Frankenstein Tele

[dogooder]

I bought a "Tele" because I have a ton of guitars and none with single coil pickups.

 

[PorterhouseMusic]

So.... no strat?

 

[spantini]

That's what we have police for.

 

[Track Rat]

Truly the Swiss Army Knife of guitars. I gigged a 71 Ash body forever. Deceptively wide range of tone possibilities. I have many.

 

[T Sattler]

Truly the Swiss Army Knife of guitars. I gigged a 71 Ash body forever. Deceptively wide range of tone possibilities. I have many.

I have a 1970 Tele, got it brand new, and a 1968 Fender Princeton, my parents got it for me for completing 4 years of music lessons. I would never trade it, finally had to get the frets replaced a decade or two ago. I did go for a Strat to and some Gibsons, sometimes humbuckers are just the right tone but Gibson drives me crazy with the neck angle and the G string going out of tune all the time. Plus their bridges suck.

 

[TalismanRich]

It took me a long time to finally get into the tele world. My first was an ASAT, which isn't a true tele. The MFD pickups are a lot hotter than a normal tele. Then, 10 years ago, I bought a Melancon Pro Artist T which is an excellent hand made T style. Light swamp ash, maple neck, Lollar pickups. It has the best fretwork I've ever seen!

 

[dogooder]

So.... no strat?

I have had a few strats here and there, not really my cup of tea but I do think I might buy a Frankenstein Strat some day. My first guitar was a 1959 strat, Seventy five dollars.

 

[markmann]

The strat and tele have very distinct and different sounds. If you want the tele sound then you need a tele. The combo of the pickups, ashtray tail piece and single cut slab body make it unique.

 

[dogooder]

Thar she blows in all her Frankenstein glory. She be pretty. She plays well and sounds good. Could use a good set of tuners. I have some laying around somewhere.

 

[dogooder]

I have another Tele but it has humbuckers. If it don't have single coils it ain't a tele. This one only cost me sixty bucks so...