How Leo Fender's Telecaster Bridge Cover Became An Ashtray - Ask Zac 136

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Leo Fender spent a great amount of time and money to create a cover for the bridge and pickup assembly on his Esquire & Broadcaster guitars in 1950. It protected the bridge & pickup assembly from corrosion, it shielded it to help with noise, and it was an ornamental hand rest that made his guitar look more professional. Early players kept them on, but by even the mid-50s, players were taking them off to palm mute for chugga-chugga rhythms or swampy low-string licks. It soon became known as the ashtray, and Leo's functional and decorative cover was used by smokers who set them on their amps and knocked out the contents at the end of the night. Soon, most players retired them permanently to their case or lost them altogether. The lone exception to this was Iceman, Albert Collins, who not only kept his cover in place but decorated it with eye-catching reflective tape. Today we dive deep, into the story of Leo Fender's Telecaster bridge cover.
Gear Used:
1957 Fender Esquire with a 1954 neck pickup, and original bridge pickup. Restoration and aging on the body by Dan "Danocaster" Strain. Both pickups were rewound by Ron Ellis.
Strings:
StringJoy Pure Nickel Round Core 10-44 (10,12,16,24,34,44)
Pick:
D'Andrea Medium-Heavy
Amp:
1965 Deluxe Reverb with a 60s JBL D120F gray frame speaker with its original cone. Used with AmpRX Brown Box set to 113v
Effects used:
Amp reverb, MXR Clone Looper
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@Corporations8MyBaby 2 года назад

The shielding aspect, I would say, was by far the main reason Leo spent eight grand on the press to make the covers and why the neck pickups were covered in heavy brass with chrome plating. He had already been through the noise nightmare with his steel guitars and had already covered that pickup with chromed brass. I don't know if you remember, Zac or if you had grandparents that never changed their outlets, but all the outlets everywhere were two prong and unpredictable when it came to polarity. Crazy to think about now. Not only could you get a nasty shock by even touching the metal beneath the bulb on your favorite table lamp, but anything with an amplifier like a radio even could start crackling if you were too near an old school (fluorescent or neon) light. It wasn't the 60 cycle hum ... it was super bright crackling like frying chicken sometimes. If you were at a cheaper studio... like a dual purpose radio station with a sign on in front... or a bar with a neon beer sign.. .that amp plugged into an ungrounded outlet was going to be a noisy situation. The cover ABSOLUTELY cut down on the bright crackles. I just tested it recently at a noisy shop my friend has with other shops nearby making the power dirty. The cover doesn't do much for hum... but that other noise really gets cut down as soon as the ashtray is placed on top. Try it somewhere with a neon sign. You'll start laughing. This could make or break your steel guitar gig after the war.

@ZacCostilla 2 года назад

Almost like a pseudo-faraday cage

@Riverdeepnwide 2 года назад

Great experience related in this comment thanks Corp! My mom was so impressed when I knew to flip her washing machine plug over 180 degrees to stop her getting shocks. Made a mark on it to indicate the best position. She asked seemed to be a hundred times how I knew from playing guitar that it mattered. A long time ago!

@giulioluzzardi7632 2 года назад

Sometimes when playing plugged in I put my cell phone on the bridge and listen to it amplify music it baffles some people when you show them!

@Man_fay_the_Bru 2 года назад

@@giulioluzzardi7632 how do you do that& does it sound good or mostly crackle

@Vigilante311 2 года назад

@@Man_fay_the_Bru just plug your electric guitar in, play a song on your phone and hold the speaker part of the phone up to the pickup on your guitar, sound quality isnt great but its still cool

@ShannonFerguson 2 года назад

I've never seen a tele with a cover. I've always wondered why the tele had such an ugly bridge. I love the look of the cover.

@donaldnelson8764 2 года назад

Leo did love the covers, he put them on the Stratocaster, Jazzmaster, Jaguar, Precision etc.

@nasticanasta 2 года назад

Gee RIckenbacker has them...and many others

@jogmas12 Год назад

They are like dressing up plain old fashion steel wheels on a car by putting on hubcaps.

@jimcox3380 8 месяцев назад

I keep mine on my vintage P bass. Love the way they look and since I'm not palm muting a bass there you go.

@Ottophil 2 года назад

Leo had no idea palm muting would ever exist

@jackiewilburn3063 2 года назад

He should have honestly. Merle Travis was a big buddy of his

@claudecat 2 года назад

Wasn't it Leo who later put the little mute pad things on Jaguars though? He came around I guess. Too far around some might say.

