Pine Body Tele's

I already got 2 Teles that I acquired from Sp8ctre. I'm good on Teles for now. :p
 
In '09, I got invited to the Winter NAMM show. I don't remember who the luthier was, but he insisted that I pick up one his pine body Teles. My immediate expression was a boisterous: "OH MY!!!!!!". It weighed like 5 lbs... not even close to 6 lbs. Then I strummed a couple open chords. Amazing acoustic ring and resonance.
 
But I have a thing for Brazilian rosewood finger boards his Esquire is the hands down winner sounds like a Burst

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syscokid said:
In '09, I got invited to the Winter NAMM show. I don't remember who the luthier was, but he insisted that I pick up one his pine body Teles. My immediate expression was a boisterous: "OH MY!!!!!!". It weighed like 5 lbs... not even close to 6 lbs. Then I strummed a couple open chords. Amazing acoustic ring and resonance.
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That's pine. My golden Synthesizer made of spruce has it as well. And that is glulam wood with some knots in it.

BTW: there are actually *some* luthiers who make Tele bodies from pine, and intendedly pine with many knots. To me that somehow fits well to the rough shape of the Tele body.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
If and when Ivan sees this, he will say I threw Petrol on his already burnin GAS for a Tele
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Haha, yes, you've got my tele GAS well & truly alight now Chilli, raging. Some really nice examples above. I'll have a look for one over the weekend/during the week. I would have answered early but the amount of video content kept freezing my phone up, had to drag the old laptop out. Cheers
 
I love my Warmoth tele but with it's alder body and maple cap it is heavy. When my back is acting up it is not the guitar I reach for. I'd love to try a pine tele.
 
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