I just ordered a 72 telecaster reissue. (I am in love with an origional at my local guitar shop but it's not for sale) I have a few questions about it. Is it strung through the body? are the supposedly Seth Lover designed Wide Range humbuckers on it worth a crap. Also what strings should i use for a really warm vintage tone. If any tele fans out there own on or know soemething about these reissues let me know if it's a good guitar or did i just get 750? stolen out of my pants.
72 Telecaster Deluxe reissue
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guymanperson
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Re: 72 Telecaster Deluxe reissue
give thoes pups a try, seriously... they are supposed to be fairly accurate rerpductions of seths origionals, also, i think they sound good
give thoes pups a try, seriously... they are supposed to be fairly accurate rerpductions of seths origionals, also, i think they sound good
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Falstaff
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Re: 72 Telecaster Deluxe reissue
Those are good guitars. The neck pickup can be split or you can send it to SD for a rewind. The bridge pickup might actually be decent, so give it a shot. One trick to use is when you have both pickups on, try fooling with both volume knobs...I found if I turned down the volume on the neck pu a bit it really sounded good. There's a website out there devoted to that guitar with a forum...try Googling it.
Enjoy it!
Those are good guitars. The neck pickup can be split or you can send it to SD for a rewind. The bridge pickup might actually be decent, so give it a shot. One trick to use is when you have both pickups on, try fooling with both volume knobs...I found if I turned down the volume on the neck pu a bit it really sounded good. There's a website out there devoted to that guitar with a forum...try Googling it.
Enjoy it!
Ken
PlayingWithDollsologist
Re: 72 Telecaster Deluxe reissue
If you do change the bridge humbucker, have the original cover put back on the new pup. Those just look too cool!
I really liked the sound of that guitar (especially in the neck). Nice and chimey, but not brittle or too bright. Switch to the bridge and roll the tone back a little, but I spent most of my time on it playing the neck bucker.
If you do change the bridge humbucker, have the original cover put back on the new pup. Those just look too cool!
I really liked the sound of that guitar (especially in the neck). Nice and chimey, but not brittle or too bright. Switch to the bridge and roll the tone back a little, but I spent most of my time on it playing the neck bucker.
Hot _Grits
Buttery Toneologist
Re: 72 Telecaster Deluxe reissue
I own a MIM '72 tele custom ri, and it's great. The neck WRHB pickup is a bit wooly in standard mode, but I have mine rewired to a push=pull pot for a coil cut and the single coil sound is great. Learn about the coil tap mod here:
http://lidbjork.homelinux.org/72cc/
-look under mods. Another page has a feature on differences between vintage and ri WRHBs. The vintage WRHBs ahave a devoted following.
I've tried other ri guitars with WRHBs and they have sounded great. It seems the MIJs sound a bit better than the MIMs on that front.
If you don't like them, you'll need a new pickguard, as they are much larger than standard humbuckers.
One thing is for sure: the ri you just bought will be better made than 90% of the original tele deluxes. the 70s were fender's worst era for quality control.
I own a MIM '72 tele custom ri, and it's great. The neck WRHB pickup is a bit wooly in standard mode, but I have mine rewired to a push=pull pot for a coil cut and the single coil sound is great. Learn about the coil tap mod here:
http://lidbjork.homelinux.org/72cc/
-look under mods. Another page has a feature on differences between vintage and ri WRHBs. The vintage WRHBs ahave a devoted following.
I've tried other ri guitars with WRHBs and they have sounded great. It seems the MIJs sound a bit better than the MIMs on that front.
If you don't like them, you'll need a new pickguard, as they are much larger than standard humbuckers.
One thing is for sure: the ri you just bought will be better made than 90% of the original tele deluxes. the 70s were fender's worst era for quality control.
Re: 72 Telecaster Deluxe reissue
personally, i loved the pups in that guitar. i thought they sounded terrific.
i, actually, would have gotten that guitar except for one problem, i hated the hell out of the fretboard. it was sticky as hell, and i couldnt even do bends....
personally, i loved the pups in that guitar. i thought they sounded terrific.
i, actually, would have gotten that guitar except for one problem, i hated the hell out of the fretboard. it was sticky as hell, and i couldnt even do bends....
