Rockin' the Tele

[Drewser]

i gots a '60s tele ri that i want to turn into a heavy metal (but not as heavy as pantera), and punk axe. i'm more concerned with sound than output as i can always use the amp for gain and volume.

can someone rank for me in terms of volume the vintage stack, hot stack, hot rails, lil59, quarter pound, and stl-2 hot, all for the telecaster?

tia for any input

 

[B Bent]

Re: Rockin' the Tele

I would say look into the Hotrails. The Lil' 59 can do the heavy thing too!!

BTW: Welcome to the Duncan forum. It's a really great place!!

 

[Luke Duke]

Re: Rockin' the Tele

Hey man, welcome to the forum!

I would be looking at the Hotrails, and Lil 59 for the bridge for humbucker tones. However if you want to have that single coil bite I really liked my Quarter Pounds in my tele. They have a TON of beef! I consider them the quintessential hard rock tele SC.

For the neck you could stay vintage or go hot, depends on you. I had a neck QP as well, and it was nice, but VERY hot. (11.3K) Currently I'm using a 5/2. It sounds pretty good with OD, but still very much a tele pup.

If you are getting a new pickguard you could get a strat pup, or a full size bucker if you have the route.

Luke

 

[MikeS]

Re: Rockin' the Tele

For heavy metal, I'd go with Hot Rails or lil 59.

For raw rock and roll, IMO you can't do better than the QP. If you need a little more variety, the QP tapped set is great. My 50s RI tele is rocking a tapped QP set and it has great tone. BUT, it's not exactly a metal tone. I've got a Hot Rails in my other tele and it does the metal thing much better than the QP.