Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

[xxxplorer]

I played a friends Squire Tele last night and was actually pretty impressed. I was kinda taken back by how this 'cheap' guitar played and sounded... Played almost as good as my old faithful gibson explorer.

I havn't even looked at fenders in years... So I have no clue as to what is a good player, what's a rip off... I'm not against a Squire and throwing some cool pickups in it and calling it a day if they are decent... But I was thinking going maybe Mexican? Maybe road worn? Want to keep it under $500 new or used... $350 even better as it won't be my main guitar.

So fire away some advice!


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[Chris of Arabia]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

Find a used 'Baja' - job done

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[xxxplorer]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

Baja? MIM?


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[xxxplorer]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

Nevermind... Looked it up... Yes... Excellent! Thanks!


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[Oinkus]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

The Nashville Deluxes with the 3 pups are nice for around that price looked at a few of them on evilbay for a friend.

 

[Boogie Bill]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

Forget Fender--find a G&L Tribute.

Bill

 

[daan]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

You could BUILD one with whatever parts you choose, for less than your budget. I think I have $200 (definitely less than $300) into mine, since it was all used parts. And it's exactly the way I want, since Fender/Squier doesn't make a model the way I want one.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

The Squier Vintage Modified range is good to go straight out of the box.

G&L Tribute Series ASAT is great value for money, especially pre-owned. The Classic does traditional twang. The Special has the big MFD single coils, combining twang with P90-esque balls.

The La Cabronista Tele is an interesting idea. Even the Squier versions are fun.

 

[King IzzO)))]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

Tele's are hard to **** up, a little setup work and some good pickups and you're golden. Just another reason to love them.

 

[ImmortalSix]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

x2, I have a $100 SX Tele and a $$$$ Tele I made out of really good parts, and they are both...pretty much a Tele :laughing:

 

[Diego]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

Squier Vintage Modified with P90s. So sexy.

 

[DreX]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

Tele's are hard to **** up, a little setup work and some good pickups and you're golden. Just another reason to love them.

Except the one piece necks, they seem more prone to warping, and all around less rigid than a neck with a separate fret board. I feel like I have to fight with the setup more on my Teles.

 

[stef89]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

What's the deal with the baja I'm hearing so much good about?

 

[vjm]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

Old Hamer T51....might pay a little more than $500 but they are awesome guitars.

 

[AlexR]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

Except the one piece necks, they seem more prone to warping, and all around less rigid than a neck with a separate fret board. I feel like I have to fight with the setup more on my Teles.

That might be just the ones you have. I have plenty of 1-piecers in both strat and tele and have had no issue. Certainly the fact its a tele doesn't make it intrinsically harder or easier to setup, warped neck or not.

 

[chadd]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

On the squier side, the classic vibe thinline teles that I have played have been consistently good guitars. I got a squier body loaded with Duncan Deisgned pickups, threw an old neck on it and it is a great guitar. Otherwise, just about any of the recent production stuff from Mexico has been pretty good.

 

[Jermo3178]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

I have a Squier J5 model... straight out the box... EXCELLENT! The pickups were not what I wanted... not bad mind you, just not what I wanted. the guitar and the new pickups ran me $500 exactly.

 

[B2D]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

Blacktop Tele!! It's HH but these guitars kick azz.

 

[MetalManiac]

Re: Got the Tele Bug... What is a good one for about $500?

Save up and get a used American Standard. You may hate me now, but youll thank me later.