all the players that made me want a Tele:

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:45 pm

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Glimor, Frusciante, Marr, Greenwood, Sergeant, Coxon, Morello, Cobain.

While most of these guys are associated far more with other models, I remember seeing them all playing Teleâ€™s over the years and thinking now thatâ€™s a nice guitar, Iâ€™ll have to get myself one of those.

So who else should be on the list?

william · Post by **william** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:58 pm

Stuart Braithwaite

&

Bob Dylan

i know there are others.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:02 pm

Can't be arsed to find pics (sorry, but I'm poorly) but please add to the list Marc Ribot, Black Francis, Judah Bauer, Jason Pierce, Lou Reed and These Animal Men. There, I said it; These Animal Men.

william · Post by **william** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:04 pm

ahh! i came back to say jason pierce!

lee ronaldo, too.

avj · Post by **avj** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:08 pm

For me, George Harrison and Syd Barrett.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:10 pm

Good call on Syd.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:14 pm

Brian James (The Damned)
Andy Summers (The Police)
Jason Pierce (Spaceman 3)
East Bay Ray (Dead Kenedys)
Graham Coxon (Blur)
Keef Richards (Rolling Stones)

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:21 pm

I went, I tried, I didn't jive. But these folks put it in my head to even try one.

James Burton

Steve Cropper

starbuckered · Post by **starbuckered** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:24 pm

Jeff Buckley

and

Bruce Springsteen

aswell as others already mentioned

suede · Post by **suede** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:29 pm

tele's are the best...so simple, so complex...

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:32 pm

suede wrote:tele's are the best...so simple, so complex...

Rubbish. And there i was thinking you was going to say..

WILL SERGEANT

suede · Post by **suede** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:41 pm

Fran wrote:
suede wrote:tele's are the best...so simple, so complex...
Rubbish. And there i was thinking you was going to say..

WILL SERGEANT

he's already there in the first post...

superfuzz · Post by **superfuzz** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:43 pm

J Mascis loves teles and esquires.

Ty · Post by Ty » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:43 pm

Jimmy Page.

(cant find a pic of him playing the tele with the dots on it)

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:45 pm

william wrote:

Stuart Braithwaite.

fuck how did i manage to miss him out "mon the gwai"

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:45 pm

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:47 pm

silly_rabbit_band wrote:Jimmy Page.

(cant find a pic of him playing the tele with the dots on it)

I'm pretty sure that's the same tele as the Led Zep I one. I think he just decorated it.

Graham Coxon for me, maybe Greenwood a bit too.
Didn't like it when Frusciante started using teles though, he was playing so boring at the time that he really needed a Strat neck pickup and whammy bar to hold my attention.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:48 pm

silly_rabbit_band wrote:Jimmy Page.

(cant find a pic of him playing the tele with the dots on it)

good call. he was at his best when he played that plank (or the dano)

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:51 pm

othomas2 wrote:

I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it, I la la la like it

Ty · Post by Ty » Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:59 pm

paul_ wrote: I'm pretty sure that's the same tele as the Led Zep I one. I think he just decorated it.

Maybe your right, but I could have sworn it was a blonde finish.