What do you think of this tele?

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:47 pm

Not mine, it is a Guitar Center Exclusive Fender FSR Butterscotch Blonde Telecaster Standard(MIM) Ash body with flipped control plate!

I kinda wish I had snagged one on Presidents Day for $399. now they are harder to find.

kylinder · Post by **kylinder** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:06 pm

Lovely colour but I can imagine constantly hitting the volume or tone knob when i'm playing.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:24 pm

kylinder wrote:Lovely colour but I can imagine constantly hitting the volume or tone knob when i'm playing.

Just flipped it back around.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:42 pm

I hate maple necks, but I love the look of that. Reminds me of doogcaster maybe?

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:42 pm

I love flipped control plates; it's the best feature on an otherwise meh guitar in this case, though.

kylinder · Post by **kylinder** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:43 pm

Ah ok, fair enough. It is a cool looking guitar

George · Post by **George** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:43 pm

$399 is a good price. Bottom picture looks way too yellow though, not really blonde at all. Does ash make much of a difference? Flipping a control plate is easier enough.

aen · Post by **aen** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:06 pm

Can't imagine its better than the $350 Squier CV.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:45 pm

aen wrote:Can't imagine its better than the $350 Squier CV.

But it says fender on the headstock

ohyeahfuzzbear · Post by **ohyeahfuzzbear** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:12 pm

I couldn't get on with the knobs being right in ''getting hit by hand" zone.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:23 pm

thats how i swap all the tele plates on ones i play, as i never hit the knobs but i hit the switch when its there

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:34 pm

serfx wrote:thats how i swap all the tele plates on ones i play, as i never hit the knobs but i hit the switch when its there

Yep,that is the reason for this mod.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:39 pm

I don't understand the flipped plate mod either. The knobs are bigger than tele switches and would thus be more likely to get hit. I've never had a problem hitting the switch on my tele.

Also, to go against popular shortscale thought, I'm not a fan of 3 saddle tele bridges. I played the Squier CV at GC and while it felt and sounded great, intonation was a problem with the 3 saddle bridge despite what people may say. Individual string intonation is a must.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:04 pm

intonation is a problem with any guitar at guitar center though

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:18 pm

The flipped plate mod is to bring the volume pot nearer to your little finger (you switch the position of the volume and tone, too) to enable you to do volume swells you fucking n00000000000000000bs.

Some people leave the pots where they are, and do wah-like tone swells, but fake pedal steel licks are far more fun. As to bashing the switch/knobs: it's a fucking tele: a tank, a "bren gun" - apart from maybe hurting your flailing hands, it won't do any other harm; the switch operates from left to right, so you'd need to be flailing like a grounded fish to jog that out of position, and I'd be amazed if your rogue limbs could inadvertantly turn the knobs.

Shortscale's tele players need to man the fuck up, it would appear.

(I'm looking at you, Lubas...)

George · Post by **George** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:18 pm

Flipping the plate is mainly done so you can do volume swells. At least that's why I did it.

EDIT: benecol smashes it.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:19 pm

You've phrased it slightly more gently than I did.

George · Post by **George** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:23 pm

The good cop/bad cop routine will help it sink in.

Sparky · Post by **Sparky** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:31 pm

*clap* *clap*

I used to have my tele set up like that. It made playing Allman Brothers licks like "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" doable. Swells are badass and the knobs work better that way. However, I couldn't do with any knobs after a while so it's just set up with a toggle now.

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:35 pm

benecol wrote:the switch operates from left to right, so you'd need to be flailing like a grounded fish to jog that out of position

This has happened to me at gigs on numerous occasions.