NGD 1979 Fender Lead I

[DanTravis62]

Well, I had never played one of these before, but holy crap that neck is really nice!

This was found on Facebook marketplace and I have too many guitars, and no real use for it, but you guys know how it goes.

You find something cool and cheap and you justify it ?

It's got some pretty extensive finish checking but besides that is in remarkably good shape.





I have more guitars than I need as is, but this thing is surprisingly cool - the series/parallel and phase switches can do some really cool Brian may and 80s clean tones, as well.


Anyone else have experience with these weird fuckers?

 

[RaceU4her]

Never even saw one but I would have grabbed it for sure, I’m all about single humbucker guitars

 

[DanTravis62]

Never even saw one but I would have grabbed it for sure, I’m all about single humbucker guitars

Absolutely, this thing kind of screams.

It's like the 70s version of a Ton Delonge strat

Altho HeWhoCannotBeNamed from the Dwarves famously used one

I'm gonna record some riffs with it!

 

[panhead]

Had one in the early 80`s. The pickup in them are pretty damn good from what I remember

 

[mooncobra]

Bitchin guit!

 

[DanTravis62]

Had one in the early 80`s. The pickup in them are pretty damn good from what I remember

I'm really surprised at how great the humbucker sounds, especially for heavy stuff. I wonder what the specs are on it

 

[Deleted member 38657]

I'm really surprised at how great the humbucker sounds, especially for heavy stuff. I wonder what the specs are on it

I had one of those some time back. If I remember correctly the HB was ceramic and pretty decent output of like 13-14k thereabout. I remember having all kinds of options to split or dual single coil mode in series or parallel. Also, if you get around to it check under the guard for a neck routing. Mine had a route for a neck pickup despite it being a Lead I. Nice find!

 

[gtrwun]

I’d rock that. I love it. I’ve seen these before but never played one.

 

[DanTravis62]

I had one of those some time back. If I remember correctly the HB was ceramic and pretty decent output of like 13-14k thereabout. I remember having all kinds of options to split or dual single coil mode in series or parallel. Also, if you get around to it check under the guard for a neck routing. Mine had a route for a neck pickup despite it being a Lead I. Nice find!

I'm super surprised at how good it sounds!

I’d rock that. I love it. I’ve seen these before but never played one.

They are very well made, I was surprised

 

[Smash]

Congrats man. I have found cheap gems. So many good guitars. So little time

 

[japetus]

Bbbbbbased

 

[SBlue]

Nice score Dan!
That's probably one of the earliest Fender attempt to make a Super Strat.
Yours date from 1981

 

[Racerxrated]

Congrats!
Love finish checking on vintage guitars. Not so much on new ‘fake’ relic stuff.

 

[JackBootedThug]

has everything you need and nothing else....killer...

 

[4406cuda]

I have a Fender Lead I neck on a Partscaster. Love the neck and playability.

 

[kennyinct]

This was the first “nice” guitar I ever purchased many moons ago. Sold it to a friend who still has it.

 

[panhead]

They are going for $1500 on ebay, mainly from Japan. Crazy

 

[headlessdeadguy]

nice

 

[headlessdeadguy]

I have a Fender Lead I neck on a Partscaster. Love the neck and playability.

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That guitar fucks!

 

[DanTravis62]

They are going for $1500 on ebay, mainly from Japan. Crazy

Yeah I got a crazy good deal on it, I'm going to play around with it for a while and see if it's a keeper, I suppose.

I'm really surprised at how nice the humbucker sounds.