What music can't be played with a tele?

Kornelius · October 19th, 2009, 04:37 AM

Since the tele have been created (thanks Leo) we've heard country music, blues, rock, hard rock, punk rock etc... played with a telecaster, so do you believe that there are some musics that are "telefree" or "telephobic" ? I you any idea or argument about that? Do you feel sometime that to play something you should change your tele for another guitar? Well, have you ever been in a situation where your tele was not the right tool at the right place?

Mur · October 19th, 2009, 05:00 AM

I guess you could do it all but sometimes a change is nice, like the Les Paul in the this song . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GsQ668DBhc

tjalla · October 19th, 2009, 05:00 AM

I guess you need a whammy bar and at least one pointy edge for 80's hair rock...

tjalla · October 19th, 2009, 05:08 AM

But of course there's this...

Mark Davis · October 19th, 2009, 05:12 AM

Any style of music can be played on any guitar.

The guitar any brand or model is just a tool for the player to use.

tjalla · October 19th, 2009, 05:16 AM

Truth.

Well... a neck-PU only D'Angelico isn't gonna fly on a metal gig

Mark Davis · October 19th, 2009, 05:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tjalla

Truth.

Well... a neck-PU only D'Angelico isn't gonna fly on a metal gig

Nugent doesnt have any probs playing metal on his Byrdland neck pickup.

Im sure he could do a gig on a neck pup only D'Angelico and the audience wouldnt know the difference.

markothefish · October 19th, 2009, 05:33 AM

Baroque Classical ?...

tuuur · October 19th, 2009, 05:57 AM

The 5th symphony from Ludwig van Beethoven?
Polyphonic renaisscance a capella choir music?
Lots of music not to be played on teles as far as I'm concerned...

Rick J · October 19th, 2009, 06:34 AM

Mark speaks the truth! Anything that qualifies as music can be played on a Tele. Or a Strat. Or any guitar! Orchestral music? Well, you can always double the violin section, - and there's a very nice reggae style rhythm part you can play for the main theme of Beethoven's 5th Symphony. (If you know it, just hum it in your head, you'll see (well, hear) what I mean!

Or - dial up a nice heavy fuzz tone, bridge pickup. Turn all the knobs on your dirt box of choice right up to 10 (11?) Then hit three notes on the fifth fret of the low E string, followed by one on the first fret. Short break, then three notes on the third fret, and finish with one on the open low E. Sound familiar Beethoven fans?

Anything can be played on anything. Sound good? Maybe, maybe not! That aspect wasn't in the OP's post!

Rick J

redcurtis · October 19th, 2009, 08:42 AM

hindu sitar music?

blueyonder · October 19th, 2009, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redcurtis

hindu sitar music?

Didgeridoo?

Rick J · October 19th, 2009, 08:48 AM

My 62ri was very well suited to play Hindu Sitar music until I changed the threaded saddles ...........

Rick J

Ronkirn · October 19th, 2009, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Baroque Classical ?...

Ummmm.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ2Uq73IiWg

there are those that can take a Hammer and chisel and a rock, and make a lotta little rocks... there are others that can take the same tools and a big rock and make a work or art.... Michelangelo comes to mind.... the point being, it has more to do with the skill of those using the tool than the construct of the tool itself.

Ron Kirn

BoogerRooger · October 19th, 2009, 09:05 AM

Oompah. Not much good for Oomaph.

nogin007 · October 19th, 2009, 09:11 AM

Irish bagpipe music!!

stantheman · October 19th, 2009, 02:09 PM

If You can hear it in Your mind...well.

jazztele · October 19th, 2009, 02:20 PM

you can play anything on anything, but certain tools are certainly better suited to specific jobs.

that said, i'm a firm believer the tele's among the most versatile of guitars.

dan1952 · October 19th, 2009, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoogerRooger

Oompah. Not much good for Oomaph.

I played a '78 Tele with Ed Miller's German band, and it worked great. Oompah versions of 'Rocky Top,' 'Don't Worry, Be Happy,' and 'The Chicken Dance." We rocked Zinzinnati Fest back in the late '80's!

polishcomedy · October 19th, 2009, 02:27 PM

It's terrible for metal. Someone mentioned Nugent, but he's not metal. I'm talking about Metallica, Disturbed, Morbid Angel, etc. I always switch over to my Hamer Californian Elite for that stuff. The tele is way too trebly and thin.

Obviously you can't use it in flamenco or classical either. Somebody made the point of classical, and if you play single note things or even basic contrapuntal stuff then maybe, but no way in hell is it going to fly on flamenco. You have to have the softer nylon strings for all the percussive elements or you'll rip all of your fingernails off.

