Guitars With Jon Way Episode 5 SX STL 50

Jon Demos the SX STL 50 Lefthand Tele style guitar with Seymour Duncan 1/4 lb. pickups added in. An alder body shot in a Butterscotch see through finish. Produced, shot & edited by Brian Way.

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• SX
• STL
• 50
• Tele
• Telecaster
• Butterscotch
• blonde
• Seymour
• Duncan
• 1/4
• lb.
• quarter
• pound
• jon
• way
• brian
• guitars
• with
• single
• cutaway
• alder

[Parkyy16]

i want to get this guitar, but i'm afraid about the tuning pegs not staying in tune. How well does the guitar stay in tune?

[brianway1]

@Parkyy16

Don't be afraid. If you're looking at a guitar in this price range it's probably because that's you're budget, or you love the look of it. The guitar has an Alder body and a descent neck. That's what I call good bones. You can change everything else over time to your liking. The tuners for example. Check Episode 44. We took a neck from one SX $100 guitar and a body from another a made a killer Frankenstein.

[jigenbakado]

Please oh please run me through your setup!

[brianway1]

@jigenbakado

At the time of recording the video we were using a Line 6 Flextone II XL combo with a jazz chorus clean sound and a boutique distorted setting with reverb, but if you get a chance to view some leater episodes you'll find that we switched to a 1983 Musicman RD112 amp, and later to a Fender Blues Deluxe with slight reverb and no effects. Enjoy.

[rsaathoff]

Looking to do a mod on another tele - to make a lightweight rock guitar to do some Who covers. Since I cant afford a real SG with P90s, I have been looking at doing a tele with the 1/4 pound SD. I have heard the noise with high gain is quite bad with these pickups. What is your experience with noise? Would sheilding help?

[brianway1]

@rsaathoff

Sheilding helps a lot, and you can also go to review sites that look at what other people are saying about all types of tele replacement pickups. Single coils are typically noisier, but there are many stacked type pickups that are essentially humbuckers; nice and bright, but without the hum.

[Hoopermazing]

A "Tele" with a 13.7" radius neck? No Thanks!!!

[kingkoeller]

Hello Parky, please don't worry about tuning...Get a nice tuner like a KORG and you're all set. The tuners of all guitars will move, the instrument will never stay in perfect tune. It's up to you (the player) to check your tuning before each song. If it's Hot, Cold, Humid or dry that will affect your tuning stability.There are different level tuning machines with different gear ratios. If you have some nice tuners, like Grovers, you'll be set. My vintage Japanese guitars are very stable.

[xrlrdr]

Great tone. Thanks for posting!! \m/

[brianway1]

@rsaathoff

I haven't played the TC-630, but the TC-730 is a much nicer instrument than the SX Tele. That being said, if you like the look or vibe of a specific SX guitar, than take it to your luthier to be set up and/or modified. A good example is our Episode 44 Frankenstein. We start with a SX SST strat and turn it into a monster player.