@jackiewilburn3063 2 года назад

@@claudecat I wish he hadve fixed up a tele mute. I'd love to have a mute system for mine

@vayabroder729 2 года назад

I believe Les Paul was using palm muting since the early days too?

@jogmas12 Год назад

He was not a guitar player so that one mark really shows

@ryanfulldark2775 2 года назад

Of all the guitar channels out there, nobody has ever devoted an episode to this topic! That’s why I love hangin out here! My 1970 still has its cover (side note) 😂

@angryshoebox 2 года назад

In retrospect it's a good thing that Leo chose to have the cover press-fit onto the bridge, as opposed to having it screwed on, or attached permanently in some way.

@generaljj577 2 года назад

You can imagine what people would have done to the guitar trying to take it off as 1 example.

@rex8958 2 года назад

Not for us bass players

@giulioluzzardi7632 2 года назад

He knew players would have a hard time changing strings and adjusting the bridge if the cover was "Fixed" , good thing he surrounded himself with musicians who's ideas he valued. He really was an Inventor!

@dawgersnee7181 Год назад

Hey man! I think that something not a lot of people tend to mention about these is that you need a vintage style bridge to be able to use one of these. Recently I purchased one, then realized my bridge was a modern type of bridge and was unable to use it. Going to get it changed out though, love the look and use of the ash tray!

@bigbasil1908 Год назад

Having the plate in makes the sound more round and less sharp. I notice it and appreciate it

@Jam-m7m 2 года назад

You sound like Redd Volkaert playing Redwing

@AskZac 2 года назад

You made my day!

@jameskrys5286 2 года назад

If you do an image search on Albert Collins he used the cover with some kind of diamond plate stuff stuck on it.

@AskZac 2 года назад

I included a picture of him in the video because I forgot to mention him.

@aluminati9918 2 года назад

Fantastic vid again, Zac! As an old Tele- dude this was very interesting. My 73’ Tele never came with one, but I wouldn’t have missed it. Palm muting is such an integral part of Tele playing, so can’t imagine having it on for long.

@AskZac 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@jfinester 2 года назад

Interesting! I bought a new Tele in ‘73, first Tele I ever had, and it came with the bridge cover-which I never used.

@louisdombrowski4198 2 года назад

Great playing right at the end👍

@AskZac 2 года назад

Thanks!

@giulioluzzardi7632 2 года назад

Albert Collins made his Telecaster sound huge and he played with his ashtray on the instrument too. This is the stuff that musicians need to know about because it's all a giant puzzle that keeps us playing music and that has to be a good thing.

@kevindean1327 2 года назад

Love the Iceman. I've met some famous people but meeting Collins will always be at the very top!!! He just exuded such a great vibe!!!

@morrisgentry8624 2 года назад

@@kevindean1327 He was great! Unique style and pure entertainment. Love the Master of the Telecaster!

@Gmajeur7 2 года назад

Hi Zac, love your channel! I think the cover might also have its origins in lapsteel design, so deliberately meant as a palmrest but still let strings vibrate freely and not mute them. (kinda/sorta like on the Coodercaster, that has an 'actual' lapsteel PU)

@AskZac 2 года назад

Good call!

@thornil2231 2 года назад

wooa great idea.

@davewestner 2 года назад

Answering the question I didn’t know I wanted to ask. Nice

@AskZac 2 года назад

Any time!

@zmix 2 года назад

7:25 I am glad that you brought this up, a very important aspect of the cover is that it changes the magnetic field and affects the resonance of the coil (it has *nothing* to do with the mass of the bridge, however), Leo Fender knew this and incorporated covers on the Precision Bass and Jazz bass, and experimented with a "bottom cover" for the pickups on the Jaguar. As you noted the tone is more powerful and "focused" with the cover on and thinner and more splattery with it removed. I use the cover on mine and have discovered ways to do "left hand" muting, etc.

@Steven_ologist 2 года назад

Love the playing at the end Zac!

@shaunw9270 2 года назад

I know what you mean about the look of a blackguard that's had the ashtray on for a maybe a few years. I wish I kept the ashtray on my 2011 '52 reissue for longer now , just for that look.

@leedavidvilensky 2 года назад

I’ve also heard that the cover kept the cuff from a player’s sport coat from catching on the edge of the pickup plate.

