Any Aussie Tele fans out there?

telechucker · December 3rd, 2006, 05:19 AM

Hey all - new member / 1st. time poster here. My handle is telechucker and I currently live in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. I originallly hail from Ottawa, Canada - came out here with my family in late 1977.
Congrats on a great site - it's all a tele addict could want and more. I just thought I'd see if there were any other tele addicts from Aus. kickin' around. Unfortunatly, here in Melbourne, country music is not very popular at all. Melbourne is known as a blues/roots mecca. This can be very disheartening to a picker who wants to slip in a bit of "chicken pickin' " into a show. And to add to it, not a lot of country artists tour here. I still play Merle's "Workin man's blues" every show I do and have done for the last 10 - 15 years. Still hoping to convert the uninitiated I guess.
Anyway - thanks for your time - pm me if you feel inclined.

telechucker.

Santah · December 3rd, 2006, 05:28 AM

Welcome to the forums.

I'm in Sydney, just got my first tele last month :) Its now my main guitar.

chopchop · December 3rd, 2006, 06:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by telechucker

Unfortunatly, here in Melbourne, country music is not very popular at all. Melbourne is known as a blues/roots mecca. This can be very disheartening to a picker who wants to slip in a bit of "chicken pickin' " into a show. And to add to it, not a lot of country artists tour here.

Get on the Hume Hwy, heard north and keep driving for about 12 hours (taking care of course not to flip your pickup truck

) until reach Tamworth. Plenty of country artists playing and touring up there.

telechucker · December 3rd, 2006, 06:43 AM

Thanks, guys. chopchop - did exactly that earlier this year. Met and yacked with the most excellent Redd Volkaert. He was nice enough to autograph the back of the headstock on a tele I was gigging with. I later attended a seminar he was presenting. Great guy and originally from Canada to boot.
What I was referring to mainly is that Melbourne rarely (imho) gets good touring country acts as most Melburnians don't like country. I did, however, catch "The Flood" (with Tele picker Kevin Bennett) a few months back. They were great. Hoping to head up to Tamworth again early next year. Thanks.

Gibfenderson · December 5th, 2006, 08:20 PM

A little shameless spam. Going to be selling guitars out of Adelaide- American Fenders, Gibson and Tom Anderson ( these will be limited because he is cutting back on production).

Hopeing to give the players down under some of the nice choices we have here.

ozzyphil · December 5th, 2006, 08:57 PM

Hi there..
Im in sydney. Ive been playing for around 30 years and discovered Teles only a few years ago. Wish id discovered them sooner! I have various partscasters now and a recently acquired Custom Shop 67 Closet Classic which is phenomenal!!

tirone · December 6th, 2006, 01:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gibfenderson

A little shameless spam. Going to be selling guitars out of Adelaide- American Fenders, Gibson and Tom Anderson ( these will be limited because he is cutting back on production).

Hopeing to give the players down under some of the nice choices we have here.

what kind? at what prices? im from adelaide too

Dacious · December 6th, 2006, 04:25 AM

I'm in Melbourne. Unfortunately, you're right, there's not much country. There is a dedicated little alt.country scene based out of the inner N-W suburbs but she's not your trad scene. My guitar teacher plays pedal steel in a couple of bands, and the Retreat Hotel in Brunswick is a bit of a hotspot.

A good place for country fans is 'Twang' on 3RRR Saturdays 2-4pm run by Denise Hylands. She often has country greats on line from the US, has an encyclopaedic knowledge and good contacts and plays a good mix of new and trad, right back to the Munroes and classic Aussie stuff.

john s · December 6th, 2006, 06:02 AM

Hi welcome to the Tele site.
There are a few of us over in Perth..I'm sure the rest will make themselves known. I have played in Tamworth for many years. My band was over there this Jan. Peter Busher and the Lone Rangers. ( do a Google) Also do a Google on Alby Poole and No City Limits..Alby is my old "boss" but moved from Perth to Currie Currie..and is a regular in Tamworth.
You will learn a lot from all the guys on here.
A great site.
All the best John Short.

Clive Hugh · December 6th, 2006, 07:20 AM

Welcome, I'm from North West WA, I'm in the process of putting together my first homemade tele, I have virtually all the body together and just have to mark out and drill the neck then it's string up time. I'd recommend the "Buttercaster " post it's amazing and the reason I built my own.
Clive

Dunxy · December 6th, 2006, 03:01 PM

Hey, I got my 1st Tele a week or so ago,its fast becoming my main guitar! Im also a Melbournite!

