Franken Tele - Life 8 or 9 (lost count)
Next Life of my Franken Tele Hi everyone, it has been awhile since my last blog post. Well, I thought my Franken Tele was done and ready to live forever with the last set of changes. It sounded great. I had the frets leveled and finished, and had the intonation set. Did I say it sounded great? But something was wrong. What the hell was wrong? It just didn't feel right when I played it. I would pick up my favorite guitar, a Gibson CS-366 and would sound and feel great. Yet, the Franken Tele felt a lot different. For some reason I had an AHA moment. AHA! I realized the big difference in FEEL was the neck scales of Fender vs Gibson. The Fender neck scale is 25.5" and Gibson neck scale is 24.75". While 3/4 of an inch does not seem like much, it makes a major difference. I use D'Addario XL Nickel Wound 11-49 strings because of the tone, longevity and that the wound strings are easy on the fingers. The strings on a Gibson neck are not stretched as t