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What's the best Fender Telecaster in terms of tone (not from the pickups, I mean the natural tone) and playability that has a satin finished neck and either the standard two single coils or single coil bridge and humbucker neck?

Satin finished neck is a must!

Mine!
Actually, the Am. Standards are pretty good these days, but you need to shop around for one. Example:

When I was shopping for my Am. Standard Strat that I traded for my tele, I played 4 or 5 Am. Standards....maple neck, same year, maybe a different finish color was the only thing you could say seperated them. Yet, they were all TOTALLY different guitars. Especially with big-namers, guitars vary SO much.

So basically, sit down with an American Standard or American Deluxe. Good guitars, especially if you can snag one used for a good deal.

The Best Fender Tele is this one...Nice Zerb.

not that damn Jackson again lol...still not doing it for me.also, mine is the best tele lol.however this is a favorite of mine too...not even a fender!!
-Mike

xssive i sent you two pm's

i'll go check now....-Mike

Get a MIJ 69 RI Thinline and sand down the back of the neck with 0000 steel wool.

Well, I'm partial to my Bastardcaster. It's got the best of all worlds.

I just bought my first Fender tele... Had a parts tele before but i bought a cheap Mexican Standard tele for $300Canadian with some nice upgraded parts on it.... For a cheap tele it rocks!

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I like the Custom 72 myself.

I love my two :Chris, you have some of the best gear in the world. There needs to be a CT/NY/MA user group day so I can see some of those things in person!

Chris, what style guard is that? I might eventually need one of those.


Originally Posted by the_ChrisI love my two :
I really dig those TeleSonics
My favorite Tele would be a Gamp;L ASAT Special

i really, really dig the American Deluxes alot...it may be my next guitar!?
hey the chris, where did you find a telesonic?! i want one of those so bad....its a shame they stopped producing them.

Tell ya what, those Highway 1 Tele's are really nice. The body and neck are from the US factory and the electronic parts and hardware are from the Mexican factory. They don't have a thick Poly finish on them either. Really really nice. I played a sunburst one a few weeks ago and it felt great. Resonated really well and had a good unplugged sound. You could hear it and feel it. Check 'em out. For the $$$ they're great.

I've wondered ... wouldn't the Highway's sound better since they breathe so much more? Maybe I should get a highway, and upgrade all the hardware and pickups...That would be bada$s...agreed?