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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: doomcaster on June 04, 2011, 10:29:49 PM

Title: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: doomcaster on June 04, 2011, 10:29:49 PM
Not to be looking down on other models in any way. But why the hell would you ever need another guitar?
They've have been used by everyone from muddy waters to joe strummer to jim root, Is there any other guitar that covers as much ground? Les pauls were always more jazzy guitars, and strats are so generic you just can't turn up to a gig without being laughed off stage. But a tele will always look and sound very different, and very good. anyone else here got the tele bug?
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Philly Q on June 04, 2011, 10:34:57 PM
Les pauls were always more jazzy guitars, and strats are so generic you just can't turn up to a gig without being laughed off stage.

Eh?  :?
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Kiichi on June 04, 2011, 10:54:59 PM
Les pauls were always more jazzy guitars, and strats are so generic you just can't turn up to a gig without being laughed off stage.

Eh?  :?
well said Philly Q, but allow me to add a little: w00t?
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: doomcaster on June 04, 2011, 11:00:30 PM
wasn't trying to bash other guitars, simply praise the telecaster, I'm sure you guys use lots of guitars for lots of things
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: shobet on June 04, 2011, 11:10:50 PM
I have sex with mine.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Philly Q on June 04, 2011, 11:11:32 PM
I love Telecasters (not everyone on this forum will say that!), but I just didn't get your comments about Les Pauls and Strats.  :P

And to be fair, the only things the Muddy Waters and Jim Root Teles have in common is the shape and a bolt-on neck.  I'm not sure Root could get his sound from a '52 reissue with stock pickups.

I think Teles still tend to be typecast as "country" guitars, you're right that they're much more versatile than that.  But lots of other guitars are equally versatile, aren't they?
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: doomcaster on June 04, 2011, 11:21:21 PM
pfft thats Jim roots problem, I can get his sound from stock 52 pickups ;), I joke
les pauls are pretty well traveled too so I'm told, but I'll confess,
I don't like strats, flame away :p
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Transcend on June 04, 2011, 11:25:31 PM
pfft thats Jim roots problem, I can get his sound from stock 52 pickups ;), I joke
les pauls are pretty well traveled too so I'm told, but I'll confess,
I don't like strats, flame away :p

i dont like any fenders....

they are too 'dull' for my liking.

I can however appreciate the sounds they can achieve

But i cannot accept the headstocks
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Telerocker on June 05, 2011, 02:03:52 AM
I use my tele tot gig trough a 50 songs-set, it's versatile if you use the toneknob too. However, the last year I grab my custom HSS-strat more and more. You cannot really get the Fender-quack out of tele. The middleposition on my tele sounds nice, but it isn't real stratty. And the neckpickups sound different too. Both great designs and sounds, as is a Les Paul and certainly not only for jazz. For everything that needs some balls or for some vintage bluestones. Just need to buy one again (and an ES). Renovation of the bathroom has to wait.  :)
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: JDC on June 05, 2011, 04:33:07 AM
But can it make a good brew?
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: hunter on June 05, 2011, 07:02:53 AM
Teles are grown up guitars. They are very honest and direct, but hard work. Only very few shredders that can handle a Tele, Richie Kotzen or Guthrie Govan surely being exceptions.

I love Teles and I am still looking for the right one to complete my guitar collection.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: horsehead on June 05, 2011, 07:45:40 AM
I have sex with mine.

That doesn't suprise me, do you gurn when you 'play' her?
I have a beat up tele with BKP's in & it's one of the best sounds & covers a hell of a lot of ground, & now I've got my lil bitch (la cabronita) coming soon...guess you could say I like them....don't have sex with them, but like them


But there was that one time at band camp.....
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: d1dsj on June 05, 2011, 10:10:43 AM
Mine is my go to guitar but it's not a true Tele. It's more of a Tele/ Strat hybrid.... forearm contour, tummy cut, H/S/S and a Floyd. The big thing from a playing perspective is the tummy cut, it's just makes it more comfortable to play. It's also the most versatile and best playing guitar I've ever picked up.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Jazz Rock on June 05, 2011, 10:50:00 AM
Once you have changed the 3-way switch to a 4-way, I would agree that you can cover pretty much any style of music. But each type of guitar has its own voice characteristic and is bound to be more apt for certain application. I can play pretty much everything with my Tele, but if I want to produce a good ol' riff, I'll take one of my Les Pauls any time. 
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Ratrod on June 05, 2011, 11:53:20 AM
Tele's can do alot.

