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Many more with the Organic Trio.
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09-04-2015 09:09 AM
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I had a really clean all original '72 Tele for a while, but I let it go a few years ago. It was a cool guitar and I really wish I had it back. Since this thread is about tele's I thought I would post a picture of it.
Keith
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I wonder if in 30 or 40 years what currently budget guitars will become the sought after vintage guitars?
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My DIY Tele, just completed a few weeks ago. Got the body at the Dallas Guitar Show from some guy in Ohio who had a bunch of CNC bodies, this one was a second for $40 because it is a 3-piece body, can't remember the type of wood. Had a set of old Tele pickups & tuners laying around, bought the rest of the HW from Stewmac & Allparts. Got an unfinished neck from Musikraft, 1 3/4" nut, ebony board, meduim C carve, Gibson scale length (24 3/4"). Took a rasp file to the body & did an arm rest & body bevel, makes it a lot more comfortable. Had to do a little drilling for the string ferrules & the Sperzel guides. Finished the body & neck with Tru-Oil. Was going to try nitro, but after doing some research, it sounded like some pretty nasty stuff, a lot of guys on the various Tele forums spoke highly of Tru-Oil. It really worked out good, used one whole small bottle, I think 7 coats in all. I also did a non-standard wiring.
It gives me a bunch of tone options from the standard Tele sounds, to a Strat like out of phase sound to an almost wah like sound.
The only thing that is not quite right is the low E is very close to the edge of the neck. I usually don't have a problem with the string rolling off the edge, but I'd like to be a littler better centered. Using Elixir 11's roundwound.
Here is the body before:
And fully assembled after:
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Here's my G&L semi hollow Bluesboy and my Fender Fat Tele, and my age old dilemma, I got a Gibson head on a Fender body what to do?
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As much as I continue to love the American Deluxe Strat that was my original dream guitar, the ASAT (Leo's last take on the Tele) was my first "where have you been all my life" guitar. If I ever let this one go it will be for a semi hollow version of the same.
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I like the Tradition Jerry Reid telecaster clones, the middle and neck pups add a bit of flexibility over standard telecaster wiring.
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I can only try to image the vibes you get, I am also quite hyppy when I plug my cheap Tokai to Peavy and hear that bell like sound.
Originally Posted by christianm77
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I own a Peavey Omniac JD, based on the Tele but built to Jerry Donahue's specifications.
Great range of tones, from the traditional Tele twang, to the out of phase qStrat uack, and a "woman tone" position as well.
The neck is the most comfortable one I have ever played for bending work, with a sharp V in the lower register which gradually flattens as you aproach the body.The headstock is slightly extended to allow you to do behind the nut bends more easlily - something I had never really thought about before seeing JD play, but which opens up a whole range of vistas and opportunities (particularly on harmonics)
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my Van Wyk Custom build and my Engl tube amp .... combo sounds fab for jazz really huge clean tone and the 50W Engl tube amp offers tons of headroom in a package as small and light as a princeton ....but with triple the power and headroom i'm gigging this all the time, my archtops stay at home
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Scofield plays an old MIJ Ibanez Tele...and sounds...well...like Sco!
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Being a frequent visitor to Nashville during their annual Guitar Show, Roberts Lounge , where this was filmed has become our must visit destination. The Don Kelley Band always features great country pickers of the Tele twang, chicken pickin' genre. Prior to Guthrie's tenure , Johnny Hiland and before him, Brent Mason performed guitar duties. I would sit, set after set , mouth agape , while they would peel off super solos all with customary aplomb ! Do yourselves a favor, fellow members and check out these guitarists on YouTube. I guarantee you'll be glad you did ! Originally Posted by 55bar
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I am too lazy and too untalented for working out some G. Trapp stuff - but I really like his style. Its much more than "country"... here is a cool piece of musicGuthrie trapp literally changed my life and mind about country guitar once I worked out a few of his solos I discovered a few commonalities with jazz funnily enough "triad pairs!"
