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    a few pics of the '53 reassembled-

    Here's some pics of my recently acquired '53 with the pickups back from Fralin and reinstalled- Played with a rhythm section the other night for the first time- Man, what TONE! Sweet, strong, the works!

    http://peeceebee.lvha.net/53telegrass.jpg

    http://peeceebee.lvha.net/53telebody.jpg

    http://peeceebee.lvha.net/53teleback.jpg

    -Pete

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    That looks pretty cool- what kind of frets are those?
    You posted a few soundfiles the other day- I didn't post in that thread, but I'll say here that it sounded great!
    Last edited by Cogs; 10-12-2003 at 03:33 PM.

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    Those frets look like bass frets pretty big. I love the looks and sound of that one! Its hard to top an old Blackguard Tele.

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    Ahhh..

    Broken in like an old comfortable pair of shoes..

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    Very nice!

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    Those frets look huge!! I would love it. Actually I think that might be my dream tele. You lucky SOB:tw59
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    Frets...

    Yeah, you caught me fair and square with my pants down...
    Those are jumbo frets on there, my apologies to any purists here.
    I have quite small hands, and if I play a guitar with small frets/heavier strings for more than a few minutes, I get hellacious tendonitus- just don't have the leverage in my fingers to hold up.
    BUT with big frets and lighter strings I can play all night- and that's what my guitars are for! I'm a player, not a collector, so I sacrifice a small, restorable amount of originality for the joy of being able to BURN on these babys!
    (There's the consolation that the frets on it when I got it weren't the originals, so I wasn't the one to first violate it... But then I would have, without regrets!)

    Here's a gratuitous pic of the tele with two of my other treasures- (also refretted, as are all my guitars-)
    (Besides the '53, that's a refinished '58 burst and my 1/55 strat)

    http://peeceebee.lvha.net/threekings.jpg

    And yeah bluesgtr, this '53 is turning out to be my dream guitar too- Definitely the sweetest, most versatile player I've been fortunate enough to play, and I do know and appreciate that I'm extremely lucky to be able to own & enjoy it.


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    That's one of the first things to "go" on the vintage pieces I've owned. You'd put new tires on a T-Bird, wouldn't you?

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    Killer collection. That Tele is a beaut. Enjoy those classic axes (I'm sure you do) and fat frets! Yeah.
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    Originally posted by 71818
    That's one of the first things to "go" on the vintage pieces I've owned. You'd put new tires on a T-Bird, wouldn't you?
    Excellent point!!:)

    And if you don't mind me asking, how much did you get that for? I am just curious to see if something like that would ever be attainable for me.

    Oh yeah and I think we will call that pic the "Holy Trinity" what do you think?:tw59
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    Absatively lovely. Great score.

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    Originally posted by bluesgtr20
    Excellent point!!:)

    And if you don't mind me asking, how much did you get that for? I am just curious to see if something like that would ever be attainable for me.

    Oh yeah and I think we will call that pic the "Holy Trinity" what do you think?:tw59
    There was a lot of trading involved in the deal ('63 335 and '66 strat refin), but the seller's asking price was around 10k.
    I think around 14-15k is approximately the current market on one of these in good condition (check out gbase), but this one had issues-
    The replaced frets, failing pickups, former replaced tuners restored mediocerly w/late 50's klusons, some face of the headstock damage in tuner tampering, and a very poor setup, which fortunately the seller didn't seem to know wasn't a big deal; he thought the thing was just a dog player.
    All of these have been adressed, and now it's an amazingly sweet strum!

    -Pete

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    If that guitar was cooler, you'd get frostbite playing it.

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    all i can say is...

    WOW!! good to see someone enjoying there guitars.

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    Hey Pete-
    The 3 Kings photo is freakin' amazing. I love that shot!!!

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