A "Real" man's tele?

[mwoeppel]

mine has tone chambers, belly cutout and arm contour. Oh wait! It has a non-bigsby vibrato, too! Oh yeah! Humbuckers! two positions!

I still think a real man can still play this and it will still be a tele.

discuss.

[mwoeppel]

just trying to do my part!

[coreybox]

anything that says 'telecaster' on the headstock is a tele....

[hw2nw]

i need some pics!

Tele with a Bigsby looks pretty rockin' too...

[mwoeppel]

sorry it's so big...

http://pinnacle-strategies.com/mark/customt_agedhoneyburst_magdon.jpg

[pbradt]

mine has tone chambers, belly cutout and arm contour. Oh wait! It has a non-bigsby vibrato, too! Oh yeah! Humbuckers! two positions!

I still think a real man can still play this and it will still be a tele.

discuss.
You would be 169% wrong.

http://www.guitarpete.net/images/tele2.jpg

This is a Tele.

[mwoeppel]

LOL!! that took about 3 minutes!

[pbradt]

Just doing my part to spread the true Tele concept. :p

[mwoeppel]

It's made by fender, so it MUST be real! It even has an extra switch!

http://www.fender.com/new_repository/fender_guitars/images/0139000_md.jpg

[mwoeppel]

Just doing my part to spread the true Tele concept. :pumm, that would be "teleism", right?

[Dan Desy]

Mwoeppel, you new Mel is awesome! That's what I call a TELE! :dude:

I have a project to build one similar...

[pbradt]

umm, that would be "teleism", right?Yeah.

Just because it says Tele on the headstock, don't make it a Tele, at least in my book. IMO, Fender USA makes exactly THREE models of true Telecaster, the 52RI, the '50s Classic and the CS Nocaster.

The rest are red-headed stepchildren. Fender Japan makes more (and better) Teles.

[Jerrod]

Yeah.

Just because it says Tele on the headstock, don't make it a Tele, at least in my book. IMO, Fender USA makes exactly THREE models of true Telecaster, the 52RI, the '50s Classic and the CS Nocaster.

The rest are red-headed stepchildren. Fender Japan makes more (and better) Teles.
Oh? The Gatton doesn't count?

[Jerrod]

And the 60th Anniversary model? And the American Ash? What's wrong with them?

[Jerrod]

And the 63 Relic?

[pbradt]

And the 63 Relic?Yeah, I'll go along with that. I'll even go with the '62RI. But if it's got a flat fretboard, jumbo frets, a non-trad bridge or humbuckers, to me, it's not a Tele, it's a red-headed stepson.

Anyone can call their guitar anything they want. Just don't ask me to call it a Tele if I don't think it is.

[pbradt]

Oh? The Gatton doesn't count?Fender hasn't made the Gatton for a LONG time.

The American Series do not have a Tele bridge, they have that awful plate.

[Jerrod]

Fender hasn't made the Gatton for a LONG time.

The American Series do not have a Tele bridge, they have that awful plate.
Dude. The Gatton has been in continuous production for years.

[pbradt]

Dude. The Gatton has been in continuous production for years.I stand corrected. However, no ashtray, no Tele. At least not in my book.

[Dave C]

That Mel is gorgeous , but this is a tele !



http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j310/kemo6178/IMG_9414adjresize.jpg

[pbradt]

That Mel is gorgeous , but this is a tele !



http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j310/kemo6178/IMG_9414adjresize.jpgWOOHOO! THAT is a TELE! WooHOO!

[MullardChris]

you guys have it ALL wrong.

this is the real man's tele:

http://www.themusiczoo.com/69TeleThinlineShellPinkR12158combo.jpg

[hw2nw]

you guys have it ALL wrong.

this is the real man's tele:


oh good lord chris, I thought I had seen the last of that guitar...

[MullardChris]

My tele > your tele.

Except for the Fralins. I want me a set too!

[omikl]

You know, I don't think I have a single real Tele then:

CIJ '72 Custom RI
CIJ '72 Thinline RI
G&L ASAT Special
G&L ASAT Jr
G&L GbL_LE
MIJ 50's Fotoflame
Yamaha Mike Stern Sig.

All red-headed step-children ;)

Boo-hoo!

[Elbutcho]

WTF is a Mel???

:confused:

[jato]

Melancon...as in Gerard...cajun luthier from the swampy southland.

He makes VERY nice guitars of all stripes.

My definition of a Tele is either the '62, '63 or '67 Custom Shop reissues.
The nocaster should be called the nocaster/nofrets model. I HATE vintage frets.
Give me one of the above custom shop models, or an honest to God REAL '67 and I'll be one happy camper.

S.
j

[WhaleBlueTwentyTwo]

you guys have it ALL wrong.

this is the real man's tele

<pink telecaster>
No way!!

No proper man can play a pink guitar. That's why Justin Hawkins uses pink, and no one else does.

A 'true' Tele has to have the following...

- Singlecut, non-contoured body, in a Tele outline, of course... and it has to be solid ash or alder.
- Either a rosewood fretboard/maple neck or all maple neck
- 2 pickups, one angled at the bridge, one tiny chrome jobbie at the neck
- The original colours- Butterscotch Blonde, Honey Blonde, Red, Black, etc... oh what the hell, custom colours can come play too :D maybe Ocean Turquoise... Hot Rod Red... *drools*
- No maple top
- 21 frets
- One circular string tree
- One white/black/white pickguard, or a plain ol' black one :D
- 6 strings
- 3 brass saddles
- 1 volume, 1 tone, 3-way selector, mounted in a chrome control plate
- The bridge with the raised edges, not these new comfy ones...
- A Fender Telecaster logo on the headstock.
- Circular jack socket on the side
- 2 strap buttons...

Was that obsessive? :p

[pjwill]

Three "Real" Man's Teles

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/pjwill/Nocaster.jpg

Wait a minute...The one in the middle is missing something...

[pbradt]

My tele > your tele.

Except for the Fralins. I want me a set too!Naah, you want Hamels. ;) I love mine!

[WhaleBlueTwentyTwo]

Three "Real" Man's Teles

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/pjwill/Nocaster.jpg

Wait a minute...The one in the middle is missing something...
Nice try ;)

Get that Esquire outta here :D

[pbradt]

Three "Real" Man's Teles

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/pjwill/Nocaster.jpg

Wait a minute...The one in the middle is missing something...The one in the middle is VERY cool. Mine has a black pickguard.

[MullardChris]

Naah, you want Hamels. ;) I love mine!haha really?? Do you have any sound clips?

I'm sorta fighting between

Fralins, Detemples, etc.

Just anything that will make me more boutique and snobby than the rest of you on this forum!

:D

[MullardChris]

The one in the middle is VERY cool. Mine has a black pickguard.I think Esquires are the real man's tele.

Less frills, more brute force.

If you play an Esquire, you bathe in the blood of children and eat the children for breakfast. How tough are you?!

I want an esquire now.

[pbradt]

If you play an Esquire, you bathe in the blood of children and eat the children for breakfast. How tough are you?!
AH GOTS ME ONE!

Can I go eat a baby now?

[gkoelling]

Three "Real" Man's Teles

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/pjwill/Nocaster.jpg

Wait a minute...The one in the middle is missing something...
Not really. Maybe the other two have something extra?

[BadJaxx]

which model is the double-bound sunburst?....that's the one in my head...Three "Real" Man's Teles

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/pjwill/Nocaster.jpg

Wait a minute...The one in the middle is missing something...

[pbradt]

which model is the double-bound sunburst?....that's the one in my head...'62RI Tele Custom. Can't tell if it's USA or CIJ.

[Chops]

A real man's Tele wouldn't have a "belly cutout." In fact, the word "belly" doesn't belong anywhere near a man's guitar. "Belly" sounds like a word a woman would use when speaking to a child.

[MullardChris]

AH GOTS ME ONE!

Can I go eat a baby now?don't ask me, you're the one with the esquire;)

[pjwill]

which model is the double-bound sunburst?....that's the one in my headhttp://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/pjwill/Nocaster.jpg

From left to right... 96' 51 Nocaster Relic, 05' CS Relic 59 Esquire, and 04' CS Relic 60 Telecaster Custom. I agree that the Esquire is the Real Man's Tele.

+1 Chops....Belly cut does not belong on a Tele....

[MullardChris]

Belly cut?

More like a C-section!

[ButchR]

Wait.......I don't own a Tele! Does that mean I'm not a real man? Cuz I'll go ahead and buy one if I need to.

You know I haven't bought any gear in a while so I can have an excuse now.

[MullardChris]

everyone needs a tele.

[BadJaxx]

Wait.......I don't own a Tele! Does that mean I'm not a real man? Cuz I'll go ahead and buy one if I need to.

You know I haven't bought any gear in a while so I can have an excuse now.
you're in luck!...i have a 2 month old '04 (was NOS) Std Tele F/S...MIM...mint

we'll make a real man out of you yet...:D

[sanhozay]

I agree that the Esquire is the Real Man's Tele.
How come real Tele men don't like to play Wes-style octaves?

Dig the Esquire for coolio factor but a neck pup is essential {to me}.

[pjwill]

How come real Tele men don't like to play Wes-style octaves?
SOME real Tele men do like to play Wes-style octaves...Thats when I drop my real Tele and pick up this.


http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/pjwill/LPHISTnew003.jpg

[MullardChris]

mm les paul!

i need a tele and a les paul...i could live without a strat...

[sanhozay]

Very cool, Pete. How I miss that P90 Goldtop. :sob:
Is your Beauty a weightiest?

[pjwill]

Hey Sanhozay, I really enjoyed the R6 I bought from you, but didn't have it long...I went through five Historic LP's to find the one for me..R4, R4 Oxblood, your R6 goldtop, and an R6 Cloud 9... finally settled on the R4 Black Beauty. The Alnico V "staple" neck pup is simply beautiful. She's fairly heavy...just under 10lbs., but I don't mind a my LP to be a little meaty.

But we digress...Teles (Real Man Teles) need to be light-weight IMHO...My 60 Custom is under 7 lbs. What do you think? What say the other Tele Men?

[sanhozay]

Hey Sanhozay, I really enjoyed the R6 I bought from you, but didn't have it long...I went through five Historic LP's to find the one for me..R4, R4 Oxblood, your R6 goldtop, and an R6 Cloud 9... finally settled on the R4 Black Beauty. The Alnico V "staple" neck pup is simply beautiful. She's fairly heavy...just under 10lbs., but I don't mind a my LP to be a little meaty.

But we digress...Teles (Real Man Teles) need to be light-weight IMHO...My 60 Custom is under 7 lbs. What do you think? What say the other Tele Men?
Yeah, I saw the guitars that you posted in the emporium and noticed your siggy changes. I do the same thing; keep trying until something moves me. I do have a few regrets in the R6 I sold you is one of them. I struggled a bit with the neck but everything else was very good!

My next journey will be for a good ES335. I've attempted before and came up goose eggs. There are many stones to turn over, though.

Tele...I have the best one...a '95 Nocaster with lots of mods. Small frets and a vintage radius wreaks havoc on my hands and I cannot tolerate. Actually, the small wire isn't the curse as much as the board. I need a flatter radius. Period. GVCG Lollar winds are in my guitar and they slay. Best/sweetest/fattest/raunchiest bridge pickup I've ever played. Greasy and chimey - BB to Zep - devil delish and amazing grind at full throttle.

[mwoeppel]

Belly cut?

More like a C-section!Crap! Busted!

[dougb415]

everyone needs a tele.
Yep.... my wife bought one for me for Christmas - a MIM Standard, sunburst, nuttin' fancy, and I LOVE it. All of my other guitars are gathering dust....

[Mike Duncan]

http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL664/3909625/8084735/143480773.jpg
http://pic16.picturetrail.com/VOL664/3909625/8084735/143480772.jpg

Mmm, Telecaster!

[ButchR]

Y'all are trying to make me spend some more money!

[gregory70]

Coincidentally, I just played an original '51 Esquire. I'm a dedicated strat player, but that was one of the coolest and most "direct" sounding single coil guitar I've ever played. I can't afford that one, but I might have to consider lower cost option.



I think Esquires are the real man's tele.

Less frills, more brute force.

If you play an Esquire, you bathe in the blood of children and eat the children for breakfast. How tough are you?!

I want an esquire now.

[JMintzer]

Did someone say Tele?

My Cunetto Nocaster...

http://pic14.picturetrail.com:80/VOL504/702387/6479282/83329917.jpg


Jamie

[Karmateria]

Oh Man... that makes me want to throw down for one right now. But it MUST say Fender on it. Ok, it could say Anderson too.

Karma

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j310/kemo6178/IMG_9414adjresize.jpg

[Khud]

sorry it's so big...

http://pinnacle-strategies.com/mark/customt_agedhoneyburst_magdon.jpgThat is GORGEOUS Mark ... and quite a nice compliment to a certain Gibson that will be heading your way tomorrow ... :dude:

[Khud]

By the way ... here is my Tele ... a 52 AV in Copper Metallic :D


http://pic14.picturetrail.com/VOL514/761789/7645380/144078415.jpg

[mwoeppel]

oooo weeee! I can't wait!

