Lets See All Them Axes
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My Guild F47R, Auditorium-size body ( with dreadnaught depth), Adirondack top and bracing, EIR body and sides. This guitar is louder than some of my dreadnaughts!
A Hagstrom F-12S.
There were 3484 made in Sweden from 1965 to '67.
It has been passed around among friends and myself for a few years, now it's mine.
It has a vintage 'Aspen' case, probably Japan from the 70's.
The guitar has obviously been stripped and refinished. Not an awful job, but unremarkable.
I had it in a few years ago for work on the pickguard assy. All the electronics had issues. Rather than replace them I decided to keep the original intact and make a replacement with a Duncan pickup. That way no permanent changes were made.
Well, now the guitar has come back to me and the original pickguard appears to be lost.
Not such a good idea after all.
The action is ridiculously low. The entire instrument is light and thin.
I've owned 12 strings since 1972, never came across one that plays this easily.
I can play lead, and bend the strings, extra lights .008.
The neck is thin and straight.
The body is only 1-1/4" thick, so it's a little neck-heavy. "Headstock heavy" actually.
There were 3484 made in Sweden from 1965 to '67.
It has been passed around among friends and myself for a few years, now it's mine.
It has a vintage 'Aspen' case, probably Japan from the 70's.
The guitar has obviously been stripped and refinished. Not an awful job, but unremarkable.
I had it in a few years ago for work on the pickguard assy. All the electronics had issues. Rather than replace them I decided to keep the original intact and make a replacement with a Duncan pickup. That way no permanent changes were made.
Well, now the guitar has come back to me and the original pickguard appears to be lost.
Not such a good idea after all.
The action is ridiculously low. The entire instrument is light and thin.
I've owned 12 strings since 1972, never came across one that plays this easily.
I can play lead, and bend the strings, extra lights .008.
The neck is thin and straight.
The body is only 1-1/4" thick, so it's a little neck-heavy. "Headstock heavy" actually.
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Was this originally a single HB p/u like that, or did it have two single coils with a bunch of slide switches?
Yes. Just like you said.
James Hart
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@zwuttoo I love your teles... they are definitely my favorite of the FSO instruments.
I've got 2 Tele shaped guitars and 2 Tele bass (pre modern P bass) basses.
2021 Fender Player Tele with Fender vintage plate with Wilkinson compensated saddles, Stewmac Tort pickguard. and SD La Brea pickups.
2022 LTD Eclipse '87 NT in Rainbow Crackle.
It is stock besides I added black pickup covers (I'm not a fan of exposed coils). I keep it tuned to C# Standard for pretending to be Tony Iommi. Spec wise it is a 3 piece maple neck thru with carved top Mahogany body, and ebony board. SD '59 & JB pickups and Tonepros bridge. It is basically a Les Paul in a Tele suit, cosplaying as an 80s hair band shredder.
Bass wise, I'm a big fan of the original 1951 P Bass, so I had a 5 string built in my favorite Fender color scheme translucent white on Ash with Tort
2003 Benavente 51p with DiMarzio Ultra Jazz V pickups under Ash covers and a Suhr preamp.
Then I just to have another, so I ordered a fretless 6 string version, this time with a custom Suhr dual coil in the standard P pickup position and the same preamp as the 5 string (Chris was sourcing electronics from John Suhr in that era)
2004 Benavente 51p fretless 6. Ash slab body, maple neck, acrylized bird's eye maple fingerboard and pickup cover.
I've got 2 Tele shaped guitars and 2 Tele bass (pre modern P bass) basses.
2021 Fender Player Tele with Fender vintage plate with Wilkinson compensated saddles, Stewmac Tort pickguard. and SD La Brea pickups.
2022 LTD Eclipse '87 NT in Rainbow Crackle.
It is stock besides I added black pickup covers (I'm not a fan of exposed coils). I keep it tuned to C# Standard for pretending to be Tony Iommi. Spec wise it is a 3 piece maple neck thru with carved top Mahogany body, and ebony board. SD '59 & JB pickups and Tonepros bridge. It is basically a Les Paul in a Tele suit, cosplaying as an 80s hair band shredder.
Bass wise, I'm a big fan of the original 1951 P Bass, so I had a 5 string built in my favorite Fender color scheme translucent white on Ash with Tort
2003 Benavente 51p with DiMarzio Ultra Jazz V pickups under Ash covers and a Suhr preamp.
Then I just to have another, so I ordered a fretless 6 string version, this time with a custom Suhr dual coil in the standard P pickup position and the same preamp as the 5 string (Chris was sourcing electronics from John Suhr in that era)
2004 Benavente 51p fretless 6. Ash slab body, maple neck, acrylized bird's eye maple fingerboard and pickup cover.
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billyz
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Nice KLH too.
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Way more organized than I will ever be.
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