And here you can find some more ...
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...ic+City+Roots+
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Every home should have a Telecaster.
This is my neighbour's Tele-home:
I have been planning a Les Paul vane to balance the guitaristic situation in our neighborhood.
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Here are my two Teles. An American Vintage '52, no mods, and also a '72 Custom Road Worn with some major upgrades like the Creamery Classic 71 PU in the neck
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Both stunners! I have a real hankering for a black guard tele! Originally Posted by eigenbart
This didn't help!
Or this
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I was in a local guitar shop the other day and ran across these teles... the one on the left is priced around $4700.
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Finally got another tele. I found a super deal on a used MIM Standard. I had an original style 3 saddle brass bridge that I added because I like the look better than the newer style 6 saddle bridge. I never have had a problem intonating the 3 saddle bridge.
I am convinced that, if some people didn't expect to see an archtop for jazz, I would use the tele for everything.
It would definitely be my desert island axe. (I think)
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Hey, Scotto. Where is that shop? Looks like a yen mark, so I assume the shop is in Japan. Originally Posted by Scotto
I was in a local guitar shop the other day and ran across these teles... the one on the left is priced around $4700.
I'm in Japan too. Hamamatsu, the self-anointed Music City Japan, I suppose because Yamaha, Tokai, Roland and a few other gear manufacturers are here.
The local players here seem to love Fenders and especially Gibsons. And PRS.
It's kind of funny. My telecaster is a "vintage" 1980 Tokai Breezy Sound built here in Hamamatsu. (See post #6). Cats here don't much want 'em. But I love them. Some of the best Teles I've ever played.
Which is weird, because I went to high school near Fender in Fullerton.
I guess the grass is always moto midori, ne?Last edited by Flat; 11-09-2015 at 12:52 PM.
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Go Telecasters! (and G&L Telecaster-like guitars also designed by Leo!)
Alas, I've got nothing to show, right now. I sold my '52 Reissue and gave my '83 to my son. (wipes away a tear) Zero Telecasters in the Greentone home, at present.
Surely the wife will understand if I remedy this by tracking down a boatneck Nash T-57, right?
Gotta have a Telecaster, even if it's a parts-o-caster. FWIW, I happen to favor the Nash parts-o-casters, these days. Go ahead, call me a traitor, but six Fenders down the road, from vintage 60s to 90s reissue instruments, I have moved on and become a Nash fan.
Oh, yes...Go Tokai! The Japanese versions of the Telecaster are some of the absolute best I have ever played. In the early 90s I was in a country band in which I used a CIJ Fender Telecaster that was retrofitted by Joe Barden with a pair of his pickups. The guitar belonged to a band mate, but he let me use it rather than lug an instrument 75 miles to the gig. (He provided the amp, too.) The guitar was outstanding.
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All Teles are parts-casters...
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Another tele guy over here. I have a us standard and one of those fender bullet teles from 81'. hoping I'll be able to add one of those MIJ 52' teles to my collection.
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I bought a tele today. It's a 2011 American Standard, natural finish with a rosewood fingerboard. Sure is pretty.
Keith
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Hi Flat, that store was in Shinjuku in Tokyo. Funny, I grew up in Redondo, Hermosa area. I recently heard that the "Handcrafted in Japan" fenders are not going to be made after this year. It might be a good time to pick one up before they start going up in ￥￥￥！Last time I took a stroll through LA, I visited the Fender museum in Fullerton, very interesting. There are some great Japanese guitars here. I'm actually looking for a MIJ orange label Casino at the moment. Matane!
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The jazz guitarist fetish with telecasters is weird and doesn't make sense. There are much better solid body guitars for playing jazz, namely the les paul. It seems that simply because a few prominent players had a personal preference for the telecaster and now every jazz guitarist just thinks "hrmph gotta have a tele to go with my archtops" when teles make horrible twangy tones that suck for jazz, but the jazz guitarist is equally ignorant of solid body guitars and doesn't know how to make a good decision.
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