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Title: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Twinfan on July 13, 2009, 09:39:19 PM
..Tele's are fecking fantastic  :D

I've just been noddling around on my 'distinctive' (ahem) relic through my Martamp Deluxe, and I don't care if:

* it makes me attractive to men
* the bulbous bit causes offence to hobbits
* I pull stupid sex faces when I'm gigging

If I can only grab one guitar as the house is burning down, I'm getting more and more convinced that this is what I'd rush to save.

So to Roo, up yours!

(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r267/junkacct/That_Tele.jpg)
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: ailean on July 13, 2009, 09:46:14 PM
:)

While I'm a Les Pual man myself, I have to say, Tele's sound awsome, nothing else like 'em.

You got Blackguards in that? If not I suggest a set, they make a tele sound more like a tele than a... um.... tele?
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Bradock PI on July 13, 2009, 09:56:20 PM
I see you turned to the side ashamed to show that T-shirt logo with such an abomination in your hands.
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: WezV on July 13, 2009, 10:03:44 PM
I see you turned to the side ashamed to show that T-shirt logo with such an abomination in your hands.

ashamed to show his own bands t-shirt.... that would be odd
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Twinfan on July 13, 2009, 10:04:06 PM
You got Blackguards in that? If not I suggest a set, they make a tele sound more like a tele than a... um.... tele?

I've got the stock Custom Shop pickups in it and I'm changing nothing - they're superb, as is the entire guitar.

I see you turned to the side ashamed to show that T-shirt logo with such an abomination in your hands.

:o  Wash your mouth out!!!!  :lol:
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Bradock PI on July 13, 2009, 10:07:39 PM
Hehe Jking you look like you having fun there !!! How long you had the Tele?
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Post by: 38thBeatle on July 13, 2009, 10:22:56 PM
Go for it Dave, heed not what the Roomaster might say.
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Ian Price on July 13, 2009, 11:03:08 PM
Yeah Dave - I'm in the club. You may well be GASing for an Esquire after the 22nd!!
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Elliot on July 13, 2009, 11:08:13 PM
AC DC sounds pretty darn good with a tele and a tweed amp - no loss of balls there: in fact, i'd say a tele can out Angus an SG in the right hands (unfortunately not mine!)
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: dave_mc on July 13, 2009, 11:32:22 PM
i like telecasters- i wouldn't want one as my only guitar, but assuming i'm allowed several, i'd have a tele in there.
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Philly Q on July 13, 2009, 11:37:59 PM
If I can only grab one guitar as the house is burning down, I'm getting more and more convinced that this is what I'd rush to save.

Even before the Modern Eagle?  :o

Not that I'd disagree!


(And assuming Mrs Twinfan has already been carried to safety by Kurt Russell or Saracen off of Gladiators, of course)
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: hamfist on July 14, 2009, 07:03:32 AM
I love the look of a tele. 

THe only problems I have with them are the necks and the poor upper fret access (I need all the help I can get !)
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: badgermark on July 14, 2009, 08:30:33 AM
I think my hacked up mim tele would be what I'd save too. Even though I have a new love for SGs the  tele still feels like a pair of old slippers when it's round my neck.

Plus the ladies think I look sexy when I rock it.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/3411725210_77833f2523.jpg?v=0)
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Twinfan on July 14, 2009, 09:07:54 AM
Hehe Jking you look like you having fun there !!! How long you had the Tele?

I've had the Tele about 12 months, and every time I get it out of the case to play it I always think it just feels 'right'.  A great Tele is a fantastic instrument that covers lots of ground, as Elliot says.

If I can only grab one guitar as the house is burning down, I'm getting more and more convinced that this is what I'd rush to save.

Even before the Modern Eagle?  :o

Not that I'd disagree!


(And assuming Mrs Twinfan has already been carried to safety by Kurt Russell or Saracen off of Gladiators, of course)

If I could grab two, the Eagle would be in my other hand  ;)  There's just something about that Tele for me that makes it irreplacable.  I think any Modern Eagle would be there or thereabouts and easier to replace.

Oh, and Mrs Twinfan would want to be rescued by Jensen Ackles from the TV series Supernatural....

