New telecaster day here, woohoo !!!
I've always loved telecasters and never really had one - well, had this little mid-80's japanese squier once, but sold it a week later to a friend that really needed a decent axe and didn't have much money, and well, these squiers were cheapos by that time so I thought I could find me another one any other day, and finally never ever found anything close for the same price :?
But anyway - I had a GAS for a tele these last weeks and was hunting the net and making plans - plan #1 was to get me a MiM classic 60 and give it some Joe-Strummer-Revisited treatment - when I spotted this add for a second hand
lovely japanese '62 custom RI - the one with the white binding. The seller was Mr Loic Lepape - if you don't know him, he's the craziest french luthier, building steel-body electric guitars (think early James Trussard but with something more - and way more affordable) - and the price was right, so I phoned the guy - really really nice block BTW, a true rocker and guitars lover - and we called it a deal. This was on friday evening, he couldn't send the beast before monday, so I had to wait for five full days before I could have my hands on it. You bet I was feeling like a kid on xmas eve :lol:
So finally the guy from UPS showed up at the office this morning, and here she (yes, a guitar is a she) was:
Came in a quality top case, setup was close to perfect, the neck (thin C with a nitro finish) is a dream (just as confortable as my beloved Vox Custom 24 - and perhaps even more) and man, she sings like an angel and roar like a ... well, like a telecaster :mrgreen:
Me very happy :D .... Err, almost, in fact :oops: - the pups are a bit better than I expected, but still on the weak side - and it's now clear that I love HOT pups. But this is another story - and for now YetAnotherWhichPupsForThisTele thread(tm)
