Author Topic: Have a look at this Tele !!! (Read 2452 times)

5F6-A · « **on:** February 19, 2008, 06:52:53 PM »

this is a Tele FAT from 1993. Made in the USA.

Here you've got some pics. Its only owner sent the guitar to a good friend of mine for a refinish.
At first it looked like a nice lump of wood.

Looking more carefully we find a rather annoying surprise: Look at how many pieces of wood FEnder used to build the body!!!! :? shocking eh?!?

:roll:

Scotty477 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 19, 2008, 07:04:23 PM »

That's a bit of a shocker :o

WezV · « **Reply #2 on:** February 19, 2008, 07:05:58 PM »

not to mention the veneer front and back.. i am not shocked at all, and if you like the sound of the guitar i wouldnt worry about it either. not the best way to do it but it doesnt automatically make it a bad guitar

Philly Q · « **Reply #3 on:** February 19, 2008, 07:14:52 PM »

I knew they were doing the multi-piece veneered bodies in the late '90s, but I'm a bit surprised to see that as early as '93.

I think they reverted to 2- or 3-piece bodies around 1999/2000, but it's hard to know what's lurking under that thick poly finish.

dave_mc · « **Reply #4 on:** February 19, 2008, 09:27:24 PM »

a big company being gippy? whatever next?

I mean, i agree with wez. i'd be a bit cheesed off at the penny-pinching though, even if it didn't affect the tone.

Ted · « **Reply #5 on:** February 20, 2008, 01:45:57 PM »

I don't get it. Whats wrong here?

Someone's relic job gone wrong?

Mr Ed · « **Reply #6 on:** February 20, 2008, 03:04:30 PM »

Quote from: Ted

I don't get it. Whats wrong here?

Someone's relic job gone wrong?

The point is that it's made of a shocking number of pieces.

5F6-A · « **Reply #7 on:** February 20, 2008, 04:04:08 PM »

Quote from: Mr Ed

Quote from: Ted
I don't get it. Whats wrong here?

Someone's relic job gone wrong?

The point is that it's made of a shocking number of pieces.

exactly!

Davey · « **Reply #8 on:** February 20, 2008, 05:15:35 PM »

so what's that now? 7? 15?
sure if it sounds nice, cool... but it's still a downer

Catalyst77 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 21, 2008, 09:42:36 AM »

I did the same thing to a cheapy Phoenix telecaster, it took me bloody months to sand the through the poly; yet when i got through - it was one piece! Made in the same factory as most of the cheapish fenders too I think.

Saying that I own a epiphone les paul with a translucent amber finish - it looks great and plays pretty well (sounds great with the cold sweats in). But you can actually see through the finish thats its made of a least 5 different pieces of wood glued together.

Roobubba · « **Reply #10 on:** February 21, 2008, 09:49:48 PM »

Quote from: Mr Ed

Quote from: Ted
I don't get it. Whats wrong here?

Someone's relic job gone wrong?

The point is that it's made of a shocking number of pieces.

No, the shock is that he's got a tele :D