Took a chance on this ElDegas Telecaster this weekend. The original 70's Fender Tele is one of my huge wants due to it being Daniel Ash from Bauhaus go-to during their peak years (I also am rockin' the Ash style H|H amp). I know it's not a typical popular Tele but weird instruments for weird players right?
I read everything I could on this forum, and what I could find online about it. As seems typical with this brand, very little info. I'm in Canada, the guy who sold it to me said the thing about how it was made in Japan by Ibanez. Reading here it seems like there was no way to know that for sure. The Ibanez Teles in this style have string guides in back, which this doesn't. There's only one string tree on the head which also doesn't match with Ibanez or Greco.
The owner swapped out the tuning keys for fenders and swapped in a Suhr vintage bridge pickup. Not sure what year exactly, saw it listed in the '79 catalog but it was just a thumbnail. Wasn't in the 1980.
Any info anyone has beyond that, I'd love to hear or your impressions of this guitar if you've had experience. I have to say I personally really like it a lot in my limited time with it. I wonder how it would compare to and actual Fender Tele of the time as they were supposedly going through a cost cutting cheapening at Fender themselves.
Thanks!
