Strange Telecaster

[JimPage]

This is the strangest guitar I've ever seen:


The guy who posted it on the Tele forum said the red light came on when a cord was plugged into the guitar.

--Jim

[Nokie]

Billiant!

[MWaldorf]

Is the amp it goes with butterscotch blonde with a maple control panel?

[JimPage]

Hey, Mel--

I actually own an amp that would be suitable for that guitar; your comment reminded me. This High Cliff Sound Board amp uses a spruce soundboard with a sound hole cutout connected to a transducer instead of a traditional speaker.

Here's a photo from the Net:


It does a great job with acoustic instruments and is seldom seen. Solid state, though.

--JIm

[MOSDAN]

There's no doubt that this guitar is a Fender through and through!!!!

[MWaldorf]

Jim,
That's one wacky amp!

[JimPage]

Mel wrote:

>>That's one wacky amp!

You never see them around, mainly because they were real expensive and weighed as much as a Twin Reverb. But with the 10-band EQ set right, it is a super-effective amp for an acoustic guitar.

I could use that thing and set it to where it didn't color the sound of the guitar at all; it just sounded like the biggest Martin acoustic in the world on stage.

I was lucky enough to get it for peanuts from a friend who owned a music store and had it sitting unused as a demo unit for three years or so. A luthier named Bruce Petros designed it.

It's a one-trick pony but when I was just playing acoustic rhythm guitar in bands, I used it a lot.

--Jim

[oipunkguy]

that's cool, but this is even cooler.....

http://marshallfridge.com/

[JimPage]

Wow; that is great!

--Jim

[Mr. Bill]

That's a great idea for the Tele, I remember a friend did one in tweed a ways back.

I would hope that the grill cloth was coated with clear coating, as the surface is really rough and very easy to snag.