Hey all:
Tele lust won't quit, so I pulled the trigger when this great deal came along. It's the first production tele from builder John Mayes, better known for his acoustics:
The gold hardware is gone now, thank god. Has a callahm bridge, budz saddles. The body is chambered ash, with a quilted maple top. The neck is outstanding, a gorgeous birdseye maple, 1 11/16 wide, 12" radius, with a thick braziian rosewood fingerboard. Pickups are now Frailins. They seemed a bit harsh at first, but I have to say this guitar has quite a kick to it. Loud, big sound. No lack of low end either. I've owned one chambered tele, which was mahogany, with a spruce top. And really appreciated what the construction did for the sound. It was warm, on the jazzy side, and would feedback easily.
This one is different. Less jazzy with that maple cap, a heavier sound, but softened and warmed up by that wonderful rosewood fingerboard. I might swap pickups, maybe a Don Mare 0038 in the bridge (as it's one of the finest tele pickups I've heard), maybe a minihumbucker in the neck. We'll see. This is a really nice instrument.
MD
Tele lust won't quit, so I pulled the trigger when this great deal came along. It's the first production tele from builder John Mayes, better known for his acoustics:
The gold hardware is gone now, thank god. Has a callahm bridge, budz saddles. The body is chambered ash, with a quilted maple top. The neck is outstanding, a gorgeous birdseye maple, 1 11/16 wide, 12" radius, with a thick braziian rosewood fingerboard. Pickups are now Frailins. They seemed a bit harsh at first, but I have to say this guitar has quite a kick to it. Loud, big sound. No lack of low end either. I've owned one chambered tele, which was mahogany, with a spruce top. And really appreciated what the construction did for the sound. It was warm, on the jazzy side, and would feedback easily.
This one is different. Less jazzy with that maple cap, a heavier sound, but softened and warmed up by that wonderful rosewood fingerboard. I might swap pickups, maybe a Don Mare 0038 in the bridge (as it's one of the finest tele pickups I've heard), maybe a minihumbucker in the neck. We'll see. This is a really nice instrument.
MD