RE: Roland ready Tele

["AvgJoe" <paul_sanders@adelphia.net>]

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
> > 
>