Spent some time with Teye...

by **Davenit** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 2:22 pm

Well 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.

by **gee gee** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 2:53 pm

told you.... the one I played was unbelievable..... :lol:

by **M. Balmer** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:59 pm

cool story, shcweet axe, weird clothes...

by **gee gee** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:14 pm

M. Balmer wrote:cool story, shcweet axe, weird clothes...

this from a man who wears dresses..... :wink:

by **M. Balmer** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:54 am

gee gee wrote:
M. Balmer wrote:cool story, shcweet axe, weird clothes...
this from a man who wears dresses.....

point taken