Hi guys
I've come to realize I really like the sound of telecasters for rock. At least I think so
So for a while I've been playing with the thought of looking at some of them to see if I bond. Before I do so, however, I would like to ask in which direction I should go.
I wouldn't spend too much, so Squiers and MIM are in scope, MIA is OUT of scope. But the quality needs to be there - I don't want to fight a guitar that is a bitch to setup, and I want the sound to be good if not great. If I go the used route, I would still not go for the MIA, I'd rather save the additional money.
Having said that, there is a huge palette - hollowbody (thinlines), humbucker neck and/or bridge, single coils, TV Jones fideli'tron pickups, MP90 pickups (P90s?), different permutations of pickups, different body woods, different controls, etc etc... You get the picture.
So I am wondering - for a good tele ROCK tone, is there anything I should avoid - either for playability or tone etc?
Generalization is OK here I want to narrow the field right now to avoid option paralysis in the store. I can always come back and try some others if I don't catch anything I must have.
If you need something to trigger your answer, here is a short list of teles site link that I consider to glance at - based on price, gut feeling and no intelligence whatsoever. Also, I'm a bit leary of humbuckers, as I am concerned that part of the tele mojo is in the regular single coil pickups. Is that way wrong?