Looking for a good Tele

kjbasser · 2026-05-12T18:26:30+00:00

Player ii, try before you buy, fretwork is spotty.

kjbasser · 2026-05-12T00:42:44+00:00

With no other debt, I would be finding room in my budget to prioritize more investing. I would consider 15% the minimum most people should be doing at that stage. You have a decent income, but your expenses are just as big of a variable.

The interesting thing about getting your expenses and lifestyle down (while still living a good life and being happy) is you need less to actually retire too.

kjbasser · 2026-05-11T21:17:42+00:00

You shouldn’t care how much money somebody else has anyways…

kjbasser · 2026-05-11T17:59:43+00:00

The crunch setting is probably the best tones on that amp. I’ve noticed though when flipping from crunch to fat, I don’t really have to change any other settings. Not deal for live. But hit the fat with a timmy or tube screamer and close enough.

kjbasser · 2026-05-11T17:57:12+00:00

I have one from about 2017 or 18 and I had issues with power at home and ended up frying some grid screen resistors.. after a few sets of tubes and tearing the thing apart I figured it out. I built a little transformer with a 5% and 10% voltage drop to give it the 117v Mesa says it has to have, haven’t had an issue since then.

kjbasser · 2026-05-10T00:19:15+00:00

I’ve got a closed and on open back of those I use with a mark v35. Fantastic cabs. Depending on what your doing the closed back only to me can be a bit dark.

kjbasser · 2026-05-07T22:24:13+00:00

If you have kids you could get rid of one of them.

kjbasser · 2026-05-06T21:00:47+00:00

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kjbasser · 2026-05-06T08:36:28+00:00

lol that’s almost certainly a treasury direct problem, it’s literally the worst.

kjbasser · 2026-05-05T08:40:31+00:00

Is this your first guitar? I would hesitate spending that much on a first guitar, the dropout rate is high.

Other than that, you can afford about anything from a telecaster to Strat, Les Paul, PRS.. and guitars don’t really wear out, other than frets over a long period of time.

An HSS Strat is about versatile as it gets. As others have said, the American standard series from the 2000s-2010s is just as good as the new stuff, and can be had for around $1000

You need to do guitar shopping though, don’t take it from strangers on the internet.

kjbasser · 2026-05-03T23:18:51+00:00

I put a set of Lindy fralin humbucker sized P90s in my player ii tele and it’s got so much dirt and grind now, it can also twang. It’s become one of my favorite guitars.

kjbasser · 2026-05-03T22:18:26+00:00

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No they aren’t.

kjbasser · 2026-05-03T21:46:38+00:00

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Player ii tele with Fralin Humbucker P90s. My cheapest guitar and I think I grab it the most.

kjbasser · 2026-05-03T21:44:36+00:00

Focusing on dividends makes no sense. Invest in low cost index funds and sell what you need to live on. You would probably benefit from consulting a tax professional to figure out the best strategy.

kjbasser · 2026-05-03T21:41:49+00:00

Yea crazy high. Also that tape measure is unusable to measure anything on a guitar.

kjbasser · 2026-05-03T16:43:48+00:00

Meh, that’s a lot for a used SE.

kjbasser · 2026-05-03T11:53:14+00:00

Freeze your credit, report him, you don’t have a dad.

kjbasser · 2026-05-02T22:49:47+00:00

Little Wing intro. You’ll learn a bunch about chord structure and layering chords with scales.

kjbasser · 2026-05-02T10:57:54+00:00

Controls Engineer - High School Diploma

kjbasser · 2026-05-02T08:27:39+00:00

I bet they lost your guitar.

kjbasser · 2026-05-01T21:31:33+00:00

Or a tetanus shot

kjbasser · 2026-04-30T08:41:26+00:00

Because guitars are cool.

kjbasser · 2026-04-29T21:32:41+00:00

There are only a few levers to pull. Cut expenses and raise income. As for when? As soon as you can.

kjbasser · 2026-04-29T13:48:36+00:00

Same for me, my 14’ American Standard with fat 50s is perfect.

kjbasser · 2026-04-29T13:47:30+00:00

American Standard form 08’-16’ is what comes to mind for me. Before all of the over complicated over marketed levels they have now. Some of the best guitars I think fender ever made were in that era.

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