My curious kitty – Yoda Lucifer – might be wondering why the two guitars look like they must be the same. Both are Fender Telecasters, but they tell different stories. The one on the left is an American-made Pro Telecaster that was customized by a designer in Oregon to be exactly like (well, without decades of wear) the Telecaster (nicknamed “Micawber”) that Keith Richards plays often in the Rolling Stones. A closer look reveals that the Micawber replica has a brass bridge, Humbucker pickup and bridge pickup, and Sperzal locking tuners, for example—all of which add weight, making it heavier than its counterpart to the right, a 1952 replica made in Mexico. Cost difference? Plenty. You can pick up a new Mexican made Telecaster for $500 to $600 depending on fluctuating prices. The Micawber replica? That one has to be built for you and will cost around $1,700 to as much as $3,000 based on what I have seen and who is building it. Yet at the end of the day, which one do I play more? The cheaper, lighter, and somehow more comfortable Mexican version. It’s all about comfort. And by the way, I have a new novel coming out from Redbat Books on Dec. 3. It’s called The Armageddon Two-Step The Armageddon Two-Step is a novel about reality and truth built for the Age of Trump; a comedic farce tinted with magical-realism about a young man named Shelby Albert Goddard who saves the world and then must live with the consequences.
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AuthorMichael Loyd Gray is an author and a friend to cats, as well as a lifelong fan of the Rolling Stones, Chicago Bears, and Fender guitars. Archives
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