I've got a serious jones for a Tele. So serious in fact, I'm thinking of dropping cash in the future for a real deal Butterscotch Blonde w/Maple neck. I will probably buy an SX just to get the feel and then maybe a Classic Vibe Squier version. Who here plays 'em? What brands/versions?
I play a super upgraded Mexican tele. Love it, EMGs/graphite saddles/tooled leather pickguard...
i have a mexi fender tele with 5 way switching, stock pups. my first guitar
Aside from obliterating it with an over the top fuzz, I could never get mine to stop being so damn thin sounding. Multiple pickup, string, saddle, electronics and setup changes and it was just bright and thin. It just always had that harsh, Joe Strummer sound and not that ballsy, Chris Spencer sound.
try wiring pups in series
Mine is ballsy and doomy...
EMG's...not so Tele like.
They're single coils. Gorgeous sounding.
i dont play guitar very often. but when i do, i play a tele..
Quote from: SunnO))) on April 28, 2012, 12:16:58 AM
They're single coils. Gorgeous sounding.
Oh, okay. I had those in a baritone Tele. Closer. It still not quite that classic Tele sound. For me it could have been a bad pair with my amps at the time.
I don't have one right now but I guess I can be counted as a Telecaster guy; I've had a blonde pre-CBS, a brand new '84 bought at the time, a black Deluxe w/ maple neck, a Custom I didn't keep for very long and much more recently I got to play Tom Sweet's sunburst Tele with some regularity while in our band.
I think I'm forgetting one or two, and I'll have another again; I dig 'em
I've yet to get one, but they are always a contender. It's just hard to break away from the Pauls. FACTAMUNDO!
Quote from: clockwork green on April 28, 2012, 01:16:11 AM
Quote from: SunnO))) on April 28, 2012, 12:16:58 AM
They're single coils. Gorgeous sounding.
Oh, okay. I had those in a baritone Tele. Closer. It still not quite that classic Tele sound. For me it could have been a bad pair with my amps at the time.
I probably posted this last tele thread. ^^^^ my tele.
Why must the camera always be at arse height? I find it a tad arousing uncomfortable.
My drummer plays a Mexi Tele in his real band. Only thing he's changed is graphite saddles. He got a good tone with it.
I have an upgraded squire 72 that I use a lot in one of my bands.
I have a 76 tele custom, it is nicely beaten up and was main guitar in the last band I was in.
I don't play a "traditional" tele, I have a 73 deluxe. Best feeling and sounding guitar I've ever touched. Every time I play another guitar and then pick up my tele I'm reminded of why I love it so much.
in the process of building one.
main gigging guitar was a $250 mexican burgundy colored...no upgrades.
Played with a bluegrass guy, said his Indiana Guitars tele was the best he'd ever had.
(http://www.indianaguitar.com/sites/www.indianaguitar.com/photos/Electric_Guitars/ITEVC.jpg)
he was an older dude, and he worked in a guitar place, so he sorta had his pick.
I've posted this before, but this seems like a good place for a repost.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a391/hognose/IMG_0079.jpg)
The Daphne Blue sweetheart in the middle is my number one.
Shane, you make me want another tele. Bad.
I love those pickguards. I'm finna see what I can do about making one. Tooling leather seems hard.
Shit, man, you totally should. I bet you'd be kickass at it, after you got your chops. Plus you could make some extra scratch.
Quote from: Worthless Willie on April 28, 2012, 11:16:24 PM
Shit, man, you totally should. I bet you'd be kickass at it, after you got your chops. Plus you could make some extra scratch.
Are they lacquered over or anything? Raw leather? Clear coated? Anything? I dig it, I wish I could hook up with some fun-lovin' country-rock group that wants a reformed shred guitarist with long hair and no sleeves.
you can buy pre-tooled leather.....
Quote from: kirky on April 29, 2012, 12:00:21 AM
you can buy pre-tooled leather.....
DIY-spirit, my friend, DIY-spirit.
google "tandy leather"
it's all the little tools with the different designs that can cost a bunch. i should get ahold of my mom and see wtf is up with that. she does all kinds of crafts and jewelry etc and i know she did work with leather.
