graham coxon sig tele

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:26 pm

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/ ... ter-485175

George · Post by **George** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:41 pm

I saw him with that guitar recently at Truck Festival. I can't say for the quality of the guitar but he was terrible.

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 1:45 pm

Pricey at Â£720. You could buy 2 Squier Classic Vibes for that and put in the SD humbuckers.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:27 pm

johnnyseven wrote:Pricey at Â£720.

Are'nt they all lately? I may have been out of touch for a while but looking at Fender 'alternative designs' alone on Thomann (which are usually the cheapest).. i was shocked.

Anyway, Coxon is one of my fave Tele players, but i dont see the point in this model, like many other sigs

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:56 pm

Shocking stuff.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:21 pm

I thought it would have had a white pickguard, any time I've seen him play he's used what looks like this Tele but without the tort...

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:36 pm

I would be interested in playing one....I like Coxon's tones and that's a pretty Telecaster.

Too bad it's UK only

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:37 pm

Thereâ€™s been nowhere near the amount of interest in this thread as I thought there would be considering how big an influence this guy must have been on most of our playing... well maybe only the Brits playing not sure how big blur were in America

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:38 pm

blur was this big in the US

JJLipton · Post by **JJLipton** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:40 pm

dezb1 wrote:Thereâ€™s been nowhere near the amount of interest in this thread as I thought there would be considering how big an influence this guy must have been on most of our playing... well maybe only the Brits playing not sure how big blur were in America

In the U.S. people only know "song 2", and these days most people probably dont even know that. Also, Oasis was never very popular in the U.S., although these days the average douchebag will still play "wonderwall" on an acoustic in a last ditch attempt to get laid at an after party.

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:46 pm

would agree with all that JJ said.... Oasis was much bigger than Blur was here aswell

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:51 pm

it looks like robbie's american standard with a PAF in the neck.

Medicine Melancholy · Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:22 pm

I don't quite get Teles with neck HBs. Which is weird, since I wanted one for a while. Teles have a distinctive bridge sound so you can't get rid of that, I wanted to do some Daniel Ash kind of shit. But I was also listening to Kyuss, Electric Wizard at the tone which is generally all about the neck humbucker. So for this particular post punk/stoner combination, it makes sense.

I suppose the neck of a Tele has never been remarkable, so you "May as well" throw a HB in there. The problem is except for strumming full chords, I find the bridge pickup in a lot of Teles obnoxious for cleans, at least pure cleans. The neck on my Tele, a GFS Fatbody pickup, is actually pretty decent, if a little boomy, one of the prettiest neck pickups I've heard.

I guess it's a similar dichotomy but for "vintage" tones - clangy 50s/60s Rock'n'roll tones in the bridge, but a meaty neck pickup to coax those vintage fuzzy tones out of amps that didn't get that dirty on Single Coils without the help of a pedal.

Or is there some other reason for it?

plaidbeer · Post by **plaidbeer** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:37 pm

dezb1 wrote:Thereâ€™s been nowhere near the amount of interest in this thread as I thought there would be considering how big an influence this guy must have been on most of our playing... well maybe only the Brits playing not sure how big blur were in America

Before "Song 2", I usually only heard Blur either on college radio stations or on 120 Minutes on MTV. I didn't really get into them until Parklife, although I did remember hearing songs from Leisure on the local college stations. Was totally unaware of the second album until years later.

StevePirates · Post by **StevePirates** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 2:18 am

Blur had a minor hit with Girls and Boys. Then Song 2 was (still is) huge. I remember the story that Song 2 was either written as a parody of grunge, or was written as a joke to show how easy it was to write a big US hit.

Most people over here only know Damon from Gorillaz.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 2:25 am

In any discussion of one hit wonders of the 90s, blur and oasis always come up, in which case I always have to end up arguing that neither one is.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 2:36 am

JJLipton wrote: Also, Oasis was never very popular in the U.S., although these days the average douchebag will still play "wonderwall" on an acoustic in a last ditch attempt to get laid at an after party.

Yes, mostly douchebags play wonderwall at acoustic open mic nights, but Oasis was the first band that I remember everybody I knew saying was their favorite band.

StevePirates · Post by **StevePirates** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 2:48 am

I remember the non-stop comparisons of Oasis to the Beatles.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 2:53 am

Billy3000 wrote:
JJLipton wrote: Also, Oasis was never very popular in the U.S., although these days the average douchebag will still play "wonderwall" on an acoustic in a last ditch attempt to get laid at an after party.
Yes, mostly douchebags play wonderwall at acoustic open mic nights, but Oasis was the first band that I remember everybody I knew saying was their favorite band.

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robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 2:56 am

robroe wrote:
Billy3000 wrote:
JJLipton wrote: Also, Oasis was never very popular in the U.S., although these days the average douchebag will still play "wonderwall" on an acoustic in a last ditch attempt to get laid at an after party.
Yes, mostly douchebags play wonderwall at acoustic open mic nights, but Oasis was the first band that I remember everybody I knew saying was their favorite band.
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