Telecaster tone hunt

[ViperDoc]

Who's getting great telecaster tones out there and with what? I need some chime.

 

[elvis]

Any telecaster, any amp

I like to get both rock and chime, with some twang, but more rock tone. I had a Fender tele with SCN pups that worked well both clean and dirty. I am using an ASAT classic now with David Allen Hot Vintage pups that is very nice clean and dirty. I tried Colt 51s and they were amazing clean, but got really muddy with any overdrive at all.

 

[Michael_DK]

Which part of the telecaster tone are you after - neck, bridge or in-between?

 

[Felipe]

Custom 24, outside coils, best way to get middle position Tele tones.

 

[andy474x]

My S2 Satin 22 is surprisingly twangy on the bridge and single coil-y on the neck. My Mira X was even more so, before I traded it.

 

[xjbebop]

"Any telecaster, any amp "
This...

But if you want a PRS approximation, a DGT in split mode gets in the ballpark. The 513 is way more stratty...
The Vela is another that gets near the ballpark, but just not the same thing...

*edit- fwiw- Mrs. Bebop bought me a sub $500 ( + 20% off of that... ) Squire 72 thinline for xmas that's absolutely incredible!! Just sayin' it's good to keep an open mind, and every guitar player should own at least one actual Tele...

 

[CatStrangler]

I've certainly heard some great clips of 408s with stoptails that are very much in the ballpark.

 

[garrett]

The Paul's bridge split was very good. Bet it would be great on the Brent Mason.

I love the bridge split on my 594. Very twangy, but not too bright.

Regardless of guitar, it helps to pick close to the bridge. You can get a great twangy country tone out of any of the above, but if you really want to nail That Sound, nothing but the real thing will do.

 

[elvis]

I also have an Anderson Mongrel (tele body, humbuckers that split) with a swamp ash body and maple neck. You really need the right materials to get that tone. Split, the Anderson sounds almost indistinguishable from a classic tele.

I think you'd have to get an ash/maple PRS with coil split to get tele tones. A recent GOM has that going on, I think a 594 SC.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

 

[Felipe]

That's hard to beat.

 

[bodia]

Where you been hiding that? I don't think I've seen it before.

 

[dkilpatrick]

Niiiiice

 

[ViperDoc]

Dude, you should name that sword "TELEXCALIBUR"!!!!!!!!!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Where you been hiding that? I don't think I've seen it before.

It doesn't get a ton of play-time since it's a 22 but, it's my "Tele".

It was my heartbreak guitar and the first Design On A Dimebag guitar. Hans, Bill (rugerpc), John Beef, SevenMike7, Eric (egads), Shawn, and the PTC all chipped in to make a legendary (to me) instrument.

 

[RedGuitars]

Dibs!

 

[Michael_DK]

The Paul's bridge split was very good. Bet it would be great on the Brent Mason.

I have recently tried to decide whether to sell my tele or my Brent Mason. In the end I think I'll keep them both, because they're actually quite different.

 

[ViperDoc]

Mo

Which part of the telecaster tone are you after - neck, bridge or in-between?

Mostly neck, but I'm interested in the whole enchilada. I'm needing some spankage, some down dirty American twangle. Maybe even some thwackage. Is lipstick the only way to get there?

 

[ViperDoc]

I have recently tried to decide whether to sell my tele or my Brent Mason. In the end I think I'll keep them both, because they're actually quite different.

I get more P90 soul from a narrow 408, and I love the 408s to death. But it won't make your lips red like lipstick. Is there no other way?

 

[xjbebop]

After spending some time with my Vela earlier and thinking about this post, I've got to vote VELA more strongly... actually gets pretty close...