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That Strummer Tele

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:24 pm
by Mike
some pictures of it:

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I still think this is an ace guitar. The one I saw in person in Toronto was wicked.

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:47 pm
by Justin J
it looks like someone spilled chemicals on it.

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:52 pm
by Mike
Apparently it was originally sunburst, then he primed it grey and painted it black (as was the common parlance according to Jagger and co.)

Then pure punk rock awesomeness wore the paint to shit.

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:58 pm
by Justin J
after playing, i decided that it really isn't a bad guitar. i just can't get over how ugly it is.

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:00 pm
by Mike
For me it's gone completely round the loop.

So fucking ugly that I like it.

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:02 pm
by Justin J
there's something about buying a brand new guitar with rusted parts. it's incompatible with my logic.

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:07 pm
by Mike
Oh me too. Relicing is stupid as all get out. I rust stuff up pretty good with acid sweat and negligence anyway, there's no need.

I just like this guitar because it's an affordable unique looking Tele.

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:13 pm
by Nick
We've had a few in at my GC, I think we still have one.

I like em loads, but the rust factor is something I can't get around. They play and sound like buttah though. After seeing one in person I'm always thinking I'd like to buy a squeer and relic it in a similar manner, it looks fun and the outcome is cool.

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:15 pm
by dodgedartdave
If anyone here wants me to do that to thier Telecaster, I'd do it for free! :D

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:26 pm
by robert(original)
i acutally played one at gc a couple months ago the funny part is it was ona display rack next to some squires and i picked it up and bumped it on an affin tele and the guy kinda jumped up and said "hey be careful with that" and then 2 seconds later he realized it was a relic'ed tele that bumped into an 80 dollar tele.

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:58 pm
by analogsystem
LAME.

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:54 pm
by Sublimedo
whoaaa.

Roach hates it. I loves it. It comes with some silly sticker set, but it looks best as is.

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:56 pm
by matte30is
I really like worn finishes on some guitars. That tele looks so bombdidlyicious. I oft thought about taking some sand paper to my bullet strat and having ago.

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:16 am
by JamesSmann
that looks bonerlicious indeed. agreed about the rusted hardware, but the finish itself looks like punk rawk in true action.

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:41 am
by Reece
I saw one in a shop a few days ago and the relicing just looked so fake. I like the relicing fender do on hardware and necks, but I've never liked the paint.

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:04 am
by Mark
Too much relicing for me to handle.

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:47 am
by Richard
I dig it. The one I played was pretty nice.

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:26 am
by Sloan
No.
It would make people ask me if I liked The Clash.

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:54 am
by Mike
Sublimedo wrote:whoaaa.

Roach hates it. I loves it. It comes with some silly sticker set, but it looks best as is.
+1

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:57 am
by Sublimedo
Sloan wrote:No.
It would make people ask me if I liked The Clash.
we've actually only had 1 person connect the dots with rochelles jazzy(your favorite) and dino jr. Everybody else just says "oOOooOO sparkly guitar"

you shoulda made yours first. you could had made $$$ and won the vag.