What would you buy for $3000?
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Refugee
Tele-Afflicted
Ooooh, what a looker! Love that top, love ebony fingerboards, love the color. Oh, the GAS is strong with this one!!!!
I'd get an Allen Chihuahua ~$1400 new. I've seen these for under $1000 used but would like to support the owner/builder. IF a used one popped up in my locale well we'd have to see how altruistic I really am! 
And hold out for a '52 AVRI/AO which I've seen as low as $1600 used..Not worried about Fender's corporate bottom line so used would be the goal.
And hold out for a '52 AVRI/AO which I've seen as low as $1600 used..Not worried about Fender's corporate bottom line so used would be the goal.
Deathray
Friend of Leo's
American Original 70s Tele Custom
and a ‘65 PRRI
all you need for any Telecaster tone you could want
and a ‘65 PRRI
all you need for any Telecaster tone you could want
Jimclarke100
Friend of Leo's
Gonna go with £3K as UK…
Vintera 60s Tele with Bigsby £780
Tonemaster Deluxe £850
Gordon Smith GS1.5 - Manchester made so 2nd hand about £500
Faith Venus naked series acoustic £480
That leaves me £390 to cover leads and picks and some cheap pedals say a Fuzz (Big Muff nano) a distortion, OD and whatever else I can squeeze out.
Actually, I might swap the Tele for a Squier classic vibe Jazzmaster at £360 and because I have to choose a Tele either a Squier 60s CV thinline at £320 or maybe even an Affinity Tele at £200. I’d choose during the long, long visit to Andertons.
Vintera 60s Tele with Bigsby £780
Tonemaster Deluxe £850
Gordon Smith GS1.5 - Manchester made so 2nd hand about £500
Faith Venus naked series acoustic £480
That leaves me £390 to cover leads and picks and some cheap pedals say a Fuzz (Big Muff nano) a distortion, OD and whatever else I can squeeze out.
Actually, I might swap the Tele for a Squier classic vibe Jazzmaster at £360 and because I have to choose a Tele either a Squier 60s CV thinline at £320 or maybe even an Affinity Tele at £200. I’d choose during the long, long visit to Andertons.
LPTyler
Tele-Meister
I would get a Princeton reverb with a 12 inch speaker, an American professional and some sort of drive pedal.
jamesepowell
Tele-Holic
Classic T | Suhr.com
www.suhr.com
Suhr does Telecaster better than Fender. They just do. I own one and it's exemplary in every way.
For 3 large I would hope it would be better.
Ha! Mine was 4 large, and it is.
I handed it to an excellent player / vintage snob, friend of mine to play. He played for just a minute or two and then hung his head low. After several seconds went by I asked, are you alright? He slowly pickup his head and said, "This guitar flat out blows away every vintage Telecaster I have ever played." The n he hung his low again. LOL. He has a nice collection or vintage gear.
jamesepowell
Tele-Holic
Suhr -actually JS Technologies, Inc - is located in the town next to where I live. I really want to get a job there - I don't know, answering the phone, running errands, washing dishes, whatever - in the hopes of getting an employee's discount. Very pricey stuff.
The only thing I own from there is the Jack Rabbit tremolo pedal I picked up on reverb for a decent price. It is quite good.
Blues Twanger
Tele-Afflicted
Amp pedals is easy because I'd do similar to what I have now, an Iridium and a small board, that's about $1k with board and power supply.
Then I'd buy a used Am Special Tele and a used Am Special Strat. Patient shopping would result in prices under $1k each for those as well.
Then I'd buy a used Am Special Tele and a used Am Special Strat. Patient shopping would result in prices under $1k each for those as well.
It really isn't pricey.
The thing that is pricey, is when I used to keep buying cheap guitars and modifying them to make them better thinking that my Squier could be just as good as a "pricey" high quality guitar. Then I would sell the Squier at a loss and buy something a little better. Do that 10 times over a few years and you would not only have spent the money to own a Suhr, but you wouldn't have had to tolerate a lesser guitar during that time. Not to mention that, all the time spent doing mods could have been spent playing instead! It makes perfect economic sense to just buying a Suhr.
Same goes for amps. It was really tough 24 years ago for me to justify spending $1200 on a 40 watt x 12 combo amp. But I still own it today, and haven't bought another amp since. I saved a bundle!
oatsoda
Tele-Holic
I’d start with a prescription pair of tortoise shell RayBan Clubmasters. Looking and feeling bitchen, I’m off to the music store. Guitar first, a Paranormal Offset Telecaster in shell pink with a generic HSC. Joyo pedal tuner and a clone Tube Screamer, and an old stupidly high priced Electric Mistress pedal. Vibro Champ Reverb amp. Cables, a onespot, a cheap surge protecting power bar. Souldier guitar strap, Hendrix pink on black. May as well throw in a few packs of strings, some picks
Thats me I guess.
Thats me I guess.
Fender JV Modified '60s Custom Telecaster Electric Guitar - Firemist Gold
Solidbody Electric Guitar with Basswood Body, Maple Neck/Fretboard, and 2 Single-coil Pickups - Firemist Gold
www.sweetwater.com
Fender Tone Master Twin Reverb 2x12" 200-watt Combo Amp - Blonde
200-watt 2-channel Solid-state 2x12" Guitar Combo Amplifier with Reverb and Vibrato - Blonde/Oxblood
www.sweetwater.com
Cosmic Cowboy
Tele-Afflicted
Get me a used American Tele, a used twin reverb, a drive pedal, and delay, and a tuner.
mimmo
Poster Extraordinaire
Used AV52 (or AV64)
Tonemaster Deluxe
Ovation 1613 Classical
Tonemaster Deluxe
Ovation 1613 Classical
Timbresmith1
Friend of Leo's
Well, first I’m gonna need to buy my soul back. That’s gonna be about $50, I imagine (10x what I was paid). $9.50 for beer after all the haggling with the devil. Then a DiddleyBo offa the front porch rail…
jimmywrangles
Tele-Holic
Easy.
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