@andrewpearson1903 Год назад

After playing a “50’s Original”-model Tele while wearing a fuzzy sweater, I can confirm this

@curtevans838 2 года назад

Great episode! I love all the vintage nuances of the guitars we love.

@Fernando-zd9uz Год назад

que bien que sonó eso al final del video!!

@comandinn505 Год назад

200 years from now this will still be being watched by Tele nerds. Thanks Zac!

@larryalexander900 2 года назад

If you want to show the difference the cover makes regarding tone, hold it in your hand and move it toward and away over the pickups (after you strike a chord). You also get a vibrato type effect with that.

@davidwatson9495 2 года назад

Nachocasters are the best! Nacho for the win!

@ranchoricardo 2 года назад

Thanks for "covering" this topic, Zac! Did you say Fender offers an aftermarket cover? I might have to look into that.

@AskZac 2 года назад

www.fender.com/en-US/parts/telecaster-parts/pure-vintage-telecaster-ashtray-bridge-cover/0992271100.html

@mattrogers1946 2 года назад

Only will fit vintage style Telecasters of course.

@shecky56 2 года назад

@@AskZac I just got one from Sweetwater for $15.99. You have to enter Fender Pure Vintage Telecaster Ashtray Bridge Cover, in the search, to find it.

@Thoracius 7 месяцев назад

Sounds darker with the cover on. Loses some of the top end? Probably widens the magnetic field.

@waynewagner395 2 года назад

Your playout ditty on the neck pickup was very cool. Everyone seems to focus on the bridge pickup on Teles but I think the neck pickup is the star of the show. Thanks for the interesting video.

@AskZac 2 года назад

Cool, thanks!

@eddieblaze 2 года назад

Zac can you share the title of that song you played at the end? My brother used to sing a song about “Little Rocking Red Wing, Little Indian Maiden, like to rock n’ roll.” and that is the same melody. Good work, Zac. All the best to you.

@kevindean1327 2 года назад

I hear some people (clowns essentially) put down the neck pickup on the Tele, sheer horse hockey!!!

@BeefNEggs057 25 дней назад

Guthrie Trapp makes the neck sound better than anything. Only switches to the bridge to take it up a notch. How it should be done.

@FabianSalomonsson 2 года назад

You're great Zac, I enjoy and learn so much from every episode. As a 23-year-old swede I really appreciate all the knowledge you share because I have no one around that can teach me about this stuff.

@CC-te5zf 2 года назад

An often overlooked component that took allot of thought to develop and produce. This was a great in-depth look at the ashtray-best info I’ve found on the subject! Thanks Zac!

@bartboop 2 года назад

In 1980 or so I saw a box of ashtrays for sale at Dixieland Music in Greenville, SC. I had no interest in them or anything Telecaster then. My loss!

@cageliner 2 года назад

I've had lots of Gibsons and other brands including Fender but I bought my first Tele in 2016, and then a second one in 2020. Neither came with the bridge cover, but for about $25 CAD each, they both have one. I wanted my Teles to be as '50s as possible (the Vintera '50s is closest.) I bought the covers purely for aesthetics although I knew about the subtle difference they made in sound.

@RyshusMojo1 Год назад

@ 2:40 , $3.40 then = $42 now, proving the point that despite the price going up, value pretty much remains the same.

@sadie376 11 месяцев назад

I really like the way those covers look. If my (modern, Squier) Tele had a bridge with sides, I'd probably buy a repro one, but I don't think it's worth changing out the bridge on that particular guitar for something that will make it harder to play... If I ever upgrade to a better Tele, I'll look for one with the right bridge to give me the option.

@Stratsafact 2 года назад

I’m late to the party and this may already been covered. For the same reason Strat back cover are missing - String Changes. Can you imagine the lighter gauge banjo string mod and higher incidence of string change in the middle of a set. Need an ashtray during the break……….

@zummo61 2 года назад

I learned that the hard way at a gig when i first got a strat. The string got stuck. I missed 2 whole songs eventually took the plate off to get the broken string out.

@valleywoodstudio7345 2 года назад

Nice! I notice the curves of the bridge cover also mirror those of the actual body. Oddly I have a Tokai Strat from 1987 and it came with a chrome bridge cover!

@henryb160 2 года назад

You can still get them for Strats as well as Teles.

