Your "Single Tele Playing with the Band " favorite

davidmenke · April 10th, 2003, 12:30 PM

I posted what i think is my favorite and killer sound...
All us 'older folks' playing for a long time have had many guitars and setups but what is your favorite... that you have used or still use?

Abe · April 10th, 2003, 12:35 PM

Currently my favorite is Esquire-turned-tele into a BFed Vibrolux.

Runner up is the Hamer Daytona (strat) into a '59 Bassman RI.

Both of these rigs I still have.

Past runners up would include my PRS Custom into a Boogie Studio .22+.

Abe Mathews

Anonymous · April 10th, 2003, 02:55 PM

Favorite Tele rigs I've ever <u>seen</u>:

Nils Lofgren, 60s rosewood board Tele into a BF Super Reverb.
Danny Gatton, '53 Tele into a tube Echoplex and a '59 Bassman. Yow!

Favorite Tele rig I've ever owned:
Early 60s rw board Tele into a BF Super Reverb - GEEZ, I wish I still owned both of those.

Favorite current rigs I own:
G&L ASAT Z-3 semihollow or Nocaster Relic into a --take a guess -- Super Reverb (Notice a theme developing here?)

Either of the above guitars into my mod'd 4x10 Bassman RI.

The "4-10s are your friend," Chris S.

davidmenke · April 10th, 2003, 03:11 PM

chris you like 10's Had my Bandmaster Reverb built into a combo amp with 2x10 Jensen Blues and it sings... although 40 watts ,, too loud for a lot of places that is where I can crank the Blues Jr.. The Bandmaster with 10's sounds alot like the super... the transformer in the bandmaster is a super that was replaced about 4 years back.

singlecoil · April 10th, 2003, 04:46 PM

my favaorie rig is my current setup. JD tele modded to tele guts including 3 way switch instead of 5 way, 52 ri bridge pickup and original strat pick up in the nec into a maxon D&S II into a 73 twin reverb with Jensen C12N's.

Ray G · April 10th, 2003, 04:59 PM

Best I've heard is Jim Weider using a real 1952 Tele into a souped up 1965 Deluxe Reverb. Probably the best Tele sound I've heard. Great player and a nice guy too.

My own fave: 1991 G&L ASAT and 1974 Deluxe Reverb.

Brian K. · April 10th, 2003, 08:03 PM

I just got his "Bigfoot" CD and I cant listen to it enough. It reminded me of the first time I heard Roy Buchanon's 2nd Lp.....(which was my first Roy experiance) Just completly blew me away. Some of the best tele tones I've heard.

Gary Lamb · April 11th, 2003, 10:28 AM

Warmoth Tele Thinline/Tweed Deluxe Clone w/ Weber P12B
GL

sean001 · April 11th, 2003, 11:00 AM

52 RI through a BF Super Reverb. That is the best I ever used at least. Tele's and 10s is a great combo.

Mik · April 11th, 2003, 12:09 PM

Another vote for 52RI/SR (here's my 52RI and '66 Super Reverb-trying out my new photo host).

Mik

rob w jackson · April 11th, 2003, 12:43 PM

this is pretty much all I use anyway for all sorts of gigs...

Guitar: '78 natural tele "Esquired" with BL 290TL, and double (soon to be triple) palm-bender.

Amp: '76 SF VR, with Eminence speakers that may well end up getting replaced at some stage. If I'm travelling super-light, I'll use a little "tweed" Tokai and AnalogMan Juicer.

Tim Armstrong · April 11th, 2003, 02:16 PM

I've had three periods when I felt I had my perfect tone.

First was about fifteen years ago, I had a '71 Tele (cream with maple neck) that I was playing into a mid-70s Deluxe Reverb. That rig killed! Unfortunately, my brother reclaimed the amp, and I ended up selling the Tele...

