Yep.. I got my Tele from Aaron (Blueline) on Thursday this past week. It looks and sounds AWESOME. I still can't believe how fat the bridge pickup sounds (an exceptional feat for a tele bridge pickup). The "bordeaux cherry" color and the gold hardware compliment each other extremely well.. a very classy looking guitar, if I do say so myself.
The neck is nice and chunky, and very fast (hand carved and oiled). The 25" scale seems to allow me to do some faster runs, as my hand doesnt have to move quite as far to reach the fret. The extra reinforcement behind the headstock joint is a real confidence booster.. i feel like I can really PLAY it without having to worry.
I took it to band practice today, as it's final "test". Everyone was really impressed at how it sounded nice and fat, but still very articulate.
I mainly use just the bridge for the quicker distorted stuff, but for the clean stuff I'm really digging the piezo pickup + the coil tapped neck and the bridge. Sounds like a really deep acoustic.
It's obviously going to take me a while to discover all the different tones that can be had (17 total :saeek: , plus variances in tone knob and volume knob settings, plus the blend control for the piezo. ) One of these day's I'm going to have to try the stereo jack out (acoustic piezo on one side, regular pickups on the other).
Aaron sent me a CD with no less than 149 digital pictures of my guitar at different stages of the construction process.. A VERY cool add-on. Eventually, I think I'll create a website with all the pics on it. I also received specific instructions as to how to use my guitar (in my case, they were definately needed with all my different controls.).
For those of you unfamiliar with the specs of the guitar, here they are:
Deep bolt-in rosewood neck with rosewood fretboard, 25" scale.
6130 "Medium Jumbo" Dunlop fretwire
Chambered Tele-style mahogany with wild maple cap, Ric-style F-Hole.
"Bordeaux Cherry" naturally bound top, natural back, hand-oiled neck.
Graph-tech nut and saddles.
Graph-tech GHOST piezo system with mid-dark blend pot and stereo output jack.
Seymour Duncan zebra '59 in neck (with push-pull coil tap), Seymour Duncan Five-Two for Tele in bridge.
Body in the sunlight, showing the natural binding.
Body in the sunlight.
Back of the body in the sunlight.
Signed and dated truss rod cover.
Guitar in the case before shipping.
Guitar body in the sunlight.
Guitar before being strung up.
The reinforced headstock volute.
A personal note on the back of the control cavity cover.
A complete wiring nightmare. :alcoholic :saeek: Sorry about that, Aaron.. you're a better man than I. :smack:
The neck is nice and chunky, and very fast (hand carved and oiled). The 25" scale seems to allow me to do some faster runs, as my hand doesnt have to move quite as far to reach the fret. The extra reinforcement behind the headstock joint is a real confidence booster.. i feel like I can really PLAY it without having to worry.
I took it to band practice today, as it's final "test". Everyone was really impressed at how it sounded nice and fat, but still very articulate.
I mainly use just the bridge for the quicker distorted stuff, but for the clean stuff I'm really digging the piezo pickup + the coil tapped neck and the bridge. Sounds like a really deep acoustic.
It's obviously going to take me a while to discover all the different tones that can be had (17 total :saeek: , plus variances in tone knob and volume knob settings, plus the blend control for the piezo. ) One of these day's I'm going to have to try the stereo jack out (acoustic piezo on one side, regular pickups on the other).
Aaron sent me a CD with no less than 149 digital pictures of my guitar at different stages of the construction process.. A VERY cool add-on. Eventually, I think I'll create a website with all the pics on it. I also received specific instructions as to how to use my guitar (in my case, they were definately needed with all my different controls.).
For those of you unfamiliar with the specs of the guitar, here they are:
Deep bolt-in rosewood neck with rosewood fretboard, 25" scale.
6130 "Medium Jumbo" Dunlop fretwire
Chambered Tele-style mahogany with wild maple cap, Ric-style F-Hole.
"Bordeaux Cherry" naturally bound top, natural back, hand-oiled neck.
Graph-tech nut and saddles.
Graph-tech GHOST piezo system with mid-dark blend pot and stereo output jack.
Seymour Duncan zebra '59 in neck (with push-pull coil tap), Seymour Duncan Five-Two for Tele in bridge.
Body in the sunlight, showing the natural binding.
Body in the sunlight.
Back of the body in the sunlight.
Signed and dated truss rod cover.
Guitar in the case before shipping.
Guitar body in the sunlight.
Guitar before being strung up.
The reinforced headstock volute.
A personal note on the back of the control cavity cover.
A complete wiring nightmare. :alcoholic :saeek: Sorry about that, Aaron.. you're a better man than I. :smack:
