Which Telecaster?

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:01 am

Nice surprise seeing that t-shirt, Doog!

izodiak · Post by **izodiak** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:11 am

im actually now trying to save some money for an Classic Vibe or an Standart Telecaster.
Any advice, I kind of like them both. The bridge one the CV is more 'vintage' if I understand correctly, but the alder is supposed to be a 'better' wood for a
body?

But Ive always dreamed about an black telecaster with binding and an maple neck. Im a boring guy !

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:16 am

This weeks telecaster of choice would be: Squier affinity Tele - toploader, lake placid blue, alder body Â£160 what's not to like...

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:48 am

Affinity Teles are Â£160 now? That seems a little steep. Isn't the body thin on those? I can't tell from the pic. Also: woeful pickups in the MIM Std Tele suggests these will be worse. Colour is nice though. Jack isn't.

oldcanuck · Post by **oldcanuck** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:59 am

How about a stll new in the case 1972 trans blond Tele .........

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:43 am

timhulio wrote:Affinity Teles are Â£160 now? That seems a little steep. Isn't the body thin on those? I can't tell from the pic. Also: woeful pickups in the MIM Std Tele suggests these will be worse. Colour is nice though. Jack isn't.

I take it the Â£20 price increase is due to them using alder, I had a affinity strat and the pickups on that were pretty good better than expected any way.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 2:01 am

What's the preferred color for a Thinline? I already have a natural.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 7:18 am

The preferred colour is black.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 8:13 am

timhulio wrote:The preferred colour is black.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 9:58 am

None more ....black

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:04 am

timhulio wrote:Affinity Teles are Â£160 now? That seems a little steep. Isn't the body thin on those? I can't tell from the pic. Also: woeful pickups in the MIM Std Tele suggests these will be worse. Colour is nice though. Jack isn't.

Had one of the butterscotch ones, the pickups were so micro phonic. Needing up wax potting them myself.

George · Post by **George** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:09 am

often think about chasing down a contoured tele but they seem really far and few between

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:24 am

DGNR8 wrote:What's the preferred color for a Thinline? I already have a natural.

You've answered your own question... second place is white, you can't see the f hole properly on black

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:39 pm

George wrote:often think about chasing down a contoured tele but they seem really far and few between

When I bought my MIM a few months ago I almost went the whole hog and bought a USA Standard. The current ones have a rear contour, and I lurve the mystic blue colour. Another fully contoured option is from Willows guitar (the guyz who did all that quality work for Ultratwin). Unfortunately the horn is a bit extended and they've called it 'The Twig'. It's about Â£315, which is pretty nice considering the high spec.

http://www.willowsguitar.com/willow_sub9_4.html

George · Post by **George** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 1:47 pm

the trisonic-esque pickup looks ace, and i could live with that horn

that might be the one

tummy contour is great but the extra forearm contour is what i'm after, plus US teles are too expensive for me

speedfish · Post by **speedfish** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:11 am

othomas2 wrote: But really I would prob go for an American Special Tele if I was to think more about practicality all round ... like when your mother used to pick your shoes.

Brilliant guitar !!

This for all your chickin-pickin tones. The MIM would be my second choice, but I am curious how the MIM and USA pickups sound side by side? I would bet that the MIM is virtually identical except for country of origin. Anyone own both?

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:23 am

George wrote:that might be the one

I've been considering one for a while, but for some reason the lack of colours put me off. I enquired about getting a body from them and they're quite reasonable. I don't know whether they'd build a Twig with a custom colour body though.

But the cool things this guitar has: body contours, contoured heel, recessed strap buttons (!?), coil split, compensated nut. I'm surprised there's nothing about them anywhere.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:28 am

These are what the MIM Tele ships with these days. They're bog standard ceramic pickups. You can see why the bridge pickup doesn't sound remotely tele-ish.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:35 am

benecol wrote:
timhulio wrote:The preferred colour is black.

+1

George · Post by **George** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:49 am

that twig definitely has a fine set of stats

yeah i've seen the mim standards have moved to cermaic bar magnets. my goddamn affinity strat from 1998 had that shit.

the 2003 mim tele still didn't have what i would consider "nice" pickups. certainly no baseplate on the bridge pickup, which i suppose is up for debate as to whether they're vital to the tele sound, but in any case i associate a base plate with proper tele pickups