It wouldn't sound good for Don Ross / Michael Hedges / Antoine Dufour / Andy McKee / Leo Kottke style acoustic stuff, either.

Keep in mind there's a difference between whether you can and whether you should.

Fatmanstratman · October 19th, 2009, 03:42 PM

Anything by Kraftwerk or the Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band......

SirJackdeFuzz · October 19th, 2009, 03:48 PM

Teenage style modern bruutalzzz Metal and Jazz are two genre's that i do not see any Teles in, unless you use a Tele converted to except humbuckers, but then it is not a Tele anymore.
IMHO

SirJackdeFuzz · October 19th, 2009, 03:54 PM

This is the "heaviest" i ever heard a traditional single coil Tele with TRUE S/C'ers get.

Mark Davis · October 19th, 2009, 04:00 PM

Here is one way to look at this.

Lets say Picasso and Norman Rockwell were still alive.

2 very famous painters with completkly different styles.

You could give each man the exact same paint brush and colors of paint to paint with and they would certainly come up with 2 way different paintings using the same tools.

Mark Davis · October 19th, 2009, 04:02 PM

I always thought the 1st Led Zep album was pretty heavy all done on a Tele with single coil pickups.

What could be more heavy than a Led Zepplin? LOL

SirJackdeFuzz · October 19th, 2009, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Davis

I always thought the 1st Led Zep album was pretty heavy all done on a Tele with single coil pickups.

What could be more heavy than a Led Zepplin? LOL

Look up the band Mesugghah(sp?) they might be heavier, but just ! If any at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshuggah

http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=12559974...ords=meshuggah

AjayTele · October 19th, 2009, 05:28 PM

Just read my signature....

There ain't nothin' you can't play on a Telecaster

polishcomedy · October 19th, 2009, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirJackdeFuzz

Look up the band Mesuggha(sp?) they might be heavier, but just ! If any at all.

I believe he meant literally, what's heaver than A "led (lead)" zeppelin.

SirJackdeFuzz · October 19th, 2009, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AjayTele

Just read my signature....

There ain't nothin' you can't play on a Telecaster

Ohhhh, the 'HC Forum teenagers' will fight you on that one

Sea Devil · October 19th, 2009, 07:07 PM

It would be very hard to play traditional Australian didgeridoo music on a Telecaster, or any guitar. The theremin has a number of sounds that a guitar couldn't capture. And then there's vocal music...

If it can be played on a fretted guitar at all, though, I think it could be played on a Tele, although some stuff might requite a Bigsby or other trem device. Ron K., people have played flamenco on steel strings - think Lenny Breau - and while it may be bad for the nails, it can be done. I can't do it, but Lenny could.

1962guitargeek · October 19th, 2009, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ronkirn

Ummmm.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ2Uq73IiWg

there are those that can take a Hammer and chisel and a rock, and make a lotta little rocks... there are others that can take the same tools and a big rock and make a work or art.... Michelangelo comes to mind.... the point being, it has more to do with the skill of those using the tool than the construct of the tool itself.

Ron Kirn

dayuum Ron!

That is some sweet picking.....

I'm sticking to sheet metal......doh!

jazztele · October 19th, 2009, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirJackdeFuzz

Teenage style modern bruutalzzz Metal and Jazz are two genre's that i do not see any Teles in, unless you use a Tele converted to except humbuckers, but then it is not a Tele anymore.
IMHO

oh, i beg to differ on the jazz part, big time.

all standard pups--no 'buckers, all teles (unless acoustic)

http://www.ezfolk.com/audio/bands/1011

mijstrat72 · October 19th, 2009, 08:08 PM

Anything is achieveable, I play Metallica, Foo Fighters, Q.O.T.S.A., Weezer, and some real heavy versions of some old pop songs as well as a wickedly heavy version of Bob Marleys Redemption song all on my Tele.

I run through my "humbucker in a box" modded Metal Zone though. I've yet to hear anyone say it sounds whimpy, in fact I think it sounds more clearly defined with a single coil then a humbucker. Less muddy.

Regardless, I believe it's all in the effects you use. I can clean up my sound and play country twang or get down and dirty.

You might have a hard time with that Limp Bizkit stuff though, you'd need a 7 string tele for.

telepunch · October 19th, 2009, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polishcomedy

It's terrible for metal. Someone mentioned Nugent, but he's not metal. I'm talking about Metallica, Disturbed, Morbid Angel, etc. I always switch over to my Hamer Californian Elite for that stuff. The tele is way too trebly and thin.

