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!

[Kyon]

I couldn’t sleep so I finally got around to finishing a build I’ve had in the works for a few months. I wanted to build a sort of prototype slab “1959” Fender Factory guitar. A bit like a jazzmaster gold guard. It even has an Esquire decal to make it seem like something made off of parts grabbed off the floor. I went with a G&L MFD bridge and Alnico Classic Neck. I need to adjust the nut a bit more but am very balky with how this one turned out.

[Dave]

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.

I must say that I found this interesting, considering the options you have at your disposal Justin. High praise for the telecaster anyhow !

[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.

I must say that I found this interesting, considering the options you have at your disposal Justin. High praise for the telecaster anyhow !

I know! I promise I never intended for it to be like this I still rotate through everything but that Telecaster is just ‘right’. Like your favorite pair of jeans.

[JVG]

I know! I promise I never intended for it to be like this I still rotate through everything but that Telecaster is just ‘right’. Like your favorite pair of jeans.

Hang on a sec - you’ve been wearing his favourite jeans???

[Futuron]

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

Cheers - yes they're all great and different, very happy with them

[JSett]

I couldn’t sleep so I finally got around to finishing a build I’ve had in the works for a few months. I wanted to build a sort of prototype slab “1959” Fender Factory guitar. A bit like a jazzmaster gold guard. It even has an Esquire decal to make it seem like something made off of parts grabbed off the floor. I went with a G&L MFD bridge and Alnico Classic Neck. I need to adjust the nut a bit more but am very balky with how this one turned out.

This is such a STRONG look right there. Bravo

[MechaBulletBill]

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I couldn’t sleep so I finally got around to finishing a build I’ve had in the works for a few months. I wanted to build a sort of prototype slab “1959” Fender Factory guitar. A bit like a jazzmaster gold guard. It even has an Esquire decal to make it seem like something made off of parts grabbed off the floor. I went with a G&L MFD bridge and Alnico Classic Neck. I need to adjust the nut a bit more but am very balky with how this one turned out.

hell yeah i dig this a lot

[garyptaszek]

[F15hface]

That one on the left is dangerously good looking. The root cause of about 6 months of not necessarily casual tele browsing.

This one is also awesome. I know someone who has an idea for a '59 prototype kind of vibe Jaguar and this would go perfectly with that if it ever comes to fruition.