Enmitygauged Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I got it last week but havent posted about it yet. Yes I had to go back to a Tele just love that sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampash Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Is that an American Special? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Teles are great.......Congrats C........ ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeterpicker Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Love the sound of a Tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I may have mentioned that once before or maybe more than once or maybe a zillion(!) times before but my next purchase is going to be a Tele. They are great. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff-7 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Grats! Hot looking tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyC Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Very Nice! Sometimes you just need that tele sound! Congrats it's beautiful enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enmitygauged Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 Is that an American Special? Yeah its an American Special with the TEXAS pickups. I tried the new American Standard ( I had one before) but found the pick ups were too bright and that whole cut away into the back of the body just felt weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS1976 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I can already hear "Brown Sugar" on that git-box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Sharp !!!! every player needs a Tele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzy Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Yeah its an American Special with the TEXAS pickups. I tried the new American Standard ( I had one before) but found the pick ups were too bright and that whole cut away into the back of the body just felt weird. Grats on the gorgeous new family member to your guitar family. What do the Texas pups sound like, then? I'm Texican so I would be one to get them just out of Texas pride. By less bright do you mean uhm....I got nothing. Sample track? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzoboy Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Congrats on having the good taste to buy a Tele,I always lusted for a tele since I proclaimed my love for them in my high school yearbook as being my number one weakness.In Christmas of 2005 my wife surprised me with my first Tele.There isn't a guitar around that can replicate the icepick sharp twang of a Tele.If you haven't tried it through your AC-15 yet,I can assure you that when you do it will be your amp of choice to use with your new Tele-they just sound deadly together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enmitygauged Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 Grats on the gorgeous new family member to your guitar family. What do the Texas pups sound like, then? I'm Texican so I would be one to get them just out of Texas pride. By less bright do you mean uhm....I got nothing. Sample track? The texas pick ups are dirtier still a custom shop pickup like the American standard now has but just dirtier listen to SRV his strat had strat texas pickups in it. thats pretty much the only guide I can give you. They play really well clean but add some gain and they get beastly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Nice!! A tele is like a good plumbers wrench,, you don't miss them till you need one. I've gone thru a few of them till I realized, while I wouldn't have it as my main battle axe, I had to have a nice one available. Izzy, About Texas specials, since I have a set in my strat, I can enlighten a bit. The Strat and Tele sets are entirely different animals, at least to my ears they are. The Tele version seem to get a lot more "love" than the strat set does. My personal taste only but to me, the STrat set are not a one size fits all set of pickups. You either love them, or you hate them, and depending on your mood that day, you could swing either way. Texas Specials afaik (someone else can maybe take this further) are over wound, so they have inherently more output that the standard formulas would. The front pickup tone is very usable, you get that "Pride and Joy" tone with a tube amp dialed in appropriately very easily. The middle position is also a good sounding pickup, but There is no hum cancel in the in between positions, and quite frankly those tones are not quite as sweet as I would like. Especially when you want the middle position from 3 to 5 (aka: the Skynnard & Clapton tone) IMHO, it just isn't there like my previous strats have had. The real issue to me is the bridge pickup, quite hot and very top end based, and when used with indiscretion on your amps tone settings, it can be unpleasant. In short, and IMHO these are an acquired taste. I've had them in my strat for a number of years now. I have been on and off again with changing them.. Just when I think I've decided to try something like the Fat 50s, I take the strat to practice and it pulls me back from the ledge, until the next time when I wake up and these are on the wrong side of the bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Very nice indeed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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