Can I start a Telecaster thread?

[SlowGroove]

After, with SD P-Rails (series and P-90):

This is what i am thinking about . . .

A Black Tele with Black pickgaurd.
You do not see many black-on-black tele's out there, at least i don't



James

[rage_311]

That is so close to my stage rig!!

Make the head the 100-watter and make the cab a Splawn 4x12, plug a maple-necked tele into it and you have my current amp rig right there.

Cool. I dub thee a man of good taste.

Glad to see there are other rockerverb fans/users out there! Oh man, a maple s/c tele through a good tube screamer (analogman's maxon od-9 silver mod for me) into a rockerverb is my tone nirvana...

[sosomething]

Whoa. I never even thought of running an OD in front of it.

I have a Bad Monkey which is pretty close... what are your settings for the amp and pedal?

[rage_311]

I'll tell you that it does sound great on both channels, for different sounds of course.

On the gain channel, I've got the gain at maybe 10 o'clock, which is in my opinion right where it starts to get some character from the gain knob. On my 50 watter, that's about where it starts to break up pretty significantly. Lows - 11 o'clock, Mids - 3-4 o'clock, Highs - 1 o'clock. Master volume at 11 or 12 o'clock (playing in my apartment... still kinda loud.)
On the clean channel... These are estimates - Lows - 9 o'clock, Highs - 2 o'clock (no mids knob there.) Volume at about 10 o'clock.
The pedal settings: Drive - 12 o'clock, Tone - 9 o'clock, Level - 1 o'clock. Not sure how that'll translate to your bad monkey, but there it is for what it's worth.

Give it a try anyway... No guarantees on how it'll sound with the 100w amp (different power tubes) or the bad monkey. It's worth a shot. Really opened up the tone for me though.

EDIT: Also, for a heavier gain with fuller tone, I push the od-9 with a BBE boosta grande, which is just a clean boost. Definitely fills out the sound, and adds some low end.

[sosomething]

I'll give it a go next band practice. Thanks!

[soundgardener75]

WOW . . . just beautifull !!!

How doe you flip from S/C to P90 to 'bucker on the P90 ???

Thanks dude!

I only have a push-pull pot on the P-Rails, as I only wanted the full humbucking tone and a P-90 on this Tele. I thought it was pointless to have a Strat tone on a Tele, and besides, I have a Strat style guitar (Washburn N1) that has all four P-Rails sound options.

This is what i am thinking about . . .

A Black Tele with Black pickgaurd.
You do not see many black-on-black tele's out there, at least i don't

As much as I love the chrome pickguard and the badassery that it invokes, I figured the black pickguard would make the lipstick pickup stand out more, as the black P-Rails goes well with the Tele bridge plate.

And again, thank you for your kind words!

[SlowGroove]

Thanks dude!

I only have a push-pull pot on the P-Rails, as I only wanted the full humbucking tone and a P-90 on this Tele. I thought it was pointless to have a Strat tone on a Tele, and besides, I have a Strat style guitar (Washburn N1) that has all four P-Rails sound options.

As much as I love the chrome pickguard and the badassery that it invokes, I figured the black pickguard would make the lipstick pickup stand out more, as the black P-Rails goes well with the Tele bridge plate.

And again, thank you for your kind words!

This is how i like 'em :

Same as yours . . . black-on-black !

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8420241...83729/sizes/l/ - right hand one is pretty B!TCI-Iin' too !

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ds23pal...03126/sizes/o/ - left one.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8420241...26891/sizes/l/ - tele heaven !

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonic_e...69945/sizes/o/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonic_e...n/photostream/ - my two FAV TELE Colours !



James

[CapoFirstFret]

Man there's a telecaster appreciation thread somewhere around here but I wanted to add that my telecaster may not get too much play lately, but it's still my favorite guitar ...period....it's freakin beautiful and sounds great. gotta love simplicity

[LukeGilmour]

these are just beautiful.... i love the double binding blue one too

[arellanon]

Does my Carvin qualify as a Tele?









If it doesn't , I do indeed own a MIM Tele that is receiving some upgrades at my guitar tech's shop. I'll post pics of the finished Tele when it is done.

BTW, Teles are great, great guitars!

[sosomething]

Does my Carvin qualify as a Tele?

Not even CLOSE....




....but that doesn't stop it from being a really cool guitar! I have a soft spot for Carvins. Post pics of your MIM when you get them!

[ErikH]

I'm mostly a Strat guy but I really dig Tele's too. This is my 3rd Tele to own and I think this is finally the one. Looks like 3rd time is a charm. 1985 MIJ Contemporary Tele in burgundy mist. I love how it plays and the tone is just great. Stock pickups and electronics too, not a thing changed other than removing the lock nut for a string tree.

[arellanon]

Not even CLOSE....




....but that doesn't stop it from being a really cool guitar! I have a soft spot for Carvins. Post pics of your MIM when you get them!

Hehe, I almost busted out laughing when I read your post!
I love Carvins as well and I will buy me another one once I finish my degree. Also, I will most definitely post pics of my project Tele as soon as I complete the mods.

[Stengah_2012]

First post!

Hey everybody, I picked this up this Highway One about two weeks ago. I can't put the thing down, it's addictive. I've seriously considered dropping a Jerry Donahue lead in it with a P90 at the neck, but it sounds really, really good as is.

[stevie_bees]

I'm mostly a Strat guy but I really dig Tele's too. This is my 3rd Tele to own and I think this is finally the one. Looks like 3rd time is a charm. 1985 MIJ Contemporary Tele in burgundy mist. I love how it plays and the tone is just great. Stock pickups and electronics too, not a thing changed other than removing the lock nut for a string tree.

That guitar is rubbish.......

[ErikH]

That guitar is rubbish.......

To you, only because it's not in your hands.