@TeeFetch 8 месяцев назад

I wish that the covers fit the modern bridges on the player series.

@richardbspeck147 2 года назад

Thanx I've just built a period correct 1951 Fender Telecaster (left-handed) never thought about the bridge cover.?

@jeremybaker195 2 года назад

The bridge cover on a strat even more so. You don't see any pictures with those on at all from back in the day.

@jogmas12 Год назад

Don’t hurt to dress up your tele by putting on this shiny “hubcap”

@boppin_bennie 2 года назад

Another part that often became an ashtray was the air cleaner cover on 1948 - 1965 Harley Davidson Panhead engines, especially in the late 60s & 70s when many Harley's were chopped ...

@stevepercival4774 Год назад

Yes the old ham can filters

@GenrelessB 2 года назад

He only chromed the part of the bridge plate that showed. Saving $$$

@shaunw9270 2 года назад

It's all chromed but he only buffed the parts that showed .

@GenrelessB 2 года назад

I see!

@glenkepic3208 2 года назад

Pretty cool. Never considered a tonal difference.

@crazycarpes 9 месяцев назад

Man i did the same mod you did on tone pot link it directly to the brigde pickup and the sound improves a lot! Thank you man! The sound of the tone even at zero is not so dark... it gives a kind of blend in middle position...

@crazycarpes 9 месяцев назад

My tele has a selector switch to change between in phase and out of phase... i have notice that when i put on the brige pickup alone and roll the tone at zero and put the selector to out of phase it affects the brigde pickup turn it a litle nasal... so i take a piece of iron knock on the neck pick when the tone knob is at zero and even on the brige position i notice that the neck picku is blended togheter with the bridge... it only ocurs when tone is at zero... very cool

@vayabroder729 2 года назад

I guess that also applies to the bridge cover in Strats. Hardly see them as well. I have three Telecasters; on one I have the ashtray cover installed and I play differently with it. Some people say they sound differently with it on; something having to do with shielding and changes in the magnetic field due to it. Not sure I can hear the difference.

@Glicksman1 2 года назад

When I purchased an original 1952 Telecaster in 1997, it came with the "ashtray" with the solder drop. While I never used it as such, I don't smoke (cigarettes), I put it in my parts bin where it sits today. If I ever sell the Tele (sob, sniff!), I'll include it and maybe get a few more bucks for it. I never tried playing with it on for all the reasons you said. Maybe I'll try it and see if it's do-able. BTW, I have a Fender guitar part that most don't even know exits, a Stratocaster bridge cover. Yes, that's right, Fender made them, and I understand that they came with 50's and early '60s Strats. They're smaller than the Tele ones and virtually all of the original ones have been lost. It came with the '62 Strat bought at guitar show in the 90's.

@flatroc1 2 года назад

I bought a new G&L Asat Classic BluesBoy and got a Fender ash tray to complete the look. I love em.

@zummo61 2 года назад

I use mine to hold small screws and amp jewel lights. I don’t think I ever played the guitar with it on it. 😬

@frankgalligan9111 2 года назад

I bought a ‘79 strat new .it came with an ashtray cover surprisingly.I never saw a strat played with that on ,so I didn’t use it.I couldn’t even figure out how to keep it on really.still have it in plastic bag that it came in.Nice show,thanks

@TheCream14 6 месяцев назад

Very nice presentation. Thanks!

@telecasterbear 2 года назад

The bridge pickup cover always looks great, but I never kept one on. I keep the bridge and pickup covers on my 1968 telecaster bass, because I like the look, and I don't use a pick when playing bass, so no palm muting. Where have all the covers gone?

@edwither8284 6 месяцев назад

You could put a piece of foam under it😊.

@stephenmeredith7325 2 года назад

What was the name of the instrumental you played ,on the show intro. Enjoyed

@AskZac 2 года назад

Red Wing

@shawnhelsel923 2 года назад

Nice picking on the end of this video Zach! Fun and historical subject here, really enjoyed, great stuff. Cutting my teeth playing in bars growing up, I thought players with Tele-bridge ashtrays full of cigs laying on their amps were just the coolest thing. Say what you will about cigarette smoking, but there was a cool vibe in smoky honky-tonks with live music that is lost on society today. Many will say good riddance, but I miss it. Perhaps it was just the time, too bad it’s gone. Anyway, we must mention and not forget the great Albert Collins, who not only played his Tele with the ashtray on all the time, but he even decorated it.

