Photo of "The Tele" (imaginative name?)

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11-10-2016, 04:38 PM
ch willie

Photo of "The Tele" (imaginative name?)

2011 AmStd with Nocasters. I know the pickguard is busy and a bit kitsch, but I've grown to like it. I am going to return it to it's original pickguard as soon as I get a moment.

Gotta use a tripod for the next pics. Sorry for the blurriness.

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s...psaomktlje.jpg
11-11-2016, 04:56 AM
chuckocaster

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I think it looks great! But, I put a Tort guard on my red J bass... Take that for what it's worth. LOL
11-11-2016, 05:40 AM
melody

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As long as it's not browneye...lol:salud:
11-11-2016, 06:46 AM
ch willie

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Ha ha ha Melody. I guess this one I take too seriously. I ought to call it Chunky. Through the Marshall, it's got a good air-pushing chunk to it.
11-11-2016, 06:47 AM
ch willie

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Originally Posted by chuckocaster

I think it looks great! But, I put a Tort guard on my red J bass... Take that for what it's worth. LOL

I like tort and black pickguards on red guitars. The most beautiiful Tele I ever saw was Transparent Crimson with a black pickguard and a rosewood fretboard. I've wanted one in lefty, but I'll probably have to do a warmoth build.
11-11-2016, 07:59 AM
OldStrummer

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The combination of tortoise shell pickguard, gold hardware and white ash were the primary reason I shelled out the $$$ to acquire a Magnificent Seven Tele:

https://reverb-res.cloudinary.com/im...stvyfwe92h.jpg
11-11-2016, 12:34 PM
ch willie

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Oooh OS that is so excellent looking! Dang, now I have another color combo I want...
11-15-2016, 10:53 AM
El Gringo

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Pickguard looks cool to me
11-15-2016, 04:59 PM
renderit

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All of these are very nice. And I used to hate the Tele look. I guess with age I'm becoming an old softy...
11-15-2016, 06:30 PM
ch willie

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Originally Posted by renderit

All of these are very nice. And I used to hate the Tele look. I guess with age I'm becoming an old softy...

Yeah, I grew up in Nashville, thinking the Tele was a hick guitar. Hated the looks. Then a small bit of the stupid seeped out of my brain...
11-16-2016, 06:21 AM
renderit

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Originally Posted by ch willie

Yeah, I grew up in Nashville, thinking the Tele was a hick guitar. Hated the looks. Then a small bit of the stupid seeped out of my brain...

Very much the same. I thought them very "one dimensional country naar-naar music machines" at the time. I am still an idiot, but not the worser idiot I used to be...
11-26-2016, 09:23 AM
ch willie

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I've reinstalled the white pickguard, and it tones it down quite a bit. The tort was fun and loud, but there's a quiet dignity to the sunburst guitar / white-ish pickguard combination.

BTW, I toyed with selling my Blizzard Pearl Strat, but at the end of the day, I just couldn't do it. So I've decided to keep it, and I may remove the silver / chrome appointments and get a white pickguard for it. Have to think about that one.

In the meantime...

https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5797/3...01a86724_b.jpg 15230573_10211205018658964_3709923045925070183_n by William Northcutt, on Flickr
11-02-2018, 11:13 AM
El Gringo

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It was because of Keith Richards that I purchased telecasters . First in 1993 I ordered the Fender USA 52 reissue Telecaster then in 2016 I purchased a Fender Custom Shop one off Rosewood Telecaster Masterbuilt for me .
11-02-2018, 11:21 AM
gibsonjunkie

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A few years ago I went to a local music store to buy a digital recorder for my birthday and this AM Std tele was hanging on the wall mocking me. It looked so beautiful hanging there calling "Take me home"... I love natural wood finishes on guitars.

I did...

https://scontent.fzty1-2.fna.fbcdn.n...3d&oe=5C3D38CB
11-03-2018, 03:25 PM
S. Cane

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I love Teles. If I hadn’t come across the Rickenbacker, I’d have got myself one. Next acquisition, maybe.
11-03-2018, 05:49 PM
ch willie

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Originally Posted by Sérgio

I love Teles. If I hadn’t come across the Rickenbacker, I’d have got myself one. Next acquisition, maybe.

My next will be a Ric.

I was a Strat guy, but the Tele is my main guitar now. If you found the right model, Sergio, you’d get what it’s about.