telecaster = maple neck?

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:08 pm

Depends on colour. Rosewood can look GOOOOD:

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Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:43 pm

DanHeron wrote:Depends on colour. Rosewood can look GOOOOD:

Agree! I loved blonde and rosewood, Steve Cropper style. Not that it was his style in particular, just a standard tele that year.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:38 am

I was always for rosewood up until a couple of year ago - I hate the dirty look of worn maple fretboards. Then I played a maple/black Fender USA Tele Deluxe in Bryant's and it was just so amazingly easy, smooth as silk. My latest Strat is maple/Sienna burst.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:22 pm

went in to Glasgow today and played both the red one's (maple and rosewood) and have decided that my next guitar is going to be red with the rosewood neck... so the vm custom ii is on teh ebay to help fund and create space for it.

kypdurron · Post by **kypdurron** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:43 am

I love the feel of a maple fretboard, it's so easy to get to. But the guitars that sound best to me most always have a rosewood fretboard, for whatever reason. The Tele I keep has one. The Tele I sell has the other one.

izodiak · Post by **izodiak** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:09 am

DanHeron wrote:Depends on colour. Rosewood can look GOOOOD:

Oh, if japanese would release the 62' telecaster with a maple neck, I would be crazy for it.
For real. Would sell my other two guitars to get that bleaaach.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:11 am

see, this ^ is why you should put a white or mint guard on that red blacktop.

izodiak · Post by **izodiak** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:39 am

and put 'fake' binding.
haha.
(im just getting evil)

Thats a nice guitar, would be interested to hear some medley from it..
How those fender humbuckersz sound.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:42 pm

izodiak wrote:
Thats a nice guitar, would be interested to hear some medley from it..
How those fender humbuckersz sound.

I liked them a few folk have commented that they sound muddy, but everything sounds muddy compared to the standard Tele (ice pick) set up. They had a decent amount of twang, a good bass response, handled distortion pretty well and sounded crystal clear clean. My Highway 1 Tele (another Tele that gets mixed reviews, but I love) has a maple board and does the 'ice pick' so I'm covered...

The belly cut will take a bit of getting used to as it changes the way the guitar hangs on your strap... strange feeling