There's a handfull of others that match it's versitility:

Gretsch Jets, any solid or semi solid guitar with P90's and 335's.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Roobubba on June 05, 2011, 12:14:05 PM
Well I can tell you this: there's no other guitar that makes you look like a total and utter queer like a telecaster.
Sure, there are some that get close, but I've never, ever, EVER seen anyone playing a tele that doesn't look like a) a c**t and b) a spiffingly flamboyant gentleman.

So yeah, there's plenty you can't do on a telecaster, but it's what you can't avoid doing that you should be worried about.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Transcend on June 05, 2011, 12:15:24 PM
Well I can tell you this: there's no other guitar that makes you look like a total and utter queer like a telecaster.
Sure, there are some that get close, but I've never, ever, EVER seen anyone playing a tele that doesn't look like a) a c**t and b) a spiffingly flamboyant gentleman.

So yeah, there's plenty you can't do on a telecaster, but it's what you can't avoid doing that you should be worried about.

:D

ive been waiting all morning for you to arrive
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Philly Q on June 05, 2011, 12:15:58 PM
Wahey!  He's found the thread at last!  :lol:
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Roobubba on June 05, 2011, 12:17:45 PM
It's like waving any coloured flag you like in front of a bull. And all I see is red :(
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Elliot on June 05, 2011, 02:45:29 PM
They are called the Swiss army knife of guitars - don't know if that's good or bad.....in that I use my Swiss army knife alot but as a result most of the things I do with it would have been done better with the correct tool. 
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: 38thBeatle on June 05, 2011, 03:30:27 PM
As has been said, Teles are very adaptable and cover so much ground and I think that in a recording situation they are hard to beat in my view. Odd really for such a seemingly basic guitar but Leo got it right with the Tele. I have often recorded stuff with another guitar to end up changing to a Tele.

The only thing with Teles is that they can be unforgiving and can make you feel very exposed playing them-they seem to show up sloppy playing more than other guitars-in my experience that is.

I absolutely don't agree though with the comment about Strats. Again. Strats cover a fair amount of ground but in a different way.

Roo, as ever, doesn't disappoint. I still think he is in denial. 
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Matt77 on June 05, 2011, 03:36:23 PM
Well I can tell you this: there's no other guitar that makes you look like a total and utter queer like a telecaster.
Sure, there are some that get close, but I've never, ever, EVER seen anyone playing a tele that doesn't look like a) a c**t and b) a spiffingly flamboyant gentleman.

So yeah, there's plenty you can't do on a telecaster, but it's what you can't avoid doing that you should be worried about.

After a change in finances I now own a cabronita.
I can assure you a) I am a ####!! b) I am a spiffingly flamboyant gentleman c) I have sex with it
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: HTH AMPS on June 05, 2011, 09:04:10 PM
maybe a fanned-fret 7-string Tele for you Roo?  :lol:
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Spitfire on June 05, 2011, 09:06:32 PM
I've had a lot of guitars and sold them all apart from my telecaster... which i will never sell.. says a lot about that guitar.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Roobubba on June 05, 2011, 10:40:27 PM
I've had a lot of guitars and sold them all apart from my telecaster... which i will never sell.. says a lot about that guitar.

Stop, stop roo, it's too easy :)
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Ian Price on June 05, 2011, 10:45:24 PM
I know exactly what you are thinking Roo. I was expecting a response from you after that.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Frank666 on June 05, 2011, 11:28:48 PM
Well I can tell you this: there's no other guitar that makes you look like a total and utter queer like a telecaster.
Sure, there are some that get close, but I've never, ever, EVER seen anyone playing a tele that doesn't look like a) a c**t and b) a spiffingly flamboyant gentleman.

So yeah, there's plenty you can't do on a telecaster, but it's what you can't avoid doing that you should be worried about.
Gotta say I agree roo, I absolutely hate the damn things!!
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Pete24v on June 06, 2011, 12:22:00 PM
I only recently got into Tele's, i bought a Baja from this forum which is superb. Then i saw Richie Kotzen who's Tele sound was amazing, so i bought one of his Signature Fender models, thats now my main guitar. Picked up a Warmoth Tele recently, more traditional Tele than the humbucker equipped Kotzen. I think i'll go back to a Strat at some point, but for now the Tele's are getting the work.

