Anyone tried/owned the Fender Jim Adkins Tele?

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 4:31 pm

Hi guys, I've been offered a trade of a JA 90 Jim Adkins tele for my les Paul 70's tribute.

Anyone played/tried one? They look pretty good, kinda fender meets les Paul special vibe. Is it worth a trade? I never play the Gibson and I think the Adkins is actually worth more than my les Paul. Thoughts?

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 4:45 pm

Not really related but sort of related, I got one of these recently and it is incredible. It's infuriatingly good considering how much more I've spent on other guitars.

http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton ... ns_red.htm

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 5:00 pm

Bacchus wrote:Not really related but sort of related, I got one of these recently and it is incredible. It's infuriatingly good considering how much more I've spent on other guitars.

http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton ... ns_red.htm

That looks really nice. Similar sort of vibe with the p90/tele crossover

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 5:05 pm

It's proper, too. Well built, maple top, mahogany, wilkinson pickups.

A steal. I planned on getting it to take the frets out to make a fretless, but it's too nice and I've chickened out.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 5:18 pm

The HB stuff is nice... I bought one of their ST-62 strats as a project guitar, I replaced the trem for a Wilkinson one but haven't done any of the other mods I had planned as it already sounds like a good strat.

I played and didn't like the JA tele just didn't like the feel, I'd rather have a Les Paul... but if you're not playing yours it might be the swap for you.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 5:40 pm

Hmmm - not sure Rob. I'd hold on for a week and wait for your LP to shift. Don't think it's worth as much as your LP, and think it would be hell on wheels to sell if/when you decide to flip it.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 7:32 pm

benecol wrote:it would be hell on wheels to sell if/when you decide to flip it.

This is a great point...

markleton · Post by **markleton** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:51 pm

The Adkins basically is a LP- same bridge, set neck?, scale length, controls, P90s etc. I've seen loads of them for sale second hand, either there are loads of them or the owners don't fancy keeping them. All valued around Â£350.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 10:21 am

Â£350 is what I've got my les paul up on gumtree for currently. So potentially I'd break even if I did it.
Plus I should really be make dollar not swapping.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 10:37 am

Gumtree seems to always have a couple of those Teles up for sale swap. The last one that sold here went for about Â£180. They seem to be one of those guitars that nobody seems to keep. I tried that one (mainly due to the price) and it felt quite cheap. It sounded OK but I really didn't like the feel of it.

You'll get a way better trade for the LP if you stick that up and just bide your time.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 8:54 pm

But yeah, I agree. I think it's a great guitar, but I think you can do better in trade value.

George · Post by **George** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 8:57 pm

yeah, did not like

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 10:14 pm

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robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 10:17 pm

i thought the JA-90 had a cut out like this ?

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robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 10:29 pm

Jimmy Eat World had a huge fucking run of songs and videos from 2001-2004.

starting with Bleed American that dropped like a week before 9/11. the governement made them change it to "american" for years and years before it got changed back to bleed american

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then the next album came out called Futures....they had songs all over video games....madden, THPS, .....all kinds of shit

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in the middle of it they wrote a companion song to the Weezer B-Side Mykel and Carly called Hear You Me. (they were on tour with weezer when they died)

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robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 10:31 pm

all that being said I HATE this band

this band had 1 singer and 3 part harmonies on the back of a tractor trailer at Warp Tour.

you know that shit drives me nuts.

that and putting your emo song on Madden defeats the whole fucking purpose of writing your emo song in the first fucking place

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 7:13 am

honeyiscool wrote:

But yeah, I agree. I think it's a great guitar, but I think you can do better in trade value.

Lindsey Lohan is holding a mega rare Telesonic not JA model

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 8:19 pm

Oh, you're right. No f hole and Gretsch style humbuckers. That guitar is totally nice.

markleton · Post by **markleton** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 3:20 pm

honeyiscool wrote:Oh, you're right. No f hole and Gretsch style humbuckers. That guitar is totally nice.

Also the main guitar Mike Kinsella used for the American Football album.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 2:22 am

Freaky Friday and American Football. Nice resume.