Tele = Versatility
Last night I played the Tele for 2 hours straight. Played everything I knew how to play from Country, Blues, Rock and Metal. I don't know any Jazz but I'm sure it can be done. Anywho I think you can pretty much nail about any tone you want using a Tele. Country, Blues and Rock are kinda a moot point but Metal and Jazz? Well for metal I simply put the Bad Monkey in front of the already overdriven channel on my amp and add the maximum amount of low tone and rolled back the tone knob on the guitar about halfway, eliminating the bright highs off the bridge pup and guess what...instant 'humbucker' tones. Ballsy and ready to slay. A good 'humbucker' simulation once the tone knob is rolled back halfway. Even though I don't play much metal like I used to in the '80s I was easily convinced of some tasty metal tones the Tele was producing with the way I had it set up on the pedal and amp. If I wanted to go back to Blues or Country all I had to do was turn the pedal off and there I was. Just turned the tone knob back up and adjusted the guitar volume again. And I believe that the Tele produces very round warm yet airy Jazz like tones off the neck with the tone knob rolled off completely.
Since this is my first ever Telecaster I felt compelled to write about this experience. I'm sure many of you already know how versatile a Tele really is. I've come to the light!
Last edited by tone2thebone; September 20th, 2006 at 08:42 AM.
Guitars/Bass - MIM Fender Classic 50s Strat, MIM Fender Standard Strat, Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Epi '56 Gold Top Les Paul, Martin DSR acoustic, Sigma Martin Auditorium electric/acoustic, Squier Jazz Bass.
Amps/Cabinets/Modelers - Model 2558 50 watt Marshall Silver Anniversary Jubilee combo w/ Celestion Vintage 30s, 4x12 Marshall cabinet w/25 watt Greenback Celestions, Fender Blues Junior w/ a couple of Billm mods, Line 6 POD 2.0, Roland Micro Cube
Pedals/Effects - Cry Baby Classic Wah, Boss TU-2, Boss NS-2, Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Ross Compressor, MXR Micro Amp, Danelectro FAB Echo, Danelectro FAB Chorus, Danelectro Chicken Salad, Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Marshall Echohead, Duhvoodooman's Zonkin' Yellow Screamer, Digitech Digiverb, Digitech Bad Monkey, Dunlop Fuzz Face, Homemade Loop Bypass pedal, Duhvoodooman's Sonic Tonic (Maxon SD-9 clone +), Voodoo Labs Superfuzz