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Larry Carlton T3 SNB

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Electric Guitar

  • Mahogany body
  • Bolt-on maple neck
  • Rosewood fingerboard
  • Fingerboard inlays: White dot
  • Scale: 648 mm (25.5")
  • Fingerboard radius: 241 mm (9.5")
  • Nut width: 42 mm (1.65")
  • Bone nut
  • 22 Medium jumbo frets
  • Pickups: 2 LSL Standard Single Coils
  • Volume and Tone controls
  • 3-Way switch
  • White pickguard
  • Sire Standard T Bridge (6 saddles)
  • Sire Standard machine heads
  • Chrome hardware
  • Colour: Sonic Blue
Available since October 2022
Item number 536986
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Colour Blue
Pickups SS
Fretboard Rosewood
Tremolo None
Body Mahogany
Top None
Neck Maple
Frets 22
Scale 648 mm
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$305
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Very solid entry level telecaster
Stratguy77 06.11.2022
Bought this as my first tele, with the intention to mod the guitar if needed. Main selling points were 9,5-radius rosewood fretboard with rolled edges and Sire brand history (as they are praised for high value for money instruments).

After 2 weeks of playing:

Pros: sonic blue finish with mint green pickguard looks absolutely stunning. The satin neck has a carve similar to Fender modern C. Along with rolled edges it makes the guitar instantly playable with no effort at all. Mahogany body with a thick tele bridge plate resonates superbly. Very satisfied with the weight of the guitar, as mine is quite light. 3-way switch and pots feel excellent. Pickups are okay - very balanced, which is good for clean sounds. Bridge pickup is not too thin or tinny, you can play rock with it. But overall the pickups are not amazing.

Cons: the frets were terribly unpolished and had to be redone. Doing whole-step bends will make the strings go out of tune, and if bends are your thing, you need to buy locking tuners. My guitar had some tool marks on the headstock and some paint issues on the inlays.

Verdict: T3 is a very solid entry level telecaster. Rosewood fretboard with rolled edges is a feature usually seen on high-end guitars. 4,5/5 stars.

UPDATE on 15.08.2024 (2y later)

I have seen and played this guitar inside out now and this is what I’ll say: the value is INSANE, really. If lost, I’d buy it again. In case my kid wanted to pick up guitar playing, this woud be the FIRST of my six guitars I’d hand to him: most comfortable neck and no compromises in the sound.

I bought it for 398.- but it has gotten 50-70 EUR cheaper (!) on Thomann through the years.

The guitar has Jin Sung pots (made in Korea) and Sire Standard T ceramic pickups. Two years later, the pots are still very solid, no wobble, no audible cracking.

The pickups have ceramic magnets and standard tele wound: DC resistance of 6.9 and 6.55, so not overwound as some reviews claim. However they are defintely more modern sounding than a T7 for example - a bit darker and rounder. The neck pickup has this *really sweet* sound on g and b strings, which is just beautiful to me. Keep in mind that the bridge PU is also darker compared to standard Fender or Squier. I don’t think it can do chicken picking well, but it’ll sound good overdriven.

After one year of playing I switched the pickups to Lindy Fralin Blues Specials. While LFs are definitely better (and should, considering the price), it just proves how decent the ceramic T3s really were. Sire tuners were okay, I had no issues with stability after playing the guitar in, but I swapped them for Gotohs just because I prefer vintage looks.

Final conclusion: if you want a *really great* value and modern(ish) sounding blues-rock tele, and you play clean-to-overdriven, then look no further. Just prepare to put in some elbow grease to buff the frets first ;)
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Best value
Ólafur 1 18.01.2024
Build and sound quality 5 star,
Probably best value tele on the market
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Unbelievable quality regardless of price point
lowveld 08.04.2024
I have a PRS Custom 24 SE, a Silver Sky SE, Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s and now this. This Sire is the only of them I had no doubt I would keep 5 minutes after picking it up on arrival. Flawless build, lightweight. the neck is just insane, all pickup positions very much usable.

I paid 324€ for this, I would have been happy if I paid 1324.
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GUTE UNIVERSAL TELE von COUNTRY bis BLUES und ROCK
Thomas339 12.07.2024
Bin ein Tele Spieler. Hab die Larry Carlton mir als 4te Tele zugelegt, weil sie mir optisch so gut gefallen hat und die Rezensionen so gut waren.

Grundsätzlich ist alles was über diese Gitarren geschrieben wurde richtig...ich werde mich hier nicht wiederholen aber noch mehr ins Detail gehen:
Die Pickups (keramisch) sind GUT. Sie können von jedem Tele - Stil etwas. Wer nur Country oder Blues spielen will, wird sie halt tauschen, obwohl die Tonabnehmer diese Stile auch ganz gut bewerkstelligen. Die Gitarre kam 'fast' perfekt eingestellt: Intonation perfekt, Saitenlage gut, Halskrümmung zu flach, Sattelkerben an der tiefen E zu tief - sonst ok. Letzters ist etwas mühsam auszubessern und hätte nicht sein müssen - deswegen 1 Punkt abzug.
Tolles Instrument für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene. Tele Freaks werden wohl etwas eingreifen müssen...aber das tun sie ja eh immer.
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