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I love my tele! But it’s too heavy...like 9+lbs heavy! So I’m in transition right now. Can’t wait to get it all put together!
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12-15-2019 10:23 PM
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So many different Telecasters!
Since I started my Telecaster exploration earlier this year, I've had 5 different instruments pass through my hands. To my surprise, the one that has endured is not the guitar I would have chosen by looking at the spec sheet.
As a lifelong acoustic fingerstyle player I have favored a full neck profile, 16" radius fretboard, 1.75" nut and wide spacing at the saddle. Trying to find what suits my hands and ears in the Tele world has thus far landed me on a guitar with a relatively thin profile, 7.25" radius and a 1.65" nut. And "vintage frets", according the specs, which I take to mean not wide and not tall. Something about this combination makes the guitar an effortless playing experience for the fretting hand.
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Originally Posted by Michael Neverisky
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Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
Yes, I've thought about going that route but it seems like one could burn through several hundred dollars experimenting. Since there so many varieties of Teles out there I think I'll keep casting my line in periodically and see what swims by at my local shop. Used inventory changes quickly.
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Originally Posted by Michael Neverisky
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Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
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NGD: Just back from getting plek’d, a Warmoth Tele with a well-oiled raw canary neck.
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The Lollar CC install is complete. The sound is amazing! It’s got the Tim Lerch tone in spades. Now, if I just had his chops.
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I got a Squier Affinity Telecaster for Christmas. (There's a NGD video should anyone be interested.)
I love it. First solidbody I've played in decades. Never had a Tele before; played a Strat for years in my youth.
First thing I noticed is that the picks I've been using (Fender Mediums) seem too big. (I was playing with the shoulder of the pick on my archtop with flatwounds.) I do more hybrid picking on the Tele and the Mediums make contact with other strings at times I don't intend. (This wasn't a problem on the Artcore as the strings were heavier and, well, deader, so they didn't sound when this happened, or at least not enough to concern me.)
I have some Jazz IIIs which are nice in terms of size but maybe a bit heavy for the light-gauge strings on the Tele.
Maybe it's time to try teardrops again.
Or a thumb pick. Great for hybrid picking, of course, but I struggle with those when playing anything beyond "Sixteen Tons" and "Susie-Q" (Might need to work on that more independent of which pick to use with the Tele.)
And who knows, the Mediums may work out fine once I get used to them with the Tele.
But I thought I'd ask the Tele afficianados for advice.
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Originally Posted by Lobomov
I'll figure something out, I'm sure! ;o)
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Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
I use mine differently since my post-surgical ulnar nerve insult last year (I can't grip a pick strong enough and my thumb has little movement) - I slide it on my index finger and shove a flat pick into it. Then I can pick with my index finger pointing out, floppy wrist locked to radius side, and picking motion comes from the elbow. It has taken about 9 months to adapt but my accuracy and speed are picking up. Ted
Normally you would wear it like this...
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Jazz IIs are great picks for jazz. I find the black ones are best. I've also had very good luck with the Dunlop Jazztone 205s and 206s. If I were limited to one pick in the world it would be the Fender oval extra thick. Congratulations, and play it in good health!
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How would a Tele sound/play with a 24.75” scale neck?
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Not much to say...
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Been photoshopped. The Messiah reversed his control panel.
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Originally Posted by nick_wolf
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Originally Posted by Bach5G
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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Originally Posted by nick_wolf
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I was just being flippant. I thought someone would check RB though and see that he had the controls the right way around. He came about as close to being THE man on the Telecaster as one could get.
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How often do you guys change strings on a Tele (that you play as your main guitar?) I was playing flatwounds on my Artcore and they would last over a year. But it's not going to be that way with steel strings on a Tele where I do more bending, sliding, etc.
Every 2 weeks?
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I have ss frets on mine. The strings still last a long time, but I only play that particular guitar 5-6 hours a week. I rotate my guitars a lot.
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Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
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