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Hi all,
Been a while since I’ve posted. I built a TL1 almost 12 months ago, Basswood body (pic attached for ref). It’s a great guitar, lovely sound but it is head stock heavy when I strap it up. I’m thinking about getting another Tele, either a Squire Affinity or the Bullet or even do another build, this time in butterscotch blonde (or as close as). Is the TL-1A (alder body) heavier so the headstock will not pull down.
Thanks in advance guys.
Sounds odd to me.
Do you have an exceptionally slippery guitar strap?
Satin shirts?
Perhaps a grippier strap may do the trick.
Tele does seem to have the smallest headstock out there?
cheers, Mark.
Hey Mark,
It is a cheapo strap. Think it’s made out of nylon or something.
That might be the reason. When it’s on my strat copy that doesn’t slip [emoji15].
Now I guess the choice is do I buy or build.
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I'm sure some guitar kit acquisitions have been based on flimsier material?
cheers, Mark.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nom8syBzqqY
Nice strap [emoji16].
I’ve actually seen these in my local guitar shop. The Mack Daddy “Raging Bull” looks and feels awesome.
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I'd try a less slippery strap. I always use Levy's suede straps as they are nice and grippy and also easily adjustable as I get the ones with the sliding buckle adjustment.
I always use Schaller straplocks, so I can't be bothered to keep removing and fitting them if I want to change strap length with the pick-a-slot style adjustment straps, hence my choice of the sliding buckle type.
I can't think of anything easy that would make the guitar balance better. It must just be lack of weight in the body, as the standard kit tuners aren't that heavy. The plus point is that the guitar is nice and light!
I absolutely hate neck-heavy guitars (at least unbalanced ones.) I sold my otherwise favorite guitar because the neck was always diving.
As mentioned, more grippy straps can help. Some people have put weight on the strap near the strap button. You can also change to lighter tuning machines.
However, lightweight tuners cost just as much as the guitar did, probably more!
Next time you change the strings, take off the high-E string and also the high-E tuner and see if the guitar hangs any better. If it still nose-dives, then I doubt that a change to lightweight tuners would solve the problem. If it now balances, then they are worth considering, if you want to spend that sort of money on the guitar.
All good points. If he loves the guitar it may be worth it. If not, then maybe not. But good idea to pull an existing tuner and check the balance.
Hey guys, thanks for such great feed back and advice.
I do love my guitar cause I built it, and to me it sounds great when playing Brown Sugar and start me up. I’m not in a band so it’s not that important I guess. I might actually buy a new strap that might stop it dropping. Whether I buy another Tele or build again, nothing will take away my first build Tele. Especially the neck, it’s so smooth. It felt as good if not better than the Bullet or the Affinity I checked out the other day. Even the classic vibe [emoji16][emoji450][emoji450].
Thanks again guys .
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Set up for 5-string open G then? If so, you could easily remove the unused low-E tuner.
That’s my thought to be honest, although I have another electric, I prefer my home build. So that was my reason for getting another Tele I’ll keep one in Keef tuning and the other in standard tuning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon Barden
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Ash body will definitely be more body heavy.
You can also try moving the strap button to the neck plate, like this. It is only a minor difference. It’s only a minor difference, but in playing position it is just a little further towards the neck which might be all you need.
I found a set of inexpensive, lightweight tuning machines:
https://www.stewmac.com/parts-and-ha...-3-tuners.html
These are 120g per set. A set of mini Grovers, or the set that came with my non-PB kit, are 200g per set. Granted what I just linked is not the most robust set of tuning machines known to man... But it would be saving the weight of 2.5 tuning machines all the way at the end of the guitar neck. The other ‘good’ option is Gotoh Stealth, but they’re around $120 USD.
Hi buddy look give the bullet and affinity a miss get your self an Artist TC59 telecaster I guarantee it won't be headstock heavy it kills the squiresQuote:
Originally Posted by I’ll give it a go
https://www.artistguitars.com.au/buy...r-pickup/70365