Some good info
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ErikH
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I have a Nashville Deluxe Tele. Not only does it have the Strat middle pickup and a 5-way toggle, it also has a sculpted heel, 12-inch fretboard radius, 1 5/8" nut width, modern 6-saddle bridge, staggered tuners (lockers that came on it were swapped by previous owner), noiseless neck and middle pickups (bridge pickup was swapped for a Custom Shop '51 Nocaster). About the only thing I would consider doing is flipping the control plate. It's one of my favorite guitars. It just feels right.
Chistopher
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Tip 1 - Trade in the telecaster for a guitar that doesn't feel like you're playing a cutting board.
The only reason the Telecaster is still around is because you can use the back as a firm surface for cleaning and scaling a fish.
beaubrummels
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The number one improvement for any dual single coil Tele is a standard 3-way toggle switch. Once Leo did away with the dark circuit, there's never been any reason to continue using a blade switch on a 2-PU single coil Tele.
solspirit
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I never understood that.
solspirit
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It's definitely grown on me
It's a bloody chopping board, you can't polish a turd. Wood chipper, unless you need another chopping board with a baseball bat attached to it.
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
I'm all for making fun of Telecasters because they look weird and the people who play them are sometimes odd, but implying that the Telecaster is the worst guitar design is discounting the work of not only centuries worth of pre-war luthiers, but also the work of Gibson in the 80s-90s.
GuitarStv
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ErikH
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For years I didn't like them. My first one was a MIM in the early 90's. It didn't last long and I didn't have another until the early 2000's. And I wish I still had that one. It was an early 90's American Standard that played and sounded great (turns out my wedding ring was too tight at the time causing my wrist to hurt when I played it, not the neck profile). Had a HH 1980's MIJ Contemporary Tele that was great but sold it to take care of bills. An Esquire build morphed in to a Strat (sold the parts off and got Strat stuff). With the Nashville Deluxe, it's the combination of the nut width and fingerboard radius that's so different from the others. It has "it". If I want a smoother / fatter tone from the bridge I just roll the tone knob back a little. It really is fun to play. I'm still a Strat guy at heart and love my LP too but my Tele has worked it's way in to the arsenal very nicely.
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I get that, but a few contours and completely re-imagining the electronics, and I can do it. My Warmoth Velocity is sort of a stretched out Tele (or Ernie Ball Axis).
GuitarStv
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Even with all the fancy stuff being done, the cutout just never fits my hand when playing high up.
80's_Thrash_Metal
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You lost me at "but" lol
Albert Lee, too, although he went on to perfect his idea of what a Tele should be.
