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Got a Tele!
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:52 pm
by octagon
Fender American Deluxe Ash Telecaster in Butterscotch Blond.I've been craving one of these and an this almost new one showed upon ebay for $925 BIN so I couldn't resist.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/fuzztone65/tele.jpg
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:04 pm
by 325_fan
Sweet. The only thing I don't like about my '62 Tele is the placement of the selector switch. I don't play it enough to learn how to avoid hitting the switch when I play it.;
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:16 pm
by ozover50
Nice one again, Mitch... love the Butterscotch!!
I'd been wanting one for quite a while myself - bought this AM HSS a few months ago:
Boring black, but the humbucker at the neck gives it a great sound!
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:02 pm
by lshaia
Black is beautiful, baby!
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:12 pm
by melibreits
Lovely Teles, guys.....
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 4:48 pm
by scoobster28
Chris, one suggestion is to bend the switch DOWN at a 45-90 degree angle from the panel, so that it points DOWN when you are holding the guitar face out (as if you were standing and playing).
Another suggestion is to unscrew the control panel and turn it 180 degrees. Then, if the tone and volume knob's new configuration confuses you, just pull off the knobs and switch them for one another.
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:30 pm
by longhouse
They're one of the classics, Mitch.
I had one of these:
Never could get used to the neck or response, though I loved the look. My bandmate and songwriting partner bought it and it's become his go-to guitar.
It's as if he married a girl I dumped!
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:33 pm
by longhouse
Now I get around on one of these:
This one feels just right. Telecasters can sound terribly thin, but with a bit of knob twiddling, a bit of 'verb Bob's yer uncle. I LOVE my Tele.
The creme binding is a nice touch.
Offers have been made, but this one's not for sale yet.
So many black Teles...
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:34 pm
by longhouse
Dig the P90!
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 7:02 pm
by shinynewtoy
I know it's a Squier, but.... I just ordered this..
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 2:16 am
by ozover50
Nice, Bob..... That is cool! Nothing wrong with Squiers if you manage to fluke a good one! My Affinity Strat cost me $295 - it's a great player but it's a bugger to keep in tune! Apart from that, great!!
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 7:45 am
by octagon
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:27 am
by sloop_john_b
Love Tele's, they're neck and neck with Ricks for me.
My MIM Tele Standard, this guitar has been through hell and back, and New Orleans, too:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/johngear/tele_black.jpg
'62 Reissue MIJ, which i'll be getting from my girlfriend for Christmas this year - "Bound" for greatness! -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/johngear/tele62custom.jpg
Squire Tele Custom, bang-around/travel guitar:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/johngear/mavorangesquier.jpg
'51 Custom Shop Relic Nocaster, no longer owned:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/johngear/Fender51NocasterCustomShopRelic002.jpg
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:45 am
by octagon
Awesome tele's John!How did you like the Nocaster RI?
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:05 pm
by sloop_john_b
Mitch, It was a really nice guitar all around, there were 2 things I didn't like about it though:
1) It came with that early 50's Tele wiring: 1st position, bridge pickup...middle position, neck pickup...3rd position, neck with the tone rolled all the way off. The third position was utterly useless for any style of music, even jazz.
2) It was really, really expensive. Couldn't justify the price, so I returned it to the shop after about a week.
It had probably the best neck I ever played, though. Baseball bat to the max.
