Rich_S
HomeGrownToneBrewologist
We write about it, but then don't post pictures for some indeterminate amount of time, right?
This guitar arrived several weeks ago, while I was out of town on the business trip from hell. I managed a few minutes here and there to put it the way I wanted. Now, at least it LOOKS the way I planned it, though I still need to change out one pot to hopefully get it sounding right.
It's a 2010 MIM Tele in Artic White (which is creamier-looking than the name indicates). I got it off a guy on the TDPRI with no pickups, but WITH a Fender HSC for $320. It's immaculate, so I think I got a good deal.
I dropped in the tapped Quarter Pounder and the custom 2-pots/no-switch control plate that I had on the blue Tele for a while, and turned it into the Quarter Pound Esquire of Doom (Q.E.D.) After ignoring the results of the poll I posted a few weeks ago, I put on a black Esquire pickguard from GuitarFetish.
It's awesome. The black-on-white color scheme and the QP give it a real Les Paul Junior vibe; it's very punk rock. Think Billie Joe Armstrong's white LP Junior, or the Ramone's matching Mosrite and P-Bass. Stripped down and badass, with a just a touch of flexibilty provided by the spin-a-tap setup where tone pot ought to be. There really is something to the lose-the-neck-pickup-gain-some-tone thing that they talk about with Esquires; it's very open and airy, though not actually that twangy, due to the stock 6-saddle bridge. (I might change it out for a compensated Wilkinson 3-saddle at some point down the road.)
Unfortunately, I'm too busy recovering from all the missed family obligations left over from the 5-week BTFH, so I don't have time to break out the camera, charge the batteries, and find some decent light to get some pics. Soon, maybe, but not for the next few days.
Let the name-calling commence.
This guitar arrived several weeks ago, while I was out of town on the business trip from hell. I managed a few minutes here and there to put it the way I wanted. Now, at least it LOOKS the way I planned it, though I still need to change out one pot to hopefully get it sounding right.
It's a 2010 MIM Tele in Artic White (which is creamier-looking than the name indicates). I got it off a guy on the TDPRI with no pickups, but WITH a Fender HSC for $320. It's immaculate, so I think I got a good deal.
I dropped in the tapped Quarter Pounder and the custom 2-pots/no-switch control plate that I had on the blue Tele for a while, and turned it into the Quarter Pound Esquire of Doom (Q.E.D.) After ignoring the results of the poll I posted a few weeks ago, I put on a black Esquire pickguard from GuitarFetish.
It's awesome. The black-on-white color scheme and the QP give it a real Les Paul Junior vibe; it's very punk rock. Think Billie Joe Armstrong's white LP Junior, or the Ramone's matching Mosrite and P-Bass. Stripped down and badass, with a just a touch of flexibilty provided by the spin-a-tap setup where tone pot ought to be. There really is something to the lose-the-neck-pickup-gain-some-tone thing that they talk about with Esquires; it's very open and airy, though not actually that twangy, due to the stock 6-saddle bridge. (I might change it out for a compensated Wilkinson 3-saddle at some point down the road.)
Unfortunately, I'm too busy recovering from all the missed family obligations left over from the 5-week BTFH, so I don't have time to break out the camera, charge the batteries, and find some decent light to get some pics. Soon, maybe, but not for the next few days.
Let the name-calling commence.