Obviously you can't use it in flamenco or classical either. Somebody made the point of classical, and if you play single note things or even basic contrapuntal stuff then maybe, but no way in hell is it going to fly on flamenco. You have to have the softer nylon strings for all the percussive elements or you'll rip all of your fingernails off.

It wouldn't sound good for Don Ross / Michael Hedges / Antoine Dufour / Andy McKee / Leo Kottke style acoustic stuff, either.

Keep in mind there's a difference between whether you can and whether you should.

no metal, really??

http://www.fender.com/products/searc...tno=0134444780

Mark Davis · October 19th, 2009, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sea Devil

It would be very hard to play traditional Australian didgeridoo music on a Telecaster, or any guitar. The theremin has a number of sounds that a guitar couldn't capture. And then there's vocal music...

If it can be played on a fretted guitar at all, though, I think it could be played on a Tele, although some stuff might requite a Bigsby or other trem device. Ron K., people have played flamenco on steel strings - think Lenny Breau - and while it may be bad for the nails, it can be done. I can't do it, but Lenny could.

I heard Tommy Emmanuel play didgeridoo music on his acoustic guitar sounded just perfect.

brewwagon · October 19th, 2009, 08:24 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTbHa...eature=related

bw

telewhat · October 19th, 2009, 08:46 PM

I need more cowbell!

SirJackdeFuzz · October 19th, 2009, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by telepunch

no metal, really??

http://www.fender.com/products/searc...tno=0134444780

That is not a Tele, that is the same as this thing :

Active humbuckers in a guitar w a Tele shape . . . does NOT make it a Tele (imho)
The only diff between a Jim Root guitar and a Les Paul is the shape, bridge and scale lenght.

I do believe the OP was referring to true SINGLE COIL, Teles !

SirJackdeFuzz · October 19th, 2009, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jazztele

oh, i beg to differ on the jazz part, big time.

all standard pups--no 'buckers, all teles (unless acoustic)

http://www.ezfolk.com/audio/bands/1011

I reeelly like that - good one mate

boris bubbanov · October 19th, 2009, 09:15 PM

You can't play Andrew Lloyd Webber on a Telecaster.

If you try, you'll spontaneously combust and then be struck by lightning, and varmints will erupt out of your abdomen.

Then, next, you're really in trouble!

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Kornelius Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: lorient france Age: 44 Posts: 177	What music can't be played with a tele? Since the tele have been created (thanks Leo) we've heard country music, blues, rock, hard rock, punk rock etc... played with a telecaster, so do you believe that there are some musics that are "telefree" or "telephobic" ? I you any idea or argument about that? Do you feel sometime that to play something you should change your tele for another guitar? Well, have you ever been in a situation where your tele was not the right tool at the right place?

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Mur Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: USA Posts: 916	I guess you could do it all but sometimes a change is nice, like the Les Paul in the this song . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GsQ668DBhc __________________ ' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpIecGzSTnk

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Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 59 Posts: 17,168	Any style of music can be played on any guitar. The guitar any brand or model is just a tool for the player to use. __________________ I'm so blind my seeing eye dog needs glasses.

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markothefish Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Greenville, Rhode Island Age: 43 Posts: 2,509 7 Photos	Baroque Classical ?... __________________ Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted. Groucho Marx

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tuuur Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: the Netherlands Age: 41 Posts: 1,835 7 Photos	The 5th symphony from Ludwig van Beethoven? Polyphonic renaisscance a capella choir music? Lots of music not to be played on teles as far as I'm concerned... __________________ http://www.myspace.com/tuuur

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tjalla Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 2,473 7 Photos	I guess you need a whammy bar and at least one pointy edge for 80's hair rock...

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tjalla Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 2,473 7 Photos	But of course there's this...

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tjalla Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 2,473 7 Photos	Truth. Well... a neck-PU only D'Angelico isn't gonna fly on a metal gig

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Rick J Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: North London, UK Posts: 651	Mark speaks the truth! Anything that qualifies as music can be played on a Tele. Or a Strat. Or any guitar! Orchestral music? Well, you can always double the violin section, - and there's a very nice reggae style rhythm part you can play for the main theme of Beethoven's 5th Symphony. (If you know it, just hum it in your head, you'll see (well, hear) what I mean! Or - dial up a nice heavy fuzz tone, bridge pickup. Turn all the knobs on your dirt box of choice right up to 10 (11?) Then hit three notes on the fifth fret of the low E string, followed by one on the first fret. Short break, then three notes on the third fret, and finish with one on the open low E. Sound familiar Beethoven fans? Anything can be played on anything. Sound good? Maybe, maybe not! That aspect wasn't in the OP's post! Rick J __________________ "If you want to know what an electric guitar is supposed to sound like, just listen to this." - British DJ John Peel introducing a Roy Buchanan track on BBC radio in the late 60's.

