thinking out loud

[IamSeaDevil]

To address this series of questions, including @Knox in Box, I think this seeming schizophrenia/junkie-ism is specifically because I just don't care about owning a Telecaster. It's a great Tele, don't get me wrong. But I bought it on a whim and I'm not beholden to it. So there's options.

For you the guitar is a mere instrument, a tool to make music with.

Other people think of their guitars as extensions of their souls.

 

[GilmourD]

For you the guitar is a mere instrument, a tool to make music with.

Other people think of their guitars as extensions of their souls.

It depends on what sounds I'm trying to make. Sometimes they're more like an extension of my butt.

 

[Knox in Box]

To address this series of questions, including @Knox in Box I just don't care about owning a Telecaster.

I see.

Maybe you'd like it better if you installed a middle pickup for more tonal options with a five way switch?

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

I see.

Maybe you'd like it better if you installed a middle pickup for more tonal options with a five way switch?

 

[Chad]

Tort guard , Maple Neck, Mastery Bridge and a bigsby.
Now you are mine

um, well it isn't a Bigsby, but it'll do.

 

[Mark Wein]

If you really like the tele to continue playing it then upgrade it. If its just going to sit there then sell it and get something you'll actually use. I don't think money is that big a part of the equation.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

If you really like the tele to continue playing it then upgrade it. If its just going to sit there then sell it and get something you'll actually use. I don't think money is that big a part of the equation.

Right now, it's my backup and alternate tuning guitar in the band.

 

[Mark Wein]

Right now, it's my backup and alternate tuning guitar in the band.

Keep it the way it is and get the PRS or Godin then.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Keep it the way it is and get the PRS or Godin then.

Then that guitar would be the backup and alternate tuning guitar.

 

[Mark Wein]

Then that guitar would be the backup and alternate tuning guitar.

oh. For me an alternate tuning guitar is usually something I don't want to play on a regular basis but works tuned to Z# minor.

 

[Tig]

I've got this...
Sell the Tele. Buy this.

 

[Ignored Member]

For you the guitar is a mere instrument, a tool to make music with.

Other people think of their guitars as extensions of their souls.

Mine is an extension of my penis.

It's short scale.

And the neck is bowed.

And I'm the only one who plays it. :(

 

[GilmourD]

oh. For me an alternate tuning guitar is usually something I don't want to play on a regular basis but works tuned to Z# minor.

For me an alternate tuning guitar is the same or similar to as my main guitar, but tuned differently. messedup0 That's why I've got bridge humbuckers and Floyd Roses on both my main band guitars, same thing with my standard backup, and I'm working on a half-step-down backup.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

oh. For me an alternate tuning guitar is usually something I don't want to play on a regular basis but works tuned to Z# minor.

We have one song in this weird open C tuning. I use the Tele for that song, but if I break a string on my PRS, then the tele makes backup duty.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

I've got this...
Sell the Tele. Buy this.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

The only thing I don't like about those Godins is the upper fret access is worse than a Les Paul. If you don't play the upper frets, or aren't bothered by a single cutaway with a thick neck joint when playing up there, then they are great guitars.

looking at the redesigned one coming out this year:

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

although, this one is $450 on GC's used site:

anyone in Independence, MO to report back?

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

aha! a challenger emerges! thanks, @Elias Graves

 

[Kerouac]

Swap out the P90s for HB. Keep the Tele.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Swap out the P90s for HB. Keep the Tele.

Not interested. Solidbodies only.