Tele body wood.............

[MikeS]

What about the top on that same guitar? Is that a flamed cedar? I've not seen a grain pattern like that on flame maple.

OMG Curly!! What guitar is that? It is freaking incredible looking!!! I love Gretsch Orange, but I have always wanted a nice loud looking sparkle Tele.

I love Gretsch orange, too. A tele would look amazing done up like that... but I'd prefer to reserve Gretsch orange for the Gretsch that I'll own... someday.

[the guy who invented fire]

IMO the best Tele's are made from swamp ash although Alder makes a great Tele too...

[stonabus]

hard ash

[joelap]

Swamp ass.

[sufferinrewind]

Swamp ass.

Swamp ass, Joe?

[JeffB]

Voice of dissent here...Ash is the classic Tele wood, but I like alder better...fills in the mids a bit..without getting too full..with a typical vintage type tele bridge pup, alder still yields plenty of bite/twang and brashness, and the neck pickup/middle positions end up being a little more versatile.

You get the WRONG piece of ash ( sounds funny), and it will turn a tele bridge pup into the icepick in the ears from hell.

This is assuming a maple board...rosewood board would help with an ash body.

My opinion of course.

[stonabus]

yer gonna want hard ash and a rosewood strat neck. cause thats what i have.

[tudor]

what is the stripe down the back of that maple top tele body?

Hi,

the stripe is an inlay, made of maple, walnut and rosewood on this beautiful 1p-hard ash body ... it's the builder's logo !!

... and I like it !!!

The top isn't maple but Tiger-striped ash ... very thin veneer !!

It's my Tele-project body - the neck's just being built ... !!

Roger

[Hoss]

Here is what I'll be doing. I have thought about this for a while now. I have in my mind all of the gripes that I have with Teles from a playability standpoint. I have been in contact with Tommy at USACG to build my ultimate/dream (main) Tele.

I have asked him to spec/price me out a body with Swamp Ash, tummy cut and forearm contour, top bound and with a middle Strat PUP route. I am thinking very seriously about an Orange Sparkle finish.

At some point before I have it finished and maybe after I will have some sort of B bender installed.

this sounds alot like an American Deluxe...don't know about the routing though and i'm pretty sure they're alder...but the cut/contour/binding/finish are spot on?!

[B Bent]

^^^Boooooooiiiing!!!! I dig!!

[Hoss]

i've been g.a.ssing for that bad boy ever since i layed my eyes/hands on one!!! the color in person is absolutely breathtaking!!!!

you'll have to find a NOS or a used one though to get the Candy Tangerine color though...they replaced it with Olympic White this year...bleh!

here's the specs:
Model Name American Deluxe Telecaster®
Model Number 010-1600-(Color #) and 010-1602-(Color #)
Series American Deluxe Series
Colors (700) 3-Color Sunburst,
(723) Olympic White Pearl,
(731) Aged Cherry Burst,
(764) Montego Black,
(Polyurethane Finish)
Body Premium Alder.
Neck Maple, Modern “C” Shape,
(Satin Polyurethane Finish)
Fingerboard Rosewood (p/n 010-1600) or Maple (p/n 010-1602), 9.5” Radius (241mm)
No. of Frets 22 Medium Jumbo Frets
Pickups 2 Samarium Cobalt Noiseless™ Tele® Pickups (Neck and Bridge)
Controls Master Volume (with S-1™ Switch),
Master No-Load Tone Control
Pickup Switching 3-Position Blade and 2-Position Push/Push S-1™:
S-1 Switch Up:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge Pickup in Parallel with Neck Pickup
Position 3. Neck Pickup

S-1 Switch Down:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge Pickup in Series with Neck Pickup
Position 3. Neck Pickup
Bridge American Tele with 6 Chromed Brass Saddles
Machine Heads Fender®/Schaller® Deluxe Staggered Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
Hardware Chrome
Pickguard 3-Ply Mint Green on (700),
4-Ply Brown Shell on (723),
4-Ply Aged White Pearloid on (731), (782),
1-Ply Beveled Gold Vinyl on (764)
Scale Length 25.5” (648 mm)
Width at Nut 1.6875” (43 mm)
Unique Features Knurled Chrome Knobs,
Abalone Dot Position Inlays,
Bound Top,
Contoured Back,
Highly Detailed Fret and Nut Work
Strings Fender Super 250L, Nickel Plated Steel, (.009 to .042), p/n 073-0250-003
Accessories Standard Molded Case,
Cable,
Strap,
Straplocks,
Meguiar’s Mist and Wipe Kit
Case Standard Molded Case
Introduced 1/2004
Notice Product Prices, Features And Specifications Are Subject To Change Without Notice

[joelap]

Swamp ass, Joe?

Yup. Been sitting in this chair too long and its hot as hell.

I still stand my answer. Swamp Ass.

[ErikH]

I'd go either alder or swamp ash. The Am Standard I just sold was alder I believe. Sure sounded like it, but it was heavy piece of wood. The total guitar weight is 8 lbs.. One of the best sounding Tele's I ever played. I only hope that when the time comes that I can build one with a neck profile that works for me that it'll sound/play as good.