A blog? Seriously? Like I have nothing else better to do right...guess not. Like the name of the blog suggests, I will be posting all sorts of crap. This "crap" will include CD reviews, musical instrument reviews, Japanese knife reviews (yes you read that correctly) and various tidbits of other inane subject matter. For now here's a picture and a short review of my recently acquired Japanese 62 Reissue Fender Telecaster.
Coming from the world of playing mainly Stratocasters (Suhr Anderson, Fender) this guitar was a pleasant surprise. Not only does it look great (subjective of course) but the damn thing sets up and plays just as well as guitars costing 3 -4 times as much, and in some instances better. It is a 2004-2005 model (dating these things is not an exact science, one can only hope to get in the "ballpark") but no matter the year it is well put together with great attention paid to the fit an finish of this particular guitar. I say this particular guitar because with instruments, guitars specifically, they seem to be hit or miss. Even the more expensive American counterparts can have issues regarding cosmetics, and less frequently the instruments playability. Basically sometimes you get a winner, sometimes not so much. It sounds like a tele should, it can get sparkling cleans and gritty leads as well as the "twang" they are famous for. These results of course can vary depending upon the amp used and other factors but you get the gist. The pickups are single coils so there is that annoying (to some) 60 cycle hum. Hey you could always tune to 426.7 instead of 440 so your b string will be in tune with the 60 cycle hum and therefore not be so obtrusive in your play, but whose going that far? Right?
The specs on this guitar are as follows:
Body - Alder with a nice 3tsb finish. Body is also double bound.
Neck - Nice "C" shape, not too chunky and plays smooth. 7 1/4 Radius (vintage just like the old ones) Frets feel like 6230's small and narrow.
Bridge - Vintage tele style (though I changed it to a more modern Gotoh bridge, I don't like the vintage bridges for some reason).
Pickups - Texas Specials.
Tuners - Vintage style gotoh's...I think.
