Based Strictly On Looks ..... Your Favorite Signature Telecaster.

[Old Plank]

I like especially, the ...

James Burton in the the blue/gold paisley flame.
Brad Paisley Road Worn in silver sparkle with silver/black paisley guard.
Chrissie Hynde in ice blue metallic and chrome guard.

Edit: oh yah, gotta add in that Joe Strummer!

 

[bendercaster]

The Brit Daniels and Jason Isbell teles are my favorite current signature models, but if I could only have one Tele for the rest of my life, it would be a Clarence model.

 

[mimmo]

I guess you've never seen this one:

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I actually had this one and regretted selling this! It is not beautiful, but not ugly neither.

 

[Moonraker5]

I actually had this one and regretted selling this! It is not beautiful, but not ugly neither.

Dude, I feel for you. That guitar is a keeper of all keepers. I know it really looks absurd, but what Fender put into the guts of the guitar - all that vintage stuff - really made the Strummer Tele an ass-kicking guitar. Looks positively stupid, but what a great guitar to play.

 

[StoneH]

Pure nostalgia . . . This one was a Pink Paisley before I refinished it, but the wood was beautiful and I did not stain it. IIRC, I just used several thin coats of Deft Satin Polyurethane. The body, neck and headstock matched just right. I check Sweetwater routinely, but nothing has grabbed me yet.

 

[Telelover1]

For me it's the Buck Owens MIJ Red White and Blue Tele finished in large metal flake.
I own one that I bought it in Bakersfeld at the Crystal Palace. Buck left for home before i could have him sign it as he normally would. One of my best players and never goes out of tune. It is a looker for sure.

 

[mimmo]

Dude, I feel for you. That guitar is a keeper of all keepers. I know it really looks absurd, but what Fender put into the guts of the guitar - all that vintage stuff - really made the Strummer Tele an ass-kicking guitar. Looks positively stupid, but what a great guitar to play.

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I couldn't have said it better! This is just a great guitar. Period.

 

[JL_LI]

I don’t buy on looks. I don’t want ugly. And I have no affinity for stuff designed for someone else. Call me a curmudgeon.

 

[RodeoTex]

 

[Willy-son]

Graham Coxon Tele.

 

[Willy-son]

I don’t buy on looks. I don’t want ugly. And I have no affinity for stuff designed for someone else. Call me a curmudgeon.

"I don’t buy on looks. I don’t want ugly." Isn't that a contradiction?

 

[JL_LI]

"I don’t buy on looks. I don’t want ugly." Isn't that a contradiction?

Not at all. It’s like this. I never had to date the homecoming queen but there were others I just couldn’t see myself with.

 

[Sax-son]

None! I don't like signature guitars. Just the Martin EC 000-28 is the exception. I love that guitar.

 

[Mur]

I like the looks of a Clarence White signature Tele.

 

[Mr Swisher]

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Runner-up:

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I guess I have a type.

I'm that type too. I couldn't stretch to the full AS Sig' though.

 

[Bruxist]

I'm that type too. I couldn't stretch to the full AS Sig' though.

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Me neither.

 

[itstooloudMike]

I love my Brent Mason Sig Tele. I’m more of a function over form guy. And hey, I never have to waste time polishing it!

 

[Duggo]

Looks alone? Probably a Violinmaster or something even more ornate from the bench of Yuriy Shishkov.

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[Lowspeid]

Jason Isbell

 

[GGardner]

Does this count?

George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster | Fender Guitars

The limited-edition Tele is based on George Harrison’s 1967 guitar by Roger Rossmeisel, featuring chambered rosewood body, 9.5” radius, custom-stamped “OM” logo.

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