Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

[garyptaszek]

It’s finally finished. Who knew belly cuts & wide range humbuckers would turn the best guitars ever into something even better

Oh, and it kinda looks ok.

Came out great! Big fan of this. Glad you’re pleased with it!

[Futuron]

Whaaaatttt??!? 5 Teles you say? 2 new blue ones completed this year.


L to R colours are:
Ebony, ocean turquoise & white pearloid, with white binding & switch.
Pau ferro, cosmic jade & mint.
Rosewood, mercury & black.
Rosewood, cobra blue & mint, with cream binding & switch.
Rosewood, opal spark & white.

All metallic, all contoured on the back. Various levels of neck heel contour.


L to R controls are:
Volume, tone, Tele 3-way (b,b+n,n) & push-push for series/parallel.
Volume, tone, Strat 5-way (b, b+m, m, m+n, n) & push-pull for neck ON.
Volume x2, tone x2, toggle 3-way (b, b+n, n) & push-push x2 for splits.
Volume, tone, Strat 'super' 5-way (b, b+m, m, m+n, n) & push-pull for series/parallel.
Volume, tone, Strat 'super' 5-way (b, b+n, n, bxn, bx!n) & push-pull for tap.

[eskmsaul]

My current fave, my CAR & gold Telecaster Custom/Deluxe partscaster. The WRHB and the Hot Stack give it punch but I also love the ergonomics on it. The combination of the non-contoured body and the big 70s headstock makes it balance perfectly!

[i love sharin foo]

It’s funny, I’ve been playing for 30 years now and my favorite guitar, out of everything I own is my regular old, lacquer MIM ‘50s Telecaster. It is absolutely the guitar that I feel most at home on. Everything about it is just ‘right’. I never ever thought that it would work out like this. But it has. And get this, it’s the NECK pickup that I spend 95% of my time on. What works, works.

[MattK]

Same here, for my 83 Squier Custom. It sounds like wood and wires on the neck pickup. Can’t be beat.

[walterwiseman]

Whaaaatttt??!? 5 Teles you say? 2 new blue ones completed this year.


L to R colours are:
Ebony, ocean turquoise & white pearloid, with white binding & switch.
Pau ferro, cosmic jade & mint.
Rosewood, mercury & black.
Rosewood, cobra blue & mint, with cream binding & switch.
Rosewood, opal spark & white.

All metallic, all contoured on the back. Various levels of neck heel contour.


L to R controls are:
Volume, tone, Tele 3-way (b,b+n,n) & push-push for series/parallel.
Volume, tone, Strat 5-way (b, b+m, m, m+n, n) & push-pull for neck ON.
Volume x2, tone x2, toggle 3-way (b, b+n, n) & push-push x2 for splits.
Volume, tone, Strat 'super' 5-way (b, b+m, m, m+n, n) & push-pull for series/parallel.
Volume, tone, Strat 'super' 5-way (b, b+n, n, bxn, bx!n) & push-pull for tap.

Woah, what a family. The middle in mercury is my fave but they're all killer. Congrats!