Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by RumorsOFsurF » Wed Sep 15, 2010 2:20 am

StevenO wrote:I was able to play my new Tele for the first time with my band. I was worried it wouldn't fit in, but wow, what a sound! It sounds amazing! A really, really great guitar.

I definitely like it more than my Jazzmaster at this point.
I played mine with my band for the first time this weekend too, but I found the pickups to be too weak and kinda thin sounding. I'm saving for some Custom Shop Nocaster pickups.
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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by StevenO » Wed Sep 15, 2010 2:38 am

My Tele has Lollar '52s and they sounded huge! They sounded bigger, more dynamic, and wider than my Jazzmaster pickups ever have. They sat perfectly in the mix, whereas my Jazzmaster tends to sit on it, if that makes sense.

Really impressed by this guitar!

Definitely check out some Nocaster pickups. I hear they are amazing! (I've played them countless times, but never in a band mix)

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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by Baconfish » Wed Sep 15, 2010 4:33 am

alfal013 wrote:I've had this tele for almost 16 years. It was the first electric I ever purchased. Started out as a Mexican Standard. Now the only original parts are the neck, body, control plate, and screws. Everything else has been replaced over the years.

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Now I'm dying to know how the Jazzy pickup sounds in the neck.

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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by alfal013 » Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:21 am

Baconfish wrote: Now I'm dying to know how the Jazzy pickup sounds in the neck.
It actually sounds BIG. Excellent compliment to the tele bridge pup. I've had teles with humbuckers and mini-humbuckers in the neck. They didn't balance well for me. The JM pup still maintains some sparkle and has a nice fat bass. With both pickups together the guitar sounds nice and twangy. It's actually pretty versatile as you have three very distinct sounds that balance with each other.
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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by Maggieo » Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:49 am

StevenO wrote:My Tele has Lollar '52s and they sounded huge! They sounded bigger, more dynamic, and wider than my Jazzmaster pickups ever have. They sat perfectly in the mix, whereas my Jazzmaster tends to sit on it, if that makes sense.
I've got Lollars in three of my Teles and they are just fantastic pickups. A big +3, so to speak!
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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by Jonesie » Wed Sep 15, 2010 2:25 pm

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Another modded MIM Standard.

1999 MIM Standard Body
1994 MIM Special Neck (9.5" radius, Vintage style logo, kluson style tuners, medium-jumbo frets)
Pickup Wizard JM Neck Pickup
Seymour Duncan Hot for Tele Tapped pickup (14k in one position, 7k in another, controlled by a mini-toggle on the control plate)
Bigsby B5, with a notched out Tele 3-saddle Bridge.

Sounds great. This is "the" guitar. I've had it since I was 11, bought it with my own money, and modded the living hell out of it.

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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by alfal013 » Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:32 pm

Jonesie wrote:Image

Another modded MIM Standard.

1999 MIM Standard Body
1994 MIM Special Neck (9.5" radius, Vintage style logo, kluson style tuners, medium-jumbo frets)
Pickup Wizard JM Neck Pickup
Seymour Duncan Hot for Tele Tapped pickup (14k in one position, 7k in another, controlled by a mini-toggle on the control plate)
Bigsby B5, with a notched out Tele 3-saddle Bridge.

Sounds great. This is "the" guitar. I've had it since I was 11, bought it with my own money, and modded the living hell out of it.
I love the Tele/JM pickup combo. It sounds friggin' awesome.
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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by noisepunk » Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:34 am

Guys... this thread isn't fair: I can't afford a tele, but now I want one more than I did... :(

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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by Mecler » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:33 am

noisepunk wrote:Guys... this thread isn't fair: I can't afford a tele, but now I want one more than I did... :(
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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by RumorsOFsurF » Fri Oct 01, 2010 8:01 am

I always liked the Tele in this vid, as well as the performance. :-*


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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by noisepunk » Fri Oct 01, 2010 8:11 am

Mecler wrote:
noisepunk wrote:Guys... this thread isn't fair: I can't afford a tele, but now I want one more than I did... :(
Classic Vibe Custom.
Out of my price range :D

I wish I wasn't serious; I might just have to build one.

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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by Kilgore Trout » Fri Oct 01, 2010 9:45 am

MT wrote:
Kilgore Trout wrote:My 1986 MIJ telecaster custom:

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I traded a CIJ Jaguar for this one. I haven't regretted it once, it's a great guitar, and it killed all my telecaster gas. It's a bit beaten up, but sounds really nice, and it has one of my favourite necks.
Black on black is the only colour for Tele Customs in my opinion. There's absolutely no show pony about it. It's all work horse.
Absolutely! I wish Maggie could come around and take a photo of it. My crappy photo doesn't do it justice.
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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by fuzzjunkie » Fri Oct 01, 2010 11:39 am

Thought I'd post another pic of my '61 Tele as the other one doesn't really do it justice and I keep mentioning the '59 Chevy too, so here they both are!

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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by Maggieo » Fri Oct 01, 2010 1:31 pm

Kilgore Trout wrote: Absolutely! I wish Maggie could come around and take a photo of it. My crappy photo doesn't do it justice.
I'd love to come to Montreal and shoot it! Maybe I will, someday.
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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by Tweedledee » Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:19 pm

Here's a "Tele" that I just finished. ;D It's my take on a La Cabronita, but built for a few thousand dollars less than Fender charges.

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