New Tele Day

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Originally Posted by Simon Barden

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Sorry, but this photo deserved a repeat.

[jealous]

I agree with ditching the fretboard inlays for plain black

Lovely Tele Simon

nice one Simon where have you been hiding ? Not seen you on the forum for ages. Hope you survive when you tell the wife haha

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Originally Posted by Simon Barden

I've told her and I'm still alive. I did get a slight narrowing of the eyes this time as she'd spied the large cardboard box in the garage before I'd told her about it, but I had softened her up with flowers beforehand.

I'm told I should be able to walk again in 12-14 weeks. ;)

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Yep it's the cardboard boxes that give the game away 😃 Always best to unpack immediately, hide new toy in collection and put packaging material in the next door neighbours bin.

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Originally Posted by enikoy

Yep it's the cardboard boxes that give the game away 😃 Always best to unpack immediately, hide new toy in collection and put packaging material in the next door neighbours bin.

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That's why most of my deliveries arrive at work so the evidence has already been dealt with far from home haha. Just have to time the sneaking into one's collection so as not to get caught in the act.

Nice score Simon, well worth the risk of injury ;D

It's now fully set up. Low action, Tele twang. It is a good one.

It's a shame it's got two string retainers (doesn't need it) and given the 5-screw scratchplate, vintage tuners would have been a better look (and I prefer split post tuners on Fenders), so I may do some headstock alterations if/when I change the dots.

I put the picture up on my Facebook profile and the wife said, "It's a shame you've shown it propped up against that dirty old amp", to which I immediately replied "So you'd like me to get a new one would you!". How we laughed! But she still said 'no!'.

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Originally Posted by Simon Barden

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I put the picture up on my Facebook profile and the wife said, "It's a shame you've shown it propped up against that dirty old amp", to which I immediately replied "So you'd like me to get a new one would you!". How we laughed! But she still said 'no!'.

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So very close to new Amp day !!



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I did get a 'new' used amp in November (Laney Ironheart 30 1x12" combo). It's not the number of guitars and amps, it's the storage. I either need a bigger house or I'll need to ditch the recording set-up. And I don't want to do that and I can't afford a bigger house without moving to a much more rural location and away from the south-east of England and my friends.