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The telecaster is the guitar I've always wanted to love but have never gotten on with. Just sold my tele the other day to fund another purchase.
I don't know exactly what my problem is with the design. I like strat necks, and the tele is more or less the same. I like single cut les pauls. somehow the combo of the neck and body just doesn't work for me.
I've also never been a fan of the hot bridge/quiet neck combo.
Other people do amazing things with teles. Just not me.
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It's funny how this is a forum of modders, but this is the only thread where we want to keep things stock.You will never understand How it feels to live your life With no meaning or control And with nowhere left to go You are amazed that they exist And they burn so bright
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A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
Originally posted by Mincer View PostThat is true, they do. But I think it pales compared to something like an old PAF or Antiquity for jazz. I always saw jazz players who use a Tele did it for other ergonomic or economic reasons. All of their tones would have sounded better with an ES-175's neck pickup. But then it depends on how you like your jazz tone.Originally posted by GuitarStv View PostYou can get exactly the same tone by rolling back the tone a smidge on a strat . . . but then you'll also have nice sounds when you roll the tone back up. But I'm also with Mincer. For smokey jazz type sounds, a low output neck humbucker does it better.
I prefer P90s. But I won’t say they are better, just that I prefer them.
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[Insert any guitar here] is the only guitar you need, as long as it is comfortably playable and reliable, you have an amp that provides you with a wide tonal palette, and you are a good musician.
We buy tons of guitars because we want them, not because we need them.Originally posted by LesStratYogi Berra was correct.Originally posted by JOLLYI do a few chord things, some crappy lead stuff, and then some rhythm stuff.
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Originally posted by ItsaBass View Post[Insert any guitar here] is the only guitar you need, as long as it is comfortably playable and reliable, you have an amp that provides you with a wide tonal palette, and you are a good musician.
We buy tons of guitars because we want them, not because we need them.Join me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
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I might be able to hang with a Tele with modifications. I need a tummy cut. forearm cut, stratty bridge, and 2 humbuckers. So it can be done for me. But by that point, no need to stick with a Tele.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Originally posted by Mincer View PostI might be able to hang with a Tele with modifications. I need a tummy cut. forearm cut, stratty bridge, and 2 humbuckers. So it can be done for me. But by that point, no need to stick with a Tele.
But agree with mincer to the point that I'd vote for a standard strat. More tonal versatility, better feel, whammy bar and yep that tele neck pickup doesn't do much on its own.
Now if you handed me a Nashville tele that have been routed for a firebird in the neck
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Well then, Dave, I guess you just can't do it. I respect your choice to go Cello.
Mike Stern could....Originally posted by Bad City
He's got the crowd on his side and the blue jean lights in his eyes...
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Originally posted by BeKindRewind View PostWhat if your whole style is based on the tremolo bar though
Or like what if you're Mattias ei eklundh
Or Mick Gordon
Sent from my SM-G965W using TapatalkOriginally posted by Bad City
He's got the crowd on his side and the blue jean lights in his eyes...
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Originally posted by GuitarStv View PostI don't like the upper fret access with a telecaster. The little cutaway sucks, and I bang my wrist on the horn. I also find myself much preferring to play a guitar with a trem these days. The neck pickup is inferior to a strat neck pickup (bridge pickup is great though - and the tele sounds great with both pickups in parallel). The telecaster is also (bar none) the ugliest guitar shape ever designed. Something that is only enhanced by the prevalence of posers smashing their brand new guitars up with goofy looking 'relicing' to pretend that they're old and well-loved instruments.
Not really for me. :POriginally posted by Bad City
He's got the crowd on his side and the blue jean lights in his eyes...
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Originally posted by 80's_Metal View PostLots of folks like those things.... but in my humble opinion, it's the Ugliest guitar ever made, second is the strat.... I would have to switch to the bass. Because **** ugly guitars! Ha ha haOriginally posted by Bad City
He's got the crowd on his side and the blue jean lights in his eyes...
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