SIx String Chef
Ambassador of Taste
And let's not forget, his ALL-TIME favourite guitar shape!
Noticed Joe Bonnamassa Playing Humbucker Tele's:
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I'm not a Tele fan. I never have been. But, the combination of the 1958 Les Paul neck profile, the 12" radius, the 24.75" scale and twin humbuckers makes this guitar something very, very different. The construction is also very Les-Paulish, with the body made from mahogany with maple caps front and rear, and a one piece mahogany neck set into the body with a contoured heel.
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At one time, I built quite a few of these, but they proved to be immensely labor intensive and time consuming...
Interestingly, they were largely considered sacrilege based on the blending of Gibson and fender into one guitar...
SIx String Chef
Ambassador of Taste
Unique and beautiful indeed! You dont get to see many multi-layer Tele-type bodies, except for customs... The top is flat like a tele, yes? Not curved/contoured like an LP...?
SIx String Chef
Ambassador of Taste
Best of both worlds!...what's not to love? Ah... sometimes I just feel like some purists get a bit too overzealous and don't objectively analyze the benefits of going off the beaten path.
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gball
Ambassador of Boogie
People have no iumagination. I mean, Fender themselves have been building versions like this since at least the '80s.
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I agree.
TBTH, the negativity surrounding these guitars, when you consider the immensity of the work and time that went into building them, really depressed me. I never built another one.
At the time, in 2016/2017, I was getting all my wood parts from B.Hefner in Whittier, California. This was within driving distance for me here in SoCal.
Sadly, B.Hefner folded in January of 2020.
My custom double neck was the very last - and 27th - custom guitar that I built under the Von Herndon tradename.
It was completed in December of 2017.
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Awesome!!
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All done at long last....
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So, Joe B. really had Zero interest in guitars outside of Fender and Gibson. The only guitar he plays- outside of those two brands - is the Dan Erlewine built Albert King V.
We never got a straight answer about this guitar, but when we questioned if there was a "contractual obligation" to play only Gibson and Fender instruments, it was not denied.
Mom has decided to give this to an old Nashville session player friend of hers named David Langely. David played in Mom's band at one time.
David spent some time in Tommy Overstreet's band.
David just flipped when we showed it to him
David is so a top notch producer with more than a few records on his wall.
David is getting ready to start touring, again, so we will post photos and updates from David as he and Stagecrafter #16 travel around.
We never got a straight answer about this guitar, but when we questioned if there was a "contractual obligation" to play only Gibson and Fender instruments, it was not denied.
Mom has decided to give this to an old Nashville session player friend of hers named David Langely. David played in Mom's band at one time.
David spent some time in Tommy Overstreet's band.
David just flipped when we showed it to him
David is so a top notch producer with more than a few records on his wall.
David is getting ready to start touring, again, so we will post photos and updates from David as he and Stagecrafter #16 travel around.
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eSGEe
Ferengi Ambassador of Trade
me too I even REMOVED the neck pup on a USA made Peavey "Generation" --er TELE-- to "esquire" it neck pup just mucks it up
eSGEe
Ferengi Ambassador of Trade
so..................................................................this means Im not getting the Silverburst?!?!?!?!?!?!? -- well o.k.
God Bless ya David
chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
Robert H. made me do this.