Tele itch

dc77

Afternoon all.

I've quite a bad long standing itch to get another Tele after a short spell with one last year. Not looking to spend a huge amount, probably £500 tops.
Like the vintage look so something similar to the Classic vibe 50s in butterscotch. 

Any thoughts on these or alternatives? 

Cheers all

grayn

Fender Player Tele.  A tad over £500.

chrisj1602

For £500, vintage style my choice would used MIM, either Classic Series, Baja or Vintera.

gazrichards

You can get a Baja for £500. The s1 switch is cool having series mode available is very handy. But the necks are BIG!!!

look at g&l tribute stuff too. Very good apparently. 

You may struggle to get vintera or classic player stuff at £500 now

PonchoGreg

If you don't mind not having Fender on the headstock (and a slimmer neck), a CV 50s would be my choice and you would have some (significant) change left over, especially if buying used. I can't vouch for the newer Indonesian ones, but I tried a Chinese one on my tele quest a few years ago and it was very good indeed. Especially if it's more to scratch an itch, as opposed to finding your dream tele.

I think the days of sub-£500 Bajas (my next choice if you prefer a chunky neck) are over, looking at sold items on the Bay. And with the newer Vinteras in excess of £800, nabbing a second-hand one of these within budget could be tricky too.

EDIT: my bad looks like the standard Vintera 50s is 700 new, so theoretically you should be able to get one for around 500 if it comes up used. Got to be OK with vintage frets/radius though.

chrisj1602

gazrichards said:

You can get a Baja for £500. The s1 switch is cool having series mode available is very handy. But the necks are BIG!!!

look at g&l tribute stuff too. Very good apparently. 

You may struggle to get vintera or classic player stuff at £500 now

The Baja Tele is the Classic Player Tele.

gazrichards

chrisj1602 said:

gazrichards said:

You can get a Baja for £500. The s1 switch is cool having series mode available is very handy. But the necks are BIG!!!

look at g&l tribute stuff too. Very good apparently. 

You may struggle to get vintera or classic player stuff at £500 now

The Baja Tele is the Classic Player tele

i meant classic series - the series that predates the vintera stuff

gazrichards

But actually no, the classic player stuff was a series of guitars. There were strats and teles. The Baja was part of that series (and maybe they carried on doing it as it was popular. There was the triple tele end others too I’m sure???

CountryDave

50’s Classic 2nd hand.
Squier CV. - I’ve previously owned one of the early Made In China ones and currently have a recent Indonesian made one. Both very good. I don’t buy into the theory that the earlier ones are inherently better than the later ones.

Cranky

I really like my Vintage Reissue V75.  They have a few other color and hardware options.

Creed_Clicks

Cranky said:

I really like my Vintage Reissue V75.  They have a few other color and hardware options.

Have you compared yours to the Squier CV by chance ? I have a Vintage p bass and happy enough with it 

Dan_Halen

If you’ e already have a Tele and fancy something a little different this time a (MusicMan) Sterling Valentine is basically a Tele in a nice suit. Damn cool guitars. 

dc77

Thanks for all the feedback.
I'd probably go for the Baja over the classic player purely down to the 3 brass barrel saddles. I remember when the Baja Tele first come out and was always something I fancied after playing a few in stores. But I feel they may be a tad out my price range. 

Slash'N'burn

Is  a used American made Tele not
possible for around £500 these days?

Cranky

Creed_Clicks said:

Cranky said:

I really like my Vintage Reissue V75.  They have a few other color and hardware options.

Have you compared yours to the Squier CV by chance ? I have a Vintage p bass and happy enough with it 

I haven't.  The Vintage seems to spec a little better, but that might depend on whose Alnico pickups and bridge one prefers.  The Vintage arguably has a better wood for the body, better tuners, a .5" flatter radius, and one more fret than the CV Tele.

SPECTRUM001

Slash'N'burn said:

Is  a used American made Tele not
possible for around £500 these days?

Nope!

Kittyfrisk

Is this related to Jock Itch?

mike257

SPECTRUM001 said:

Slash'N'burn said:

Is  a used American made Tele not
possible for around £500 these days?

Nope!

Was a few years ago. Have to be patient but bargains come up from time to time!