Telecaster, What can't it do?

[Roobubba]

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.

[Philly Q]

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.

[Telerocker]

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.

[psy]

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 :)

[timski]

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?

[Philly Q]

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. 

[psy]

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.

[Telerocker]

Not for country-folks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmnJrDOTV3k&feature=related

[Philly Q]

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.  :|

[psy]

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

[doomcaster]

set neck on a tele?   SACRILEGE!!!
whatever next? humbuckers? light gauge strings?

[Telerocker]

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.

[gordiji]

Tele's make you look COOL 8), see here
                                                       http://youtu.be/0m2_KfSr92M  
                                                                                                      or not, it seems

[doomcaster]

When ever I play I'll get that fuzzy warm feeling that Roo thinks I look like a "cnut"  8)

[MrBump]

Roo doesn't know what's good for him.  He'll see the light eventually, then we'll never hear from him again.