hey scalers
so despite the fact that i have a couple other projects on the go (jazzblaster, and finish the noisemaster) , i've found what i don't like about telecasters..
no tremlo. its a real shame.
and as i'm not a bigsby fan
i've come up with a different idea.
i apologize for the rough photoshop.
images are small on the fender sites.
its a squier affinity telecaster i'll route to put a jazzmaster tail piece on, swap the bridge for a wilkinson 3 saddle filed down so that i don't get catching strings.
swap the control plate, so that the toggle is near the back of the body, volume is in the middle and tone up front (this has already been done)
the head stock was sanded off when i got it, if i do decal it i'll do a customer decal.
also trying to decide if i want to leave it stock for colour (as i love the finish) or sand it down and fuck it up.
Maybe he wants the Jag trem plate cause it'd look way more tits? I like the idea.
that and i really like the jag/jazz tremlo
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 10:48 pm
by luke
I think the Jag trem plate looks shit on a Tele, personally. If you like the Jag trem and you want that functionality, go for it. If you're going for aesthetics, it just does not work and will never work.
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:12 pm
by Ty
I like the one Jagermeister did.
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:14 pm
by mcconnachiea
How the hell do you palm mute with that thing on?
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:15 pm
by serfx
no idea, and i've never worried about it
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:15 pm
by luke
mcconnachiea wrote:How the hell do you palm mute with that thing on?
Some people, not everyone, but some people, they do not palm mute. I don't know why, I don't know how, but they just don't. They don't need to apparently.
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:17 pm
by Ty
mcconnachiea wrote:How the hell do you palm mute with that thing on?
Step 1: Rest hand on strings.
Step 2: Move wrist back and forth in a strumming motion.
Step 3-blah: Play.
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:17 pm
by serfx
silly_rabbit_band wrote:
mcconnachiea wrote:How the hell do you palm mute with that thing on?
Step 1: Rest hand on strings.
Step 2: Move wrist back and forth in a strumming motion.
Step 3-blah: Play.
FTW
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:18 pm
by Ty
My half ass way of explaining palm muting.
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:26 pm
by mcconnachiea
Yeah, but you need to have your hand on the saddles or you go up by half a step when you mute
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:30 pm
by serfx
i should probably explain that i play punk and noise music, so being a half step out of tune usually works to my advantage in the middle of things.
and also knowing how to compensate for that
but again i don' t palm mute unless i'm playing a folk gig, and if i am then i'm playing an acoustic so it just doesn't matter at all.
either way yeah i love that tele.
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:36 pm
by Ty
Any ways, back on track, are you thinking of setting it up like that? Or stick with the tele bride and get different saddles.
Like these...
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:43 pm
by Josh
get one of these guys.
I think you could get the bridge part only somewhere.
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 11:49 pm
by serfx
i was thinking of the three saddles, however i don't mind that plate at all..
hrm guess i'll have to see what my local shops have in stock.
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 1:03 am
by Mages
this is the old school trick for putting a vibrato on a tele
tons of cool pictures here. mostly bigsbys but there's a couple jag trems
edit: just noticed this guy has a modern 6 saddle bridge. don't know how he got that to work.
