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I‘ve heard good reviews of Baja Teles and 50‘s type Squiers. I guess they‘re good basic Tellys to start.
If you surrender to the twang you‘ll find something better later...
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08-02-2020 03:05 PM
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Look into G&L they are excellent quality for the price made in USA!!
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Originally Posted by Nick71
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the g&l asian made tributes are great bang for the buck!...very good qc...neck pockets are really well done...no loose necks
g&l also has the great mfd pickup...which was leo fenders baby...almost p-90 ish...great pup!
cheers
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Another G&L advocate here. Their custom shop quality at assembly line pricing is hard to beat. I've owned at least one or more of their Tele (and Strat) versions over the years, and have settled on a Korina solid body Blues Boy with a Duncan Phat Cat (humbucker sized P90) in the neck. It's not a CC, but as close as I'll ever get to that vibe. I've never tried one of G&L's Tribute line of imports, so there's that.
Try one and see if you prefer Fender, G&L or even others. It seems most builders include a Tele of some sort in their product line.
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I agree that they are great for the price. Or, at least they were. The last time I got a G&L was 2008. I got an ASAT Deluxe. A very nice guitar that I enjoy playing. However, I have no experience with more recent stuff they have made. If I was looking for that kind of guitar, I would certainly consider G&L
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Thank you all for your excellent comments. I bought a sort-of partscaster: white-blonde Classic 50's Telecaster with a Baja tele maple neck. It came with home-made pickups I am replacing. I will have the finished product in a week or so. I will show you what it looks like and tell you how I think it sounds.
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That ^^^^ is a great choice I love the Baja neck and the 59 Classic body. Perfect.
I was coming here to point out the Baja in the For Sale section that looks really nice.
Congrats on what sounds like a great choice.I love Teles, there were stages when it is all I wanted to play. Got my first in a high school trade (in 1973 hence my used id) it cut through the mix of a loud teen age band quite nicely. That was my first impression.
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Try this thread for size. Squier jazz Tele with CC pickup
Jazz Tele Venture
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And just to whet one's appetite. ..
G&L USA ASAT and CC pickup. Limited Edition .
I really wanted one of those but they didn't cross the pond...
Ahwell, made my own.
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Originally Posted by jazzbow
Found this sold one on Reverb. I would NOT have been able to resist this.
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So the beauty as well as the problem, is the Tele is such an open platform on which to build your dream electric bolt on guitar
It's a Hot Rodders Dream!
I have 3 different versions from fairly traditional ash,maple neck, black guard w 3 pickups, wider fatter neck, mini hum neck, etc
An Alder solidbody with comfort contours, SD Jazz neck humbucker, Warmoth Fatback Roasted Maple with Rosewood 1&11/16ths neck
Finally a modded G&L Asat Super Mahogany Semi Hollow with a Musikraft wide/fat neck, Vintage Vibe Asat Custom Humbuckers, Gotoh 510 tuners
Now I can't decide which one to play,LOL !
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As previously mentioned, based on the excellent advice here, I bought a sort-of partscaster: white-blonde Classic 50's Telecaster with a Baja tele maple neck. I had Vintage Vibe CC pickups installed.
I really like how the guitar looks. The vintage white pickguard replaced a black one. The neck is ideal for me. And the pickups turned out even better than I hoped. I know Charlie Christian played an archtop. And nobody claims that CC pickups are exactly like the originals. But the sound is very much in that direction. It is thicker and fuller than with regular Tele pickups. Less of a range. But I can use the neck pickup without rolling back the tone. And I can even use the bridge pickup by itself. There is no icepick sound there. On a regular Tele, I would hardly ever use the bridge pickup alone for any type of music I play.
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Originally Posted by Phil59
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Originally Posted by Stefan Eff
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Which CC pickup is that and did it come with the pickguard or did you have to do it?
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Originally Posted by Skip Ellis
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How does one determine on which hemisphere a slab body was manufactured without a "made in..." label?
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Originally Posted by Michael Neverisky
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Originally Posted by Phil59
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Originally Posted by Skip Ellis
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Originally Posted by Phil59
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Originally Posted by Phil59
I had one, sold it off when I downsized to 1 tele from 4...but it was a great guitar...
And now I just screwed together another tele and I'm looking for a white body to marry to the neck I took off the most recent...ah, tele modding...just when I thought I was out...
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