The blonde/maple/blackguard photo thread

It seems this is the quintessential color combination for a Tele. For the sake of this thread, we'll consider Butterscotch, Honey Blonde, Vintage White, and all variances one of the heard. However, it MUSt have a maple board and a black guard.

So, whattya got? Let's see those phtots! I'll start with mine and phtotgraphically challenged Frank's:

Mine, '90 AS, tinted neck. CS OV Pups.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-...45/swingin.jpg

Franks:

'03(?) Highway 1

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-...5/IMG00001.jpg

This one isn't really a Tele at all.

It's my USACG T-Style.

It has a USACG Swamp ash body with Minwax Wipe On gloss poly finish, USACG 1 piece maple neck (with really tall frets and 9-1/2" fretboard radius) with Minwax Wipe On satin poly finish, Fralin Blues Special bridge p/u and Fralin Stock neck p/u, Callaham compensated saddles and Fender '52 reissue hardware.

It sounds great and is a joy to play!

http://home.comcast.net/~damaraljr/u...full_1_600.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~damaraljr/u...bridge_600.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~damaraljr/usacg_t_head_600.jpg

http://thumb17.webshots.com/s/thumb4...8psRbtZ_th.jpg

my 52...

[thanks TC for the pic post of my Hwy1:yay]

Ok, bonehead, you got that one to show up, why not the Highway? :bonk

well, i'm not that bright!..... :bonk i just figured out how to do it but i need another site that hosts pics bigger....this is from my webshots site

how's this?...
the 52....http://thumb17.webshots.com/t/54/154...7BQyPMv_th.jpg

and my Hwy1...http://thumb17.webshots.com/t/55/55/...7qXgRkC_th.jpg

:ahem

so there's only 5?...cool
it is rare!....i think i'll add a zero, and......

anybody wanna buy a Hgy1?....it's rare, and it's...uh....$4,000. :dude

hurry, it might be $40,000 by the end of the day! :lol

http://mysite.verizon.net/res1gtqg/s...g.w300h382.jpg
1983 MIJ Squier "SQ" series with CS Texas Specials..thinking about converting it to an Esquire

http://www.lilypix.com/photos/showpi...=531&pid=46258

I have to admit though, that right now it's home sprotin' a partchment guard.:couch I just dig that look.

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Originally Posted by NeoFauve

I have to admit though, that right now it's home sprotin' a partchment guard.

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NOOOoooooooo!

Frank, try this place, easy to use.

Village Phtots

Even some of the masters sprot:% a white guard.
http://www.suomijazz.com/jimc.jpg

Someone delete that post! Blasphemy!

Please sprot somewhere else.

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Originally Posted by NeoFauve

Even some of the masters sprot:% a white guard.
http://www.suomijazz.com/jimc.jpg

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how'd you get all that shit in your shower?!? :lol

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and TC, i'll try that site....and we'll just see if it's idiot-proof...oh, i'll mess it up 4 sure :bonk

Here I am--sorry for the little pics though:

http://www.lilypix.com/photos/data/4...194_p44001.jpg
2000 Nocaster Relic, lightweight, hot bridge pup like the Cunetto's

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Dang it! Mine's sitting at home it pieces. Trying to rewire the thing. I'll post a pic soon...I feel so left out.:dead

Cool pic, telerat! I like the reflections--looks like you took your new tele out under the trees in a forest.

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Originally Posted by Telerat

Here's the new one. Took it out in the sun today.

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I really like the transpaerncy and color of that finish. '52 reissues are usually a milky orange!

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Originally Posted by Don

I really like the transpaerncy and color of that finish. '52 reissues are usually a milky orange!

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I was ready to be a little disapointed based on what I have seen recently, but when I opened the case, I was very, very happy.

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Originally Posted by Don

I really like the transpaerncy and color of that finish. '52 reissues are usually a milky orange!

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reallY?

i assembled mine from all real fender replacement parts, and mine is that color. remember when fender used to sell parts?

..good times........gooooooood tiiiimes

TR, mine is bookmatched like yours. I love looking at it from the end. It's so kool how they do that. My end shot looks like buttcheeks. Same radius as a real ass! Yep.

SINNER, your axe looks sweeeeeeeeeet.

