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The Korean Telecaster TC90 has leapt to the top of my favourite fender guitar of all time; even compared to some nice vintage USA instrumenst ive tried. Though labelled a telecaster, its a bit left-field, with double cut thinline body, set neck, tune-o-matic bridge and seymour-duncan USA p90s. It's exceptionally versatile though; with the tone rolled off a bit it "out-jazzes" both my ibanez and gretsch archtops quite comfortably, whether you want a dark metheny-esque tone, or some of those mike stern fusion vibes... Hard to find (they didn't make many, and it's now discontinued) but grab it if you see one!
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02-17-2024 05:28 PM
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After playing almost nothing but hollowbodies for a couple or so years, I decided to set up my Squier Custom Telecaster. I'll also put a Fralin Pure PAF in the neck position. Lastly I am also using an Obsidian- ware solderless wiring harnesses with .047 Caps, CTS 250k pots.
All that is fine, but I got to wondering-What kind of wood does Fender use for the body?
Thanks
Doug
EDIT Change: I installed a Lollar Charlie Christian pickup in a humbucker size and am VERY disappointed. Even the Youtube videos of guys playing this pickup sound way better than mine. To me, the pickup sounds clean, yes, but way too sterile and metallic. Think I will reinstall the Fralin Pure PAF-it's got a sweet humbuker sound. Maybe it's just my ear, dunno. Please excuse me, I'm just thinking out loud.
DougLast edited by Doug B; 04-15-2024 at 08:23 PM.
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The higher end Squiers are pretty good quality. I don't think you'd be disappointed. I wasn't.
Originally Posted by Kunji
Thank you for the suggestion, I don't doubt the $1500 is good value for money, but it's still not really close to being a 'budget friendly' price.
I have some expensive gear that I gig with a lot (64 handwired deluxe reverb, yamaha sa2200) so for this I was just looking for something cheap and affordable to experiment with.
Something like the squire tele's, but I don't want them to be unplayable trash still, if I want to slap some expensive pickups on them later.
Does anyone have experience with these;
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Squier 40th Anniv. Tele BLK, costs about €300 new. I get it might need some work done + Lollar Charlie Christian pickups will bring up the price quite a bit, but that's still a long term project, with installments, rather than dishing out $1500 right now.
Are these guitars something to work with?
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Ash and alder are thmost commionly used woods, it depends on the model and period (my TC90 is ash, I beleive). Poplar, pine, mahogany and basswood have also been used at times.
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Morgan Music Service - FENDER CUSTOM SHOP 1964 TELECASTER RELIC- AGED SEAFOAM GREEN
Actually the one that followed me home was fiesta red. But that pic was taken down yesterday. I'll get a pic of it here at home.
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I'll try to get a pic of the fiesta red '64 Tele Relic.
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OK, I give up. I can't get the '64 fiesta red Tele to post. I'm not techy at all. I'm at the outer limits of my computer abilities. I have the pic on my computer. I just can't get it posted.
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My other tele is a Mexican Palo Escrito; pretty but not, to be honest,the finest instrument. I was debating having a go to convert it to Nashville wiring for additional tonal felxibility (slight reluctance to muck about withit as the Palo Escrito tele was a limited run) , but then i saw Paranormal Custom Nashville Stratocaster® | Squier Electric Guitars (fender.com)...basically a nashville tele on a strat body. Anyone here ever tried one?
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Dang! What kinda strings you using? Originally Posted by BradGuitar
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Yes, indeed. I tried one out at a local music shop and it came home with me. Originally Posted by JoeJ
The quality of materials and the craftsmanship on the one I purchased is amazing and definitely on par with other Fender models. The neck wood is grade A, the fretwork is top notch. The body is medium weight (my guitar weighs 7lbs 8oz) and the gold finish and cream binding are impeccable.
The pickups, wiring, and hardware are Squier level. Meaning, they work fine and sound ok but, the guitar is much improved with better pickups. I replaced mine and the wiring harness and this guitar is a real gem. I play it a lot. I think a set of Fender Pure Vintage ‘64 Tele pickups or Seymour Duncan La Breas are the perfect choice for this guitar. I went with the Duncans and changed out the middle pick for a fat 50s strat pickup I had in my parts drawer. Simply put, this “Tele-fied” Strat is a super versatile sound machine. So glad they came out with this model!
