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  1. Also there was some discussion about the year of these Adorama Lake Placid Blue guitars.  The one sent to me had a serial begining with MX21...   I looked up the full serial in fender's system and it showed 1/22.  fyi

  2. Well the guitar arrived from Adorama yesterday evening.  Just had a few minutes to give it a quick once over.  And spoiler alert I don't know shit about guitars so any advice would be appreciated.

    The guitar came in the factory sealed box that was in good shape.

    1. The neck is very blonde and without much/any wood grain.  It looks like a very light tan plastic.  It looks like it could have been made out of melted barbie dolls.
    2. It sounds loud when played without an amp
    3. It weights 7'12oz
    4. Pots seem scratchy (like noticeably scratchy)  
    5. Action is low with no fret buzzing
    6. Fret ends are a mixed bag, they are rougher than my Squier CV which feels really good to me
    7. Some light scratches on the neck by the nut where the file guy had too many Cuban coffees
    8. 1" long crack in the finish on the back belly side edge (it's through the finish and is rough if you run your finger over it)
    9. 1/2" long hairline crack on the heel/neck pocket (looks to me like it cracked when they ran the screws in to hold the neck the crack is on the front corner of the heel)

    So I'm going to call Adorama this AM to get a replacement and play the lottery again.  I was going to just get an adjustment for the cosmetic damage, but I don't want to mess around with a crack on the neck pocket (especially by one of the screws).   This is not an Adorama fault IMHO the box was sealed from fender and unmolested.  Compared the Squier CV it just does not feel as nice.  That might have changed once I had played it some but that's my initial impression

  3. On 11/28/2022 at 8:13 PM, Napoleon said:

    Same. I have wondered if I made the right choice buying the Strat over the Tele two years ago or so and have considered buying it a few times when it has dropped into the $539 & $549 range. I am saving the $499 price & Adorama screenshot (from above in the thread) in case I want to buy it at a later date. Those guitars aren't getting any more modern and they've established their new low price.

    I'm likely going to Spain later this month and want to get one of those Jet JT-300 teles with the satin roasted maple neck (rosewood fingerboard) in a Daphne Blue if I can find one. Lots of Jet retailers in Spain (I'm going to Madrid and maybe elsewhere) and would like to buy one, take the neck off, and bring it back as a trophy.

    https://jetguitars.com/guitars/300-series/jet-jt-300/

     

    It should run about $200 and maybe even less than that if I get my VAT back on the way out at the airport.


    If that doesn't happen, then maybe I circle back for the $499 Tele from Adorama.

    Maybe just order it?

    https://www.musicroom.com/js300-electric-guitar-blue-jetjs300bl

    it has a warning that it can't be shipped to some countries.  Added it to a cart then selected USA and it seemed to be ok.  ymmv

  4. 1 hour ago, Deej said:

    Question for anyone who has bought one of these from Adorama...are the maple necks as pale as they look in the pics? I'd be all over it if they had a bit of tint to them. 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    I bought the Adorama strat for my son a couple of years ago, it's pretty light in color.  The fretboard is gloss and the neck is satin.  I feel like the tele in the picture has a particularly pale neck but in my case n=1 .  Look at the strat pic and you can see more color in the wood. That is similar to my son's, but it is NOT tinted IMHO.

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    I wish the fender logo was the silver one with pearl-ish fret markers.  But I bought one anyway.  Will report back when it shows up

  5. 15 hours ago, G650 said:

    Now gloss maple necks on the back are really shitty. My old MIM Strat had a shiny neck, I took a belt sander to it.

    Picturing your neck going from classic C to classic stop sign shape neck.     I'm planning on sanding down the neck on my CV eventually.  I haven't played enough to know what I prefer yet.  But switching back from my son's strat the neck does feel sticky on the CV.  But it looks so damned good and the guitar is pristine, I just can't bring my self to start sanding finish off. Yet

     

    If I keep with it, I'll probably sell the CV and upgrade

  6. 2 hours ago, Napoleon said:

    I like the glossy fretboard on my Tele, but that may be due to the frets being so smooth that my mind is confusing the smooth glide over the frets with the smoothness coming from the glossy fretboard. 

    The frets just seem better than the ones of my budget guitar buys and the Fender strings s em to be better than the other strings I’ve put on other guitars (D’Addario Nickel Wound XL120 9/42).

    In general, really happy with the purchase.

     

    I bought the Adorama  Lake Placid Strat for my son several years ago.  I always wondered why the Adorama version was so much cheaper than other Player Series Guitars.   His is not heavy and played great right out of the box.  I heavily considered buying the Lake Placid Blue Tele from Adorama at the old price.  But just didn't pull the trigger because I wasn't sure I'd end up playing it much so I decided to wait and snap up a cheap used guitar instead. 

    But if I hadn't already bought something, I would roll the dice and snap that Tele version up. 

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  7.  

    Not the best technical singer...  but she stops me in my tracks whenever I hear her.  Instantly recognizable, iconic, talented, and fierce

    Page 5?  Fore shame!

    Sinnerman

    I put a spell on you

    Mississippi goddam

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  8. Still have the same rig I got when I bought my first house.  We had nothing but the keys and an older house that needed a lot of work.  First thing I bought was the stereo.  I figured we would be listening to music a lot while we painted and did other house projects.  Then I bought some plastic stacking chairs and a mattress.

    Klipsch KG5.5s

    Yamaha Natural Sound Receiver RX-v670

    Yamaha CD player

    My taste in music and the ways I listen has changed but they still sound good (not audionerd amazing) but still damned good.

    Years later I added a sub, center and surrounds and now it's what I use for home theatre.

    At some point, if they ever falter, I'll upgrade the tweeters and crossovers to Crites and do some internal bracing.  I suspect one of my kids will end up with them when they get a place of their own if they want them.

    Replacements will be B&W805s or handed down Klipsch Cornwalls & some earplugs

  9. Would like to go to see SP, did they play the mostly older stuff or sis they try to promote newer material?  Asking because I cannot connect with the new stuff at all. And they have a lot of "new" stuff. (2000+)   

  10. 6 hours ago, G650 said:

    Damon had a friend at Gibson and he arranged for the custom green color. I think it might have actually be a refinishing when the guitar was in for a repair but don't quote me on that.

    I googled it and was thinking if they have a tribute I'm buying it.   Then I saw that it was a '59 Honeyburst and none of the pics looked remotely like the one posted.  Hence the question.   If it was re-finished green, that makes a lot more sense. 

  11. So I went to that Toadies Concert with some friends and our late teen kids (17, 19, 19) ...  Some thoughts

    1. Toadies are a really good live act to see live  
    2. It was a "sea of Dads"
    3. The teens enjoyed it but they were the only ones under 40 there by a LONG shot
    4. The teens geeked out on Horton Heat with the standing bass
    5. Lots of pot, lots of booze and a sold out show
    6. HH playing Ace of Spades (to my great shame, my "god son" had never heard the song)  The energy changed and the kids felt it
    7. Backslider and I Burn with the electric acoustic where the peak of the show.
    8. Shout out to the legend in the old Bad Brains concert T
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