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CrazyAces Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4052 Nashville, TN.	Posted on Jan 02 2013 02:36 PM That's very cool Tubeswell. — http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic http://www.youtube.com/user/crazyacesrock http://www.reverbnation.com/crazyacesmusic Top
togergo Joined: Jan 23, 2012 Posts: 282 Budapest	Posted on Jan 03 2013 09:30 AM Did anybody use telecaster with jazzmaster neck pu? record something maybe? I'm curious about this setup, to use surf / instro — original compositions (low-level demo stuff /out of tune, etc) myStuff not my best, but i don't like to be in a musician community without anything to show Top
CrashHardtop Joined: Jun 14, 2012 Posts: 151 Meridian, Idaho	Posted on Jan 03 2013 02:31 PM Just curious...since most Teles employ through-body stringing, how does changing to a Bigsby or other tremolo unit affect the sustain and tone? Does it make the guitar less Tele-y or is the difference fairly negligible? — More cowbell?? Nah...More Reverb!! Top
togergo Joined: Jan 23, 2012 Posts: 282 Budapest	Posted on Jan 03 2013 02:51 PM CrashHardtop wrote: Just curious...since most Teles employ through-body stringing, how does changing to a Bigsby or other tremolo unit affect the sustain and tone? Does it make the guitar less Tele-y or is the difference fairly negligible? Maybe here is the answer (but I'm not shure, that it's the through-body stuff) — original compositions (low-level demo stuff /out of tune, etc) myStuff not my best, but i don't like to be in a musician community without anything to show Last edited: Jan 03, 2013 14:53:08 Top
Surf_Skater Joined: Sep 06, 2012 Posts: 1299 Lawrenceville , GA	Posted on Jan 03 2013 02:55 PM Tele-y ? Top
CrazyAces Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4052 Nashville, TN.	Posted on Jan 03 2013 02:57 PM CrashHardtop, When you transition from string through to top mount on a Tele (or most guitars for that matter) you can expect a bit more top end, slightly more "open" and "lively" sound. You will most likely lose a little bit of sustain but this is relative to which tremolo or Bigsby is used, what type of bridge, string angle etc. — http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic http://www.youtube.com/user/crazyacesrock http://www.reverbnation.com/crazyacesmusic Top
CrashHardtop Joined: Jun 14, 2012 Posts: 151 Meridian, Idaho	Posted on Jan 03 2013 03:45 PM Yeah, Tele-y made sense (to me) when I wrote it but in retrospect...oh, well, what's done is done. Thanks for the info CrazyAces--that's just what I was wondering. — More cowbell?? Nah...More Reverb!! Top
CrazyAces Joined: Jul 31, 2012 Posts: 4052 Nashville, TN.	Posted on Jan 03 2013 03:51 PM CrashHardtop, Your more than welcome. I've actually done a lot of research and testing in this specific area so I'm happy to pass my findings along. — http://www.facebook.com/CrazyAcesMusic http://www.youtube.com/user/crazyacesrock http://www.reverbnation.com/crazyacesmusic Top
Brendan Joined: Jul 06, 2006 Posts: 35	Posted on Jan 14 2013 07:28 PM I was inspired to make this one while hanging out at an old Tele forum that no longer exists. It had started off as a different design using DeArmond 2K pups, but veered to this direction somehow. The Allparts neck was uninspiring and I grew tired of looking at it, so I dismembered it. This one wasn't planned at all. I just realized I had the parts and slapped it together. I think I have $100 into it. The tele saddles work great with the Bigsby. It stays in tune. Last edited: Jan 14, 2013 19:32:43 Top
tubeswell Joined: Sep 24, 2011 Posts: 1424 Wellington, NZ	Posted on Jan 14 2013 07:42 PM Funnily enough I found this while looking for surf drum loops for garbageband Sounds kinda surfish if you believe the recording was actually played on the tele (which I have no real reason to doubt, other than the guy is sitting at the beach and the tele doesn't appear to be plugged in - and where was he getting the vibrato dips? ). Surfish Tele — He who dies with the most tubes... wins Surf Daddies Last edited: Jan 14, 2013 19:46:34 Top
togergo Joined: Jan 23, 2012 Posts: 282 Budapest	Posted on Mar 08 2013 02:32 PM That's my plan too JM neck, tele bridge — original compositions (low-level demo stuff /out of tune, etc) myStuff not my best, but i don't like to be in a musician community without anything to show Top
tubeswell Joined: Sep 24, 2011 Posts: 1424 Wellington, NZ	Posted on Mar 08 2013 04:37 PM togergo wrote: That's my plan too JM neck, tele bridge Cool! 8-) — He who dies with the most tubes... wins Surf Daddies Top
Jetpack Joined: May 28, 2008 Posts: 333 Los Angeles	Posted on Mar 08 2013 04:52 PM Anyone try the Squier Tele that comes with a JM neck and I mean JM neck and not just the JM neck pickup... which it also has? $299. Someone must have grabbed one. — www.jetpackband.com https://www.facebook.com/JetpackTheBand Last edited: Mar 08, 2013 16:54:57 Top
GaryJ Joined: Feb 15, 2013 Posts: 56 District of Chicanery	Posted on Mar 10 2013 05:54 PM Teles are used for rock, country, blues, indie, punk, jazz, you name it, so why not for surf? I think any guitar can work unless you're real traditional about your surf tones. The Insect Surfers, for example, use/used SGs and Flying Vs, without whammys even, so whatever floats your boat, IMO. Top
so1om Joined: May 10, 2012 Posts: 492	Posted on Mar 10 2013 06:11 PM as i said earlier, Bob Bain.. Top
seafoam_johnny Joined: Jul 27, 2007 Posts: 1099 4 faces. (Where the buffalo roam)	Posted on Mar 10 2013 10:52 PM Jetpack wrote: Anyone try the Squier Tele that comes with a JM neck and I mean JM neck and not just the JM neck pickup... which it also has? $299. Someone must have grabbed one. I have one that I bought on a whim. Input jack died a week later and now it's a wall hanger. Thinking about swapping necks with my Mascis squier since I prefer maple over rosewood. I got some good tones from it tho.. Top
Twinreverb Joined: Dec 22, 2007 Posts: 216 Schenectady	Posted on Mar 11 2013 06:15 PM I sold my Phantom Guitar Works (Phantom) just never warmed up to it. I still have my Telecaster and my Steinberger GR4 both are fun to play Surf on. They may sound different and I like that. Sure I love to have Vintage Gear just can't afford it. So for me the two guitars that I have will have to do. — Lou D Top
Old_Tele_man Joined: May 01, 2014 Posts: 75 Tucson, AZ	Posted on May 01 2014 01:50 PM BJB wrote: Perhaps this Telecaster would have some appeal to surf musicians? http://www.aimoo.com/UserSettings/image/Old%20Tele%20man_Head.jpg The guitar and photo belong to Old Tele Man, who used to post on the FDP but is now elsewhere on the internet. http://profile.aimoo.com/Old%20Tele%20man Howdy BJB...I, too, agree 100% that Tele's can DO surf music just fine! Last edited: May 01, 2014 13:52:17 Top
Noel Joined: Mar 15, 2011 Posts: 8528 Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.	Posted on May 01 2014 02:04 PM Welcome to sg101, Old_Tele_man! Very glad you're here. And yeah, that Tele is surftastic! — This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got. Top
tubeswell Joined: Sep 24, 2011 Posts: 1424 Wellington, NZ	Posted on May 01 2014 04:17 PM Heya OTM! Glad you showed up. Pete — He who dies with the most tubes... wins Surf Daddies Top

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