Gibfenderson · December 6th, 2006, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tirone

what kind? at what prices? im from adelaide too

What kind a bunch-

Gibson- Les Paul Standard, Flying V 67 reissue

Epiphone Elitist 61 SG

USA Sheraton

Fender American- Strat, Tele HS, Hwy 1 Strat, deluxe Strat

Agile - TC1000, Al3500

Andeson- classic, hollow cobra

pricing depends on figuring out the duty when shipped to Adelaide. Meeting with Austrade in NY tomorrow. Should have pricing next week.

Gibs

telechucker · December 6th, 2006, 11:51 PM

Thanks for chiming in guys ; great to hear Aussie tele addicts abound! Thanks for the info Dacious - I listen to Twang when I can and also Acid Country on PBS on Thursday arvo with Dave Heard. Will keep an eye out for gigs happening at the Retreat htl. Also, thank you to the other guys who bothered to reply. Sounds like Perth is a bit of a hotspot fer pickin' tele style! And I agree with you, Clive - the Buttercaster saga is a mecca for info a la tele. Thanks.

chopchop · December 7th, 2006, 01:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dunxy

Hey, I got my 1st Tele a week or so ago,its fast becoming my main guitar! Im also a Melbournite!

Hey Dunxy, good to see you here mate. No better sound than a tele through a Ledford.

telechaser · March 3rd, 2008, 05:10 PM

A bit late but better than never. From Melbourne here. I'm more of a Tele Jazzer wannabe. Blues/rock would be my other choice.

I would love to build a Tele with all Aussie timbers.

RichardWitt · March 3rd, 2008, 06:32 PM

Whoops! Missed this one too!

I'm in Victoria, but up in the country about 2.5 hours drive outta Melbourne.

Quote:

Melburnians don't like country

Telechucker, IMHO Melbournians are some of the biggest music snobs on the planet! Crowds react very differently in Melbourne to the other cities around the country.
Sure it all depends on what music we're talking about here, but I've seen enough shows touring with bands, big and small to know that Melbourne expects more from an act.

Country music as far as I know in Melbourne is reserved for the more established performers and international acts. I wouldn't even begin to work out where a band would get a start playing country in Melbourne? Maybe that's why everyone goes to Tamworth?

TheDev01dOne · March 3rd, 2008, 06:35 PM

I'm Aussie from Wollongong but I've deserted over to England for a coupe of years.

I would love to live in Melbourne for the blues scene, not a real country fan myself though. Teles work for a lot of other things than just country.

rileymaher · March 3rd, 2008, 06:38 PM

Hey! i live in Sydney

Not exactly a telecaster. i own a Fender Esquire....reissue of course. i'm a broke blues playing teenager :D

macdog · March 3rd, 2008, 06:42 PM

"Crowds react very differently in Melbourne to the other cities around the country". True. We always have. For example, Elvis Costello is a Melbourne admirer. We gave him a warm, not stereotyped cliched punk, welcome when he first played here in 1978. Johnny Rotten mocked us with an invitation to a nice cup of tea when the Pistols played here. You have to work to get a Melbourne audience onside.

garrett · March 3rd, 2008, 06:50 PM

I'll be an Aussie in about 3 weeks. Migrating to Adelaide. I arrive on the 21st and the Tele will be along in another couple months.

Gibs, are you migrating too? Need any employees?

idoru · March 3rd, 2008, 06:59 PM

I'm up in Brisbane. I'm a bass player first, but I do play a bit of guitar too. Used to be all about Les Pauls, but one day I watched Roy Buchanan on Youtube & the Tele bug bit me :)

Dave_O · March 3rd, 2008, 07:04 PM

Well, if it ain't Chuck Canuck....
a big howdy to you buddy, hope to catch up again

Nick JD · March 3rd, 2008, 07:46 PM

Did you know the Telecaster was actually invented by an Australian? Leo Fender, on a trip down under in 1947 murdered the original innovator, a fella named Telford E. Caster, and stole the original "Tel E Caster" made from stringy-bark gum trees, a Koala pelt and half a didgeridoo. Leo told everyone a rabid Emu got him and the Dingoes finished him off. He's buried up by my old tractor shed.

True story.

AjayTele · March 3rd, 2008, 08:42 PM

Yep, another Sydneysider. Country's not my primary focus, but I like it nevertheless.

I've been known to like a tele or three...

PeterJ · March 3rd, 2008, 11:17 PM

Melburnian telemaniac here. I'm a recent convert who wished he'd had one years ago. Mines a 52 style CIJ with OV pickups. It became my favourite guitar within about 1/2 an hour of playing it (beating my Am Series Strat and Casino).

I like C&W but don't really play it. However, after seeing the Arlen Roth dvd I've become addicted to behind the nuts bends and am slowly getting some of those pedal steel bends down.

