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LCG #111 – Guitar video soundseeing: Rittenhouse Telecaster

Direct link to the m4v file: LCG-111-20110702.m4v

Hello,

Here is a video soundseeing of my beautiful Rittenhouse Telecaster (www.rittenhouseguitars.com).

 

The whole Rittenhouse Telecaster Story of this guitar is there in 5 parts:

If you want sone more there is another video in french here: www.lachaineguitare.com/2011/02/lcg-093-video-rittenhouse-telecaster.html and also an audio only episode with a soundseeing of the same guitar here: www.lachaineguitare.com/2011/02/lcg-094-guitar-soundseeing-telecaster.html

Enjoy,

Pierre.

July 2, 2011 | Categories: Video | Tags: , , | Leave A Comment »

The Rittenhouse Telecaster story – Part 5

Hello,

On a glorious 2011 january morning, here it was, the parcel coming from Florida with the precious Rittenhouse Telecaster inside!

First impressions:

  • The guitar is very light, I need to weight it precisely but I am pretty sure it is the lightest guitar I have
  • The relicing job is very well done. It looks and feels old. All my colleagues at work (where I got it shipped) asked me how old was the guitar!
  • Acoustically it is loud and very resonant.
  • The neck is huge, when Abe Rittenhouse says chunky, he MEANS chunky!! You need time to get used to it but I love it.

Here are some pictures of this baby:

 

 

Stay tuned for an upcoming video and audio review of what is now my very personnal Micawber Telecaster replica (even though there is no humbucker in the neck position, it is still the inspiration).

Past stories on this:

Pierre.

February 4, 2011 | Categories: Blog post | Tags: | 1 Comment »

The Rittenhouse Telecaster Story – Part 4

Hello,

Well, it seems that my Rittenhouse (rittenhouseguitars.com) Telecaster is finished! Abe just needs to string and ship it my way.

Here is a picture update:

 

 

 

Past stories on this:

Can’t wait to get my hands on this baby!

Pierre.

December 18, 2010 | Categories: Blog post | Tags: | 2 Comments »

The Rittenhouse Telecaster Story – Part 3

Hello,

Do you remember Part 2 of my Rittenhouse Telecaster story ? Here how the body was looking before Abe started the relicing process:

Here goes another picture update with the relicing job finished:

It looks cool he? I can’t wait to play this baby!!
If you want to see other guitars built by Abe Rittenhouse, just head over to his website: rittenhouseguitars.com
Pierre.

October 16, 2010 | Categories: Blog post | Tags: | 9 Comments »

The Rittenhouse Telecaster Story – Part 2

Hello,

Here is a picture update on the Telecaster I won back in December 2009 and that Abe is building for me at Rittenhouse:

As per Abe e-mail, the body is fully cured and ready for the relicing process.
Can’t wait to see the next stage!
Pierre.

March 30, 2010 | Categories: Blog post | Tags: | 10 Comments »

The Rittenhouse Telecaster Story – Part 1

Hello,

All this story began with a post on Muzicosphere about a giveaway for a Rittenhouse guitar…
Then one morning, on December 24th 2009, barely awake as I was checking my iPhone I see this Boxcar popup with this tweet:


I had WON!!! I checked, double-checked, triple-checked but it was for real I had won a free guitar. On Christmas Eve, how cool is that, he??! :-)

As The Guitar Channel is about… guitars, I have decided to blog about each and every step of the making of my dream telecaster.

Here are the specs:

Based on a Fender Reissue 52.
Keith Richards Micawber as a reference but with a single coil in the neck position.
Body: swamp ash, 1 piece. Hole for a possible humbucker in neck position.
Color: butterscotch, blonde
Finish: nitro-cellulose
Pickguard: black, if possible with a second one for an Esquire configuration.
Bridge: vintage 3×2 in bronze but compensated for correct intonation (Callahan)
Neck: chunky C profile
Head: Rittenhouse logo
Strings: 10-42
Tuning pegs: vintage style
Relic level: high
Pickups: Lollar ’52 T
Electronic: switch 3 positions + vol + tone
Volume and tone pots: usable on all their course, especially for the tone.

 

Here are the pictures of the one piece body swamp ash Abe sent me today:


To be continued…

Pierre.

February 6, 2010 | Categories: Blog post | Tags: | 7 Comments »

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