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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2016 14:03:01 GMT
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Post by futureshock on Jan 15, 2016 6:14:23 GMT
TELECASTER COMMENTARY: I can understand Martin and Tull not using Telecasters much (same with most bands), with the thin high end tone and shallow punchy character, what lots of people call "twang" and others readily call "tin". I rarely hear a rich toned Telecaster I can handle. I think the guitar has some potential though, with some careful changes, like using mahogany or alder wood for the body, a rosewood fingerboard, thick neck and changing the pickups for some extensive rebalancing of the EQ (treble/mids/bass frequencies). George Harrison had a mahogany semi-hollow Telecaster and Fender makes one of those now. Most pickup manufacturers make Telecaster replacement pickups that attempt to make the guitar sound musical. I foolishly once bought a Fender Telecaster Deluxe, which was just a Telecaster with two Fender humbuckers in it, which just let it play "mud", because Fender doesn't know how to make a decent humbucker or find one well-matched for a Telecaster design, but back then I didn't know anything about pickups or guitar designs and didn't know what I was missing. It didn't sound like a Telecaster or Les Paul or Strat or SG, it was just muddy.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jan 15, 2016 9:44:52 GMT
TELECASTER COMMENTARY: I can understand Martin and Tull not using Telecasters much (same with most bands), with the thin high end tone and shallow punchy character, what lots of people call "twang" and others readily call "tin". I rarely hear a rich toned Telecaster I can handle. I think the guitar has some potential though, with some careful changes, like using mahogany or alder wood for the body, a rosewood fingerboard, thick neck and changing the pickups for some extensive rebalancing of the EQ (treble/mids/bass frequencies). George Harrison had a mahogany semi-hollow Telecaster and Fender makes one of those now. Most pickup manufacturers make Telecaster replacement pickups that attempt to make the guitar sound musical. I foolishly once bought a Fender Telecaster Deluxe, which was just a Telecaster with two Fender humbuckers in it, which just let it play "mud", because Fender doesn't know how to make a decent humbucker or find one well-matched for a Telecaster design, but back then I didn't know anything about pickups or guitar designs and didn't know what I was missing. It didn't sound like a Telecaster or Les Paul or Strat or SG, it was just muddy. Interesting comments FS and in many ways similar to my own having in my youth worked in a music shop (part time) and been able to try most of the well known makes and a few less well known. My own preference was for the Gibson SG mainly due to its use by Mick Abrahams but I do remember it being a musical beast of a guitar with many and varied sound qualities which, for me, put it far above most other makes. A less well known make of acoustic six string would be an original Zemaitis which again to my ears was without equal. I was never able to afford either the SG or the Zemaitis at the time and prices these days have gone through the roof - pity
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Post by futureshock on Feb 3, 2016 10:56:52 GMT
TELECASTER COMMENTARY: I can understand Martin and Tull not using Telecasters much (same with most bands), with the thin high end tone and shallow punchy character, what lots of people call "twang" and others readily call "tin". I rarely hear a rich toned Telecaster I can handle. I think the guitar has some potential though, with some careful changes, like using mahogany or alder wood for the body, a rosewood fingerboard, thick neck and changing the pickups for some extensive rebalancing of the EQ (treble/mids/bass frequencies). George Harrison had a mahogany semi-hollow Telecaster and Fender makes one of those now. Most pickup manufacturers make Telecaster replacement pickups that attempt to make the guitar sound musical. I foolishly once bought a Fender Telecaster Deluxe, which was just a Telecaster with two Fender humbuckers in it, which just let it play "mud", because Fender doesn't know how to make a decent humbucker or find one well-matched for a Telecaster design, but back then I didn't know anything about pickups or guitar designs and didn't know what I was missing. It didn't sound like a Telecaster or Les Paul or Strat or SG, it was just muddy. Interesting comments FS and in many ways similar to my own having in my youth worked in a music shop (part time) and been able to try most of the well known makes and a few less well known. My own preference was for the Gibson SG mainly due to its use by Mick Abrahams but I do remember it being a musical beast of a guitar with many and varied sound qualities which, for me, put it far above most other makes. A less well known make of acoustic six string would be an original Zemaitis which again to my ears was without equal. I was never able to afford either the SG or the Zemaitis at the time and prices these days have gone through the roof - pity There is so much customizing available for guitars, that any guitar can be remade into something either far better or very different. The SG mahogany and scale, and the design, make it resonant and fierce, a great tone. Played one years ago, loved the rich tone and ease of feedback.
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Post by Budding Stately Hero on Feb 7, 2018 16:08:49 GMT
I read once in a book about the band that Knopfler had his guitars made from the same guy who did Martin's guitars, because he wanted a similar sound. So, DS fans probably have Martin to thank for the DS sound.
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