GuyR Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 (edited) Any excuse to post an image of my 66 Tele Edited August 18, 2018 by GuyR 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Hi Guy, either drag and drop the image into the editor or put the correct 'img tags' around the pic - I'll edit it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Go on then. 2017 Baja and a 2000ish Thinline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 (edited) My heavily modded Squier 50s Tele. Edited August 19, 2018 by ezbass 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwater Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 (edited) I have a couple currently, a 2004 Fender Japan 62 Reissue and a heavily modified Fenix copy (photo is from about 10 years ago - I've replaced the bridge since then). In the past I owned a JD signature model and Francis Rossi Signature model (wish I hadn't sold that!). I do have plans to build a Rick Parfitt replica as well. Andy Edited August 19, 2018 by backwater 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 My old trusty 77 Tele, much missed. Seen with my old 1956 and 1957 Champ amps. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kebabkid Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 It's a Suhr Alt T Pro, so a Tele of sorts and very versatile and a recent acquisition 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 My Rob Williams custom set-neck. Made for me by Rob in 2013. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 20 minutes ago, leftybassman392 said: My Rob Williams custom set-neck. Made for me by Rob in 2013. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Rob Williams makes some incredible guitars. I used to have one of his CSM strats. Really nice guy too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Just a standard Squier from me. I got it to go mad with modifying it but I've changed my mind so either nothing, or a refin to natural, depending on what the body wood looks like under the paint. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 I replaced the body on my CV again, as I fancied a more classic look and I’ve always been a sucker for a bound body. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardMarlowe Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 On 22/02/2020 at 08:31, ezbass said: I replaced the body on my CV again, as I fancied a more classic look and I’ve always been a sucker for a bound body. How much of this is oiginal - just the neck? Looks great. My current "wants list" has a 50s CV Tele on it because I want to rewire it as a Broadcaster. If I could manage another, I'd be consdering rewiring it as an Esquier. Always thought it a shame Squier don't do a Squier Esquier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 5 hours ago, EdwardMarlowe said: How much of this is oiginal - just the neck? Looks great. My current "wants list" has a 50s CV Tele on it because I want to rewire it as a Broadcaster. If I could manage another, I'd be consdering rewiring it as an Esquier. Always thought it a shame Squier don't do a Squier Esquier. Neck, tuners, neck plate, scratchplate, control plate, knobs and pots. I still have the original pickups in a drawer, they were really not bad in the slightest, but the DiMarzios are a massive upgrade. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwater Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 22 hours ago, EdwardMarlowe said: If I could manage another, I'd be consdering rewiring it as an Esquier. Always thought it a shame Squier don't do a Squier Esquier. Squier did an esquire earlier this year : https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/squier-ltd-edition-cv-50s-esquire-butterscotch-blonde Gets good reviews - I thought about it but I've already got two telecasters set up as esquires. Andy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 1 hour ago, backwater said: Squier did an esquire earlier this year : https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/squier-ltd-edition-cv-50s-esquire-butterscotch-blonde Gets good reviews - I thought about it but I've already got two telecasters set up as esquires. Andy Looks nice, but no lefties sadly. Ho hum... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardMarlowe Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 On 28/08/2020 at 15:30, ezbass said: Neck, tuners, neck plate, scratchplate, control plate, knobs and pots. I still have the original pickups in a drawer, they were really not bad in the slightest, but the DiMarzios are a massive upgrade. Thanks, sounds cool. Next time I change pickups on anything, I'm very tempted to go over to the GFS Kwik-plug system, give the option of switching between a couple of options. On 29/08/2020 at 08:32, backwater said: Squier did an esquire earlier this year : https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/squier-ltd-edition-cv-50s-esquire-butterscotch-blonde Gets good reviews - I thought about it but I've already got two telecasters set up as esquires. Andy Oh! Lovely, but.... On 29/08/2020 at 09:54, leftybassman392 said: Looks nice, but no lefties sadly. Ho hum... Yeah, same issue for me. Ironically, thisl ooks like the same price as the CV50s Tele, so buying a used one of them and converting seems the closest option. I looked at the MIM version a few years ago ,but same issue - no lefties. Always seems a shame to me Fender don't make more of the Esquier. For a player looking forf something really stripped down, it's arguably evne more utilitarian than an LP Junior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy67 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) Does anyone have an affinity tele with a string through body? Edited June 25, 2021 by andy67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardMarlowe Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 19/08/2018 at 07:58, backwater said: I have a couple currently, a 2004 Fender Japan 62 Reissue and a heavily modified Fenix copy (photo is from about 10 years ago - I've replaced the bridge since then). In the past I owned a JD signature model and Francis Rossi Signature model (wish I hadn't sold that!). I do have plans to build a Rick Parfitt replica as well. Andy Was your Francis Rossi a Fender model? I remember back in the days when Tanglewood were