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[dani]

bros,

i am thinking of getting this mij fender j-craft tele.

the specs are:

chambered swamp ash body
1-pc maple neck with 22 medium jumbo frets and 9 1/2" radius
5-way switch configuration: 1 = Neck, 2 = Center, 3 = Neck + Bridge, 4 = Center + Bridge, 5 = Bridge

my thoughts are, its rare to find an ash body with vintage bridge coupled with a 9 1/2" neck unless going the custom route. maximum playability with vintage tone! i will upgrade the pickups to ants tele bridge/neck and hummer and maybe the bridge to a callaham with compensated brass saddles.

only thing holding me back is, since most ants are not wax potted, i am afraid the thinline body with the pickups will cause major feedback issues.

what are your thoughts and opinions? should i get it or not?

forgot to mention the price. this baby cost about $630 minus shipping.

cheers!
dani

 

[Closed Eye]

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You can put foam or paper in the f-hole, or *eek* put some clear masking tape over the it, to get down on the feedback.

It looks sweet. Must sound heavenly too. I think you should get it.

 

[Lewguitar]

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I'd go for it! It's probably an excellant guitar. If you need the Ant humbucker wax potted I'd be happy to do it for you. Or just take the cover off....that's where the squeeling comes from. I really don't think the squeeling thing is that big of a concern though. I don't ever hear from people who actually own Ant or Seth Lover humbuckers complaining about microphonics...just people thinking about buying them that are worried about the potencial for microphonics. I don't think it's much of a problem in reality. Lew

 

[St_Genesius]

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Is that a current model? I haven't seen it before. Very, very cool. What the switching setup? I've been thinking of adding a third pickup to my HS tele (maybe a duckbucker) but since I've already got five useful sounds on my 5-way selector, I'll likely have to install a seperate on/off toggle for the middle pickup.

EDIT: DUH...I should have read your entire first post. me = teh idjut. Apologies.

 

[dani]

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thanks guys! anybody else?