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"Channel bound" USA teles and Strats now on Dawson
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:29 am
by NickS
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:59 am
by JordanD
Saw them in PMT Manchester a couple of weeks ago. The binding looks really odd on them.
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:04 am
by George
it's nice to have the option i guess, and they have compound radius. sweet
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:00 am
by ultratwin
SIXTY FIVE, DUDES!!!11
In other news, toss the string tree and the Strat is also instantly in pseudo-Eric Johnson Signature mode.
And yeah, Tele neck binding looks weird and unnecessary, like putting a gilded handle on a power saw.
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:00 am
by JordanD
I don't mean weird like "doesn't belong" I mean weird like "looks like no other binding I've seen on a Fender before".
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 3:59 pm
by jcyphe
The channel bound and Eric Johnson binding are totally different.
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:20 pm
by NickS
..as explained
here. It's not really binding, they mill out the neck leaving a border and drop a rosewood fretboard into the depression. So the "binding" is part of the maple neck.
Sorry.
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:33 pm
by George
NickS wrote:..as explained
here. It's not really binding, they mill out the neck leaving a border and drop a rosewood fretboard into the depression. So the "binding" is part of the maple neck.
Sorry.
good, i hate the tonal characteristics of plastic binding
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:44 pm
by brainfur
George wrote:
good, i hate the tonal characteristics of plastic binding
wow you've good ears
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:45 pm
by George
yep
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 2:08 am
by ultratwin
jcyphe wrote:The channel bound and Eric Johnson binding are totally different.
Aye, hence my use of the "pseudo" prefix
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 7:57 am
by jcyphe
ultratwin wrote:jcyphe wrote:The channel bound and Eric Johnson binding are totally different.
Aye, hence my use of the "pseudo" prefix
Sorry, I'm blind.
I think these channel bound standard strats sound great from clips I've heard, but American Standard Strats have sounded great for a long time.
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 8:37 am
by sunshiner
George wrote:NickS wrote:..as explained
here. It's not really binding, they mill out the neck leaving a border and drop a rosewood fretboard into the depression. So the "binding" is part of the maple neck.
Sorry.
good, i hate the tonal characteristics of plastic binding
They even interfere with sleep I guess, those bad sustained overtones
