Product: Ocampos Miltone Telecaster Copy
Price Paid: 8,500 (Philippine Pesos)
Submitted
05/04/2004
at
04:02am
by
Anonymous
Features
:
10
Made in Cebu, Philippines by Mr. Miltone Ocampos. 24 Frets, which is the only thing I had made different from the Fender "Fat" Telecaster. Solid top, one volume, one tone control, three way selector switch. Single coil at the bridge, humbucker at the neck, bridge single coil made by Mr. Ocampos, single coil is wound to Telecaster Texas Special Standards, humbucker is an actual Fender Fat Telecaster Chrome covered humbucker. Passive electronics. Body is ash, neck is maple. Finish is vintage blonde, body style perfect copy of a Fender Telecaster. Bridge style is telecaster string through body, has 18:1 grover tuners, nice medium neck with jumbo frets, this neck is extremely fast. Came with a hardshell case, strap and cord. Like everyone else who buys from Ocampos, I payed the equivalent of about $140.00 for this guitar. It puts my Fender American Deluxe Telecaster to shame. Look out, if this guy ever gets things going in the states, he will put everyone out of business. He is a MASTER luthier beyond the shadow of a doubt.
Sound
:
10
Well, I love classic rock and blues, even some country. I'm a very big Keith Richards fan, love the Stones because I am a teenager of the mid to late 60's. This guitar handles it all very well. I am using a VOX Pathfinder 15R at home and a VOX AC30 for gigs. No noise whatsover, not even on the single coil. Nice bright telecaster twang on the bridge pickup, good classic rock drawing off both, and extremely bluesy sounding neck humbucker. Turn the distortion up and you would have Jimmy Page in your living room if I could play that well. Very good variety of tone with the bridge humbucker, but, you know with two pickups, you aren't exactly looking at a guitar made for a big variety of tone. I play pure, no nonsense blues rock and rock and roll mostly and little country. This guitar is awesome for that. There is nothing I dislike about this guitar. Best $140.00 I ever spent.
Action, Fit, & Finish
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10
Perfect in every aspect. He even put Diaddario 11's on it.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
Built like a tank. Everybit as quality as my Fender.
Customer Support
:
10
AWESOME
Overall Rating
:
10
Been playing for 40 years. Have a Fender American Deluxe Telecaster, an Epiphone Les Paul Black Beauty, a Fender Standard made in Mexico Strat and several acoustics. I'd cry if it were lost or stolen but I would get another one made. In fact, I'm going to have him make me a strat copy.
