new see thru blonde squier teles are up

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:19 pm

new tele posted on squierguitars.com

its kinda see thru. its kinda not. i kinda like it

not as dark as the butterscotch string thru run they have been making that everyone at fdp gets boners over.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:22 pm

the first one is meh, the 2nd is bUTT ugly.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:24 pm

yea never liked the 2nd one's looks.

the reason the fdp guys love it so much is that its a 150 dollar guitar with a solid alder body

Post by **Mike** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:26 pm

They're about as See-Through as the Baja, ish:

I like the top one.

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:51 pm

Top one would look much better with a maple neck.

r40f · Post by **r40f** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:53 pm

i've never been able to appreciate teles... i just think they look kind of dumb and i hate the feeling of playing them. but i guess there are a lot of great records with teles on them, so maybe it's just me.

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:37 pm

r40f wrote:i've never been able to appreciate teles... i just think they look kind of dumb and i hate the feeling of playing them. but i guess there are a lot of great records with teles on them, so maybe it's just me.

It's a weird conditon that you might want to get checked out!!

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:36 pm

indeed,
teles are pure, thats why they are so popular,
its a down to earth basic guitar.
think about it like this.
imagine that you knew what you wanted, and then started shouting it out, you would come up with a tele.
"better fret access!"
leo; ill just cut out the bottom!
"needs to stay in tune for days!"
leo; I'll make the strings go thru the body and break that angle at 90 degrees!
"I NEED THE RAWK TONEZ TOO"
leo; I"LL INFUSE IT WITH MOJO!

and that, is a roundabout way that the tele was delivered from the birthing hips of leo fender.
(not really)

Wonka · Post by **Wonka** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:03 pm

And the Guitar gods made love(in my best Hank Hill voice). It was entertaining none the less Rob.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:34 pm

they had to fuck it up with a white guard and rosewood neck. whaaat.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:54 pm

i dig it!

mewithoutus · Post by **mewithoutus** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:54 am

Sloan wrote:they had to fuck it up with a white guard and rosewood neck. whaaat.

hah seriously. black guard, mappppple neck, ESQUIRE

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:49 am

robert(original) wrote: think about it like this.
imagine that you knew what you wanted, and then started shouting it out, you would come up with a tele.
"better fret access!"
leo; ill just cut out the bottom!

Yeh but without the top cutaway, it actually has worse fret access than most guitars on the market.

robert(original) wrote: "needs to stay in tune for days!"

Theres nothing intrinsic to the tele design that keeps it in tune is there? Surely thats to do with the quality of the tuners? Anyway bet my flloyd rose equipped guitar stays in tune better.

robert(original) wrote: "I NEED THE RAWK TONEZ TOO"
leo; I"LL INFUSE IT WITH MOJO!

Are tele's made for rock? I only played one standard in the guitar shop, and it was really bright and low output. Lovely clean tones, so i sort of get the appeal, but its still not as versatile as say a strat. Also i dunno every single bloody UK indie band current plays with one - it's getting silly now.

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:53 am

wow. I 100% disagree, man.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:57 am

Sublimedo wrote:wow. I 100% disagree, man.

Yeah. Really. Telecasters are fucking solid.
I'm in a ROCK band and it's perfect.

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:58 am

Sublimedo wrote:wow. I 100% disagree, man.

with what - me? Is so point out what i got wrong??!

Dont get me wrong, i'm not knocking telecasters. But at the same time they dont appeal to me, aesthetically or sound-wise.

That said, i played this in a guitar shop:

and it was one of the best guitars i ever heard - pure RAWWK. But thats not a typical tele, cos of the P90s..

Post by **Mike** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:02 am

That's hardly a good example of a Telecaster.

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:26 am

aphasiac wrote:
Sublimedo wrote:wow. I 100% disagree, man.
with what - me? Is so point out what i got wrong??!

if i must.

aphasiac wrote: Yeh but without the top cutaway, it actually has worse fret access than most guitars on the market.

most guitars have a difficult fret access by the top horn. Why? because one usually plays with their palms or wrist behind the neck, only requiring single cutaway access. unless you play cheesey metal solos.

aphasiac wrote: Theres nothing intrinsic to the tele design that keeps it in tune is there? Surely thats to do with the quality of the tuners? Anyway bet my flloyd rose equipped guitar stays in tune better.

Well, the tele as well as the Les Paul are essential hardtail guitars, which tend to stay in tune better than anything with a tremolo in my experience. You definitely don't need need something outlandish and bloated as floyd rose simply to stay in tune. unless you play cheesey metal solos.

aphasiac wrote: Are tele's made for rock? I only played one standard in the guitar shop, and it was really bright and low output. Lovely clean tones, so i sort of get the appeal, but its still not as versatile as say a strat. Also i dunno every single bloody UK indie band current plays with one - it's getting silly now.

hmmm...you may be on to something. As teles were originally made in the 1940's before Rock even existed and people were listening to "dixie's land" or other early american silliness. It was originally marketed as the first electric spanish guitar and pissed off a whole slew of blind folk who just wanted play on table steels for the end of time. so no, they weren't made to rock. they were there to revolutionize. It's the ultimate grandfather to every solidbody we all own. So it's a good thing every indie band plays one. Its not a trend. IT'S ROOTS! Not to mention that teles have a biting sound that nothing else compares to. Those single coils are rude as hell with the right amp and kick the shit out of any 560 dollar EMG pickup you play on. I don't see why'd you want one of those anyway. unless you play cheesey metal solos.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:28 am

I think he plays Cheesy Metal Solos.

Floyd Rose - Check
EMG pickups - Check
Attitude about Teles - Check

euan · Post by **euan** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:36 am

The biting nature of a Tele is essential to a great rock in my opinion. It gives it something that says listen out fuckface, withouth it being all about power. And if you take it further. Listen to Mogwai. All Tele. At least in the early days.