[Khud]

oooo weeee! I can't wait!
hehehe I know, I know ;)

[mwoeppel]

Dang, Kevin, you got some nice gear. That tele is VERY cool.

[MullardChris]

mwoppel, the top on that almost looks paisley!

very nice!

[Dave C]

Yup, it says Fender on it .

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j310/kemo6178/IMG_9417adjresixe.jpg

[n.j.]

Hey, does this count as a real tele? '98 Cunetto Nocaster Relic, 7.03 pounds.

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~john3874/magic/no2.JPG

[deeb]

#2083 likes your new Mel.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/pnxlndco/100_1889.jpg

[Dave C]

n.j., that certainly counts ! Here's another pic of the '52 Taddeo Gomez Tele number 2515.



http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j310/kemo6178/DSC_1248adjresize.jpg

[mwoeppel]

I'm not entirely a heathen...

http://pinnacle-strategies.com/mark/tele-small.JPG

This is one is Japanese signed by Susan Tedeschi - MUST HAVE BIGSBY!

http://pinnacle-strategies.com/mark/dc_1.jpg

90's Thinline - pretty rare - and great tone; spanky!

[mwoeppel]

Hey, does this count as a real tele? '98 Cunetto Nocaster Relic, 7.03 pounds.

http://www.tc.umn.edu/%7Ejohn3874/magic/no2.JPGanything by vince counts.

[splattercell]

do "real men" actually play tele's?
huh!
i did NOT know that!

most of the real men i know are railroad linemen, forestry rangers, boxers, road managers & military lifers.

dt / spltrcl

[aarondavis]

I guess all you guy's that had some guy in the custom shop apply sandpaper, bleach, dirt, hammers, etc... have real teles. :rolleyes:

How about the fact that I took a tele frame and made up for the shortcomings of a *real* tele. Now I have my tele... and I'll just stay metrosexual. :D

[pjwill]

How about the fact that I took a tele frame and made up for the shortcomings of a *real* tele. Now I have my tele... and I'll just stay metrosexual. :D


Hey wait a minute....Metrosexual guys don't play Teles...at least not "Real Man" Teles.

[Reeek]

I've never been accused of impersonating a woman but my "real" Tele (due in July) will look just like this "Tele" :D :

http://www.indoorstorm.com/suhr/gjs257.jpg




http://indoorstorm.com/suhr/gjs257d.jpg

Be nice now! :)

[dougb415]

do "real men" actually play tele's?
huh!
i did NOT know that!
My wife calls me unreal at times....

[gkoelling]

I love Tele threads. I could read 'em all day. You guys have some great looking guitars.

[thintele]

I'm not entirely a heathen...

http://pinnacle-strategies.com/mark/dc_1.jpg

90's Thinline - pretty rare - and great tone; spanky!
OOOOOO...I've got that same guitar ....hence the name. ;) I put in some Vintage Vibe pickups and wired it to '69 specs... LOVE IT

[Troubleman]

I have one of the blue florat reissue Teles; my bandmates gave me real grief about it - "girly Tele". Then I swapped out the neck for one BEEFY Warmoth neck (HUGE - I mean a table-leg with frets), a Callaham bridge, and Barden pickups. Then I strung it up with finger-punishing .012-gauge strings. It's a bear to play, but it REALLY really has that "From Hell" Tele tone. Brass-knuckle twang. Tell ya what though - nobody calls it a girly-Tele anymore. Now's it's known as the "Hippy-on-Steriods" Tele"...

peace,

jb

[wpanic]

Pretty happy with the ones that I built at home - yes they both have tummy cuts.

Bill

http://img499.imageshack.us/img499/1497/swamptele0555ci.jpg

[90wreck]

Telecaster Ninja...LOL!
"Snatch the Esquire from my hand Grasshopper"
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a101/wreck90/b449aef7.jpg

[mischultz]

sorry it's so big...

A burly-man's Tele?

M

[mwoeppel]

A burly-man's Tele?

