should i get a telecaster?

[subversion]

sub.....

thats a hotrails in the bridge??

wat volume and tone pots are you using? 250k or 500k?

100% Duncan in my tele:

Bridge- Hot Rails
Neck- Hot Rhythm

using 500K... 8)

on another note, do not get the tele just to instal a humbucker in there. i swapped mine after getting a strat...

 

[MrE]

FLCL: the tele is great for classic rock stuff, very cutting/biting tone on the bridge

on the topic of teles with humbuckers - Johnny Greenwood of Radiohead comes to mind (he uses a Tele Plus). just to remind you how versatile a tele can be if u want it to

i'm about to get a Hot Rails bridge pickup installed in my tele too

i dig my current jap Texas Specials... but want to do heavier stuff with my tele so i'm trying the Hot Rails as recommended by Sub from a long time ago... i was debating between the Hot Rails and the Quarter Pound Lead (to preserve the single-coil tone). but i found a decent deal for the Hot Rails, so....

 

[Writer]

Sub.....500 K for both volume and tone pots?

I got a SD vintage in the neck....recommended?

 

[hofner]

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[popeye]

to FLCL , i suggest you listen to more tele material before settling down for one. Listen to some radiohead , danny gatton , bruce springsteen videos at youtube.com

RICHIE KOTZEN!!!

 

[subversion]

not all Kotzen's materials are Teles.

 

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Sub.....500 K for both volume and tone pots?

I got a SD vintage in the neck....recommended?

if you love the current vintage voicing, the 500K won't do wonders for tone.

Yup- i have 500K for both vol/ tone... 8)

 

[MrE]

if you love the current vintage voicing, the 500K won't do wonders for tone.

Yup- i have 500K for both vol/ tone... 8)

500k pots not ideal for vintage tone? how's that, sub? 500k pots add more treble to your tone, no?

 

[jony]

Yes there is more treble but fenders till today with single coils are equipped with 250k ones.

 

[subversion]

what jony said.

i've not heard single coils sounding pleasant with 500K ones, but i do hear good stuff from humbuckers with 250K units 8)

 

[bin4christ]

on another note, do not get the tele just to instal a humbucker in there. i swapped mine after getting a strat...

y is tt so?wat about like keith richards hum in neck n single coil in bridge?

 

[bin4christ]

btw,is it possible to get a standard tele n then install a floating bridge on it?ehehe...

 

[subversion]

btw,is it possible to get a standard tele n then install a floating bridge on it?ehehe...

possible- if you don't mind wood being gouged from the body + paying quite an arm for it.

 

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y is tt so?wat about like keith richards hum in neck n single coil in bridge?

he didn't buy the tele & install a hum in the neck- it's already there by default. a 72 Tele Custom is an example:

 

[bin4christ]

but according to wat i read(guitar world dec 2005),he uses a 50's model tt didnt hav a hum by default...

 

[hofner]

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[FLCL]

hi, i was wondering, is Squier telecaster good, or should i get a Fender telecaster?

 

[hofner]

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[Writer]

squier has afew models...

i kinda like the affinity series....slightly cheaper....and
its made of alder and not agathis....

 

[hofner]

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