General Music Chat

I received the Tele this morning and it is everything I expected and more played on it for about 3 hours!

I play heavy rock music on a 72 Tele Deluxe (reproduction). Even with 2 humbuckers, I'm wondering if Mr Argumentative Genius thinks my MOJO is compromised.

No, I do not think YOUR MOJO is compromised. Clearly, you're incapable of reading and understanding the English language. I said that a Telecaster's MOJO is compromised when it plays something other than country. I never said that the guitarist's MOJO was compromised. That would be silly.

Ask your Telecaster how its MOJO is after being forced to play something other than country.

However, I will also acknowledge that installing humbuckers on a Telecaster, whether done as a custom mod or Fender doing it at their factory also screws up Telecaster MOJO seriously. If God wanted Telecasters to have humbuckers, He would have told Leo to make them that way in the first place.

Next thing you know they'll be making set-neck Telecasters with double cutaways and humbuckers. No wait, such an instrument already exists. It's called a Gibson (or Epiphone) SG.

well an Epi SG just happens to be the other guitar i have, but once i bought the Tele Deluxe, i only want to use the SG as a gardening implement, so shows what you know pal.

Didn't they teach you the difference between opinions and facts back in Junior High?

We have nothing called "junior high" in Phoenix, AZ. You can look it up dude.

It would have been when you were in 7th or 8th grade. That's also when they would have taught you the difference between answering a simple question and being an asshole, which is apparently another lesson you skipped.

consensus of the group says you missed that lesson as well, Mr Igotabunchanumbersontheendofmyname!

It would have been when you were in 7th or 8th grade. That's also when they would have taught you the difference between answering a simple question and being an asshole, which is apparently another lesson you skipped.

consensus of the group says you missed that lesson as well, Mr Igotabunchanumbersontheendofmyname!

I agree with you george is a stupid asshole who has no place on this forum.

However, I will also acknowledge that installing humbuckers on a Telecaster, whether done as a custom mod or Fender doing it at their factory also screws up Telecaster MOJO seriously. If God wanted Telecasters to have humbuckers, He would have told Leo to make them that way in the first place.

Next thing you know they'll be making set-neck Telecasters with double cutaways and humbuckers. No wait, such an instrument already exists. It's called a Gibson (or Epiphone) SG.

1. Humbucking pickups didn't exist when the telecasters first came to be.

2. SG's have a 24 3/4" neck vs. the 25 1/2" of a tele....that's as big of a difference as p/u's and neck mounting method.

"MOJO" is in the eyes and ears of the beholder. Jazz gtr great Barney Kessell was on some talk show back in the '70s (Merv Griffin I think) and was patronizingly asked about his "jazz gtr". He pointed over to the piano on stage that had just been used w his quartet and said...."Is that a 'jazz piano'? When you have a classical pianist playing... does it then become a 'classical piano'?"