First ever telecaster ngd

Moominpapa · January 2020

Really like the way the edge binding sets off the burst - very nice guitar.

Balrog68 · January 2020

Lovely looking guitar.. Thinking my next bout of GAS is going to involve a Telecaster.

Strangefan · January 2020

Balrog68 said:

Lovely looking guitar.. Thinking my next bout of GAS is going to involve a Telecaster.

If you had said that 4 months ago I would have tried to convince you not to get one!

darthed1981 · January 2020

Gorgeous guitar - happy NGD mate.

Strangefan · January 2020

darthed1981 said:

Gorgeous guitar - happy NGD mate.

Thank you!

johnnythefox · January 2020

Can't fault you sir ,I did more or less the same thing on the 13/ 12/ 2012 when I walked in to Guitars4you and purchased my fender USA Telecaster Deluxe , Its been my main guitar since most used and most versatile despite having a Les Paul standard a Gibson 339 cs curly maple a PRS custom 22 20th Anniversary , its still my go to tool.

Phil_C · January 2020

Lovely!

Strangefan · January 2020

johnnythefox said:

Can't fault you sir ,I did more or less the same thing on the 13/ 12/ 2012 when I walked in to Guitars4you and purchased my fender USA Telecaster Deluxe , Its been my main guitar since most used and most versatile despite having a Les Paul standard a Gibson 339 cs curly maple a PRS custom 22 20th Anniversary , its still my go to tool.

i have not been smitten by a guitar this much for a long time which is odd as its pretty much the lost basic plank going however it does music sooo well!

Eartrumpet · January 2020

Very nice HNGD!!

gibsongretschfan · January 2020

Strangefan said:

Grangousier said:

I know what you mean - I looked down on them for a long time. The first tele teenage me was aware of was the vintage (early 50s?) one played by Steve Zodiac out of Vardis, supporting (I think) Hawkwind in about (I think) 1980. Blond slab of a thing (the guitar rather than Mr Zodiac), I thought it was hideous (compared to the lovely Flying Vs and BC Richs and so forth I craved - what can I say? I was fifteen), and didn't really reassess my opinion until I got into the FB, bought a Baja on a whim and changed 360°. My current main guitar is a GSPBasses/OilCity/Rexter tele I received just before Christmas and really must do a NGD for.

I suspect Leo got it right the first time, and everything since 1950 is gravy.

I have to agree i was a parker fly player for mny year, I will never say a guitar has soul or mojo or any of that crap as I firmly believe that all comes from the player, how'ver the tele has something, especially in the neck pickup,, I can now see why people love them so much,

It still feels dirty having a tele as I have always taken the mic because.... Aor/blues /etc but they are very versatile,

FYI in not giving you a wiz etc as you're on 666 frets!

I’m about impart some wisdom here, doesn’t happen very often, so brace yourselves...

If you have a Tele and you aren’t spending 95% of your time on the bridge pickup then your Tele ain’t Teleing right. Even if you think it’s not your thing... it is. And if it’s not then that’s because somethings not right

I would HIGHLY recommend changing that bridge out for an ashtray one with brass saddles and then find the right bridge pickup for your guitar. It will do just about everything.

Strangefan · January 2020

gibsongretschfan said:

Strangefan said:

Grangousier said:

I know what you mean - I looked down on them for a long time. The first tele teenage me was aware of was the vintage (early 50s?) one played by Steve Zodiac out of Vardis, supporting (I think) Hawkwind in about (I think) 1980. Blond slab of a thing (the guitar rather than Mr Zodiac), I thought it was hideous (compared to the lovely Flying Vs and BC Richs and so forth I craved - what can I say? I was fifteen), and didn't really reassess my opinion until I got into the FB, bought a Baja on a whim and changed 360°. My current main guitar is a GSPBasses/OilCity/Rexter tele I received just before Christmas and really must do a NGD for.

I suspect Leo got it right the first time, and everything since 1950 is gravy.

I have to agree i was a parker fly player for mny year, I will never say a guitar has soul or mojo or any of that crap as I firmly believe that all comes from the player, how'ver the tele has something, especially in the neck pickup,, I can now see why people love them so much,

It still feels dirty having a tele as I have always taken the mic because.... Aor/blues /etc but they are very versatile,

FYI in not giving you a wiz etc as you're on 666 frets!

I’m about impart some wisdom here, doesn’t happen very often, so brace yourselves...

If you have a Tele and you aren’t spending 95% of your time on the bridge pickup then your Tele ain’t Teleing right. Even if you think it’s not your thing... it is. And if it’s not then that’s because somethings not right

I would HIGHLY recommend changing that bridge out for an ashtray one with brass saddles and then find the right bridge pickup for your guitar. It will do just about everything.

Ooooh no not for me, any guitar I own the neck pickup is key, I find the main influence in town is me so I like to keep things as is plus I don't use a pick so that has a big effect

Roland · January 2020

Yes. For jazz I normally use the neck pickup, for rock it’s normally the bridge.

Nikc · January 2020

Nice tele - they are just awesome are they not

Personally I love the middle position there is something just right a space in the sound love it

Grangousier · January 2020

Yeah, it was the neck pickup on the Baja that sold it for me - I'm normally playing low-gain or clean with my fingers, tone rolled back, volume rolled back a bit. I was expecting twang, and was pleased to discover this whole other personality to it. That's the reason I think the tele is so amazing - it can be a completely different instrument for different people (more than a lot of other kinds of guitar).

Strangefan · January 2020

Grangousier said:

Yeah, it was the neck pickup on the Baja that sold it for me - I'm normally playing low-gain or clean with my fingers, tone rolled back, volume rolled back a bit. I was expecting twang, and was pleased to discover this whole other personality to it. That's the reason I think the tele is so amazing - it can be a completely different instrument for different people (more than a lot of other kinds of guitar).

Totslly agree,! I'm not really a twang fan, this has so such a usable voice,

bandmaster188 · January 2020

Happy NGD!

I picked up a sienna burst deluxe off of fleabay a few years back and it’s an absolute keeper.

I’ve had a little mess around with the pickups too and stuck a neck bucker in and a dimarzio chopper T. The chopper sounds great, bit more grind but still sounds like a tele. Probably the most comfortable neck I’ve played too.

Strangefan · January 2020

bandmaster188 said:

Happy NGD!
I picked up a sienna burst deluxe off of fleabay a few years back and it’s an absolute keeper.
I’ve had a little mess around with the pickups too and stuck a neck bucker in and a dimarzio chopper T. The chopper sounds great, bit more grind but still sounds like a tele. Probably the most comfortable neck I’ve played too.

Thankyou.!

Milk · January 2020

Looks good, is the binding on the back too?

Strangefan · January 2020

Milk said:

Looks good, is the binding on the back too?

No the back is contoured like a strat,

gilby · January 2020

bandmaster188 said:

Happy NGD!
I picked up a sienna burst deluxe off of fleabay a few years back and it’s an absolute keeper.
I’ve had a little mess around with the pickups too and stuck a neck bucker in and a dimarzio chopper T. The chopper sounds great, bit more grind but still sounds like a tele. Probably the most comfortable neck I’ve played too.

Out of nosiness, what 'bucker did you put in the neck and what pots are you using?

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