*ITS HERE!* 63 Franken-Tele
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Re: *ITS HERE!* 63 Franken-Tele
What an amazing guitar, congrats! I think this will go down as one of the standouts in OSG history.
The cool thing about fretless is you can hit a note...and then renegotiate.
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Re: *ITS HERE!* 63 Franken-Tele
So, a little history to go with this. It was bought in the late 60's and kept in the owners possession until his untimely death on Christmas Eve, aged 75. His friend (who had a lovely all-original '62 Tele I got to play) was entrusted by his widow to sell off the equipment. No one knows what happened to the original neck, or how it come to have a Broadcaster decal added. All the mods were done by the owner apart from the B-Bender conversion.
The B-bender was installed by a British session Banjo player and luthier called Keith Nelson. A bit of googling shows that Keith was a well regarded musician and worked on many guitars, including an SG gifted (in 4 pieces) from Pete Townsend to Albert Lee.
'Doctor' Noel Brown was gigging with the guitar until the week before he died. Here he is doing his stuff...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzJnSK8 ... acwvcamera
The B-bender was installed by a British session Banjo player and luthier called Keith Nelson. A bit of googling shows that Keith was a well regarded musician and worked on many guitars, including an SG gifted (in 4 pieces) from Pete Townsend to Albert Lee.
'Doctor' Noel Brown was gigging with the guitar until the week before he died. Here he is doing his stuff...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzJnSK8 ... acwvcamera
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Aww, that makes this thing even cooler.
The cool thing about fretless is you can hit a note...and then renegotiate.
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Gosh that's 130% just my kinda thing
I'm actually suffering 190% envy.
PS: never change A THING on it man!!!
I'm actually suffering 190% envy.
PS: never change A THING on it man!!!
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I am pretty sure I've seen one or two...the Clarence White Tele, now owned by Marty Stewart had one:johnnysomersett wrote: ↑Sun Feb 27, 2022 7:55 amThe tort is glorious. I'm struggling to find any 60s Teles that had tort as stock though.
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Ahhh, of course. I have seen that one actually, completely forgot. That's a gnarly looking telecaster
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Almost a case of the pot calling the kettle black
I fucking love Teles with Strat/JM headstocks!
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Well, the Monster Teles thread can be closed now.
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I was coming here to say, "Don't let Marty Stuart know about this!!!"
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Re: *ITS HERE!* 63 Franken-Tele
you gonna grab the vox's ?
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If he accepts my offer, maybe. He wanted too much considering their condition and they were across the city so I couldn't have an actual look at the state they were in (30yrs in a shed)
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Well, wow. Congrats on the find.
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The quandary I now have is what the hell do I put down as the value for my insurance?!?
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for my insurance. i just value the ones i built at a rough idea of value of parts + 10% for labourjohnnysomersett wrote: ↑Mon Feb 28, 2022 1:35 amThe quandary I now have is what the hell do I put down as the value for my insurance?!?
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Re: *ITS HERE!* 63 Franken-Tele
I dont know how the hell you find these things but I am jealous, that guitar is PERFECT!