Last year about this time I decided to consolidate guitars - sell off some of the ones I didn't play and get one or two nicer ones. I sold a few and got an open box Strat and it was fine. But I've always been a Tele guy.

Last week, I noticed an open box Tele that would be the twin to my Strat, so I snapped it up. Bonus points because it was the heaviest one on Sweetwater.

I haven't put it down. I don't know what it is about these guitars but I just love them. 🥰

MJT Alder Body, All Parts Select Solid Rosewood VIN-Mod Neck, La Brea Pickups, 54 Custom Shop Strat Middle Pickup, Groove Master Saddles. This Is Going To Be A Great Travel Tele!

Fender neck plate
Fender bridge
Fender neck
Strat rhythm pickup
No idea who made/finished the body
Strung 11-54
Tuned to Eb
Trebly AF

Thanks for looking. More to come!

Warmoth Roasted Maple Neck: Wolfgang (asym), stainless steel frets, 10-16 compound, block inlays, Guyker locking tuners. Seymour Duncan Hot Tele Pickups. Guitar Fetish XGP contoured body, Wilkinson vintage style bridge, Fender tort pickguard.

Learned a lot and gained a newfound respect for guitar luthiers.

Just curious on which y'all think is the cooler case for a Tele? I'm leaning towards thermometer but the poodle is pretty slick too.

Hey guys—I’ve played a Strat plus with jumbo frets from 89 or 90 for most of my playing life. When I turned 50 my brothers bought me a 2019 Telecaster Deluxe with shawbuckers with rosewood fingerboard and more modern narrow tall frets. However, I really miss the feel of my Strat and want single coils back in my life and jumbo frets. I also prefer a maple neck. Is there a place to swap teles? I’m considering selling it but would truly be happy with a trade too but not sure where to even look. Any advice greatly appreciated. It’s a gorgeous guitar and in mint condition. TIA

Threw in the better part of my partscaster in there. Electric candy shop neck, Novak telecajones bridge, 4 way series/parallel switch, truetone input, locking tuners, butterscotch pick guard crime. More to come. My vegatrem didn't fit so maybe bigsby?

Poor thing

I bought a brand-new MIM Telecaster in 2020. I had it set up at a guitar shop in 2021, and they also put on a fresh set of strings. Man, that guitar sounded so good!

Fast forward to recently: after barely playing for the past five years, I decided to pick it up again and change the strings.

I went with Ernie Ball Turbo Slinkys, but I’m really not digging the sound, especially on the lower strings. They sound way too metallic and harsh, and it’s even worse when I plug into my amp.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the strings themselves; they’re just not my thing.

I’m more of a blues guy, and I prefer a warmer, rounder, creamier tone rather than something bright and harsh.

So, what strings would you recommend for a Telecaster used mainly for blues, blues rock, and classic rock?

What would you put on your own Tele?

NB: I made IA translate for me, not because I can’t understand, I just can’t write a long text in English

New acquisition!

Hi, can anyone in here tell me these specs for the Fender Player II Telecaster neck and bridge pickups? I'd like to avoid removing the strings and taking the pickups out of my guitar just to measure everything myself.

I'm planning to add a Squier Affinity Telecaster neck pickup in the middle position, while keeping both original Player II pickups. I want to experiment with different switching options, including series/parallel combinations and possibly out-of-phase wiring.

I'm looking for as much technical information as possible:

1. DC resistance (DCR) in kΩ for both neck and bridge pickups.
2. Inductance in Henries (H), if known.
3. Magnetic polarity of each pickup (north or south up).
4. Electrical winding direction (clockwise or counterclockwise), if known.
5. Electrical phase/polarity — the voltage polarity produced when a steel object is moved away from the pickup poles, with the red probe on the hot wire and the black probe on ground.
6. Pickup wire colours and which wire is hot, ground, and connected to any metal cover or baseplate.
7. Whether the neck pickup's metal cover is separately grounded or connected to the coil ground.
8. Magnet type (Alnico grade, if known).
9. Magnet wire gauge and insulation type, if known.
10. Coil winding specifications, including number of turns, if available.
11. Any other technical specs or measurements that might help determine compatibility with an additional middle pickup.

Official Fender documentation, service manuals, teardown photos, or measurements from someone who owns these pickups would all be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

This is my 1999 Nashville Tele. It has the 5 way selector switch. I would like to be able to select the bridge/neck pickups. I’m considering adding a push pull tone pot to achieve this. Has anyone done this? Looking to avoid pitfalls as I am a novice.

Hope this counts as a Tele despite the missing headstock lol. This is a thing of beauty, the finish is a lot darker than it looked on the website and I am in love!

Overall I am very happy with it and it's a lot of fun to play on the compound radius fretboard. Though the tuners could be easier to turn imo.

Sounds just like a Tele, but a bit on the thinner side. The cavities are properly shielded and I was pleasantly surprised to find a treble bleed installed right from the factory.

Setup wise, I threw my go-to 10-52 strings on and went through the usual steps. The nutslot for the g string is a bit high, but workable. The high e had a few buzzing frets between 2 and 6, but a bit more neck relief took them right out. Didn't have to do a thing to the intonation, it was spot on right away.

The only real issues are slight fret sprout (not skin-cutting, but definitely noticeable) and one of the saddle height adjustment screws being stripped, despite having used the allen key that came with it.

I picked this up a couple days ago used from Guitar Center for $638 out the door. It is literally unplayed in like new condition. I put a new set of 9-42 NYXL’s on it and it plays and sounds great.

The pickups are Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates in the bridge and SD 59 for the neck pickup.

Thinking about a small mod to my white blonde squier cv (p90 to the neck) and i need a new pickguard, i find these funky, but i like them, what do you think?

I bolted all the parts together on this MJT body, all-parts FAT neck, Emerson wiring harness and David Allen Cheetah Pickups.

I’m thinking of buying this used Fender Telecaster from Guitar Center. I don’t know a whole lot about Fenders or Telecasters, so I was hoping some of you more knowledgeable folks here could help me out.

When I looked up the serial number on Fender’s website, it came back as a 2015 American Standard Telecaster as Body - Ash and Color - Natural.

But, GC listed it as Butterscotch Blonde, and it definitely looks more yellow-orange in person than the Natural Ash shown on Fender’s website. I’m wondering if whoever took it in on trade simply entered the wrong color.

I also noticed the pickups were swapped for Seymour Duncans, which doesn’t really bother me. I’m more concerned about whether the neck and body are original. Like if this is a partscaster 😅

Does the finish look original to you, or could it have been refinished? Does anything about the neck or body look off?

Also, assuming everything checks out, what would you consider a fair price for one of these with the pickup modifications and a Fender wooden hardshell case?

I’d really appreciate any insight or advice.

Thanks in advance!

“IZ-US” by Aphex Twin

- is that it has me infatuated with Telecasters at the moment. As a guy that’s been almost purely humbucker and hated the glassy sound of strats, I’m shocked at the range this $150 guitar has. I might have to look into a used mim fender at some point.

Looking for a set of authentic madcat pickups, well ones that look like them and a good replica scratchplate all help is appreciated

I got this beaten up tele from old warehouse. these saddle looks fairly good in term of condition but i want to swap it to blocky modern one for looks. Does it need to be an offset type cuz this one doesnt seem like it use normal saddles