Springsteen, Kotzen, Keef and Danny from McFly can't be wrong  :lol:
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: doomcaster on June 06, 2011, 09:25:54 PM
fair point to all they are somewhat an aquired taste, like marmite, ( I hate marmite more than those awful pointy charvels)
and please dont ever mention mcfly ;)
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Elliot on June 06, 2011, 11:33:49 PM
McFly use BKPs!
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Oroficus on June 14, 2011, 06:15:25 PM
I used to have the opinion that Telecasters where the reserve of country pickin chicken f*#kin faggot's.
That is until one day I got smashed outta my head, walked into a guitar shop, saw one picked it up, played it for an hour or so, and ended up buying it. Now if that guitar would have been candy pink with the words Barbie emblazoned all over it I still would of bought it. it just felt so damn right.
I use it a lot for brutal punk type stuff, that crunch sound I get on chords, similar to the sound of breaking glass shards
underneath a hognail boot grinding into a hard concrete floor can only be truly replicated with a Telecaster.
True if you haven't broken your fingers in on a Tele they can feel as if you are playing a lolly pop stick with strings on.
Versatility wise, they have enough weight in them to be used as a club, or a cricket bat if your that way inclined.
But it sill can't give me a b@#*wjob.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: gwEm on June 14, 2011, 06:16:13 PM
I used to have the opinion that Telecasters where the reserve of country pickin chicken f*#kin faggot's.
That is until one day I got smashed outta my head, walked into a guitar shop, saw one picked it up, played it for an hour or so, and ended up buying it. Now if that guitar would have been candy pink with the words Barbie emblazoned all over it I still would of bought it. it just felt so damn right.
I use it a lot for brutal punk type stuff, that crunch sound I get on chords, similar to the sound of breaking glass shards
underneath a hognail boot grinding into a hard concrete floor can only be truly replicated with a Telecaster.
True if you haven't broken your fingers in on a Tele they can feel as if you are playing a lolly pop stick with strings on.
Versatility wise, they have enough weight in them to be used as a club, or a cricket bat if your that way inclined.
But it sill can't give me a b@#*wjob.

i agree telecasters are great for punk indeed!
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Elliot on June 14, 2011, 07:49:47 PM
I wish I knew how to do chicken picken - does this make me a wanna be faggot?
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: AndyR on June 14, 2011, 07:57:35 PM
I wish I knew how to do chicken picken - does this make me a wanna be faggot?

Seeing as you actually own tele, and have been seen in public with it, I suspect that Roo is probably scratching his head wondering "how can someone be a wanna be faggot... if they're a fully-qualified, card-carrying faggot already?" :lol:
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Telerocker on June 14, 2011, 09:31:49 PM
I wish I knew how to do chicken picken - does this make me a wanna be faggot?

Seeing as you actually own tele, and have been seen in public with it, I suspect that Roo is probably scratching his head wondering "how can someone be a wanna be faggot... if they're a fully-qualified, card-carrying faggot already?" :lol:

Count me in.  8)
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: BigB on June 14, 2011, 10:45:50 PM
I used to have the opinion that Telecasters where the reserve of country pickin chicken f*#kin faggot's.

My first exposure to Telecasters was with bands like Dr Feelgood (the Wilko Johnson era of course) and the Clash, so not exactly the "country pickin chicken f*#kin faggot's" type :mrgreen: 




Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: FernandoDuarte on June 15, 2011, 12:20:39 AM
Ops, wrong thread!
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: viking on June 15, 2011, 02:54:17 AM
I only want a Tele to play some real chicken picking  8)!I love it (real fun to play when you get the trick)!For versatility,i have my others guitars...
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: jpfamps on June 15, 2011, 08:49:50 AM
and strats are so generic you just can't turn up to a gig without being laughed off stage.

And I thought it was my playing.......
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Dmoney on June 15, 2011, 08:56:22 AM
Wow! BKP community dropping F-bombs all over the place!
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Oroficus on June 15, 2011, 03:09:46 PM
Not meaning to dampen anyone's style with the whole chicken thing. But it's just a general perception people have, and it's not an uncommon one.
I have been known to do a bit of pickin with me chickin, on the rare occasion, I have to admit I'm pretty sh1te at it but then that may be a bonus where that form of music is concerned.
Yeehawwww!!!!
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: HTH AMPS on June 15, 2011, 05:22:54 PM
metallers are quick to rip the pi*ss out of country-picking, but its a really tough style to play.

country music is one thats tough to get into, its a sound we're not raised on and it sounds more than a little alien, but give it a chance and there is some great stuff if you scratch beneath the surface.
 