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Originally Posted by frank thomson

reallY?

i assembled mine from all real fender replacement parts, and mine is that color. remember when fender used to sell parts?

..good times........gooooooood tiiiimes

TR, mine is bookmatched like yours. I love looking at it from the end. It's so kool how they do that. My end shot looks like buttcheeks. Same radius as a real ass! Yep.

SINNER, your axe looks sweeeeeeeeeet.

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Maybe it's just the lighting at the local GC?

Okay guys--Heres my '76 natural with 'golden tan'. Sorry about the link thing! Hit the 'full-size' button..
http://community.webshots.com/album/547011851XGLzAP

Nice grain pattern, retrorod! And that tan--cocobutter or is that fading, or too many smoky bars?

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Originally Posted by Don

Maybe it's just the lighting at the local GC?

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The stores around me must buy lights at the same place as do the stores around you. All the one's I've seen are coated in about 1/2" of Halloween orange bleck. I'm looking for a brown and a blonde guitar to freakin' make candy corn out of them. :toobad

But that one's a honey, Telerat! :ola

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Originally Posted by retrorod

Okay guys--Heres my '76 natural with 'golden tan'. Sorry about the link thing! Hit the 'full-size' button..
http://community.webshots.com/album/547011851XGLzAP

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Wow! look at the tan lines on that thing!:dude It's kinda sexy!

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Originally Posted by sabby

The stores around me must buy lights at the same place as do the stores around you. All the one's I've seen are coated in about 1/2" of Halloween orange bleck. I'm looking for a brown and a blonde guitar to freakin' make candy corn out of them. :toobad

But that one's a honey, Telerat! :ola

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The finish is big part of why I decided to build my own (besides getting to spec the weight, neck shape, fretboard radius, fret size, pickups, and hardware, as well as save about $400 which I'll promptly lose if I try to sell mine. That, and it was a lot of fun to do).

These guitars here look really nice though.

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Originally Posted by sinner

Nice grain pattern, retrorod! And that tan--cocobutter or is that fading, or too many smoky bars?

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Yeah, Sinner--she has seen a few smoky bars..as have I thru my 'beer goggles'. As far as cocobutter...well she plays smooth as butter!
I think the color is a darkening of the poly with exposure to light(uv rays).
When I bought it about 15 years ago, it was original except for a crude brass nut--go figure! I promptly replaced with a bone nut.
After the neck p'up went bad I replaced with an Am St one. Since, I have tried Texas Specials and the Fralins.
I always felt comfortable with upgrading the parts as it is easy to put back on the tele. The brass saddles were a MAJOR improvement is tone over the original steel ones..Rod
http://community.webshots.com/album/547011851XGLzAP

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Originally Posted by Don

The finish is big part of why I decided to build my own (besides getting to spec the weight, neck shape, fretboard radius, fret size, pickups, and hardware, as well as save about $400 which I'll promptly lose if I try to sell mine. That, and it was a lot of fun to do).

These guitars here look really nice though.

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+1 & +1

So is my 50's classic in vintage white/maple board with the white 5-hole guard too 'frou-frou'? :ahem

(Are you all snickering behind my back? :rofl )

Here's my beloved 52 ri, she's an 83

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ictures103.jpg

another with my DRRI

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ictures075.jpg

Well, Don posted a natural Tele, so let me just sneak this one in. Ignore the headstock. :lol

http://www.lilypix.com/photos/data/4...63_p53740.jpeg

I'm jealous of all them frets! With what I got now I can only get so high. I need a higher pot value too... ;)

Nice guitars!

ihttp://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-2/624750/tele.jpg My 52 ri

Man, I've been seeing the wrong 52RIs. These are some nice ones. :yay :yay

Here's mine..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...4/4accb608.jpg


......well,if you squint really tightly. :slap

A late addition, but anyway...just took some pics yesterday, while the sun was out:



http://www.lilypix.com/photos/data/e...81_p55315.jpeg




http://www.lilypix.com/photos/data/e...81_p55316.jpeg


:ola MIJ '96 with SD Broadcaster pup

Nice one Sliding-tom!

Thanks 95strat!

Another beaut! This is a cool thread (If I must say so myself) because anyone can dredge it up and it remains timeless.

The mother of them all....

http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/STONEMA...mages/tle6.jpg