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 Maggieo » Tue Oct 26, 2021 9:03 am

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https://www.thomann.de/ie/harley_benton ... rUQAvD_BwE

Thoughts on the Harley Benton Carbonita copies?
I hate reverse headstocks, but it looks solid.
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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by Embenny » Tue Oct 26, 2021 9:18 am

Larry Mal wrote:
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I would absolutely do that, except that what I bought was one of those Kinman no-solder harnesses since that was a good deal for me, I got the neck and middle Kinman pickup and the no solder harness for a little less than $200. I honestly just assumed it would be seven way switching but that's the other harness that they make.

And since the pickups are already set up with two prong connectors for the harness, I'll just deal with it for now.
Oh, fair enough. If it came with a solderless wiring harness, makes no sense to spend extra money changing all that out.

I still love the Free Way switches, though. They'll be going into pretty much any guitar that I plan to rework the wiring of.
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Post by Nevets » Tue Oct 26, 2021 9:25 pm

Just picked this up on the weekend. Sparkly!

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Post by Maggieo » Sat Oct 30, 2021 7:58 am

J. would approve!
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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by Embenny » Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:12 am

Is it a sign of a deep underlying issue that my purple metallic Tele has only increased my GAS for a purple sparkle one? I mean, first off, that one's sparkly. Secondly, it has different pickups. Thirdly, a different pickguard.

So clearly, it must be obtained.
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Post by JSett » Sat Oct 30, 2021 8:39 am

mbene085 wrote:
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So clearly, it must be obtained.
Clearly.
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Post by Maggieo » Sat Oct 30, 2021 3:21 pm

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Post by JSett » Thu Nov 04, 2021 1:57 am

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Silly Rabbit, don't you know scooped mids are for kids?

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Post by vistavision » Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:58 am

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Oh, hell yeah.
I'm sure some Fender dealer in '64 looked at the new Duo-Sonic II and thought, "That's not a Duo-Sonic. That's a Mustang".

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Post by vistavision » Thu Nov 04, 2021 2:35 pm

1983 MIJ Squier Telecaster "SQ" serial. Has CS Nocaster pickups, but the rest is stock.
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I'm sure some Fender dealer in '64 looked at the new Duo-Sonic II and thought, "That's not a Duo-Sonic. That's a Mustang".

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Post by Maggieo » Fri Nov 05, 2021 11:09 am

johnnysomersett wrote:
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Double-bound FTW! :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :-* :-* :-* :-*
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Post by Zork » Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:13 pm

After going through pretty rough phases of experimentation I went back to fairly traditional specs on these two:

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Both are partscasters. The yellow one has a very old Rockinger neck and most likely a Japanese Squier body, Fender Texas Special in the neck and DiMarzio Pre B1 in the bridge. The blue one has a brand new Rockinger baritone neck on a GFS body and a DiMarzio Area Hot T pickup. The necks are spectacular on both, the hot pickups make them some really mean rock machines. I love them. :-*

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Post by Sauerkraut » Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:33 pm

8)

I especially like that blonde one.

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Post by Maggieo » Mon Dec 13, 2021 3:50 pm

Just took a bunch of photos off one of my cameras, found this gem:

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Fender Esquire, September 24, 2020 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr
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Re: Forgot how much I love Teles, AKA Tele Appreciation Thread

Post by tequila_in_teacups » Mon Dec 13, 2021 8:17 pm

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