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Well, I've done it. I stared looking around a while back, and now it's come to fruition. Last night I picked up my new baby, a 5422 in Walnut.

I've played classical for many years, and only got...

Any difference in tone with different fretboard material is at most negligible (and in my own opinion, non-existent). More realistically, the different materials feel different to play. For...

So I've narrowed the list down (based on cost and desired tone) to either Golden Age Parsons Street Alnico II HBs, or Tonerider Alnico II Classics. Both these sets seem to have the attributes I'm...

Thanks for the great input everyone, much appreciated.

I'm looking to have some major rebuilding done to my Dot. I'm using it more for jazz these days, and I'm thinking that both pickups will be coming out - what do you guys reckon would make for good...

Those Lanileis are worth looking at. I came close to getting one myself but couldn't quite take the leap of faith to buy one without hearing it in the flesh (i'm in Aus). The guy is good to deal...

This is the internal construction:

http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg622/Sada-Yairi/Wildkatinternal.jpg

It doesn't have a sound block the way a Dot does - I don't know how it would compare...

Sure is nice to look at, a real looker! The body seems to me (without putting them side-to-side) to be just a touch deeper than my Dot. The relatively small body also means there's no feedback. So...

I didn't include Thinlines, no. Main reason is that I have a Dot and a Wildkat - I want a solid body, that's the point of looking at a Tele in the first place. I did look at the Thinlines before I...

I've never owned a Tele, indeed I've never owned a solid-body at all and I've decided to rectify that. Having looked around at a lot of options, I've decided a Tele is the way to go both for the...

Famous last words...

You scored bigtime!! This is me being green with envy...

Thanks for that. Had a quick look around at the CV 50's pickups and they are reasonably priced (each around $20 plus shipping) so that might be the way to go. I'm not married to the idea of getting...

Still doing the research before I launch a Tele-build project, and I'm looking at pickups now. The Squier Standard pickups (both neck and bridge) are incredibly cheap ($20 total) - anyone have any...

On another forum someone suggested a Harley Benton - ever heard of them? I'd never heard of the brand (which seems to be an in-house tag for Chinese made guitars). This '52 style Tele looks a...

Sounds very similar to the issue I just had with my Valve Senior. A high-pitched whining noise, a bit like feedback, regardless of volume and with nothing plugged into the amp. I returned mine...

So, time for the update. I took the amp back over the weekend, having checked that the amp technician would be on site. He looked at is straight away, heard the noise (high-pitched feedback-type...

Yeah, I reckon the various combinations of an HSS setup would make for some interesting tones, and importantly, quite different to what I already have (Epi humbuckers and P90s). I've been looking...

In Aus I can get a Modern Player Tele for $585 or a Blacktop Tele for $654 (although average price for both is more like $750-800). I can get a Standard Tele for $690. The Modern Player Tele is HSS...

Shipping is the killer. The Xaviere range (Guitarfetish.com) and the Rondo range are the frontrunners - even with shipping they come in around $200 to $300 which isn't bad. But I find myself...

My collection (a classical, a Dot and a Wildkat) is lacking a hardbody. I've actually never owned one and I'm thinking it's about time that changed. Whilst looking around before I bought the...

I'd suggest that given your intended purpose you stick to looking at the 18-22 watt segment of the market. Loud enough for jamming (with drums) but quiet enough to use at home. That immediately...

Yeah, I'm with you on the 'don't poke around' bit. The options are either get used to it or take it back. I won't even swap the tubes given that the amp is new and under warranty. I noticed some...

Ok, I'm enjoying my new Valve Senior very much, but I'm noticing it is a noisy amp. I have limited experience with tube amps (this is the first one I've owned) and so I don't really know how much...

Nope, China, at the Epi factory in Qingdao. I suspect the Korean ones would have been finished better (based on my Korean-made Dot) but the underlying build quality is to a good standard.