A Tele - with some identity issues
Jun 10, 2021 13:15:52 GMT
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Post by walkingdecay on Jun 10, 2021 13:15:52 GMT
The sorry tale of why I gave up playing for a living and sold most of my instruments doesn't bear repeating here. Suffice it to say that after a fruitless search for my original workhorse of a Telecaster I finally relented and bought three new ones. It wasn't supposed to be like that, but I got a very playable Squier as a stopgap, the snobbishly prized "real" Fender Vintera Telecaster and the one pictured below.
As you can suppose from the branding on the pickups, it cost 15 quid from Wilkos.
Not really. A Vintage V58 JD (for Jerry Donahue) that is, with custom hardware by Trev Wilkinson. It was bought pretty much as an afterthought, as I came very close to buying a much more expensive Jerry Donahue model with the same hardware rather than the Fender. It feels and sounds like a good old snotty Tele, but the trick electronics enable it to sound like a Strat, a good clean jazz moaner and to produce rather good overdriven humbucker sounds by turns. Thing is, it's now the only one I play. Neither the other other Teles nor my Washburn come out now, because it's so versatile and does the job so well.
This isn't so much a review as a heads-up. A friend bought one a few days ago, but found that they are getting hard to find on sale. I'll just say that if anyone is looking for a versatile electric at around 400 quid the V58 JD would be a really good option to look at - if you can find one.
As you can suppose from the branding on the pickups, it cost 15 quid from Wilkos.
Not really. A Vintage V58 JD (for Jerry Donahue) that is, with custom hardware by Trev Wilkinson. It was bought pretty much as an afterthought, as I came very close to buying a much more expensive Jerry Donahue model with the same hardware rather than the Fender. It feels and sounds like a good old snotty Tele, but the trick electronics enable it to sound like a Strat, a good clean jazz moaner and to produce rather good overdriven humbucker sounds by turns. Thing is, it's now the only one I play. Neither the other other Teles nor my Washburn come out now, because it's so versatile and does the job so well.
This isn't so much a review as a heads-up. A friend bought one a few days ago, but found that they are getting hard to find on sale. I'll just say that if anyone is looking for a versatile electric at around 400 quid the V58 JD would be a really good option to look at - if you can find one.
Jo whoever he is.