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: nfe on June 15, 2011, 05:36:55 PM
Always good to see someone using homophobic pejoratives freely.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Pete24v on June 15, 2011, 05:44:16 PM
love a little chickin pickin, buying a Tele got me into it!

like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mz_KfSr92M&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mz_KfSr92M&feature=related)
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: metale on June 15, 2011, 07:48:52 PM
metallers are quick to rip the pi*ss out of country-picking, but its a really tough style to play.

John 5 seems to be ok with it.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Oroficus on June 15, 2011, 09:04:15 PM
Homophobic Pejoratives? Faggot's I was under the impression that they where some sort of ready meal you can buy
from Iceland to stick in your oven.  :P
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: shobet on June 15, 2011, 09:09:26 PM
I had 4 faggots tonight, other half got them and in and warmed 'em for me. They didn't taste of c--k...
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: HTH AMPS on June 15, 2011, 09:25:12 PM
metallers are quick to rip the pi*ss out of country-picking, but its a really tough style to play.

John 5 seems to be ok with it.

I would say he is MASSIVELY in the minority of metallers.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Philly Q on June 15, 2011, 10:13:03 PM
metallers are quick to rip the pi*ss out of country-picking, but its a really tough style to play.

country music is one thats tough to get into, its a sound we're not raised on and it sounds more than a little alien, but give it a chance and there is some great stuff if you scratch beneath the surface.

I don't really enjoy listening to it, but I would love to be able to play it.  I feel the same about chord-melody jazz stuff.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: tomjackson on June 16, 2011, 09:04:09 AM

I think Chicken picken' and that kind of fast country tele playing is fun.  Not to be taken too seriously but just having some fun with music.  If I play anything like it the kids instantly start running around like nutters.
I also like the way you can hear every note and I respect the great players of the genre for having the balls to play such technical stuff with no gain.  You can't blag this stuff with a Tele plugged into a Fender Twin, it's too bare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGU63KqXuZk
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: MrBump on June 16, 2011, 06:10:27 PM
I had 4 faggots tonight, other half got them and in and warmed 'em for me. They didn't taste of c--k...

Are you absolutely sure?  I reckon there's a good deal of reproductive organ that goes into faggots...

* In case anone was in any doubt whatsoever, that that meant in an entirely toungue in cheek, double-entendre sort of way, and was in no way meant to be homophobic.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: doomcaster on June 19, 2011, 10:59:47 AM
Holy cow.
I go on holiday for a few weeks and get back to this?
Well I've never liked country stuff, I almost exclusively play punk and metal with a telecaster, but I do wish I could play a few of those licks as an intro to exaggerate the "spiffingly flamboyant gentleman" image before we break into the usual apalling screamo noise
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Roobubba on June 19, 2011, 05:08:48 PM
Holy cow.
I go on holiday for a few weeks and get back to this?
Well I've never liked country stuff, I almost exclusively play punk and metal with a telecaster, but I do wish I could play a few of those licks as an intro to exaggerate the "spiffingly flamboyant gentleman" image before we break into the usual apalling screamo noise

Sorry to break it to you, but it doesn't matter what you play on your telecaster. My assessment applies to all telecasters and all telecaster players, there are no bonus points for playing something reasonable on it.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: doomcaster on June 19, 2011, 09:52:00 PM
Each to his own, I use it for the genre I like and your entitled to use whatever you like for your particular genre of choice.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Philly Q on June 19, 2011, 10:18:28 PM
Just to clarify, you should read all Roo's posts about Teles as if they're accompanied by a  :wink: ,  :P or  :twisted: .

Although he does really mean it.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: d1dsj on June 19, 2011, 10:27:04 PM
I would not worry too much Mr. Doomcaster, play what you like and not what others like. My 2 main gigging guitars are an LP and a hybrid Strat/ Tele and I don't give a F*%$ whether anypone else likes them or not!
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Telerocker on June 19, 2011, 10:47:25 PM
Good news though: my tele sits in the corner, since I'm totally in a strato-spheres the last months.  :wink:
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Jazz Rock on June 20, 2011, 12:03:35 AM
I remember when I started playing th eguitar that there seemed to be a general consensus, at least among my friends, that Teles were basic inferior guitars that look naff.

