KVR Audio

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Thu Feb 05, 2026 3:40 pm

I guess they can't be purists.

Speaking of Deluxe's and Thinlines...I hate em sorry. I've got a buddy who has been sporting the same thinline since '77 with only a refret here and there. He's a great player but that guitar aint helping one bit.

Original Tele's had ceramic magnets so not that far off from P90's There have been plenty of variants through the years. I loved lace golds on my 90's strat and hated lace on my pine tele. But I also hate the tone on my pine tele regardless of pups. It's the freaking body wood.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Fri Feb 06, 2026 12:08 am

My Tele Deluxe is one of my failed projects. It's a no-name Japanese body that I stuck a Chandler neck on to, and it was awesome. Then I changed the Chandler to a Fender Reissue Tele Deluxe neck and it completely ruined it. Then, instead of changing it back to awesome, I decided I would take it completely apart and install Wide Range pickups, and when that failed even more spectacularly, the parts were scattered around by warehouse and storage units, never to find their way together again.

Moral of the story, obviously, is you don't change awesome.

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Fri Feb 06, 2026 2:45 am

Thanks. I'm seriously thinking of swapping the neck on my MIM Vintage modified. Granted it will play easier just cleaning up the fret edges.

I've had a mixed bag of results upgrading hardware on various guitars. I think the first one which was a Magnum LP copy swapping out the pups with SD's back in the 80's. That thing changed from day to night but the neck broke and I wanted a more expensive guitar so I left it behind.

I'm divided at this point. The altruist want's to make the most I have and not chase rainbows. Yet dreams of the pot of gold torment me. Different rig, other guitars.

subterfuge · Post by **subterfuge** » Fri Feb 06, 2026 12:47 pm

Country is not my thing, but Brad Paisleys modern, diverse approach is fine with me.

If jazzier side is ok, Mike Stern.

Bluesier, Robben Ford.

Winstontaneous · Post by **Winstontaneous** » Sat Feb 07, 2026 6:54 am

Great stuff, @subterfuge! Robben Ford is one of those players I haven't heard a whole lot of, but he blows me away every time! And most of what I'd heard in the past was him playing humbucker guitars like his Fender Esprit, he really rips on a Tele.

lfm · Post by **lfm** » Sat Feb 07, 2026 1:27 pm

An 20 yr old recording from tv, where I first really remembered a Tele performance that made an impression
- so simple and effective
- song Mary Mary 09:26 into video

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Sat Feb 07, 2026 3:04 pm

Well dang, had tickets to go see Marty Stuart tonight and I'm sure his Gene Parson's b bender tele would be there..but he slipped on ice earlier this week and fractured his wrist.

The Noodlist · Post by **The Noodlist** » Sun Mar 22, 2026 8:55 am

rp314 · Post by **rp314** » Mon Apr 06, 2026 6:23 pm

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Mon Apr 06, 2026 6:25 pm

Sweet drumming!

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Mon Apr 06, 2026 11:38 pm

rp314 wrote: Mon Apr 06, 2026 6:23 pm

-Joey DeFrancesco Probably the worlds most underrated organist.

rp314 · Post by **rp314** » Tue Apr 07, 2026 6:17 pm

lfm · Post by **lfm** » Wed Apr 08, 2026 9:11 am

- 03:40 starts playing

What Bukovac has in his back pocket is always worth listening to....

rp314 · Post by **rp314** » Tue Apr 14, 2026 7:45 pm

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Tue Apr 14, 2026 7:52 pm

Gorgeous!

Favorite Tele riffs, leads and songs