It's not really that hard unless you want to get over the top, where it becomes more freehand art and less hammering of a stamp. Thank boyscouts for showing me this skill.
Also, Squire tele, God tone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqyHd_3-JQE&feature=related
...heh, so it's a Ric in this video, but usually it's a tele he plays.
Quite a lovely stable, WW !
Mouth of the Architect used Telecasters to great effect...
I am a Tele player. I had a Nashville Tele that played great but sounded very thin to me last year. So I bought a silver Blacktop edition Tele and I love it. It is a bit thinner sounding than my SG but i love how it feels.
im thinking of buying one of these
(http://www.coda-music.com/images/fender-fsr-p90-tele-sunset-orange.jpg)
has anyone here ever played one?
I got one of these a few weeks ago:
(http://www.dv247.com/assets/products/93226_l.jpg)
It sounds and plays really well, but I ordered some fatter pups from ghs to try out. I think I'll install a bigsby too.
I've got a black mexi tele that's my project for this year:
- pull poorly installed bigsby
- pull shitty SD hot rails for tele
- strip finish back to natural
- new saddles and bridge plate probably
- les paul style jack plate (hate that tele cup)
Gotta build a pedal board first and my budget and free time are both zilch so I sadly don't see it happening soon. Love me some Tele' twang, tho.
i tried out all the teles in GC at one time..the $1100 brown "nashville " tele sang like a bell..i would get that one. i liked it even better than the pricey honey colored one like mother trucker plays.
but this is a really good argument for the honey one..i really like this kid. matt rach
another darker style of song with same tele
and maybe my favorite song of his, a slow intense deal...just awesome. more tele demonstration, and that cool squier acoustic wtf
Quote from: I,Galactus on April 30, 2012, 08:43:42 AM
I've got a black mexi tele that's my project for this year:
- pull poorly installed bigsby
- pull shitty SD hot rails for tele
- strip finish back to natural
- new saddles and bridge plate probably
- les paul style jack plate (hate that tele cup)
Gotta build a pedal board first and my budget and free time are both zilch so I sadly don't see it happening soon. Love me some Tele' twang, tho.
Send it to me, y'fool! I'll do that shit for a little bit of nothing/new toys... Parts are cheap via guitarfetish, cheap enough that someone with no budget can do it. Deany can vouch for my work. No need to let that poor tele sit unused and unloved. Can I keep the parts? :D :D
Check out:
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Hardware,_parts/Electric_guitar:_Covers_plates/Electrosocket_Jack_Mount.html?renamed=true (http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Hardware,_parts/Electric_guitar:_Covers_plates/Electrosocket_Jack_Mount.html?renamed=true)
JakeO))) does some serious work. mega props.
I'm selling a nice Mexican Tele if anyone's interested. It's a killer limited edition finish called Copperburst.
Put a Chandler pup in the bridge and opened up the pickguard for a humbucker in the neck. $330, shipped.
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k32/jakeh_02/copperburst1.jpg)
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k32/jakeh_02/copperburst2.jpg)
(pics taken before I finished wiring it up, but standard 3-way switch is on it now)
More info:
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k32/jakeh_02/GuitarCenterad.jpg)
Like the look of the new Fender Tele bass, like the Squire TB, but with a bridge humbucker too.
(http://static.musiciansfriend.com/derivates/18/001/680/529/DV016_Jpg_Large_H76264.002.001_butterscotch_mp.jpg)
I love Tele's as guitars, but they look kinda weird as basses.
(http://www.britnett-carver.co.uk/masimpsons/prods/images/131_2.jpg)
I played one of those new Tele basses through the Bassman reissue a couple of weeks ago in a music store, loved the bass, especially the neck was very comfortable. The amp was way too overpriced for the sound I got out of it.
I've had my MIM since 1993. I know that guitar better than I know most of my family. Despite owning other neat stuff, it's the only one I keep out at all times.
Has anyone played a set-neck Tele? That spalted maple set-neck calls to me for some reason. That or a nice G&L ASAT...
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff409/enslavedinrot/IMG_0310.jpg)
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff409/enslavedinrot/IMG_0309.jpg)
my bitch.
Interesting.
http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/msg/2988222067.html
Tell me you have 525 dollars so you can own that piece of artwork?