@markpell8979 2 года назад

Interesting. I bet the same cover was used on early Fender basses.

@realitynuggets6204 2 года назад

WOW. 13:57: The is the first time I've seen Zac demo the tastiest sublime licks that made me lust after Fenders in the first place. Bryant-esque, Lanham-ish, but all Zac. NICE!

@AskZac 2 года назад

Thank you so much!

@PhilGa Год назад

@@AskZacis that an original of yours?

@petertiffany8096 2 года назад

Same thing pretty much happened with the covers on the P bass and original tele P bass. Some players keep them on, but not many.

@alltechtroy 2 года назад

Remember too the '50's was all about fenderskirts, continental kits and customized sheet metal on cars. Leo might have been influenced by that visual.

@edwither8284 2 года назад

You could always stick a piece of foam under it and pull it out when you are done.

@niuog 2 года назад

Plus, grounded plugs didn’t exist through the 50’s and 60’s and the shielding effect of the cover helped a lot

@thornil2231 2 года назад

I have a 67 that I got in the 70's and I have never had the ashtray on. Fortunately I saved it and as I was watching your video I put it on and... I love the soft feel on my hand. I may keep it on actually. I does sound different, but I always have a problem figuring out of if is is. eal or in my head because I watched the video.

@AwkwardHypernerd413 Год назад

I mean, the telecaster looks like a prototype guitar without the cover. Every time I’ve seen the telecaster, I always thought it looked very simple in design, and you can clearly tell it’s one of the first electric guitar designs that was commercially successful, the lack of cover only adds to that, as you can clearly see the bridge and pickup. With the cover on it completes the intended look, still looks simple, but now more refined

@thesongwritersjourney 2 года назад

Interesting observations on the tone change with the cover on. I have a '69 (reissue) Thinline Telecaster and I got it with the cover. Best way I could describe it is if you put your hands around a microphone - similar, but not exactly, way of affecting the sound - giving it more of a "nose" seems like the right description. Felt like it also wanted to feedback more, but that may be the thinline semi-hollow thing coming more into play with the cover.

@imannonymous7707 2 года назад

Interesting and useful perspective you have but honestly the hollowbody feedback thing? the thinline isn't actually hollow , it's chambered in one bout. I can't see that playing a part. But then again, I don't own one so what do I know, lol . I've wanted one tho

@thesongwritersjourney 2 года назад

@@imannonymous7707 a thinline definitely sounds different than the regular tele on a normal day and I did say "semi-hollow" not "hollow." I think whatever sonic soup the thinlines construction brings out, there is a "subtle" change to the effect Zac described from a solid tele...subtle.

@musiqueurbaine 2 года назад

As much as I love everything about Telecaster’s. I have to tell you that your picking + tone was just as great to me. On top of that you have aced it! Thank you 😉

@ckelly5141 2 года назад

Man this Esquire sounds amazing!🎸 Must be such a joy to play.

@AskZac 2 года назад

It is!

@roscianyt 2 года назад

Everything I've read about Leo was he always said it was for shielding (interference).

@_-_Michael_-_ 2 года назад

Loretta Lynn played her LH Esquire with ashtray and she made it sound killer.

@SJ_FB25 28 дней назад

Does the ashtray cover fit the Squier paranormal offset telecaster bridge?

@Docsjeff 2 месяца назад

I’ll tell ya what’s plum spooky. I bought my 83 yr old dad his first Tele y-day. He texted me today and asked me if they still came with the ashtrays and this Vid pops up. He hasn’t owned a Fender guitar since he bought a new Duo-Sonic in 1964 when I was 3 and he was playing out. I got a hold of a pencil one day and proceeded to drill 3 holes into the body right above the pickguard. Luckily they were perfectly in a row and a guy at his work made 3-1/2” squares out of SS with his initials and it actually looked like it was supposed like it from the factory

@hardyshmardy Год назад

My first electric guitar was a Framus I bought in 1969. It had a lot in common with Fender guitars: bolt-on neck (actually compatible to Teles) with a soft V profile, and a very narrow nut - just like Fender. It also had a bridge cover, but not big enough to cover the brodge pickup. I stl. have the guitar, but the bridge cover was, unfortunately, lost when I lent the guitar out once. Still irks me to this day.

