The most unique custom telecaster
A little bit country.... a little bit rawk and roll!!!!!!! This is our most traditional model. With a workman like industrial finish, not only does it look the part, but as soon as you plug it in "LOOK OUT!!!!!"
This guitar is about as made in North America as it gets, from the body, neck, saddles, nut, pickups, even the knobs are made in North America. This is a guitar that any true working musician would be more than proud to own!
Ready to sing the Blues? Do it on an instrument that appeals to everyman. This guitar has that magical Liquid Metal Guitars clean warm tone that it's followers have come to expect! But it also comes with some of that tele twang, and a bit of a bite!
the T's body
as with all of our guitar bodies, start as a solid block of 6061 T6 Aircraft Aluminum and is then hogged out until we have the perfect body thickness. This is way denser than wood and the plucked string's energy stays intact much longer. This ultimately makes for clearer, more pure sound.Now Apple has gone and copied us, ( just using a little hyperbole here...:) ) ..and made their new Mac Book out of a solid block of aluminum.
The machining on the outside of the body is left intact for an industrial or workman look, to allow an appreciation of the material which is bringing you an amazing energy.....and an amazing tone! You can definately see the patterned tool marks.
The machined body is coated with the latest in scratch resistant clear coat just developed by Akzo Nobel for use on ultra luxury cars. This gives the machining a sense of depth, it is an amazing 3d look with an absolutely stunning luster.
Again, with all our guitars this is a feature that is unique to metal, you can't do this machining in wood, you cant do this clear coat in wood and you can't get this damn fine sound in wood.
The tone we Achieve.
seymour Duncan had our guitar in his private shop, it was brought in by Don Felder and Bruce Greenwood and after the obligatory " I know what aluminum guitars sound like" he played it and was amazed at how "wide" the guitar's sound was.
He was so intrigued that he took about defining a set of pickups to take advantage of the "cool" characteristics of the guitar. We offer it with the PHAT CAT neck and the hot hot LIL 59 in the bridge
And it didn't stop there, he and MJ, set about to design a custom set just for the Liquid Metal Guitar's LMG T.
Seymour said that he wanted to make the pickup set to take advantage of the liveliness, the energy and made a set that has no compression, was wide open and clean.
The neck pickup, semi-vintage sound, closer to a 3 in line with a wide range, reading around 9k. Alnico 5 magnets.
The bridge is because of the dynamics of the guitar it can take advantave of is hot at 15.97 and uses ¼ pounder magnets.
we have a sensational range of sounds that a "wisened" pickup man made happen for us.
No Hum
One of the other fantastic results of our metal bodies is that they shield the guitar so well there is no hum. Studios are using them because of that, it is quiet and pure guitar sound.
The Neck
Stainless dual-action truss rod, 12" FB radius an absolutely fabulous 8 degrees of headstock angle to put the right amount of tension on the strings, med-jumbo steel frets, .103 wide and .048 tall, 1.71" wide @ nut, 2.22" wide @ 22nd fret.
The neck is made of canadian hard rock maple and it shaped and sanded to 600 grit to shape, then sealed with a thin clear coat. This makes for perhaps the most organic feel of a neck you will ever experience. It is fast and smooth and sweet to play. We do 8 coats sanding the first 4 times with 800 grit sand paper and the last 4 times moving up and ending with 1200 grit and then a clear sealer. There is nothing like it, the way it feels.
string holes through the body
as you know the holes for the strings come through the body, we've taken it a step further. The string guide and through the body piece is cut out of the same block as the rest of the body, it is absolute integral, no separation, it is part of the body. This is just another unique feature that contributes to the over all exceptional "T" tone.
the nut
The self lubricating nut with tone; increases sustain, improves the tone of open notes, eliminates tuning ping, allows you to stay in tune.
the saddles.
Graphtech String Saver™ Saddles are a unique combination of materials made to enhance tone and dramatically reduce string breakage. Try them and you'll see why so many of our customers say String Savers are absolutely the best guitar modification they've ever made!
Bigsby B5 Vibrato
the perfect addition to the is type of guitar. And built the way we build it, it stays in tune.
The strings.
We put DR strings, they have the most incredible sound, just perfect guitar sound. They are hand wound on a round core. This is based on a very old method, but executed with the latest most advanced metal available. The other thing about these strings, is the feel, absolutely unbelievable, so smooth and easy to touch, nothing harsh on them at all. Even if you don't buy our guitars , you should put these on your guitar.
