Favorite Tele Tones

dindude

Deijavoo said:

What sort of stuff are you into? That may help suggestions?

I really find that impossible to answer. Not into Country that's too, erm, Country sounding, and not into Metal that gets too heavy. Otherwise I touch most bases at some point in my listening. And own / listen to a lot of what has been mentioned above.  

Guitar player wise, of all those mentioned above, stylistically Robben Ford and Jeff Beck are closest and have the tone I would most go for, but then again, I still prefer Jeff on his Strat and Robben makes any guitar he touches sound great.

ICBM

dindude said:

Guitar player wise, of all those mentioned above, stylistically Robben Ford and Jeff Beck are closest and have the tone I would most go for, but then again, I still prefer Jeff on his Strat and Robben makes any guitar he touches sound great.

Then maybe you don't want a Tele. It's not compulsory to own one .

For me, neither of those really sound "like a Tele" - they could be any guitar. Obviously they *are* Teles, but they're dialed in so the characteristics that usually make a Tele easily recognisable aren't very audible.

dindude

ICBM;755715" said:

dindude said:Guitar player wise, of all those mentioned above, stylistically Robben Ford and Jeff Beck are closest and have the tone I would most go for, but then again, I still prefer Jeff on his Strat and Robben makes any guitar he touches sound great.





Then maybe you don't want a Tele. It's not compulsory to own one .

For me, neither of those really sound "like a Tele" - they could be any guitar. Obviously they *are* Teles, but they're dialed in so the characteristics that usually make a Tele easily recognisable aren't very audible.

Agreed.

dogload

Rigid_Digits said:

Can't get the YouTube link to work, but Chuck Prophet's stuff is great.

Here's Chuck with Green on Red

The mix isn't great on that, so here's the Gas, Food & Lodging album!

I'd also like to add Robyn Hitchcock and Hugh Cornwell to the roster. Those old Stranglers tones are iconic.

rpr

Oh, has anybody mentioned the Quo yet?

  

Also is that HH amps in the backline?

Rigid_Digits

Thanks!

dogload said:

Rigid_Digits said:

Can't get the YouTube link to work, but Chuck Prophet's stuff is great.

Here's Chuck with Green on Red

The mix isn't great on that, so here's the Gas, Food & Lodging album!

T

historyisjunk

More recent Chuck Prophet, one of the all time greats for me.

With the "not back together" Green on Red. Interesting that Cheap Wine & Down to the Bone never stood out as album tracks, but are fantastic live (I think)


With his own band (can't remember if he was calling them the Bible Dusters or Mission Express then)

historyisjunk

The incomparable Bill Carter

Wolfetone

Roxette and the great Wilko Mick Green and the Pirates

simonbeckwith

Moss said:

Brian Fallon from the Gaslight Anthem for some cool rhythm tones

Damn right! What @Moss said

dilbert

From one of the Tele's best exponents:

Really nice guy too.

bigjon

Kimberley Rew of Katrina & the Waves and The Soft Boys is most often seen playing a Squier Tele these days - the solo-ette from 1:20 is characteristic of the  sound I associate with his playing - usually Tele through a Blues Junior with no pedals.

bigjon

Not a fashionable opinion round these parts, but lots of Coldplay songs have really good Tele tones on them - e.g Yellow, Shiver.

ThePrettyDamned

bigjon;757715" said:

Not a fashionable opinion round these parts, but lots of Coldplay songs have really good Tele tones on them - e.g Yellow, Shiver.

That lead tone is shiver is excellent - I got a similar sound with a hot rod deluxe drive channel and an affinity telecaster, which was surprisingly very good sounding.

Hard to believe the quality £100 gets you these days.

HAL9000

ThePrettyDamned;757727" said:

[quote="bigjon;757715"]Not a fashionable opinion round these parts, but lots of Coldplay songs have really good Tele tones on them - e.g Yellow, Shiver.

That lead tone is shiver is excellent - I got a similar sound with a hot rod deluxe drive channel and an affinity telecaster, which was surprisingly very good sounding.

Hard to believe the quality £100 gets you these days. [/quote]


Affinity Teles are Fender's best kept secret. I regret ever selling mine. Great neck and had that distinctive Tele spank.

stickyfiddle

bigjon said:

Not a fashionable opinion round these parts, but lots of Coldplay songs have really good Tele tones on them - e.g Yellow, Shiver.

FWIW most of both of those was a Jaguar, but there is a lot of JD Tele on Parachutes, and plenty of 72 thinline stuff on everything since