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Rick J Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: North London, UK Posts: 651	My 62ri was very well suited to play Hindu Sitar music until I changed the threaded saddles ........... Rick J __________________ "If you want to know what an electric guitar is supposed to sound like, just listen to this." - British DJ John Peel introducing a Roy Buchanan track on BBC radio in the late 60's.

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BoogerRooger Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Thames Delta Age: 48 Posts: 416	Oompah. Not much good for Oomaph. __________________ A solid, functional piece of equipment. Like a Sten gun.

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jazztele Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: chicago Age: 30 Posts: 4,101	you can play anything on anything, but certain tools are certainly better suited to specific jobs. that said, i'm a firm believer the tele's among the most versatile of guitars. __________________ "Jazz isn't a what, it's a how" -- Bill Evans

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polishcomedy Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Orlando Age: 30 Posts: 255	It's terrible for metal. Someone mentioned Nugent, but he's not metal. I'm talking about Metallica, Disturbed, Morbid Angel, etc. I always switch over to my Hamer Californian Elite for that stuff. The tele is way too trebly and thin. Obviously you can't use it in flamenco or classical either. Somebody made the point of classical, and if you play single note things or even basic contrapuntal stuff then maybe, but no way in hell is it going to fly on flamenco. You have to have the softer nylon strings for all the percussive elements or you'll rip all of your fingernails off. It wouldn't sound good for Don Ross / Michael Hedges / Antoine Dufour / Andy McKee / Leo Kottke style acoustic stuff, either. Keep in mind there's a difference between whether you can and whether you should. __________________ Patrick - Musician/Actor/Comedian www.youtube.com/polishcomedy

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SirJackdeFuzz Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: P.E. South Africa Age: 36 Posts: 369	Teenage style modern bruutalzzz Metal and Jazz are two genre's that i do not see any Teles in, unless you use a Tele converted to except humbuckers, but then it is not a Tele anymore. IMHO __________________ Guitar -->Fuzz -->OD -->Trem -->Delay -->'66Bassman.

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SirJackdeFuzz Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: P.E. South Africa Age: 36 Posts: 369	This is the "heaviest" i ever heard a traditional single coil Tele with TRUE S/C'ers get. __________________ Guitar -->Fuzz -->OD -->Trem -->Delay -->'66Bassman.

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Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 59 Posts: 17,168	Here is one way to look at this. Lets say Picasso and Norman Rockwell were still alive. 2 very famous painters with completkly different styles. You could give each man the exact same paint brush and colors of paint to paint with and they would certainly come up with 2 way different paintings using the same tools. __________________ I'm so blind my seeing eye dog needs glasses.

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Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 59 Posts: 17,168	I always thought the 1st Led Zep album was pretty heavy all done on a Tele with single coil pickups. What could be more heavy than a Led Zepplin? LOL __________________ I'm so blind my seeing eye dog needs glasses.

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AjayTele Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 48 Posts: 1,490 12 Photos	Just read my signature.... There ain't nothin' you can't play on a Telecaster

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Sea Devil Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY Age: 47 Posts: 301	It would be very hard to play traditional Australian didgeridoo music on a Telecaster, or any guitar. The theremin has a number of sounds that a guitar couldn't capture. And then there's vocal music... If it can be played on a fretted guitar at all, though, I think it could be played on a Tele, although some stuff might requite a Bigsby or other trem device. Ron K., people have played flamenco on steel strings - think Lenny Breau - and while it may be bad for the nails, it can be done. I can't do it, but Lenny could.

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mijstrat72 Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: mqt. Posts: 377	Anything is achieveable, I play Metallica, Foo Fighters, Q.O.T.S.A., Weezer, and some real heavy versions of some old pop songs as well as a wickedly heavy version of Bob Marleys Redemption song all on my Tele. I run through my "humbucker in a box" modded Metal Zone though. I've yet to hear anyone say it sounds whimpy, in fact I think it sounds more clearly defined with a single coil then a humbucker. Less muddy. Regardless, I believe it's all in the effects you use. I can clean up my sound and play country twang or get down and dirty. You might have a hard time with that Limp Bizkit stuff though, you'd need a 7 string tele for. __________________ "I've always considered myself a hobbyist"

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telewhat TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Nevada Age: 53 Posts: 64	I need more cowbell!

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