known as a budget guitar company and did more electrics as well, they did a Quomaster model which was an officially recognised nod to Rossi's green Tele. I've seen 'em selling used since with both a Tele style headstock and something vaguely Strat shaped that end. (Also seen used one in a burst, bound body that apparently came from the same series). Supposed to be well worth picking up if you find one, though I've seen them sell for anywhere from £100 to £275; I think they were just sub £200 originally. TW of course now have moved almost entirely in the direction of acoustics, and have everything from budget to fairly high end (production) guitars there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardMarlowe Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 22/02/2020 at 07:26, Si600 said: Just a standard Squier from me. I got it to go mad with modifying it but I've changed my mind so either nothing, or a refin to natural, depending on what the body wood looks like under the paint. On 25/06/2021 at 12:25, andy67 said: Does anyone have an affinity tele with a string through body? No direct experience myself, but I had a friend had one years ago. After a couple of what were then considered beginner guitars (a bolt on Epi LP 100, swapped for a Vintage (as in JHS, not age) SG which was an outstanding guitar, laughably good for what they go for, he went looking for a Tele. (Clapton fan, worked backward from Cream...). He tried a few in the shop, from MIM through the Squiers and ended up with an Affinity in blonde. Lovely guitar, genuinely good, all questions of money aside. My experience of that end of Squier is that the Teles tend to be the sleepers. Less to go wring than on a Strat, plus the budget isn't being stretched to as much body shaping, a third pickup, a trem, and so on, so the money 'goes further'. You do get the occasional sharp fret and such; I think the trick is to try as many as possible and you'll find a good one that way. (Not that I've ever played one that was horribly bad, but as with anything at that end of the market QC isn't quite as strict as it would be spending five times the amount.) Being as Joe Strummer's birthday was over the weekend (in a just world, he'd have been sixty-nine this year, and Van Morrison would have rfotted away to nothing by now).... Joe's number one: The rust is apparently from it being inadvertently left in his barn for a few months after Joes died so suddenly. Less well know, Joe's #3 Tele in the Clash days: And Joe's #2, a white Esquier: Fender have recently done a Custom Shop version of this one: A snip at fourteen GRAND. Which seems a bit odd... I've seen it get razored for that online, but given the money is going either to Joe's family or Strummerville, why not do an LE run if there are those who can afford it... All done and said, it wouldn't be hard to do a partsocaster version, which is probably more in Joe's spirit anyhow. Fun thing I noticed was they've ditched the Cuba sticker, guess that didn't sit easy with the American capitalists making this one. I think even Joe would have had a wry chuckle at that. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardMarlowe Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Lastly, a couple of shots of my own Tele. Of all the guitars I own, this is the one that found me rather than me going looking for it. Although in many ways I still think of myself as a Strat man, this is the guitar I'd life on the way out of a burning building. (Then I recall Rory Gallagher's number one was not the famous Strat but a Tele as well. Maybe it's an Irish thing...) This is a 71RI Crafted in Japan Fender Telecaster that I bought new in 2006 (photos from around then; it has since developed a bit of a gouge in the cutaway that I may or may not have touched-up eventually, can't fully decide). Got that big, but clear, punk rock sound like Steve Jones' 'Bollocks' 72 LP Custom that I tried to find in a Gibson LP style for years (but they all sounded like mud in my hands). I can see two more Teles in my future... when time / money allow, I'm keen on a pair of Squier CV 50s Teles, one to be rewired as a Broadcaster, one as an Esquier. For the latter, I *might* instead pick up a good Squier Affinity Tele, and switch out the bridge and pup... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Need to either do more relic work on this or get a new body. Korean (plywood) Squier I bought in the '80s after my Hohner Strat was pinched. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwater Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 On 23/08/2021 at 09:49, EdwardMarlowe said: Was your Francis Rossi a Fender model? I remember back in the days when Tanglewood were known as a budget guitar company and did more electrics as well, they did a Quomaster model which was an officially recognised nod to Rossi's green Tele. I've seen 'em selling used since with both a Tele style headstock and something vaguely Strat shaped that end. (Also seen used one in a burst, bound body that apparently came from the same series). Supposed to be well worth picking up if you find one, though I've seen them sell for anywhere from £100 to £275; I think they were just sub £200 originally. TW of course now have moved almost entirely in the direction of acoustics, and have everything from budget to fairly high end (production) guitars there. Sorry, Missed your reply. Yes, mine was a Fender one. It looked like Rossi's guitar from a distance but the accuracy was low - front was satin green paint rather than stained, back was gloss black, "lace" pickups were basic strat pickups with no holes in the cover, bridge was OK but nowhere near the G&L. I got a good discount on it due to a big chip in the finish but didnt bond with it. I remember playing the tanglewood Quomasters when they were still available new, they were good guitars. Never owned one though. There was a Parfitt styled one as well. Andy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Just got this MIM Fender Classic 50’s Very pleased - as with basses - classic series (now vintera) always pleases 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Welcome @gareth Nice Tele. That buttercream and maple colour scheme is floating my boat at the moment (albeit for a P bass). 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
