Re: A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
But I'd be one badass experimental cellist! BTW, Mike Stern sucks at cello.
But I'd be one badass experimental cellist! BTW, Mike Stern sucks at cello.
A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
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GuitarStv
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Re: A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
That guitar looks like it has great upper fret access . . . which disqualifies it from being a telecaster immediately.
I always liked Teles. I play a Parker, but it kind of sounds like a Tele.
But here’s my “Tele” [emoji2] It’s built kind of like a Les Paul. Thick swamp ash body with a carved maple top and a set neck. Still sounds like a Tele. Scale length has a lot to do with that.
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That guitar looks like it has great upper fret access . . . which disqualifies it from being a telecaster immediately.
Blille
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Re: A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
Sometimes you need to bring a lawyer to write a forum post.
Sometimes you need to bring a lawyer to write a forum post.
Blille
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Re: A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
https://charvel.com/gear/shape/san-...usa-select-san-dimas-style-2-hh-fr/2835301752
IMHO a tele stops being a tele when the bridge and bridge pickup are replaced. I think the neck pickup is fair game.
It’s ok if you don’t like a tele
https://charvel.com/gear/shape/san-...usa-select-san-dimas-style-2-hh-fr/2835301752
IMHO a tele stops being a tele when the bridge and bridge pickup are replaced. I think the neck pickup is fair game.
It’s ok if you don’t like a tele
80's_Metal
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Re: A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
I would try to argue that teles sound like nasally weak beer, but this guy has proved me wrong.
But Perhaps the pickups helped the tone immensely.
I would try to argue that teles sound like nasally weak beer, but this guy has proved me wrong.
But Perhaps the pickups helped the tone immensely.
NegativeEase
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Re: A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
Well, considering that the first tool made commercially still works 75 years later... I support.
Honestly, a Tele can do anything just like most guitars -because the pickup selection is most of the equation.
Also, if you want to get rid of the snappy bright attack further go for a rosewood neck and modern bridge with individual saddles.
Once you do these 4 things....(pick a different pickups, rosewood neck, and modern bridge and saddles) the Tele can pretty much do whatever you want without the distinction of a classic Tele.
Well, considering that the first tool made commercially still works 75 years later... I support.
Honestly, a Tele can do anything just like most guitars -because the pickup selection is most of the equation.
Also, if you want to get rid of the snappy bright attack further go for a rosewood neck and modern bridge with individual saddles.
Once you do these 4 things....(pick a different pickups, rosewood neck, and modern bridge and saddles) the Tele can pretty much do whatever you want without the distinction of a classic Tele.
GuitarStv
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Re: A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
Tele's can sound heavy as hell. A lot of the Rage Against the Machine catalog was recorded with a tele.
Tele's can sound heavy as hell. A lot of the Rage Against the Machine catalog was recorded with a tele.
BeKindRewind
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Re: A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
I would argue that it IS true of a Stratocaster, that it can "do anything" since they come standard with a tremolo, and you don't need to hack wood out to put humbuckers, just a new pickguard.
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Well yeah, but that's no standard tele or a vintage one like the original post. Any guitar can sound heavy if you hack wood out of it, and put certain pickups in it and a different bridge that can intonate better, a 12" radius and big frets.
I would argue that it IS true of a Stratocaster, that it can "do anything" since they come standard with a tremolo, and you don't need to hack wood out to put humbuckers, just a new pickguard.
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Jacew
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Re: A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
nah. Humbuckers are overrated. You can sound damn heavy with SC's as well.
BTW: One of the heaviest tones I've gotten out of guitar is my birch strat with Twangbanger bridge.
nah. Humbuckers are overrated. You can sound damn heavy with SC's as well.
BTW: One of the heaviest tones I've gotten out of guitar is my birch strat with Twangbanger bridge.
BeKindRewind
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Re: A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
I agree 100% that they can be "heavy" but you're not getting the Slipknot tone with a twangbanger. or an SSL-1
Re: A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
The Tele is my personal favorite platform for an electric guitar, period. Even though I was raised on Strats.