Then, in 1995 or so, I purchased my beloved 1966 Telecaster (fiesta red refin, rosewood board, Van Zandt flatpole bridge pickup, ASAT pickup in the neck position), and played it through a really sweet 1967 BF Princeton. That combination was soooo right! I had that rig for a couple of years, but in a stupid moment, I sold the Princeton (I was moving cross-country, needed to thin the herd, foolishly kept the Peavey Classic 30 instead).

I still have the Tele, and now am equally pleased with my 70s Traynor Guitarmate YGM-3 (single Celestion G12H-80, 2xEL-84) that I got for well under $300 on eBay. Built like a tank, hand-wired, every bit as sweet as any Deluxe Reverb I've ever played, eats Blues Juniors for breakfast!

Cheers, Tim

Paul in Colorado · April 12th, 2003, 12:57 AM

My favorite Tele rig is a '52 RI with a Barden neck pick up into a Rivera S120-210 that has a Roland Space Echo in the loop. Yep, I like 10's as well. I used it with a Super Reverb when I first got it. I sold the Super to buy the Rivera. A good move? 90% of the time I think so.
The '52 RI into a KORG/VOX AC-15 sounds pretty sweet as well (Think Tom Petty).

Scotland · April 13th, 2003, 03:36 PM

My MIM 50's with 52RI bridge pickup, (changed back to stock neck pickup) CS-2 and all through my 2001 Twin Amp, best sound I've ever had in 32 years playing.

Smokin OP · April 13th, 2003, 03:49 PM

Several years ago on one of the Farm Aid shows, I saw Wilco & the guitar player was playing a blackguard Tele into a Vox AC-30. Don't know what else he was using but I remember at the time that it was one of the finest sounds I've ever heard.

Personally, I had a Fernandes Tele that I added a middle Strat p/u to & I played it through me friends 64 Vibroverb that sounded great. Tele was stolen & the amp stays home now.

OP

Marshall Thinline · April 13th, 2003, 09:40 PM

I love my 69RI thinline thru my Marshall DSL 2000 half stack. (I still love it when I can feel the air moving past my head!). This setup can go from "heavy to tweed" with a twist of the volume control. I get a lot of complements on my tone when playing live. Not a lot about my playing though?

Ray

stebon · April 14th, 2003, 08:23 AM

After having it "dimed" Saturday night, my '74 Tele Custom through my '66 Super Reverb. Keith knew what he was hearing, and they say Jimmy Page sold a lot of Les Pauls with a Tele. The definition of tone, clean or driven.

Greg_C · April 15th, 2003, 01:15 PM

either my ASAT Semi-Hollow, '96 Nocaster Relic or early '60s SG Special w/p-90s (most Tele-like Gibson I've played) through an mid '70s SF Bassman that was worked on a bit by Billy Zoom. The older I get, the fewer effects I need. Playing live a couple nights a week when I can. Greg.[/img]

Telepicker · April 17th, 2003, 02:40 AM

Hello,

The Guitar: '78 Tele - P/W stringbender, many other mods or "improvements" since I bought it new.

The Amp: '68 BFSR with re-issue Jensens. The original amp case was broken when it fell off a pickup truck - I put the guts in this Mojo replacement case with a Rogers faceplate and white knobs.

I was one of those guys that was always screwing around with my rig - trying this and that, pickups, tubes, etc - since I put this combo together a couple years ago - I haven't touched a screw and don't plan on it.

April 10th, 2003, 12:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
davidmenke Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sammamish, WA Posts: 232	Your "Single Tele Playing with the Band " favorite I posted what i think is my favorite and killer sound... All us 'older folks' playing for a long time have had many guitars and setups but what is your favorite... that you have used or still use? __________________ David Menke davidmenke@comcast.net

April 10th, 2003, 12:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
Abe Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 236	Currently my favorite is Esquire-turned-tele into a BFed Vibrolux. Runner up is the Hamer Daytona (strat) into a '59 Bassman RI. Both of these rigs I still have. Past runners up would include my PRS Custom into a Boogie Studio .22+. Abe Mathews __________________ Member-in-exile, The non-Cult of the Hamer Tele Creator of the TeleFAQ

