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yes or no?
yes 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
TOTALLY 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
ah... no... 2%  2%  [ 4 ]
no 8%  8%  [ 20 ]
are you out of you fricking mind poorboy??? 90%  90%  [ 226 ]
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:02 pm
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I play a Strat myself, but the Telecaster is a GREAT guitar! Why would anyone want to get rid of it? :shock:


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I voted no way ... I agree that the Tele might be a bit ugly to some but then, it's a pure, simple to the point guitar. I own a number, including an old Guild jazz box, a Tele, an SG, etc. But when I want pure simple guitar with little between me and the sound, I reach for the Tele every time.


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NEVER should the Telecaster be dicontinued for any reason!!! :x


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Post subject: Re: should fender discontune the telecaster?
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:12 pm
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poorboy56 wrote:
they are kinda' ugly...


Thats the beauty od music... it comes in soooo many flavors!!! thank U God!!


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Discontinue the Tele!?
NO WAY!

It's very simplistic in design but therein lies it's greatness. It's easily adaptable to any style of music you want to play. I love my Strats (IMO they are the pinnacle of guitar design) but my Tele is a totally lovable brute.

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THe Tele will live forever
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:58 am
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Hey! He didn't ask about discontinuing the Telecaster. He asked if it should be discontuned. So currently his Telecaster must be contuned. That must be some kind of way of tuning it. I tune my guitars EBGDAE most of the time. I take it that contuning must be some alternate tuning I'm not familiar with.


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If it's not broke, don't fix it !!!


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100% HELL NO! That would be like Ford discontinuing the Mustang or America discontinuing Apple Pie! It's the all time classic in the Guitar world. However, those of us who do own Tele's would profit greatly from it! Think about how much you could sell your Tele for 15 years from now, especially an AV series or something rare!

I would vote yes, simply for the financial gain! It seems that most young kids are into Ibanez crap anyways!


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Post subject: what the.............!
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:48 pm
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i got a 1995 mim strat in trade for a dean 5 string bass! awesome deal, i think i got the better end! but then i got a 1991 mik squire tele in trade for a micheal kelly duece and it blows the strat away! why would anyone suggest dropping the tele! great guitar, retro and sounds great! i think i'll trade the strat for a les paul!


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Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:42 pm
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Have you gone mad, poorboy?


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being new to the forum,when i posted a reply, i didn't read the other posts first. i just went off the topic. well i did read them all and saw a certain amount of venom! whoa! mellow out guys!! it is just a disscusion! i was the one that posted the "fender vs everyone" else topic. believe me, i do not place fenders "above" everything else! what works for you, is a great guitar.i was only excited that i have found that one guitar that lets me express my music in the way i want it to sound! this forum is about talking guitars, not putting people down or setting them straight :wink: :wink: :twisted:


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Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:49 pm
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bkeesecker wrote:
being new to the forum,when i posted a reply, i didn't read the other posts first. i just went off the topic. well i did read them all and saw a certain amount of venom! whoa! mellow out guys!! it is just a disscusion! i was the one that posted the "fender vs everyone" else topic. believe me, i do not place fenders "above" everything else! what works for you, is a great guitar.i was only excited that i have found that one guitar that lets me express my music in the way i want it to sound! this forum is about talking guitars, not putting people down or setting them straight :wink: :wink: :twisted:


Dude, you're still WAY off topic. The OP was asking if Fender should discontinue the Tele. He didn't say, "I think the Les Paul is better than the Tele, so should Fender discontinue the Tele?" You are comparing instruments for no reason.


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Maybe it is time to discontinue it. Fender should boldly move forward with some new designs. End the Tele now and maybe give the Strat a couple more years. 60 years on a design is quite enough.

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End the tele and end their cashflow all in one move.

Thats great business sense that is. Perhaps they should discontinue valve amps and just make solidstate amps like the 70's ones. They could even tell their korean, chinese and japanese factories to start making garbage bolt on lespaul copies too. When they have finaly ground the last nail into the coffin of guitar production, they could start making multi fx in the £50 price range. complimented by a range of casio/bontempi keyboards.

Whaddya think is it a goer, could they pull it off. :roll:


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nikininja wrote:
They could even tell their korean, chinese and japanese factories to start making garbage bolt on lespaul copies too.


Those factories most likely already do.

Your suggestion, however, is to put the "Fender" name on the garbage bolt-on Les Paul copies, right? :lol: :wink:

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