Nope, got no $$ for it. I have enough solid body electrics for now.
If I had some money, I'd be picking up a fucking resonator.
Quote from: Jake on April 30, 2012, 04:31:37 PM
I'm selling a nice Mexican Tele if anyone's interested. It's a killer limited edition finish called Copperburst.
Put a Chandler pup in the bridge and opened up the pickguard for a humbucker in the neck. $330, shipped.
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k32/jakeh_02/copperburst1.jpg)
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k32/jakeh_02/copperburst2.jpg)
(pics taken before I finished wiring it up, but standard 3-way switch is on it now)
More info:
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k32/jakeh_02/GuitarCenterad.jpg)
that pretty damn nice
Quote from: SunnO))) on April 30, 2012, 02:30:57 PM
Quote from: I,Galactus on April 30, 2012, 08:43:42 AM
I've got a black mexi tele that's my project for this year:
- pull poorly installed bigsby
- pull shitty SD hot rails for tele
- strip finish back to natural
- new saddles and bridge plate probably
- les paul style jack plate (hate that tele cup)
Gotta build a pedal board first and my budget and free time are both zilch so I sadly don't see it happening soon. Love me some Tele' twang, tho.
Send it to me, y'fool! I'll do that shit for a little bit of nothing/new toys... Parts are cheap via guitarfetish, cheap enough that someone with no budget can do it. Deany can vouch for my work. No need to let that poor tele sit unused and unloved. Can I keep the parts? :D :D
Check out:
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Hardware,_parts/Electric_guitar:_Covers_plates/Electrosocket_Jack_Mount.html?renamed=true (http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Hardware,_parts/Electric_guitar:_Covers_plates/Electrosocket_Jack_Mount.html?renamed=true)
Veery Eeentersting. I've been harpin' on myself to get more DIY, but that shit is awful tempting (plus you know what the hell you're doing, whereas I'd be learning lessons the hard way). You'd be entitled to anything you can salvage, but that's the sum total of what I could pay. :D
I accept amusing toys like pedals and stuff, but parts are also pretty amusing... is it a real bigsby..?
Whatever, PM me and we'll talk or dont, and we'll talk here. Hahaa.
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G&L ASAT Classic BluesBoy
(purchase from eyeprod)
Outta the Red Bear? Probably sounds divine.
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Glad the G&L stuff came up! I always forget about them because they aren't marketed heavily. I do have a local dealer, so maybe I should go play a couple this week.
Quote from: SunnO))) on April 30, 2012, 09:30:27 PM
I accept amusing toys like pedals and stuff, but parts are also pretty amusing... is it a real bigsby..?
Whatever, PM me and we'll talk or dont, and we'll talk here. Hahaa.
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PM sent. 8)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hz2DUMBmMf0/SSRUlAMWxMI/AAAAAAAAAAg/W6r3XCOGUrM/S1600-R/Look+whos+talking.jpg)
random crap tele playing for ya, 5 way switching on mine to series pickups through my EL34 SE amp
So I want a good tele, which I don't have to upgrade a lot of parts, but I don't want to spend anymore than $400, what should I be looking at?
Xaviere, IMHO, as they already have GFS pickups and parts installed.
http://www.guitarfetish.com/XV-820-Single-Cutaway-Solid-Body_c_157.html (http://www.guitarfetish.com/XV-820-Single-Cutaway-Solid-Body_c_157.html)
for $400, you can buy two ;D
(http://www.guitarfetish.com/thumbnail.asp?file=assets/images/820bst_mp_thumbnail.jpg&maxx=225&maxy=175)(http://www.guitarfetish.com/thumbnail.asp?file=assets/images/thumbs/xvmoyewidr18.jpg&maxx=225&maxy=175)
Buy two, send one to me...!
Well looks like I know what I am getting here soon enough. ;D
Just got one of these, used:
http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0327502506
It's actually pretty impressive for such a cheap guitar. The stock pickups are OK, a little muddy, but I have a JB and a PAF Pro around here somewhere :)
Quote from: Instant Dan on May 21, 2012, 07:51:33 PM
So I want a good tele, which I don't have to upgrade a lot of parts, but I don't want to spend anymore than $400, what should I be looking at?
