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Originally Posted by garybaldy
Yes and no...The Fender "Wide Range" humbuckers have plenty of tele bite in the bridge position, for example.
Price goes way up with those, though I don't think our OP necessarily needed a budget instrument. I know a guy who does jazz gigs and pit work with a Japanese made AZ, he absolutely loves it. Originally Posted by jim777
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03-06-2025 03:55 PM
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Humbuckers only, probably not, but you can still get a Tele sound from one that has a humbucker neck pick-up along with middle and/or bridge single coils - but it sounds like the op just wants the humbucker tone. Originally Posted by garybaldy
But that raises a question, there are single coils designed to sound like humbuckers, does the opposite exist, i.e., humbuckers designed to sound like single coils?
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The point of my question is not so much for an answer. My own opinion is when we talk about a Tele as being good for jazz, it's the Tele with the two traditional pickups that we're discussing. (Like a firebird to me, has low wind traditional 'firebird' mini humbuckers- not the high DCR ones or p90s or regular humbuckers or 'LP' minis). What seems to have happened is people are taking a regular Tele and putting in hbs or p90s or CCs etc etc for jazz. You could do that with any slab guitar. Originally Posted by Mick-7
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That's true, who plays jazz on a regular Tele... Julian Lage, anyone else? Bill Frisells Tele has a humbucker on it. Originally Posted by garybaldy
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Ed fucking Bickert sure did.
He later played with a humbucker...and sounded exactly the same.
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Has anyone ever seen a photo of Ed Bickert playing anything other than a Tele? Surely he must have at some time.... or maybe not.
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He played an ES 175 early in his career. Originally Posted by Mick-7
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Originally Posted by Tal_175
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Ed's comping is perfect, regardless of guitar or pickup choice.
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Please no Telecasters if you are gonna wear shades in your indoor gig. It has to be a some sort of hollowbody guitar preferably with a florentine cutaway.
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IMHO, the optimal guitar for what you describe is the MIJ Korina Offset Telecaster. It's a Jazzmaster.. boat tele neck.. P90's. Not cheap and has to be acquired from the used market. However ergonomics are as good as it gets and it's capable of something like a Les Paul P90 tone without all the Les Paul draw backs. That and it's just a really great looking guitar.
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Look for an old Strat Plus with original Lace sensors and TBX tone control from 1987-89.
The original Lace sensors are noiseless and the neck PU will make you sound like you're playing an L-5; the TBX shifts the frequency response if you want the bridge or middle PU to sound like a Telecaster.
I haven't so much as looked at another guitar for the last 37 years.
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A late friend of mine had the plus deluxe. Not sure how it differs from the plus but it was a lovely guitar. Originally Posted by pauln
Look for an old Strat Plus with original Lace sensors and TBX tone control from 1987-89.
The original Lace sensors are noiseless and the neck PU will make you sound like you're playing an L-5; the TBX shifts the frequency response if you want the bridge or middle PU to sound like a Telecaster.
I haven't so much as looked at another guitar for the last 37 years.
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Xhefri's page is the world clearing house for all information about the Strat Plus and subsequent variations; very big site with comprehensive history, details, and photos. I've corresponded with him about mine - he's very friendly. For anyone interested in these guitars, this is the place to bookmark... Originally Posted by garybaldy
Xhefri's Guitars - Home Page
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some nice sounds from a thinline tele and great music too...
Aaron Parks - Heart Stories (Live from musig im pflegidach)
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