Members johnnyl80 Posted October 19, 2011 Members Share Posted October 19, 2011 Do you think I need the neck single coil to play rockabilly, or can I just use the bridge one for that kind of tones? Thing is, after many hollow bodies I'm considering going the Tele route, but I've never had one, and I'm asking this specific question because 1) I really like the Esquire look, so I'm considering one, 2) a friend of mine has a mint MIM 72 Custom like this: ... That he would sell me for cheap, so I'm considering that one too... Another stupid question, now that I think about it: would you play a 72 like this with a rockabilly band, or do you think it would just look wrong? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted October 19, 2011 Members Share Posted October 19, 2011 Forum member Adlo76 plays a MEAN rockabilly tele. http://www.adamlopezmusic.com/ EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Baddass Posted October 19, 2011 Members Share Posted October 19, 2011 That's a great guitar:thu: and no it won't look wrong:love:.Might be just what you need. And a deluxe reverb would help also;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted October 19, 2011 Members Share Posted October 19, 2011 If you want to really worry about looking the part, I'd posit that a Gretsch or Gretsch-type guitar (maybe an Artcore or Epi WildKat) is more traditionally "correct" than a Tele anyhow. From a sound standpoint I don't think the '72 would have any problem with rockabilly (I don't have a '72 but I do have 2 Teles with neckbuckers; I don't play in a rockabilly band, but some of my old school punk band's music is certainly rockabilly-inspired, a la Social D, etc.). From a visual aspect, unless your band is going full-bore sideburns/pompadours/doghouse bass, I wouldn't worry about it; to 95% of the population a guitar is a guitar. If I could get that '72 for cheap I'd be all over it like white on rice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members straycat113 Posted October 19, 2011 Members Share Posted October 19, 2011 You will be able to Rockabilly away just fine with that Deluxe. I would not dismiss the neck pup as it is a very useful tone tool for that style of playing. Just watch any clip of Brian Setzer and watch how many times he switches from bridge to neck in a song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cephus Posted October 20, 2011 Members Share Posted October 20, 2011 I think that the middle position is my go to rockabilly tone. A neck HB is a nice blend for the bridge SC. However, i find that I like a separate volume control for each pickup so I can dial in that blend properly. So the keith richards guitar has an edge over the regular tele. I play rockabilly and have an epi es-295 (p90/p90) as my #1. My backup guitar is an HH strat and in recordings I can't really tell the difference. The feel is very different and I prefer the short scale 295 for rockabilly. I just play more authentically when I am using the hollowbody. But if you break a string, the fender scale will work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poolshark Posted October 20, 2011 Members Share Posted October 20, 2011 Go for the Tele. I love rockabilly, have a rockabilly-inspired band, and my main guitars are Telecasters and/or have humbuckers. Traditionalists are boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members akapuli Posted October 20, 2011 Members Share Posted October 20, 2011 would you play a 72 like this with a rockabilly band, or do you think it would just look wrong? It's a very good guitar, probably the best overall in the MIM branch. You're wrong if you're chasing the look. Don't be a poser like 85% of players in this style. Lot of classic records in this genre were cut with Teles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted October 20, 2011 Members Share Posted October 20, 2011 If you can play rockabilly, you can play it deluxe on this ... particularly in the middle position. (Unless you're in a dress-up rockabilly band, in which case nothing but a Gretsch or a Gibson jazzbox will do.) If you can't ... it won't be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted October 20, 2011 Members Share Posted October 20, 2011 add a bigsby to that Tele and you should be set! Have you had the neck pickup modded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mel Cooley Posted October 20, 2011 Members Share Posted October 20, 2011 You'd be fine with either guitar. Very few RAB players used Gretsches beyond Eddie Cochran and Cliff Gallup (or new wave poster boy Brian Setzer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hubert Stumblin Posted October 20, 2011 Members Share Posted October 20, 2011 I would think that beyond the Gretsch hollowbodies (and hollowbodied Gibsons, Guilds, Epis, Kay, Harmonys, etc.) a Tele would be a perfect Rockabilly guitar. I'd say get it and go-cat-go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bhollyfanhardin Posted May 11, 2020 Members Share Posted May 11, 2020 wow a lot of people don't no anything about real classic traditional rockabilly music...the guy above who says a gretsch is more traditionally correct for rockabilly than a telecaster is completely wrong the telecaster was used way more in the mid 50's for rockabilly in fact there were only a few Gretsch players and how many of the classic rockabilly cats of the 1950's had tattoo's allover and wore more makeup/hairspray than there girlfriends/wives wore......what they call rockabilly now has nothing to do with tradition...Brian Setzer is a perfect example nothing about him says traditional rockabilly.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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