Jim Root Telecaster - Anyone playing one?

[chrisolson]

yeah, but what REALLY makes this one cool is the fact it has a normal fixed bridge and NOT the giant tele bridge!!!

You know what would make it even cooler? OFR!!! (Non-recessed of course...)

[markD]

yeah, that would be sweet....but a RECESSED would be the biggest, juiciest tits EVER!!!!!! hahahahaha

[chrisolson]

White J.R. Tele On Order!!

[Chad]

Wow, I love the specs on that guitar. Is it Made in Mexico? Has anybody actually weighed one? I'm a little concerned about that.....I don't like a guitar to be much more than 8.5 pounds because I play standing up most of the time.

Also, is it contoured like a Strat on the front? Looks like it is in the pics, but I can't tell for sure.

[Dinky93]

White J.R. Tele On Order!!

Awesome dude!

[chrisolson]

Wow, I love the specs on that guitar. Is it Made in Mexico? Has anybody actually weighed one? I'm a little concerned about that.....I don't like a guitar to be much more than 8.5 pounds because I play standing up most of the time.

Also, is it contoured like a Strat on the front? Looks like it is in the pics, but I can't tell for sure.

Yep - MIM. I'll try to weigh it if I remember. The front is not contoured, but the rear is.

[chrisolson]

Awesome dude!

I can't wait. It's going to be a LOOOONG month.

[hippietim]

Does it have any of the traditional Tele snap or does the mahogany make it sound completely different?

A Tele gets it's snap from the bridge pickup and bridge design. It has nothing to do with the body shape.

[chrisolson]

I did find something that would make the Root-a-caster a little cooler - binding!! This is kinda what I was seeing in my head:





It's over at www.chrisguitars.com Pretty cool if you ask me. Peavey does some interesting stuff!

[Bengal]

Binding on Teles does look sweet.

Peavey makes some fine guitars.

[Flatpicker]

These are nice.
Music 123 was blowing them out at 169.99 for awhile.

[shobet]

A Tele gets it's snap from the bridge pickup and bridge design. It has nothing to do with the body shape.

I didn't say anything about the shape, I asked if the mahogany has any effect on the sound of the guitar. I for one see a guitar and already have a mental sound I associate with that guitar and shape in my head. A good ash tele will snap and take your head off while a Strat made of the same wood sounds different to my ears. I think I'm with you with the bridge adding to the sound but I don't think it can be soley attributed to the bridge and its pickup. My nocaster twangs without it being plugged in and I can't attribute that twang to the pickup. Have you tried a rosewood tele and compared it to an ash one? There's a difference - appart from the fucking weight of the backbreaking reosewood tele.

However I disagree with your statement about body shape not effecting the sound of a guitar, I believe the shape will have an effect on the way the strings vibrate. The shape of an acoustic alters the way it sounds and projects, and I don't think you can disageree with me there?

There are so many factors that effect the sound the guitar makes, including the human body, you and I could play a guitar and I can almost guarantee it will sound different, for instance the notes I play will be in the wrong order!

[chrisolson]

you and I could play a guitar and I can almost guarantee it will sound different, for instance the notes I play will be in the wrong order!

I have that problem too - and I can't find the switch to shut off the "suck" effect I have on most guitars!

[Chad]

I did find something that would make the Root-a-caster a little cooler - binding!! This is kinda what I was seeing in my head:





It's over at www.chrisguitars.com Pretty cool if you ask me. Peavey does some interesting stuff!

That is indeed a cool guitar. So cool, I ordered that exact one! I'm having them remove the inlays, so it'll be a blank board. Seems to be an awesome deal. Thanks for the images/link!

[chrisolson]

Were the inlays fake/adhesive?