Hi guys,
I know that maybe there are some topics regarding Fender Telecasters in this section but still, I would like to dedicate this topic to the Almighty Telecaster(other shapes are quite invincible too but oh well, we're talking about Telecaster here!)
My favourite Tele of all time is the Fender Japan TC72 Telecaster Custom with Maple Fretboard.
It comes with a neck humbucker pickup and single-coiled bridge pickup. Love the feel and craftsmanship of MIJ Fender although they could do a little something about the sound(lets say, better pickups and electronics?).
Well, thats my part!
Lets see what others think about Fender Teles?
IMO: Fender teles can be good metal axes, Tom Morello used them for the raging riffs of RATM xD
Peace!

and its a sign to get the chicks in the crowd to flash them titties...


This post has been edited by Everdying: Jun 11 2014, 07:28 PM

Not really fond into teles and their original sound but these. \m/

Exactly! This is the reason why I'm in love with teles!
They are versatile, they look good, we look good with them xD
Great photos btw.
Stephen Carpenter did a great job of transforming tele into a tool for metal riffing.

One of the most prominent tele users.
This guy basically rocked the whole 80s.
Thanks for sharing this!

technically if one messes that much with a guitar (put hot pups, FR etc etc), all guitars are versatile.

this thread is fail without a blackguard

i know i know, but i like this guitar

Agree!
The truffle level tele.

This is the comic signature guitar, right?

Telecaster is a great example of simplicity = beauty and functionality

Yeah u got it right.

i dream of this Deluxe. Oh mai, maybe someday. Hope so. phewwww

agree!
no complicated functions or designs.
Just plain awesomeness xD

Thats one heavy tele u got there xD
Try getting the MIJ version of these.
Tried one before and there is only one complain about it,
need better circuits.
Peace!

Do tell. You mean the japanese reissues right?

Yea.
Apparently, the americans kept the secret juice to themselves.
God knows what could happen to the americans when their japanese partner manages to dig the secret recipe out xD

i have an MIJ strat that is unbeaten since i bought it.

the prb with jap stuff IMHO is not the electronics, but they dont distinguish "standard models" and upper end models.

I really like the quality of MIJ guitars. Top notch craftsmanship.
Got an Edwards Akira sig and a fender tc72 here. Both of them are awesome axes.

Anyways, you one of the few who stated the product class problem in jap stuff. One uncle used to mention this to me and he proved it by using the Edwards and ESP comparison. Not sure why the japs blur the line between standard and upper end stuff @.@

I am a TELE Fan...and own 3 TELE's.

After trying a MIA Tele.... I stopped playing my MIA Strat for many years d. The Tele is a lot more powerful and very versatile. It made my 1997 Custom Shop American Classic Strat sound so like a whimp!

Mind you.... this is not the common MIA Strat... but a high end Custom Shop Strat...yet the common MIA Tele made mincemeat out of it.

High 5 mate!
Please make sure you chain your tele before it hurts anybody xD
Brutal!!!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/telecasterplayers/?fref=ts COme join this page. I am the Moderator there.

Done!
Thanks!

welcome aboard!

they want to troll u, strip paint to find out is basswood lel

yea some fender japan uses basswood

you just need a CS tele

nocaster go!

The Ibanez way of trolling ppl.
Most of the Ibanez guitars are made of basswood though.
Not really fond of basswood @.@

Still, what's your preference in teles?

Ash or Alder?
Maple or Rosewood board?
single coil or wide range?
3 barrel saddle or 6?
string through or toploader?

For me, still the TC72 model aka the 1972 custom
Ash body with maple board (only maple, have this sorta maple fretboard fetish thing xD)
3 barrel saddle + string through
single coil at bridge and humbucker at neck.
As for the pickup choice, I'm still experimenting with some combinations here but I won't put rails for bridge and no emgs for the time being.
Guess that the tele I have now is sorta like my dream tele but I wish I could spend more time with it.


