This is my Granada model. Based on a telecaster.

I looked up the SN and it checks out, anything glaringly off about it? Looks legit to me!

Always loved the butterscotch/blackguard look

Discovered this back when I used to dislike tele's and now that I've seen the light I knew I needed to add it to my collection. Been playing Monster Hunter games since the first PSP game came out. Really loving the fit n finish of it! Very light for a tele. Was hoping the pickups would have something more to them? But they sound perfectly fine.

This awesome Waylon Jennings Tooled Leather pickguard just got delivered and I couldn’t wait to swap it over. Totally changes the vibe in the best way.

Meet Lizzie!

I just received this MIM Classic Series today, and oh mama, I'm vibrating! This guitar has been played, there's a ding and patina on the saddles, stoked. There's a missing screw and a loose pot, nothing I can't fix, but not today. Today is for getting acquainted.

The search is over, I found my Thinline.

I've been nerding out on Tele bridge pickups lately, as I start on my fourth partscaster build. (send help)

Feels like Alnico 2 seems to fly under the radar, as far as bridge pickups are concerned. So I just wanted to see if anyone here is running A2's in their teles.

Personally, I like that the highs don't poke out quite as much (compared so say an Alnico 5). The purists might say that this takes you away from the trademark tele sound, which is true to some extent, but to me that twangy DNA is still present with Alnico 2, just a little smoother, with less snap. A bit of a softer attack too.

Maybe it's my old man ears, but my ears can't take the shrill highs anymore.

My favorite A2's so far are the Fender '62 Tele Custom and the Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro.

I bought a set of Gotoh In-Tune BS compensated brass saddles for my American Performer to replace the stock ones. I'm confused about what orientation to use for each saddle as they can be flipped over / reversed. From what I can tell, there aren't any clear resources to describe this. Below are photos of what I have so far, but I am positive I have some wrong as I can't get both strings in each set intonated close enough. Any pointers would be really appreciated!

https://imgur.com/a/Y0iHNjp

Assuming this happened during shipping and is fixable but for 3k it’s disappointing. The guitar plays and feels great besides the blemish

He’s been playing these live since the 80’s. I first say him play one on the farewell tour in like ‘82-83. Apparently this truly is a farewell tour over 40 years later.

How low is everyone able to get their action on their America Pros without buzz? I recently bought a used model that is in great condition, but the setup was atrocious and clearly not played. The owner said he preferred play acoustic and never really got value out of it.

I've done an amateur setup myself and made it a lot better, but I have an old Squire Affinity with a 6 saddle (which I also set). It has a super low action and is really fast to play (but not anywhere near as sexy).

The neck seems straight and in great condition.

I've ordered some Gotoh vintage saddles, which look like they might help a little, but i'm guessing a slightly higher action is part of the tele experience :)

Got a promotion at work and saw Guitar Center was running these at $679. I wanted one for a while so after talking it over with the wife, we went today to check them out. The floor model was pretty dirty and dry so I asked the manager if he had another one in the back, and he brought this out new in the box. As soon as I saw the color and streak in the rosewood, I said yes.

Modded up MIM. Thought the mirror would look better with EMGs. But now I think it’s time for a change.

Some love the way it looks and some hate it. Plays like a dream and is the guitar which has taught me the most about playing electric guitars. Anytime someone asks me what guitar to get my answer will always be a Tele.

Discovered Jerry Reed’s music recently and learned City of New Orleans in standard on my tele today. Pardon the guitar faces

New tele came in the mail today - but I noticed that the neck pickup isn’t level? The treble side is higher than the bass - and I’ve never noticed if I’ve ever played a tele where it’s like that. But taking the measurements - the bass side is right above 2 mm and the treble side is right at 2 mm. So based on the heights it’s fine - and plugging it in there doesn’t seem to be any particular volume spikes with the low or high strings. So just wondering if this is a normal thing haha Thanks for any input!

Absolutely in love with my J and D luthiers telecaster! For the price, the quality is simply outstanding. Alder body with a rosewood fretboard. Thinking of perhaps putting the Fender Tex-Mex pickups in and maybe upgrading the bridge as well. Only real issue is the tone nob- very all or nothing, not sure if this is because of the pickups. For anyone looking for their first tele, I think J and D have solid options. I'm by no means a skilled guitarist, and I was looking for a guitar that made me want to pick it up and write songs. This is very much that guitar.

My first tele. Might not be much, but it’s so beautiful, I smile every time I see it.

I think Teles would scale with str and dex like any other quality weapon. Infusions are another topic.

Here is my build intended to play country lead. Sounds great.

-Fender maple neck, streaked ebony with black gloss headstock.

-American Ultra II body in Texas Tea color. It was blem body with clearcoat problems that I repaired.

-Certano G and B bender bridge.

-920d control plate, center knob is a volume for the middle pickup to blend in.

-Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack neck and bridge pickup, Hot Stack Strat middle pickup.

Posting this as I suspect someone might at least find it funny....or sad....

I've been playing for ~35 years now off and on. Mostly Fenders - strats and then eventually a 1983 MIA Tele that weighed a ton, and then I settled on a '95 MIM Tele that has been my main ever since. I've always purchased used. The 83 Tele had active EMG pickups in it. Never liked anything about that guitar except for the believing it must be great because it was the made in USA version...

When I bought the 95 Tele used, the guy who I bought it from told me it had GFS pickups. This was around 2010. He had a massive guitar collection and also did setups, worked professionally as a sound technician of some sort of a big event company, etc. Love the guitar and it's been my primary, but it never quite had the tele sound that I'd hear on youtube videos, etc. Recently I decided to try some new pickups for the first time ever. I have some electronics experience from when I was younger. I cheaped out and ordered "Waah!" (yes, that's their brand name) '51 vintage alnico pickups off ebay for about $50. They arrived from China a couple of weeks or so later.

When I pulled the old pickups out I noticed the wiring in the cavity was definitely not typical. Turns out, the pickups that were in it are in fact from GFS, but what the prior seller failed to tell me is that they are actually humbuckers! After measuring the resistance of each and comparing pictures, it turns out they are GFS Neovim pickups - they look just like your typical single coils (no rails) but they have multiple wires to allow for wiring for splitting coils, etc.

I had no idea!

I wound up putting in the Waah '51 alnico pickups, following the Fender "Modern" schematic for wiring pickups. They sound great - so much more responsive and more breath/nuance to them - it's hard to describe. I suspect the main reason is they are true single coils and not humbuckers.

I just wish I would have done it many years sooner.

Been a slow process but I can’t speed up USPS as much as I wish I could.

Over the past week I got the back of the pick guard painted with liquid tape for electronic insulation. I used electrical tape and the liquid tape to reinforce some cracking and patch a hole. I also clear coated the pick guard with some KBS diamond coat and it came out beautifully. Highly recommend it + the KBS clean to anyone looking to get that rusted but high gloss look.

The new bridge, control plate,and knobs got here from lucky dog guitars. The wiring harness came in from gunstreet. Went with road worn fender vintage tuners. However, the new tuner posts are ~8mm where the old ones were ~10mm so I wood glued in some 3/8” dowels in preparation to drill new mounting holes.

The wiring harness includes a 4 way switch for 4th position stealth mod where I can run both pickups in parallel. Stoked to get this thing wired up and playing.

My first tele, I’m pretty excited! It’s a 1999 American Standard. Great condition and tone.

It’s a turquoise metallic colour, but I’m not quite sure which one. What do you guys think? In the second pic, you can see the original colour under the pickguard, and how it yellowed with time.

Thanks!