Talk me out of getting a telecaster...

**BigDaddyLoveHandles** · 07-21-2016, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by boatheelmusic

That tele does have P-90's but it also has a 24 3/4" scale, a stop tail like a les paul and a nice neck.......more like a Gibson than a Fender....

I think it has a 25.5" scale: Modern Player Telecaster® Thinline Deluxe, Maple Fingerboard, Black Transparent | Fender Electric Guitars

And unless me eyes deceive me, that's not a LP pail piece, but a Strat-like hard tail.

**Lobomov** · 07-21-2016, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles

I think it has a 25.5" scale: Modern Player Telecaster® Thinline Deluxe, Maple Fingerboard, Black Transparent | Fender Electric Guitars

And unless me eyes deceive me, that's not a LP pail piece, but a Strat-like hard tail.

That is not it. He is considering the Jim Atkins model

**mr quick** · 07-21-2016, 10:23 AM

Thanks for all the answers, the consensus seems to be that I should definitely get one...

Originally Posted by Jim Soloway

Have you played it? And have you played a more convention Tele? I'll never say bad things about Tele's but I'd suggest trying them in both configurations before buying one so far from the traditional configuration. It may be great or it may leave you thinking that you still don't own a Tele.

re: this: it's the only telecaster I've ever played that I actually really liked. (including my dad's '69 thinline!)

**Dennis D** · 07-21-2016, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by Marwin Moody

I've been looking for "something else", just to mix up my routine given that I only play one guitar. There's an Ibanez and a Defurne for sale on this forum that I've had my eye on but I'm reluctant to buy an expensive guitar when I already have a Gibson semi-hollow. I kind of want a "beater" and something different from my ES-139. Spice things up, I guess.

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For sale at the music store for 400-something. One of my best friends works there and can probably knock the price down a significant bit. I got a squier jazzmaster(which I _would_ use more but it's a baritone) for next to nothing there on my birthday.

...but do I need another guitar?

Ok, so I won't talk you out of it.

I will just say this - -try it. Play it. Forget about the sound - at first. Bring your arms and your lap - meaning play it seated. Maybe try a Strat too.

After all these years w/ hollow-bodies and archtops, a few years ago I bought an LP I just had to have. Never got used to it - - I was all arms. ( Think ' Tal F plays a Tele' ).

But if you are comfortable after you try one, all the best !!

**BigDaddyLoveHandles** · 07-21-2016, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by Lobomov

That is not it. He is considering the Jim Atkins model

I'm confused. Someone else mentioned that model, but not the OP. The original picture is a Modern Player Thinline Deluxe.

**Greentone** · 07-21-2016, 11:36 AM

Observation:

When you are very young--it's all about the bridge pickup on the Telecaster. Heck, I started out with an Esquire. And, good gosh--the Telecaster bridge pickup is epic.

The neck pickup is a grown person's tone generator. The neck pickup on a Telecaster is one of the wonders of the world. Well, maybe that's a bit hyperbolic, but the neck pickup is darned good.

**Lobomov** · 07-21-2016, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles

I'm confused. Someone else mentioned that model, but not the OP. The original picture is a Modern Player Thinline Deluxe.

Sorry my mistake. I thought the OP was the Jim A. By all means I would prefer the 25.5 scale in a Tele

**mr quick** · 07-21-2016, 04:13 PM

^correct, it's the MIC thinline deluxe

Originally Posted by Dennis D

Ok, so I won't talk you out of it.

I will just say this - -try it. Play it. Forget about the sound - at first. Bring your arms and your lap - meaning play it seated. Maybe try a Strat too.

After all these years w/ hollow-bodies and archtops, a few years ago I bought an LP I just had to have. Never got used to it - - I was all arms. ( Think ' Tal F plays a Tele' ).

But if you are comfortable after you try one, all the best !!

Yeah, I've owned a ton of strats. Gave up on the strats after I couldn't even enjoy a Tyler Studio Elite.

I've only tried it seated

I'd like to try it in my rig but fudge trying to get my Peavey Stereo Chorus 212 to the store...

**OldGuitarPlayer** · 07-21-2016, 05:10 PM

Yes everyone should have a tele. I prefer the traditional configuration of single coil pickups with the ashtray bridge with the 3 barrel saddles. Mine is a Korean model made by Vantek (Vantage) that I bought used for $99. It came with vintage style Alnico pickups too. It's my only electric guitar. I play blues gigs with it all the time.

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**docsteve** · 07-22-2016, 07:28 AM

I just got my first tele (G&L asat tribute w/2 single coils, butterscotch blonde) after decades of lusting and I haven't played anything else since. Do get it.

Stephan

**BigDaddyLoveHandles** · 07-22-2016, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by docsteve

I just got my first tele (G&L asat tribute w/2 single coils, butterscotch blonde) after decades of lusting and I haven't played anything else since. Do get it.

Stephan

Synchronicity! I was about to ask the OP if G&L Tributes are available in Norway. Excellent value T-styles.

**jazzbow** · 07-22-2016, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles

Synchronicity! I was about to as the OP if G&L Tributes are available in Norway. Excellent value T-styles.

+1

**ksteijn** · 07-23-2016, 07:58 PM

I've got an Archtop and a Tele (actually a G&L) and I think that is the required set of guitars. You have to have a Tele, or Tele-type guitar. It really is the Swiss Army knife of guitars.

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**Greentone** · 07-23-2016, 08:29 PM

The one I just built came out so well...it's a keeper. I will hang on to it and pass it on to my son and grandson. I dialed in the setup today and it just came alive.

As good as my Strat is (super, in fact), the Tele is even better. This is the sound of about 50 years of hit records from Pop, rock, blues, and country. However, when I use it to play jazz...my word, it just explodes with goodness. Comping chords, playing improvisations to changes songs like "Anthropology," "Oleo," or "Cotton Tail," or doing chord melody ballads like "Alfie," this guitar just exudes great tone.

Get yourself a Telecaster!

**orri** · 07-24-2016, 12:00 PM

I own one of those.
I'm really happy with it.
I haven't yet found anything about it that I don't like about it.

If you don't need that money for something else I think you should buy it because you can and you want it.

Here's the NGD thread I made when I got it, with a jazz sound sample (I think the guitar sounds better than that recording, but it could give you some idea).
https://www.jazzguitar.be/forum/guita...ne-deluxe.html

**BigDaddyLoveHandles** · 07-25-2016, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by ksteijn

I've got an Archtop and a Tele (actually a G&L) and I think that is the required set of guitars. You have to have a Tele, or Tele-type guitar. It really is the Swiss Army knife of guitars.

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Well, I'm still looking for the corkscrew. This is the closest I've gotten.

which is odd, since you can buy this...

**ES125er** · 07-25-2016, 11:35 AM

I never bonded with mine, an American Deluxe Telecaster Thinline:

Nothing wrong with the guitar, it just does not suit me. Maybe I should have bought a more classic design, but I am not in a rush to find out anymore.

I still love listening to (other) tele players, though. Even American Deluxe Telecaster Thinline players!

**Greentone** · 07-25-2016, 11:42 AM

I don't know...even when I play Wes Montgomery on the bridge pickup--with full twang--it sounds great to me and is a treat to play on a Telecaster. There is just something about this guitar that I don't get out of other guitars.