i love my telecaster

louis · Post by **louis** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:12 am

I like the idea of a telecaster, but not actually owning one. I've had 2 in my time, one got smashed, the other I sold on. Just couldn't get the right fit with it.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:24 am

theshadowofseattle wrote:I've got enough spare parts to throw together a complete telecaster JUST FOR THIS THREAD.

So I will.

The hero that shortscale deserves

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 5:44 am

Aww man, I was hoping liking a tele would make me uncool and therefore cool. Well there are plenty of other things that make me uncool, so I am still doing stuff right.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 1:50 pm

Nah Hentai is the main thing that keeps u uncool/cool.

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 3:06 pm

I'd been playing Jazzmasters for years, but I when I was looking to sell one of them a guy offered to swap it for a US Standard Tele - i've been using it as my main guitar ever since. It's clunky, heavy, uncomfortable to play - but I just love the sound it makes. It has a lovely full bottom end the my strat and jazzy can't match. I fitted a Dimarzio Pre-B1 pickup in teh bridge and it sounds ace, not think and wimpy at all. I also have a Twang King in the neck which gives a lovely lead tone when using my Fredric Golden Eagle.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 6:38 pm

This thread got me going a bit for another project.
There are some decent looking Thinline Tele knock-offs on ebay, might be a good base for a decent neck and pup upgrade...

Cheap as Chips Thinline Telecaster

Mattsican · Post by **Mattsican** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:43 pm

I've recently had a thing for Tele's. I got one of these from guitar fetish. The thing actually plays really well. Replaced the neck pickup with one of those Lil Puncher XL's they sell and reconfigured the 3 way switch for Neck full-Neck coil tap-bridge full and it sounds really good. The head stocks are FUGLY though. decided to cut the weird tip growth off and paint it matching. Overall for under $250 i got a sweet guitar.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 11:38 pm

brainfur wrote:
theshadowofseattle wrote:I've got enough spare parts to throw together a complete telecaster JUST FOR THIS THREAD.

So I will.

The hero that shortscale deserves

THE PEOPLE'S CHAMP

Okay I got:

Affinity body in black
Affinity body in blue
white pickguard
2 non-string bridges
Affinity neck (rosewood)
GFS '60-something PROFESSIONAL SERIES neck pickup
Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder for strat goop-glued onto a brass tele pickup plate
All you can eat potentiometers INCLUDING PUSH PULL 500k
some TKL 3-way switch that's all bent

I'm thinking the push/pull should be straight to jack vs. pots but series/parallol might sond kool?

Noisy Cat · Post by **Noisy Cat** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 11:54 pm

Seriesâ€“parallel, no doubt

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 8:40 am

brainfur wrote:Nah Hentai is the main thing that keeps u uncool/cool.

In hentai even tentacle monsters are cool.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 10:04 am

Crikey, this Mahogany double bound Custom looks tempting as well.
Someone on TDPRI bought one and said it was decent.

Dammit, the Thinline or the Custom? Shall I?

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 1:52 pm

Fran wrote:Crikey, this Mahogany double bound Custom looks tempting as well.
Someone on TDPRI bought one and said it was decent.

Dammit, the Thinline or the Custom? Shall I?

for a hard rockin dude like yourself has to be mahogany (get your SLIPKNOT MOTHER FUCKER on)

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 8:35 pm

Mattsican wrote:I've recently had a thing for Tele's. I got one of these from guitar fetish. The thing actually plays really well. Replaced the neck pickup with one of those Lil Puncher XL's they sell and reconfigured the 3 way switch for Neck full-Neck coil tap-bridge full and it sounds really good. The head stocks are FUGLY though. decided to cut the weird tip growth off and paint it matching. Overall for under $250 i got a sweet guitar.

Love the Stang...

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 11:24 am

I love my tele, it's pretty much my go-to guitar for gigs. It's stable, reliable and sound fucking amazing.

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 4:44 pm

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theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 7:15 am

Series/parallel works BUT... the selector is backwards, I accidentally wired the volume knob up to bypass it because I was in a hurry, the grounding buzz is 2much2handle because the guitar has 10 km of wire in it now, and the neck pickup is TOTALLY LAME. Series and bridge position sound great tho.

So basically, I'm going to gut the whole thing and go Esquire on it. One knob.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:32 am

UGH GFS didn't have any blank plates in chrome. So... I ordered a strat-pickup cut pickguard and will pop in a Bill Lawrence pickup I've had sitting around. That should be hot enough to match up to the GHETTO POUNDER.

cur · Post by **cur** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:30 pm

blank control plate? GFS

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:43 pm

its wait listed

but yeah thats the way forward!

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 7:24 pm

cur wrote:blank control plate? GFS

Availability: Out of Stock

Which is why I wrote:GFS didn't have any blank plates in chrome.