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Sorry, I just don't buy the "If Fender calls it a Tele it is a Tele" arguement. The question is what IS a Tele (as in what defines it's being) not what guitar can you call by name as a Tele. If Fender took a Strat and called it a Tele, is it a Tele? Nope. To me, the closer a guitar is in design the the original Telecaster of say '52 the more of a Tele it is. So if you build say a Warmouth partscaster with ash body, maple neck, 2 single coils, 3-saddle bridge, etc. it's much more of a Telecaster that the TC-90 or FMT-HH that Fender slaps a Telecaster label on to. It follows the original design.
Aw crap, I just thought of an analogy that contradicts what I just said. Is the 2008 Mustang a Mustang? It has little in common with the original 1964 mustang. Yes it has evolved, but it is more different than the same. I certainly have no problem at all with Ford calling it a Mustang.
I quit.
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