Tim Lerch - Why I Like Telecasters

[kris]

I like Telecasters too.

[Lobomov]

I like Telecasters too.

Don't we all?

Here is mine

[Stefan Eff]

Telecasters are the ultimate guitars!

[Litterick]

I don't like them. Too thick.

I dislike Les Pauls more.

[kris]

Telecasters are the ultimate guitars!

+1

[christianm77]

I don't like them. Too thick.

I dislike Les Pauls more.

Get a thinline then

[JazzmanLehmann]

I always liked teles too. Ted Greene could make them sing like no other. Its awesome to see Tim Lerch carrying Teds legacy on, he really got all the vibes going on. Awesome musician, and he gets great sounds from his Telecaster too.

[Joeontheguitar]

It's because of Tim Lerch that I, after selling my rosewood tele boat anchor, I bought a thinline Tele, that I really, really love. Tim really makes a Tele sound like how an angel would play guitar.

[Stefan Eff]

Guys like Tim (and Julian Lage) are able to let out all those wonderful nuances only Telecasters got. A pleasure to listen. I wonder what kind of strings he‘s playing. I‘m always surprised most of those killer guitarists are playing regular round wound strings instead of pure nickel strings e.g.

[kris]

4:12 about D'Addario Nicel Wound 12-54:

[ruger9]

My favorite guitar. I have 3 of them. A standard tele, an Esquire (soon to be converted into a tele), and a Cabronita Thinline. The standard tele has been my #1 for 26 years, and the Cabronita (I've had it about 6 years?) is #2.

I just feel like the tele does it all. I don't jazz with my strat, I don't rock with my Gretsch, I don't blues with my Charvel/Jackson... but I can do anything with the teles.

[marcwhy]

I can listen to Tim play all day!

[BTW, I think we already have an "I love teles" thread!]

[kris]

more threads about Telesters...good.

[mr. beaumont]

Ill never argue with a tele thread. Heres mine...ive had the one on the right since I was 17!

[waltf]

ive had the one on the right since I was 17!

Natural body with rosewood neck = perfection.

[lammie200]

My first electric was a Tele almost 40 years ago. Still love them today. I consider them to be the un-guitar of guitars. They can disappear in your hands and make it all about the music.

[pingu]

1107922[/URL]]Natural body with rosewood neck = perfection.

agreed ! I wanted a tele like that but nothing suitable came up that I could afford ....
so I went for this 2012 yam for £100 used
and hard-tailed it
alder body and rosewood board



plays and sounds great ....

[Stefan Eff]

This is my main guitar, my TVcaster. Fat neck, 2,8 kg including the Bigsby B16. Swampashbody/maple top. Barfuss pickups, the neck pkup bypasses the tone control.
Plays like a dream, sounds amazing. Warm, mighty and crystal clear. I often think I really don‘t need any other guitar.

[marcwhy]

@Stefan -- I like the one in your profile pic!

[mr. beaumont]

Natural body with rosewood neck = perfection.

It's actually ebony!

[Stefan Eff]

@Stefan -- I like the one in your profile pic!

argh, sorry. Not my guitar, that‘s an old Blackguard

[Half-trick pony]

Nice color! What is it called? Never saw one like that. Reminds me a bit of the "penny" color that you can get on the American Performer Strats and Teles.

[Stefan Eff]

Nice color! What is it called? Never saw one like that. Reminds me a bit of the "penny" color that you can get on the American Performer Strats and Teles.

thanks, faded candy tangerine. That’s an MJT body, unfortunately I don‘t own that Esquire anymore.

[MarkRhodes]

I'm a recent convert to the Church of the Tele.
Starting at the low end but I'm happy to be here, and o, what wonders await!

[waltf]

1107939[/URL]]It's actually ebony!

even better! Super nice guitar. Been wanting to build the same thing but with a short scale conversion neck for ages now..