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Post subject: i´m a happy tele player!!!
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:38 am
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hello everyone i´m i strat player but some months ago i wished a tele bc it looks really cool so i start to save money and i wanted a mim standard tele i´m from mexico and here there are not much to choose from fender guitars so i decide to buy a squier standard tele but what a sourprise when i realize that my budget was enough to buy a custom shop texas specials puckup set...
now i´m very pleased with this guitar and pups my poor 50´s reissue strat is sad bc i did not playit in 2 weeks hahaha


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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:45 am
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I'm a strat man myself and own and have always owned some very nice strats, but I decided to add a MIA Standard Tele into my collection. I'm just like you as I've become almost addicted to playing the Tele! I don't know if it's because the tele is my last purchase or what but it's the first guitar I pick up now! :wink: Maybe it's just a phase I'm going through but enjoy your tele man . I know I am! :) 8)


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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:57 am
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fhopkins wrote:
I'm a strat man myself and own and have always owned some very nice strats, but I decided to add a MIA Standard Tele into my collection. I'm just like you as I've become almost addicted to playing the Tele! I don't know if it's because the tele is my last purchase or what but it's the first guitar I pick up now! :wink: Maybe it's just a phase I'm going through but enjoy your tele man . I know I am! :) 8)


This exact thing has happened to me! There's just something about the Tele, I just cant put it down 8)

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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:46 pm
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I love the tele shape and stuff but I am a tremolo guy, without a tremolo I would feel not 100% happy lol maybe someday ill buy a telle and mod it with a floyd rose or maybe an american standard bridge... now that would be killer! :)


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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:07 pm
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I love the tele shape and stuff but I am a tremolo guy, without a tremolo I would feel not 100% happy lol maybe someday ill buy a telle and mod it with a floyd rose or maybe an american standard bridge... now that would be killer! :)


That would be killer Synk! I've never used my trem bar on my guitars much anyway so it does not bother me. Build one, I'd like to see it! 8) The sound of the tele and it's simplicity is what's attracted me. I still remain a true blue Strat man though but it's nice to have both! :wink:


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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 1:31 pm
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Yah true, have you seen the san dimas guitars from charvel, also owned by fender I think...... those for example have tele bodies and full tremolo capabilities :)


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Synkronized wrote:
I love the tele shape and stuff but I am a tremolo guy, without a tremolo I would feel not 100% happy lol maybe someday ill buy a telle and mod it with a floyd rose or maybe an american standard bridge... now that would be killer! :)


How about this?
http://www.fender.com/products//search. ... 0256800500
‘60s Custom Telecaster® with Bigsby®

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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:53 pm
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There are a fair number of Teles that have Bigsby units on them -- if I'm right, I think Fender still makes one...

I've never seen much use for a vibrato unit, but a Bigsby would be my own preference.


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Oh no, it's too late :shock: !! You're stuck now. I got my MIM Tele and my strats have been collecting dust. At first I thought it was because it was my latest purchase. After 6 months, this was a lame excuse!!
Everything I play sounds better on my Tele. I even asked my kids which guitar I should play. They both said "Dad, you should play that new Blue (Agave) guitar, It sounds way better than your Strat"

I can play some serious blues, awesome funk and R&B, and was really blown away with how nice it sounded comping jazz chords. Plays so sweet, stays in tune and makes me smile everytime I plug her in. It's amazing how a guitar so simple can be so versatile.

See my post 'Best guitar ever'

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I love Teles and Strats too. 8)

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Miami Mike wrote:
I love Teles and Strats too. 8)


You and me both Mike!! 8) :wink:


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Vulkan wrote:
There are a fair number of Teles that have Bigsby units on them -- if I'm right, I think Fender still makes one...

I've never seen much use for a vibrato unit, but a Bigsby would be my own preference.


I believe that the classic 60's come with a bigsby...

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I love my Strats, too, but not as much as the Tele. I like it better as it speaks 60's style R&B better than the Strat. In blues its a toss-up. I like both for jazz: smooth jazz for the Strat, and for traditional jazz I'd use the Tele. For gospel and country, the Tele is unmatched.

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