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Gaetano Capuano
 Post subject: Thinline partscaster
PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:38 pm 
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Here is a little project, started as a GFS Xaviere, changed the pups and replaced the neck, pretty happy with it now. I put the GFS Surf 90's in there, WOW its got that jangle, spanky twangy like crazy now. So rockabilly! Scored the neck on Ebay, supposedly a hand built neck, dont know but it feels great!


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 Post subject: Re: Thinline partscaster
PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:45 pm 
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nice.. :) I've got the same GFS Thinline (same color / pickguard), but I left the neck stock..

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 Post subject: Re: Thinline partscaster
PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:46 pm 
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powerpopguy wrote:
nice.. :) I've got the same GFS Thinline (same color / pickguard), but I left the neck stock..

What pups you got in it?

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:51 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Thinline partscaster
PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:53 pm 
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I put in the GFS 1963 Professional Series Tele pickups ('hotter wound' bridge).
Add to that compensated brass saddles (3-saddle version), some Q-Parts shell knobs and some roller string trees, and that's about all I did to mine..

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 Post subject: Re: Thinline partscaster
PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:31 pm 
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Nice 'buckers!!

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Gaetano Capuano
 Post subject: Re: Thinline partscaster
PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:06 pm 
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powerpopguy wrote:
I put in the GFS 1963 Professional Series Tele pickups ('hotter wound' bridge).
Add to that compensated brass saddles (3-saddle version), some Q-Parts shell knobs and some roller string trees, and that's about all I did to mine..

Do you like those pups?
I have the 50's repro tele's in my better tele and totally love it, the standard neck pup in the neck and its outstanding.

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 Post subject: Re: Thinline partscaster
PostPosted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:10 pm 
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Gaetano Capuano wrote:
Do you like those pups?



To be honest, this is my first Tele ever, so I don't have anything to compare it to. The stock bridge pickup was pretty shrill and icepick-y.. The new GFS pups fixed that without losing the decent twanginess, and the neck pup is nice and usable. All in all, I'm not disappointed, especially for the price.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:43 am 
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That fretboard...... 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:28 am 
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Whoa, I just looked up Xavier guitars at GFS. They're really inexpensive! So would you Xavier owners say that they are a good value at the price point? I've been wanting a cheaper guitar to experiment with (pickups, electronics swap, etc.), and these fit the bill based on what I see.

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Gaetano Capuano
 Post subject: Re: Thinline partscaster
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:51 am 
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Think the necks suck bad, at least the tele style that came on this one.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:24 am 
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Lookin good! Love those Thinlines. How delicate of a process was changing the neck?

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Gaetano Capuano
 Post subject: Re: Thinline partscaster
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:33 am 
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mxsix wrote:
Lookin good! Love those Thinlines. How delicate of a process was changing the neck?

It was pretty easy, the new neck was a 16th bigger, but I compensated with the bridge thankfully.
Now I am looking to seal this neck, its pretty bare.

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Love the over sized pole pieces. They look so cool.

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