How about you?

ibz let you know its basswood, you take a random guitarist off the street ask him "WHAT is...............the wood used in this japanese ST57?". chances are they tell u maple, alder, or ash only a small handful will say, basswood.

theres like a few entire lines of basswood fender japans, naturally a lot of folks dont like basswood when it comes to classics like this, its often hushed and silent.

this thread is fail without a white guard

I'm failing terribly here xDD
Thanks for the photos again!
Relic-ed teles do look good!

something to help your GAS

The MIM 72 RI is not bad too.

No way...
No GAS-ing for the time being.
Need to save up for an amp.

This post has been edited by jay209: Jun 13 2014, 12:32 AM

My Custom Made TELECASTER. 21 tone Wiring JOE PERRY method. Steward Macdonald Golden Age Humbucker PUP. Coil Split.
3 Out of Phase tones too!
Maple Neck. Alder Body.

This is a very versatile BEast

It can sound like a traditional TELE cos the HB pup can be coil split to sound like singe coils....plus when I need more 'balls' ... I use the PUP in SERIES...whcih gives a truly super FAT/THICK
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It has the best of both worlds...LES PAUL and TELE.
Think of it as a hybrid.

It can Rock and give that lovely heavy body Les Paul Tone....yet it still TWANGS like a TELE!

This post has been edited by empire: Jun 13 2014, 02:14 AM

If you wanna hear this Beast... do check out my Band every Wednesday in SANOOK BISTRO in Plaza Kelana Jaya.

That is one heck of a guitar porn you got there!
Thanks for sharing your beast bro!


BTW, will go for your performance once summer break starts.

How about Schecter PTs? Any opinions on them?
They are part of the Tele family though @.@

they were once the flagship of schecter if im not mistaken before the whole kena take over by ESP which started teh whole meta craze, PT basically is a signature guitar of pete townshend . if you could find the old ones, they are said to be a rare gem

these days as far as schecter goes, they are great guitars but due to their target market the thick necks might not appeal to the most devoted of shredders out there. dont know about the PT in particular but i hardly think most of them can be considered to be a tele.

then again the "tele" definition here and in many places are quite hollow, so erm ya

This is quite "knowledgy" xD
and yea, any tele shaped guitars are welcomes here so
flash them!

You will find only a handful of die hard TELE players in Malaysia. I am one of them.
Wished more people will look beyond the sommon Strat, Ibanez, Les Paul, SG and etc and give the mighty Tele a try.

Dont try those cheapo China made Tele's with 3rd class workmanship and 4th class wood. Pls Try MIA TELE or at least MIM Tele. It will surprise you just powerful a Tele is!

to be fair, theres only a handful of any player in msia. all main ibz aje

theres quite a few tele fans around here, this year itself 3 guys got new tele liao in lyn

Agree. The local music scene encourages hard music and alternative music. Another thing is that most of the musicians have strained budget. This may explain why majority of them chose these more common guitars as these are more accessible to them. Plus, the versatility of Ibanez RGs too attracted loads of musicians with strained budget away from teles.
Just my 5 cents here.
Btw, I still like MIJ teles. I like the delicate feel of japanese made teles.

Agree wit your statement regarding msian players. Most of my friends who play guitar tend to choose Ibanez for their versatility.
I used to be a kaki Ibanez but then the uncles around me introduced me to alotta guitars and voila!
Tele became my sweetheart.
Although Explorer and Iceman shaped guitars are also in the range of my fav guitar spectrum, Tele will still be my fav.

I wont consider ibz versatile unless you count death metal, trash metal and etc metal being diff geners. then again im an ibz basher so erm ya

i think the real prb with teles is that they are extremely picky guitars and are not noob friendly unless you find those like the john5 sig. most of the standard config s-s/h-s teles would b**** if the player is sloppy and if the amp is too thin, also the "proper" action for a tele is normally done slightly heavier than the superstrats.

also a lot of beginners like to put gain on 11 cause its the "right" thing to do which kills of 99.9% of everything has to offer, pair that with a SS amp with prb just a 4-8" speaker, its not a setup that i think works on a tele.

let a tele sing with a good vintage voiced amp, then the true qualities of it start to shine

Agree, teles are actually quite hard to tame. Without sufficient level of mastery, even intermediates would flop while playing them, and yea, majority of beginners like to crank up their amps to get the high gain sound and to cover up their errors. I admire their grunge music spirit but that might slow down their lerning process. Guess that this is the reason why my mentor refuses to let me use distortion in the 1st few months of my guitar learning process.
Btw, I like to jack my tele into high gain amps like boogies and marshall jcm800 and roll back the volume to get the slightly crunchy yet gainy sound. Don't really the sound of overly cranked amps, especially those high gain ones with gain level set to 8 and above.

