Non-Fender Telecaster alternatives

[flugel]

Which are the best options?

With non-fender I mean Squier as well.

 

[kbraker]

G&L

 

[mimmo]

G&L

+ 1000

 

[teleup]

this

 

[elsewhere]

If you got the budget, there are lot of luthiers who will build you your dream Tele. With regards to mass produced instruments, I would say G&L or Tokai.

 

[voodooblues]

A lot of people swear by Bob Logan. I'm thinking about getting a guitar made by him. www.logancustoms.com

 

[NastyMojo]

So many builders now days. But I'ma go with Nachocaster or Danocaster!

 

[Tony474]

New or used? High-end, low-end or something in the middle? Depending on these criteria, I'd suggest ESP (400-series) and Tokai from personal experience; also G&L and the Peavey Generation models. Trevor Wilkinson's Fret-King range looks interesting - don't know whether they're available where you are. Then there's Yamaha's Pacifica Mike Stern model - I've never encountered a bad Yamaha instrument of any kind. Some of the entry-level Far Eastern copies seem to offer pretty decent value, but you can get a Squier CV for not much more; these are well-known to be the very finest Telecasters in the entire history of the known universe - at least I'm sure I've read that somewhere...

 

[FenderGuy53]

Which are the best options?

With non-fender I mean Squier as well.

It depends on what you're trying to accomplish. If you simply want something that looks and feels like a Fender Tele, then just about anything will do. You can take your pick. BUT...

If you want something that SOUNDS like a Fender Tele, and is able to be easily modified, then you'll just have to get a Fender Tele...

That said, I briefly owned a G&L Tribute ASAT Special Premium. Very nice guitar with some awesome MFD pickups and some great vibes, but not very customizable and not well supported. G&L is a niche market and that niche is very small.

 

[Teledelphia]

Almost pulled the trigger on a Larrivee Bakersfield this past summer. Awesome Tele. Custom Shop quality for around the same price as the previous generation Fender AV '52.

 

[musicalmartin]

If you want something that SOUNDS like a Fender Tele, and is able to be easily modified, then you'll just have to get a Fender Tele...
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[R.P.V.]

Bolin
Yaron
GVCG
Danocaster
Rutters
Kirn

These come to my mind first, but there are so many others ...

 

[waparker4]

Reverend has a large # of cool-looking tele-inspired but not quite teles with various pickup configurations and bridge styles.

 

[dogfootblues]

How much to Logans and Danocasters go fot?

 

[ericmichel]

Suhr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBEYekhWuFo

 

[voodooblues]

How much to Logans and Danocasters go fot?

You can get a custom built Logan in the range of $700-$1200ish. If you check out the website, logancustoms.com, there are some pre-made guitars that has prices along with them. There's also a part where you can specify what you want and it gives the prices of each individual add on. As I mentioned earlier, I'm thinking about having him make me one, and I calculated that it should be around $700-$750. This is without certain bells and whistles though, like a bigsby, or a thinline model. I don't have a tele yet, but I'm starting to understand why people end up owning like 6 of them.

I don't know much about Danocasters.

 

[StratBluesRock]

Ron effin Kirn

 

[dogfootblues]

i hear great things about kim. His work looks beautiful. One day. What does he run?

 

[boris bubbanov]

What does he run?

Explain. Don't understand.

 

[TeleMan59]

Explain. Don't understand.

I'm guessing he means what are his (Kirn's) prices running.