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Old November 25th, 2003, 12:35 AM   #1 (permalink)
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famous tele players? I want a list

in one of these recent threads, somebody rattled off a nice long list of famous telecaster players

danny and roy something (just kidding, gatton and buchanan, I know) and a whole bunch of others...(james burton or something?)

could somebody do this for me? I wanna do a massive tele listening spree with kazaa lite to prime me for my first tele purchase. (looking for a cheap ash-bodied tele, blonde or vintage white)

I'm making a tele for christmas.

what are the best pickups for the syd barrett tele sound? I think he played a 60's ash Esquire (rosewood)...somebody said a van zandt neck pu was almost identical to a 60s fender pickup in another thread...how about the bridge pickup?

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Old November 25th, 2003, 12:43 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Some that spring to mind:

Keef.
GE Smith (I bought a tele because I thought he looked cool on Saturday Night Live).
Springsteen.
Muddy Waters.
Albert Collins.
Robbie Robertson (in the 60s).
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Old November 25th, 2003, 01:18 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Old November 25th, 2003, 02:07 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Some that spring to mind:
Keef.
Albert Collins.
I bet you can guess a few by just the first names!!! (in roughly chronological order...)

Jimmy
BB (yup)
Muddy
Clarence
Roy
Keef
Jeff
Danny
Pete (smashin)
Albert (take a few even!)
Andy
Arlen
Seymour
Fuzzy
Joe
Chrissy !
Bill (2 lane)
country Pete
Redd
Johnny (....Depp!)

OK OK... I left 2-300 hundred or so out, but those just jumped into my peasized brain instantly. From what I remember and on the board even.
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Old November 25th, 2003, 04:21 AM   #5 (permalink)
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yes and...

All the above PLUS
if by jimmy you mean jimmy o'lander....

Oh and did anyone mention Jerry Donahue
John Jorgensen, will ray, Brent mason, Ray Flacke, Pete Anderson, Scotty Anderson, Albert Lee, Roy Nichols, Redd V, johnny Hiland, our own Bill Hullet, Don Rich, i like boomer castlemen, Tom hemby, Kenny marx, Mark casterverns, Jerry Reed, Junior Brown, Marty Stuart, Rodney Crowell had some good licks, Brad Paisley, roy clark (never saw him with a tele, but he can sure pick), Glen Campbell (sadly, recently arrested for DUI and assault), lets not forget Vince Gill, ...... thast just to name a few. Sorry if i relisted any names, i just quickly went over people that were already mentioned.

im sure there are a billion more names

twang' on,
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Old November 25th, 2003, 05:07 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Don Rich w/Buck Owens
Roy Nichols w/Merle Haggard
James Burton w/Elvis and Ricky Nelson
Albert Lee w/Everly Bros.@ Royal Albert Hall
Roy Buchanan
Albert Collins
Muddy Waters
Keith Richards w/Rolling Stones [Honky Tonk Woman]
Troy Dexter [LA session man]
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Old November 25th, 2003, 05:18 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Has anyone mentioned

Steve Cropper, Clarence White, Mike Stern, Andy Summers, and Albert Lee?
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Old November 25th, 2003, 05:38 PM   #8 (permalink)
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not to mention

Flacke, Springsteen, Will McFarlane, Meredith Brooks, Will Ray, JJ, and JD (I hope I didn't repeat the already mentioned, but then all of these folks are worth mentioning more than once).
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Old November 25th, 2003, 05:57 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Don't forget Brad Paisley.
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Mike Bloomfield on the first Butterfield Blues Band album.
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Old November 25th, 2003, 08:47 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Old November 25th, 2003, 08:56 PM   #12 (permalink)
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a few more

Jeff Beck
Prince (yeah, Prince!)
Terry Kathe (Chicago)
Jimmy Page
Joe Pass
Joe Perry
Joe Walsh
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David Gilmour, Brian Bell (weezer), Jakob Dylan, Jeff Beck, Chrissy Hynde (did I spell that right?), Sheryl Crow, Mick Mars, James Hetfield (Metallica with a B-bender, baby!), Dean DeLeo (STP), Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page, ...
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Old November 26th, 2003, 12:19 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Re: yes and...

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roy clark (never saw him with a tele, but he can sure pick)
You can find a pic in Roy's autobio "My Life in Spite of Myself". There is a photo of Roy from 1951 or so with his nocaster. He bought it with money won in a banjo contest and took it on his first trip to Nashville to play the Opry. So he's officially on the list... and one of my all time favorites.

There's a lot of great names listed here. We'll certainly want to put Reggie Young on the list; session player extraordinaire and arguably one of the most recorded guitarists in history.

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Old November 26th, 2003, 01:09 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Anyone mention these,Johnny hiland,Tom Principato,Keith Urban,if not they deserve a mention.
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Old November 26th, 2003, 09:15 AM   #16 (permalink)
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before lucille.

Joe Perry? Yup, he and Brad both love teles.

Joe Strummer. RIP I miss him.
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Old November 26th, 2003, 05:52 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Old December 1st, 2003, 10:17 AM   #19 (permalink)
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I forgot one of my favorites

Tab Benoit

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Paul Burlison (Johnny Burnette & the rock´n Roll Trio),
Steve Cropper again! (Otis Redding, Booker T and the Mg´s) Wilko Johnson (the rythms) Mick Green (Pirates) That guy in Unsane use/d to play Teles.
And I agree with all above.
Pete Andersson!(Dwight Yoakam and solo) Almost forgot. Didn´t see him above but I can have missed him...

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