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Posted: 4/2/2021 2:12:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryIf you have dual humbuckers, it's really just a Tele body and neck. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 2:15:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lots of dudes use Tele shapes in metal. Is that a "true" Tele though? It's not to me, but not a big deal. Well, OP started this thread saying how he likes the feel and look of a Tele, but not a fan of the sound... which makes many of us point to the various HH (and other non-traditional configuration) Tele-style options out there. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 2:20:15 PM EDT
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"talk me out of a tele"
NOPE |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 2:24:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Go listen to the first three Led Zeppelin albums Page played a Tele on all 3. The Stairway solo is a Tele. I'm pretty sure he used Teles on just about every record. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 2:27:14 PM EDT
[#5]
If you come across a Washburn Laredo, get it. Made in the early 90's in their Chicago Custom Shop.
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Posted: 4/2/2021 2:28:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
I just don't want to bring three guitars with me to go play somewhere, so I like stuff that fits in multiple genres without much trouble. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 2:35:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I just don't want to bring three guitars with me to go play somewhere, so I like stuff that fits in multiple genres without much trouble. It can be done! I recommend this guy: SD TeleBridgeBucker |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 2:42:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I remember when metal players had strats and SG's. 
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Posted: 4/2/2021 2:43:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh you.... How much if I may ask? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Here is my new telecaster I got last Christmas... http://static.keymusic.com/products/279943/XL/gibson-les-paul-standard-60s-bourbon-burst.jpg $2500 from Sweetwater. My others are all Strats but I'm really impressed with this Gibson. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 2:54:46 PM EDT
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I've no problem with Teles (never owned one but sure wouldn't mind if I had the spare cash) but might I talk you out of G & L?
I had one back in the early eighties when they first started, that thing was god awful. Sounded thin, looked like someone carved it out of a kitchen table, wouldn't stay in tune, and had like 2 dozen coats of cheap polyurethane on it, making the fretboard a disaster as soon as you sweat a little. The only reason I bought it was because I desperately wanted a 'good' whammy and couldn't afford a Kramer with a Floyd Rose yet. Turns out the whammy wasn't all that on the G&L, no better than a typical strat. I eventually replaced that guitar with a classic Kramer Pacer 2 years later, it was like going from Hell to Heaven. I'm probably being overly harsh for a guitar I had nearly 40 years ago, but oh well. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 2:57:12 PM EDT
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I don't think I would swap out the MFD pickups, it's kind of the reason to get an ASAT Tele instead of a Fender. Also, keep the telecaster pics incoming all! I love to see all the things people have done to them over the years. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 4:04:15 PM EDT
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You could always join the guitar master race. Behold the White Falcon.
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Posted: 4/2/2021 4:49:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Here is my new telecaster I got last Christmas... http://static.keymusic.com/products/279943/XL/gibson-les-paul-standard-60s-bourbon-burst.jpg  Attached FileHere's the other tele I picked up in Feb. I like it.  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 4:53:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you are serious about metal do not get a telecaster. 6 strings, 22 frets, short scale length, single coils, mediocre high fret access. None of those sound great for a metal guitar. You're confused about scale length. 25 1/2" on Teles and Strats. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 4:59:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nice tele! I opted for an unburst model. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/97217/front-laying_jpeg-1890214.JPG Here's the other tele I picked up in Feb. I like it. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/97217/tele-front-1024_jpg-1890219.JPG Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Here is my new telecaster I got last Christmas... http://static.keymusic.com/products/279943/XL/gibson-les-paul-standard-60s-bourbon-burst.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/97217/front-laying_jpeg-1890214.JPG Here's the other tele I picked up in Feb. I like it. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/97217/tele-front-1024_jpg-1890219.JPG |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:07:06 PM EDT
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Talk OP out of a Tele? Bruce Springsteen plays one. Do you really want to be like him?
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:07:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Talk OP out of a Tele? Bruce Springsteen plays one. Do you really want to be like him? Big oof. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:14:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Talk OP out of a Tele? Bruce Springsteen plays one. Do you really want to be like him? "Play" is a strong word. It's more like a working man, blue-collar prop. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:23:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Talk OP out of a Tele? Bruce Springsteen plays one. Do you really want to be like him? |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:24:56 PM EDT
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No way, teles are great.
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:27:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I heard that motherf@&#er drinks water and breathes air too. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Talk OP out of a Tele? Bruce Springsteen plays one. Do you really want to be like him? 
