Tele - Ugly or Beautiful?

[warren0728]

i love my tele...i think it's been said a tele is the hardest guitar to play....not physically but it so raw that it exposes your every mistake (and i make a lot of them!)

my tele gets equal playing time with my gibson lp special.

here's mine....a mim 2005 agave blue standard (click for larger pics)

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[Tone E]

My 2 cents...

Teles are beautiful guitars. Like others have said: simplicity is the source of this beauty.
I have to say though, I dont like variations on the original design. Different pickup configurations, different bridges and rosewood fretboards all take something away it IMO.

Also, like I have said in the other thread, ugly for me is those disgusting, big, angular things like B.C. Rich, Washburn Dimebags, Gibson Explorers and the like.

[just strum]

Also, like I have said in the other thread, ugly for me is those disgusting, big, angular things like B.C. Rich, Washburn Dimebags, Gibson Explorers and the like.

I agree with Tone E about the guitars I'd class as UGLY -

I have to agree with that. I know there a lot of people that like them, but I'm a more traditional style.

I guess the hammer theory would apply to those too.