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Nilus « A good Tele »
Published on 05/07/14 at 01:48
Best value:
Excellent
• Made in Indonesia (it was either that or China ...)
• Solid alder
• Maple neck
• Maple fingerboard
• 21 frets
• 2 single-coil pickups
• 3-position selector
Basically it's a Telecaster. One difference: the strings are not traversing.
UTILIZATION
I needed a small guitar to make rehearsals without fear of damaging it and then I always wanted a Telecaster. A ride on the classifieds and hop a Telecaster for cheap.
Well, obviously I'm not expecting a great guitar. But nay!
The neck is thin, soft, frets are good, the guitar is not too heavy but it does not cardboard guitar ... far from it.
Mechanical hold well, you can get a fairly low action without frisouille. It is rustic, solid, well made.
However the varnish is a bit shaky but nothing catastophique either.
A small fault anyway, the base plate of jack is plastic and plastic ... it breaks above the place where it is on a Tele ... but for 5 € at my luthier or 2 € on Thotho with a metal plate that can overcome that little problem.
SOUNDS
I play lots of different styles (variety, rock, metal ...) and the guitar fits very well. Obviously for my Gibson SG metal is much better for funk and nothing beats a good Strato.
But otherwise it is perfect! a true Tele! and has the twang
and sustain despite the fact that the strings are not therethrough.
I play on tube amps (Mesa, Vox AC15, Blackstar HT1-R) and it sounds great. However, there should be to raise the neck pickup is a little low origin. But nothing could be easier. It dismantles the pickguard and placed a piece of cardboard under the micro and presto!
After that, if we had to do something I will change the pickups (like Nocaster or texas special), but for now they fit me very well, they do the job!
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for nearly 6 months and I take a lot of fun to play with! this is a really good price / quality (especially Cygnus). She did not blush at all next to my Gibson SG (an admittedly faded ... but still) and my Fender strat mex. On a tube amp it sounds great.
If necessary I do it again this choice without hesitation.
After it's true that I save to make me a little Baja ....
• Solid alder
• Maple neck
• Maple fingerboard
• 21 frets
• 2 single-coil pickups
• 3-position selector
Basically it's a Telecaster. One difference: the strings are not traversing.
UTILIZATION
I needed a small guitar to make rehearsals without fear of damaging it and then I always wanted a Telecaster. A ride on the classifieds and hop a Telecaster for cheap.
Well, obviously I'm not expecting a great guitar. But nay!
The neck is thin, soft, frets are good, the guitar is not too heavy but it does not cardboard guitar ... far from it.
Mechanical hold well, you can get a fairly low action without frisouille. It is rustic, solid, well made.
However the varnish is a bit shaky but nothing catastophique either.
A small fault anyway, the base plate of jack is plastic and plastic ... it breaks above the place where it is on a Tele ... but for 5 € at my luthier or 2 € on Thotho with a metal plate that can overcome that little problem.
SOUNDS
I play lots of different styles (variety, rock, metal ...) and the guitar fits very well. Obviously for my Gibson SG metal is much better for funk and nothing beats a good Strato.
But otherwise it is perfect! a true Tele! and has the twang
and sustain despite the fact that the strings are not therethrough.
I play on tube amps (Mesa, Vox AC15, Blackstar HT1-R) and it sounds great. However, there should be to raise the neck pickup is a little low origin. But nothing could be easier. It dismantles the pickguard and placed a piece of cardboard under the micro and presto!
After that, if we had to do something I will change the pickups (like Nocaster or texas special), but for now they fit me very well, they do the job!
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for nearly 6 months and I take a lot of fun to play with! this is a really good price / quality (especially Cygnus). She did not blush at all next to my Gibson SG (an admittedly faded ... but still) and my Fender strat mex. On a tube amp it sounds great.
If necessary I do it again this choice without hesitation.
After it's true that I save to make me a little Baja ....