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I dunno... tone control is so important on a Tele.

Gorgeous instruments though... with an intensely gorgeous choice of backdrop! That is a classy way to show off an instrument.

the black one is so pretty and so simple
i would love to have it

<3

The only time I don't have the tone control on my Teles fully open is when I have it bypassed completely on my American Series one!

I primarily use tone control on the bridge pickup to control it's treble bite a bit. Always full open on the neck.

i don't use the tone knob on any of my gutiars. half of them i have taken them completely off and replaced them with dedicated volume knobs for each pickup

i don't use tone knob either

only when i'm just messing around by myself for lo fi fuzzes past the 12th fret but playing with a band it's always all knobs wide open.

I hadn't realised how the 'No Load' tone control functions, so for a while had it maxed out and too shrill. Comes in very handy now I've put a Mean 90 in the neck, though.

I think it looks a bit off to have a stupidly long metal plate to mount one pot and one switch to, they should've had the plate end where the bridge cover does and move the controls closer to the player's reach. Also I'd convert it to a tone knob.

Theyre pretty cool guitars however I use the tone control so much I'd miss not having one.

the tele CRL 3-way switch is far superior to a toggle switch.

mage wrote:the tele CRL 3-way switch is far superior to a toggle switch.

I've always prefered toggle switches, is that just me?

mrperson wrote:

mage wrote:the tele CRL 3-way switch is far superior to a toggle switch.

I've always prefered toggle switches, is that just me?

No, I like toggles better too, I find them much easier to adjust on the fly.

3-way blade switches are more flexible because of the blade contact design; you can balance the switch between two contacts and get them both... this is how the 5-way switch on Strats came about, people were balancing the pre-CBS 3-way switches to get the hum-cancelling clucky sounds long before it was a stock wiring option.

Neither switch is without fault. 3-way toggles are easier to switch on the fly... both on purpose and accidently.

paul_ wrote:3-way toggles are easier to switch on the fly... both on purpose and accidently .

Completely true.

hmm, I feel like toggles are kind of sloppy and and never really stay in place very well. the tele 3-way switch is way solid. and it's a lot more versatile from a wiring perspective.

Fair enough, yh you can do more with a blade style, I've just used toggle switches for so long I'm just used to them. I use both pickups on most the time anyway so the switch feels pretty secure like that.

A tele with tone bypassed makes my ears hurt just thinking about it.

lol isn't that the point ? otherwise get a humbuckered guitar

there's a difference between bright and ice-pick.