The Last Bass Outpost

They exist, but not as prevalently as Strats, Les Pauls, SGs, Flying Vs and Explorers.

I’d say in hard and heavy rock about as frequent as Firebirds?

I know of Page’s Whole Lotta Love solo Tele of course, but did Clapton use a Tele with Cream much? Post-Cream I wouldn’t rate him as a hard rocker and my hunch is that he wouldn’t either. I see his whole post-Cream career as a quest to morph from hard rock guitar god to respected singer/songwriter who also plays well guitar, but in a way serving the song. That said, Layla is probably a hard rock song …

Townshend was of course another hard rock’ish Tele shape player for a while, that Schecter Tele he began using in the 80ies.

Anyway, I was not implying that a Tele can’t work in a heavy environment (one listen to the orgastic Whole Lotta Love solo disproves that), just that they are rare for likely visual reasons. Picture Paul Stanley with a Tele, it doesn’t work.

As regards the Ric hollow body guitars, however, it seems safe to assume that their scarcity in trad. hard rock/heavy metal has to do with their sonics not really lending themselves to that type of music. And it’s not just the hollow body aspect, Blackmore played his solo on Child In Time with an ES-335 and used it live as late as still 1969/70, Alvin immortalized himself at Woodstock with an ES-335 too and then there is always Uncle Ted’s Byrdland. But Speed King, I’m Going Home or Stranglehold with a Rickenbacker 330? I have my doubts.

Teles less prevalent in hard rock than Flying Vs and Explorers? I don't think so!

Clapton played a Tele with Strat neck in Blind Faith's Hyde Park debut and was seen with it in Cream in that Danish movie. He also played it onstage with Delaney and Bonnie. He has said that a Tele has been at least somewhere on all his albums. Fender Custom Shop issued a run of 50 Blind Faith Teles about 5 years ago, IIRC with a price tag above $15K.

Back to Rics, I think any type of music can sound good on a 330 or 360, even if not ideal.

Teles rare in hard rock? What about Ray Davies, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, among others?

Not in this pic it ain't

It does look like the bridge is a tiny bit off in that pic, but the tailpiece is obviously farther off.

I wouldn't trust any geometries to be faithfully reproduced on an image that potentially came from a smartphone or similar small device.

I printed the image from my desktop, aligned the print with the edge of a desk. ran a small t-square ruler across it.

The Silvertone Danelectros always came with rounds, even back to the late 1950s. But you couldn't buy them separately. That's supposedly why Entwistle went to Rotosound, otherwise he was having to buy a new bass just to get the strings he wanted.

Beauty!

Is it just my eyes or is the string holder



not quite parallel with the bridge?

You're right, it's obvious on all three on Sweetwater's site plus their extra stock in Red and Inverness. I wonder why.

I think whoever made this just did it as a joke.  It wasn't meant to be taken seriously.  At least that's my take on it.  If I took it seriously, I wouldn't have even posted it.  It's true I have been around European women quite a lot.  But I've been around American women way more.  My only real criticism of American women is that many of them wear too much make-up.  I do have to admit Europeans have an edge on American women in knowing how to use make-up in moderation.  Other than that, though, it's no exaggeration to say I have zero complaints about American women.

Revlon founder Charles Revson used to speak at business education conferences, and he would start out with: "We don't sell cosmetics, we sell hope." He was right!

Chris Brubeck on a fretless Ric.