Gotta love a Tele...or a few...

[Chris O]

Got a few new gear acquisitions (again).

I picked up a couple "Squier Classic Vibe Teles" recently. The blue sparkle is a Mighty Mite body with a SCV neck, and the white one is a bit of a mystery right now - I'm not entirely sure it's a Squier body, as it isn't pine (at least I don't see it as that), and the finish isn't "see-thru" like the other SCV's. I did some "surgery" on them last night -- added the Little '59 in the bridge of the white one, and a Chopper T in the bridge of the blue one, along with Wilkinson compensated saddle bridges -- and the body just may be a USA or Mexi. Who knows? It sounds good, and that's what matters, right? Anyway, got them all set up, and I'm on the fence about which pickup I prefer - the '59 is a bit more rich & articulate, but I've always liked the Chopper too. They each have their good points. The Classic Vibe necks are surprisingly good! The frets are dressed nicely, and while they could be just a tad bigger, they are certainly meaty enough. The neck pickups are chimey the way a Tele should be. Nice and quiet now too. The Wilkinson bridges are a great drop in upgrade too, and they're "ash tray" style with brass triple saddles - just the way a Tele should be!

The silver-ish looking one is a Fender FSR Player's Tele in "Blizzard Pearl", with Vintage Noiseless p'ups, and the 25dB mid-boost (ala Clapton). It came with a tortoise pick guard, but I hate tortoise - screams "country" to me - so the black one went on the day I got it. Very cool guitar. The fret ends are a bit sharp, but maybe that will get better when the weather warms up some.

I love Teles...

Anyway, group shot, along with the "post surgery" shots of the Squiers.

 

[boost]

The Lil 59 was the best side by side SD humbucker I had in my tele. Tried the Area T's, but never got around to the Chopper.

I had the CVC 62' Squire. Nice playing guitar and was nice and light and balanced. Tone was too thin no matter what I did so I sold it. Should have gotten the 50's instead as the tone (and bigger neck) on those were more of what I was into. I let my love for the double bound cloud my judgement.

 

[Badronald]

Telecasters kick all kinds of ass.
I don't think there's anybody out there who would deny it.

 

[glassjaw7]

Nice teles. I'm really loving my recently acquired MIM (also white with maple neck ). It's all I've been playing lately and when I plugged in my LP yesterday, it felt too thick and congested and just messy. I need a more open, lower output pup in that guitar....but that's for another topic.

How's the DT head? I have an HD500 and I've considered trying a DT combo with it.

 

[gtrwun]

I use to hate Tele's until about a year ago. Something just happened and all the sudden I saw them as being very cool and I had to have one. That blue sparkle one is awesome!

 

[Chris O]

Nice teles. I'm really loving my recently acquired MIM (also white with maple neck ). It's all I've been playing lately and when I plugged in my LP yesterday, it felt too thick and congested and just messy. I need a more open, lower output pup in that guitar....but that's for another topic.

How's the DT head? I have an HD500 and I've considered trying a DT combo with it.

Thanks! Teles are cool & unique - amazing you can get all the tones out of something so simple...

The DT is cool for sure. If you have the 500, you don't really need it though. You'd just be buying a really expensive power amp. I had originally gotten "the rig", but if you use it with the L6 link, you're using all the Pod's preamps and so on. I returned the Pod, got a Line 6 M13, use the 4CM to connect, and couldn't be happier! The upgrade firmware gives you all the HD preamp models to choose from as well, and there is a freeware editor for it now as well.

 

[Chris O]

I use to hate Tele's until about a year ago. Something just happened and all the sudden I saw them as being very cool and I had to have one. That blue sparkle one is awesome!

Loooong-time Tele hater here...until I saw the light.

 

[Dimebag11]

I just got my 1st Tele a couple weeks ago. American Special, and I love it!

 

[Heritage Softail]

The bounce and clarity is it, to me. It is taking time to learn to dial in amps and pedals for the best tele sound.

The P90 tele is a cool bridge tone. I dig the still great clarity and bounce with a shade more burn.

Only having a tele for 9 months, still learning the thing. I did play thru someone else's VOX and it was freaky good. Heard many Matchless amps with tele guitars. Money well spent.

 

[ridner]

I like dat sparkly one

 

[university81]

killer guitars, i've had a few over the years, and recently got a cheapo Vintage ICON v52 , butterscotch blonde // black pickguard.. relic'd + maple neck , bought it used for next to nothing, the guy upgraded the pickups to dimarzio twang kings , and the best thing ever was the 4 way switch, can go from both pu's in series to the traditional tele setup , had to file down some fret ends and tbh the relic job ain't that great, but it's a thin nitro finish, alder body , super resonant

plays great, lots of spank, bite and clarity, definitely my current favourite to play, see if i can make a quick demo/photos at some stage

photo from the web

 

[spirit7]

Ha, I used to hate them too but then saw the light. Amazing guitars and I love my 60th Anniversary standard.

-C

 

[Zap]

I'd love a '52-'54 reissue Blackguard White Blonde Tele with modern frets and radius. Do it Fender!