Best Telecaster album?

[jerryjg]

I gotta vote for Springsteen "Born in the USA (1984). Absolutely a masterpiece;resplendent with perfect Telecaster tones .I nearly weep when i take this album out and play it!

[Fripperton]

[ampdan]

+1 And anything by the late, great Danny Gatton.

[pseudocat]

You guys beat me to it. That's one of my all-time faves.

Another one I like a lot (and their best work, IMO):

[cooltone]

"Ice Pickin'"..or anything by Albert Collins

[NeoFauve]

My personal favorite.

http://www.elderly.com/images/record...9R/BLUH008.jpg

[Stratlover]

I would probably one of the Roy Buchanan or Danny Gatton albums also. They are impossible to beat IMHO.

However, I will give honorable mentions to Jonny Hiland's first CD and Greg Koch's "Radio Free Gristle". A lot of good pickin' on those.

[JM3]

Led Zep I

[Mr. Z]

The Yardbirds, "Roger the Engineer"

[Stills41]

The Late Roy B. That's what a tele can sound like.

[Power_13]

Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run. Also a good album for some inventive use of a Hammond organ (Danny Federici ftw )

[electramone]

Keef switches from Tele's to Gibsons so much it's hard to pinpoint a whole album but Exile was the first time he was using his famous blackguards (pre-humbucker routs) and those tracks are killer (Rocks Off, Happy etc.) Dice is a TV Double Cut Junior but sounds very tele-ish.

[tugboat]

Keef switches from Tele's to Gibsons so much it's hard to pinpoint a whole album but Exile was the first time he was using his famous blackguards (pre-humbucker routs) and those tracks are killer (Rocks Off, Happy etc.) Dice is a TV Double Cut Junior but sounds very tele-ish.

Wasn't he using those clear Ampeg thingies a shit-ton during the Sticky Fingers/Exile era? I thought he didn't pick up Teles until after Exile?


Anywho, this question is just like asking who's the hottest woman on Earth. Impossible to answer because there are way too many killer albums cut with a Tele.

[Charles Obscure]

Anywho, this question is just like asking who's the hottest woman on Earth. Impossible to answer because there are way too many killer albums cut with a Tele.

Very true. I've always been partial to Danny Gatton's work as an example of the versatility of the Telecaster. Every album is "best" IMHO.
Lately, I've been downloading some of Bill Kirchen's albums. There's another hot Tele player for you. His live stuff is KILLER!

Springsteen, Buchanan, Collins, Cropper, and don't forget James Burton- it's all good!

[Stratocaster]

My vote goes to any and all Booker T and the MGs with Steve Cropper.

[refin]

Led Zep I

Yes,and "Livestock" by Buchanan if you can find it.....live,and off the charts.

[KOTR]

+1

[Mikey]

Y'all are missing it.
Pick up some Bill Kirchen, Redd Volkeart, Bill Hullet, TwangBangers or the like.
You'll find yourself in Tele Heaven.

[tubaman5150]

The first three Chicago albums.
Terry Kath is sorely missed these days.

[NeoFauve]

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s45633.jpg

1. Respect
2. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
3. These Arms Of Mine
4. Pain In My Heart
5. Come To Me
6. Security
7. That's How Strong My Love Is
8. Mr. Pitiful
9. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
10. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
11. Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
12. Try A Little Tenderness
13. Chained And Bound
14. Shake
15. Ole Man Trouble
16. Let Me Come On Home
17. Open The Door
18. That's What My Heart Needs
19. Tramp
20. I Can't Turn You Loose

[JM3]

Anything from the Dixie Dregs

[NeoFauve]

Some might argue about whether or not, THIS is still a Tele.

Some might.
Not me.

[Gib58]

Tubaman,
I don’t believe Terry played his Telecaster until the fifth album. Although he wasn’t a conventional Tele player, he was my first and favorite guitar hero and the reason I wanted to play guitar. I surely miss him as well!!
Check this out:
http://www.philbrodieband.com/muso_terry_kath.htm

G.

