Fender Telecaster: Question for those who have had them.

bbiggs said:

^ Nice work so far on the tele, Matt!  Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

That tele looks amazing CP3....stunning. I have those same pickups in mine and agree they have a nice sound. Enjoy!

Thanks biggs!   Loving this guitar

Did you already decide on pickups?  I might have missed that.  I should scroll back and not be lazy lol

cp3iverson said:

Always wanted to have a Telecaster to call my own.  I always thought they just sounded so great and looked so cool.  My favorite guitar design.   Loved playing them when friends owned them.  Then the added cool factor that Prince, Keith Richards, Bruce Springsteen, and Eddie Vedder all have Teles as their go-to guitars.  

Finally took the dive and picked one up.  2020 American Ultra in Texas Tea.  It has that classic Tele tone but the new pickups add something to the mix.  I’m really enjoying it.  Even the wife said “i’ve heard you play these songs for years but wow it sounds different!”    So im having fun.  

 It’s a black metallic that turns gold-ish in the light.  

man i am absolutely drooling over that texas tea finish. I wanted to look at these before covid hit but now all the stores are still closed. from the videos they seem to have some innovative upgrades, which looks to be pretty cool. let me know what you think of the pickups. that was my only concern about these because i historically do not care much for the noiseless. these are supposed to be a new generation of noiseless and are supposed to be pretty fantastic. i really like the jimmy page pickups, so if i try one of these i could always try those pickups too. great purchase!!

gimmesometruth27 said:

guitar is lookin great, mfc!!

Thanks! Linseed oil just arrived, so I’ll be applying that later today.

Fun night tonight. Added the tuners, strap holders & attached the fretboard to the body. Next steps may have to wait until my sister & her husband can help me with the soldering. Here are some pics: 

Noiseless pickups have improved over the last few years. They used to sound too rolled off to me. The newer generations are pretty great, though. I put Seymour Duncan STK-S4 Classic Stacks in one of my Strats over the winter and those things are amazing. No hum but they still have the chime, cut and bite that Strats do so well.

Looking good on your project! It's coming together nicely. 

cp3iverson said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

cp3iverson said:

Always wanted to have a Telecaster to call my own.  I always thought they just sounded so great and looked so cool.  My favorite guitar design.   Loved playing them when friends owned them.  Then the added cool factor that Prince, Keith Richards, Bruce Springsteen, and Eddie Vedder all have Teles as their go-to guitars.  

Finally took the dive and picked one up.  2020 American Ultra in Texas Tea.  It has that classic Tele tone but the new pickups add something to the mix.  I’m really enjoying it.  Even the wife said “i’ve heard you play these songs for years but wow it sounds different!”    So im having fun.  

 It’s a black metallic that turns gold-ish in the light.  

man i am absolutely drooling over that texas tea finish. I wanted to look at these before covid hit but now all the stores are still closed. from the videos they seem to have some innovative upgrades, which looks to be pretty cool. let me know what you think of the pickups. that was my only concern about these because i historically do not care much for the noiseless. these are supposed to be a new generation of noiseless and are supposed to be pretty fantastic. i really like the jimmy page pickups, so if i try one of these i could always try those pickups too. great purchase!!

Thanks, Rod.  Thanks, Mike.  

Compared to the earlier versions, these Noiseless are definitely improved.  I’ve played some Tele’s before with earlier Noiseless pups and the life wasn't there. This seems beefier and just really really smooth.  Hard to describe. Still sounds like a Tele for sure. Really happy with them.  No plans to change any of them out until of course i get that itch lol.  Try one out tho when you get the chance. 

yes lifeless is the term i was looking for. glad that these new ones are what you are looking for. i will definitely check these out once my local shops open back up.

gimmesometruth27 said:

mfc2006 said:

Fun night tonight. Added the tuners, strap holders & attached the fretboard to the body. Next steps may have to wait until my sister & her husband can help me with the soldering. Here are some pics: 

looking great!!

i did not know that the fretboard came separately from the neck....

Thanks!
It doesn’t. The fretboard & body are separated.

gimmesometruth27 said:

oh crap! sorry. i misread. and screwed up the quote feature.

lol

Quote function has been messed up for a long time! Ha!

mfc2006 said:

Project Update:

Well, I am missing some small parts. And it turns out that the switch was supposed to have been pre-installed. So, I sent them an email & now I just have to wait. They’re pretty fast with a reply, so I imagine I’ll hear back tomorrow. I just dove in on the finish & decided to wait to inventory the parts until I was ready for the next steps. I was hoping to play it this weekend, but it’ll probably be next weekend. Oh well.

ah man sorry to hear. hopefully they take care of you and you can get her all put together next week. looking forward to hearing how you like it.