Tele!

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i just tried a telecaster tonight. i absolutely fell in love with the one i played. it was a '69 thinline. this thing is fricken awesome. however i was really confused when i got to the store to try them out. there was like 15 different types of teles. i think i'm gonna get it. does any one know of any different teles that are good? i was lookin for a jimmy page type sound and i think i hit it pretty good with the 69 thinline. suggestions please
 
The thinline is one of my 3 favorite Teles. The other two are the '54 reissue in butterscotch, and the Tele Special with a humbucker for th neck pickup (which I own). You can never go wrong with adding a Tele to your collection. Wanna stand out? Play a Telecaster!

H2H
 
tele story

During the taping of the "SuperSession" album with Mike Bloomfield and Al Cooper,Cooper is waiting at the Boston studio for Bloomfield as a violent snowstorm rages outside.The door opens and Mike Bloomfield comes in carrying his tele,no case.The axe is covered with snow,so Bloomfield bangs the indestructable tele against the wall a few times to knock the snow off.They then went on to track Season of the Witch.
I used to have a butterscotch tele.Like most of the axes I sold,I wish I had it back!I've seen a lot of country guys (here in Ft Worth) who have teles with the humbucker in the bridge position.I'd like to see H2H's neck-position version.I don't recall ever seeing one before.Was it custom shop?

Tom
 
Tom-
They must have to modify the bridge to get a humbucker on there. I guess you couldn't use the real Tele bridge anymore. I like that Twang you get from it! It's a must on the Tele for me.
The neck HB lets me get a roar out of it when I want it. It also has a 5 pos switch.

Here's a link-
http://www.fender.com/electricguitars/teles/hotrodamerseries/asfattele.html

Mine looks exactly like the one pictured but with a maple board. Try one out, it's really sweet :)

Oh, and it looks like they're calling it the "Fat Hot-Rodded" Tele now. They're always re-naming things over at FMIC.

H2H
 
Sweet!
thanks H2H.
For the bridge position bucker you have to rout the bridge plate.

Tom
 
If you get that tele hang on to it. I wish I had never sold mine.
 
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