WANTED: Feels like Fender, Sounds like Gibson

garytlove · January 26th, 2008, 06:42 PM

I love the tone of a good LP, but have learned that I really don't like the neck or the balance of them. I have a nice strat and a korean fmt tele that I really enjoy, but would like to open my options a little. What would you recommend I try to accomplish this?

Birdsnest · January 26th, 2008, 06:50 PM

Try giving one of these a spin... Hb's give a little umph to the tele twang...

http://www.samash.com/catalog/showit...7023&ovtac=CMP

Jellecaster · January 26th, 2008, 07:37 PM

Try one of these: (click)

You won't find another American Deluxe for anything close to that price and they are super comfortable. The humbuckers sound great, but the guitar is so cheap that you could upgrade them to a good set of Duncans and still save money.

Here is mine:

giantslayer · January 26th, 2008, 08:29 PM

Last time I was at GC, I tried out an American Deluxe tele, that 72RI with humbuckers, and an epiphone LP. The 72 tele sounded quite different from the LP. It sounded a lot closer to a tele.

martino · January 26th, 2008, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by garytlove

I love the tone of a good LP, but have learned that I really don't like the neck or the balance of them. I have a nice strat and a korean fmt tele that I really enjoy, but would like to open my options a little. What would you recommend I try to accomplish this?

If you can find one of these used it might be close as you get.

chambered, flat top mahogany bound body

mahogany set neck

24.75 inch scale

put some gibson pickups in and boom done.

http://www.samedaymusic.com/product--SQU340200

I bet you can find a HH body finished on ebay and get a USA CUSTOM
24.75 inch scale neck or use a warmot from the e-store and build it
your self.

http://www.warmoth.com/catalog/produ...ducts_id=37486

http://search.ebay.com/search/search...trypage=search

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tdu · January 26th, 2008, 09:09 PM

Reverend. Most of their bolt-on models.

Trimmed&Burnin · January 26th, 2008, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by garytlove

I love the tone of a good LP, but have learned that I really don't like the neck or the balance of them. I have a nice strat and a korean fmt tele that I really enjoy, but would like to open my options a little. What would you recommend I try to accomplish this?

Checkout my "myspace" site and checkout the "Outlaw" picture file in pics. This is an Ash Body with maple neck, 25.5 scale, Lindy Fralin Un-buckers.

beep.click · January 26th, 2008, 09:57 PM

garytlove, you might like some of those Schecter solidbodies. I see them all the time at Guitar Center, and I've played a few.

Mine is called an Ultra III, which feels somewhere between Fender and Gibson. Not sure if you'd like that particular one, because it's just wacky -- 3 mini humbuckers, all individually coil-tappable, with a Bigsby. Then again, you might, because there's all kinds of different sounds in that baby...

XKnight · January 26th, 2008, 11:17 PM

I have a G&L ASAT Bluesboy with a Seth Lover in the neck and it can get pretty close in tone to my LP, but definitely has the Tele feel to it. Top notch quality and a great overall guitar at a reasonable price. Great deals on used ones too.

OaklandA · January 26th, 2008, 11:44 PM

To me a Tele that will sound like an LP will likely have to have 2 HB'ers, 24.75 scale and a TOM type bridge and tailpiece.

There are a couple of models like the ones listed above, but you might try more LP's. There's a few varieties of neck profiles, weights and materials. You might find one more like what you're looking for.

FWIW, I don't think the '72 Deluxe Telecaster sounds anything at all like a Les Paul. You'd get closer with that Squier model or the American Series type model.

garytlove · January 27th, 2008, 12:12 AM

like I said in my post, I already have the double humbucker flame maple top tele. It has great tone with the seymours that came in it, the neck is a little flat and wide compared to my strat, but it is a very good guitar in it's own right. however, it just doesn't have the LP sound, it still is very bright like a tele, even with the mahogany body and set in neck. (I really like how the koreans set the neck, feels wonderful) Thank you all for the suggestions, keep them coming.

