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I have always loved the sound of Telecasters. Just got a couple of mine out for the first time in too long. Tonight I'm trying a couple simple stock combos to try to get as close to some of the classic sounds from country, funk, soul and rock. I'm trying an early Mesa Studio (pre-Studio .22) 1 x 12 and a Tweed Fender Blues Deville 4 x 10. Any of you all play Telecasters? Any advice on other simple amps and/or setting to make the Tele sound like it should?
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Try a '59 Bassman reissue as far as an amp. as for amp settings on any amp to get that tele twang drop the bass to almost nothing 2 or so bring up the mids to maybe at 6 or so. crank the treble and use very little presence. That'll keep things bright and twangy."Now we gotta make the best of it, improvise, adapt to the environment, Darwin, shit happens, I Ching, whatever man, we gotta roll with it." Vincent -
99 black MIM Tele here, pawn prize $100.00
Last month I stripped the finish with a heat gun, did a strat-style belly cut and armcut on the bandsaw, then picked up a Stetsbro trem for it.
I got a '68 lead pickup and bridge for it, then picked up a Stetsbro trem for it instead with a zebra PAF from an ES-175(?) some shit.. output is a nice 8.1K.
What I liked about it most was price, good tuners and nice stock chromey bridge.
What I didn't like was having to rebuild the thing completely - the necks' like a baseball bat and needs a shave.. also paint was too thick and I hated the radiuses. I expect a Tele to have the sharp edges and its a shame I had to strip it down to get it back to the proper edges... the bowling-ball finish just was so thick the edges' radius grew to like 5/16" and the original 50s thru early 70s had 1/8" radiuses.
I'm planning on doing an antique pink paisley from an old roll of wallpaper. I have enough to do dozens of tops and backs if I wanted..
I'm using my most-used amp with it, Gallien-Kruegar GK250-ML Microlead Stereo with the stock 2x12 cab and although it's piercing twang is not beset by the EQ or solid-state output, I have a wah and an FET preamp with a tube-based treble booster to warm things up for it.
For the record, the stock Made In Mexico pickups come from China and they are horrible.Comment
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Telecasters sound wonderful through a Fender Champ.
Fender '57 Champ Reissue Combo Amp MINT, NO RESERVE! - eBay (item 250572967030 end time Feb-07-10 15:06:42 PST)No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!Comment
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I have one of these. Run it through a clean power amp (I use a Carvin DCM 1000) and a good speaker cab and they sound wonderful.
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Coolest Tele amp, though I don't own one would be original Fender Twin.Comment
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Go with a Fender Deville. Great tone...
Is there such a thing as over-replying? Christ he just rambles and rambles. Seems like GARfail's been on the receiving end of one too many donkey punches...
Yeah, maybe if you're playing in a Beach Boys cover band...
My fav. Tele tone is with a Marshall...
Trolls take heed...
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This thread ultimately develops the question "what best speaker" for a Telecaster.. and having owned an original 61 Bassman must say: the ceramic-mag Oxford that came stock is one shitty speaker.
They turn rubbery when you go past 4 in a 2x12 configuration, using the stock Bassman which might be 22 watts.
I don't like ceramic magnet Oxfords OR CTS's. I like the alnico's though.Comment
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Funny, I never wanted a Tele. But my Fender Lead II has a pair of single coil EMGs in it, and it's tone is so Tele-snarly it sounds like a rabid wolverine.
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THE classic Tele setup is as follows;
Telecaster, Fender Tweed Deluxe.
None more awesome. You can even throw a TS-9 in between in case you want to rock it up a bit. And don't forget the reverb. If you are going with what you've got use the Blues Deville. I have one of them too, and it will deliver a real close approximation to the classic F clean tone, should do you just right for your telecastonation.Last edited by jackassrock; 02-02-2010, 11:03 AM.It's a shame that families should be torn apart by something as simple as....wild dogsComment
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I would tend to agree.
My best friend had an early Tweed Twin that must have been a one off. It was a mid-50s amp, all stock parts from the factory, but it had differences that set it aside from all other production-model tweed Twins.
Anyway, he also had an early 70s Tele, and man...that was the ultimate.
Being an old Twin, you could turn that sucker up and it would ROAR.Comment
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