Telecasters for Metal

[The Guitar]

Re: Telecasters for Metal

Doubt it, usually whips that tele out for the unforgiven II. Got the B Bender in it.

 

[everdrone]

Re: Telecasters for Metal

Who's that poser? Is he supposed to be related to metal in some way? Pfft.

u r funny as a daisy

 

[Bfeeney]

Re: Telecasters for Metal

Does anyone care after '91?

 

[Butch Snyder]

Re: Telecasters for Metal

It's cool, I really don't have problem with your opinion. I know some guys that are also very strict on what they consider a real Tele, strat etc... it's fine.

But the fact remains that Telecaster is the name of a series of Fender guitars, currently with 74 models on their line. Do they all sound like the original tele? Of course not, but that's exactly the point. If you feel that the Tele shape and vibe suit you best but you need a different type of tone, they have a guitar for you.

I think that's a weird discussion to have on the Seymour Duncan forum, since SD is a company that specializes in making your favorite guitar sound any way you want it to sound. Technically, if you take a stock Tele and put a Seymour Duncan pickup in it, you are already changing what the classic Tele tone is. That's not a bad thing though, and doesn't disqualify your guitar from being a Tele.

At the end of the day, we should not be so concerned about what the "Tele tone" is but how to get OUR OWN tone out of one. And if to get that we need to buy a different model Tele or customize a stock Tele to our liking, hey it's all good. The guitar is still a Tele, just set up to your needs or musical style.

I'd be upset if Fender discontinued their classic Teles and replaced them with hot-rodded models only, but they're not doing that, they're keeping the classics and ADDING other options to their line. More options is not a bad thing, specially when the original is still there.

I used to be of the opinion that to be a Telecaster, the guitar didn't necessarily have to be a Fender; but it needed the classic bridge assembly with the 3-screw single coil pickup mounting and the chrome or nickel covered neck pickup, three position blade switch, 1 vol and 1 tone. Everything else was a modded Tele. I was of of the opinion that guitars like this didn't even remotely qualify to called a Telecaster.

Well, if Fender, the company that invented the Telecaster, feels okay with calling an HH guitar with a Floyd, a Tele, then I guess it's okay with me to. I think that, in Fender's eyes, it's the body shape that makes up the "Tele" persona and not the guts.

 

[muttznmongrelz]

Re: Telecasters for Metal

IMHO...a "Tele" is nothing more than the outline shape of the guitar body and in the Classic Sense...the Headstock associated with the classic idea...but Hell...even Fender has come up with the HMT and Contemporary Tele which feature Double Locking Trems and HH, HSH, SSH Pickup Configurations...as someone metioned previously about a "Tele" simply being a "Product Model" (Line) of guitars upon which features may vary...

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=162279&highlight=kramer+telecaster

 

[bloodswords]

Re: Telecasters for Metal

'Tele' these days is a generic reference, ditto 'Strat', 'Les Paul', 'Explorer', etc.

 

[El Dunco]

Re: Telecasters for Metal

Can't wait til the HB bridge arrives for my neck-thru mahog/bubinga tele comes. I'll post pics when it's done because it will be sweet as.