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Post by guitarman1 on Mar 16, 2006 7:07:30 GMT -7
Here are some pics of my new "Stephocaster" (named after my daughter Stephanie) I just put together. Body is a Warmoth Swamp Ash 4 pounds 13 ounces I picked up on Ebay. Neck is Warmoth, Corian nut, Sperzel tuners, Lollar Vintage T pups, Callaham saddles ( 2 brass, 1 stainless), generic bridge plate, CTS pots, Mallory caps, cavities copper foil shielded. This thing really has me knocked out. I've got about $800.00 into her and she really spanks!!! I love these Lollars! The only work I need done is some of the factory cut nut slots are choking the open E, B & G strings. I'll take it to a local guy to open them up. The frets are excellent and really don't need any dressing. I may send it to Phil Jacoby for a Feinten bone nut & tuning system, but right now I just can't send it off. This is my first Tele and guys I've gotta say I should have got one years ago. I love the tones with all pup combinations. I have a Lollar Special for the bridge coming this week. I think I want just a bit thicker mids, but we'll see....it sounds pretty great with the Vintage bridge too.
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Post by rcrecelius on Mar 16, 2006 8:33:33 GMT -7
Nice axe! I especially like the decal I need to make one for my partscaster as it will be my daughter's when she gets ready for it. I guess it'd be a Sarahcaster!
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Post by Curt on Mar 16, 2006 9:09:11 GMT -7
Nice Axe !
Gotta love a Tele, they are way more versatile than folks think, and that Bridge pup grinde can not be duped.
Glad your enjoying her, welcome to the wonderful world of Tele's.
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Post by guitarman1 on Mar 17, 2006 7:03:00 GMT -7
Thanks for your positive words guys. I can't stop playing this thing. It has so much wood & spank in the tone. It's a nice departure from my Strat & PRS.
Rcrecelius, I bought a sheet of decal paper for laser printers at a local hobby shop for $4.50. I just used MS Word and searched through free fonts on the web until I found something I liked. After printing it, I scraped my fingernail over the ink, but it wouldn't come off. Once the decal is on though, it is so thin that you can easily scrape it off, so be careful. Make sure you print your logo out multiple times on the sheet, because the decal is so thin, it is really easy to screw up when sliding it around on the headstock.
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Post by rcrecelius on Mar 17, 2006 13:42:46 GMT -7
Rcrecelius, I bought a sheet of decal paper for laser printers at a local hobby shop for $4.50. Is this "waterslide" type paper?
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Post by sonicbluepaisley on Mar 17, 2006 19:29:35 GMT -7
Wow, very cool, nice job
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Post by guitarman1 on Mar 19, 2006 6:56:02 GMT -7
Rcrecelius, I bought a sheet of decal paper for laser printers at a local hobby shop for $4.50. Is this "waterslide" type paper? Yes. Just like the stuff we used to use as kids on model cars & planes.
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Post by guitarman1 on Mar 19, 2006 6:57:58 GMT -7
Thanks sonicbluepaisley!
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Mar 19, 2006 10:32:51 GMT -7
Love that color! What would you call that color? Watermellon? What? Nice! ;D
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Post by bks on Mar 19, 2006 14:34:11 GMT -7
Oh, that's nice. How'd you keep the cost so reasonable?
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Post by guitarman1 on Mar 20, 2006 8:14:35 GMT -7
Love that color! What would you call that color? Watermellon? What? Nice! ;D Thanks Benttop. The color is called Fiesta Red, but there is some confusion in the guitar world as to what color the original Fender Fiesta Red was. Dupont made the original Fiesta Red and it was one of the colors used on the 1956 Ford Tbird. Fender also used this as a custom color offering, but I'm not certain of the first year it was offered. This original Fiesta Red was "red" and not this coral pink seen on my guitar. After years of use & UV exposure, many of these guitars faded to this coral. So now the color Fiesta Red can mean two different colors. I've seen 2 relic-ed Strats from fender both call Fiesta Red, but one was red and the other coral. To add to the confusion, many people believe there was a Fender color called Coral Pink, but Fender never had a paint with this name. The color they are referring to was faded Fiesta Red. Here is a photo of what is believed to look like the original Dupont Fiesta Red. Also, here is a link to a very interesting article on the history of Fender finishes. Some nice photos too. www.provide.net/~cfh/fenderc.html
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Mar 20, 2006 8:22:25 GMT -7
I guess whatever you call it, it rocks! Nice job - makes me want to assemble a parts-caster here.
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Post by guitarman1 on Mar 20, 2006 14:22:11 GMT -7
Oh, that's nice. How'd you keep the cost so reasonable? Thanks for the kind words bks. Body $200.00 used on ebay. Neck $320.00 Pups $175.00 Tuners $57.00 Saddles $30.00 Pickgaurd $22.00 pots $10.00 3 way switch $10.00 Control Plate $10.00 bridge plate, knobs & string furrels included with the body. Other parts, (capacitors, wire, screws, copper foil tape, strap buttons) were lying around. Total was about $835.00
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Post by LeftyLang on Mar 21, 2006 22:23:03 GMT -7
Very Nice!!!! How do you find setting the intonation with the vintage saddles?
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Post by guitarman1 on Mar 22, 2006 7:02:57 GMT -7
Very Nice!!!! How do you find setting the intonation with the vintage saddles? Just to clarify, they aren't true vintage saddles. They are Callaham "compensated saddles" and this is visible by them being on angles, as opposed to the straight alignment on true vintage saddles. As far as intonation goes, I love them. Not only is overall intonation better than true vintage, but I only had to intonate one string per saddle and the second string on that saddle was already set due to the compensated angle. I set the intonation using a strobe tuner and found these really do what they were designed for.
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Post by guitarman1 on Mar 22, 2006 8:46:33 GMT -7
FYI....I got my Lollar Special T bridge pup in the mail and swapped back and forth with the Vintage T bridge a few times. I prefer the Special T and am sending the Vintage T back. The Special is a bit more fuller/thicker sounding, but it still retains allot of twang and all of the spank. It's not as bright as the Vintage T, but I think it works much better with the Vintage T neck that the Vintage T bridge does. The eq differences are too extreme for me switching between the Vintage T neck & bridge. If I eq my Maz Sr. perfectly to the neck pup, the bridge is too bright & thin. This isn't a problem with the Special T bridge, as it balances well with the neck.
I'm definitely not a Tele expert, but these pups sound tremendous. I highly recommend them.
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Post by billyguitar on Mar 22, 2006 11:55:47 GMT -7
I've noticed too that it's hard to set an amp to sound good with both pickups. It's almost like you need a seperate channel for each pickup. If Lollars' got that part right that would really be an improvement.
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Post by guitarman1 on Mar 22, 2006 13:09:58 GMT -7
I've noticed too that it's hard to set an amp to sound good with both pickups. It's almost like you need a seperate channel for each pickup. If Lollars' got that part right that would really be an improvement. Billy....you're a good man! Here's some karma.
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