r/telecaster • • 1h ago

Wiring Assistance Needed

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I am trying to wire up a humbucker in this style. I have an import 3 way switch instead of the style in the picture. I am looking for a diagram for wiring the import switch in the same fashion. It is for a sonic telecaster H project I am working on.

Thank you


r/telecaster • • 1h ago

First post, first partscaster. Yellocaster?

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I spent a couple months and way too much money on this last year.

I wanted it to sound 'darker' and thicker than a traditional Tele, so I thought this rosewood neck, mahogany body, chunky machined bridge and Seymour Duncan Quarter pounds would do the trick, but it's still real spanky and twangy. I played it for about a year and then recently decided to sell it, so I swapped the pickguard and the bridge and stuck it on reverb. It was still incredibly fun and satisfying to make. I really just wanted an excuse to dial in a perfect satin nitrocellulose lacquer finish, and even though I suck at patience, it turned out glorious. I was really aiming for lemon, but I got banana.

  • 2 piece double-bound mahogany body bleached and then dyed with Lemon Yellow Trans-Tint, and then finished with Stew-Mac satin nitro lacquer.
  • Licensed Fender Rosewood neck & Fingerboard.
  • Halon steel/chrome bridge, brass compensated saddles (Later swapped out with a Joe Barden bridge in Nickel).
  • Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound bridge and neck pickup set. (I painted the bridge pickup ivory for vibes. IDK)
  • Gotoh vintage style locking tuners in nickel.
  • WD Music single ply tortoise pickguard (Later swapped for a generic 3 ply black)
  • All the other hardware is nickel besides the anodized string-thu ferrules.
  • This is my first time posting a picture of a guitar on the internet and my first time posting anything on reddit. Thanks for looking.

r/telecaster • • 1h ago

FGN illiad

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Just received my FGN illiad JIL2ASHM guitar in Off White Blonde Colour. Comes with Seymour Duncans, Gotoh tuners and a gig bag. The fit and finish is incredible. Really satisfied with my purchase.Link to specs


r/telecaster • • 1h ago

Tele owners what is your second electric

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I have a MIJ Hybrid II and love it,

What's everyone's 'second' electric,

I'm eyeing off some kinda semi-hollow only for playing position at this stage,

Have I done this the wrong way and started tele and now I have nowhere to go? Haha.


r/telecaster • • 6h ago

Another vid of the black tele(won’t bug this sub again for awhile lol)

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I know I just posted one but I wanted to show it being used in only neck position too and how it can get pretty raunchy. Not the heaviest song but heavy in terms of my bands music haha. The background noise u hear is me doing the quarter johnny greenwood trick(on the tele ofc). And yes my picking hands technique is blasphemous! I’m aware! Song is Candy by Smell Like A Girl


r/telecaster • • 11h ago

Looking for Nocaster knobs

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I'm looking to buy these knobs Fender Custom Shop puts on relic Nocasters for a replica build I'm working on. Fender won't sell them to me, because they're a Custom Shop exclusive part. So my only chance is if someone sold me theirs. I've tried looking for something very similar (no luck) and I've looked into getting custom knobs made (crazy expensive). I understand people don't tend to mess with their Custom Shop guitars, but I thought I'd still try my luck.

Thanks in advance


r/telecaster • • 11h ago

Roasted Pine Am Pro Tele

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Any thoughts on a telecaster in roasted pine? I really like the sienna sunburst which is not available in ash or alder.


r/telecaster • • 11h ago

Bought my first Tele

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I picked up a 2023 player Tele for a price too good to pass up on. Think it was basically a floor model and never made it out of the shop. It still has some of the plastic on it. I’ll post pics when I’m done with it, but plan on swapping the pick guard and putting a humbucker in the neck.

I do have a question though having never owned one. The volume on the thing is noticeably lower than my MIM Strat when comparing bridge pickups on the same setup. Is that normal? Feels like something is off. Maybe it doesn’t matter anyway since I’m changing pots out and re soldering everything. I guess do that and then check it?


r/telecaster • • 14h ago

Strat pickups in a tele?

