Bunch of Teles - ALL SOLD AND LONG GONE CLOSE

Nick Koff · Post by **Nick Koff** » 18 Oct 2018 10:55 pm

A bunch of Teles - $975 each, shipped CONUS You can see any or all of them here on Reverb: https://reverb.com/shop/bunnys-gear-depot Pricing will be better here.

Two featherweight Paulownia bodies, the entire guitar weighs 5 pounds or less. The black one with the pearloid pickguard is SOLD.

They are all the same in terms of everything but the design: Fender Licensed one-piece maple. 21 medium jumbo frets, 10 inch radius, 1 5/8 inch nut width, a comfortable 'C' shaped profile and a honey tinted smooth dull finish. Maple finger board with a heel adjust truss rod location. Bone nut. Lindy Fralin Blues Specials +2% overwound. OEM Fender bridge, saddles, switch tip, knobs, jack cup, strap knobs, string trees. Kluson Tuners (nickel) CRL 3-way switch, .033uF Sprague orange drop, matched CTS Solid Shaft 256K Potentiometers, Switchcraft jack, pushback cloth Strings: Ernie Ball .010s

Tortguard:

MJT finish on a Wildwood Mfg. licensed Fender body. Mint tortoise 5 hole pickguard
AllParts TMO Fat Neck. 9.5 radius. 1 5/8 width..97/1.00" Natural finish and heavy rolled edges. All frets crowned, leveled, and polished. Frets .079 x .051". Vintage locking tuners and string tree. Kuwabara Telekinesis 1950 Pi pickup set. Fender bridge w/ brass saddles,control plate, neck plate, ferrules, string tree, knobs & switch tip. Electrosocket input jack, CRL 3-way switch, CTS 250K Potentiometers, Capacitor: .022uF/ Orange Drop. Ernie Ball .010s

Daphne:

Lightweight Poplar body with a creamy pickguard. Fender licensed fat tele neck. 1 piece maple, natural finish. D shape, .97"/1.0", 10" radius, heel adjust truss rod, 1 5/8ths inch nut, black dots. 21 frets medium Jescar (6150) Bone nut. Seymour Duncan relicâ€™d Antiquities. Neck is 8.17 k
and the bridge is 6.46 k . Fender bridge, brass saddles, switch tip, knobs, strap knobs, string tree. Electrosocket jack cup Tonepros Kluson Tuners (nickel) CTS 250K Potentiometers (volume & tone) Sprague .047uF orange drop cap, Switchcraft input jack, vintage cloth push-back 22awg wire. Ernie Ball .010s 7 lbs

Gumby:

Gumby Green poplar body with black pickguard. Neck: Fender licensed fat tele neck. 1 piece maple, natural finish. D shape, .97"/1.0", 10" radius, heel adjust truss rod, 1 5/8ths inch nut, black dots. 21 frets medium Jescar (6150) Bone nut. Kuwabara Telekinesis 1953 bridge (7.02k) and neck pickup (6.94k) Fender bridge, switch tip, knobs, strap knobs, string tree. Electrosocket jack cup Klein threaded steel saddles, Kluson Tuners (nickel) CTS 250K Potentiometers (volume & tone) Sprague .047uF orange drop cap, Switchcraft input jack,
vintage cloth push-back 22awg wire. Ernie Ball .010s 7.5 lbs

Darren Porter · Post by **Darren Porter** » 19 Oct 2018 8:47 am

Nice looking guitars! I especially love the last three. Wish I had the funds.

Did you build these yourself?

Nick Koff · Post by **Nick Koff** » 19 Oct 2018 8:53 am

Thanks. Yes, building Teles has sort of become my hobby. Luckily I've sold a bunch of them, and quite a few people now have hired me to build them one that matches their wishlist for a custom guitar.

Daniel Stein · Post by **Daniel Stein** » 21 Oct 2018 7:42 pm

Trades at all?

Skip Ellis · Post by **Skip Ellis** » 23 Oct 2018 4:16 pm

Are these Fender Teles? If not, it might be more appropriate to label them as 'T-Style'. I build my bodies from scratch in the shape of Telecasters but don't label them as such. Just sayin'...

Nick Koff · Post by **Nick Koff** » 23 Oct 2018 5:29 pm

Skip Ellis wrote:Are these Fender Teles? If not, it might be more appropriate to label them as 'T-Style'. I build my bodies from scratch in the shape of Telecasters but don't label them as such. Just sayin'...

Thanks so much for your wise and helpful input. What does the "T" in 'T-style' represent?

Skip Ellis · Post by **Skip Ellis** » 23 Oct 2018 6:13 pm

It means it's styled after a Fender Telecaster but is not a Fender and I don't think it's proper to use someone else's model name. I've been to court as an expert witness many times when unsuspecting buyers have bought something they think is something else just because of the way it looks. To me, it should be made very clear in your advertisement that these are not Fender guitars and you have no affiliation with Fender. If you remember, Leo had to start making 'Nocasters' because he infringed on Gretsch's 'Broadcaster' name. Call it what you want as long it doesn't infringe on someone else's rights.

Nick Koff · Post by **Nick Koff** » 23 Oct 2018 6:50 pm

What the world needs are more snitches and hall monitors running around telling people how to behave.

Scott Shipley · Post by **Scott Shipley** » 23 Oct 2018 7:12 pm

Speaking as a guitar player who leans more towards Teles than anything else, it is generally accepted and perfectly appropriate to call a T style a Tele.
Speaking as someone who owns a LOT of Teles, more than one of them built by Nick, I'd put his guitars up against any of em from my 51 on up.
Furthermore, if you don't have constructive input why muck up someone else's ad?
Bad form.
And Nick would never whine or complain about this, but I happen to know he's moving a bunch of stuff right now to help cover some medical bills in his family.
Nick, I'm gonna message you about one of these!

Skip Ellis · Post by **Skip Ellis** » 24 Oct 2018 5:47 am

In retrospect, I should have started a discussion about this subject elsewhere - for that I apologize, but I still think it's a subject ripe for discussion. I wish Mr. Koff all the best.....'nuf said.

Steve Pawlak · Post by **Steve Pawlak** » 24 Oct 2018 5:49 am

Nick always has some of the best stuff for sale here

Scott Shipley · Post by **Scott Shipley** » 2 Nov 2018 7:51 pm

Bunnynose Tele Blackycaster (Betty) arrived to her happy new home today.
Another homerun Nick!

Nick Koff · Post by **Nick Koff** » 16 Dec 2018 2:01 pm

Delighted it got there safely and you like it, Scott! That's Bunnynose Guitars No. 62. I called her "Blacky IV," but you can call her "Betty" if you want, although this is actually Betty, or was she "Nancy?" Yeah, "Nancy..."

Bob Watson · Post by **Bob Watson** » 17 Dec 2018 3:33 am

Nick, how do the light Paulownia bodies sound compared to a light Ash body? Is it the same, similar or completely different? I realize that each individual body has its on tone, but what I'm wanting to know is whether the Paulownia body Tele's ever sound like the light Ash body Teles.

Nick Koff · Post by **Nick Koff** » 17 Dec 2018 8:03 am

Bob Watson wrote:Nick, how do the light Paulownia bodies sound compared to a light Ash body? Is it the same, similar or completely different? I realize that each individual body has its on tone, but what I'm wanting to know is whether the Paulownia body Tele's ever sound like the light Ash body Teles.

These particular setups sound as tele or more tele than quite a few ash teles I've heard. And everyone who has bought one loves theirs.

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