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stingx
July 28th, 2007, 09:24 AM
I just bought this past Monday. Been looking for one of these ever since I saw Pete Townsend playing it in '82 and regret not buying one years ago from 48th Street Custom Guitars when it was still opened and saw this baby on the floor. I guess the wait was worthwhile though. This guitar seems virtually unplayed. No fret wear, no scratches (pretty damn hard feat too with a black finish) - just flawless really. Set up with 10s comes with all the amenities - graphite nut, locking Sperzels, etc. Pickups are the Schecter Super Rocks - these are just off the wall! Anyway, I really couldn't pass this up and now I am actually in the process of thinning the herd, so to speak. The goal is to retain my old, faithful '83 Kramer Pacer, my JV and Lone Star Strats and the PT, eliminating 4 other electrics that don't really get played so much. Four electrics and an acoustic, that will be all I keep going forward.

Here are a few pictures of the PT.

http://www.stubble.org/temp/guitars/schecter_blk001.jpg

http://www.stubble.org/temp/guitars/schecter_blk002.jpg

http://www.stubble.org/temp/guitars/schecter_blk003.jpg

http://www.stubble.org/temp/guitars/schecter_blk004.jpg

M29
July 28th, 2007, 08:17 PM
Thats sweet stingx! I bet that baby sings. The finish looks great as well. Is the black metallic? What wood is the body?

M29

SuperSwede
July 29th, 2007, 01:12 AM
Pete...wow! Really nice guitar, and you got it in the right color too :R

stingx
July 29th, 2007, 10:30 AM
Thanks, guys.

M29, the body is bound 2pc Alder. It's heavy as hell too.

Big K
July 29th, 2007, 09:35 PM
sweet guitar... dam..........:D

tot_Ou_tard
August 12th, 2007, 06:18 PM
Wow! I just saw this post.

Nice score Pete!

Spudman
August 12th, 2007, 07:41 PM
Who...who are you? Athena? Rough boys? Don't Let Go The Coat. You Better You Better You Bet.

Nice score. :D

Brian Krashpad
August 15th, 2007, 08:09 AM
Congrats!

With 2 HB's and what looks like a Strat bridge, does it sound anything vaguely like a Tele?

stingx
August 15th, 2007, 11:21 AM
Congrats!

With 2 HB's and what looks like a Strat bridge, does it sound anything vaguely like a Tele?

You can make it come sort of close if you coil split the lead pickup but, honestly, this is really just a tele shaped guitar. The pickups, with those humongous pole pieces, aren't going to lend themselves to your typical tele sound. The guitar is capable of much tonal variety though. It plays with ease and is very comfortable, albeit a tad on the heavy side.

Brian Krashpad
August 16th, 2007, 10:35 AM
You can make it come sort of close if you coil split the lead pickup but, honestly, this is really just a tele shaped guitar. The pickups, with those humongous pole pieces, aren't going to lend themselves to your typical tele sound.

That's sorta what I was guessing.