Back To The Tele

[Ortho]

Good, very good to be back to the Tele! And here to stay.

Have been playing for over 35 years, some bandwork in college, acoustic songwriter singer very briefly in NY at the old Folk City (bot really folk at the point I sang there) playing mostly my Guild.

Have owned a LOT of guitars especially over the past 10 years and did the unthinkable, a kind of liquidation, sold almost all except a few, and shamefully, even a 52 Reissue. Needed money, but I needed to start over...
I could blame it on too much Strat playing along the way, but I discovered that playing a Strat reduced my guitar playing to noodling...

A few weeks ago, I sat with my wife listening to a country band, too many guitars, a muddy more like submerged Strat solo in the mix...but one guitar cut through, not always in the best way due to some playing issues of this young guy...and it was a Tele...

I traded my MIM Strat and a cheap Alvarez (I had actually sold a bunch of Martins previous years and Strats and even an LP) for an out of the box 2008 MIM Standard Tele (Electron Blue). I have to say that if you can not gig with this MIM Tele upgrade, it's because you really can't play that well...after all.

Will be playing out ASAP with a bassist and maybe a drummer...country, country swing-type jazz, and some irreverent musical interps...

I had to literally get rid of everything to rediscover everything...the Fender Tele.

BTW, I went back and forth between 10's and 9's on this guitar and came back to 9's...which really kick on a Tele IMO.

While a Strat needs a spotlight to shine, a Tele IS a spotlight...

I think members of the family here know what I mean by that...and that a Tele, in the right hands, is truly THE most versatile guitar.

[Hiker]

Ortho, Welcome to TDPRI!

[fenderix]

Welcome aboard Ortho! You'll like it here.

A pic of your gear would be much appreciated.

Enjoy!

[Nighthawk]

Welcome to TDPRI.

[Lost_N_Austin]

Do you write Ad Copy for Fender in your regular job? Reading your post made me want to go our and buy a Telecaster and start playing. Then I remembered, I already own a bunch of Tele's.

Lost_N_Austin

[FrankJames]

Welcome to TDPRI !!

[Ortho]

Originally Posted by Lost_N_Austin

Do you write Ad Copy for Fender in your regular job? Reading your post made me want to go our and buy a Telecaster and start playing. Then I remembered, I already own a bunch of Tele's.

Lost_N_Austin

I wish I did.

What amazes me about this 2008 MIM Upgrade is how incredibly resonant and responsive it is. I'm talking unplugged it sounds incredible...with neck resonance to match. Did I just get lucky? Don't think so. Let's gace it even guitars MIA and three times the price vary.

Call me cheap and crazy, and I used to have a dim view of socalled modern Teles but I like this thing A LOT! Absolutely no need to change the stock pu's...I would just as soon buy another 52 Reissue instead of mod this guitar...It's better than the American made ones I played and owned in 1998.