rockabilly69

it's a knockoff, Bartlett has been doing burst replicas for awhile. And I think those tight flames look more like Eastern Maple.

Must have read that one while I was falling asleep on the couch after a gig

I really don't like relic'd guitars, but they do seem to have thinner finishes, and many of them that I have pickup up, and played next to their non relic'd counterparts, do seem a little louder acoustically. But I think a lot of the resonance is lost electrically if the pickups are potted, losing their ability to sense the vibration of the wood, and all custom cores have potted pickups. I say if you're buying online, and it's really tough decision, get a good return policy and buy both. Return the one that loses the comparison. Looks like the OP bought himself a Bartlett, which to me, is a guitar that was built by a master builder, and who has a great wood stash. I've never heard a bad Bartlett! There's a guy on the Les Paul Forum that has done some killer demos of Bartletts (I think he's owned three), and all of them sounded very vintage sounding to me in the best way. That said... I still can't get behind relic'ing, I'm just not a fan, no matter who does it! As for the quote "the finish is aged, faded, and checked naturally" in the description of the Bartlett, I don't get that. Because I have a different definition of naturally. To me, that means it was done by actually playing and owning the instrument, and earning those wear marks. It doesn't mean frozen by leaving it outside (or in a freezer) to check, or slicing the finish with a razor blade, Or using acid on the metal parts to get them to discolor of corrode, or tapping little dings into a finish. But to each his own so to say, and if aging makes the guitar feel or play better to the owner that's what really counts. Many players that I respect love aging, and some of them are very close friends of mine.

so that's what they mean by "put a little hair on that"

I think it would be fun to try a Rosewood neck on a guitar like this, but as I said in my description above, I'm reliving the past as I built this guitar to be EXACTLY like the one I played when I was 18 years old in my first real working band. And in this particular guitar maple may be the better choice as the brighter tone of the neck may help with the slightly thicker so unding pickups. Who knows, sometimes it's just a crapshoot! Thanks C!

These tracks recorded entirely with Amplitube...

Me either, the professor positively gushes about The Core :)

these are the others... Guitarfetish Fiesta Red Poplar body, Decoboom pickguard, Fender Roasted Maple neck with Pao Ferro Fingerboard (9.5 radius), DiMarzio Twang King pickups, 4 way reverse switch with series wiring on the 4th position. Fiesta Red Warmorth Poplar Body, Decoboom Pickguard, Wolftone Cub and B*tch pickups, Fender Limited Edition painted headstock flame Maple neck with Ebony fingerboard and locking Fender tuners (9.5 radius), Halon bridge. This one has had two necks. The first one from the factory was warped, but I bought it used so I had to replace it myself. 12 degree radius. The pickups are DiMarzio PAF in the neck and Super Distortion in the bridge (splittable via the volume pot). So this one was more of a factory guitar that I modded than a build. I modded to relive the past as I had one like this when I was 18 years old and it was my first real gigger.

The look of that neck is just.... as Pressure would say.... FAB! You've really gotten heavily into the Tele types lately. What is this, #6? 7? Rich, I built or rebuilt (swapped necks and pickups etc) 7. I currently have 5 Teles that I built, 2 Fiesta Red Teles, Gold Esquire, Brown Tele Deluxe and Purple Tele with humbucker and single coil. I also built an Esquire with a British racing green body, but I tore that one apart, because I wanted the pickup for a different build, and the neck for another one, I gave the green body to a friend. I also have a reverse headstock Tele that a friend gave me and custom shop that I've had for a long time. The reason I'm doing this is because I've always like the idea of Telecasters, but never really bonded with one as a full time guitar. Now though, through my experimentation, the gold Esquire and purple Telecaster have turned out to be monster guitars that I could use as full-time giggers. Two things that I've learned is that I like hot bridge pickups, and 9.5 radius fingerboards with slightly bigger frets, The other Teles are all fine guitars since I've tweaked them but the gold and purple have the magic... This one has American Professional neck with Rosewood fingerboard (9.5 radius), and Fender locking tuners, Guitarfetish Poplar Body, Decoboom pickguard, American Professional bridge, Nocaster Holy Grail Pickup, Eldred Mod wiring This one has Allen Eden Paulownia body, Decoboom pickguard, Ebay seller from China Flame maple neck with rosewood fingerboard (9.5 to 12 compound radius) Fender 52 reissue bridge, Tyson Precious and Grace neck pickup, Billy Gibbons BG1400 bridge pickup,

Just finished setting this Esquire up and recorded this song with this pickup, the Cavalier Nocaster HolyGrail. The Esquire has a 3 way switch and it's set for the cocked wah position. Man this pickup sings. Check it out...

Hey John, glad to see you back posting!!! I tried to call you a few times this week just to wish you happy holidays so let me do it here, HAPPY HOILDAYS to you and yours!!! I still have the Kleins in my Firebird, and they ain't going nowhere! And you know, the Firebird is Gibson's answer to the Tele I'm glad you like the pickin' because that song is now one of the live songs in my new bands set-list It's the first one I wrote for the band. Our drummer was telling me how much he loved bacon, that's where the name came from. It was fun to work up a full on Tele instrumental!

One day I was hanging with a friend in my studio and he showed up with a Swart STR and a Gibson ES330. Glorious tone at almost conversational level!

I don't know if that sticker is based on Barbarella, or not I just liked the design

Thanks, sometimes all this guitar business gets a little stuffy with the vintage correctness and all, I wanted this to be a fun guitar And it is killing at the band practices!!!

I replied to you on this but it was dropped on the reboot:) Thanks for the kind words, but I did add a sticker you might not like... I also got a new Space Oddity pickguard for my green Esquire

He got his chambered! Must be nice to be the king It's a nice sounding guitar!

that's some great guitar playing

Thanks Tim, it's a cool pickup.

Well as many of you guys know, I work on guitars quite a bit, and in the last year, have built and rebuilt 5 different Tele style partscasters. In all of the different building I got try quite a few Tele pickups, and recently I stumbled on the Duncan BG1400. The reason I did was that I was trying to find a bridge pickup that would be strong enough to get a good middle position tone with a Tyson Precious And Grace neck humbucker. I also wanted a lead sound that would be less ice picky than standard Tele, something with more mids and a rounded top. I also loved the idea that it would be hum cancelling as some of the stages I play on are less than stellar noise wise, and when recording I love quiet pickups! Well I really like this pickup as it gives up what I wanted hear. It barely fit through my bridge plate, but other than that, there was no craziness installing it. And I've got a DPDT switch on the CTS volume pot to split it, which just makes it sound a bit louder and brighter. Stacked humbuckers don't generally split well but this one does. And this one really does make for a good middle position with the neck humbucker. Here's the guitar that I put the pickup in... This is what it sounds like.... This

It's a nice little place Chris. I haven't been recording up there lately, but once a week, I've been rehearsing with a new band that I just started. The guys love it up there. This isn't a weekly gigging band, but more of a showcase band for my original songs. We will try to get opening slots for bigger bands in upscale venues.

This makes more sense as see them both working together Slash having some good choices.

Thanks it's quite a bit better than when they we all around the room or stacked on one another OCD helps in a studio Makes it easy to find things when you need them.

Congrats on NAD. I've always liked the bigger Orange amps, gotta wonder what these smaller ones sound like. Record a clip or two and post them.