Like Tele's ? Like Shiny Things ?.........

jtm45 · 02-12-2007, 08:17 PM

Finally managed to take some pics of this thing today.Haven't had access to a camera but i borrowed my father's Nikon today and snapped a few shots.
Sorry about all the reflections but they were unavaoidable really;

I'm in between changing neck pickups at the minute that's why there's a hole there.Gotta' get a set of Schaller strap pins/locks too when i remember.

Leon · 02-12-2007, 08:20 PM

nice. is that a 5-way switch in there? what's the toggle switch wired up to do?

Buzz762 · 02-12-2007, 08:21 PM

However, this does nothing for my tele G.A.S.

ohio_eric · 02-12-2007, 08:23 PM

I want one. That is just amazing.

D-EJ915 · 02-12-2007, 08:24 PM

Hot shit! That's a sexy axe, like whoever said in that other thread, black tuners look the most pimptastic but that is still hot as crap.

jtm45 · 02-12-2007, 08:26 PM

Cheers dude

Nah,it's a three way.The mini-toggle switches the bridge pickup between Humbucking,Parrallel +Single-coil.
There's a Bareknuckles Warpig in the bridge which just sounds ....in' god-like but i had a fender noiseless single-coil in the neck and it just can't compete with the BKP so i've taken it out and i'm gonna put a Duncan with a Nickel cover in there instead.
It really is an insanely nice sounding guitar.
I haven't really touched a 6 for ages and i can't put this thing down.
It's got a real slim profile custom made neck too,which helps.

Schaller satin locking-tuners,Gotoh bridge,LSR roller-nut,Ebony Board,Hovland caps and CTS Pots and all that stuff...
Pimped to the Maxxxxx.

playstopause · 02-12-2007, 09:14 PM

That guitar is a-m-a-z-i-n-g.
Tele gas ftw!

What's the name of that finish?

jtm45 · 02-12-2007, 09:39 PM

Cheers Dude

The 'name' of that finish is Polished Aluminum.

It's an aluminium fabricated body.
Sounds absolutely ....ing stunning!!!!!!!(specially with the Warpig in the bridge position.Beastly!!!)

I played an aluminium bodied Custom Shop Strat about 5 years ago and couldn't get over how great it sounded.Fender didn't make that many though and they were about 5 grand or something silly.
I got this body made by the same guy that Fender comissioned to make theirs.
I was gonna' have it painted or anodized or something but when i got it i jkust loved the look of the bare alloy so it's staying like this.

playstopause · 02-12-2007, 10:00 PM

Cool!
I knew about aluminium guitars, but not the ones by Fender.
Thought it might be some wood covered with aluminium...

ibzrg1570 · 02-12-2007, 11:54 PM

awesome. i'm liking the neck grain. maybe get a chrome pickup cover for the warpig (if it doesn't screw with your tone too much) to match the rest of the body.

metalfiend666 · 02-13-2007, 05:49 AM

Very nice looking guitar dude! If you don't mind me asking, what did the body cost?

Quote:

Originally Posted by playstopause

Cool!
I knew about aluminium guitars, but not the ones by Fender.
Thought it might be some wood covered with aluminium...

The chrome Ibanez's are nickel covered wood.

Drew · 02-13-2007, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by metalfiend666

The chrome Ibanez's are nickel covered wood.

Sort of, but not really.

The original JS-2 "Chrome Boys" were a chrome coating over basswood, but this proved to be WAY too prone to cracking as the wood expanded and contracted, so Joe got his couple, but only a handful of others made it out onto the market before production was cancelled.

The JS10th had a Luthite body, a synthetic plastic-like material (evidently bright orange) with wood-like tonal properties. I've actually played one, a guitarist buddy of mine from college owns one, and whatever they did to the stuff eviidently worked, as it's a pretty good-sounding guitar.

The JS2BRM or whatever the .... they call it is evidently aluminum-plated wood (Joe's guitar it's based on was nicknamed Alumiboy, and it's evidently replaced his chromes in touring rotation, after Pearly got nicked), with a coating of chrome over the aluminum.

The JEM "bad horsie" chrome guitars are evidently black guitars with a mirror of sorts more-or-less "inlayed" into the top, which is more feasible for the comparitively straight-edged JEM than it is for the curvy JS.

Loads of people HAVE, however, paid people to nickel-plate JS100 or 1000 bodies, to fairly good effect, however.

EDIT - oh, and the guitar. While my desire to ever own a chrome guitar went the way of fingerprints, that thing is sex.

HighGain510 · 02-13-2007, 12:16 PM

Wow I love chrome-plated guitars! That thing is awesome! Dig the flamed neck and the abalone dots too, very nice sir!

Seedawakener · 02-13-2007, 12:47 PM

Looks really cool dude! I likez it.

Durero · 05-16-2007, 08:26 PM

Thanks for pointing me to this thread Dave - that's one damn sexy guitar!!!

Shawn · 05-16-2007, 08:28 PM

I totally missed this thread. That's a very nice, shiny Tele!

leatherface2 · 05-16-2007, 09:25 PM

cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!im thinkin i want a tele for my next geetar

eleven59 · 05-16-2007, 09:48 PM

That is incredible

budda · 05-16-2007, 09:59 PM

looks really nice!

question - do you polish it more than you play it? fingerprint city! :P

Ancestor · 05-16-2007, 11:03 PM

Yeah, that's kickass. I also like the teles with the strat headstocks. John 5's guitars are cool, too.

