How many teles ?

colchar

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Personally I have 4 and think I’m good . I bet my mind will change with time , but this is how far it got by now:
1. 50’s ash/thick V shaped neck/alnico 3
2 . 60’s. Nato/ medium U shaped neck/ alnico 5
3. 70’s. pine/ medium modern C/ wide range HB
4. Cabronita ash/ medium C / filtertrons
I sold the others. You know .. needing vs wanting.
How about you ? What is to you a complete arsenal of teles?


You lack an Esquire, therefore your list is incomplete. That oversight must be corrected.
 

Wallaby

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I'm making due with only two, can you believe it?

A stock AV '64 ( Lake Placid Blue ) that's just gorgeous, and an American Professional ( first edition of those ) currently wearing Custom Shop '51 Nocaster pickups. If I'm being honest the American Professional is more fun to play than the AV, I think because of the neck.

I can't see needing any more Telecasters. But you never know!
 

Call Me Al

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Like to see some nice good close up pics of the tricky paint going on there. ;)
Here’s a better shot of the finish
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FenderLover

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Only 7 Tele's, going for variety:
Maple neck/board, maple neck/rosewood board, solid rosewood neck; Fender wide range humbuckers, P-90's, Fender single coil, Fender Noiseless, TV Jones, Lollar CC; surf green, natural, butterscotch; Sapele, ash, mahogany w/curly maple, ash w/rosewood, pine; 2-pickup and 3-pickup; Tuned to G, tuned down 1/2 step, standard tuning, dropped D and double dropped D.
 

ddewerd

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Just one.

My '63, that I've had for 51 years! Bought it at a garage sale in 1972 for $75.

Unforgivable (at least now in my later years) and totally unprofessional bad self done refin job (hey I was 12 when I did it).

Plays great, still my #1 after all this time!

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Was originally Sonic Blue when I got it.

More pics in my gallery https://www.tdpri.com/media/users/ddewerd.4898/

Cheers,
Doug
 

Censport

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Nine so far, plus an Esquire project in the works, and a Deluxe body I bought by mistake that I'm not sure yet what I'll do with. Five were bought, four were built, and the only one I haven't modified is a Squier, weirdly.

That's not counting the one I'm building for my cousin's daughter as a surprise birthday present.

Tele family 2.jpg


Tele family 4.jpg
 

Dismalhead

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I've got two Fenders and a piney partscaster. I used the tuners off the partscaster on another project though, so it's been out of action for a couple of years. My two Fenders are an '06 American Series and a '12 MIM Cabronita. Love both, I was thinking recently that they cover all my Tele needs.
 




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