Tele shaped objects that aren’t tele’s?

rze99

Custom Tele with Seymour Duncan Phat Cats

rze99

Chapman ML3

rze99

Tenebrous said:

grungebob said:

I know you lot know all the weird and wonderful stuff that’s out there so help me please. 

I don’t want a tele but I want a tele. 

What do I want?

I like tele like shapes but not classic tele like sounds. So stuff like P90’s or cabronita’s have my attention but there must be other stuff out there?

Greg Koch Reverend? There's a model with P90s & a Bigsby... Might just be the best looking guitar I've ever seen. Dying to try one at some point!

I got one I ordered it immediately I saw Greg paying his prototype. I got one the first run  "accidental" Bradford Beach Blue" finishes (only a few of them around) took an age (Covid lock down) to get to me but I use it a lot. I can take this to rehearsals without anything else. I needed to make slight tweaks to the nut for Bigsby return but it's great. 

rossyamaha

https://i.imgur.com/aY8Jhal.jpg

TTBZ

Schecter PT has a P90 in the neck so that's a bit different. Bound neck and arm contour too. Pair it with an Oil City P90 type Tele bridge to reduce that awful metallic Tele twang

The Squier Contemporary tele looks great too.

normula1

rze99 said:

Tenebrous said:

grungebob said:

I know you lot know all the weird and wonderful stuff that’s out there so help me please. 

I don’t want a tele but I want a tele. 

What do I want?

I like tele like shapes but not classic tele like sounds. So stuff like P90’s or cabronita’s have my attention but there must be other stuff out there?

Greg Koch Reverend? There's a model with P90s & a Bigsby... Might just be the best looking guitar I've ever seen. Dying to try one at some point!

I got one I ordered it immediately I saw Greg paying his prototype. I got one the first run  "accidental" Bradford Beach Blue" finishes (only a few of them around) took an age (Covid lock down) to get to me but I use it a lot. I can take this to rehearsals without anything else. I needed to make slight tweaks to the nut for Bigsby return but it's great. 

I normally dislike the look of anything with a Bigsby, but this is fabulous.

grungebob

@stickyfiddle that black Cab looks ace plus it is the much needed tone control. 

stickyfiddle

grungebob said:

@stickyfiddle that black Cab looks ace plus it is the much needed tone control. 

Oh I know!

polotska

How about a Yamaha Pacifica 1230S?

donbot

How tele shaped are we talking here? 

https://i.imgur.com/LazTiJ0.jpeg

guitarmangler

Strandberg Salen? Fender JA? 

guitargeek62

This thread's making me rethink my upcoming Crimson-build a little. I've always loved the look and sound of teles, but not how they feel or play. I'm thinking that a hybrid of a Tele Custom and an LP Jr might well be the thing that I've been looking for, and add in a splash of baritone 26.5" scale too in D-standard tuning:

'Junior', with blower toggle:



Or possibly a 'Special' version:



This would be a set-neck model with an angled headstock... more of a tele-shaped Jr with added WRHB for variety I suppose.

UHAS

Forgive me for I have sinned.

Litterick

The title of this thread was promising, but led to disappointment. I was hoping to see coffee tables and swimming pools.

Creed_Clicks

Those doublecut teles always remind me of a cowboy hat!

dazzajl

Litterick said:

The title of this thread was promising, but led to disappointment. I was hoping to see coffee tables and swimming pools.

And really, this thread should have one of these too

usedtobe

UHAS said:

Forgive me for I have sinned.

That reminds me:

timmypix

Creed_Clicks said:

Those doublecut teles always remind me of a cowboy hat!

I completely get what you mean and yet I can't work out *why*...

lovestrat74

How about some JM pups in a deluxe body?

guitarjack66

rze99 said:

Cabronita type build. TV Jones Classic Plus in the bridge and Classic in the neck 500k pot switchcraft 3 way in chrome. 

That's looker.