HH, Mini-hums, singles, noiseless stuff, it all sounds good on a Tele build to me. Mahogany, Ash, alder... nothing like a big fat chunk of wood.
The Tele is my personal favorite platform for an electric guitar, period. Even though I was raised on Strats.
HH, Mini-hums, singles, noiseless stuff, it all sounds good on a Tele build to me. Mahogany, Ash, alder... nothing like a big fat chunk of wood.
Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
Re: A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
There was that other early heavy band that recorded a bunch with Tele. What was their name? Led something....
Funny/sad/true story. The Tap on one of my guitars was wired backwards, so the knob "in/down" was split. Played a bunch with it. One quote "Man - this pickup is crunchy as hell! What is it?!?!?!?" Only complaint was the hum when I wasn't playing, and that wasn't usually too bad. Duh?!?!?!
Point being- I could have used a Tele.
There was that other early heavy band that recorded a bunch with Tele. What was their name? Led something....
Funny/sad/true story. The Tap on one of my guitars was wired backwards, so the knob "in/down" was split. Played a bunch with it. One quote "Man - this pickup is crunchy as hell! What is it?!?!?!?" Only complaint was the hum when I wasn't playing, and that wasn't usually too bad. Duh?!?!?!
Point being- I could have used a Tele.
BeKindRewind
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Re: A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
All you need is a hender telencecastar
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All you need is a hender telencecastar
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Blille
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A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
Killing in the name of was recorded with his “sendero luminoso” guitar, a standard, unmoded tele.
In action:
https://youtu.be/8de2W3rtZsA
Killing in the name of was recorded with his “sendero luminoso” guitar, a standard, unmoded tele.
In action:
https://youtu.be/8de2W3rtZsA
Diego
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Re: A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
The great thing about Teles is that you can use tiny amounts of gain and still sound really aggressive.
That doesn't quite happen with an LP or a Strat.
A Tele is not the only guitar I'd like to have, but if I had to, I could live with those two single coils.
The great thing about Teles is that you can use tiny amounts of gain and still sound really aggressive.
That doesn't quite happen with an LP or a Strat.
A Tele is not the only guitar I'd like to have, but if I had to, I could live with those two single coils.
Looselectron
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Re: A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
Recently I assembled a Tele from cheap parts I collected (probably made in the people's republic but what isn't these days?) Total budget $160 so far for my first tele.
The purpose of the project was to learn about building guitars; but also to have a simple, durable beater to thrash, strum and make poses.
Right away I found myself playing everything I normally play which was "everything but country," but thanks to that awkward bridge now I can play country licks, too!
I still love my G&L Legacy and Vox Virage custom, and I miss my Ibanez George Benson. Yet I feel like a properly equipped tele could make them all slightly redundant.
It's the foolproof simplicity of the guitar that keeps me PLAYING, instead of worrying about pickup settings or bridge adjustments. Maybe it's the limitations of a telecaster that make it so pure.
Recently I assembled a Tele from cheap parts I collected (probably made in the people's republic but what isn't these days?) Total budget $160 so far for my first tele.
The purpose of the project was to learn about building guitars; but also to have a simple, durable beater to thrash, strum and make poses.
Right away I found myself playing everything I normally play which was "everything but country," but thanks to that awkward bridge now I can play country licks, too!
I still love my G&L Legacy and Vox Virage custom, and I miss my Ibanez George Benson. Yet I feel like a properly equipped tele could make them all slightly redundant.
It's the foolproof simplicity of the guitar that keeps me PLAYING, instead of worrying about pickup settings or bridge adjustments. Maybe it's the limitations of a telecaster that make it so pure.
Seraphial
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Re: A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
You should consider lubricant then.
You should consider lubricant then.
Jacew
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Re: A Telecaster is the ONLY electric guitar you need
Surely, recreating others heavy tone is entirely different thing for just dialing heaviest you can come up with.
Surely, recreating others heavy tone is entirely different thing for just dialing heaviest you can come up with.
