Donnie B.
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Love how Kotzen came around to one.
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Apex1Rg7X
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I happen to love the Tele shape.
LP Freak
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Mine‘s not a Fender but close enough
SpiderWars
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My Pine Tele build.
scottosan
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I’d be all over this
https://www.luxxtoneguitars.com/ind...ticle&id=254:choppa-t-116&catid=98&Itemid=669
https://www.luxxtoneguitars.com/ind...ticle&id=254:choppa-t-116&catid=98&Itemid=669
blackba
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My 2nd guitar was a fender contemporary tele from the mid 80s with dual humbuckers and a locking tremelo. Super versatile, but not really a traditional tele sound.
This year I got a used American pro tele and I will say it took me a bit to get on to it as a long time fat strat and les Paul player, but now I am loving it. It’s a maple neck butterscotch blonde, I even like the pickups. I did change the tone to a push pull so I can have the pickups in series, which I like to fatten things up but don’t use it as much as I thought.
The clarity, chime, and snap of the tele is something that I just don’t get with my other guitars.
I watched this recently and it was good. Mine sure does not sound as aggressive like dan’s red tele, it’s more on the sweeter side.
This year I got a used American pro tele and I will say it took me a bit to get on to it as a long time fat strat and les Paul player, but now I am loving it. It’s a maple neck butterscotch blonde, I even like the pickups. I did change the tone to a push pull so I can have the pickups in series, which I like to fatten things up but don’t use it as much as I thought.
The clarity, chime, and snap of the tele is something that I just don’t get with my other guitars.
I watched this recently and it was good. Mine sure does not sound as aggressive like dan’s red tele, it’s more on the sweeter side.
Spaceboy
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My tele is my #1.
Juggernaut
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Devin
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Yes 
midnightlaundry
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What a collection of SUCK.. LOL
All of you resign your accounts..
All of you resign your accounts..
Readyaimfire
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I didn’t think they were for me. I k ow these aren’t “Fender’s”, but I’ve grown to love the body style. It’s a real sleeper when you put something hot in the bridge. People aren’t expecting it. I love that.
Exo-metal
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The only one worth mentioning in heavy music that plays one is in the band the whores. Other than that I can think of no one else.
japetus
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Someday, you are gonna be sitting there and think "Man, I wonder what it's like playing a real mans guitar.". And you will take your fanned fret 7 string to Guitar Center, and trade it in for a Telecaster. And that, my friend, is when your life will truly begin.
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dirtyfunkg
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I dislike the Tele look. This attitude delayed my intro to a Tele until earlier this year when I bought a SDOTD G&L ASAT Classic Tribute. Alnico pickups instead of MFD, so pretty darn close to being a normal Swamp Ash Tele.
I can take or leave the neck pickup. It's not BAD... just kind of meh. I now understand why people put humbuckers in the neck and keep the bridge as a single coil.
The big takeaway is this: I wish I'd have gone with a Tele as my first guitar. That or what ended up becoming the Squier/Fender '51 (which wasn't around when I started).
They're easy to use (no tremolo related tuning issues to worry about), and they're versatile enough to hang in any context where an electric guitar is necessary.
The amount of time I wasted as a kid trying to figure out why my guitar kept going out of tune before realizing that the bridge was lifting, then having to figure out how a vibrato really works so that I could balance the tension... all of that.
Then you read the laundry list of albums, solos, etc that were recorded with a Tele. Even if they weren't really using it live, the Tele was foundational to the Led Zeppelin (as already mentioned) and Superunknown/Down on the Upside sounds.
Played a gig last month using that G&L. In the context of playing with a group, the great thing is that the guitar really cut, and the versatility of tones between the two pickups, tone and volume, etc... kind of mindblowing for such a simple instrument.
Again, not a big fan of the look, but I might make a Warmoth Tele that would be more my style. A gut cut would be nice also...
I can take or leave the neck pickup. It's not BAD... just kind of meh. I now understand why people put humbuckers in the neck and keep the bridge as a single coil.
The big takeaway is this: I wish I'd have gone with a Tele as my first guitar. That or what ended up becoming the Squier/Fender '51 (which wasn't around when I started).
They're easy to use (no tremolo related tuning issues to worry about), and they're versatile enough to hang in any context where an electric guitar is necessary.
The amount of time I wasted as a kid trying to figure out why my guitar kept going out of tune before realizing that the bridge was lifting, then having to figure out how a vibrato really works so that I could balance the tension... all of that.
Then you read the laundry list of albums, solos, etc that were recorded with a Tele. Even if they weren't really using it live, the Tele was foundational to the Led Zeppelin (as already mentioned) and Superunknown/Down on the Upside sounds.
Played a gig last month using that G&L. In the context of playing with a group, the great thing is that the guitar really cut, and the versatility of tones between the two pickups, tone and volume, etc... kind of mindblowing for such a simple instrument.
Again, not a big fan of the look, but I might make a Warmoth Tele that would be more my style. A gut cut would be nice also...
midnightlaundry
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Start holding your breath now...
I'm fine that you all love it, but it is not for me..
Speeddemon
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Dude, throw a DiMarzio Twang King in the neck and thank me later.
I did that to my G&L ASAT Tribute, added tons of spank and character.
Speeddemon
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Devin
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Throw one in the bridge too. The Twang King set is incredible
Dimebag11
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