Look into the Squier Classic Vibe Teles. Top-notch.
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TeleCV50VB/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=PPC&utm_campaign=guitars&utm_term=classic_vibe_telecaster_50s&adpos=1t1&gclid=CIy4vsuxlLACFVLCtgodnD0GrQ (http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TeleCV50VB/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=PPC&utm_campaign=guitars&utm_term=classic_vibe_telecaster_50s&adpos=1t1&gclid=CIy4vsuxlLACFVLCtgodnD0GrQ)
Bought my first Tele in 1989 a purple American standard I will find a pic..
(http://img.tapatalk.com/4c128e36-65ef-82b8.jpg)
Has a new neck and put in some emg pups...
my main jamming guitar is a black tele blacktop, gutted and rebuilt of course with steel saddles. its the sh!t, i love it. also just finishing a tele partscaster in BSB. teles are awesome, im gassing for a 72 thinline now......
Quote from: Yankeegrey on June 07, 2012, 10:39:28 PM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/4c128e36-65ef-82b8.jpg)
Has a new neck and put in some emg pups...
the purple tele is sweet. i want it.
(http://img.tapatalk.com/189a246e-56f0-838b.jpg)
My Blacktop Tele with rosewood neck!
Quote from: hayseed on June 09, 2012, 10:00:47 AM
(http://img.tapatalk.com/189a246e-56f0-838b.jpg)
My Blacktop Tele with rosewood neck!
Very nice
Quote from: SunnO))) on April 30, 2012, 02:30:57 PM
Quote from: I,Galactus on April 30, 2012, 08:43:42 AM
I've got a black mexi tele that's my project for this year:
- pull poorly installed bigsby
- pull shitty SD hot rails for tele
- strip finish back to natural
- new saddles and bridge plate probably
- les paul style jack plate (hate that tele cup)
Gotta build a pedal board first and my budget and free time are both zilch so I sadly don't see it happening soon. Love me some Tele' twang, tho.
Send it to me, y'fool! I'll do that shit for a little bit of nothing/new toys... Parts are cheap via guitarfetish, cheap enough that someone with no budget can do it. Deany can vouch for my work. No need to let that poor tele sit unused and unloved. Can I keep the parts? :D :D
Check out:
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Hardware,_parts/Electric_guitar:_Covers_plates/Electrosocket_Jack_Mount.html?renamed=true (http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Hardware,_parts/Electric_guitar:_Covers_plates/Electrosocket_Jack_Mount.html?renamed=true)
He does great work, but he's a moody bitch. I ride him pretty hard though. :-*
Is a short scale tele still a tele? I want one of those Rondo cheapos.
Moody? Fuck you! :'(
Aw baby, i still love you.
Just picked up a near mint one of these for next to nothing on CL (w/ hardshell case). It's got a factory route for a humbucker in the neck. Now I feel obligated to put one in.
Truth be told, mine looks a bit nicer than this pic. The red is much deeper in the tri-burst. Sexy.
(http://www.sweetwater.com/images/closeup/xl/1600-TeleCVC3SB_beauty.jpg)
Nice, I'm down with the Squier lovin.
New guy here. I have a couple Teles, a Squier Tele Custom II, and a White Bridge Tele that I'm in the process of modding.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/6737589591_12460afeaa_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54283110@N06/6737589591/)
Funny how the dust shows up in the sunlight. That's just from a day or two of playing. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54283110@N06/6737589591/) by FrankenFretter (http://www.flickr.com/people/54283110@N06/), on Flickr
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-h1jsZ2hpfGg/TphdSoQJ8LI/AAAAAAAABRA/DMXP8ESA_tk/s640/100_2482.JPG)
So many bastardized Tele's. I have a hard time calling anything without the classic lipstick neck pickup and flat, angled, single coil in the bridge a real Tele. With that said there's this guy on ebay, MJT that does interesting Fender's a Telemaster and a Cabronita are the most interesting to me. I've always liked those Filtertron pickups and a Tele with one seems like a good idea. Just because it's a bolt on with a single-cutaway doesn't really make it a Tele. That Slipknot guy with the dual EMG 81's is absurd.