I never paid too much attention to the Teles until I realised that some of the guitar sound I enjoy the most were made with teles. I would indeed say that Teles are probably an aquired taste, I'll be tempted to say it is like something you get drawn to as you grow as a guitarist. At least that's how I experienced it.

And I'll have to withdraw my previous comment on this thread. I have managed to come up with some highly convincing riffing sound with the tele since, so much so that one of my classic rock riff based song may be played with the Tele instead of the Les Paul in the future. Jury still out, and it will be a tough choice :)
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: doomcaster on June 20, 2011, 08:21:09 AM
The stock Tele bridge sounds huge for downtuned metal, more snarly and not mushy like my humbucker guitars, and I only use one pedal- an boss DS-1, not exactly the perfect recipe for a metal sound but it just works somehow.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Telerocker on June 20, 2011, 12:12:22 PM
The stock Tele bridge sounds huge for downtuned metal, more snarly and not mushy like my humbucker guitars, and I only use one pedal- an boss DS-1, not exactly the perfect recipe for a metal sound but it just works somehow.


It's Ritchie Kotzen recipy too.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Roobubba on June 20, 2011, 12:19:31 PM
I've said it before, I'll say it again: it's not the sound it makes that I have particular objections to. It's the fact that it makes you look like a total wnaker when you're on stage. Whatever you do with it. Wanna surprise people with brutal sounds from an 'unlikely' guitar? Get a pink hello kitty strat or something. Wanna look like a total bender? Tele works every time, without fail.

That is my objection to the telecaster.

Don't take it personally, every single other tele player also looks like a cnut wearing one.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Philly Q on June 20, 2011, 01:45:47 PM
The stock Tele bridge sounds huge for downtuned metal, more snarly and not mushy like my humbucker guitars, and I only use one pedal- an boss DS-1, not exactly the perfect recipe for a metal sound but it just works somehow.


It's Ritchie Kotzen recipy too.

I think his sig model has a Chopper T (humbucker) in the bridge position.  He might use stock Teles in the studio though, I don't know.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Telerocker on June 20, 2011, 01:51:08 PM
The stock Tele bridge sounds huge for downtuned metal, more snarly and not mushy like my humbucker guitars, and I only use one pedal- an boss DS-1, not exactly the perfect recipe for a metal sound but it just works somehow.


It's Ritchie Kotzen recipy too.

I think his sig model has a Chopper T (humbucker) in the bridge position.  He might use stock Teles in the studio though, I don't know.

It is.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: psy on June 20, 2011, 02:20:23 PM
I'm playing my tele (JA-90) quite a lot at the moment.  I'm getting a great crunchy rock sound out the stock P90's in it.  Can be a bit noisey... but it's worth it :)
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: timski on June 20, 2011, 04:03:54 PM
I thought Dave Gilmour looked pretty cool with his Tele on the Animals tour.

What's worse - a pink non-tele, or a sunburst/black/metallic Tele?
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Philly Q on June 20, 2011, 04:27:35 PM
I'm playing my tele (JA-90) quite a lot at the moment.  I'm getting a great crunchy rock sound out the stock P90's in it.  Can be a bit noisey... but it's worth it :)

I saw a very nice one of those the other day, in a natural finish.  It's an extremely cool design, I wish it had a bigger neck!


What's worse - a pink non-tele, or a sunburst/black/metallic Tele?

I think Roo would most definitely say a Tele, of whatever hue, is worse than anything else in the world.  Except, perhaps, the complete recorded works of Sir Paul McCartney.  :wink:
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: psy on June 20, 2011, 04:59:33 PM
I saw a very nice one of those the other day, in a natural finish.  It's an extremely cool design, I wish it had a bigger neck!

Yeah, the only thing I'd change, given a choice, would be to have a 25 1/2" scale on it instead of the 24 3/4" it has.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Telerocker on June 20, 2011, 05:02:09 PM
Not for country-folks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmnJrDOTV3k&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmnJrDOTV3k&feature=related)
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Philly Q on June 20, 2011, 05:03:22 PM
I saw a very nice one of those the other day, in a natural finish.  It's an extremely cool design, I wish it had a bigger neck!

