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Originally Posted by vintagelove
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12-20-2015 05:51 PM
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I installed GraphTech saddles to my Tele to try to reduce the high frequency spike a few weeks ago. I suppose some people hear that a "sparkle" but to me it just sounds harsh. There's a high end bite on a lot guitars- not just Teles- that I don't like for my jazz sound. So far I like the GraphTechs because they do exactly what a lot of players on the Tele forum gripe about. If I was playing blues, country or rock I might feel differently.
One of the great things about the Tele is that it can cover all of those styles of music so adroitly. I've not got any of the classical repertoire under my fingers but maybe it'd cover that too!
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Originally Posted by jazzbow
I had a Wilkinson tele bridge and it was okay, but once I replaced it with a Joe Barton with the round compensated brass bridge piece the whole guitar just woke up.
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Originally Posted by Ghostofachance
The guitar was reintroduced as a two pickup version, with a trussrod, and that version was called the Broadcaster; then it had no name for awhile (hence the nickname "Nocaster") while Fender responded to a cease-and-desist letter from Gertsch, then it became the Telecaster (2-pickup version) and the Esquire (1-pickup version).
Last edited by Hammertone; 01-02-2021 at 02:33 AM.
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I tried a Fender Deluxe Thinline Tele a few days ago at a store, and I liked it, but there were two problems:
1) The high E string was very close to the edge of the fingerboard, and I could see that there would be a problem with it slipping off the edge of the fingerboard.
2) Although the action was great on the guitar, the high E string would smack into the frets when I picked it hard.
The guy at the store said it had .010s on it, so maybe using an .011 for an E string would help with #2.
I don't want to raise the action, because I want a guitar that's easy to play, but can still get a good jazz sound.
I don't think I could get the same jazz tone out of it if I bought a Tele without the one F-hole that this one had, plus it had a skinnier neck than the other Teles I tried out, so this would probably be the model that I'd like the best (I HATE fat necks!).
Any suggestions? TIA
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my opinion is, if you find a new guitar that resonates with you..get it..all the fine tunings need to be tweaked anyway..i do my own..but, if that's not your forte..take it to somebody who can..or talk seller into doing set up..i know gc is very flexible this way nowadays
guitar you mention sounds like it just needs a good set up..i never met a new guitar that didn't!
w/o getting technical..sounds like simple stuff..and you'd be happy
cheers
ps- if we were local i'd set it up ..complimentsLast edited by neatomic; 12-26-2015 at 10:38 PM. Reason: ps
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I've got a Highway 1 Tele (tobacco burst). Not sure of the year, but fairly recent. I never would have thought of playing jazz on a Tele, but I love it. On the neck pickup with the tone rolled off it gives a fairly convincing jazz sound.
It's a great travel guitar, too, being practically indestructible.
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Originally Posted by sgcim
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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I recorded a video of me playing my new tele today.
Keith
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Originally Posted by docbop
Then they left that weird overtone. I broke the wind on a Thomastic flatwound D string trying to wrestle out that awful overtone. I was not happy.
The Klusons are boss mate, and less coin in blighty.
Brass distressed the good old fashion way!
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Very nice playing, Keith!
A beautiful tone, as well.
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Well my missus loved my Tele American deluxe so much she went and bought one in the January sales:
So the Butterscotch one is mine - a 2005 (I think) American Deluxe
Hers in Silver and Tortoiseshell is the 2015.
They are strong differences in character between them... And it's not just the pickups or the rosewood.....
Last edited by christianm77; 01-06-2016 at 09:45 AM.
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Is there anyone playing Suhr Telecasters?
I am thinking of trading my Fender American Vintage 52 reissue for a Tele Suhr...
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Originally Posted by Jazz_175
Last edited by christianm77; 01-06-2016 at 06:06 PM.
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Originally Posted by christianm77
Does that new Tele have tortoiseshell binding? Those are sweet!
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Originally Posted by christianm77
is the 52 the one with the Deep U shape neck? If so how do you like it?
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Here are some old shots of my US Deluxe Tele (and a couple of my US Tele in Cherry Red).
Sorry for spamming with so many photos...
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^^I wanted to go into photography at one point...
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And a few more (because I'm Tele obsessed)
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I was at the guitar shop the other day, and tried a few teles. I thought I'm gonna like Vintage 52 RI the best, but... and I'm only talking about the feel of an instrument, not the sound, I found my perfect neck in Vintage 58 RI ! It felt absolutely perfect, and only thing I would change is rosewood instead of maple fretboard.
The reason I was trying them out, I'm planning one day to built my own tele from parts, either from Warmoth, or Musikcraft, All Parts, or any of those builders.
After I figure out what neck I need, I immediately looked up Fender specs on 58 RI, and it says the D-profile! Nice, but nobody knows what D- profile is, it's never been in Fender catalog seems like. All those builders offer C, V, U, Soft V, but no D in sight!
Btw, to describe it, I guess it's not as deep as U, but has a lot of shoulders. Accidentally, the same neck profile (I'm pretty positive) was on Guild X175 Newark Reissue, made in Korea hollowbody I used to own.
well, at least I know what I want, because only recently I realized how much a neck specs affect playing!
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Originally Posted by Hep To The Jive
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Originally Posted by docbop
I'm also considering just buying 58 RI neck, I saw it on Ebay, licensed Fender. But ideally I want rosewood, so I dunno...
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^^Somewhat of a countrified Wayne Krantz thing going on.
Compositionally, it reminded me of some of the stuff from the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex (ex-Smasing Pumpkins).
Charlie Garnett - Franken Tele
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