RobF -> RE: My handmade electric update (Mar. 22 2021 17:30:00)
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I’ve been messing about with Telecasters a lot recently. When it comes to electrics, I was always a Gibson guy, when I was younger, then a Strat guy after that. I still have one of my early 60s Gibson reverse body Firebirds stashed away in a closet somewhere. I’ve been thinking about this quite a bit recently and I’ve come to the conclusion that, on the podium for the greatest guitar makers of all time, at the helm we have Torres, then Manuel Ramirez standing right beside him on the second place tier, and in third we have to have Leo Fender with his Telecaster guitar. He nailed it, his eye for balance, proportion and form, pretty well everything, was absolutely dead on. He stands as one of the true greats. Just look at his other contributions. The Precision Bass. The Fender amp. The Stratocaster and Jazz Bass. Brilliant, simply brilliant! Which is not to suggest you should be making Tele copies. Everybody does that. But there will always be a place in my heart for a nicely turned electric guitar, that’s a given. So, I hope you continue to show us your creations, please never doubt that there is an interest in seeing them.
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