Strat/Tele

AquaHarmonix · Post by **AquaHarmonix** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:57 am

So, I have a MIM Strato that I rarely play anymore, but I love love love the neck on it...

I am very close to purchasing a Loaded telecaster body and slapping the neck on there.

my only question is if it will intonate correctly, and if the gap will be unbearable.

heres what i am considering.

oh and how much better are MIJ tele's than MIM?

Jap-o tele

but then for not that much more i can get a brand new MIA tele

thanks hoes and bros

ameri-can-o

esteban · Post by **esteban** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:03 am

AFAIK it will intonate properly. the gap at the heel won't be too bad. i tried it on my tele, and it's pretty small. if you have the bones, you can even get a pickguard cut!

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:45 am

eric clapton used to play a tele with a strat neck, it looked and sounded amazing.

benwalker · Post by **benwalker** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:56 pm

Progrockabuse wrote:eric clapton used to play a tele with a strat neck, it looked and sounded amazing.

e.c. could play a kay hollowbody and it would sound amazing.

[youtube][/youtube]

i wouldn't have thought that swapping a strat neck on a tele body would affect the tone that much unless you have ears like eric johnson (in which case, the shape of the headstock is likely to make a difference...) - more the feel of the neck that changes?

ElCapitan · Post by **ElCapitan** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:39 pm

is Clapton intentionally being terrible there?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:49 pm

I think it's a parody video.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:50 pm

Not unlike this one:

[youtube][/youtube]

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:52 pm

benwalker wrote: i wouldn't have thought that swapping a strat neck on a tele body would affect the tone that much unless you have ears like eric johnson

Is that sarcasm? EJ actually has a pretty bad case of Tinnitus.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:54 pm

Nick wrote:
benwalker wrote: i wouldn't have thought that swapping a strat neck on a tele body would affect the tone that much unless you have ears like eric johnson
Is that sarcasm? EJ actually has a pretty bad case of Tinnitus.

yes, but he's well known for talking a lot of bollocks about being able to hear the difference between Lithium and Alkaline batteries. and the material of screws on a Strat trem.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:05 pm

eric johnson is.... full of shit, and himself, err wait, those two are the same thing.......
EJ's strat is nice tho, i dig it,
the thing about being able to hear the difference inbattery types, screw types, paint types and all that is just rubbish.
the battery thing is tru tho.
a dead battery will sound different than a new battery.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:50 pm

EJ has the best ruse going right now - almost all of the crap he does is just for convenience or ergonomics (pedals on risers, rubber band on the FF). Convincing everyone it's for tone has just become a running gag. Half the stuff he supposedly does is just made up by stores to sell vintage bridge blocks and crap.

astro · Post by **astro** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:03 am

I always thought Eric Johnson was just a fictional character created by Fender to sell gear, kinda like the way the Green Giant was made up to sell vegetables.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:28 am

astro wrote:I always thought Eric Johnson was just a fictional character created by Fender to sell gear, kinda like the way the Green Giant was made up to sell vegetables.

hahaha. Me too at first.

deadonkey · Post by **deadonkey** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:54 pm

Eric Johnson is pretty much the supreme master of the electric guitar.

I never listen to him (i only have 1 album and it's shite, as albums go) but the boy can play better than anyone i can think of. He's incredible.

dodgedartdave · Post by **dodgedartdave** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 2:56 pm

astro wrote:I always thought Eric Johnson was just a fictional character created by Fender to sell gear, kinda like the way the Green Giant was made up to sell vegetables.

That's really Funny! Funniest thing I've heard all day. (its just morning though)

Post by **Doog** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:10 pm

Ho-Ho-Ho! Eriiic Johnson!

benwalker · Post by **benwalker** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:45 pm

EJ can play: his string skipping is second only to paul gilbert imho, but brass tips on jacks, marshalls only from certain years (or was that yngwie?), and now a signature pick that helps you have 'greater control and faster speed'

quite.