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:28:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Leo got it right the first time. (Well, second time, since the broadcaster came first.) Actually, it was called the Esquire first. Then Broadcaster. At some point around then the Esquire became the single-pickup version. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:31:44 PM EDT
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I can't...mine is my favorite guitar.
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:34:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:40:23 PM EDT
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I built the butterscotch about 12 years ago, the cream one about 3 years ago.
 
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:41:24 PM EDT
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Quoted: Well technically, an ASAT from G&L. I like the way it looks and feels, but I have never been able to get over how every Telecaster sounds just like any other Telecaster. I mostly play blues, rock and also metal, I know it can chug, but I don't want the twang everywhere I go. What do? Learn Pretenders songs |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:49:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have a Tele that's pretty decent quality. I almost never play it. My go-to always seems to be my old Strat. Still, I have a lot of different guitars for different sounds and playing styles. The custom I just put together has an odd mix of .12 - .54 string sizes on it, because I want the "deeper" resonance out of it, but I sure as shit can't sit and play bends all day on that guitar. In short, if you have a style void that needs to be filled and a Tele will do it, go for it! Always remember the formula for the number of guitars you need: n + 1 Where n is the number of guitars you currently have. This. If I had to settle for one guitar it would be my Strat, but they all bring something different to the table. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:52:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Okay, so, you have to go try out with a rock band. Do you bring the ASAT or the LP? I play my Strat a lot, too, but I'd still bring the LP. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:55:04 PM EDT
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Can’t do, because they’re the best. Feel the best, play the best, sound the best for what it is. I would forget the asat and just get a 90s-2000s Mexican tele with maple neck, swap the pickups for some Rio Grande’s and the bridge with brass saddles.
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:59:36 PM EDT
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I kind of want one just because it's about the only thing missing from the collection.
 I also want a Dr. Z amp, a Soldano, a real 335, a Gold Top LP with P90s, a Martin, another SG, and a V. Decisions, decisions. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:59:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That Tele sold A LOT of Les Pauls! Truth! |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 6:00:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I built the butterscotch about 12 years ago, the cream one about 3 years ago. https://i.postimg.cc/HxFgNs4V/6-BFEAFCD-3-BAE-4372-8-A78-763-F00674308.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/tJPjGQ2D/6-CBB927-E-F502-4760-BB48-C3-F99616-C573.jpg Nice work. Did you do the finishes? What pickups ya got in there? |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 6:05:52 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/2/2021 6:06:12 PM EDT
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So I ordered a beer colab with Speciation and Zao and I was going through their music a little before I drank it. Look at these soft-ass bitches with their 24.75" scale guitars
  ZAO - The Rising End |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 6:07:06 PM EDT
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Led Zeppelin 1 wasn't too twangy.
Get whichever guitar is comfortable and appeals to you. A modeling amp can make it sound however you want. Of course, a Les Paul Junior with single P-90 is always the right answer. 
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Posted: 4/2/2021 6:09:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Then there's the other 95% of the equation, the amp. This... the amp is the instrument, the guitar is just the controller. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 6:11:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you are serious about metal do not get a telecaster. 6 strings, 22 frets, short scale length, single coils, mediocre high fret access. None of those sound great for a metal guitar. John-5 would beg to differ. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 6:22:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The Stairway solo is a Tele. I'm pretty sure he used Teles on just about every record. Page used a Tele, a borrowed Flying V, and a borrowed Gibson acoustic on the first album. By 2, he was using the Les Paul both on stage and in the studio. The Tele did return for Stairway. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 6:25:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nice work. Did you do the finishes? What pickups ya got in there? Yeah, I used Guitar Reranch nitro on both of them. I don’t remember what pickups I put in either one now, but they were genuine Fender. The butterscotch was meant to replicate a ‘52, and the blonde/cream to replicate an early 60s model. Edit: I sold the butterscotch to a friend about 10 years ago for a gift to his nephew. He brought it back recently and it has honest patina, wear, and even a little checking starting in the nitro. It’s beautiful! I built him a replica of that replica because his nephew loved the first one so much, and still does. Edit again: Found a picture of the replica of the first replica and its current caretaker.?? 
