Posted on 05/04/2007 4:13:21 PM PDT by Bean Counter
My wife made a mistake. For my birthday in February, she bought me a calendar from the Fender Custom Shop. I hung it on the wall directly behind my desk, right in my range of vision, and I have been gazing longingly ever since at beautiful guitars. My longing stayed within reason until I turned the page to April, and saw the Engraved Thinline Telecaster in flame maple. The clumsy copy below the calendar proper says "both nice to look at and a dream to play."
"A dream to play" has been ringing in my head ever since, the way a phrase from ad copy will do. And two weeks ago, I drove to the nearest Guitar Center and sat down and started playing electric guitars for the first time in 30 years.
Beautiful Telecaster notwithstanding, I played only Stratocasters on that first visit. I have always been a Strat man. Here is a picture of a very nice one, from the current Fender website.
MY PARENTS BOUGHT ME MY FIRST STRATOCASTER when I was in junior high school, in about 1961. Those of you who know the marque will share my chagrin that I do not still have that model, now known as a "vintage" Stratocaster, and much desired. It had belonged to a country western musician, whose big belt buckles had torn up the sunburst finish on the back. I got a Fender Concert Amp with it, and instantly became a popular guy with the two other serious guitar players in my school, Roger Johnson and Bob Cohen. They used to invite me to play with them, mainly so they could use my amp, which was bigger and better than the ones they had.
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“Been there, done that!”
I hear ya. Mines been ‘retired’ for now.
To me, the sound of a Strat/Telecaster is too light, too thin. I like something warmer, fuller, maybe richer is the better word. Of course, that’s not a knock on the guitar...it’s just my taste.
The Legacy amps look cool, and I like the little tweed amps they have. I’ll bet you could get one pretty cheap on ebay.
Never need to ask for forgiveness, thankfully. She has her own expensive hobbies and tastes. She’s just not a musician, so I just have to explain why a P90 sounds different than a humbucker, and it’s all good. She just seems to think that I should then buy her something that costs the same. We’re still workin on that one...
Yeah. WAY out! LOL!
1969 Fender Telecaster ‘Thinline’..
OK officialy embarrassed!. When I really followed guitars (more so guitar players) It was Strat, SG, Les Pauls, and ES-355. I have seen my share of Concerts since 1975 and I can’t remember ever seeing that Thinline on stage.
Very nice indeed!
Good evening and the very best to you and yours.
Semper Fi
Tommie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9mEKMz2Pvo
Jake Shimabukuro plays “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
For all those 4 string tenor and Uke players on FR...
Modeling is really living upto its potential in a major way. Probably the biggest innovation in music technology in MIDI. VG-8, PODxt, Bass POD, DL4, DG-Stomp, Amplitube, OasysPCI, V-Drums.... I’ve, um, kind of embraced it too.
A ‘66 Gibson in your house is a down payment on your next house! Have you checked Ebay lately?
Hey Wolf, show ‘em what ya got.
I just spent the past 3 hours online sampling bass riffs and different flavors off of Activebass.com. I’ve got a Line6 bass floor pod I’ve been meaning to hook up to the computer and dig into some samples to upload.
I love my warlock!
Yes. I understand.
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