Fender Telecaster in jazz

**BigDaddyLoveHandles** · 07-14-2013, 11:17 PM

Tobacco burst (brown burst) on mahogany is sweet:

**eddy b.** · 07-15-2013, 04:48 PM

I recently purchased a Fender "blacktop" Strat, dual humbucker guitar marketed toward modern rock. I added two springs to the bridge put on 11 flatwounds and am extremely pleased. It is very warm and articulate.A fantastic guitar for less than 500 dollars.the five way switch adds some fun tonal colors.i use this guitar for my original instrumental music,and a New Orleans style r-n-b/funk/brass band I'm in. also have a tele with a humbucker in the neck, which is an awesome awesome guitar.I have finally gotten over what a "jazz" guitar should look or even sound like.It's nice to be liberated from thinking that only my Heritage H575 or Gretsch Sychromatic are the only guitars that I can make a jazz sound with. Ed Bickert is the one who got my intrested in playing straight ahead so I guess I already was free of the "it has to an archtop to be jazz" thinking. It dosn't have to be but it can be along with just about any guitar someone wants to play. thanks for posting Kris!!!

**docbop** · 07-15-2013, 05:36 PM

i'm pretty sure it was posted here, but there is a newly discovered Ted Greene video on Youtube he's doing a clinic. He talks for about a minute or less about his guitar of choice Telecaster. What I never heard someone say before is part of the reason is the 25.5" scale, that with the longer scale the neck pickup is further from the bridge than other guitars and better position for acoustic sound of guitar. He also mentioned using strat for same reason. He said the telecaster in particular he uses because he tunes the guitar down and it handles better than anything.

Also the tele he's using in the video has two humbuckers on it, I noticed the neck pickup is actually down below the pickguard, he's getting the classic Ted Greene sound.

**The Count** · 07-15-2013, 11:48 PM

Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles

Tobacco burst (brown burst) on mahogany is sweet:

That's beautiful.

**The Count** · 07-15-2013, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by docbop

i'm pretty sure it was posted here, but there is a newly discovered Ted Greene video on Youtube he's doing a clinic. He talks for about a minute or less about his guitar of choice Telecaster. What I never heard someone say before is part of the reason is the 25.5" scale, that with the longer scale the neck pickup is further from the bridge than other guitars and better position for acoustic sound of guitar. He also mentioned using strat for same reason. He said the telecaster in particular he uses because he tunes the guitar down and it handles better than anything.

Also the tele he's using in the video has two humbuckers on it, I noticed the neck pickup is actually down below the pickguard, he's getting the classic Ted Greene sound.

Definitely will look into that. Many thanks, docbop.

**jazzbow** · 07-16-2013, 01:29 PM

For your consideration....

**kris** · 07-16-2013, 02:34 PM

Attachment 7885
This is a front of my neckthrubody hollow Tele.

and back....
Attachment 7887

**BigDaddyLoveHandles** · 07-19-2013, 10:38 AM

NGD for me! T-style. I picked up my USA G&L ASAT Special yesterday. I ordered it in January, so the whole process took 26 weeks -- half a year! The waiting wasn't easy -- so much daydreaming! I just got to play it for a bit yesterday, and I'm already loving the feel and the sound of it. Pictures to follow soon (I'm going camping right after work), but here are the specs. I ticked a few options, but the cost adds up so I held off on some things like stainless steel frets.)

ASAT Special
Neck:
Profile:#4 ("super-wide" 1.75" nut, 12" radius) [It was the option to get a wider neck that first caught my eye. Previously I had dismissed G&Ls because their standard necks have 1 5/8" nuts.]
Locking tuners
Bone nut
Maple neck
Ebony Fingerboard [another option that attracted me to G&L]
Side dots, no fingerboard inlay
Jumbo frets [There's my doubt, why not SS vintage sized?]

Body: fairly standard, but with a...
tortoiseshell pickguard
clear orange finish [Originally, I was going for a plain clear finish, but I realized I wanted a colour that said "G&L", and clear is rather anonymous.]

EDIT: thought about putting TI-Swings on them, but the silk got in the way. Grr. D'Addario flat wound 12s are on it now, instead.

**Soco** · 07-19-2013, 12:26 PM

I like playing tele's for jazz. I have a Fender custom shop classic tele and an G&L
Here is a couple of clips of the Fender

**gcb** · 07-19-2013, 08:05 PM

Brent Mason. Just discovered this amazing player...

**docbop** · 07-19-2013, 08:35 PM

The Legendary Roy Buchanan Tele-Master

**kris** · 07-20-2013, 04:45 AM

Originally Posted by Soco

I like playing tele's for jazz. I have a Fender custom shop classic tele and an G&L
Here is a couple of clips of the Fender

nice sounding & playing!
Thanks

**kris** · 07-20-2013, 04:51 AM

Originally Posted by gcb

Brent Mason. Just discovered this amazing player...

Great Tele player...very nice right hand technique!

**Flat** · 07-20-2013, 05:15 AM

Buchanan just blows me away.

**Sonnyboy** · 07-20-2013, 08:16 AM

Originally Posted by gcb

Brent Mason. Just discovered this amazing player...

That was very nice!

**Soco** · 07-20-2013, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by kris

nice sounding & playing!
Thanks

Thanks Kris!

**jazzbow** · 07-20-2013, 02:22 PM

I'm liking Brent Mason, nice improv/solo.

Check these dudes out...

JP

BK with ashtray cover

BBK

BB

**docbop** · 07-20-2013, 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by jazzbow

I'm liking Brent Mason, nice improv/solo.

Check these dudes out...

JP

BB

My buddy took a couple lessons with Joe Pass and asked him about that telecaster. Joe said that it was given to him and in that photo is the only time he ever played it, it's been in the case ever since. Joe did play a Fender Jaguar for awhile after leaving Synanon and doing some early morning TV show.

**marcwhy** · 07-20-2013, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by kris

Attachment 7885
This is a front of my neckthrubody hollow Tele.

Kris,
Beautiful! Who made it?

**gcb** · 07-20-2013, 04:55 PM

Did a search and found that Brent Mason has an impressive career as a Nashville session guitarist.

Brent Mason | Nashville Session Musician | Guitar Player | Musician |Official Site | Biography

One Grammy award, commercials for Budweiser and MacDonalds, many film sountracks (among them The Dukes of Hazzard, very Tele coherent )

, music for tv series -Friends, 3rd rock from the Sun-, recorded with Chet Atkins, etc. etc.

**Jazzpunk** · 07-20-2013, 09:22 PM

I'll be joining the tele cult soon as well. Details to come.

**cosmic gumbo** · 07-20-2013, 09:25 PM

Some more familiar faces...

**kris** · 07-21-2013, 04:05 AM

Originally Posted by marcwhy

Kris,
Beautiful! Who made it?

This is a great Tele syle guitar made by "Santander" Korean-Germany company.
It has great wood/allmost mahogany with budinga top/.My local luthier did mod and made this guitar hollow-body.So it is now hollow neckthrubody construction with ebony fingerboard.
I put SD Hot-Rails and KTS custom tytanium saddles.Tele has exelent intonation and great sustain.Attachment 7930Tele before mods.