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Posted: 4/2/2021 6:27:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah, I used Guitar Reranch nitro on both of them. I don’t remember what pickups I put in either one now, but they were genuine Fender. The butterscotch was meant to replicate a ‘52, and the blonde/cream to replicate an early 60s model. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Nice work. Did you do the finishes? What pickups ya got in there? Yeah, I used Guitar Reranch nitro on both of them. I don’t remember what pickups I put in either one now, but they were genuine Fender. The butterscotch was meant to replicate a ‘52, and the blonde/cream to replicate an early 60s model. Both are beauties, but that white guard is a real looker! |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 6:31:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Both are beauties, but that white guard is a real looker! That’s the one I still have, and probably will for the duration of my life. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 6:37:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Among most "common" guitars yea you are right Fender is up there, much better than Gibson. Still dont prefer the neck size and shape of a tele for a lot of metal playing. Sweep picking becomes harder with narrow fret boards. There's a reason Ibanez, Schecter, etc... started using more flat fretboards. It all depends on what size hands you have, I know a 5ft tall girl that thrashes hard on a Fender Jaguar, she has hands the size of a child, and then there is Buckethead, he plays baritone Les Pauls because he has huge monkey hands. as far as the sound, It`s mostly the amp. My Mesa MK IIC+ makes almost anything I plug into it sound like the Voice of God. 
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Posted: 4/2/2021 6:45:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It all depends on what size hands you have, I know a 5ft tall girl that thrashes hard on a Fender Jaguar, she has hands the size of a child, and then there is Buckethead, he plays baritone Les Pauls because he has huge monkey hands. as far as the sound, It`s mostly the amp. My Mesa MK IIC+ makes almost anything I plug into it sound like the Voice of God. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Among most "common" guitars yea you are right Fender is up there, much better than Gibson. Still dont prefer the neck size and shape of a tele for a lot of metal playing. Sweep picking becomes harder with narrow fret boards. There's a reason Ibanez, Schecter, etc... started using more flat fretboards. It all depends on what size hands you have, I know a 5ft tall girl that thrashes hard on a Fender Jaguar, she has hands the size of a child, and then there is Buckethead, he plays baritone Les Pauls because he has huge monkey hands. as far as the sound, It`s mostly the amp. My Mesa MK IIC+ makes almost anything I plug into it sound like the Voice of God. Not fair, a IIC+ would would make my 8 year old sound like the voice of god
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Posted: 4/2/2021 6:53:14 PM EDT
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I love my Tele so ,uch that I put a Tele neck on my Strat to make it play correctly.
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Posted: 4/2/2021 7:11:11 PM EDT
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I have been playing for 40 years,you NEED a tele!
Pro tip, when auditioning have at least a single coil guitar and a humbucker type with you |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 7:12:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: John-5 would beg to differ. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: If you are serious about metal do not get a telecaster. 6 strings, 22 frets, short scale length, single coils, mediocre high fret access. None of those sound great for a metal guitar. John-5 would beg to differ. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 7:17:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The guy from Gojira plays a Charvel Tele copy. It has humbuckers, but it's also 25.5" Fender scale and 22 frets. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: If you are serious about metal do not get a telecaster. 6 strings, 22 frets, short scale length, single coils, mediocre high fret access. None of those sound great for a metal guitar. John-5 would beg to differ. Hmmm yes the Telecaster is made out of Telecaster
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Posted: 4/2/2021 7:19:54 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/2/2021 7:47:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/346593/MVIMG_20190929_101308_2_jpg-1890378.JPG Lots of different Telecasters. Indeed! I used to hang out on Telemodders.com & machine all kinds of interesting knobs, saddles, and even a strange looking tremolo bar for a Bigsby. Those guys made some great guitars! Years ago on the Fender forum a bunch of us donated parts and services for a raffle Tele. I made the knobs, but this is the only photo I have of the completed guitar anymore.  BTW, those knobs should nestle down over the pot nuts, they are counter bored , I think the guy that put it together used long shaft pots is why they sit so high. |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 10:11:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you come across a Washburn Laredo, get it. Made in the early 90's in their Chicago Custom Shop. https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/38841985_10160758951350471_8171040495976316928_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=84a396&_nc_ohc=AbpAKxCkuTYAX9JbJtF&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=382fa7304e13ee78c7ab02af51593218&oe=608CF696 Early Lyon by Washburn guitars were made in Korea and had necks right off the same line as the regular Washburn models. Got one for $80 as a host for a build...nothing is original except the neck, body, and pickguard. 
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