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Dan's Jerry Donahue Telecaster mysteries??

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Started 1 year ago by TheBackwardTapes
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TheBackwardTapes drunken admirer Joined: Apr '10 Posts: 253 offline	Ok, it's time for me to understand the real story of this guitar! Let's see the evolution.. 1st version (The big come up era): 3 color sunburst body, maple neck (in some photos you'll notice a "D" (I think) on the top of the headstock), black pickguard, DiMarzio pickups.. but now the strange thing: a sort of floyd rose/kahler bridge (with fine tuners).. Continue to read to understand why it's strange.. Uploaded with ImageShack.us 2nd version (Thickfreakness era): This is tele in the Thickfreakness era, same neck, same pickups, the black pickguard is now replaced by a white one, same body but.. What??? *Can be noticed that the tremolo bridge is DISAPPEARED* without leaving a trace..IS THIS POSSIBLE??? I don't think so.. The options are the followings: 1. He has changed the body with an identical one.. 2. He has repainted the body of the same colour, after fixing the hole leaved by the tremolo.. 3. It's another guitar.. But all these options sounds strange to me.. HOW YOU CAN EXPLAIN THIS "MYSTERY"? 3rd version (Rubber factory era):** This is the most known version: Same body, same neck, same pickups, but now with a bigsby vibrato and a particular pickguard, made of leather, right? It's hard to write all these things in English for me, but now I'm quite satisfied, I hope someone will help me to resolve this tele's mystery!!! Posted 1 year ago #
hyphensprint drunken admirer Joined: Apr '10 Posts: 373 offline	I would say the first guitar is a completely different guitar. You just got yourself an apple strawberry sea breeze wine cooler. Posted 1 year ago #
TheBackwardTapes drunken admirer Joined: Apr '10 Posts: 253 offline	Yes, but almost all the parts are identical to the thickfreakness era telecaster.. Posted 1 year ago #
busterdouglas drunken admirer Joined: Apr '10 Posts: 348 offline	This is a great topic. And I have no answers for you. This blood red ass don't smell so good... Posted 1 year ago #
TheBackwardTapes drunken admirer Joined: Apr '10 Posts: 253 offline	Yeah, I've never found an answers to this.. Maybe only Dan knows.. Posted 1 year ago #
TheBackwardTapes drunken admirer Joined: Apr '10 Posts: 253 offline	Another riflession: If the first guitar is another, why he had 2 identical telecaster, especially in a period where they was relatively unknown as a group, and quite "Poorer" than now??? Posted 1 year ago #
TheBackwardTapes drunken admirer Joined: Apr '10 Posts: 253 offline	However, I am absolutely sure that neck and pickups are the same on all versions.. Posted 1 year ago #
raunchy drunken admirer Joined: Apr '10 Posts: 231 offline	maybe he traded it for the new tele or its one of those trems that you dont have to drill into the body for like a Stetsbar or something Posted 1 year ago #
TheBackwardTapes drunken admirer Joined: Apr '10 Posts: 253 offline	raunchy - 2 minutes ago » maybe he traded it for the new tele or its one of those trems that you dont have to drill into the body for like a Stetsbar or something It could really be a tremolo like a Stetsbar (I don't know them), but I've not found a stetsbar with that shape... but is the most possible thing.. thanks Raunchy! Posted 1 year ago #
TheBackwardTapes drunken admirer Joined: Apr '10 Posts: 253 offline	Mmm.. listen to this: The 2nd version guitar is an american 62 reissue (originally with a rosewood fretboard) with the previos guitar's neck and pickups.. It could be.... Posted 1 year ago #
summertime blues big fan Joined: Jan '10 Posts: 83 offline	hard to say from the picture but it looks like the first one might have a slightly different finish color on the neck as well. Could just be the lighting but it looks like a lighter amber finish where the other two have a darker shade to them. My bet would be on the first one being a different guitar as well. "what have you got in that pipe, hashish?" Posted 1 year ago #
TheBackwardTapes drunken admirer Joined: Apr '10 Posts: 253 offline	Not easy to say, the first pic is in black and white.. I'm quite sure that the neck is the same on all versions.. Posted 1 year ago #
I am Incinerator drunken admirer Joined: Oct '09 Posts: 549 offline	the "thickfreakness era" guitar does look a lot like a 62 reissue with an aftermarket neck. There isn't any Fender decals on it. This was the tele I remember seeing Dan play on Conan back in mid to late 03. Posted 1 year ago #
Mirby 2.0 tour bus driver Joined: Apr '10 Posts: 3,338 offline	I thought now would be a fine time to mention that the neck on the Fender Jerry Donahue Telecaster has a "V" profile. That is, the back of the neck, where your hand rests and grips the neck, there is a distinct "V" shape to the back of the neck. Most guitars have more of a "C" shape profile. "I ain’t sayin’ you treated me unkind. You could have done better but I don’t mind. You just kinda wasted my precious time. But don’t think twice, it’s all right." -Bob Dylan Posted 1 year ago #
TheBackwardTapes drunken admirer Joined: Apr '10 Posts: 253 offline	I've watched a good number of vids and I've noticed that there isn't the Fender decal on all version, but only that little decal on the top of the headstock, that I've identified as a D (Dan? Donahue?).. The neck is the same on all versions for me, looking at videos and pictures.. Posted 1 year ago #

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