PeterJ

RichardM · March 3rd, 2008, 11:32 PM

Well if we're restarting an old thread.......

I'm here too.

Ocean View, 60km North of Brisbane.

December 3rd, 2006, 05:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
telechucker Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 105	Any Aussie Tele fans out there? Hey all - new member / 1st. time poster here. My handle is telechucker and I currently live in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. I originallly hail from Ottawa, Canada - came out here with my family in late 1977. Congrats on a great site - it's all a tele addict could want and more. I just thought I'd see if there were any other tele addicts from Aus. kickin' around. Unfortunatly, here in Melbourne, country music is not very popular at all. Melbourne is known as a blues/roots mecca. This can be very disheartening to a picker who wants to slip in a bit of "chicken pickin' " into a show. And to add to it, not a lot of country artists tour here. I still play Merle's "Workin man's blues" every show I do and have done for the last 10 - 15 years. Still hoping to convert the uninitiated I guess. Anyway - thanks for your time - pm me if you feel inclined. telechucker. __________________ A man's best friend is his Tele - not his dog.

December 3rd, 2006, 06:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
telechucker Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 105	Thanks, guys. chopchop - did exactly that earlier this year. Met and yacked with the most excellent Redd Volkaert. He was nice enough to autograph the back of the headstock on a tele I was gigging with. I later attended a seminar he was presenting. Great guy and originally from Canada to boot. What I was referring to mainly is that Melbourne rarely (imho) gets good touring country acts as most Melburnians don't like country. I did, however, catch "The Flood" (with Tele picker Kevin Bennett) a few months back. They were great. Hoping to head up to Tamworth again early next year. Thanks. __________________ A man's best friend is his Tele - not his dog.

December 6th, 2006, 04:25 AM	#8 (permalink)
Dacious Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Godzone Posts: 2,602 35 Photos	I'm in Melbourne. Unfortunately, you're right, there's not much country. There is a dedicated little alt.country scene based out of the inner N-W suburbs but she's not your trad scene. My guitar teacher plays pedal steel in a couple of bands, and the Retreat Hotel in Brunswick is a bit of a hotspot. A good place for country fans is 'Twang' on 3RRR Saturdays 2-4pm run by Denise Hylands. She often has country greats on line from the US, has an encyclopaedic knowledge and good contacts and plays a good mix of new and trad, right back to the Munroes and classic Aussie stuff. __________________ My other Telecaster is a Thinline The Tele Bible, Ch 1, v 10 Love thy Telecaster, covet not thy neighbour's Strat!

December 6th, 2006, 11:51 PM	#13 (permalink)
telechucker Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 105	Thanks for chiming in guys ; great to hear Aussie tele addicts abound! Thanks for the info Dacious - I listen to Twang when I can and also Acid Country on PBS on Thursday arvo with Dave Heard. Will keep an eye out for gigs happening at the Retreat htl. Also, thank you to the other guys who bothered to reply. Sounds like Perth is a bit of a hotspot fer pickin' tele style! And I agree with you, Clive - the Buttercaster saga is a mecca for info a la tele. Thanks. __________________ A man's best friend is his Tele - not his dog.

March 3rd, 2008, 05:10 PM	#15 (permalink)
telechaser Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 532 10 Photos	A bit late but better than never. From Melbourne here. I'm more of a Tele Jazzer wannabe. Blues/rock would be my other choice. I would love to build a Tele with all Aussie timbers. __________________ Slowing down . . . to get faster

December 3rd, 2006, 05:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
Santah Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 207	Welcome to the forums. I'm in Sydney, just got my first tele last month :) Its now my main guitar.

December 5th, 2006, 08:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
Gibfenderson TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New Jersey Age: 57 Posts: 25	A little shameless spam. Going to be selling guitars out of Adelaide- American Fenders, Gibson and Tom Anderson ( these will be limited because he is cutting back on production). Hopeing to give the players down under some of the nice choices we have here.

December 5th, 2006, 08:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
ozzyphil TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: sydney Age: 45 Posts: 20	Hi there.. Im in sydney. Ive been playing for around 30 years and discovered Teles only a few years ago. Wish id discovered them sooner! I have various partscasters now and a recently acquired Custom Shop 67 Closet Classic which is phenomenal!!

December 6th, 2006, 06:02 AM	#9 (permalink)
john s Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Perth Western Australia Age: 59 Posts: 353	Hi welcome to the Tele site. There are a few of us over in Perth..I'm sure the rest will make themselves known. I have played in Tamworth for many years. My band was over there this Jan. Peter Busher and the Lone Rangers. ( do a Google) Also do a Google on Alby Poole and No City Limits..Alby is my old "boss" but moved from Perth to Currie Currie..and is a regular in Tamworth. You will learn a lot from all the guys on here. A great site. All the best John Short.

