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So who makes that control plate? That is EXACTLY what I've been talking about.
elavd
So who makes that control plate? That is EXACTLY what I've been talking about.
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Interesting, I've never had any problems with this myself. One of my students has strat, and he is constantly turning his volume knob down by accident - tragic to see!
I love those chrome knobs on the Tele!
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That's what torques me about the volume pot on my Charvel, although it's not as close as a Strat's is.Originally Posted by Robert
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As far as I know, the main source of these control plates in Europe is Goeldo.
The Greek distibutor of Goeldo's products is Stavros Ntukas: www.guitars.gr
and the German main distributor is Rockinger: www.rockinger.de
Unfortunatelly, as far as I know, they both don't sell overseas...
Here is the page with Goeldo's other international retailers:
http://www.goeldo.de/gshop.php?p=haendler
Also, why don't you check out on Stew & Mac's site? Maybe they have something similar!
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I just saw on Stew & Mac's site, that they sell only typical Tele control plates...
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Hardware...ol_Plates.html
MY GEAR:Guitars: Gibson ES-335, Tokai LS160s LP, Rockinger strat 2-tone sunburst, Rockinger tele C.A.R., NS Custom Relic Tele, Epiphone Jeff Baxter electroacoustic, Admira classical guitar
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fendermojoman must be onto something! The Squier Vintage Modified HS and HSS tele's have a flipped control panel too.
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I would put the tone control a bit closer to the volume pot also..
I still think that a strat's volume pot is easier to put your hands on and make quick changes, but last month I played my friend's strat (the first I play after probably 3 months) and I was hitting my hand on the volume pot all the time. The way my hand now rests on a tele makes it a bit more tricky to play a strat. the bridge pickup, so as the saddles are further away from the neck on the tele.
I guess Fender thinks anyone who can shred faster than the speed of light,
chicken pick behind their heads, palm mute the E-D-B string while bending the other
3 simultaneously shouldn't have any problems dodging the volume knob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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My favorite guitar is a Yamaha 302s, Yamaha's take on the Tele. It's the feel and the tone(s) of the guitar, of course, that are the main reasons I like it as much as I do, but I also prefer the Yamahas diagonal Strat-like (though just a three-way) pickup selector to the standard Tele vertical selector switch. Also, the volume knob's location makes it easy (ier) to do volume swells and final chord tremolos.
Here's a picture of a 102s:
Last edited by Highway_61; September 1st, 2007 at 05:16 AM.