Why Am I So Obsessed With Telecasters?

[CBA]

You seem to have an affinity for the 3 tone burst. Have you seen mine?

HAAAAAAAYYYLLL NAW dude! I didn't know you played a Tele. I've seen a couple vids of yours, but I can't recall the guitar.


I do have an affinity for that ass.

I was just watching a Kinks vid:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4DV-5d6a5g[/youtube]


...and I'd love to have that whole guitar setup. In fact... I already own a white P-Bass like that one (just missing the big thing over the pickups), and I plan on getting a Casino (I had one for a decade but it fell apart; want a new one), and then there's Ray's cute little Tele.

Plus yeah I guess I do have a sunburst Hofner.

I don't know I think I should just go to bed.


C

[Zounds Perspex]

yeah, it's because they rule. if they have good pickups, you can play aaaanything with 'em.

Teles not good for rhythm guitar? MADNESS.

that said, Teles are great, Telemasters are the BEST.

Well, yeah. But:

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My Telemaster has basically nothing to do with Telecasters. I even mock the bridge pickup by including a blank bridge!



On the MADNESS tip... what gives you the greatest amount of success with the Tele as a rhythm machine? I must say that the middle pickup position was veeeery tasty with some fuzz, but I'm a neck pickup dude, almost exclusively, and I think this is where the Tele and I do not see string to string.


C

middle position is often where it's at, and neck pickup alone can be good, too - just has to be the right pickup.
with previous Teles I've had - with stock pickups, one had Lollars - not so much.
with my current Telemaster with Peter Florance Voodoos, it's fantastic.
that said, bridge pickup with the tone rolled off just a touch is a great rhythm sound, too.

[univalve]

i love playing my jazzmasters but grabbing up one of my teles is always like coming home.

[Schlatte]

Teles>>>>Strats.
I even like my tele more than I liked my old semi hollow... and I really liked that one.
Yeah... I love my tele.

[BlindtoFaith]

This guy




plus this guy



STOKED!

[jb2106]

Wow !!! Love the color on this one..

What color is this ?

[foomanfat]

I believe Evan Patterson of young widows is a tele neck pickup only guy.

[greyscales]

I can't help but love how teles look and feel. The best playing guitar I've used is my dad's G&L tele. Unfortunately it sounded pretty bad, but it felt like butter. It was probably the pickups though, as they are the weird P-90 pickups that aren't actually P-90s.
A '72 tele is probably going to be my next guitar though. Or a baritone tele. Or a regular tele.

[WeHuntKings]

jimmy used a tele very early on, and he made it sound so powerful. very present midrange and biting attack.



this guy's from cult of luna, a sludgey metal group a la isis. you wouldn't expect the twangin' country machine to be a metalhead's weapon of choice

[Muse FTW]

TELES4LYFE

[Schlatte]

The front guy of the Austrian metal band Hollenthon uses a tele too... HELL YEAH TELE METALZ!

[Ghost Hip]

I can ick up my MIM Tele and play anything on it. Rhythm, Lead, Gaze, Noise. It's usually what I bring when I'm jamming with new people to feel out what style I'd be playing in with them. And if I ever have a two piece/solo show I always use my Tele. It kills.

/tele worshiping.

[Jero]

this guy's from cult of luna, a sludgey metal group a la isis. you wouldn't expect the twangin' country machine to be a metalhead's weapon of choice

You know, singer from Isis uses a tele deluxe coincidentally.

The lead guitarist for Wintersun (melodic death metal) uses a regular tele.

[foomanfat]

I used a bridge pickup only min tele in a heavy rock context, and later zazzed it up and used it for everything.
I miss that guitar.

[sylnau]

Swans - Norman Westberg