what wood is your tele made of?

[vtpcnk]

do you have a tele with a standard tele bridge/pickup?

if so and if its body is not made of ash, what else (wood) is it made of?

in short i am looking for inputs on how other woods sound with the standard tele bridge - alder, mahogany etc.

appreciate the feedback.

 

[jay4321]

Well, I've owned a few, though the only one I currently have with a tele bridge is being built, and it's ash.

I've owned an alder one, a basswood, and a poplar tele (and have played ash teles over the years). 2 were MIM. Of them all I really liked the alder one the best even with the stock hardware. It had a somewhat bolder/thicker sound which suited me a bit better as a rock-type guy, but it still had a ton of definition and cut. A guy I was jamming with back then was playing an LP and they blended great.

 

[-CB-]

the blue one is very light ash
the one I got from you is somewhat heavier ash
my Fender made one is about the same as the one I got from you
the best sounding one in the world is my no-F-hole mahogany thinline with wild maple top and goncalo TV neck
the amber thinline one is ash, and goncalo with HB/P90 and is a little dark at the neck
vic's was a mahogany thinline with mahogany neck, all else the same and not nearly as dark, go figure
the mahogany /wild maple thinline with HB/Tele combo and maple neck is really nice and smooth
the maple body, maple neck tele with 57 classics was a caricature of the les paul tone

 

[Death by Uberschall]

My Tele is chambered mahogany with quilt maple top. Nice balanced and full warm tones out of it. Wouldn't change a thing.

http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=8334.0

 

[AprioriMark]

Alder on both standard Teles, and I love it.

Basswood on the carved top Tele.

-Mark

 

[Soylent]

My tele is mahogany.. and pau ferro.. and rosewood.. and maple.

That's just one. I have a Dimarzio Area Hot T in the bridge, and it is noiseless, and king of the TELE TWANG.. a lot.

I have a texas in the neck and it's heaven.. just sayin.

 

[jackthehack]

1.) Mahogany Thinline with P90s
2.) Fender  "Black Beauty" Tele - Mahogany this one:

3.) "'54 Goldtop" Tele - Mahogany with maple lam top (currently unassembled, awaiting reshoot of lacquer)

 

[Mor Paul]

3.) "'54 Goldtop" Tele - Mahogany with maple lam top (currently unassembled, awaiting reshoot of lacquer)

I'm still wating to see this one, Jack  :icon_biggrin:

 

[mayfly]

Kashmir is made of Alder.  It's nice with lots of spank.

 

[jackthehack]

3.) "'54 Goldtop" Tele - Mahogany with maple lam top (currently unassembled, awaiting reshoot of lacquer)

I'm still wating to see this one, Jack  :icon_biggrin:

The below is going to be all there is to see for quite a while, sub-arctic weather here with lots of snow, won't be able to shoot lacquer for months...

 

[Mor Paul]

I think that one of these bridges might look a bit better, personally.

Especially that second one.

 

[m4rk0]

Nice "vase"

 

[DangerousR6]

3.) "'54 Goldtop" Tele - Mahogany with maple lam top (currently unassembled, awaiting reshoot of lacquer)

I'm still wating to see this one, Jack  :icon_biggrin:

The below is going to be all there is to see for quite a while, sub-arctic weather here with lots of snow, won't be able to shoot lacquer for months...

That's a nice tele jack, I like that....But you shouldn't have those flamables so close to the stove... :icon_scratch:

 

[DangerousR6]

Here's mine, spalted maple top/mahogany back. Floyd rose bridge, double hums.... :icon_thumright:

 

[tfarny]

My walnut thinline with rosewood neck sounds like a tele minus the extreme icepick on the bridge pickup. May be because of the RW neck, maybe because the pickup is a bit overwound. Probably nothing to do with the walnut.

 

[chrisg]

One of my teles is Alder (Fender made).  Sounds like a tele but different to my chambered Ash Warmoth.I'm sure neck and electronics contribute to the difference, but I prefer the ash.  My next project is a mahogany body. I am goingto use humbuckers and decided after some research that mahogany would work better for them.

My preference is for chambered ash.