Classic Vibe - the guitar everyone is talking about

[MAXIFUNK]

@ TJC & DVM

I do not have a video cam or a fancy enough phone to record any music.
Sorry guys I have played all of the CV's series Tele's and Strat's I'll give my opinion on all 3 Tele's when I have a little more time.

[duhvoodooman***]

Well, I can answer the question now for two of them....

I really liked the looks of the new CV Tele Custom model and wanted to try one out. So I e-mailed a couple of the local guitar shops (not GC!) last week and asked if they had one in stock. No luck with either, but they both said they'd let me know if they got one in.

Well, this morning I get an e-mail from one of them, saying that they just got one in, so I drove up there during lunch to try it out. I told the young fellow that was helping me that I wanted to play it side-by-side with the CV 50's model, to hear the difference. So he grabs a CV 50's off the wall, which happens to be a used one marked $230. I played 'em both through a Princeton Reverb, and while both played great, I really preferred the sound of the 50's model. The Custom was brighter & spankier sounding--must be the Alnico 5's in that model. Great country chicken pickin' tone, but that's not my cup o' tea. I thought the 50's model with the Alnico 3's had a warmer & richer tone, but still very much a Tele. Didn't go up there looking for a used instrument, but I started looking the guitar over more closely and found it was really in great shape. Couldn't see paying $100 more for a new one, so I bought it! Got it out in the car right now. Funny how things work out sometimes....

[Tig***]

Well, I can answer the question now for two of them....

Couldn't see paying $100 more for a new one, so I bought it! Got it out in the car right now. Funny how things work out sometimes....

Thanks DVM, that answers exactly what I was wondering. I think I'll go for the CV 50's.
Now if I can only find one for $100 off!

[sumitomo]

Ha! But that really dosen't surprise me.Welcome to the club Vood.LOL!Sumi

[Tone2TheBone]

Welcome welcome welcome you're gonna love that baby I just know.

[tjcurtin1]

Yeah, yeah, yeah! I have just received my 50's tele, and I can finally really appreciate what everyone says about this guitar. Have only begun to get to know it, but what sounds, and what a feel. It sounds just tremendous with all the tweed models on the Vox VT30!

We have seen this tele before here on the Fret - I helped Commodore64 move on to greener GAS pastures by taking it off his hands.... BTW, C64 is a great person to deal with and I would not hesitate to do business with him if he ever has any gear for sale or trade.

In addition to the sound, I have been pleased to find that I also really like the look of this guitar, though I've never been attracted to white guitars. Pictures of it had not much appealed to me, and I was lusting for the CV Custom, but in person it is quite attractive. It is hard to photograph well, so that you see that the pine grain shows through - it is not at all just stark white; it is a warm, semi transparent white.

This guitar has, like many of these tele's apparently, a quartersawn neck; tho not as spectacular as Spud's, you can see (at the right angle) some tiger-striping in it - purty! Happy to be a member of the CV Tele club

[Commodore 64***]

I want to put an ashtray bridge (toploader though) on my MiM Tele (Top Loader). That MiM is pretty much the only reason why I got rid of the CV. I like the neck on the MiM better, although I really did LOVE the PUPs in that CV. I think it looks cool too. That finish is supposed to show more woodgrain as it ages (according to the guy at GC, so take that with a grain of salt).