This post has been edited by jay209: Jun 15 2014, 09:41 AM

I am surprised no one has ported pics of an Esquire!

Ohya!
And dont forget the rare gems such as Nocasters and Broadcasters.

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lol most guys don't have a JCM800 sitting around

on the note, if you can one day find a jcm800 put the gain at 12 o'clock and pump up the vol to 8. most of the times folks don't like high gain amps like JCM because the preamp gain is fuzzy and thin as its made to kinda give a boost to the power amp.

more modern amps like ENGL and the lot tend to have more "pleasing" pre amp sounds, but i read that cranking it still gives the best result

Though TELE's are well known for its killer single Coil tones.... it is an extremely versatile beast too.

I have 3 TELE's ..... 1 with dual single coil PUP.... 1 with a Neck Single Coil & Bridge HB PUP with coil split... and 1 with dual HB PUP with both coil split.

Amazing amazing amazing tones from all 3 Different Guitars. I can play crazy Killer TWANG music from the SHADOWS, EDDY DUANE.... Pop, Rock, Metal, Country, Reggae, latin, Jazz...anything.

And apparently, I'm one of those fortunate lad. JCM800 was a bomb and it took me 12months of installment but well, it was worth it.
Usually I'll add an EP boost to make the sound thicker and warmer.
Regarding amp cranking, there are a few exceptions in my list of taboos and yea, ENGL and Bogner amps are the exceptions. They produce loads of awesome crank-friendly amps.

Guess that they bring you loads of awesome moments xD
I only got one here and it is a great workhorse.
Prefer teles with neck humbucker and bridge single coil.

hahaha, des wai u love them tele, imagine some cash strapped kid with his roland micro cube

imho you don't really need a boost for the JCM cause its quite a warm amp (being a marshall) just need to give the power tubes some room to breathe. i notice this to be a marhsall trait on some of their amps, once the amp starts getting hot (vol around 7-8) the sounds of valhalla appears.

unfortunately tho getting the amp up to 7-8 is a nightmare in itself

You should buy another TELE with dual HB. It will really amaze you just how powerful it can be.

I am done with Strats

No more Strat for me.

I always wanted a Thinline 69 Tele. Have a soft spot for semi hollows.

Hehehe.... me too! .... but after 3 TELE's .... I cant afford to buy anymore.

Cool I like the '72 Customs. If I see one in road worn...

At the moment I'm more of a Robben Ford Tele kind of guy. Not really using them for country twang stuff, just blues and fusions.
So far my preference will be alder, rosewood, 3 barrel steel saddles, vintage radius and frets, medium/large necks.
Although my current tele is kind of an abomination and I love it:

good to see more and more TELE lovers here

lol i can only officially join this thread like erm aug/sept

You sure about this? xDD

Gosh, guitar porn again!
Thanks for flashing this babe xD
Anyways, any opinions on Cabronita teles?

https://www.facebook.com/ilovemusicmaster/p...?type=1&theater

tele for rm99 @ music master


welcome to the club

This post has been edited by PVCpipe: Jun 16 2014, 05:33 PM

They sound kinda warm though.
Have you tried the Craftsman copies?
They are quite sweet after swapping the pickups.

Welcome to the family xD

Santanu xD
According to the specs they released, the body wood is "mahogany"
wonder how does it sounds xD

i ordered my tele liao la

now waiting for it to get dont only

I sense an upcoming guitar porn here xD

The other nice tele I like is the Squier Custom 2 telecaster. Granted its a budget brand but p90s are really sweet.

