Category #9 Best Telecaster

[GoldenVulture]

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Meet "Butter", CIJ 52RI, El Dorado hand engraved hardware, pickup cover and hand tooled leather guard.

Does that have a pair of cowboy boots to go with it, Will ?

 

[Rodney Gene]

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With respect, I beg to differ ...

Stinky, my modified and beat to snot '74 Tele Custom abberation won this in the first year, and the next time around when Aceman said he couldn't remember the previous winner, I posted a pic of Stinky to remind him. Aceman thought it was an entry, and everyone started voting for it again (even though it was inelegible to enter a second time). Any time Stinky's pic appears here he gets a heap of adulation for some strange reason. So the good folks here are happy to see Tele's just being Tele's the way they were intended, they get their 'whammy and a couple'o'shredbuckers' action in plenty of other areas.

Stinky says hello to everyone, by the way.

It was tongue in cheek bro and based on inside info. It's always been a pretty versatile forum despite a strong emphasis on gainier tones. BTW, no need to beg...you are granted full permission to differ. Hello to Stinky as well. Cheers, RG

 

[jtougas]

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My Telemaster...

Mighty Mite ash body with koa veneer, Mighty Mite neck, Fender CS pups ('51 Broadcaster bridge, Twisted Tele neck, 4way wiring, and DuoTone switch (chooses 2 distinct tone caps)).

 

[Emopunk]

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My Telemaster...

Mighty Mite ash body with koa veneer, Mighty Mite neck, Fender CS pups ('51 Broadcaster bridge, Twisted Tele neck, 4way wiring, and DuoTone switch (chooses 2 distinct tone caps)).

I like it a lot!

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[ErikH]

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An Esquire made with a Mighty Might body and Warmoth neck. Has a Rumplestiltskin overwound Black Rope pickup, wired with the Eldred Mod, Wilkinson bridge with compensated saddles.

 

[chadd]

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I finally got the new body on Monday and finished setting things up this afternoon.

 

[fordmugg]

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Does this count I built it earlier this year...

 

[phred]

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Does this count?

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[jtougas]

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Got a neck to throw on it?

 

[Powdered Toast Man]

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Ok here's my entries.

#1 Fender "60 style" Partscaster
-MJT semi-hollow reliced body
-Fender Baja neck
-Fender CS Nocaster pickups with 4-way switch mod

 

[Powdered Toast Man]

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#2:
Fender "Limited Edition" 52AVRI Thin Skin
-Limited run for Wildwood Guitars
-Don Mare 0038 bridge pickup custom wound to 10k
-SD 59 in neck position
-Strung in 5-string open G tuning

 

[Powdered Toast Man]

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#3
Fender Telecaster
-96 MIM Standard I have owned for 18 years
-Following mods: Fender locking tuners, black pick guard, Fender vintage style 3 saddle bridge
-SD 59 in neck, SD Broadcaster in bridge
-Strung 5-string open G

 

[Powdered Toast Man]

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#4:
Fender American Standard Ash Telecaster
-SD mini humbucker in neck
-SD Broadcaster in bridge

 

[Powdered Toast Man]

Category #9 Best Telecaster

#5
Fender "Telebration" 75 Telecaster Custom
-Don Mare 0038 custom wound to 10k in bridge
-Calaham compensated saddles

 

[PFDarkside]

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Looks like I need to talk to PTM about converting my 52RI into H/S...

 

[Powdered Toast Man]

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Looks like I need to talk to PTM about converting my 52RI into H/S...

At the very least I'd recommend the 4-way mod. It's a $10 invisible mod and gives you a whole other tonal option that's extremely usable. But otherwise I recommend the SD mini-bucker. It's a superb Tele neck pickup.

 

[Matt42]

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My main tele. SD 59 in the neck and PG in the bridge w/ coil splitting on both of them. A very versatile and beautiful guitar. With the PG split and some compression and slapback and the right pick attack I can get close enough to a traditional tele bridge for the drunk idiots at the bar. The neck split has a stratty vibe, and the humbuckers get close to a Les Paul. I can play a four hour show without putting this thing down once and cover a heck of a lot of ground.

Plus, that Dark Cherry finish is just plain sexy!

Side note, I'm thinking about picking up on those Guthrie Trapp lessons as I continue to work on my country chops. I take it they come recommended?

 

[dystrust]

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At the very least I'd recommend the 4-way mod. It's a $10 invisible mod and gives you a whole other tonal option that's extremely usable. But otherwise I recommend the SD mini-bucker. It's a superb Tele neck pickup.

+1

I frequently find a full-sized 'bucker to be a bit too fat in the neck position of a Tele, but an SM-1 kills. It's like the best-of-both-worlds combination of a humbucker and a nice, smooth Strat pickup. Here's mine paired with a STK-T2b Hot Stack:

MIM Fender Partscaster
Blacktop Telecaster neck
Standard Telecaster body
Jackson-branded Gotoh SG38 tuners
Vintage Mighty Mite Andy Summers bridge
SD Vintage Mini Humbucker / Hot Stack for Tele
50s style wiring with .022 cap & 500K pots

 

[ErikH]

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PTM, you might want to pick just one as the official submission or Ace will pick one from those 5. All are beautiful Tele's.

 

[Powdered Toast Man]

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I'll let Ace pick. I don't expect to win.