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Matt and Tom, give me a shout when you are going to recce the route on bikes, would be good to catch up with y'all.
Ill be dragging a couple of lads out on this ride next year. The camping option sounds like it could be a laugh. Get the panniers out and make a weekend of it. -
I've got an old Raleigh eclipse someone can borrow if short of an old ride. It's just my turbo bike, but fits the description- dt shifters etc. it's very 80s though.
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I'm in! Can we finish at t'Black Sheep brewery in Masham?
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Ive Just oredered some of the William Lennon shoes, I emailed them to ask if they were available in any other colour than black, and for a few more pennies they will make them out of whatever leather stock they currently have.
Still a load cheaper than the competition. -
No, Im copying it. I might shove a Seymour mini humbucker up front like Keef's.
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Tele's are sweet, but this is where its at baby! http://www.makenmusic.com/productImg/Telemaster_FrontFull.jpg
Got an ash jag body on the bench at the mo waiting for a nice old tele neck. -
Sorry, just re-read what you wrote, you did say Custom.....
Yes I think they are nice, for something with a maple board. Just play a few or try find a Japanese one with a few years to its name. You can find brand new ones that are resonant, but the 90s Jap ones do tend to have nicer timber. -
Which 72 reissue? The big headstock deluxe (looks great but isn't a tele cos of the fake wide rangers in front and back) or the custom (small headstock fake wide range at front and tele rear).
I would say yes to the latter.
Both have maple boards so have sharp attack, which Im not a fan of but thats personal opinion. They play very similar as you would expect. But having both front and rear as wide rangers doesnt give a great amount of tones.
If you have some dollar, maybe look for a second hand custom and with the money you save, find a real fender wide ranger pickup. The difference was discussed earlier in this thread but was lost when somet went wrong with the site. -
If you are after a wider range of tone, I wouldn't consider the Thinline over any of the ones you have tried. The problem, as with the others you have tried (excepting the Dobro) is that they have 2 of the same pickup. The tonal variation comes only from the pickups position. I know this is the case with most guitars, but you have tried those and didnt like them. Try something with two different pickups, like a Tele or the Tele Custom. The super sharp back p/up mixed with the fat warm front p/up. I know you are after a hollow, but the difference in tone between a tele and a tele thinline is really hard to pick up in a live situation, you might be able to appreciate it, but most audiences wont. If you put flats on a tele (D'addario chromes 11s) it sounds more like a hollow body than a thinline with rounds.
So I would suggest trying a 72 custom with flats. Or a 69 thinline (the mahogany one but with normal tele pickups rather than the fake wide rangers on an ash 72)
Who is going to the meet outside Leeds Town Hall on the 17th to see the flashy bangs and the route unveiling?