Kartman

It's funny that no one really knows that the entire Led Zeppelin album and the solo from Stairway To Heaven was recorded on a late-50's Telecaster. His tone on the first album is godlike. I love it.

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Yeah.

The Tele doesn't get enough credit for most of Zep's albums

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my favitoure tele player is either Johnny Greenwood, Keith Murray or Russel Lissack

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^ mines ron wood but i love the jeff beck sig. esquire (does that count as a tele?)

TheDev01dOne

Esquire's count as Teles to me. Same $$$$ really, just less one pickup.

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Kartman

I don't like the fact that Esquires don't have a neck pickup. A neck pickup on a Tele sounds so good

A Telecaster is really an Esquire with a neck pickup, really, but I could be wrong. Maybe there's some wiring differences inside or something?

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i almost made the stuipidist mistake of my life. I was looking for a lower tone so i decided to get a gibson sg and sell my Highway 1 in midnight wine. I got the Gibson SG, but the tele wouldn't sell. So the SG became my 16th birthday present (mum: fine but the only thing u get for ur 16th birthday is a cake and a kiss Me: idc, thats cool) So now i have both. And im glad i didnt sell the tele. The tone is amazing and the neck is like nothing else, Ive also tricked out the pickguard with drawings, some double sided tape for picks, and a slide holder on the strap invented by me. It looks pretty bitchin and sounds even better. I would say my favorite tele player is Joe Strummer ( i know that im like one of millions of people thatht think that). Oh yea great thread by the way

TheDev01dOne

Wow I'm totally GASing over a Schecter PT Blackjack now. And will probably buy one.

Pretty much a LP in a Tele shape. Great specs for the price too.

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Random_Bassist

Esquire switching is different, the 3-way selector works for three different modes, can't exactly remember what they do, but for the rest i think an Esquire is just a Tele without the neck pickup

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It's the other way around: Tele is Esquire with added neck pickup, Esquire was first ^^
About the switching:

"Although the Esquire had only a single pickup, it retained the three-way switch of the two-pickup guitars. This switch modified the tone of the pickup by making it bassier in the forward position, while enabling use of the tone control knob in the middle position. With the switch in the rear position, these tone controls were bypassed entirely for a 'hotter' lead ton"

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I have a black MIM Tele, its my only electric and, needles to say, its my baby although:
1. I wish I got it in sunburst because black is dull.
2. Prefer the shape to the Strat with the groove in it 'cause Teles really hurt the ribs sometimes.
3. Want a trem' badly!



Seriously, how cool is that!

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Longtime lurker, jsut wanna say best guitar site on the web, so informative, this place has helped me understand theory better than anywhere or one has before.

I am | | this close to buying a Highway 1 and I can get a decent deal on it. I just cannot decide whether or not to spend the money on new recording stuff. I love the thing though, the neck feels so right, like a tight...yea. I am probably going to pick it up in the next week or so as soon as this check clears. Don't really have any questions, just tell me how much you love yours so it makes me wanna shell out the $650 here soon.

Favorite Tele Player: Brent Mason? Hard to choose...

Swat Man

when i get mine next week ill post pics

ssguitar

i flipped mine the other day and its amazing!
i just turned the pickup switcher and left the vol and tone the same
so now it goes tone volume switcher. no soldering, just a phillips head screwdriver

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Random_Bassist

Why does everyone flip their control plates around? Is it so you dont switch pickup when you play?

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TheDev01dOne

I think it's to get the volume knob closer.. Probablt just to be different aswell.

My wires are too short so I can't so it. And I just noticed yesterday that my control plate leaves a hole on the edge where it doesn't fit properly. Damn Squiers. I've had it for a year and never noticed though.

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Cheat technique for easier volume swells, usually.

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My favorite tele play is.. Muddy Waters!

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Well, although the Esquire LOOKS similar to the Tele, it's alot different. In the bridge position is the twangiest, sparkliest sound you'll ever hear. It's like a Tele on steroids. The middle position is similar to the Tele's middle, and the neck has no tone control and is very, VERY bassy. The problem with this type of switching is a sudden decrease in vloume while switching to something like the neck.

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Do they still make Esquires? I'm interested to go play with one now and see what it's like.

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