New Tele Day!

[Aceman]

So once again, patience pays off! I am once again a member of the Telecaster club.

90's Samick/Valley Arts.

She is pretty - just the color I wanted, and solid! Cleaned it up, changed the strings. Feels good, sounds good. May need to tweak the angle of the neck just a touch and do a little more pup adjust. But overall, very satisfied!

[Securb]

Ace Springsteen?

[Mincer]

Those guitars have a good reputation. Congrats!

[Aceman]

Samick wasa monster manufacturer in Korea who built guitars for Gibson, Fender, Ibanez, Epiphone, Squire, etc...

In this case, Valley Arts spec'd them, Samick built them.

Bonus - previous owner put Fender locking tuners on it. Solid Ash.

[beaubrummels]

Holy crap, nice score!

[justFred]

Cool pic with the Tweed amp as background…

[Aceman]

Cool pic with the Tweed amp as background…

Also cool sound through it!

[JB_From_Hell]

Get a 4 way switch for it. It adds both in series, and is totally worth having.

[treyhaislip]

Congrats on the NGD! Love Teles and those Samicks are solid guitars.

[The Dali]

Reeeaaalll nice Clarke...

[Aceman]

Get a 4 way switch for it. It adds both in series, and is totally worth having.

I am gonna live with it as a pure Tele for quite a while.

A 4 way switch becomes a 5, the neck becomes a hot rails with a tap, yada yea and then I have a super Strat shaped like a Tele, which is what I got rid of a long time ago.

[JB_From_Hell]

I am gonna live with it as a pure Tele for quite a while.

A 4 way switch becomes a 5, the neck becomes a hot rails with a tap, yada yea and then I have a super Strat shaped like a Tele, which is what I got rid of a long time ago.

I wouldn’t be so sure of that. The series tone is still very Tele, like a beefier version of the bridge pickup. It really should’ve been there from the start.

If you have a hard time getting a clear neck tone without an ice pick bridge, wire the tone to just the bridge pickup. My Classic Vibe benefited from this, but my Tele Plus doesn’t need it.

I don’t really consider either of those actual mods, as they don’t get you out of legit Tele zone.

[Aceman]

FYI - This is my 2022 Guitar.

It seems my guitar year runs December to December.

So far, I have stuck to it.

I have either removed one or more to replace and stuck to one a year for 3 years now I believe.

[Mincer]

If you sell one, do you get to buy a bonus one?

[ErikH]

Nice score. Folks are starting to realize that those are solid instruments, meaning pretty much anything built by Samick back then.