(http://foxcraft.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/jensen.jpg)
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: indysmith on July 14, 2009, 11:21:33 AM
Oh, and Mrs Twinfan would want to be rescued by Jensen Ackles from the TV series Supernatural....
That guy looks a LOT like my friend James! I'm going out with him tonight in fact. Bad luck though Mrs. Twinfan; he's gay!
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Twinfan on July 14, 2009, 11:38:15 AM
I don't think Jensen is though  ;)
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Philly Q on July 14, 2009, 11:57:52 AM
Oh, and Mrs Twinfan would want to be rescued by Jensen Ackles from the TV series Supernatural....


Ah, but has he ever played a fireman?

God, I can't stand that programme!  I love horror movies, but horror/supernatural TV series are always totally non-scary and waste far too much time on the characters' boring personal lives.  :x

I did see the Ackles chap in My Bloody Valentine 3-D.  The ladies may like him but he couldn't act his way out of a paper bag!  :P
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Tellboy on July 14, 2009, 12:03:44 PM
Yep .... there's something about Teles.  My first 'real' guitar was a 1966 (not pre CBS unfortunately) white tele which I had to beg my parents to let me buy under a HP agreement. I use to keep it under the bed and if I woke up in the night I used to get it out the case just to look at it (yes I know...very sad). I painstakingly made a black pickguard for it out of a black floor tile in the hope I might be able to sound vaguely like Jeff Beck.... and before you ask, no it doesn't work  :lol:
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Twinfan on July 14, 2009, 12:04:06 PM
It's the interplay between him and his brother in the series that's great.

Oh, and the babes they bump into  ;)
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Philly Q on July 14, 2009, 12:22:15 PM
It's the interplay between him and his brother in the series that's great.

Oh, and the babes they bump into   :wink:

No, that's what I can't stand!  It's getting to the point where I can't watch any American TV shows, they're all empty jibber-jabber, flashy camera work, paper-thin plots and actors who look like Ken and Barbie.  No substance whatsoever. 
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: bucketshred on July 14, 2009, 01:27:21 PM
Yeh but Supernatural has the IMPALA!

And great music.

And it's pretty funny to boot.

I wish I was as cool as Dean Winchester.
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: AndyR on July 14, 2009, 01:45:45 PM
Funnily enough, I'm also reaching the conclusion that one of my teles is the one I'd save from the conflagration.

It should be the strat, it really should be, it might still be... but my black custom is kicking the @rse of every other guitar in the building.
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Post by: TheIronBeast on July 14, 2009, 01:57:51 PM
That Tele looks awesome! Even though I am a Strat man myself I've always loved the look and sound of a Tele.
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: MrBump on July 14, 2009, 02:03:03 PM
It's the interplay between him and his brother in the series that's great.

Oh, and the babes they bump into  ;)

Did you catch the one where he did the "Eye Of The Tiger" thing?  Classic!
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Twinfan on July 14, 2009, 02:15:43 PM
I can't remember that one???  I liked the Back To The Future and Hammer Horror episodes of the latest series though!
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: hunter on July 14, 2009, 03:46:21 PM
..Tele's are fecking fantastic  :D

I've just been noddling around on my 'distinctive' (ahem) relic through my Martamp Deluxe, and I don't care if:

* it makes me attractive to men
* the bulbous bit causes offence to hobbits
* I pull stupid sex faces when I'm gigging

If I can only grab one guitar as the house is burning down, I'm getting more and more convinced that this is what I'd rush to save.

So to Roo, up yours!

(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r267/junkacct/That_Tele.jpg)

Would look cool if you'd swing it lower, like badgermark does, need a long strap for that ...
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: bucketshred on July 14, 2009, 03:49:26 PM
It's the interplay between him and his brother in the series that's great.

Oh, and the babes they bump into  ;)

Did you catch the one where he did the "Eye Of The Tiger" thing?  Classic!

That was utterly brilliant. I love Supernatural. Normally, it's just me and the Doris watching it on Sky+. Nice to know other people like it too!
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Philly Q on July 14, 2009, 03:50:42 PM
Would look cool if you'd swing it lower, like badgermark does, need a long strap for that ...

Dave does use pretty long straps!  When I tried his PRS at the London meet it was dangling round my knees.
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: hunter on July 14, 2009, 03:54:44 PM
Would look cool if you'd swing it lower, like badgermark does, need a long strap for that ...

Dave does use pretty long straps!  When I tried his PRS at the London meet it was dangling round my knees.

