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RE: Roland ready Tele
BTW, I have photos now. Anyone interested in buying the guitar feel free to
request them offlist.
Thanks,
Paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AvgJoe [mailto:paul_sanders@adelphia.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 9:54 AM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: RE: Roland ready Tele
>
>
> Enough people have responded directly to me on this guitar
> I'm going to go ahead and post the parciculars to the list
> rather than repeat the process to each individual. Then,
> should anyone be interested in proceeding, please contact me offlist.
>
> Ok, here we go.
>
> I bought this brand new 2 months ago for $669 + tax. Here's
> link to this guitar at Fender's website. The black one is
> shown, and is the same as mine.
>
> http://www.fender.com/products/show.php?partno=0137502
>
> Stock it's got a '72 Tele Custom Reissue. It's got the large
> "Fender Wide Range" humbucker in the neck position and a
> standard Tele single coil in the bridge. The neck is a
> vintage style neck with Fender's "U" shape. Plenty of girth,
> not too thin, which I personally prefer.
>
> Now, from stock here's what I've done.
>
> 1. Installed a chrome plated brass "Fender patent pending"
> bridge plate with brass saddles'
>
> 2. Installed a brand new Roland GK-2A Synth pickup, control
> unit is attached with the felt lined plates which claps over
> the front and rear of the body of the guitar. No permanent
> attachement. Note, the bridge plate was notched and the very
> bottom tip of the pick guard had to be trimmed to accomodate
> the pickup. It's all very clean though and the pickups sits
> across the Tele ashtray bridge at just the right height. I
> get very strong signal response into the GI20 with this
> setup. As good as I got with my Godin LGXT. The original
> bridge plate and saddles are included, BTW.
>
> 3. Swapped the stock Tele brige pickup with a Rio Grande Muy
> Grand tele bridge pickup. It's a lot beefier than a stock
> tele bridge pickup, and balances well in volume with the neck pickup.
>
> Other than that, she's stock.
>
> I had figured on swapping the pickup back out and putting the
> stock one back in, but I'll price this both ways. The
> original brige and saddles will be included should you want
> to just go straight Tele with no Synth pickup, and of course
> the nice Fender gig bag:
>
> By the way, I'm a guitar geek, and I always play all I can
> get my hands on and find the one that feels the best put
> together, lightest, etc. This one was the cream of the crop
> for the Metro Atlanta area.
>
> Price I paid for the guitar new less than 2 months ago: $669 + tax
>
> Price with stock pickups reinstalled: $599
> Price with Rio Grande Muy Grand: $675 (the Rio Grande cost
> me $90 plus
> shipping)
> With this price I'll also include the stock bridge pickup.
>
> For saving me the hassle of going throught the tedius Ebay
> listing process, I'll pay for shipping!
>
> Those who wanted to see pictures, I'll take some shortly and
> email them to you.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: paul_sanders@adelphia.net [mailto:paul_sanders@adelphia.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 12:08 AM
> > To: loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com
> > Subject: OT: Roland ready Tele
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I recently bought a new '72 Fender Tele Custom reissue and
> > set it up with a Roland GK-2A synth pickup.
> >
> > I've just taken a new direction and won't be using this guitar.
> >
> > If anyone is interested in buying it please contact me at
> > paul_sanders@adelphia.net. It's about 2 months old and has a
> > brand new GK-2A. I've modified the ashtray pickup plate to
> > fit the GK-2A, and it turns out it's a perfect height to get
> > the ideal 1mm clearance.
> >
> > So you get a mega cool classic Tele and all the flexiblity of
> > the Synth. One of the cooler combos I've seen. Oh, and this
> > guitar is black, so the syth pickup doesn't stick out like a
> > sore thumb!
> >
> > Any takers email me and I'll give the particulars, otherwise
> > it's off to Ebay we go.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Paul
> >
>