But back to your guitar, it rules.

mikernaut · 05-17-2007, 12:25 AM

Very cool and shiny and yeah its like John5's tele's rich Godfather.

HamBungler · 05-24-2007, 07:42 PM

Very very nice man! I'm gonna have to post some pics of my custom Samick Tele, I put in a graphite nut, wired up a Duncan hot rails and a killswitch where the tone knob was. Its now sitting in the control cavity...which probably isn't good. It sounds good though, now all it needs is a good setup.

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02-12-2007, 08:17 PM	#1
jtm45 SS.org Regular Join Date: May 2005 Location: Hoshino,South Wales,U.K. Posts: 2,231 Thanked: 23 Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Like Tele's ? Like Shiny Things ?......... Finally managed to take some pics of this thing today.Haven't had access to a camera but i borrowed my father's Nikon today and snapped a few shots. Sorry about all the reflections but they were unavaoidable really; I'm in between changing neck pickups at the minute that's why there's a hole there.Gotta' get a set of Schaller strap pins/locks too when i remember.

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D-EJ915 <3's Tsukasa Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 18,736 Thanked: 219 Feedback Score: 6 reviews	Hot shit! That's a sexy axe, like whoever said in that other thread, black tuners look the most pimptastic but that is still hot as crap. əBCAir

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playstopause President / RHLC © Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Montreal, Quebec, CAN Posts: 15,045 Thanked: 68 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	That guitar is a-m-a-z-i-n-g. Tele gas ftw! What's the name of that finish? Become one of us or die, ....ers. / Rick RIP Garcia3441

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Leon {##[====:::. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Nebula, Ohio Posts: 12,585 Thanked: 91 Feedback Score: 20 reviews	nice. is that a 5-way switch in there? what's the toggle switch wired up to do?

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ohio_eric SS Contributor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 9,243 Thanked: 189 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	I want one. That is just amazing.

02-12-2007, 08:26 PM	#6
jtm45 SS.org Regular Join Date: May 2005 Location: Hoshino,South Wales,U.K. Posts: 2,231 Thanked: 23 Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Cheers dude Nah,it's a three way.The mini-toggle switches the bridge pickup between Humbucking,Parrallel +Single-coil. There's a Bareknuckles Warpig in the bridge which just sounds ....in' god-like but i had a fender noiseless single-coil in the neck and it just can't compete with the BKP so i've taken it out and i'm gonna put a Duncan with a Nickel cover in there instead. It really is an insanely nice sounding guitar. I haven't really touched a 6 for ages and i can't put this thing down. It's got a real slim profile custom made neck too,which helps. Schaller satin locking-tuners,Gotoh bridge,LSR roller-nut,Ebony Board,Hovland caps and CTS Pots and all that stuff... Pimped to the Maxxxxx.

02-12-2007, 09:39 PM	#8
jtm45 SS.org Regular Join Date: May 2005 Location: Hoshino,South Wales,U.K. Posts: 2,231 Thanked: 23 Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Cheers Dude The 'name' of that finish is Polished Aluminum. It's an aluminium fabricated body. Sounds absolutely ....ing stunning!!!!!!!(specially with the Warpig in the bridge position.Beastly!!!) I played an aluminium bodied Custom Shop Strat about 5 years ago and couldn't get over how great it sounded.Fender didn't make that many though and they were about 5 grand or something silly. I got this body made by the same guy that Fender comissioned to make theirs. I was gonna' have it painted or anodized or something but when i got it i jkust loved the look of the bare alloy so it's staying like this.

02-12-2007, 10:00 PM	#9
playstopause President / RHLC © Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Montreal, Quebec, CAN Posts: 15,045 Thanked: 68 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Cool! I knew about aluminium guitars, but not the ones by Fender. Thought it might be some wood covered with aluminium... Become one of us or die, ....ers. / Rick RIP Garcia3441

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ibzrg1570 ??? Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Berkeley, CA Posts: 1,193 Thanked: 4 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	awesome. i'm liking the neck grain. maybe get a chrome pickup cover for the warpig (if it doesn't screw with your tone too much) to match the rest of the body.

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HighGain510 Cold As Ice Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 12,527 Thanked: 228 Feedback Score: 32 reviews	Wow I love chrome-plated guitars! That thing is awesome! Dig the flamed neck and the abalone dots too, very nice sir!

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HamBungler Lord Zorgatron Join Date: May 2007 Location: Woodville, OH Posts: 1,861 Thanked: 34 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Very very nice man! I'm gonna have to post some pics of my custom Samick Tele, I put in a graphite nut, wired up a Duncan hot rails and a killswitch where the tone knob was. Its now sitting in the control cavity...which probably isn't good. It sounds good though, now all it needs is a good setup. I'm assuming he's going to want to mass produce these rack pies, and why not? I love racks, I love pies, so put them together and you have pie covered titties. - JJ Don't thank me, thank the wombat rapist. - Jamie And Now, a song about Zombies.-some metalcore vocalist Yeah the axe Devries made me automatically transforms into firewood! But it doesn't transform back. - udaz Mah Deviantart Myspace The Many Faces of Egoraptor

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