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paul h
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Hey folks,

I've started playing a bit more guitar here and there and I found myself gassing(?) after a telecaster of some sort. I was weighing up all the options when I found someone on ebay selling SX telecasters for £130 including gig bag!

I've had a few SX basses and my main bass is still a SX 75JB Ltd so I just couldn't resist taking a punt.

Out of the box it looks really nice. The tinted neck isn't too orange and looks pretty good. The "vintage white" is a funny, slightly artificial looking creamy yellow but nothing horrible. The fit and finished is excellent.

The best bit is the volume and tone controls. They both have a really smooth taper and are very usable. The volume doesn't suck out all the treble so I can ride it for gain control. The tone goes everywhere from taming the top end to getting a pretty convincing "woman tone" with right down. Pretty rare for a budget guitar.

But it does have issues...especially after I got my grubby hands on it :D

The biggest problem was that the nut was way too high. A pretty easy fix I thought...I'll just pop it out...SNAP. Oops. Broke the nut :D

So I have ordered a graphite nut...and some compensated brass saddles...and I'm going to fit some locking tuners I already have. And I've ordered a mint scratchplate...which is going to clash horribly but hey :D

I am sure that when it's finished it is going to be an awesome guitar for less than £150...and when it is finished...then I will post some pics :D

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Moar pics....

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(Sorry for the photos...my phone doesn't seem to let me rotate photos at the moment!)

Scratchplate painted black with Plastikote...and a US Marshal badge pinned on the strap :D

Headstock of the slightly hooked variety. SX seems to have been through a variety of headstock shapes...I don't mind this one.

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It's finished! New nut, new saddles, new tuners and a set up. Plays and sounds great :)

The new nut seems to be slotted for 11s so I needed a bit of tin foil to stop my 10s rattling around :D

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[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1464848295' post='3063048']
Is it just me or is the control plate slightly out of alignment with the bridge plate? Could just be the way you've taken the photos, but even so...

Not a problem even if it is of course... :)
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You know it probably is just the picture. However I am not going to check just in case :D

EDIT: I checked, It's crooked :D :D :D

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[quote name='paul h' timestamp='1464854905' post='3063109']
You know it probably is just the picture. However I am not going to check just in case :D

EDIT: I checked, It's crooked :D :D :D
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At first I assumed it was me. Then I decided it must be the photos. Asking was actually my third choice. :rolleyes:

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