Post by pappy on Aug 3, 2007 18:36:09 GMT -7
The other day I got promoted! It's a gimme rank, no doubt about it, just a matter of how long I've been in and the fact I haven't been busted for drugs or killed someone or some other crazy crime.
I came home and my wife told me she ordered me a tele because she knows I've been wanting one and I don't have any solid bodies around and there are special plans for it.
I've written a blog about it so I'll copy and paste it so everyone can see it. I'm pretty proud.
Here's the plan:
The military is going to make me deploy several times until I seperate. I'm not upset with this at all, but I want something to show for it besides a sun tan. Sun tans go away. So I figured I'd find a cheap durable guitar to bring to the desert and the requirements were that it had to be tough, it had to solid (I didn't even want to risk it with a chambered body for fear of something crushing the top), and it had to have a bolt on neck. And I have to like the looks of it because this thing will be with me forever.
The guitar? A Tele. Was there ever any doubt? It's been beat to hell by tons of people, it's built like a tank, it sounds good, it looks good and it's completely solid. It fit the bill on every front.
Now, it's a Squier. Squier's a cheap and I think they have a bad stigma, but it certainly doesn't make the wood any less hard, know what I mean?
In all honesty with each time I come back I plan on upgrading it part by part and replacing any items that were damaged from the trip. Or not, it really depends on the condition. Obviously if a switch breaks I'll replace it. Pickups, bridges, necks, etc. etc. will probably be upgraded.
Anyway, the desert will relic this guitar. Or at least the body. I have no beef whatsoever with buying a pre-reliced neck. As far as the body goes, I'm sure if the desert sun and sand can't mess with poly (regardless of how thick the poly is) than nothing can't.
Anyway, ALL of this will be documented. Every time something on the guitar changes or I come back there will be pictures taken. I'll take pictures before I leave too so everyone can see the amount of normal wear and tear that naturally happens.
This should be a really great project.
Anyway, I did the first thing. I have a Gretsch strap that I didn't want to stretch out the hole of. My Gretsch has a cool strap lock where you screw off the strap button (so to speak) and then put the strap on a screw and then put the strap button back on guaranteeing that your strap stays tight and that it's locked in place. The tele has nothing like this, but that's no big deal. I unscrewed the entire strap button, put the strap on the screw point and then drilled the strap button back in locking the strap in place.
It's a small mod, but a mod nonetheless and it marks the BEGINNING!
I came home and my wife told me she ordered me a tele because she knows I've been wanting one and I don't have any solid bodies around and there are special plans for it.
I've written a blog about it so I'll copy and paste it so everyone can see it. I'm pretty proud.
Here's the plan:
The military is going to make me deploy several times until I seperate. I'm not upset with this at all, but I want something to show for it besides a sun tan. Sun tans go away. So I figured I'd find a cheap durable guitar to bring to the desert and the requirements were that it had to be tough, it had to solid (I didn't even want to risk it with a chambered body for fear of something crushing the top), and it had to have a bolt on neck. And I have to like the looks of it because this thing will be with me forever.
The guitar? A Tele. Was there ever any doubt? It's been beat to hell by tons of people, it's built like a tank, it sounds good, it looks good and it's completely solid. It fit the bill on every front.
Now, it's a Squier. Squier's a cheap and I think they have a bad stigma, but it certainly doesn't make the wood any less hard, know what I mean?
In all honesty with each time I come back I plan on upgrading it part by part and replacing any items that were damaged from the trip. Or not, it really depends on the condition. Obviously if a switch breaks I'll replace it. Pickups, bridges, necks, etc. etc. will probably be upgraded.
Anyway, the desert will relic this guitar. Or at least the body. I have no beef whatsoever with buying a pre-reliced neck. As far as the body goes, I'm sure if the desert sun and sand can't mess with poly (regardless of how thick the poly is) than nothing can't.
Anyway, ALL of this will be documented. Every time something on the guitar changes or I come back there will be pictures taken. I'll take pictures before I leave too so everyone can see the amount of normal wear and tear that naturally happens.
This should be a really great project.
Anyway, I did the first thing. I have a Gretsch strap that I didn't want to stretch out the hole of. My Gretsch has a cool strap lock where you screw off the strap button (so to speak) and then put the strap on a screw and then put the strap button back on guaranteeing that your strap stays tight and that it's locked in place. The tele has nothing like this, but that's no big deal. I unscrewed the entire strap button, put the strap on the screw point and then drilled the strap button back in locking the strap in place.
It's a small mod, but a mod nonetheless and it marks the BEGINNING!