arrived. The body is a telecaster shape, telecaster neck pocket, telecaster control cavity but routed for 3 Strat pickups and a Strat style vibrato bridge. The control cavity makes it different to many hybrid Telecasters a la the John Mayer model which have a more Strat like control cavity. The body was advertised as "mahogany" it's quite red in nature but nice looks to be two piece centre jointed. The neck is mahogany with a maple fingerboard and a maple skunk strip. So a bit reverse look from normal. Electronically I'm going with three Strat pickups from Tonerider, having used there nashville set in the nashville tele conversion I did I was impressed. Five way switch master volume and tone. But I'm putting in a shape shifter switch ...
This is indeed music at it's very best. I checked out the Derby venue with the thought of taking Stropster (as he's learning guitar) to see them and Derby is the cheapest for us to get to by train, but there are only two seats (not together) left! I'm not surprised really. O well maybe another time. Meanwhile, I'll watch them here. Thanks for sharing these "Masters of Guitar" with us x x
ReplyDeleteThat is a shame - the show we went to had unallocated seating so sitting together wouldn't have been an issue...
DeleteI really love that clip of Adam McKee you put up. Can't get it out of my mind.
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