Greatest moments in Tele history

Cheesehead · February 28th, 2007, 01:18 PM

As defined by you.

I'll get the ball rolling -
- Stairway to Heaven solo
- Bloomfield helps Dylan go electric
- Born to Run cover
- Rosewood tele appears on rooftop of Beatles' Apple HQ
- Keef puts a humbucker in Micawber
- B.B. plays one (see avatar - why'd he ever switch?)

0le FUZZY · February 28th, 2007, 01:28 PM

...After the invention!

...1982 with the 1952 Reissue!!

0le FUZZY

Ben Harmless · February 28th, 2007, 01:34 PM

There's a shot in the Clash video for Should I Stay or Should I Go at the end where Strummer takes off his Tele and without really looking, just tosses it to someone on the side of the stage. I always thought that that act had a lot of the rebellious spirit that in my minimally functional brain sets Tele's apart from other insturments.

Cheesehead · February 28th, 2007, 01:36 PM

How could I forget - Muddy paints his Tele candy apple red and switches the chrome knobs to amp knobs. (I own a Muddy for gosh sakes...)

zooropamofo · February 28th, 2007, 01:48 PM

Technically an Esquire, but...

Luther Perkins playing the solo to Folsom Prison Blues live at Folsom Prison.

allen st. john · February 28th, 2007, 01:50 PM

I kinda like the moment when Mike Bloomfield heads into the studio to record Bringing It All Back Home with Bob Dylan.
It's a snowy day, and he's been carrying his Tele around without a case. He comes into the studio, wipes his feet, and knocks the guitar against the door jamb to get the snow off it.
And then proceeds to lay down some of the most important electric guitar parts in popular music history.

best
Allen

mistermullens · February 28th, 2007, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheesehead

As defined by you.

- B.B. plays one (see avatar - why'd he ever switch?)

I thought I read somewhere that they needed a guitar for the picture, and that was the only one they could find. Still a cool pic, though

Cheesehead · February 28th, 2007, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by mistermullens

I thought I read somewhere that they needed a guitar for the picture, and that was the only one they could find. Still a cool pic, though

I read somewhere he used one on some of his early 50s recordings and on the road in 1951...

Hafner · February 28th, 2007, 02:27 PM

When the Telecaster Custom Sunburst was released.

Filthy McNasty · February 28th, 2007, 02:42 PM

Buck Owens and Don Rich kicking the dust and cobwebs off of Nashville country & western with the twin Tele Bakersfield sound.

dagenhamjim · February 28th, 2007, 02:49 PM

1985 when william Shultz led an Employee revolt and bought out CBS and stuck two finges up at the dark days. The Telecaster etc has never looked back!

0le FUZZY · February 28th, 2007, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by dagenhamjim

1985 when william Shultz led an Employee revolt and bought out CBS and stuck two finges up at the dark days. The Telecaster etc has never looked back!

...That wood be my second choice.

0le FUZZY

Alamo · February 28th, 2007, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Hafner

(PS: When your so-called "Keef" put a humbucker in the Telecaster: that was a very bad day for the Telecaster. I do not like this player. It is not allowed to remove the Telecaster-neck-pick-up, and it proves, that Keith R. is not a real Telecaster-player - IMHO !)

Not allowed?
It's only a nono when it's not your own Telecaster.

...and it proves what?

Buckocaster51 · February 28th, 2007, 03:10 PM

James Burton playing "Hello Mary Lou" with that Ricky Nelson.

Hearing that was an epiphany for me.

As far as building the guitars...how about the day that Fender decided a Telecaster could be painted ANY color. ANY color at all!

Bill · February 28th, 2007, 03:33 PM

The day Tadeo Gomez came into work, stood over the belt sander with a piece of maple in his hands, and shaped his first neck.

I thank him every time I pick up my Tele with the initials "TG" on the neck.

austintele · February 28th, 2007, 03:41 PM

When danny gatton started "hot roding" his 53 with different knobs, pickups, pot values for wah effects and vol swells, angled saddles, etc. Helped the whole boutique tele parts find a market and start.

theshredermaster · February 28th, 2007, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hafner

When the Telecaster Custom Sunburst was released.

(PS: When your so-called "Keef" put a humbucker in the Telecaster: that was a very bad day for the Telecaster. I do not like this player. It is not allowed to remove the Telecaster-neck-pick-up, and it proves, that Keith R. is not a real Telecaster-player - IMHO !)

amen my brother....

i think steve cropper's introduction in the blues brothers movie is pretty cool.

Cheesehead · February 28th, 2007, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hafner

When the Telecaster Custom Sunburst was released.

(PS: When your so-called "Keef" put a humbucker in the Telecaster: that was a very bad day for the Telecaster. I do not like this player. It is not allowed to remove the Telecaster-neck-pick-up, and it proves, that Keith R. is not a real Telecaster-player - IMHO !)

Of course, a later Tele Custom built by Fender had a 'bucker already built in.

Hafner · February 28th, 2007, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alamo

Not allowed?
It's only a nono when it's not your own Telecaster.

