Hello All!

I may have posted this a long time ago, but I want to hear your stories of guitars that were aweful.

I myself made the mistake of buying a Tele with a Bigsby vibrato and it was a nightmare to deal with. I sold it pretty quickly so I could buy my some a new guitar.

Paris

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1975 Sunburst Stratocaster rosewood finger board
1979 Stratocaster with roseowood finder board
2001 Candy Green Clapton Stratocaster
2007 Andy Summers Inspired Telecaster
2007 '51 P-Bass
2012 Taylor 110
2015 Mystic Ice Blue Deluxe Stratocaster Plus

Don't blame tha geetar!

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"Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc...and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons."

Enough said!

(Only kidding; don't everyone go ballistic on me now.)

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Normally I would agree with you, but this was mechanical issue.

The guitar sounded great, but it was pain to change strings (even when I knew the short cuts) and there was an aweful mettalic rattle (buzz) I couldn't get rid of now matter I did to fix it.

The concept of a Tele with Bisby is sound, but the design needs some work.

Some solutions:
1. Make the posts that the strings anchor to longer and/or curved.
2. Get rid of the current bridge. The Gibson style bridge is a better design.

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1975 Sunburst Stratocaster rosewood finger board
1979 Stratocaster with roseowood finder board
2001 Candy Green Clapton Stratocaster
2007 Andy Summers Inspired Telecaster
2007 '51 P-Bass
2012 Taylor 110
2015 Mystic Ice Blue Deluxe Stratocaster Plus

I disagree with you, but understand that what guitars you like/dislike is personal. I love both Strats and Teles. It all depends on how I feel and what sound I'm going for. But I will say that 7 out of 10 times I'll grab a Strat.

So what's you hangup with Teles?

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1975 Sunburst Stratocaster rosewood finger board
1979 Stratocaster with roseowood finder board
2001 Candy Green Clapton Stratocaster
2007 Andy Summers Inspired Telecaster
2007 '51 P-Bass
2012 Taylor 110
2015 Mystic Ice Blue Deluxe Stratocaster Plus

Oh boy. You just can't win, can you.



Consider growing a sense of humour. Martian's quote was just lying on a silver tablet. Someone had to take it.

Cheers

David

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"Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc...and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons."

Well, I wouldn't call it a "hangup", per se. Rather, to me they are merely an incomplete Strat.

As always...

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I think Leo Fender would agree with you.

Once again (yourself included), great minds think alike!!

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Starcasters (the chinese strat) are all a nightmare.

They are essentially a toy where any consideration of them being a functional instrument is a big leap.

As always this is merely IMO where YMMV.

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Anything with a Bigsby on it is going to be troublesome.

The only thing I'd put a Bigsby on is Ebay..

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Fender Highway & Classic 60s Strats, Fender Toronado, Telecaster, Gretsch Projet, Charvel 3, PRS SE Soapbar II & Custom 24, Burns Batwing and many others!

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