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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 >