December 6th, 2006, 07:20 AM	#10 (permalink)
Clive Hugh Tele-Holic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Western Australia Age: 63 Posts: 509	Welcome, I'm from North West WA, I'm in the process of putting together my first homemade tele, I have virtually all the body together and just have to mark out and drill the neck then it's string up time. I'd recommend the "Buttercaster " post it's amazing and the reason I built my own. Clive

December 6th, 2006, 03:01 PM	#11 (permalink)
Dunxy Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Australia Age: 28 Posts: 140 3 Photos	Hey, I got my 1st Tele a week or so ago,its fast becoming my main guitar! Im also a Melbournite!

March 3rd, 2008, 06:35 PM	#17 (permalink)
TheDev01dOne Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Staffordshire, England. Age: 20 Posts: 464	I'm Aussie from Wollongong but I've deserted over to England for a coupe of years. I would love to live in Melbourne for the blues scene, not a real country fan myself though. Teles work for a lot of other things than just country. __________________ '86 MIJ Esquire Squier Standard - Heavily Modded Bastardised '80(?)s Vester Esquire

March 3rd, 2008, 06:38 PM	#18 (permalink)
rileymaher TDPRI Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sydney Age: 17 Posts: 48	Hey! i live in Sydney Not exactly a telecaster. i own a Fender Esquire....reissue of course. i'm a broke blues playing teenager :D

March 3rd, 2008, 06:42 PM	#19 (permalink)
macdog TDPRI Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 96	"Crowds react very differently in Melbourne to the other cities around the country". True. We always have. For example, Elvis Costello is a Melbourne admirer. We gave him a warm, not stereotyped cliched punk, welcome when he first played here in 1978. Johnny Rotten mocked us with an invitation to a nice cup of tea when the Pistols played here. You have to work to get a Melbourne audience onside.

March 3rd, 2008, 06:50 PM	#20 (permalink)
garrett Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Adelaide, Australia Age: 28 Posts: 158	I'll be an Aussie in about 3 weeks. Migrating to Adelaide. I arrive on the 21st and the Tele will be along in another couple months. Gibs, are you migrating too? Need any employees? __________________ --Garrett--

March 3rd, 2008, 06:59 PM	#21 (permalink)
idoru TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Brisbane, Australia Age: 31 Posts: 45	I'm up in Brisbane. I'm a bass player first, but I do play a bit of guitar too. Used to be all about Les Pauls, but one day I watched Roy Buchanan on Youtube & the Tele bug bit me :)

March 3rd, 2008, 07:04 PM	#22 (permalink)
Dave_O Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 479 6 Photos	Well, if it ain't Chuck Canuck.... a big howdy to you buddy, hope to catch up again __________________ The Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods www.myspace.com/hardwayband www.myspace.com/mojobros2mantrio http://www.soundclick.com/davemilesandthehardway ... and preface everything I say with IMO,FWIW... and WTF

March 3rd, 2008, 07:46 PM	#23 (permalink)
Nick JD Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2007 Location: North NSW, Australia Age: 35 Posts: 1,656	Did you know the Telecaster was actually invented by an Australian? Leo Fender, on a trip down under in 1947 murdered the original innovator, a fella named Telford E. Caster, and stole the original "Tel E Caster" made from stringy-bark gum trees, a Koala pelt and half a didgeridoo. Leo told everyone a rabid Emu got him and the Dingoes finished him off. He's buried up by my old tractor shed. True story. __________________ It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. W. Somerset Maugham

March 3rd, 2008, 08:42 PM	#24 (permalink)
AjayTele Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 47 Posts: 800 12 Photos	Yep, another Sydneysider. Country's not my primary focus, but I like it nevertheless. I've been known to like a tele or three...

March 3rd, 2008, 11:17 PM	#25 (permalink)
PeterJ TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 20	Melburnian telemaniac here. I'm a recent convert who wished he'd had one years ago. Mines a 52 style CIJ with OV pickups. It became my favourite guitar within about 1/2 an hour of playing it (beating my Am Series Strat and Casino). I like C&W but don't really play it. However, after seeing the Arlen Roth dvd I've become addicted to behind the nuts bends and am slowly getting some of those pedal steel bends down. PeterJ

March 3rd, 2008, 11:32 PM	#26 (permalink)
RichardM Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2007 Location: Brisbane Australia Age: 49 Posts: 292	Well if we're restarting an old thread....... I'm here too. Ocean View, 60km North of Brisbane. __________________ -- Richard _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ "Sorry for the Inconvenience."