Your favorite Telecaster thread

GuitarSlinger · May 8th, 2006, 05:45 PM

Alright people I wouldn't be here if I didn't love my strats, but my tele has a special place in my heart too. It's only a month old but I can tell its the beginning of a beautiful relationship!!! It's an '06 ash MIM. Here she be.....

Now what are you guys playing?!?

Mikey · May 10th, 2006, 01:08 PM

Funny you should ask. I happened to pick up an American Deluxe Tele in Candy Tangerine just three weeks ago. There's a long story to this one that I won't bore you with but ends up it was a special built for a local store upon acheiving some sales quota and was presented to the owner. This one has a real Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard on it. and the setup was just freakin' amazing.
I like it a lot.

GuitarSlinger · May 10th, 2006, 11:50 PM

Ooo that sounds like a sweet guitar man. Do you like the S-1 switching? I like it on my deluxe strat but I haven't tried the tele version yet.

Mikey · May 11th, 2006, 10:10 AM

yes, it's really worth every penny. It's a beauty and a keeper.
About the S-1 switching. Yes, I like it. It actually does make a difference in sound (tone? you be the judge) but I haven't had it long enough to know when to use it. I'm sure the better guitar players here would find applications really quickly, but I'm really a drummer who messes with guitars.
So far, I'm loving the heck out of it.

bek · May 14th, 2006, 05:03 PM

A fairly rare one, a Washburn Laredo. Made about 1200 of them in Chicago in the mid-1990s. Medium-fat neck, Wilkinson tuners and bridge, SD Broadcaster pickup set. Abalone dots, big smooth frets. Considering going to a tortoise pickguard -- more my style. Beautiful satin finish, and even factory-routed for a middle pickup (for a Nashville setup):

64Strat · May 20th, 2006, 10:10 AM

Well, 'cause you asked........

I have three Tele's and one Esquire in my little collection.

The Tele's are '56, '57 & a '58. The '56 & '58 are in their original cases. The '57 is in a '62 Brown Tolex case.

The Esquire is a '63 with a rosewood board.

And yes, they are incredible, especially through the old Marshalls. :-)

One of the defining tone combinations of Rock.

GuitarSlinger · May 23rd, 2006, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 64Strat

Well, 'cause you asked........

I have three Tele's and one Esquire in my little collection.

The Tele's are '56, '57 & a '58. The '56 & '58 are in their original cases. The '57 is in a '62 Brown Tolex case.

The Esquire is a '63 with a rosewood board.

And yes, they are incredible, especially through the old Marshalls. :-)

One of the defining tone combinations of Rock.

Wow, it sounds like you got your hands on some pretty sweet guitars my friend! I'd like to see a pic of that Esquire especially. How did you aquire them?

OSdave · May 23rd, 2006, 03:54 PM

My 'favorite' tele is my only tele - a 2001 Nashville Power Tele Deluxe. Black, Rosewood neck, red tortoise pickguard (originally). I have since switched it to a standard 2 pickup layout with a 3-way switch and mint green pickguard. I just didn't use the middle pickup and wanted a more 'traditional' tele. It now has vintage noiseless pickups and I swear it sounds even better than before (besides the fact that it looks like a completely different guitar now - it's amazing how much difference a pickguard makes...).

64Strat · May 24th, 2006, 11:07 PM

Slinger,
Thanks! If you want to see the '63 Esquire, click on my WWW symbol at the bottom of my post. You'll have to wade through the rest of my junk in my gallery though.

They've been acquired over time from friends that needed money. The usual way it works!

GuitarSlinger · May 28th, 2006, 01:19 PM

Hey 64Strat -- I'd be happy to take some of that "junk" off your hands! You have a good collection going on there, and I'm officially jealous :D .

RockinCarl · May 30th, 2006, 04:49 PM

My new favorite, and new "Number 1" is a new Custom Shop Danny Gatton signature. :D

Old Wood · June 8th, 2006, 12:51 PM

Your favorite Telecaster...

The one that's light enough to balance on a plant...

mr_hankey · June 17th, 2006, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bek

A fairly rare one, a Washburn Laredo. Made about 1200 of them in Chicago in the mid-1990s. Medium-fat neck, Wilkinson tuners and bridge, SD Broadcaster pickup set. Abalone dots, big smooth frets. Considering going to a tortoise pickguard -- more my style. Beautiful satin finish, and even factory-routed for a middle pickup (for a Nashville setup):

What is that pickguard? Is it white pearloid?

bek · June 19th, 2006, 10:32 PM

It's actually a creamy sort of aged-looking color. Very nice, but I'll probably replace it (maybe even a black one) and go lower-key. Of course, I haven't asked my wife yet -- she's generally my arbiter of decor decisions, but I thinks she doesn't have much of an opinion about this one.

