Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
Reverend and ESP make some cool Tele-type guitars that aren't quite the traditional mold.
Telecaster 3-saddle compensated bridge?
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Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
ROFL...... I'll put my Broadcaster up against any nonFender made. Comfort, ergonomics? That's not why you play a Telecaster.
I'm just kidding. I'm sure it's a great T-Style. It's not really a fair demo using Johnny Hiland though. He can make a kite string on a washtub sound good. But, my Broadcaster is still my favorite of all my past and present Teles and a lot of players would find it not good to play. 7 1/4" fretboard radius, chunky neck, no body contours at all. All that works for me though.
Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
Yes, very very nice T-style. I have an ESP LTD Te-202 from 2012. It's the same model as the Ron Wood guitar except it is reliced and uses much cheaper parts.
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
Everyone saying Tele aren't ergonomic, this is what you sound like:
Be lucky Mr. Fender had the good graces to round off the edges of the body so it doesn't cut into your soft fleshy body contours. Back in those days we bought guitars that hurt to play and didn't have a single electronic that was built to any kind of spec and we liked, it gosh darn it all. Maybe instead of hating the guitar for not having a belly contour, you should focus on reigning in that gut, eh?
Be lucky Mr. Fender had the good graces to round off the edges of the body so it doesn't cut into your soft fleshy body contours. Back in those days we bought guitars that hurt to play and didn't have a single electronic that was built to any kind of spec and we liked, it gosh darn it all. Maybe instead of hating the guitar for not having a belly contour, you should focus on reigning in that gut, eh?
Accurately tuning your guitar doesn't really matter all that much when you consider all the other places where there are pitch variants. Learning to play/fret properly doesn't matter. Frets placed imperfectly on the fretboard doesn't matter much. Bridge position, saddle intonation, nut compensation, string gauge, etc. Nothing (in and of itself) really matters. Right?
That is just so stupid of a statement that I'm not even going to get into it if you don't understand that.
Everything matters, and we just try to make an imperfect instrument as perfect AS POSSIBLE by making little individual improvements. The more of those individual improvements we make, the better is the whole.
It's HORRIBLE rationalization to say that because one thing doesn't solve the entire problem, then why worry about improving anything.
And instead of hating a guitar for having the wrong size and/or shape neck I should have plastic surgery on my hands to make them fit the guitar.
Yeah, I played a lot of those uncomfortable guitars: ES 330, 335, and 345, Tele, Les Paul, Ric 330 (and several other Rics), nearly every Gretsch or Guild, but the most uncomfortable guitars ever...then AND now...are most acoustics. I still play those stupid horribly uncomfortable acoustics in different sizes because you get what you get. But you can make significant improvements to the shapes of electric guitars that make them very comfortable to play (even some of the newer acoustics have comfort improvements like forearm relief).
So, what's wrong with wanting a guitar that fits you? One that is actually comfortable? It's not whining or being a baby to want comfort. I bet you don't drive in a covered wagon...you probably drive a car that you chose because it fits you needs and desires. Same idea with guitars.
Everyone is different and they deserve all the features that they want in a guitar. You can have your guitar that "hurts to play" if you want. I'll even mod your guitar for free to put sharp edges on it to make it hurt even more. Then you can really brag about playing a real guitar and being a tough guy.
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
Raise your words and not your tone doc
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
and a flamethrower that comes out of the headstock a la Mad Max :headbang:
Except the flames are pointed toward the player!
Artie
Peaveyologist
I was just in your neighborhood a few weeks ago. My wife was having surgery in Tampa General Hosp, so there was no opportunity for socializing. Next time I'm down your way, I'll bring my EXP Tele, so you can check it out.
Hey Doc. You need one of these. (See pic.) They're a direct rip-off of the Epiphone Chet Atkins SST, but at a fraction of the cost. Mind you, step one is a total setup, including, probably changing out the cheap-ass Chinese UST. But after that, she's sweet. I play mine through a BBE AcoustiMax preamp. Sounds as close to an acoustic as anything I've ever heard. (Except, of course, a real acoustic.)
Explorer84
New member
I don't like the looks of them. I've got chrome plated brass block saddles on my Tele and it still sounds like a Tele to me. Seems to me, doing palm mutes with a 3 barrel bridge wouldn't be very comfortable. I could be wrong, though.
Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
I have been playing the ashtray bridge Teles for years. Palm mutes are fine, as Jeremy said, as long as the screws aren't too high.
Chistopher
malapterurus electricus tonewood instigator
To me the biggest problem palm muting on a Tele is the ridges on the bridge plate, but I've got big hands.
donaldr
Well-known member
This one as a belly cut and great higher fret access. I tried on and it weighted less than 8 pounds.
https://www.fender.com/en-US/electr...tion-custom-telecaster-fmt-hh/0262004520.html