Yeah, the only thing I'd change, given a choice, would be to have a 25 1/2" scale on it instead of the 24 3/4" it has.

Oh, I didn't realise it had the Gibson scale length, that's a non-issue for me.

Just looking at pictures again, I'm getting GAS for one despite the skinny neck.  :|
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: psy on June 20, 2011, 06:10:29 PM
Oh no, what have I done. :p yeah, it's Gibson scale with a set neck.

I recorded this with my Tele' the other day as it happens... http://www.soundcloud.com/psystatic/my-robot-heart-demo
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: doomcaster on June 20, 2011, 06:48:42 PM
set neck on a tele?   SACRILEGE!!!
whatever next? humbuckers? light gauge strings?
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Telerocker on June 20, 2011, 07:43:45 PM
set neck on a tele?   SACRILEGE!!!
whatever next? humbuckers? light gauge strings?

It's the Fender Gibson always wanted to produce.  :) In the meanwhile, I'll stay with singlecoils for sure.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: gordiji on June 20, 2011, 08:19:31 PM
Tele's make you look COOL 8), see here
                                                       http://youtu.be/0m2_KfSr92M  
                                                                                                      or not, it seems
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: doomcaster on June 20, 2011, 08:48:36 PM
When ever I play I'll get that fuzzy warm feeling that Roo thinks I look like a "cnut"  8)
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: MrBump on June 20, 2011, 08:58:11 PM
Roo doesn't know what's good for him.  He'll see the light eventually, then we'll never hear from him again.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Philly Q on June 20, 2011, 10:53:50 PM
set neck on a tele?   SACRILEGE!!!
whatever next? humbuckers? light gauge strings?

This will sound very weird (especially to Roo) but the things I like best about Teles are the body and headstock shapes. 

I dig the tone you get from the thin bent-metal ashtray bridge, vintage pickups etc, but it's not the main appeal of a Tele for me.  I like variants like different bridges, different pickups, contoured bodies, set necks.

I really like the set-neck, mahogany-bodied, humbucker-loaded FMT Tele which is basically a Tele-shaped Les Paul - but again it's a shame it has a skinny neck.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Roobubba on June 20, 2011, 11:17:44 PM
Roo doesn't know what's good for him.  He'll see the light eventually, then we'll never hear from him again.

Don't hold yer breath!!!!!

Been playing for many a moon, and I've only ever felt more and more against that bulbous monster!
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: doomcaster on June 21, 2011, 12:05:01 AM
I like to keep my guitars diverse, I wouldn't know what to to with a half gibson/half fender, but I did like the idea of the 72 deluxe tele with the humbuckers, vibrato strat bridge and strat neck, but its just too damn ugly for me
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Telerocker on June 21, 2011, 12:24:42 AM
A tele with P90's is still on my GAS-list.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: AndyR on June 21, 2011, 08:17:26 AM
I just realised, look at the title of the thread:

"Telecaster, What can't it do?"

No-one has answered this properly as far as I can tell. Well, here we go, Andrew to the rescue! :lol: :wink:

And the definitive answer is...

A telecaster cannot, and will not ever, appeal to Roo.

Pretty much end of story... it can do almost anything and everything else, but it can't do that...

:lol:
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: doomcaster on June 21, 2011, 11:25:55 AM
Correct answer Andy!!!
I hereby award you 1 million internets.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Ian Price on June 22, 2011, 12:15:34 AM
A telecaster cannot, and will not ever, appeal to Roo.

Indeed. It would also have zero chance of making him look like a real man  :wink:
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Oroficus on June 22, 2011, 02:04:44 AM
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that bulbous monster!

I think I know where Roo's coming from, I can recall a sickly queasy feeling at the bottom of my stomach every time
I used to catch sight of a Tele, especially cream coloured ones UGH !!!
Until I realized something they had a certain similarity with 1950s Automobiles, what with all them gentle sloping curves and chrome very similar to women with all their bling on. Now I love American cars, and I love woman almost
as much as I love my guitars, now when I look at my tele I see 1950s cars, beautiful women with ruby red lips wearing
susi's and stilettos, now whats wrong with that. It's Retro man.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Oroficus on June 22, 2011, 07:58:27 AM
Having said all that I still think the headstock looks like the end of a dogs d!ck.
Or some sort of prod a farmer would use to artificially inseminate a cow with,shame about that.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Telerocker on June 22, 2011, 09:18:21 AM
Having said all that I still think the headstock looks like the end of a dogs d!ck.
Or some sort of prod a farmer would use to artificially inseminate a cow with,shame about that.