...and it proves what?

nothing

Cheesehead · February 28th, 2007, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allen st. john

I kinda like the moment when Mike Bloomfield heads into the studio to record Bringing It All Back Home with Bob Dylan.
It's a snowy day, and he's been carrying his Tele around without a case. He comes into the studio, wipes his feet, and knocks the guitar against the door jamb to get the snow off it.
And then proceeds to lay down some of the most important electric guitar parts in popular music history.

best
Allen

I've heard that story, too. For the Highway 61 Revisited sessions, right? Dylan told Bloomfield not to play any of that B.B. King sh*t. As a huge fan of Dylan, Bloomfield, and B.B., I just love that story...

Hafner · February 28th, 2007, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheesehead

Of course, a later Tele Custom built by Fender had a 'bucker already built in.

I should have written: Fender Custom Telecaster (not Telecaster Custom). I owned one in the sixties, I bought it 1966, a 1960 if I remember, it was stolen in the late seventies - that was a wonderful guitar.

Cheesehead · February 28th, 2007, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Hafner

I should have written: Fender Custom Telecaster (not Telecaster Custom). I owned one in the sixties, I bought it 1966, a 1960 if I remember, it was stolen in the late seventies - that was a wonderful guitar.

I can't resist mentioning that Andy Summers of the Police dropped a 'bucker in a Fender Custom Telecaster. Oh, the humanity! Now there's a player that doesn't sound at all like he's playing a Tele!

I guess I just like Teles of all shapes and sizes. Own a traditional one and a buckered one as well. Wouldn't part with either...

Hafner · February 28th, 2007, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cheesehead

I can't resist mentioning that Andy Summers of the Police dropped a 'bucker in a Fender Custom Telecaster. Oh, the humanity! Now there's a player that doesn't sound at all like he's playing a Tele!
I guess I just like Teles of all shapes and sizes. Own a traditional one and a buckered one as well. Wouldn't part with either...

Is there a thread "Do you like humbuckered Telecasters and why - or why not ?".

A Humbucker in a Custom Telecaster ?

Cheesehead · February 28th, 2007, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Hafner

February 28th, 2007, 01:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cheesehead Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Age: 44 Posts: 877 6 Photos	Greatest moments in Tele history As defined by you. I'll get the ball rolling - - Stairway to Heaven solo - Bloomfield helps Dylan go electric - Born to Run cover - Rosewood tele appears on rooftop of Beatles' Apple HQ - Keef puts a humbucker in Micawber - B.B. plays one (see avatar - why'd he ever switch?)

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Ben Harmless Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Albany, NY US of A Posts: 2,922	There's a shot in the Clash video for Should I Stay or Should I Go at the end where Strummer takes off his Tele and without really looking, just tosses it to someone on the side of the stage. I always thought that that act had a lot of the rebellious spirit that in my minimally functional brain sets Tele's apart from other insturments. __________________ "I think I'll go for the life of sin, followed by the last-minute, presto-change-o, deathbed repentance." - B. Simpson

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zooropamofo Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 27 Posts: 839	Technically an Esquire, but... Luther Perkins playing the solo to Folsom Prison Blues live at Folsom Prison. __________________ Got on my dead man's suit and my smilin' skull ring My lucky graveyard boots and song to sing...

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Hafner Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Switzerland Age: 59 Posts: 1,498 9 Photos	When the Telecaster Custom Sunburst was released. __________________ Manfred Last edited by Hafner : May 17th, 2008 at 05:59 AM.

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Buckocaster51 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 56 Posts: 4,305 1 Photos	James Burton playing "Hello Mary Lou" with that Ricky Nelson. Hearing that was an epiphany for me. As far as building the guitars...how about the day that Fender decided a Telecaster could be painted ANY color. ANY color at all! __________________ "An awfully lot of time can be wasted waiting for the right time." - Gunsmoke's Doc Adams

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0le FUZZY Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kolly-forn-knee-ya Posts: 10,001 6 Photos	...After the invention! ...1982 with the 1952 Reissue!! 0le FUZZY

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Cheesehead Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Age: 44 Posts: 877 6 Photos	How could I forget - Muddy paints his Tele candy apple red and switches the chrome knobs to amp knobs. (I own a Muddy for gosh sakes...)

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Filthy McNasty Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: upstate N.Y. Age: 38 Posts: 667	Buck Owens and Don Rich kicking the dust and cobwebs off of Nashville country & western with the twin Tele Bakersfield sound.

February 28th, 2007, 02:49 PM	#11 (permalink)
dagenhamjim TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Upton Park, London, UK Posts: 76	1985 when william Shultz led an Employee revolt and bought out CBS and stuck two finges up at the dark days. The Telecaster etc has never looked back!

February 28th, 2007, 03:33 PM	#15 (permalink)
Bill Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 2,428 56 Photos	The day Tadeo Gomez came into work, stood over the belt sander with a piece of maple in his hands, and shaped his first neck. I thank him every time I pick up my Tele with the initials "TG" on the neck. __________________ B i l l B a e c k A journal of our year in London

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austintele Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2004 Location: austin, texas Posts: 1,502	When danny gatton started "hot roding" his 53 with different knobs, pickups, pot values for wah effects and vol swells, angled saddles, etc. Helped the whole boutique tele parts find a market and start.