Sargeslide · January 27th, 2008, 07:39 AM

Change the cap in the tele you have

justapasinthru · January 27th, 2008, 01:39 PM

A tele with a neck-bucker...best of all worlds and if you do it right you can get the "middle" position quack as welll...for the cost of a new tele pickguard...and maybe a little work with a dremel (maybe not if your tele already has the rout)..plus the cost of the bicker..ur in bidnez.

choices are many...anything from just adding a JOE BARDEN to your present Tele...to a strat with a new pikguard..as shown in pic...have fun...

January 26th, 2008, 06:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
garytlove TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Washington State Age: 28 Posts: 14	WANTED: Feels like Fender, Sounds like Gibson I love the tone of a good LP, but have learned that I really don't like the neck or the balance of them. I have a nice strat and a korean fmt tele that I really enjoy, but would like to open my options a little. What would you recommend I try to accomplish this?

January 26th, 2008, 06:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
Birdsnest Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 232	Try giving one of these a spin... Hb's give a little umph to the tele twang... http://www.samash.com/catalog/showit...7023&ovtac=CMP __________________ Let Fury Have The Hour

January 26th, 2008, 07:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jellecaster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Hampshire, USA Age: 40 Posts: 2,085	Try one of these: (click) You won't find another American Deluxe for anything close to that price and they are super comfortable. The humbuckers sound great, but the guitar is so cheap that you could upgrade them to a good set of Duncans and still save money. Here is mine: __________________ It was born at the junction of form and function...

January 26th, 2008, 09:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
tdu Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 32 Posts: 2,399 9 Photos	Reverend. Most of their bolt-on models. __________________ Torn Down Units brand Rock n' Roll My Solo Stuff:

January 26th, 2008, 09:57 PM	#8 (permalink)
beep.click Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: California Age: 49 Posts: 1,803	garytlove, you might like some of those Schecter solidbodies. I see them all the time at Guitar Center, and I've played a few. Mine is called an Ultra III, which feels somewhere between Fender and Gibson. Not sure if you'd like that particular one, because it's just wacky -- 3 mini humbuckers, all individually coil-tappable, with a Bigsby. Then again, you might, because there's all kinds of different sounds in that baby... __________________ "It looked like a giant green gum drop to me."

January 26th, 2008, 08:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
giantslayer Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Age: 22 Posts: 251	Last time I was at GC, I tried out an American Deluxe tele, that 72RI with humbuckers, and an epiphone LP. The 72 tele sounded quite different from the LP. It sounded a lot closer to a tele.

January 26th, 2008, 11:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
XKnight Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: TX Posts: 688	I have a G&L ASAT Bluesboy with a Seth Lover in the neck and it can get pretty close in tone to my LP, but definitely has the Tele feel to it. Top notch quality and a great overall guitar at a reasonable price. Great deals on used ones too.

January 26th, 2008, 11:44 PM	#10 (permalink)
OaklandA Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,569 28 Photos	To me a Tele that will sound like an LP will likely have to have 2 HB'ers, 24.75 scale and a TOM type bridge and tailpiece. There are a couple of models like the ones listed above, but you might try more LP's. There's a few varieties of neck profiles, weights and materials. You might find one more like what you're looking for. FWIW, I don't think the '72 Deluxe Telecaster sounds anything at all like a Les Paul. You'd get closer with that Squier model or the American Series type model. __________________ ________________________ _________________ ___________ That's what she said.

January 27th, 2008, 12:12 AM	#11 (permalink)
garytlove TDPRI Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Washington State Age: 28 Posts: 14	like I said in my post, I already have the double humbucker flame maple top tele. It has great tone with the seymours that came in it, the neck is a little flat and wide compared to my strat, but it is a very good guitar in it's own right. however, it just doesn't have the LP sound, it still is very bright like a tele, even with the mahogany body and set in neck. (I really like how the koreans set the neck, feels wonderful) Thank you all for the suggestions, keep them coming.

January 27th, 2008, 07:39 AM	#12 (permalink)
Sargeslide Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NIles, Michigan Age: 48 Posts: 259 3 Photos	Change the cap in the tele you have __________________ Never argue with an idiot! They will drag you down to thier level then beat you with experience