astrozombie
KatyPerryologist
Re: "True" Tele Requirements
I love this model. More pictures and information, please.
I love this model. More pictures and information, please.
"True" Tele Requirements
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Bludave
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Re: "True" Tele Requirements
Just my opinion but I would go like this:
1. Swamp ash Body
2. One piece maple neck (9.5" radius for me, but I do have a 7.25" that sounds great)
3. three barrel brass bridge( You could go with the Danny Gatton saddles so you can intonate it better)
4. Single Neck, Single bridge (pickups of choice. I prefer the Duncan Vintage 54 Neck pickup paired with the Jerry Donahue bridge pickup).
Now for the volume and tone control, what I would do is to move the volume pot over just enough to be able to fit my pinky in between the switch and volume pot when playing on the bridge pickup. Its the one major thing that annoys me about playing a Tele. Is NOT being able to make that switch flip easy.
5. I would fret it with 6105 fretwire...
Just my opinion but I would go like this:
1. Swamp ash Body
2. One piece maple neck (9.5" radius for me, but I do have a 7.25" that sounds great)
3. three barrel brass bridge( You could go with the Danny Gatton saddles so you can intonate it better)
4. Single Neck, Single bridge (pickups of choice. I prefer the Duncan Vintage 54 Neck pickup paired with the Jerry Donahue bridge pickup).
Now for the volume and tone control, what I would do is to move the volume pot over just enough to be able to fit my pinky in between the switch and volume pot when playing on the bridge pickup. Its the one major thing that annoys me about playing a Tele. Is NOT being able to make that switch flip easy.
5. I would fret it with 6105 fretwire...
Inkstained
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Re: "True" Tele Requirements
Yes, but this is one of those "narrow-definition" threads. So we'll have no more of that.
Yes, but this is one of those "narrow-definition" threads. So we'll have no more of that.
Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Re: "True" Tele Requirements
This is one of those threads where the real tele pickers will scratch their heads, and the ham fisted fakers who hold their pick like a potato will have a definite opinion.
This is one of those threads where the real tele pickers will scratch their heads, and the ham fisted fakers who hold their pick like a potato will have a definite opinion.
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Little Pigbacon
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Re: "True" Tele Requirements
It's gotta have all-rosewood neck-through-body construction, a Floyd, and three Invaders wired in series. OTW, it is not a Telecaster.
It's gotta have all-rosewood neck-through-body construction, a Floyd, and three Invaders wired in series. OTW, it is not a Telecaster.
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Funkfingers
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Re: "True" Tele Requirements
How do you know?
Set your Internet search engine to work on any or all of the following.
Brown's Canyon
Old Growth Redwood
Tele-bration
All versions have a one-piece maple neck à la '52 Hot Rod Tele, 9.5" radius fingerboard, medium jumbo frets. Pickups are AVRI '62 style. All bodies are redwood. The nomenclature indicates the (alleged) origin of this timber. BC = the original railroad viaduct. OGRW = wood of similar vintage from other sources - roof beams, outbuildings et cetera.
I cannot recall how many examples were manufactured.
How do you know?
Set your Internet search engine to work on any or all of the following.
Brown's Canyon
Old Growth Redwood
Tele-bration
All versions have a one-piece maple neck à la '52 Hot Rod Tele, 9.5" radius fingerboard, medium jumbo frets. Pickups are AVRI '62 style. All bodies are redwood. The nomenclature indicates the (alleged) origin of this timber. BC = the original railroad viaduct. OGRW = wood of similar vintage from other sources - roof beams, outbuildings et cetera.
I cannot recall how many examples were manufactured.
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