Maybe that's because you have short feet :O)
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: JDC on July 14, 2009, 04:13:01 PM
Would look cool if you'd swing it lower, like badgermark does, need a long strap for that ...

Dave does use pretty long straps!  When I tried his PRS at the London meet it was dangling round my knees.

I looked at the pic first thing I thought was "I'm sure Dave hangs his guitars a bit lower than that!!!"

someone needs to photoshop in a YMCA poster in the background for Roo
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: badgermark on July 14, 2009, 05:02:02 PM
Would look cool if you'd swing it lower, like badgermark does, need a long strap for that ...

Dave does use pretty long straps!  When I tried his PRS at the London meet it was dangling round my knees.

Maybe that's because you have short feet :O)

My straps are the longest I could find. I was interested in the fancy leather ones Dave was selling, but the max length was about 8 inches shorter than my shortest strap length. Plus I'm 6'4", the longer the better.
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Philly Q on July 14, 2009, 05:08:28 PM
Would look cool if you'd swing it lower, like badgermark does, need a long strap for that ...

Dave does use pretty long straps!  When I tried his PRS at the London meet it was dangling round my knees.

Maybe that's because you have short feet :O)

I have short everything!
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: _tom_ on July 14, 2009, 05:14:05 PM
Too much information Philly :lol:
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Post by: Muttley on July 14, 2009, 08:37:29 PM
I'm not particularly fond of the look of Telecasters, but I saw a band called Idiot3 (http://www.idiot3.co.uk/) supporting Ginger from the Wildhearts at a pub in Winchester, and their new (from what they said on the night) guitarist was playing a Tele through some form of Cornford combo.  Awesome sound.
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: nfe on July 14, 2009, 08:43:21 PM
It's the interplay between him and his brother in the series that's great.

Oh, and the babes they bump into   :wink:

No, that's what I can't stand!  It's getting to the point where I can't watch any American TV shows, they're all empty jibber-jabber, flashy camera work, paper-thin plots and actors who look like Ken and Barbie.  No substance whatsoever. 

But, if you compile a top ten TV series of all time, they're likely all from the US (plus The Water Margin  :)). Even if I do the top five from recent years, it's got to be Battlestar Galactica, Deadwood, The Sopranos, The West Wing and The Wire.

They churn out lots of mince, but the make lots of gold too.


EDIT: And the above are not the top five in my opinion only, they're the top five, fact. :lol:
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Philly Q on July 14, 2009, 08:49:34 PM
Well, I'd have Homicide: Life On The Street in there, certainly.  So I'd probably like The Wire, if I'd ever seen it.

And I did like The Sopranos, at least up until the last couple of series.  And Oz.

And yes, The Water Margin would definitely be in my top ten!  :D
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Twinfan on July 14, 2009, 11:33:33 PM
Would look cool if you'd swing it lower, like badgermark does, need a long strap for that ...

It was the only I had at the time.  I've got a better and longer one now  ;)
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: Twinfan on July 15, 2009, 09:59:25 PM
Did you catch the one where he did the "Eye Of The Tiger" thing?  Classic!

I've just watched that episode - awesome!  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: _tom_ on July 15, 2009, 10:02:11 PM
I havent been able to get into The Wire for some reason. I dont know, I just dont like any of the characters yet.
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Post by: WezV on July 15, 2009, 10:21:09 PM
keep watching tom
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Post by: Dmoney on July 15, 2009, 10:22:15 PM
the wire is awesome.
in january i took a ride around the low rises from the first series and the corners in baltimore.
SCARY!
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: _tom_ on July 15, 2009, 10:22:50 PM
I've only got a few into S1, I dont think I have the willpower to watch much more when I dislike the characters :lol:
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Post by: Ian Price on July 15, 2009, 10:39:15 PM
I've only got a few into S1, I dont think I have the willpower to watch much more when I dislike the characters :lol:

Stick at it Tom - it took me a good 5 episodes to start getting into it. I can honestly say it is my favourite ever TV series.
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Post by: _tom_ on July 15, 2009, 11:03:20 PM
I like instant gratification, hence why I like Prison Break so much (well, the first 2 seasons were good then it started going downhill) :lol: :oops:

Will have to give it more time.
Title: Re: I don't care what Roo says...
Post by: il˙ti on July 17, 2009, 02:15:01 AM
Well, Twinfan also likes AC/DC...