Can a Telecaster be used for metal? I used one through my Quad Cortex to find out

[Orvillain]

Not with those pickups...From my experience.
That new troublemaker looks cool!

Or this japanese one.....
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Yeah I'd whack some DD's in it. I WANT THE DD's MATE!

 

[pipelineaudio]

If it can’t than you ain’t metal.

 

[Jambi]

Every time this question gets asked, you’re getting this video

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Mick Mars Mirror Top.

 

[Piing]

Fukk sticks, batman.

Look what came in my email, just now!

That may be the hottest tele I've ever seen. Must be because "whiskey" is part of the model name?
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Varnished wooden furniture is the new metal?

 

[FuzzyAce]

@Iron1 has spoken. Tele is not metal.
Posts reported stating otherwise. Warnings issued.
Please keep the discussion civil.
Thank you, that is all.

 

[FracKing]

I bet Andy would Wood... (get away with it)

 

[Piing]

@Iron1 has spoken. Tele is not metal.
Posts reported stating otherwise. Warnings issued.
Please keep the discussion civil.
Thank you, that is all.

Stay away from dangerous zones

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Sure, you can use it for metal, but you'd get more metal from a saxophone. Guitar is mostly wood.

 

[bigmenace]

 

[Iron1]

Posted on behalf of @megametal7 and @Warmart (and all the non GG players out there):

 

[MadMaxG79]

I don't really play heavy music but I really enjoy the sounds that this guy gets out of his tele:

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

I have one of these....it's kind of a tele....and it does the metal.....almost the best of all my guitars.....so there is that!

 

[FuzzyAce]

it's kind of a tele....

I used to spec out that carvin model guitar all the time but never pulled the trigger. They always seemed quite versatile.

 

[JiveTurkey]

F-holes are never metal

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

F-holes are never metal

F-hole you!!!


Also bullshit... because I used my es all the time in a metal band.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

I used to spec out that carvin model guitar all the time but never pulled the trigger. They always seemed quite versatile.

Amazing guitar..... anything can be done with it..... including acoustic and electric at the same time!!!

The cavity is insane...so many electronics.

 

[JiveTurkey]

F-hole you!!!


Also bullshit... because I used my es all the time in a metal band.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

 

[nightlight]

I guess the argument could be made that there are better tools for the job.

That said, music sounds very homogenous nowadays, down to even vocalists sounding exactly the same thanks to autotune.

I wouldn't pick a Tele for heavy music, honestly. But you look at RATM and Tom Morello, and you understand why they sound so different from everybody else.

And that's a good thing. Bending and breaking the rules is all part of the game when making music.