Spent some time with Teye...
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 2:22 pmWell I was in Austin so I dropped by Teye's place for a few hours. He was incredibly busy with moving into his new house and constructing his new workshop but he carved a few hours in for me.
What an excellent guy and an amazing life story he has. He truly is a renaissance man in the 21st century.
I can say, without hesitation, that his guitar is the best thing I have ever played. It's tonal variations are absolutely sick. I have no clue how he did it but you don't just have your conventional humbucker/split coil thing. You have all combinations in between. It's not just a push pull. The splitting is done with a pot. On 10 it's a humbucker, on 1 it's a single coil. On 5 it's right in between the two.
You can easily reach the 24th fret. I mean effortless.
Teye (prounounced Ti-ya by the way) also broke out a Zemaitis he had that Tony made for him a while ago. While the Z is an amazing piece of history and a wildly beautiful guitar sonically Teye's guitar destroyed it.
While I can't afford Teye's A series (I think he said they are now $9000 usd and with all the work in these things it's justified) I do have money down on one of his S series.
It was a fun night. I got to hang with a great guy, have some beers and play some amazing guitars. Life is good...
This is Teye himself playing his creation. Really great guitarist on top of it all.
What an excellent guy and an amazing life story he has. He truly is a renaissance man in the 21st century.
I can say, without hesitation, that his guitar is the best thing I have ever played. It's tonal variations are absolutely sick. I have no clue how he did it but you don't just have your conventional humbucker/split coil thing. You have all combinations in between. It's not just a push pull. The splitting is done with a pot. On 10 it's a humbucker, on 1 it's a single coil. On 5 it's right in between the two.
You can easily reach the 24th fret. I mean effortless.
Teye (prounounced Ti-ya by the way) also broke out a Zemaitis he had that Tony made for him a while ago. While the Z is an amazing piece of history and a wildly beautiful guitar sonically Teye's guitar destroyed it.
While I can't afford Teye's A series (I think he said they are now $9000 usd and with all the work in these things it's justified) I do have money down on one of his S series.
It was a fun night. I got to hang with a great guy, have some beers and play some amazing guitars. Life is good...
This is Teye himself playing his creation. Really great guitarist on top of it all.