Moh yah. :dude:

[AaeCee]

I see the Tele Police have infiltrated BaM. Gonna be a lot of people busted! Beware, BaMers, they're a rough bunch! AC

[iainmc]

mmm telecasters.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/iainmcdonald/oldnyoung2.jpg

left is a 1966 tele - 6-way bridge & mojo (bridge change to a 3way coming soon) & right is a 2006 thin skin nitro '52ri. '60 super & '64 ac-30 behind.

[Bulldog]

iainmc.... thanks for inflicting this torture on me....

Im still wipeing away the drool.

That 66 is gorgeous. I'll never be able to afford a vintage tele on a librarian's salary... =(

[Chevelle]

do "real men" actually play tele's?
huh!
i did NOT know that!

most of the real men i know are railroad linemen, forestry rangers, boxers, road managers & military lifers.

dt / spltrclMilitary lifer here who would love to play/own a boutique-ish tele with an un-fixed bridge, humbuckers, belly and arm carves, etc, etc.

Although to answer your question, one of the other lifers I work and play guitar with plays a Fender plank. So by your entering arguments, real men do play teles. Although I think my buddy plays one because he's a member of the Church Of Albert Collins. I doubt he's concerned with his real man status (although this thread has me questioning mine.)

[FrankiePRS]

No mis-representation here... I just call it what it is :D

http://www.apostle-13.com/pimp1.jpg
http://www.apostle-13.com/pimp2.jpg

[Big Mike]

Here's my B Bender equipped parts caster. Best 'tele' I ever played.
And the Glaser Bender is the shizzle!

http://homepage.mac.com/big_mike/.Pictures/untitled%20folder/Tele%20%231.jpg

[Dave Orban]

It's made by fender, so it MUST be real! It even has an extra switch!

http://www.fender.com/new_repository/fender_guitars/images/0139000_md.jpg
That's just wrong.






LOL!

[FrankiePRS]

It's made by fender, so it MUST be real! It even has an extra switch!

http://www.fender.com/new_repository/fender_guitars/images/0139000_md.jpg
Does the switch change the headstock?

[NuSkoolTone]

It's made by fender, so it MUST be real! It even has an extra switch!

http://www.fender.com/new_repository/fender_guitars/images/0139000_md.jpg
That headstock belongs in adult film, not on a guitar IMO.

[Dave Orban]

Does the switch change the headstock?
I dunno, but it kinda looks like the bastard offspring of the Tyler headstock. :eek:

[Joe Perry]

Here's my vote. Suhr T with the SSC!! Thanks Mastervolume!!!!!

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/5874/suhrtele17bp.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

[iainmc]

iainmc.... thanks for inflicting this torture on me....

Im still wipeing away the drool.

That 66 is gorgeous. I'll never be able to afford a vintage tele on a librarian's salary... =(
hey bulldog - deals appear every once in a while. i got that '66 tele 3 years ago on ebay for $1300 - i got a refret & put the 6 way on for another $250. at the same timei knew someone who bought a relic '62 tele re issue for ~$2200.

esnipe is your friend...

/i

[fatback]

With a little hard work, this fake tele can turn the most wimpish digits into bully-busting tele-tongs!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/fatback2/baragrosh.jpg
(Grosh bari-tele strung with a comfy .12 - .65 set) 18 frets of fun!

[pjwill]

Fatback...That is very, very cool indeed. I bet that thing sounds HUGE!!!:eek:

[gkoelling]

It's made by fender, so it MUST be real! It even has an extra switch!

http://www.fender.com/new_repository/fender_guitars/images/0139000_md.jpg
Heresy! Also, I see no switch on the control plate, just the one on the upper bout. Further evidence that someone at Fender deserves a good flogging. Not the one who designed it, the one who approved it.

[fatback]

Fatback...That is very, very cool indeed. I bet that thing sounds HUGE!!!:eek:Yup it is BIG fun indeed. I love playing it through a cranked up 15" speaker with some trem. Tele Quake!

[ModelT]

http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Ero8/trio%20tele.jpg

Love that bari, fatback!

[fatback]

back at ya with those golden Groshes. Dang! (insert drool smilie here):D

[KRosser]

do "real men" actually play tele's?
huh!
i did NOT know that!

most of the real men i know are railroad linemen, forestry rangers, boxers, road managers & military lifers.

dt / spltrcl
I, for one, love and play Tele's all the time... but I probably know far too many Show Tunes to be a "real man".

[guitrr]

It's made by fender, so it MUST be real! It even has an extra switch!

http://www.fender.com/new_repository/fender_guitars/images/0139000_md.jpg
I thought that was the lovechild of a tele and an ironing board. :D

Kane

[MullardChris]

The J5 tele makes me cringe.

