Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
At The Back => The Dressing Room => Topic started by: Dmoney on June 29, 2009, 05:53:39 PM
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a few days ago this was.
i wanted to hate it but i decided i prefered it to a strat, and i'd probably prefer a thinline.
the first tele ive touched in 13 years of playing.
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Did you directly compare it to a Strat?
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They are superb instruments-hence the fact that they are going strong after all these years. They have an amazing range on tones given the simplicity.
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i still think teles look a bit... meh..
but the tone defines rock - really ballsy, especially with hard ash body. am VERY keen, and modifying my Cyclone to take a tele bridge.
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im not and never have been a fan of how they look, hence never bothering to play one.
the only one i would consider is a sea foam green thinline.
the one i played was 70's blonde one i think, i dont know much about teles.
i've played strats and grew up playing strats, i prefer a les paul, then an sg.
The Tele felt ok to hold, and not as twangy or jangly as id expected.
i also played a gary moore BFG les paul, which was like playing a baseball bat, and i didnt much care for the control setup. though i am tempted to team up my ltd with a MQ in the neck, probably wouldnt be so good with an MM in the bridge.
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The Tele felt ok to hold, and not as twangy or jangly as id expected.
Interesting. I've always found Teles to have quite a bit of string tension, which is part of the twang.
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I think the really unique thing about a vintage style Tele - and the main contributor to the twang - is the thin bent-steel bridge plate.
If you replace it with a thicker, inflexible plate it seems to make the sound rounder, with more sustain (which I like), but it takes away some of the chicken-pickin' Tele character.
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I think the really unique thing about a vintage style Tele - and the main contributor to the twang - is the thin bent-steel bridge plate.
If you replace it with a thicker, inflexible plate it seems to make the sound rounder, with more sustain (which I like), but it takes away some of the chicken-pickin' Tele character.
*nods*
Probably. I know nothing about Teles, however.
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Feelin' the Tele love again!
When I was 15 (I'd been playing for a year or so on a strat copy with the neck held on with rubber bands), I managed to get hold of £200 - working one holiday in a canning factory, as I remember.
I went to the local music store in Wisbech, and I remember there being 2 guitars in my price range - a Vantage Strat and a Tele copy, possibly a Squire.
I knew nothing about how these things were supposed to sound, but when I saw the Tele all I could think of was Status Quo! And they were pretty uncool back then.
I think that an appreciation of Telecasters snuck up on my as I got older and my tastes changed. When I was a teenager, leaning "Seek And Destroy" and "The 4 Horsemen", a Tele was NEVER going to work. But I think that I understand better now how to get sounds out of the simpler things in guitar world, and it doesn't get a great deal simpler than a Tele...
Mark.
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I like teles,
I think they are sorta fugly, but I love 'em cause Jeff Buckley did :)
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but I love 'em cause Jeff Buckley did :)
did Jeff Buckley really love tele's?? Its my understanding that he had no interest in gear whatsoever - he just happened to borrow a tele from a friend and didnt give it back
anyway - thats rather pedantic of me.
tele's are great... which is why i just started another!!!
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did Jeff Buckley really love tele's?? Its my understanding that he had no interest in gear whatsoever - he just happened to borrow a tele from a friend and didnt give it back
I did not know that. Checked it on wiki and it confirms it - and there was me thinking I was some sort of Buckley fan!
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but I love 'em cause Jeff Buckley did :)
did Jeff Buckley really love tele's?? Its my understanding that he had no interest in gear whatsoever - he just happened to borrow a tele from a friend and didnt give it back
anyway - thats rather pedantic of me.
tele's are great... which is why i just started another!!!
i really fancy a jazzmaster shaped tele
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i really fancy a jazzmaster shaped tele
(http://www.warmoth.com/gallery/images/misc_guitar/bill_keaveny_lrg.jpg)
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i really fancy a jazzmaster shaped tele
(http://www.warmoth.com/gallery/images/misc_guitar/bill_keaveny_lrg.jpg)
bit too bling for me - but i love the idea!
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Heh, I like Tele's sound... yet to play one I like the feel of, though. Though I've only played two.
I did just notice, that Agile did/do a 7 string Telecaster
We should totally buy one for Roo :D
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I spotted the lead guitarist in Slipknot shredding on a tele in a video the other day.
Suprised me !
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Yeah, Jim Root from Slipknot has his own custom tele, which actually looks quite nice. Although having EMGs in a tele is strange, I don't think it would feel right!
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a few days ago this was.
i wanted to hate it but i decided i prefered it to a strat, and i'd probably prefer a thinline.
the first tele ive touched in 13 years of playing.
Just wait untill you get your hot little hands on an Esquire. Like a Tele only more so; simpler, twangier, better sustain and harmonics. The trick to taming that twang is to use the tone and volume controls.
n.b. I could see EMGs working for modern country or an active version of Danny Gatton-style sounds, not that I can play any sort of country or that modern country is my thing.
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Hello.
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Teles are awesome. They're the Fender for for rock fans. Just a great raw feel, a big and direct tone, and they just seem to suit being beaten up....
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r267/junkacct/Relics.jpg)
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heres mine..
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I can't help chuckling at the sight of a tele from someone calling himself 'be with Dennis'. Genius!
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thank you very much! tis genius dont u know LOL 8)
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The only Les Pauls I like are TV yellow Les Paul specials - I suppose its because they kinda look like telecasters!
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Teles are awesome. They're the Fender for for rock fans. Just a great raw feel, a big and direct tone, and they just seem to suit being beaten up....
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r267/junkacct/Relics.jpg)
I want to play that rig!
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a big and direct tone, and they just seem to suit being beaten up....
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r267/junkacct/Relics.jpg)
Sounds like you're talking about Roo :lol:
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It's a fantastic rig - Rolling Stones anyone?
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It's a fantastic rig - Rolling Stones anyone?
No thanks.
(Yes to the rig, no to the Stones!)
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Teles are awesome. They're the Fender for for rock fans. Just a great raw feel, a big and direct tone, and they just seem to suit being beaten up....
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r267/junkacct/Relics.jpg)
I want to play that rig!
Having played through that, I can say that it is rather nice. It's based on a Delux or did I make that up?
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A Jazzmaster shaped Tele is what we call a Telemaster.
I know what twang is but I don't know what contributes to it. Gretsches twang too but they have much lower string tension, alltogether different bridge and different pickups.
I do know that aluminium and brass bridges twang more that (stainless) steel. Lower DC resistance pickups seem to be better for twang too.
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have just ordered a tele bridge pickup 8) perhaps i'll be allowed in the tele gang?
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but I love 'em cause Jeff Buckley did :)
did Jeff Buckley really love tele's?? Its my understanding that he had no interest in gear whatsoever - he just happened to borrow a tele from a friend and didnt give it back
anyway - thats rather pedantic of me.
tele's are great... which is why i just started another!!!
I guess that is debatable,
But I figure it this way, once he got more money, he had all the money in the world to buy different guitars, which he did, (I read a story from a shopkeeper in New York who said Buckley even bought an Ibanez from him back in the day!). However, he never gives up that tele, he uses it to record Live at Sin-e, the official Sony Sessions, his live DVD and pretty much every TV appearance he gives. That to me is evidence enough that teles must have been his favorite :)
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Having played through that, I can say that it is rather nice. It's based on a Delux or did I make that up?
No, you're right Huw. It's like a cleaned up Fender Deluxe. Awesome for light crunch Stones/Black Crowes stuff :)
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My next guitar's a Tele.
I'm just trying to decide between a 52 or a 55 :guitar4: