Fender '72 Telecaster Deluxe/Custom (1 Viewer)

[Purp|e]

hmmmmm ... hopefully there are some guitar nerds on here?? i just basically wanna know if anyone has one/knows enough about it to comment on its versatilty etc ... i mean ive read alot of stuff .. im just still not sure if its what i want

hmmm and one a kind of related topic ... is importing a guitar a really bad idea?? its just the prices ive seen here are shit .. when i can get it ~300 cheaper overseas ... and use part of that to pay for the shipping, then still save some?

 

[mr_brightside]

dunno havent had/played one before...
how much are they worth..

u would save money importing it, but it would be a hassle
would it be easier to try get a discount using cash...retailers will usually knock of a fair bit esp if u buy it with something (amp/effects)

 

[Purp|e]

hmmmm well thats what im gunna do, basically sus out the cheapest i can get it here, then save (or my mum might give me a 'loan') so i can pay cash for that ... and some amp'age aswell but i have neally enough now anyway

see atm, only place ive got price from in aus = ~$1500

but ... from looking online, in europe/america .. the price converts to ~$950 -1200 aus ... from a few different places

 

[mr_brightside]

yeah im in the market for a new guitar atm... can u sugget anything..
price range is about the same as yours (i think....)

yesterday i went to muisc shop at parra. there was a nice yamaha for 1200
i got to drool over a Gibson SG at west ryde...

yeah...i dont reckon importing is worth it...

 

[Purp|e]

yeah im in the market for a new guitar atm... can u sugget anything..
price range is about the same as yours (i think....)

yesterday i went to muisc shop at parra. there was a nice yamaha for 1200
i got to drool over a Gibson SG at west ryde...

yeah...i dont reckon importing is worth it...

hmmm cool man ... depends what you're into really ... originally i just wanted a standard tele, and was guna replace the neck pick up with a swazz humbucker .. but im too worried fucking round with the body will mess up the tone. dont go on look though, go on sound/feel ... lol sorry to state the obvious ... but what kinda amp you got? and what music you gunna be playing?

 

[Abu Ghurayb]

I'm a sucker for teles, I just bought one lastyear. I was very seirously concidering a 72 Deluxe but ended up going with USA standard. You can read about what other people think of guitars as much as you like, but you can't make up your mind until you go into a shop and spend a bit of time playing one and messing around with different tone settings and stuff.

Also, it will end up costing you an arm and a leg in shipping to buy from overseas. Prices are pretty good here at the moment (though they were even better after christmas last year), and you can usually talk them down a bit, especially for cash.

 

[tempco]

Are there any shops you guys would recommend? Only ones I've been to are like a piano shop in burwood and a small guitar shop in bankstown.. :s

 

[Abu Ghurayb]

For new:
Guitarworld on paramatta road
Venue music in the city
Allens music in the city

For second hand:
smithy's, im not sure which suburb its in
Neil's guitars in manly

 

[tempco]

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checking out musician's warehouse right now... pretty awesome range of stuff!

 

[Purp|e]

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checking out musician's warehouse right now... pretty awesome range of stuff!

yeah its quite good... oh i found out its like a branch of allans music, or from same org. that owns allans music or somehting. i think i shall venture to allans tomorrow and ask them bout 72 deluxe

... oh btw, how mmuch did your tele cost, abu?

 

[Abu Ghurayb]

I went in right after christmas and got it down to 1500, paying cash and pickup.

 

[absolution*]

telecasters?

ewwwwww. *cringe*

 

[KFunk]

Good if you're looking for that chicken pickin' sound .

 

[Abu Ghurayb]

Good if you're looking for that chicken pickin' sound .

Well I play alot of bluegrass and country, as well as blues, so a telecaster is what I was after tonewise, and they're so damn sturdy and comfortable to play.
I use another guitar with humbuckers for jazz and rock.
perhaps if i had gotten a Custom I would have only had to ever use one guitar, but i love my otherone too much.

 

[mr_brightside]

For new:
Guitarworld on paramatta road
Venue music in the city
Allens music in the city

For second hand:
smithy's, im not sure which suburb its in
Neil's guitars in manly

smithys is in annandale..hang on ill check

115 Salisburty Rd Camperdown NSW 2050

close enough

 

[Purp|e]

telecasters?

ewwwwww. *cringe*

just cause you have sexy soap bar pick-ups

 

[DaddyK]

Get an alexi laiho special You'll be sweeping in no time GO BODOM!

 

[Purp|e]

lol ... no offence, but i'd rather kill myself than own a guitar like that

 

[Abu Ghurayb]

lol ... no offence, but i'd rather kill myself than own a guitar like that

Why?
You could shred all day.

 

[DJ_Cam]

Alexi Laiho is nothing special anyway(in terms of guitar technique).


Im eagerly awaiting the obligatory ' omg u are hatez0r jzt coz hiz fmaous and u rnt n00b!'