That's the lovechild of a tele and 5 ugly old men while staring at each other make love in a mirror.

[Jimmydeez]

Real men build thier own teles...... and own ugly chairs:D



http://myspace-237.vo.llnwd.net/00426/73/28/426908237_l.jpg

[MullardChris]

reminds me of harrison's!

that chair is amazing! you built that?!

too bad you built an ugly guitar!;)

[Jimmydeez]

reminds me of harrison's!

that chair is amazing! you built that?!

too bad you built an ugly guitar!;)
LOL.... As ugly as the chair is it is the most comfortable chair in the house. My wife wants to throw it away and I keep telling not to.

The guitar maybe be ugly as well but I totally dig the way it came out. The Rosewood neck from warmoth is super nice and the Fralin pickups have such a great tone.

[MullardChris]

I was kidding, that guitar is beautiful hahaha

as for the chair, you just gotta tell your wife that beauty and comfort directly oppose each other.

Score some points for yourself.

Sit on her and tell her "see! because you're beautiful, sitting on you hurts"

Then you sit on the chair and comment on how ugly yet comfortable it is.

The master plan.

[n.j.]

I was kidding, that guitar is beautiful hahaha

as for the chair, you just gotta tell your wife that beauty and comfort directly oppose each other.

Score some points for yourself.

Sit on her and tell her "see! because you're beautiful, sitting on you hurts"

Then you sit on the chair and comment on how ugly yet comfortable it is.

The master plan.

HA! This is genius!

And yeah, that guitar is beautiful. Nice work.

[guitrr]

Here's my Telecaster spank-a-thon contribution. My Grosh on the left, and "The Mutt", a Schecter/Chandler parts guitar I've had for 20 years on the right.

Kane

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f23/guitrr/Teles.jpg

[1959burst]

I'm not entirely a heathen...

http://pinnacle-strategies.com/mark/tele-small.JPG



for gawds sake take the plastic off the pickguard!

[mwoeppel]

for gawds sake take the plastic off the pickguard!Crap! busted! :o

[Odin]

That headstock belongs in adult film, not on a guitar IMO.
How fitting, as John 5's girlfriend/wife is in the adult film industry!

[pbradt]

VERY Nice!

[MichaelK]

http://pic17.picturetrail.com/VOL828/3184661/8229928/158468219.jpg

In the context of this "real men" thread, the homophobe in me finds these photos unsettling.

[gretsch63]

Esquires are the real and first tele..! End of thread!



http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b247/gretsch63/pixsaved374.jpg

[gkoelling]

Wow, those are real nice, PITB!

[MichaelK]

The nasty dirty one is female.

...as it should be.
Yeesh. Why the cuddling? Call her a cab and get on with the day, already.

Nice looking Teles, seriously.

[omikl]

Here's my Fenders.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/omikl/Guitars/img_0376_small.jpg

From left to right:

'94 MIJ 50's Fotoflame "relic" (The finish is cracking off in sheets and bringing the paper flames with it. Ugleee). Modded extensively. Brass saddles, SD JD bridge pickup, Fender '52 RI neck pickup. USA switch, pots & knobs.

'04 CIJ '72 Custom RI. Stock.

'98 CIJ '72 Thinline RI. Stock but gigged & banged-up a bit.

ASATs

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From left to right:

'98 www.guitarsbyleo.com Limited Edition #8 of 25.

'98 ASAT Jr.

'96 ASAT Special.

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No way!!

No proper man can play a pink guitar. That's why Justin Hawkins uses pink, and no one else does.

james burton was a manly man (played w/ elvis, no) and he not only played a pink tele, but a pink paisley one to boot.

sorry, i just discovered this thread and have had a great time reading it.
hello, my name is mj zero, and i'm a teleholic...
i know that there is a tele forum, but i have to say that it's threads tend to not be as nearly interesting as they are here.
one day i will find my antique violin mccarty w/ a rosewood neck and then i will truly belong here.

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Yeah, what a great thread. I recently achieved manhood myself. It's a Highway 1 honey blonde. No compensated brass saddles, no uber-tone pickups, but it's making me one hell of a guitar player! After finding luxury and art in my PRS guitars, a standard tele is really what I needed to take it to the next level. Now I look at what I'm playing instead of drooling over the birds and flames.