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NGD! fender MIM tele
« on: December 29, 2013, 03:42:22 PM »


just got a great deal on this guitar. its a 1995 midnight blue tele. i'll be changing out the bridge pickup for a piledriver as soon as it comes in. the neck pickup isnt bad at all though. also i'll be putting an aged pearl pickguard on it when that arrives. this is going to be my main guitar for the band i'm in. very excited!
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Re: NGD! fender MIM tele
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2013, 03:47:09 PM »
Sick.  But you are not going for the supercharged Piledriver neck pickup?
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Re: NGD! fender MIM tele
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2013, 03:53:40 PM »
Ohhh nice. Canīt wait for a Piledriver review! Really not the set though?
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Re: NGD! fender MIM tele
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2013, 04:11:50 PM »
I love the Piledriver in the bridge of my Tele.

Enjoy!!
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Re: NGD! fender MIM tele
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2013, 04:40:05 PM »
Congratulations man!

Let me see:
Strat, check
Les Paul, check
Semi-hollow, check
Tele, check

Where is the SG? :D
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Re: NGD! fender MIM tele
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2013, 05:42:07 PM »
Congrats! Nice colour too. I defnitely would take a calibatred Piledriver-set. I bet you'll exchange the neckpickup sooner or later, so why not now?
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Re: NGD! fender MIM tele
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2013, 05:48:57 PM »
about the piledriver neck- maybe somewhere down the line. but right now i'm focusing on the bridge. the neck pickup actually seems to be pretty powerful compared to the bridge thats in there. so maybe it will work well. for the music i play with my band right now, i play mostly with the bridge anyway. not to say i will ONLY use the bridge though.

Quote from: metale on December 29, 2013, 04:40:05 PM
Congratulations man!

Let me see:
Strat, check
Les Paul, check
Semi-hollow, check
Tele, check

Where is the SG? :D

 i've owned 2 sg's since i started playing and sold them both. i've had too many problems with them. tuning problems, which some suggest is due to the nut more than the tuning pegs. also, the stock pickups blow and its not worth buying something just to change so much. maybe a cheaper sg special or something somewhere down the line like agent oranges with the p90. thats a cool guitar but the 2 sg standards i had were a let down.

i did have an awesome explorer that i'd love to have again though..
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Re: NGD! fender MIM tele
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2013, 06:02:03 PM »
Let us know how you get along with the tele (is this your first?).

My mate may be selling his MIM, and my neck MQ may need a new home soon, so I may have to join the tele owners brotherhood... Would be my first tele too.

As for the pickups, I will have to echo the other guys too: you know that you will always feel that something is missing until you replace the neck PU with a bkp :P
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Re: NGD! fender MIM tele
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2013, 06:12:09 PM »
Quote from: metale on December 29, 2013, 06:02:03 PM
Let us know how you get along with the tele (is this your first?).

My mate may be selling his MIM, and my neck MQ may need a new home soon, so I may have to join the tele owners brotherhood... Would be my first tele too.

As for the pickups, I will have to echo the other guys too: you know that you will always feel that something is missing until you replace the neck PU with a bkp :P

i've also owned an HH tele recently. i like this one more.
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Re: NGD! fender MIM tele
« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2013, 06:31:13 PM »
very nice :D
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Re: NGD! fender MIM tele
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2013, 11:06:20 PM »
Yep that looks pretty good to me and I'll be interested in the results of the mods you have in mind.
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Re: NGD! fender MIM tele
« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2013, 04:46:08 AM »
Yeah you mainly play on the bridge like me ... I always find the neck pickup a bit of a waste of money, something that I only play at home when I am noodling around ... You will be happy with the Piledriver I'm sure!

I can also see you with a SG Junior in your future.  They reissued the early (dogear) version in 2011 and there are still some around in shops if you look. I think you would love it.  Shove a Nantucket in it and maybe a graphtech nut (Gibsons always go out of tune on the G string) and you'll love it.

Tuning problems are also a trade off for the thin '60s neck.  My friend has the same problem with his Epi 50th anniversary SG. Whichever direction to tune in - high to low or low to high - you then need to go back and retune the first couple of strings you started on as the neck twists under tension.  You have to tune every time you play and sometimes between songs.  Weather affects a thin neck more than a thick one too, but they feel great to play :)
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Re: NGD! fender MIM tele
« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2013, 07:31:32 AM »
I have a MIM Tele that has a set of Country Boys in it. It tends to be my main gig guitar.
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Re: NGD! fender MIM tele
« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2013, 02:36:49 PM »
Lovely. Everyone, apart from Roo, needs a Tele. I had a Tele with a Piledriver bridge and a Mississippi Queen neck which is an interesting combination if you were looking for something different.
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Re: NGD! fender MIM tele
« Reply #14 on: December 30, 2013, 06:21:31 PM »
Quote from: 38thBeatle on December 30, 2013, 07:31:32 AM
I have a MIM Tele that has a set of Country Boys in it. It tends to be my main gig guitar.

Would love to try those. Just need another tele to pop them in. Maybe I pick up a Classic Vibe sooner or later.
Just recorded recently with my tele and BG50's (old set) and after playing mainly my strats for quite some time it was a nice surprise.
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