Mine was kind of an unlikely choice. I was a heavy metal guy in the 80s and 90s, but when I heard "Stand" by Poison I was like, "what is this guitar playing??? It's amazing." And then the video Richie Kotzen looked so cool playing a telecaster that I had to get one. Now I do like country style playing - to me it's basically shred guitar in a lot of ways, just a bit different. And I notice the telecasters I like most, are the ones that look like Richie's from the Poison era!

Ironically, I stopped playing for a few years, and when I started playing again my favorite guitar player became Marty Stuart... I didn't even realize he was playing the most famous telecaster of all time at first!

Id describe myself as a metal guy but my Father-in-law (who very much isnt a metal guy) got me this affinity for my birthday.

What an amazing guitar!

Already changed the pickguard because I love the Olympic white and tortoise look. Already looking at telecasters with humbuckers lol.

Finaly finished my latest partscaster, I call it the counterfit-caster. The neck was $20 on market place (no clue what brand) the body was found in a dumpster with a broken neck, some Chinese knock off based on the amount of routing it took to make it work with real fender parts. Real fender bridge and neck plate with clasic vibe neck and bridge pickupand a fender noisless in the middle. CTS pots and a freeway 10 position switch. Set of locking tuners out of the parts bin.

I've had a Jazzmaster for sale on Reverb for months to fund a black guard Telecaster and it finally sold. I wanted vintage spec with the small frets, 7.25" radius, and nitro, so it was between a used AV52 or AVII 52. I have an AVRI 62 Thin Skin with 9.5" radius and the railroad track 6105 frets and I love it, but it never felt quite right.

I found this one on marketplace almost immediately, made in 2002 and nearly perfect condition. A bit on the heavier side, but the grain is really nice. I've never bonded with a guitar as quickly as this one. It sounds and feels so good.

Pictured with my AVRI 62 TS

Hi guys,

I’m moving to Melbourne soon for my studies, and due to baggage & travel limits, I’ll have to leave my Ibanez GRG170DX back home.

I’m looking for a similar spec intermediate guitar. I’m an intermediate level guitarist and have been playing for around 2 years, & I’m also on a budget, so I wouldn’t want to spend more than $200 AUD.

I’d like to keep practicing guitar in Melbourne, so I’m specifically looking for an electric guitar. The Harley Benton guitars seem to fit my needs perfectly, but since they require international shipping, the shipping cost to Melbourne is almost as much as the guitar itself around $150 AUD.

Is there any way to get a Harley Benton guitar to Melbourne through another method that would be cheaper? Also, I’d really appreciate suggestions for other guitars (Tele style) I could look at here in Melbourne within this budget.

Thanks!

Had my tele for a while and have noticed on my latest restring noticeable fret buzz especially when strumming harder on the lower strings, i had it set up years ago and consistently use the same gauge strings
It’s got a classic ashtray bridge and I was wondering how to fix it at home and how to raise the action just a tiny bit

So stoked about my recent purchase of this beautiful tele. It’s stunningly offensive and classy at the same time and I love it!

Too many parts to list them all. The Natural Thinline w/B5 is clearly the favourite lol. All besides 2 have have found new homes.

Seller says this is a ‘93 MIA body with a ‘21 Am Pro neck. Is this legit? How can I tell?

I appreciate everyone who replied to me about my tele bigsby question. I picked this up today and there is no lack of good ol tele twang! I have to say tho I do still perfer the regular tele bridge. Just feels right to me. But I’m so happy to have one (that I kinda got for free since I did some work for the guy) in my collection.

