Tele (or copy) with belly cut

munky

Hello folks,

Quick Q if I may? What Teles have a belly cut/rear contour as standard? I am led to believe the 2012 + USA Deluxes do, but what else that you can buy off the self has a contour?  Copies are fine too.  I'm talking about off the shelf stuff really.

Thanks,

Tom

usedtobe

Yam Pacifica's, maybe..?

stonevibe

The Fender Kotzen Tele has a belly cut and a forearm contour as well.

Col_Decker

My MIM 72 custom does

Lev

Fender Modern Player Tele Plus (the made in China one), the LTD TE212 also has one.

rich75

The Fender Blacktop Tele does

munky

So quite a lot of the Fenders do now then? Is the Modern player the cheapest? Not all of the teles on Fender's site have a 360 picture, and none seem to mention it in the description annoyingly!

Lev

tomstacey said:

So quite a lot of the Fenders do now then? Is the Modern player the cheapest? Not all of the teles on Fender's site have a 360 picture, and none seem to mention it in the description annoyingly!

Thomann are pretty good for pictures from all angles

http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_modern_player_tele_plus_mn_ch.htm

frankus

I didn't think I'd like it but the chambered Suhr Blackguard T-Style that Guthrie had was very nice

koneguitarist

Buy a strat, and leave the tele without contours to the men !

TTony

koneguitarist said:

Buy a strat, and leave the tele without contours to the men !

Pah.

Teles with a belly are definitely better.  

Photographic proof ...

koneguitarist

TTony said:

koneguitarist said:

Buy a strat, and leave the tele without contours to the men !

Pah.

Teles with a belly are definitely better.  

Photographic proof ...

Big girl ! ( yeah all right it does look nice, but I have enough contours myself ! ) :P

Lixarto

koneguitarist said:

Buy a strat, and leave the tele without contours to the men !

Truth.

munky

TTony said:

koneguitarist said:

Buy a strat, and leave the tele without contours to the men !

Pah.

Teles with a belly are definitely better.  

Photographic proof ...

Delightful!

GilgaFrank

SHAZAM! http://www.bax-shop.nl/solid-body/fender-2012-american-standard-telecaster-natural-mn/product-details.html

Gru

Ones that I have tried or owned are the fender modern player, or the Fret King blue label Super S/Super T both of which have both tummy cut and arm relief like a Strat. The Fret King was very comfortable to play.

Gru

Gru;136115" said:

Ones that I have tried or owned are the fender modern player, or the Fret King blue label Super S/Super T both of which have both tummy cut and arm relief like a Strat. The Fret King was very comfortable to play.

Just to clarify, both of the Fret kings have arm relief, not the modern player.

EricTheWeary

Gru;136115" said:

Ones that I have tried or owned are the fender modern player, or the Fret King blue label Super S/Super T both of which have both tummy cut and arm relief like a Strat. The Fret King was very comfortable to play.

+1 on the Fret Kings and bargains to be had used.

munky

Do people generally rate Fret Kings? I've had very little involvement in them...

Dave_Mc

EricTheWeary said:

Gru;136115" said:

Ones that I have tried or owned are the fender modern player, or the Fret King blue label Super S/Super T both of which have both tummy cut and arm relief like a Strat. The Fret King was very comfortable to play.

+1 on the Fret Kings and bargains to be had used.

Even new, you can pick up new examples from shops on Ebay for very little. The blue labels especially, since the black labels came out they seem to be blowing out the blue labels... which is crazy, since on paper the blue labels have a higher spec (I haven't tried any black labels).

Mine's a nice guitar. I should say that my strat-alike from them the neck pocket (or the neck) seems to be slightly slanted (which I didn't notice when I got it). Should be easily fixed with a stragically-placed shim, I think. Other than that they're pretty nice, the blue labels anyway, gotoh hardware and all. the electronics (as on most cheaper guitars) are probably the weak link. and the pickups are satisfactory but not terribly exciting.

Travisthedog

koneguitarist;135565" said:

Buy a strat, and leave the tele without contours to the men !

You'd need a bigger belly cut than that one Taff :P

Your right of course though - I just hang my gut over the top of the guitar