Wow! Excellent post. I learned so much!
I tried looking everywhere to find what sort of amp that red thing Brad Paisley uses. I thought it looked like a Matchless, but couldn't see in his clips. So it's a Dr. Z?
Have tried a Baja Tele. Love it, especially the neck. The one I tried had a wierd
blue neck pickupup. That's the sort of neck I'm after. Got short fingers and ironically find it
harder to hold, say, an F chord with a skinny neck!
Thought of replacing my neck, but there is no such thing as a replacement Tele neck with Fender on it. That's important if I ever wanted to sell it, because people buy just because of that name...and I kind of like looking down and seeing the badge there too!
Thanks for the comments about cork-sniffery. It makes me feel better about the one I chose, especially since I bought Rosewood but like twang. I was just playing along with some Muddy Waters, and it is kinda nice.
Not sure what you mean about the knots with the Klusons. I haven't changed the strings yet, so I'll take a closer look at that!
Your parts-caster sounds great.
