What's your favorite telecaster (that you own)?

[rjtwangs]

At this moment it would be this one...

RJ

 

[James824]

While I love all three

the 55 Thin Skin (7.lbs, 1 piece body) is willed to my youngest son

 

[DrBeezus]

My Batman Telecaster made by Dave Petillo and the Fender Custom Shop with Custom Pickups designed by Kevin Buell (Springsteen's longtime Guitar Tech) and Dave Petillo. Wound by MJ at Seymour Duncan and used on the record "Letter To You" and other things . V shape neck with Petillo Triangle Precision Frets, guitar is completely waterproofed etc.

 

[h2otorched]

2010 Squier CV Telecaster Thinline with Rumpelstilskin Black Rope pups, Aaron Campbell Vintage Bridge.

 

[Chuckster]

This one, because it's so beautifully ugly. Sounds great too...

 

[elihu]

Mine’s a 2009 Highway One with a 1” thick USACG neck, Bill Lawrence noiseless pickups, compensated saddles, Gotoh split shaft 17:1 tuners and a mint pickguard to soften the appearance. Works for me.

 

[ABetterTelePlayer]

The green one is my number 1 but the red one is my number 1….
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I've never seen a guitar wear a hat before

 

[musicalmartin]

heres my parts caster .Fender Strat neck 22 fret 12 inch radius roast maple .cheap paulwonia body from a local guy and vanZandt pickups.not everyones taste but my custom choice .

 

[Twang-ineer]

Three very different guitars. All 100% stock. The Flowers Tele is the best sounding/worst playing. The Nashville is a great player, but the lack of N+B makes it - not really a Tele in some ways. So my favorite Tele is the So-Cal. With the pickups in single coil mode it sounds like a Tele w/ P90s (no hum) and it plays like a dream. It gets 100% of the recording duties. The Nashville is my Sofa guitar and the Flowers Tele sits among the tube amps where the upstairs Whiskey collection is... They each have a place.

 

[d barham]

This one I put together. Somehow the stars magically aligned and it turned out great.

 

[Fendereedo]

This un....

 

[marc2211]

From when she was new back in 2017 - a Fender Classic 60'S Tele in CAR. It was a surprise present from my wife for my 40th and my first Tele - love at first sight!

I really got the tele bug soon after and bought a thinline deluxe, Performer LTD edition, Jimmy Page Dragon MIM... all of them have since moved on apart from the 60's Classic. It's wonderful to play, and sounds fantastic, and even more special due to the sentimental value!

 

[Chicago Matt]

This is a hard question. I have two that I especially love. One has an early 50s type sound, fat but twangy. The other has a slightly hotter bridge pickup and a P90 in the neck for a more midrange sound.

 

[guitarmikey]

Hard to choose between these two, both reclaimed pine DIY. The single pup sounds… incredible! (Lollar)…

 

[4pickupguy]

I've never seen a guitar wear a hat before

In my defense, it is called a headstock…

 

[jkingma]

This one that I built myself. In fact it's the only "Tele" that I currently own.

 

[unixfish]

This one that I built myself. In fact it's the only "Tele" that I currently own.

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OMG! A staff member with only one Tele?

Revolt! REVOLT! Off with their head!

 

[unixfish]

Sorry, too much coffee driving way too much sarcasm / joking responses.

 

[Recce]

I find it interesting that many of these guitars have dual Humbuckers in them.

I can’t decide I like them both.

 

[JDB2]

It’s between these two: 2019 American Ultra Tele and 1996 G&L ASAT Classic.

Right now the ASAT is in the lead. Someone in this forum recently posted that the ASAT Classic is a Tele that “goes to 11” and I agree. It’s got a great neck with a stainless steel refret and is a beast. The Ultra Tele is slick and polished and polite by comparison, but also crazy versatile. I play whichever suits the song and my mood, but lately it’s been the ASAT.