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Really it was only a 'Tele' in terms of its silhouette it was essentially a modern LP spec. None of this was inspired by anything specific, I just wanted to fill some holes in my collection and the Thinline's original form had become redundant.įifth was a carved top LP-esque. Using active single coils meant they kept up with the humbuckers in my other guitars without a difference in volume, while the black limba and rosewood stopped anything getting shrill, which is what I'd ditched my first Tele over. I also swapped the hybrid humbuckers for another set of active single coils, as by that point I'd acquired several other semi-hollow guitars with humbuckers, so getting something hollow with a single coil tone again made sense for variety. It was still all white & black, just fixing the things about the first build that I hadn't been happy with.įourth Tele was a remake of the Thinline one I got bored of the tone and the neck, so I got a new neck made from one solid piece of rosewood, a Jazzmaster headstock shape, and 24.75" conversion scale.
TELE SINGLE COIL VS HUMBUCKER FULL
I simply fancied having a 'redo' of the first Tele I'd put together, but now knowing I didn't like the full brightness of a standard Tele (or 25.5" scale), the smoother sound of active single coils and a slinkier scale length fit the bill. Third was a regular Tele but 24.75" scale and with active single coils. I wanted something warmer, so black limba wood and hybrid humbuckers were the way to go. Inspiration for this one was simply a picture of Kate Voegele holding a regular blonde '69 Thinline made me love the sweeping pickguard, but I knew I wouldn't like the tone of a regular 'vintage' build. First it had a single coil-sized humbucker in the bridge and a custom humbucker in the neck which was built as two Strat pickups put together. Second was a black limba Thinline, rear-routed but then 'custom' (read: me with a hand dremel) routed to take a '69-style pickguard on top. (A couple of years later Jim Root ripped off my 'look'.) No particular inspiration for this one I just wanted a very 'clean' look, but sound-wise and feel-wise it was as standard as you could get, as at that point I'd never had a regular Telecaster before. Wired with a 4-Way switch and a push/pull as follows:Īnd still I have itches to be scratched! A B16 Esquire and a WRHB Deluxe are always whispering in my ear.įirst Tele I put together was a mostly-standard spec, but the neck pickup was uncovered and it had an ebony fretboard with no inlays.
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Tele Single coil bridge, Tele single coil neck/middle Wired with 500k pots and a 470k parallel resistor on the bridge pickup for 250k-ish tone. I have 4 Teles, each one more wonderfuller and beautifuller than all the others. In search of Tele ideas? We're here to help.