April 10th, 2003, 03:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
davidmenke Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sammamish, WA Posts: 232	10's chris you like 10's Had my Bandmaster Reverb built into a combo amp with 2x10 Jensen Blues and it sings... although 40 watts ,, too loud for a lot of places that is where I can crank the Blues Jr.. The Bandmaster with 10's sounds alot like the super... the transformer in the bandmaster is a super that was replaced about 4 years back. __________________ David Menke davidmenke@comcast.net

April 10th, 2003, 04:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
singlecoil Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: SE New Mexico Posts: 195	favorite rig my favaorie rig is my current setup. JD tele modded to tele guts including 3 way switch instead of 5 way, 52 ri bridge pickup and original strat pick up in the nec into a maxon D&S II into a 73 twin reverb with Jensen C12N's.

April 10th, 2003, 04:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ray G Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 600	Jim Weider: 52 Tele into a 65 Deluxe Reverb Best I've heard is Jim Weider using a real 1952 Tele into a souped up 1965 Deluxe Reverb. Probably the best Tele sound I've heard. Great player and a nice guy too. My own fave: 1991 G&L ASAT and 1974 Deluxe Reverb. __________________ Regards, Ray

April 10th, 2003, 02:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
Anonymous Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 0	Favorite Tele rigs I've ever <u>seen</u>: Nils Lofgren, 60s rosewood board Tele into a BF Super Reverb. Danny Gatton, '53 Tele into a tube Echoplex and a '59 Bassman. Yow! Favorite Tele rig I've ever owned: Early 60s rw board Tele into a BF Super Reverb - GEEZ, I wish I still owned both of those. Favorite current rigs I own: G&L ASAT Z-3 semihollow or Nocaster Relic into a --take a guess -- Super Reverb (Notice a theme developing here?) Either of the above guitars into my mod'd 4x10 Bassman RI. The "4-10s are your friend," Chris S.

April 10th, 2003, 08:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
Brian K. TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 73	Jim Weider I just got his "Bigfoot" CD and I cant listen to it enough. It reminded me of the first time I heard Roy Buchanon's 2nd Lp.....(which was my first Roy experiance) Just completly blew me away. Some of the best tele tones I've heard.

April 11th, 2003, 10:28 AM	#8 (permalink)
Gary Lamb TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 70	My fave Tele/Amp Combo Warmoth Tele Thinline/Tweed Deluxe Clone w/ Weber P12B GL

April 11th, 2003, 11:00 AM	#9 (permalink)
sean001 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gilberts, Illinois Posts: 308	52 RI through a BF Super Reverb. That is the best I ever used at least. Tele's and 10s is a great combo. __________________ The more you drink, the less I stink...

April 11th, 2003, 12:09 PM	#10 (permalink)
Mik Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,416	No band but yeah! 52RI + SR Another vote for 52RI/SR (here's my 52RI and '66 Super Reverb-trying out my new photo host). Mik __________________ a "motor-bike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocations, to excess."-T.E. Lawrence

April 11th, 2003, 12:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
rob w jackson Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 171	not so much favourite... this is pretty much all I use anyway for all sorts of gigs... Guitar: '78 natural tele "Esquired" with BL 290TL, and double (soon to be triple) palm-bender. Amp: '76 SF VR, with Eminence speakers that may well end up getting replaced at some stage. If I'm travelling super-light, I'll use a little "tweed" Tokai and AnalogMan Juicer.