Minothi · July 6th, 2006, 07:04 AM

Its a Telecaster (Japan) '62 Re-issue Bigsby

Frets stop the string from vibrating when bending more than a half tone. This happens from the 10th fret and up. Ive had it set up, but the guy who did it said Ive got a "problem guitar". I havent lost hope though. Thinking it might be the neck, but Im no guitar tech. So please help me out if youve got a clue!

Morten

GuitarSlinger · July 12th, 2006, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minothi

Its a Telecaster (Japan) '62 Re-issue Bigsby

Frets stop the string from vibrating when bending more than a half tone. This happens from the 10th fret and up. Ive had it set up, but the guy who did it said Ive got a "problem guitar". I havent lost hope though. Thinking it might be the neck, but Im no guitar tech. So please help me out if youve got a clue!

Morten

Was the guy a professional?? If so he doesn't sound like he was very much help! He should be able to identify the problem for you - instead of stating the obvious.

scot · November 26th, 2006, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 64Strat

Slinger,
Thanks! If you want to see the '63 Esquire, click on my WWW symbol at the bottom of my post. You'll have to wade through the rest of my junk in my gallery though.

They've been acquired over time from friends that needed money. The usual way it works!

Here is my '63 Esquire. Everything but the guard, pots and the paint are original which is enough for it to Zing!!
http://homepage.mac.com/scotyount/PhotoAlbum10.html

GuitarSlinger · November 27th, 2006, 12:09 AM

Nice guitar scot!! What was the original color?

scot · November 27th, 2006, 12:42 AM

I actually am not sure be i believe it was blonde...Kenny Vaughan had it refinned this color....

bobthecanadian · August 12th, 2007, 10:49 AM

It is time to resurrect this thread.

Here is my favorite Telecaster. It is a first generation Highway One. I shielded it, changed to a tortoise shell pickguard, added a Seymour Duncan Five-Two bridge pup and a DiMarzio Twang King neck pup. I may change the saddles to brass in the future but I am very happy with this guitar as it is. I think it is actually my favorite guitar right now.

GuitarSlinger · August 13th, 2007, 03:30 AM

This threads been dead since November! Lol, it's nice you're breathing some new life into this place Bob. Thats a very classy looking Tele as well. I love my Strats but sometimes the sound of Tele is just needed, the Tele definitely can get nastier than the Strats when I want it to...mmmmm

bobthecanadian · August 13th, 2007, 07:28 AM

I hear ya' bro. I love my strats, but i sure love my teles, too. my other tele is a hamer slammer. it has a Gretsch humbucker in the neck, a dimarzio virtual vintage heavy blues in the middle and a Texas Special bridge. I have it wired so that i get the bridge and neck combination in the middle position. the Highway One Tele is pretty much a traditional sound and the hamer, well, not. So, i think i have my bases pretty well covered.

Bob

mechanic · August 13th, 2007, 07:39 PM

I have a 07 Cruiser by Crafter tc250 tele copy.
My wife just picked it up in May for my birthday.
The neck wasn't square to the body and it needed a reverse shim added to the neck pocket to get rid of some nasty upper register fret buzz.
But after setting it up I'll be darned if it isn't my fav. guitar now!!
I don't know if its the shape,or balance or the neck or what but it just feels "right"
And it just happens to sound just like a tele!
Eric

bobthecanadian · August 14th, 2007, 09:25 AM

It wouldn't happen to look like one of these would it?

GuitarSlinger · August 14th, 2007, 04:01 PM

Bob - Yeah, thats cool, I'll have ALL my basis covered when I finally get the LP of my dreams (shhh).

mechanic - isn't it funny how a cheap "knockoff" type guitar can become a musthave, go to guitar? It really is proof that their are good guitars out there regardless of who made them, where they were made, etc.

Boris Bubbanov · December 3rd, 2007, 01:27 PM

This is basically an AV 52 'RI' with nocaster pickups, a clear ash 'thinskin' (no plastic undercoat) nitro finish, and a fancy 3 wood recessed inlay in the body.

BTW, bek, that Washburn is great as is, don't blackguard it.

Bubbanov

No mods except a Glendale 'nocaster style' jack cup, so far.

Strattysteve · December 26th, 2007, 04:36 PM

After years of playing Strats, I had the chance to get a MIM Tele a few years back- a 1950's r/i. I have become a Tele fan as well as a Strat fan. I know that many are "either or" I am "both"-they both have their qualities that make them the guitars we all love. During a gig there are certain soings that just don't feel right on my main guitar ( a Strat) and I grab the Tele for a bit of variety.

Orlando Mike · April 20th, 2008, 03:11 PM

Strummin67 · May 9th, 2008, 06:38 PM

This is my Tele.

Orlando Mike · May 12th, 2008, 12:41 AM

1985 Chandler 62 RI

Boris Bubbanov · May 12th, 2008, 08:28 PM

No-Caster NOS.

But I still like the AV 52 FSR well enough to have a few.