@wyattpowell384 3 месяца назад

I'm looking to drop an ashtray bridge on a parts caster tele. Does anyone know where you can buy a bridge + a corresponding, removeable ashtray cover? Not seeing much out there where they're sold together. Thx in advance.

@amain325 2 года назад

To your point that the ashtray cover provided some shielding for the bridge pickup since it did not have a chrome cover like the neck pickup - I've always wondered why the bridge pickup did not have a cover like the neck pickup in the first place? Especially since early electric guitars all had pickup covers; uncovered pickups did not become a thing until several years later. Seems unlikely that Leo would have thought at the beginning, "I'll leave the bridge pickup uncovered to make it hotter." That really wasn't the thinking of guitarists in those early days.

@KevinLogsdonMusic Год назад

No matter how hard I try, I just can't get into Fenders. Especially Tele's.

@Sullstice 5 месяцев назад

It does look cool but I can't palm mute. It is a Leo creation but I can't palm mute. It protects the guitar but I can't palm mute. At least it comes right off, classic Fender ingenuity.

@ellg5278 2 года назад

No palm muting, that would make or break my playing. Obviously there was no overdrive or distortion back then

@tiktokyt 2 года назад

What is that Michael Bloomfield book on the shelf? I thought there was only Guitar Hero and the Ed Ward book on Bloomfield?

@realadamnixon 2 года назад

I think it would be a nice add on to hear the Ask Zac theme played with the cover on. Since the theme seems to use palm muting, it would be interesting to see how it sounds different with the cover on.

@canadianmaple09 2 года назад

This is likely going to be a very unpopular opinion here, but I hope I'm not the only one who finds the bridge covers just absolutely hideous. They're just huge, unsightly hunks of metal that hide the nice intricacy of the bridge and pickup. If I ever purchase a Tele that has the cover, the first thing I'll do is take it off and store it away, never to be used again.

@begraz Год назад

As a trade off to using the bridge plate cover, why have there not been Tele bridge pickups made that have a metal cover similar to the front pickup cover?

@tylerflint5447 8 месяцев назад

Someone probably brought that up, but I think the idea behind the cover was about lap steel players and an ease of switching from lap steel guitar to solid body electric, because if you flip your tele and put on an ashtray it would mimic the feel of that.

@larryhaddad3679 4 месяца назад

Leo Fender must have known that not everyone would prefer the sound with the cover on. So he made it removable which in turn made the guitar more versatile. Simple.

@Anybloke 2 года назад

I have a George Harrison style Tele and the only thing I don't like about it is that it has a 6 saddle bridge (which is longer than standard) and consequently won't take an "ashtray".

@JonathanGasper 2 года назад

The bridge pickup sounded fatter to me with the cover on. Having said that, the cover would defintely be in my way if my Tele had one.

@curtisnewton895 Год назад

ain't no words in any language to express my hatred against that "guitar" ... I'll give it a try anyw...wait what the f@#k is that metal thing on top of the bridge ????

@aaronknight9759 2 года назад

The cover would also protect shirt and jacket cuffs.

@emmettmarrujo5075 6 месяцев назад

I add a cover to my Japanese TL 52 and it noticeably increased the acoustic volume.

@timwhite5562 Год назад

I saw the pic and thought this was Tim Dillon's in-much-better shape older brother.

@Docsjeff 2 месяца назад

Man I’ve played some of those threaded saddles and the butt of my hand would be bleeding if I got carried away.

@ashthegreat1 Год назад

I have one on my strat.... but for some weird reason I cannot explain, it puts the tuning out a little. Any idea why?

@PVHerrera 2 года назад

“No one wanted it”. I actually am ordering one for my Palir Titan Tele that is white sliver colored and I think it will look nice with one of these covers. Point is that I want it. Very cool video.

@Dan.Solo.Chicago 2 года назад

Tele saddles are just ugly. it makes sense. I guess Leo thought all bridge saddles were ugly though, considering he covered them on all Fender models

@ipuya Год назад

I hang my baja on the wall and when i finish playing i put the cover back on before i hang it again. Looks amazing with it on

@blueshorecreative3146 Год назад

Thanks man. I've been playing my Tele a lot and felt I needed a hand rest. I wonder if anyone makes a shorter one, so you can muff the strings. If they are that easy to put on and off, I think I'll get one.

@richardnish6469 2 года назад

Great inventions usually get it right the first time, before someone else who doesn't understand the reasoning behind the design comes along and screws it up..