April 11th, 2003, 02:16 PM	#12 (permalink)
Tim Armstrong Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Berlin, Maryland, USA Age: 49 Posts: 8,219	I've had three periods when I felt I had my perfect tone. First was about fifteen years ago, I had a '71 Tele (cream with maple neck) that I was playing into a mid-70s Deluxe Reverb. That rig killed! Unfortunately, my brother reclaimed the amp, and I ended up selling the Tele... Then, in 1995 or so, I purchased my beloved 1966 Telecaster (fiesta red refin, rosewood board, Van Zandt flatpole bridge pickup, ASAT pickup in the neck position), and played it through a really sweet 1967 BF Princeton. That combination was soooo right! I had that rig for a couple of years, but in a stupid moment, I sold the Princeton (I was moving cross-country, needed to thin the herd, foolishly kept the Peavey Classic 30 instead). I still have the Tele, and now am equally pleased with my 70s Traynor Guitarmate YGM-3 (single Celestion G12H-80, 2xEL-84) that I got for well under $300 on eBay. Built like a tank, hand-wired, every bit as sweet as any Deluxe Reverb I've ever played, eats Blues Juniors for breakfast! Cheers, Tim

April 12th, 2003, 12:57 AM	#13 (permalink)
Paul in Colorado Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fort Collins, CO Age: 55 Posts: 4,098 3 Photos	My favorite Tele rig is a '52 RI with a Barden neck pick up into a Rivera S120-210 that has a Roland Space Echo in the loop. Yep, I like 10's as well. I used it with a Super Reverb when I first got it. I sold the Super to buy the Rivera. A good move? 90% of the time I think so. The '52 RI into a KORG/VOX AC-15 sounds pretty sweet as well (Think Tom Petty).

April 13th, 2003, 03:36 PM	#14 (permalink)
Scotland Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, Yewrup Age: 54 Posts: 6,377 3 Photos	My favourite one My MIM 50's with 52RI bridge pickup, (changed back to stock neck pickup) CS-2 and all through my 2001 Twin Amp, best sound I've ever had in 32 years playing. __________________ All those who believe in psycho-kinesis, raise my hand !

April 13th, 2003, 03:49 PM	#15 (permalink)
Smokin OP Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Leesburg, GA Posts: 331	Several years ago on one of the Farm Aid shows, I saw Wilco & the guitar player was playing a blackguard Tele into a Vox AC-30. Don't know what else he was using but I remember at the time that it was one of the finest sounds I've ever heard. Personally, I had a Fernandes Tele that I added a middle Strat p/u to & I played it through me friends 64 Vibroverb that sounded great. Tele was stolen & the amp stays home now. OP __________________ It's so country, it couldn't go pop with a mouthful of firecrackers.

April 13th, 2003, 09:40 PM	#16 (permalink)
Marshall Thinline Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 624	I love my 69RI thinline thru my Marshall DSL 2000 half stack. (I still love it when I can feel the air moving past my head!). This setup can go from "heavy to tweed" with a twist of the volume control. I get a lot of complements on my tone when playing live. Not a lot about my playing though? Ray

April 14th, 2003, 08:23 AM	#17 (permalink)
stebon TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hewitt, NJ Posts: 97	After having it "dimed" Saturday night, my '74 Tele Custom through my '66 Super Reverb. Keith knew what he was hearing, and they say Jimmy Page sold a lot of Les Pauls with a Tele. The definition of tone, clean or driven.

April 15th, 2003, 01:15 PM	#18 (permalink)
Greg_C Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Clemente, CA Posts: 152	my current rig either my ASAT Semi-Hollow, '96 Nocaster Relic or early '60s SG Special w/p-90s (most Tele-like Gibson I've played) through an mid '70s SF Bassman that was worked on a bit by Billy Zoom. The older I get, the fewer effects I need. Playing live a couple nights a week when I can. Greg.[/img] __________________ "cogito ergo sum"

April 17th, 2003, 02:40 AM	#19 (permalink)
Telepicker TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 18	Favorite Rig... Hello, The Guitar: '78 Tele - P/W stringbender, many other mods or "improvements" since I bought it new. The Amp: '68 BFSR with re-issue Jensens. The original amp case was broken when it fell off a pickup truck - I put the guts in this Mojo replacement case with a Rogers faceplate and white knobs. I was one of those guys that was always screwing around with my rig - trying this and that, pickups, tubes, etc - since I put this combo together a couple years ago - I haven't touched a screw and don't plan on it. __________________ Need to pratice more....