I’ve had it a few months now. I play Telecasters every day and this Squire Paranormal Nashville Stratocaster consistently gets as much playtime as my other ‘higher-end” Fender Teles.
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I got this all-solid-wood (with a baked maple neck !) Chinese made Tele for a song and other than the non-compensated bridges nothing needed to be swapped out. It's even got locking tuners ....
After setting it up with heavy strings and tuning down to D (D-G-C-F-A-D) I decided I wanted a humbucker up front and dropped in an old Kent Armstrong PAF style pickup from the parts-bin. WOW, holy moly, I'm floored by the deep, luscious, sustaining piano-like tone this guitar puts out now, absolutely PERFECT for the fingerstyle chord-solo playing I had in mind when I bought the guitar.
Sound clips to follow ....
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Nice Job! Happy New Guitar Day
Did you change the saddles btw? those look like the brass Wilkinsons... How are they? Been loking for a new sat of saddles for my MIM Palo Escrito tele that has intonation problems....
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Yes, these are the basic Wilkinson barrels, they work. At first I was unsure whether the heavy gauge strings would still intonate correctly but they do. Originally Posted by JoeJ
Nice Job! Happy New Guitar Day Did you change the saddles btw? those look like the brass Wilkinsons... How are they? Been loking for a new sat of saddles for my MIM Palo Escrito tele that has intonation problems....
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That low E position is quite something. Maybe re-use the original saddle in that spot? Originally Posted by gitman
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I think you can use those saddles in different orientations. I managed to get a very sensible setup with some upside down.
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Sorry to combine tele and a les Paul in the same pic. Had them both out and couldn’t resist.
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Linc Chamberland's Tele
The guitar was on reverb.
Fender Telecaster 1952 Natural Linc Chamberland | Reverb
Linc Chamberland playing Have You Met Miss Jones.
Wow, a very fast Jazz player.
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His brilliance was captured in only a couple of his own albums, and his influence over a generation of students. What a tragedy that his career as a player was cut short by his early death. He was a giant.
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Took a quick snap while waiting for the door to open at rehearsal this morning.
It's a hot-rodded Player....
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Figure this might be the place to ask - I love the 50s style baseball bat chunky tele neck, but I don’t get on with the 7.5” radius on the Vintera models. Does anyone know models with similar neck profile but the 9.5” radius?
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Maybe this? Haven't seen one in person: http://https://www.fender.com/en-US/...640102389.html Originally Posted by Palehorseo
The trio of specs baseball bat neck/vintage radius/maple fretboard seem to go together on Teles. You could always get exactly what you want from a shop like Warmoth and just bolt it on.
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Here’s my Paul Bigsby inspired tele
-Big fat Paul Bigsby style neck carved by my buddy Judge Wolfe in Kentucky from birdseye maple my other buddy Tom Gibson got from his father-in-law’s farm in Nova Scotia.
-Tom made the body out of Englemann Spruce (super chambered) with a flame maple top and Ken Hooper in North Carolina did the ivoroid binding and burst.
-TK Smith C.A.R. pickup (Cast Aluminum Replica of Paul Bigsby pickups).
-TK Smith bakelite armrest.
-Emerson pots and caps.
-Bigsby aluminum bridge.
-Chopped Bigsby B5 vibrato.
-Brown Bakelite knobs from England.
-Rock Rabbit aluminum control plate.
-Tooled Leather pickguard from Nathan Truax in Peterborough Ontario
-Slotted screws for the tone.
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I love a CAR in bridge position! If I were you I’d have an open top CAR installed in the neck position too Originally Posted by michaelsegui
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Just with a little bit of delay Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
Since was a littlebit too muddy, later I removed the cover of the front pickup. The sound improved quite a bit. Unfortunately I hate the 60 cilcle hum, so I am thinking to substitute the single coil with an humbuker.
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