The Tele(phone) Is Ringing! Happy 75th Birthday Old Friend

They've been my favorite guitars lately, and close to perfect, tbh.

Fwiw, my black '96 tele is a 50th anniversary. Not of the tele model, but Fender brand.

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la szum said:
You continue to surprise and shock me, Met.


:oops:



:hugitout

Does @JiveTurkey still have that Tele you had, once upon a time?
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Haha, I am also surprised and shocked. They’ve always been my favorite. I think I’ve told the story before about how that’s what I wanted when I went to buy my Strat as a kid.

I couldn’t even really tell you why I sold that gold one, I guess I felt like I needed a change.

I’ll have another one eventually, when it’s the right time
 
Anybody played both a '51 Tele and a '52. Obviously, Reissues?

@EOengineer , perhaps? Didn't you just Tele shop/purchase recently.

Anyone else? Curious about differences/similarities.

Thanks! :beer
 
la szum said:
Anybody played both a '51 Tele and a '52. Obviously, Reissues?

@EOengineer , perhaps? Didn't you just Tele shop/purchase recently.

Anyone else? Curious about differences/similarities.

Thanks! :beer
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I have an AV52 and an AO 60s tele. I’ve not played the 51. TBH I think it’s a fairly minor spec difference. You’re still getting a fat necked 50s tele with an ash body, maple neck, and vintage radius/bridge. They both do the thing.
 
EOengineer said:
I have an AV52 and an AO 60s tele. I’ve not played the 51. TBH I think it’s a fairly minor spec difference. You’re still getting a fat necked 50s tele with an ash body, maple neck, and vintage radius/bridge.
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That's what AI keeps telling me. :knit

:cheers

I trust hands on/real world experience a bit more, though...... even if AI is supposedly a
amalgamation of hands on experience and unfounded conjecture.
:LOL:

Guessing I can't go wrong with either. :unsure:
 
la szum said:
Anybody played both a '51 Tele and a '52. Obviously, Reissues?

@EOengineer , perhaps? Didn't you just Tele shop/purchase recently.

Anyone else? Curious about differences/similarities.

Thanks! :beer
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Yes and original ones to.
TBH in both cases it’s down to individual instruments. Older reissues tend to be more like whatever the fashionable neck profile was than accuracy. I think newer versions are usually better.
The new vintage 2 is a good as they have ever been. The neck is big without being clumsy.
 
For whatever reason; there has been a recurring 75th anni Tele commercial playing through all my recent round of show binges. I have one tele as is but I don't know if the world is trying to tell me to get another or what :LOL:
 
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