Talk to me about the Thinline Telecaster please.

Re: Talk to me about the Thinline Telecaster please.

loudriver23 said:
Is yours a Fender or clone thereof? Do you have the standard pickguard, or do you have the pickups mounted right into the body.
I've been looking at the Warmoth Gallery, and I must say, I am not a fan of how Tele's, or Thinline Tele's look without a pickguard, regardless of how pretty the wood grain is.
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PM me your email and I'll shoot and send you some pics of her later tonight. : popworm:
 
Re: Talk to me about the Thinline Telecaster please.

Someone said Thinlines sound slightly more rounded. I'd agree with that. I do get a warmer tone from mine.

They are Not completely hollow bodied so don't feed back like say a Gretch might. Bound to be someone who disagrees with that, but it's my view. A few mates have questioned why it didn't feedback, so I'm not alone in the observation.
 
Re: Talk to me about the Thinline Telecaster please.

No feedback from mine unless I actually work to get it.
 
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I had a original 1969 Telecaster Thinline in blonde ash, with a Bigsby. God, I HATED changing strings on that double roller Bigsby!!!! But I loved the tone of that guitar. The reissues just don't cut it, period.

I might look at the G&L line. The USA-made ASAT Classic and ASAT Special models are both available in seim-hollow versions, with or without F-hole. There are a several neck options available and a wide range of colors. These guitars are not that expensive--why not custom order the guitar of your dreams?

G&L is the company Leo Fender started when he regained his health after he sold FMIC to CBS. These are very well-made guitars offering great value, and feature a lot of upgrades to Leo's original designs.

Good luck.

Bill
 
Re: Talk to me about the Thinline Telecaster please.

Have been eyeballing the 69 RI thinlines for a while now, in part for that "rounder tone" potential. Would love to wind a sweet vintage output set for one to take advantage of that.
 
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Zhang, the set you wound for mine is fantastic. Best tele tone I've ever had in my arsenal. Heck, it's one of the best tele tones I've heard, period.
 
Re: Talk to me about the Thinline Telecaster please.

Sounds like a perfect match, thanks for the kind words. I was also thinking of the big 1/4" A2 or A3 rods in the bridge to round it out even more, but with just a straight-ahead low-7k vintage wind for some heavenly jangle.
 
Re: Talk to me about the Thinline Telecaster please.

Never played a thinline Tele, but these ones give me acute gas.

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James Trussart makes some interesting ones too.
 
Re: Talk to me about the Thinline Telecaster please.

No idea. I have heard a Trussart Steelcaster and it sounded pretty good, not harsh at all, as I would've expected. These are made of aluminium, which is warmer sounding than steel. They also use some kind of wooden insert inside the body to shape the tone further - choice of ash, mahogany, aluminium or basswood. Neck options are available too, with different fretboard radii. The silverburst in the pic has a graphite neck with a 15" radius. Pickups choices are between in-the-house and Duncans (e.g. Alnico II Pro).
 
Re: Talk to me about the Thinline Telecaster please.

Thanks mang.

It's a tone machine, too, thanks to Zhang's pickups.
 
Re: Talk to me about the Thinline Telecaster please.

I really need to get that Paul Bunyan set for my MIA solid body, but the A2 pros are working fine for now.
I specked one from USACG with all my dream parts. It totaled out at $1700
 
Re: Talk to me about the Thinline Telecaster please.

I put a thinline together last summer & have played a few of the MIM Fenders in stores... with the Fenders, I seem to prefer the mahogany bodies to ash which seem a bit too thin-toned & plinky... almost harsh. The thinline project (below) has a Warmoth quarter-sawn maple neck with the side adjust truss and a USACG ash body, no f-hole. The pickups are a Jazz neck & texas special bridge wound to almost 11k. Bridge & other bits are from allparts...

Its fair to say that thinlines have a rounder tone... midrange is quite a bit more complex (mature?) and the bottom end isn't as 'thick' as the solidbodies. Now the thinline I put together and finished with tru-oil crushes every MIM thinline I've tried... its louder, tone is more balanced and the resonance/sustain is incredible. The whole guitar resonates, play a big open E or G chord and even the switch tip & knobs sing...

I haven't really gotten a handle on how it sits in high volume situations... shortly after getting it together I was out for two months w/ the car accident but it IS more feedback prone then a solid body. Not microphonic feedback, but in an ES-330 or 335 acoustic/resonant sort of way. Plugged in it retains the tele snap but has a girth that's not terribly distant from my LP special w/ P90s. Looks like a tele but only sorta sounds like one! Probably has a lot to do with the pickups... I haven't tried any others.

Oh, and the guitar weighs almost nothing... about 5, maybe 5.5 pounds. It was the only thing I could play after the accident.

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Re: Talk to me about the Thinline Telecaster please.

You might want to try a more vintage-ish wind in the bridge since the chambers are providing all that extra warmth.
 
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