[tubaman5150]

Tubaman,
I don’t believe Terry played his Telecaster until the fifth album. Although he wasn’t a conventional Tele player, he was my first and favorite guitar hero and the reason I wanted to play guitar. I surely miss him as well!!
Check this out:
http://www.philbrodieband.com/muso_terry_kath.htm

G.

Cool.
I had no idea that used Gibsons and strats early on. That explains "Free Form Guitar".
Thanks.

[electramone]

Back to Keef, he only used the Plexi Dan Armstrongs live. He did get his first blackguard right before Exile and used it a bunch on the album. There's a great clip of them doing shake Your Hips live in the studio on You Tube where you can see the axe pre HB like I mentioned. Beautifully beat to hell.

***Yea! Beck's Esquire on "Roger" takes the cake! Zep 1 again of course! Tonighs The Night. Neil's Broadcaster is nice and chunky on that!

[KOTR]

Here's another great album with a lot of Tele on it. Although not solely tele playing on this one, Rich Robinson's Tele is prominent.

[KOTR]

...........and lets not forget about Jim Weider. Big Foot is my favorite of his releases.

[The Nazz Are Blue]

A couple of my favourites when I think 'Tele':

[57HANK]

GIB 58 and TUBAMAN, I saw terry kath three times in the 60's as early as the transit athority days and never saw him use anything other than a tele....

[LoveBandit]

Yeah but you have to find an old Tele inhabited by evil spirits to get Buchanan's tone. I swear I've seen ghosts come out of his fretboard as those searing, weeping notes squeal out. Unreal.....

If you want that TWANG THANG, try anything by Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun (hattip: Mikey):

http://billkirchen.com/CrosstownArts...music/kirchen/
http://billkirchen.com/CrosstownArts.../html/cds.html

...start with the "Hot Rod Lincoln Live" CD. LB.

[57HANK]

plus 1 lovebandit, my comment is directed to historic accuracy. my personal fave's would include your picks plus danny gatton and early jeff beck. as a kid when i first heard the yardbirds with beck i wasn't sure that was a guitar!

[Strat62555]

My pick would be Danny Gatton's "The Humbler." (& it is)

A more recent pick would be Brad Paisley's 5th Gear.

Strat62555

[qblue]

For all the guitar geeks out there, look at the Born to Run cover, and you'll see a modified Esquire guitar, with an added neck pickup.

BTW: My favorite Telecaster recordings are with the axe attacks of Andy Summers, esp on RegattaDeBlanc. Also I'm a real fan of Prince, but I think that Honey Blonde "Tele" he uses is a knock-off.

[121064]

"These Days," Vince Gill.

[Power_13]

For all the guitar geeks out there, look at the Born to Run cover, and you'll see a modified Esquire guitar, with an added neck pickup.

On the Wings For Wheels DVD, I think Bruce says it's an Esquire neck on a Tele body...the body from the early 50s, the neck from the late.

[PG13]

All of 'em!

[Kap'n]

I gotta vote for Springsteen "Born in the USA (1984). Absolutely a masterpiece;resplendent with perfect Telecaster tones .I nearly weep when i take this album out and play it!

I dunno. Whether you like da boss or not, there's nothing about that album that says 'telecaster' to me, except the cover. The record would probably sound very much the same if Bruce played a P-90 goldtop, or a Kapa Continental, for that matter.

[duh] I thought you said Born to Run. BITUSA has even less tele-stuff on it, except maybe Cover Me. Lots of synths and bonehead cannon-snare, though.

[Bluestar]

+ Next

[sting7777]

Frostbite

[gillibi]

Cool.
I had no idea that used Gibsons and strats early on. That explains "Free Form Guitar".
Thanks.

Actually "Free Form Guitar" was recorded on a Strat. He alternated between either an SG or Les Paul Professional and a Strat until he put that Tele together.