NGD...I think I'm getting old

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I've wanted a butterscotch Tele for well over two decades. I always loved the way that they sounded, I loved the way that they looked...but I never really found one that I bonded with. I tend to like guitars with a more modern fretboard radius, and while I've played a ton of cool Telecasters over the years, I never really found 'the one'.

I've really been digging Suhr guitars lately, and since my Classic S has one of my favorite necks of any guitar I've ever played, I decided that it was time and tracked down a Suhr Classic T Antique with a roasted maple neck. It's everything that I've ever wanted in a T style guitar. It plays great, sounds awesome, and while it does the traditional Tele thing...you can totally rock with it too.

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And with my other Suhrs

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One of my regrets was parting with the Suhr modern in my avatar. Now a father of two, I can't see myself ever being able to afford another of that spec/price. :(
I was so happy once I made a few trades & ended up with my Suhr T. Just a really playable, spanky & percussive guitar. No way near the features of the modern & largely a completely different guitar, but it kinda has a mojo about it that the modern didn't have I think. Really simple, sounds amazing & stays in tune.
I'd really like an HSS Suhr Strat to go with it.
 
congrats. Im amazed I like my teles too. I never liked teles until I bought one to try.

BTW, your pics are not coming through for me.
 
I am old but I have had a cheap ass Tele (Squier) for 20 years and always considered getting a good version of it....they just have a great sound and I think the T offers something unique. Congrats! :rock:
 
We are not getting old, we are just getting smarter with what we want now. LOL

Nice guitars man!
 
Great Suhr guitar collection with not a single Floyd Rose bridge in sight! J/K! Your Suhr T guitar is reliced quite a bit. Did you ask to have that done or did the previous owner do that?

Guitar George
 
romanianreaper":2s2k21pz said:
We are not getting old, we are just getting smarter with what we want now. LOL

Nice guitars man!

Yeah! This can work on a number of levels. I haven't gained 20lbs...I've just gotten smarter about what I want to eat!

misterspockyall":2s2k21pz said:
Offset with a tune-o-matic :inlove:

It's a cool one. It came loaded with SSV's and a volume/tone/tone setup, but I currently have it loaded with an Aldrich set and a custom pickguard. It now has a single volume and single tone control, and they're push/push series/parallel switches. It can cover a lot of tones.

Hamer95USA":2s2k21pz said:
Great Suhr guitar collection with not a single Floyd Rose bridge in sight! J/K! Your Suhr T guitar is reliced quite a bit. Did you ask to have that done or did the previous owner do that?

Ha! Yeah, I'm not a Floyd guy at all. I actually blocked the trems on the Modern and Classic S. I'm just too heavy handed. Plus, whenever I have a guitar with a functioning trem, I never end up actually playing guitar. I just end up making goofy whale sounds and don't get anything done :)

The Classic S, JM and Modern I bought new, but I picked up the Classic T used. After getting the Modern I'm hooked on roasted maple necks, so snagged the T from a run of Classic Antiques they did a few years back that came standard with roasted necks. If I was ordering a custom I wouldn't have gone with any relicing, but it doesn't bother me either. If anything I can just relax and enjoy it. I took a good chip out of the Modern (also an Antique) right after I got it...and for a second my heart sank. Then I just looked at the other wear already on it, laughed, and went on about my day. I don't get bent out of shape about dings/bumps...but the first one on a new guitar always stings a little. This one showed up ready to go.
 
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