Absolutely love Telecaster tones but can't stand the flat plank body. Alternatives?

[ehdwuld]

Re: Absolutely love Telecaster tones but can't stand the flat plank body. Alternative

The player series Fender Tele has a forearm and belly carve

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender/Modern-Player-Telecaster-Plus-Electric-Guitar.gc

I think the Fender deluxe does too


Ritchie Kotzen

All you want

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TeleKotzen--fender-richie-kotzen-telecaster-2-tone-sunburst-with-maple-fingerboard

Or Carvin/Keisel will build you one
Just tell em what cuts you want

[Obsessive Compulsive]

Re: Absolutely love Telecaster tones but can't stand the flat plank body. Alternative

Check out the Schecter PT Special.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mUHtKkOhbQ&t=795s

Yes!

[ehdwuld]

Re: Absolutely love Telecaster tones but can't stand the flat plank body. Alternative

This one

US $248.00 | Swamp Ash Body Electric Guitar Lake Blue Wax Potted Pickups Brass Saddle Bridge Free Shipping

https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/3OjDnmLI

[Obsessive Compulsive]

Re: Absolutely love Telecaster tones but can't stand the flat plank body. Alternative

^ Yeah. Then spend another 240 dollars to make it playable like that blue LP.

[ehdwuld]

Re: Absolutely love Telecaster tones but can't stand the flat plank body. Alternative

500 dollars

[NegativeEase]

Re: Absolutely love Telecaster tones but can't stand the flat plank body. Alternative

Man, I play a 40 yr old old Tele without contours, and when compared to modern Teles -it tends to be about 1/8" to 5/16" thicker than a modern Fender or Squire version.

Even so, playing the thicker plank of wood and lack of contours doesn't bother me. -It's sits at a playable angle.

Then again, I play my guitar at or below the waste for rock gigs, so the play angle isn't annoying like when a guitar is higher up above your waste and lacks contours.

[Dave Locher]

Re: Absolutely love Telecaster tones but can't stand the flat plank body. Alternative

Buy a Tele and a $29 belt sander from Harbor Freight. Problem solved!

[maup]

Re: Absolutely love Telecaster tones but can't stand the flat plank body. Alternative

get one of those contoured offset Tele bodies.... it's like a Jazzmaster and Tele had a baby -super badass.

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That is interesting, too. Just not my preferred body shape but is a good conpromise. Thanks

[maup]

Re: Absolutely love Telecaster tones but can't stand the flat plank body. Alternative

Buy a Tele and a $29 belt sander from Harbor Freight. Problem solved!

Is it that easy to carve body contours? I saw a few videos and they were professional-like work. Not talking about the re-paint.

[ehdwuld]

Re: Absolutely love Telecaster tones but can't stand the flat plank body. Alternative

Four inch disc grinder with a sanding pad
And be sure to clamp it down
Grasp grinder with both hands

[TrutheYashikawa]

Re: Absolutely love Telecaster tones but can't stand the flat plank body. Alternative

You can get a lot of different tones from any one guitar......you could even get an Ibanez heavy metal guitar fit it with new pickups.....then depending on your amp/pedal setup you could easily get the tele sound!

[maup]

Re: Absolutely love Telecaster tones but can't stand the flat plank body. Alternative

The player series Fender Tele has a forearm and belly carve

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender/Modern-Player-Telecaster-Plus-Electric-Guitar.gc

I was looking at them but I don't think they have forearm and belly carve, at least from the pictures they don't look like. Can you confirm?

[maup]

Re: Absolutely love Telecaster tones but can't stand the flat plank body. Alternative

Four inch disc grinder with a sanding pad
And be sure to clamp it down
Grasp grinder with both hands

That sounds easy but what about the rest of the story? Unmounting, repainting, finish, remounting, setup, adjust... it is not just about removing some inches of wood...
I dont want to have a fake relic guitar

[maup]

Re: Absolutely love Telecaster tones but can't stand the flat plank body. Alternative

You can get a lot of different tones from any one guitar......you could even get an Ibanez heavy metal guitar fit it with new pickups.....then depending on your amp/pedal setup you could easily get the tele sound!

Yes... I'm revaluating my original idea to get a good used Strat-like guitar and change pickups. I think it will be more affordable in terms of money and time.

[vinnie1971]

Absolutely love Telecaster tones but can't stand the flat plank body. Alternatives?

Get a custom job like mine
The shape combines fender offset telecaster ( telemaster) with telecaster, strat and Firebird pickups










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