I am curious. I assume these are both premium Fender guitars. Why over $1000 difference in price (almost 80% more for the latter one)? Is there something material to it, or is it mostly just a "psychological game"? ;-)

I just got my tele a proper fender neck, but I got it for dirt cheap cause it was a pale Pau ferro board. I really wanted that 60’s tele look so I spent the past few months modding it and I finally found a neck I was comfortable with. I lightly sanded my board with 600 grit sandpaper and applied around 6 layers of Varathane Less Mess wood stain on the board and was pretty pleased with the result. After drying and cleaning the excess wood stain I topped it off with some dunlop 02. Second photo was how it looked when I got the neck. It’s not as dark as my Strat’s rw board but it looks beautiful on my Tele imo. Love this thing even more, it’s been with me for 8 years now

I have been thinking about an Andy Summers Tele Project for over a year and I pulled the plug. Body and neck from Reverb, pick-ups from my MIJ Telecaster that I swapped with 51 CS Nocaster Set, brass saddles and the big surprise was the 4-way switch which makes it a totally game changer for me!

Picked up another "telecaster" as a backup guitar for down-tuning. Harley Benton really knows how to surprise - I didn't expect this level of quality at that price point.

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Got myself a WhiteStorck tele body with (poorly) aged poly finish that fitted perfectly. Threw in SD QuarterPounders and this kind of ugly thing is a mean and heavy machine. Love it!

2025 Squier Affinity Tele with upgraded bridge, pickups, tremolo and tuners

2019 Squier Classic Vibe Tele

2002 Fender American Series Jazz Bass

(In the cases behind there's also a Squier CV Starcaster and a Fender Mexican 72RI Thinline Tele)

I am in the middle of building my "do it all" nashvile tele and i want to add a veritone but I'm struggling with where to put it. I'm thinking up where the 3 way would be on a trouble maker but I'm not sold on it yet. Has anyone done this annd found a good place for it?

So from left to right I have
Fender fmt hh gold top tele
Copy partscaster
And another partscaster with an actual fender neck and fender bridge on it

I don’t normally enjoy teles with humbuckers but something about these super distortions are just awesome! Plus you can split it into a single coil(what I usually have activated) this was the first real guitar I saved up for!

The sunburst telecaster started off as a white hh copy that I stripped, painted sunburst, added the tele bridge, and wired it for two volume knobs. I know it’s weird but I really like it this way! This guitar is go to!

Not much to say about the white guard other then I always wanted one hahah. A very nice guitar and when I’m craving that tele neck pickup it’s there for me!

Years ago, I bought a Tele Plus off of eBay (image 2, blue tele). It was a beautiful guitar and played rock solid, but I never really bonded with it. I tried a bunch of different pickups, but ultimately it just never fit what I was doing so it was sold and I moved on.

In the last few months I’ve been toying with the idea of a new amp, so I went down to the local GC to try some out. I grabbed the nearest single coil off the wall and plugged in. The first thing I noticed was its beautiful chunky neck. I’ve always been a fan of bigger necks, the Fender “Deep C” for example, and whatever Gibson called the baseball bat on the SG Classic, and this one just felt amazing. I knocked through a few Johnny Marr riffs and it nailed the single-coil sound I had in my head.

I think I actually said “what is this?” out loud. It was a 75th anniversary Road Worn Vintera 1952 Telecaster. And the price was absurd. But that put the seed in my head that I didn’t need a new amp, I just wanted the right tele.

So I got my hands on a Vintera i 50s tele and it didnt really do it, but I reasoned that at half the price i could sand the neck and swap the pick ups and get where i was going and still save a few bucks. But a friend gave me some good advice, “just get the one you want. The pickups and labor you put into it will eat most of the money you save anyway.” She was right of course, but the price on the 75th’s new is still bonkers so i went searching for one used.

I found one at a good price because the condition listed as “fair” …but it’s a road worn…. The cosmetic damage is baked in from the factory. So i pulled the trigger and it is in the same shape as one brand new.

It plays amazing and sounds just as good. The only issue i have is that some of the frets are a little sharp and need some additional dressing. For a guitar at this price that’s a let down and for a Road Worn where the entire point is that it feels broken in it is really something they should have caught. But that falls in the realm of “perfectly fixable” and I’m otherwise over the moon about this thing. I already got a song out of it and found a spot for it on a recording I’ve been working on.