Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

[Daitong II]

Two recent builds:

[Pacafeliz]

Dammit 2024 was the year of the Tele... now i have
Johnny's Frankencaster, 3 Tele Customs (TermiteCaster, one with a scalopped neck, DiscoCaster with the 80s laser spray paintjob), the (ex-)LeatherCaster Deluxe, an all stock 80s Squier SQ one, and the white MIM my dad gave me. That one i used for a couple gigs and i can only swear my amazement for the Häussel BigMag bridge pickup! Yes i was influenced by the band Whores... but I think I'll be installing more of these on the others, too...

[seenoevil II]

Soooo dreamy. I once went to pick a guitar cab up from a seller on FB marketplace and the dude had this awesome thinline that’d been refinished.

Talk about dreamy! That's gorgeous! The thought popped in my head one night about a black thin line just like this and I've been scheming ever since. I particularly like the ash grain poking through the finish.

[IceBlueBoogaloo]

Two recent builds:

Is that an open pickup cover with a dark tort inlay on that OTM Tele? That looks sweet!

[Daitong II]

No, it’s just a regular black plate. Tort would be pretty sweet.

[IceBlueBoogaloo]

No, it’s just a regular black plate. Tort would be pretty sweet.

Gotcha. I love the look of it. I had been considering something like this (sans exposed pole pieces; this is a Strat pickup):

[spacelordmother]

Two recent builds:

These colors are amazing

[garyptaszek]

Just realised my sunburst tele is 18 years old this year.
I always said this was gonna be the guitar I’d keep until I’m an ancient old man.

I’ve changed a lot on it over the years, but I’ve never changed the pickups which is very odd for me.

[garyptaszek]

Soooo dreamy. I once went to pick a guitar cab up from a seller on FB marketplace and the dude had this awesome thinline that’d been refinished.

Talk about dreamy! That's gorgeous! The thought popped in my head one night about a black thin line just like this and I've been scheming ever since. I particularly like the ash grain poking through the finish.

He told me it was originally black, but the previous owner had striped it, so he finished black again but didn’t do any grain fill. I’ve been GASing for this tele ever since.

[MattK]

sigh. why did I unload a hundred bucks on this partscaster from marketplace?

oh yeah because it’s a Telecaster

[Ceepers]

[JSett]

sigh. why did I unload a hundred bucks on this partscaster from marketplace?

oh yeah because it’s a Telecaster

I mean, it bet it's alright for 100 bucks, even if it's shit

[JSett]

Great picture

[MattK]

I mean, it bet it's alright for 100 bucks, even if it's shit

It’s pretty excellent actually, Wilkinson pickups and a few other good quality bits. Weighs a ton. I need the control plate for something else and I have a Custom pickguard spare …

[JSett]

A PLAN IS AFOOT!