First tele and I get the hype. Swapped pickups to Lambertones Blondies and put all new wiring as well as the anodized gold pickguard. This is a mim but it plays amazing. I love the neck. Just wanted to share my love for this guitar!
Had this built 12 years ago today, really wish I could get in contact with the og builder, but he's disappeared off the face of the earth it seems. Built from local reclaimed mahogany and a warmoth neck. Nitro finish, Lollar pickups, Grover tuners, custom cut aluminum pickguard.
Any opinions on what to do about this besides replace it with one that hasn't defiled by a sticker?
I love the look. And it plays and sounds well also. 😊
What stands out about your favorite Teles, vs less fortunate Teles? Particularly among those which have been played. What stands out?
I have been looking at electric guitars i have no string instruments experience i used to be a drummer in the oast but I saw an electric guitar and got addicted to it so I’m basically planning to buy a sqoe SEST230 and á just pro da102 amplifier please guide me if it’s good or not and also should I play acoustic guitars before electric or can I choose whatever’s I want and should I learn tabs or chords first I am planning to self learn and I’m planning to buy a clip on tuner as well
The jack on my Tele always gets loose and has to retightened. It's a minor annoyance because due to the recession I can't just finger tighten so it requires a tool every time. Any known easy solutions to this?
I recently purchased a 2011 Fender Telecaster 60th anniversary model that appeared a bit neglected, high action, rusty strings.
I’ve never owned a tele before and the neck feels a bit more fuller than I expected.
I’ve attached some images for anyone who’s might know if it has the original neck and can provide any info.
I just suddenly got the wild urge to add a strat middle pickup into my telecaster. I currently have a Bootstrap Pretzel bridge and a Bootstrap Doubleshot Screwdriver p90 in the neck. My brain is telling me that if I add a strat pickup in the mix, the guitar will be able to make just about every sound imaginable. I went to look up a demo of a similar arrangement, but cannot seem to find anything. I know I'm not the first.
Anybody else ever considered this? Or actually play something like this?
so im just getting into guitars and i did some fair research i want to get an fender sqire sonic telecaster and i just cannot pick between the torino red and butterscotch blonde teles. bolth of them have black pickguards but im planning to get a white one and a checkerboard one too so i can swap when i want to. red one has a laurel fingerboard and the blonde one has a maple fingerboard (image for reference) and im a dude that wears green flannels like most of the time so i just dont know which one to pick. i love bolth of them and bolth are beautiful colors imo
I recently recorded an album and am preparing to start gigging it. Put some thought into what single guitar could cover the most ground relative to what I have recorded in studio.
Turns out for me a telecaster with a humbucker in the bridge and a single in the neck is perfect. I could pretty much do everything with that setup. Especially if the humbucker has a decent split.
But……there are basically no options on the market. Whenever the question is brought up people can’t help themselves as to explain why the traditional tele single in the bridge is the best and only way it should be done. Yeh I get it. I’ve got one. But for the use case I’ve identified above it’s not what I need.
Bollocks. Horses for courses. There are HH teles around. So obviously some prefer the bucker in the bridge. I just so happen to prefer the single in the neck.
Maybe getting one of those HH Tele deluxes and macguyver a new pickguard for the neck single. There are some John5 teles that are SH, but they’re bound which I’m not a fan of.
Anyway just wanted to have a bit of a rant.
If anyone has any ideas, models or alternatives please let me know. Cheers
Hi everyone,
I have a 2017 Fender American Special Telecaster and I’ve noticed something strange.
Every time I play the B or high E string, the low E and A strings also start vibrating/resonating.
Could this be something to do with the nut, or possibly the saddles/bridge? I’m wondering if the strings are not sitting correctly in the nut slots.
Would adjusting the nut or changing the saddles help, or should I be looking at something else?
Has anyone experienced this on a Telecaster?
Thanks for any advice
After obsessing over the butterscotch blonde I finally picked one up. I’m still a rookie but this thing’s a beauty.
I somehow went for a little while without a Tele, then I came back with two of them (kinda.) They're not Fenders, but they're incredible.
The one on the left is a DWG (Dan Wolf Guitars) Chubby HT that I bought used. Dan makes his guitars in the US, he makes the bodies, necks and even the pickups himself all for incredibly reasonable prices. This has a swamp ash body, maple neck, and ebony fretboard. It plays great, feels super comfortable and is surprisingly light weight for an ash body.
It originally came with some humbuckers that were really hot. I reached out to him and asked if he could make a set that were a little lower output and more chimey. He came back with the idea of doing slug magnet humbucker. Instead of there being bar magnets under the coils, the poles are the magnets, like most single coils and Fender Wide Range humbuckers. The result is a beautifully clear sounding guitar. These might be my favorite pickups. I'm having him make me a custom guitar now, a quasi-Telemaster, which should be ready this winter.
On the right is a 2014 Creston T-Style guitar. Creston Lea makes guitars up in Vermont and has a great reputation for his builds. He's built stuff for a lot of alt-country / Americana people, along with Ian MacKaye of Fugazi / The Evens.
This has an alder body, mahogany neck and rosewood fretboard. It's really lightweight, and it has a V-Neck. This is my first experience with a v-neck, but for someone who plays with their thumb over the top (for better or worse) it's super comfortable.
It currently has a Lollar Firebird pickup in the neck which definitely does the "big single coil" thing. It honestly almost sounds stratty. It has a Gemini Telecaster pickup in the bridge, which I'm honestly not in love with. It's a little honky and nasal. I have a Bootstrap Pretzel on the way which I've used in other Teles and loved.
Needless to say, I'm back in the Tele fold.
I bought a 2nd hand telecaster copy guitar with pretty good specs (Alder body, maple neck, stainless steel frets, bone nut etc.)
it does come with an Alnico V & ceramic pick ups. I'm loving the bridge pick up to be honest but the neck pickup feels a little lacking. I'm taking it to a luthier soon, wondering if ever he asked me to replace the pickups, I have no idea which ones are good on a budget.
Thanks if you ever have an idea. I'm loving my tele but needs to be fully setup.
Just got my new Haar
- Strat Pus
- ebony fretboard
- ss frets
- mop dots
- flame maple neck.