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I have owned three Telecasters (all long gone at this point). One had a stock single coil neck pickup, one had a Mini-humbucker neck pickup and one had a full size humbucker neckpickup. All three had...
Amiri Baraka's other opinions notwithstanding, this is the best piece of music writing in the history of music journalism: From the liner notes to Live at Birdland. Speaking of that other...
Better yet, Miles Davis on Don Cherry: "But I didn't like what they (Ornette and Don Cherry) were playing, especially Don Cherry on that little horn he had. It just looked to me like he was playing...
A Charlie Christian style pickup does it for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI2ea1VAFeU
I know the Tele is well established in jazz realms. But how many are purists and stick with the classic single coils? Or do you swap out the neck pickup for a humbucker? Or maybe you're an outlier...
Yeah we will. Again — I do love BB and I’m not saying the music isn’t sophisticated. Learning Au Privave won’t really get you there if you want to sound like BB King either. It’s kind of...
Maybe that’s what he meant Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I remember he did an interview with Mike Moreno and he said the L5 didn't have a great setup, but my impression was both had merits. Anyway, didn't mean to derail the thread or take a side. I...
You guys are mad at tonewood. All the materials in an electric guitar that affect how it resonates end up affecting the amp'd sound. This especially includes the chief materials that it's made of,...
It’s almost like they are complex hand crafted instruments with natural inconsistency and some are just better than others. I mean if someone gave me a Johnny Smith - i wouldn’t be averse… ;-) ...
Interesting. Tbf I didn’t get that first hand so I may well be wrong. Maybe all L5s are brilliant all the time :-) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Telecaster: Single coil or Humbucker?
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