Quote from: Jake on July 05, 2012, 06:31:33 PM
Just picked up a near mint one of these for next to nothing on CL (w/ hardshell case). It's got a factory route for a humbucker in the neck. Now I feel obligated to put one in.
Truth be told, mine looks a bit nicer than this pic. The red is much deeper in the tri-burst. Sexy.
(http://www.sweetwater.com/images/closeup/xl/1600-TeleCVC3SB_beauty.jpg)
I have one of those. It's real nice. They did a really good job on the whole Classic Vibe series.
I have a squire 72 deluxe reissue, and the Fender version. For those that defend squire, I commend you, but the Fender mops the squire up in the tone and playability department.
Partscasters are my new obsession. Here's 2, working on #3.
The bound one is a squire Classic Vibe Custom body with a huge Mark Jenny neck and upgraded bridge/electronics.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/hazmat33/46ab25c9.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/hazmat33/0d40d450.jpg)
Gotta say, I'm digging this...
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/fender-paisley-telecaster-electric-guitar/h85079# (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/fender-paisley-telecaster-electric-guitar/h85079#)
That paisley Tele looks badass. I would make love to it.
Here's some pics of my newly aquired Squier Classic Vibe Tele Custom. Some of you guys are going to hate this, but I just finished a medium relic. Honestly, I was just going to coax some of the poly off of it, but I was having a lot of fun playing around w/ diff't techniques, I just couldn't stop myself. Ordered a Seymour Duncan Antiquity HB for the neck. Speaking of necks, I did not do any aging on it because I will probably get a chunkier neck w/ a maple board sometime soon.
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k32/jakeh_02/Relic2/Relic1.jpg)
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k32/jakeh_02/Relic2/Relic9.jpg)
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k32/jakeh_02/Relic2/Relic4.jpg)
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k32/jakeh_02/Relic2/Relic8.jpg)
(Last pic has the HB photoshopped in.)
Jake,
That partscaster I have above is a squire cvc body. I picked up a Mark Jenny neck for it, about the chunkiest I could find. Even has the fender logo on it.
Care to share your relic techniques? I know there's a few different ways to do.
Thx from Yompton!
Matt
Your Teles are gorgeous. Thanks for the scoop. That looks exactly like the sort of neck I want to put on there.
I understand this can be quite a polarizing topic, but I love the look and feel of them now. To me, it's a lot like buying new jeans that are pre-faded/pre-worn looking versus the untreated, stiff, indigo denim ones. It's really not a big deal. And I won't lie, it was a very fun project for me to do on a couple of inexpensive guitars.
I've only done 1.5 guitars, so I'm really no expert in the least. I've just kind of gleen what I can from gear forums and youtube videos. The trickiest part I suppose is working with poly finishes. They can be quite thick and intimidating. I got the courage to take a sander to a guitar after reading this thread: http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/epiphone-les-pauls/17007-dulling-poly-finished-guitars-pic-heavy.html (http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/epiphone-les-pauls/17007-dulling-poly-finished-guitars-pic-heavy.html) It's a lot of average Joes who made their poly finishes look fantastic. It's really worth going through all 27 or so pages to see all the before/after shots. Huge differences.
To simulate the cracked nitro, I just drag a razor blade over the finish and rub in some brown shoe polish. The dents and dings are just dropping the body onto my gravel driveway a couple of times – I try not to beat it with screwdrivers, etc. too much if I can. Although I scrape it pretty good w/ whatever I can find for the buckle rash. The hardware was aged with muriatic acid fumes. It's cheapo Squier chrome, so instead of 20 minutes like nice nickel, it took 36 hours. Scuffing it with a Scotch brite pad first helps it too. Scuffed and shoe polished the pickguard on this one as well.
PS - Here's another link I found helpful: http://www.reranch.com/reranch/viewtopic.php?t=9079&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= (http://www.reranch.com/reranch/viewtopic.php?t=9079&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=)
I should do one for amusement.
That Paisley and Squier CVC is giving me some serious GAS.
Relicing is fun.
i'm down with the relic. looks cool.
Yeah, that black and grey paisley looks nice. Want.
Maybe it's the quality of the photo, but the "paisley" looks more like a fractal. Very digital looking.