Monday, June 13, 2011

The Tele Deluxe has gone to a new home somewhere?

A surprise I know, but I just wasn't quite getting the sound I wanted from the Deluxe. I contemplated upgrading the pickups to Lollar Regals but in the end decided that the 12" radius on a Strat neck just wasn't quite as playable as I would like. My MIM 70's reissue Strat with a standard 7.5" radius neck, vintage frets and 11s plays fantastically in comparison. So I traded it for an MIJ Tokai LS98F Cherry Sunburst Love Rock! A what you ask? Yeh, I know, just an appalling name for a guitar but, a made in Japan Les Paul copy that many consider equal to if not better than Gibson's version. I have dubbed it the thinking man's Les Paul as it is beautifully built, sounds fantastic, plays wonderfully and was half the price of the equivalent Gibson!? I have loaded it with 11s also and it is providing a nice fat sound whilst still being very playable. I am really looking forward to bringing it out at the next gig as it will provide a great contrast tonewise to the thinking man's Strat!








Some nice sounds from a couple of Love Rocks on this demo.

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