What do you play when it's not the Telecaster?
- Thread starter GrandpaBill
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60th Anniversary Strat with locked trem.
I don't actually own a real Telecaster, the closest I come is a Bill Lawrence Swampkaster '69 Thinline clone, plus several other lesser clones. Other main guitars include a '73 SG Special, and several Eastwoods, then a whole flock of acoustic and vintage electrics (like a '57 ES-175, which I don't play nearly enough).
Recording King parlor acoustic, Ibanez PF6 dreadnought or Epi EB3 bass.
Doyle
TDPRI Member
Les Paul Jr.
Lately it’s been this Riviera
If it's blues, then I've got my Epi Sheraton (with Fralins. It's a beast!).
If it's jazz, I've either got my Eastman 503CE, my Epi De Luxe, or my Epi Emperor. I tend to cycle through those three pretty evenly.
But 99% of the time, I'm sitting in my recliner with my tele.
If it's jazz, I've either got my Eastman 503CE, my Epi De Luxe, or my Epi Emperor. I tend to cycle through those three pretty evenly.
But 99% of the time, I'm sitting in my recliner with my tele.
Tommy Biggs
Friend of Leo's
Les Paul, Strat, Martin OM, National model O, Tele bass…
I rotate through my guitars at home, with the band I play the LP, to counter the other guitar player uses.
I rotate through my guitars at home, with the band I play the LP, to counter the other guitar player uses.
Toneblueshawk
TDPRI Member
A Gretsch 2655 centre-block semi with P90s, a Gibson Blueshawk or a Godin Acousticaster (or is that a kind of Tele?)
My 54 Strat (I built) or my 59 ES-335 (I built), or my 56 Les Paul Goldie (I did not build) 
Hamer Special K. They did a limited run, and I was lucky enough to get one for $500. Now a year later they're over $700 on Reverb. Found mine via Google search languishing at a small-town mom-and-pop music store that mostly rents band instruments to kids in Michigan. They had bought the inventory of a local guitar shop that went out of business and just wanted rid of everything.
Korina body. Ebony fretboard. Wraparound bridge. P90s that sounded great out of the box.
Set up like most Hamers, with a volume for each pickup, a master tone, and a 3-way toggle.
Only upgrades I did were the pots and switch (Bournes pots, Switchcraft switch), and the tuners.
Stock evil asian tuners got swapped for Sperzel lockers.
Plus a GraphTech nut.
Just basic stuff you'd do to any Indonesian axe.
Good news is all the wood parts were great and the frets were finished perfectly.
It definitely has a different vibe than my Teles, but it's one I dig.
Taking it to the next Blues Jam Night. We'll see.
howardlo
Tele-Afflicted
Since 1957 when I began playing it has been acoustics (smaller bodied) 90% of the time. So me it is still acoustics. A bit of semi-hollows (335 & 339) and a small bit of time a Strat or LP.
myteleplaysjazz
Tele-Holic
Wow. What a great question!
Usually I pick up my Taylor K26 KOA acoustic.
Usually I pick up my Taylor K26 KOA acoustic.
LGOberean
Doctor of Teleocity
And the correct answer is, "One of my other telecasters."
jays0n
Tele-Afflicted
Fiore!
I know I need to get more creative with color choice.
1992 PRS C24
