That time Gibson made a really ugly and shit Telecaster

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That time Gibson made a really ugly and shit Telecaster

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Maple fretboard. Hideous and completely unnecessary Tele pickguard. Single coils. Gibson Nighthawk Bridge 'modified for string through body operation'. Ugly straplocks. Ugly everything!



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You say that like normal Teles aren't fugly....
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Re: That time Gibson made a really ugly and shit Telecaster

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What about that time Gibson were going to release a Jimi Hendrix Stratocaster?
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Or the time Epiphone by Gibson made a Stratocaster by the Devil's eyes?

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HackSaw wrote:Or the time Epiphone by Gibson made a Stratocaster by the Devil's eyes?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/music-instrume ... 397086.htm
It's like they cut off the headstock and put a penis on it instead. Cockocaster?
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It is very dildoesque isn't it? Dongcaster...

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take the pickguard off that les tele and i'd hit it
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HackSaw wrote:Or the time Epiphone by Gibson made a Stratocaster by the Devil's eyes?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/music-instrume ... 397086.htm
hey that was the first guitar I bought with my own money as a beginner.......mind you I have zero memories about it so yeah it must have been great :rofl:
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bbrunskill wrote: Ugly straplocks.
They are, but I have have them on my SG. They're actually solid as feck and although a mission to initially attach to your strap, they hold well.
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I like the idea, (I wrote a post about this but it disappeared somehow) I would like to try it - apart from the scratch guard.

Maple board, les paul with a b bender. Interesting.

but then again I am not a normal tele owner - I have lil59s in my maple board tele anyway.
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Looks good. Just take the pickguard off and fix the control layout and job done.

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I can't quite see - It's got an ash cap on the body - what is the rest of the body made of?
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AiRdAd wrote:I can't quite see - It's got an ash cap on the body - what is the rest of the body made of?
Solid Ash.

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JHorner wrote:
AiRdAd wrote:I can't quite see - It's got an ash cap on the body - what is the rest of the body made of?
Solid Ash.
cool thanks -

I really like the maple fretboard with the black headstock
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A Les Paul is just a telecaster with curves and buckers....
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