I never have/had such associations, but that's maybe due to my lack of fantasy.  :)
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Oroficus on June 22, 2011, 10:56:39 AM
Yeah well it do's head stock is like the drippin end of an Alsation. Bloody awful and all that sentimental cr@p about cars n wotnot looks good on paper but to tell the truth about Teles u like em, hate em or could't give a toss any of them 3 parameters.
For all we are really talkin about is a plank of overpriced wood that makes a sound. Do I give a t@ss.




EDIT: And its a good plank of wood at that
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Sollophonic on June 22, 2011, 01:27:28 PM
One thing a Tele cant do, and thats for certain.

It can't impress Roo.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: MrBump on June 22, 2011, 04:37:33 PM
If anyone has some cool CAD software, can they grab a picture of Roo's WezV creation and morph it into a telecaster?  I'd like to see at which point Roo is physically sick.

Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: AndyR on June 22, 2011, 05:36:22 PM
Having said all that I still think the headstock looks like the end of a dogs d!ck.
Or some sort of prod a farmer would use to artificially inseminate a cow with,shame about that.

Be more positive old chap - you've found something else you can do with a tele, every cloud has some sort of silver lining :lol:

Brings a new meaning to "strap on yer tele, let's get to work..." though.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Ian Price on June 22, 2011, 06:04:36 PM
One thing a Tele cant do, and thats for certain.

It can't impress Roo.

I'd like to see how he would do in a Pepsi style taste challenge. I reckon it would be the opposite of Cliff Richard saying the wine he was drinking was "insipid" before he was told it was his own brand.

Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Andrew W on June 22, 2011, 06:11:36 PM
If anyone has some cool CAD software, can they grab a picture of Roo's WezV creation and morph it into a telecaster?  I'd like to see at which point Roo is physically sick.



Your wish is my command:

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12046453/voc2Tee.0001.gif)

Not my finest work but it'll do.

Sorry Wez, sorry Roo.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Philly Q on June 22, 2011, 06:17:56 PM
 :lol:  Very clever!
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: doomcaster on June 22, 2011, 06:31:10 PM
very nice animation, and Phil I see what you mean about modding Teles, they are so simple that you can do practically anything to them
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: AndyR on June 22, 2011, 06:34:13 PM
:lol:  Very clever!

+1

But it won't get Roo hurling until you have the infamous "bulbous top horn" :lol:

EDIT: I beg your pardon! I'm on my old laptop that does not do certain things with a good grace... by the time I'd posted, the image had morphed somewhat more than I first observed - I was wondering why doomcaster had said "animation" :lol: (where as my laptop is going "oh f*ck!! animation...")
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: MrBump on June 22, 2011, 07:04:34 PM
That's awesome!  Wez should definitely nick the in-between design!!!

 :lol:
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Ian Price on June 22, 2011, 07:07:48 PM
Very good indeed. I must say that having seen the animation there is something quite Tele like about the Vociferator. I can clearly see why Roo loves it.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: doomcaster on June 22, 2011, 07:23:16 PM
This is getting off topic and into the roo baiting zone.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Telerocker on June 22, 2011, 07:59:07 PM
Nice animation. Btw, I think Roo can handle it. After all, we're just a bunch of tele-tw@ts.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: d1dsj on June 22, 2011, 08:24:40 PM
 :lol:  This Tele tw@t really don't give a d@mn because mine is the best playing guitar I've ever picked up. I've played it back to back with many a top guitar including Suhrs, Tylers and Andersons thinking I wanted something with a flame top in bengal burst or carribean burst but ending up taking the Wayne home because the others didn't compare.
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Dmoney on June 22, 2011, 10:23:10 PM
That's awesome!  Wez should definitely nick the in-between design!!!

 :lol:


+1
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: doomcaster on June 22, 2011, 10:30:05 PM
and this makes it 100 posts I'm quite proud of this thread, it was one of my first too
Title: Re: Telecaster, What can't it do?
Post by: Oroficus on June 23, 2011, 02:40:13 PM
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and this makes it 100 posts I'm quite proud of this thread, it was one of my first too

hallelujah  hallelujah  hallelujah