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Strange Telecaster
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 8:39 pm
by 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
Re: Strange Telecaster
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:47 pm
by Nokie
Billiant!
Re: Strange Telecaster
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:05 pm
by MWaldorf
Is the amp it goes with butterscotch blonde with a maple control panel?
Re: Strange Telecaster
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:08 am
by 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
Re: Strange Telecaster
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:43 am
by MOSDAN
There's no doubt that this guitar is a Fender through and through!!!!
Re: Strange Telecaster
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:24 am
by MWaldorf
Jim,
That's one wacky amp!
Re: Strange Telecaster
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:37 am
by 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
Re: Strange Telecaster
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:19 pm
by oipunkguy
that's cool, but this is even cooler.....
http://marshallfridge.com/
Re: Strange Telecaster
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:25 pm
by JimPage
Wow; that is great!
--Jim
Re: Strange Telecaster
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:13 pm
by 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.