NTD: New ESP telecaster day!

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Re: NTD: New ESP telecaster day!

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nice one man! thats a tele id hoon for sure:)

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Looks like a Kahler Pro. Spendy trem!

Congrats.

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what does the neck plate say?

could be an 1980`s 48 street guitar. could be SD pick ups annnnnd DIBS!
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.

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Put a bit of paper over the serial stamp and scribble on it with pencil.
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yea, the old ESP stuff had ESP branded tuners, ESP branded Saddles on the V trems stuff like that. ESP in the 80`s bragged about having stocks of super old Maple, they have pictures of massive slabs in the 80/81 is catalogs. so an old ESP neck should have super straight grain. so straight it looks laminated. or something equally special.
don't know about the trem but Molly commented on it, I would think he would know.
48 street was a guitar store in the USA in the early 80`s, ESP assembled guitars out of imported parts for custom orders and early ESP models. Navigator was the Japan Brand of ESP and ESP was the US brand. ESP are not at all forthcoming with this information as they prefer there marketing approved history. I reckon they don't want people looking backward rummaging for an old one when they sell perfectly good new guitars.
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.

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Had a quick Google for that logo. No luck. Fakes typically have the ‘correct’ logo though, so you’re likely ok there (says a non-expert).

I did find this. Only $19.14 to wear with the guitar. Bargain!
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Post by candiman »

That's a fine looking Tele.

Haven't seen that headstock logo before but ESP definitely have a bunch of different logo designs and also Kahler trems on various artist signature models.

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HappyEnding wrote:Had a quick Google for that logo. No luck. Fakes typically have the ‘correct’ logo though, so you’re likely ok there (says a non-expert).

I did find this. Only $19.14 to wear with the guitar. Bargain!
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have you taken the neck off to see if anything is stamped on the bottom of the neck heal. If it has come from 48th street there will most like be a stamp on there
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ESP Tellie is all over G&R Appitite
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.

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Kerry King from Slayer would play that gat. He likes Kahler and ESP.

p.s. having a trem cavity and humbuckers, does it still sound like a tele?

Teles are weird like that. They can come in all kinds of configs but often still sound like a Tele. i dunno why.

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Frey wrote:Kerry king wouldn't like the pickups, they seem to be pretty PAFish. Ie. not enough treble for me, I'm a treble fiend so I might not end up keeping it but lets see how we get along when it comes back.
if you like how it feels but it isn't bright enough (i.e not enough treble) put some stainless steel strings on it......adds a load of "zing" for cheap :thumbup:
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Aquila Rossa wrote: Teles are weird like that. They can come in all kinds of configs but often still sound like a Tele. i dunno why.
Because if any other guitar is a good example, it will sound like a Tele.
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Hb sized p90s?
Hbs in parallel?
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