I am over my days of GAS thankfully. For now =)

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You....are a VERY wise man

long time more la, about aug i think when it comes down

lol naw i think I'm still a strat fan, then again I've never had much time to sit down and bond with a tele

it would be nice to have a tweed fender baseman to go with it

Trust me 3kk....once you try a MIA TELE..... you wont want to play STRAT anymore. I am not biased...cos I have 2 MIA STRATS and 3 TELE's.
STRAT is for people who wanna tipu with their playing. TELE is for serious players!

This post has been edited by empire: Jun 17 2014, 02:26 AM

naw i played a few teles, while being very impressed by an MIA tele once i still think the strat is my weapon of choice. then again, I've yet to receive my tele so its anyones guess how good or bad it is.

lol i hope you meant that as a joke.

Of course hahaha.....

Good to hear that!
So basically you have les paul sound and telecaster playability all in one guitar!

Anyways, jacked my tele to a vox ac4 combo.
Amazed by the sound of the amp.
Tiny but powerful, especialy when you turn the volume to the max.
May go into tube amps with smaller wattage in the future xD

Yes...LES PAUL Heavy TONE with TELE twang!

Heard that this was what people were looking for back in the 70s

It's so gorgeous!

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/gl-...electric-guitar

thatst the natural overdrive of the power amps talking

smaller amps are always limited by the speaker size and the power to push the speakers. unless you mic it, getting the jaw dropping power is rather difficult even my AC15 loses out to my Marhsall when it comes to filling the room with amazing sound of music.

Got it!
What if you connect the combo to a larger cab? Will there be loads of losses or it is insignificant enough to be noticed?
Btw, I'm a virgin to low wattage tube amps. Vox ac4 is the first species that I've encountered xD

never really tried although i have the option to test it.

but an ac15 breaks up at vol around 5-6 , you wont get the same power as a 100 watt at 5-6.

the ones you can test this logic is in the AC4tv, cause there are plenty of sizes for the speakers if you take the 8' and compare with the standard, both sound diff.

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I've tried an AC4 connected to a 12" cab, and you would get the usual thing associate with bigger speakers, like better headroom, projection, louder etc.

Although I must say an AC4 with a 10" does have its charm, in a small room, rocking some blues licks...

I'm going to connect it to the return channel of roland jc120 xD
Wonder what will come out of it.

How about the return channel of jc120?
To be frank, jc120 is one of the biggest disappointment in my amp testing experience. Powerful clean but shit when you connect it to good distortion pedals. They kill non boss pedals.

cause the Jazz Chorus is meant to be played clean? while i know theres no "rule" in how you use your equipment, but buying a mesa for a fender tweed tone is rather ineffective.

speaking of fender tweed, i soooo want a 59 bassman

sadly the ROI of amps is soo bad its not worth it

JC-120 is the the cleanest Guitar Amp. Probably even cleaner (albeit a bit more only) than the super Clean and mighty Fender twin Amp.

NO one will tell you JC-120 amp sounds good when played dirty. It is really a one trick pony... and it is well known for CLEAN tone. Jazz players love this cos of its pure CLean tone.

Maybe... but it makes expensive distortion pedals sound like cheap ass noise polluting pedals. That is abit too much xD
Imagine making an ibanez ts sound into a broken amp sound.
That is too much xDD

BASSMAN Amp is delicious to the ears! hehehe.... I tried d in Bentley...and I was salivating all the way. Sadly there is no reverb in it ... which makes sense cos it is MEMANG supposed to be a BASS GUITAR in the first place LOL!

If you meant boutique pedals, they are all mostly made with tube amps in mind.

Boutique pedals + Solid state amps = bad to disastrous (most of the time anyways..)

I agree. well said

Agree! but they are not worth the price though. Too expensive.

OK guys. tonight the gorgeous AMANDA SAX and Me perform in SANOOK BISTRO in Plaza KELANA JAYA. 1st Floor.

Come hear me play the special made TELE with dual HB...complete with coil split

It will be a good mini- gathering for us TELE Lovers tonight :-D

Oh well, agree!!!
Even good solid state amps can kill loads of pedals.
Btw, hybrid amp seems hopeful xD