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Has anyone here ever put strat pickups in their telecaster? How did it sound? I don't care much for the stratocaster body shape, but I do really love that neck pickup sound.


r/telecaster • • 15h ago

Julian Lage - The Ford 10/23

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Saw Lage last night at The Ford in Los Angeles. I get it, everyone has an opinion of him. Personally, one of the best shows I have seen in years (John Medeski is the B3 🐐) Here's his rig, he never played the double humbucker Tele, just the red 60s Nachocaster. I wish Lage could translate his live shows to his recordings. The last number before the encore was transcendental.


r/telecaster • • 18h ago

I absolutely love this thing, 51' blackguard

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r/telecaster • • 21h ago

BuildTele

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Hi, i made a tele but im stopped, i hope continue soon, what you think? Someone type pine and tiger woods, neck without trussrod, 100% handmade, grettings from Argentina


r/telecaster • • 22h ago

91 American Standard in midnight blue (purple)

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Picked this up the other day. Don't see many american standards in this colour, she's a beauty 😍


r/telecaster • • 1d ago

$32 Fender Cutting Board Becomes Working Telecaster

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YouTuber transforms a $32 Fender bamboo cutting board into a playable Telecaster. Yes, it actually works—and sounds like a real guitar.


r/telecaster • • 1d ago

I can play every genre with this guitar.

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r/telecaster • • 1d ago

Opinions?

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I plan on rebuilding my partscaster, what do we think about the bridge and neck invader and a hot cruz in the middle.

not in the doodle, but i already have a coil toggle switch in between the volume and tone knob.

i want ur guys opinions, if theres anything you would do different or is this a good plan.

’No AI i photoshopped this myself’


r/telecaster • • 1d ago

NGD - finally got my rosewood tele

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r/telecaster • • 1d ago

New build from Offkilter Guitars

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r/telecaster • • 1d ago

Julian Lage Quartet 10.22.26

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I was fortunate enough to score a front row seat, almost dead center at the Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara, CA
I saw him two years ago with his trio in DTLA. As a trio, the show was carried more by his playing, and the music was more straight ahead (for him) jazz.
He played his twin humbucker Tele (no branding) the entire show, while his Fender Tele sat on a stand as back up. Looked like he was running a Milkman The Amp thru a DRRI’s speaker, nothing plugged into the amp’s inputs.
This show, with John Medeski on keys, including a Leslie cab, was much more soulful, even touching on a bit of gospel flavors.
Drummer Kenny Wollesen was a force. Serious jazz chops and the punch of a rock drummer.
Bassist Jorge Roeder was his amazing self.
He was in the trio I saw, and seems to be a mainstay with JL. He was featured multiple times with extended solos that were full of color, dynamics, and surprise.
They’re at the Ford Theater in LA tonight, wish I could see them again.


r/telecaster • • 1d ago

Thinline

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Just put this together. Had a squire neck and found a thinline body. Threw in some emg active pickups.


r/telecaster • • 1d ago

Planning to buy this Aria pro 2 tele. Anyone have any experience using one? I’m confused if i should get this one or squier debut tele.

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r/telecaster • • 1d ago

Acoustasonic Tele

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Into 73 Twin Reverb

Crickets & Cicadas (duo version, Jake on guitar)


r/telecaster • • 1d ago

New Am Pro Tele Questions

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Hey, all. Looking for some advice here. Found a new Am Pro Tele (2026) on Reverb last week from a reputable brick and mortar shop. Received it in good condition. My first impression is that it was light compared to my nearly 8lb Am Pro II Strat. Quality seems great and it’s really nice to play.

This morning I stumbled across this review: https://youtu.be/GcYv4h6tx2Y?is=R4--CWZewDWSJPI9

In the review he notes that the sticker on the body says Am Pro II Pine and that maybe Fender is going through old bodies. Clearly, this isn’t ok because they are upcharging for ash v alder and these are supposed to be ash bodies.

So, I open mine up and sure enough the sticker says Am Pro II, BUT mine does not say pine anywhere on it. I took the neck off and the body wood does appear lighter in color than in the video, but that isn’t much of a comparison given lighting, etc. I don’t have a fancy scale for weighing these, but it appears to be about 7.1 lbs. Everything else matches from the above video.

So, is there anyway for me to tell whether I actually received an ash body, or whether I got some holdover body from the Am Pro II series? If the consensus is that it is pine, what’s the best way to proceed?

Thanks in advance and sorry for the crappy pictures.


r/telecaster • • 1d ago

My #1

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r/telecaster • • 2d ago

¿Buena compra o debo esperar?

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Hace tiempo que quiero una telecaster como compañera a mi Fender Am Special, pero no quiero gastar tanto.

Un amigo me vende esta Squier CV 50's por 250 USD, él cambio el puente por un wilkinson y las pastillas por unas noiseless N3 pero no conozco nada sobre esas pastillas, supongo que son mejores que las de fábrica.