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Does this one have a name?
5 strings, but all single coils. no capo.

Wow GREAT shot of this 50's tele. looks original to me. Maybe been refretted. This is a sweet sweet looking guitar. East to identify by the wear where Keith's right arm hits the guitar. Been played a bit...

As far as the thumb dust, it looks like just a trick of the light to me. Pardon withssoul the only thing I've seen Keith and Ronnie dusting between numbers is their noses and there was little,if any, talc involved. lol I sure haven't seen any guitarists dust their hands in talc unless they were playing POOL backstage which is quite reasonably the case with our man Keith. peace

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What hurts these great threads is when Philip's (HM's) photo accounts got wiped out. It is hard to follow the thread discussion.

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No, it is talc powder. They starting using that on the '89 tour, and used it ever since. It's actually quite commonly used. In 89/90 and on the Winos tours Richards made it some kind of stage prop to whipe the talc of the neck in to the air. It can be seen in the Urban Jungle video and the LA Winos video for example.

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Have you ever seen any other act using talc between numbers to get the hand/guitar friction lessened up?

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No, it is talc powder. They starting using that on the '89 tour, and used it ever since. It's actually quite commonly used. In 89/90 and on the Winos tours Richards made it some kind of stage prop to whipe the talc of the neck in to the air. It can be seen in the Urban Jungle video and the LA Winos video for example.
Mathijs

Mathijs, thanks i'll trust you on that one

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my dear kind patient learned Keith Guitar Experts,
oh no it's me again, hoping you'll help me sort out some of Keith's less-commonly-seen teles.
as usual, i'll be fascinated to hear anything anyone knows about these models, what's sweet about them and what's ornery,
along with any details about when Keith acquired them, what he used them for and what became of them.

next is one that i think i've only seen in photos from the 78 tour:


- 1978, by Lynn Goldsmith

then there's this one from the 82 tour - is that thing as heavy as it looks??


- 1982, by Denis O'Regan

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my dear kind patient learned Keith Guitar Experts,
oh no it's me again, hoping you'll help me sort out some of Keith's less-commonly-seen teles.
as usual, i'll be fascinated to hear anything anyone knows about these models, what's sweet about them and what's ornery,
along with any details about when Keith acquired them, what he used them for and what became of them.

next is one that i think i've only seen in photos from the 78 tour:


- 1978, by Lynn Goldsmith

then there's this one from the 82 tour - is that thing as heavy as it looks??


- 1982, by Denis O'Regan

I have since learned both guitars share the same neck. The 1978 guitar has a '68 or '69 Fender Rosewood neck, a Ted Newman Jones body, and Fender electrics.

The 1982 picture is the same late 60's neck, but now with a body made by Schecter, and with full Schecter electronics and hardware.

I do not know why the body was replaced, but on the first couple of 1981 shows the body was still the TNJ body, then some weeks later the guitar had the new Schecter body.

This was probably done by the guitar tech that worked on the 81 tour (I forgot his name, he's mentioned in the 1981 tour book), whom also worked for Pete Townsend and had an affiliation with Schecter.

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This was probably done by the guitar tech that worked on the 81 tour (I forgot his name, he's mentioned in the 1981 tour book), whom also worked for Pete Townsend and had an affiliation with Schecter.

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This was probably done by the guitar tech that worked on the 81 tour (I forgot his name, he's mentioned in the 1981 tour book), whom also worked for Pete Townsend and had an affiliation with Schecter.

Mathijs

Alan Rogan is his name.

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Roger Giffin? I know he did some work with Pete Townshend/Alan Rogan in the early 80's, too.

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Teles are overrated. Big time.

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No, it is talc powder. They starting using that on the '89 tour, and used it ever since. It's actually quite commonly used. In 89/90 and on the Winos tours Richards made it some kind of stage prop to whipe the talc of the neck in to the air. It can be seen in the Urban Jungle video and the LA Winos video for example.

Mathijs

Mathijs, thanks i'll trust you on that one, although it's not that common here in the States. I can see the possible benefit. Maybe it's just because our weather is so perfect out here in California that we forgot how to sweat. Have you ever seen any other act using talc between numbers to get the hand/guitar friction lessened up?

I remember some stuff they used to make called finger ease which was basically oil you sprayed on the neck to slide your way around the fretboard. I though it was pretty useless but my electric guitar fretboards are mostly ebony or other dark hard wood. Those finished maple fretboards do look a bit slippery-when-wet. peace.

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Tele is the ultimate guitar.

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But there are a couple (or 3) Gibsons that I wouldn't like to dismiss.

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339? Interesting. Very interesting.

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339? Interesting. Very interesting.

I have an Epi 339 and it's superb.

But I want a Gibson.

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RockinJive
Teles are overrated. Big time.

Typed like someone that either doesn't own one or can't play one...which are you?

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RockinJive
Teles are overrated. Big time.

Typed like someone that either doesn't own one or can't play one...which are you?

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339? Interesting. Very interesting.

I have an Epi 339 and it's superb.

But I want a Gibson.

Very Noel Gallagher of you...or was that a 355...

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>> Does anyone know if Ronnie ever uses 5-string guitars? <<

there is a 5-string diskfront Zemaitis - there are shots of it in the Zemaitis thread: [www.iorr.org]
but i reckon that one in the background you're talking about is probably Keith's, no?
since it's next to his other ones ... [peering hard:] there's another Zemaitis behind Keith, isn't there -
a six-string one, ergo one of Ronnie's.

>> Is there a pic of the # 3 [Tele] around too? <<

this article here says "Tele #3" is the 67 sunburst: [www.oldkr.co.uk]
as for the "Micawber-alikes": there are three in a row in the shot of part of Keith's Licks guitar rack on an earlier page in this thread:


- 2002 or 2003, courtesy of Mathijs (don't know who took it, sorry!)

so which one is the "real Micawber" and which are the "stand-ins"?
and: is the one right next to the Strat an example of this "whiter blond" effect that appeared starting in mid-54?

"Blond body finish has a more whitish look than the earlier "butterscotch" finish.
In reality, the body finish was probably applied no differently, but the type of clear lacquer used to clearcoat
does not yellow as much. This gives mid-1954 and later Teles a more whitish blond look, instead of butterscotch.
Because of the more whitish look, a distinct "halo" can be seen around the edge of the body
that is less translucent (this halo was present on the earlier butterscotch finishes,
but it was far less noticable). The halo was used to hide the side grain of multi-piece bodies,
because Fender could easily match the face grain, but it was difficult to match the side grain."

that quote's from that good old vintage guitar site: [www.provide.net]