Affordable Tele Electric Guitar Review
by Mac
Here is a quick review of several affordable Tele electric guitars that will get you all the twangy tone you need without emptying your wallet.
Finding a cheap tele style guitar is not that hard, its just a matter of getting one that is decent enough for a good price. The ones that I prefer myself are the tele copies available through Rondo Music.
They are all made of solid wood and have quality hardware. They are also excellent choices for modding out and customizing your guitar. There are many examples of this to be found on the Telecaster Forum, Fender Guitar Forum, and Agile Guitar Forum.
Lets face it, no one really wants to use an expensive Fender as a project guitar. These inexpensive telecaster replicas are the perfect choice for aftermarket upgrades and modifications like hot rodded pickups, custom paint jobs, etc.
Here is a quick guide to several models and specs and price ranges of several Tele style guitars that are available at Rondo Music Online.
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Pricing: $99.99 to $119.99
Traditional / retro styled 3-piece body made of solid Alder
Great sound perfect for rock, jazz, blues, country, and more
Maple neck with Aged Maple fretboard, 21 jumbo (2.7mm)frets, and dot inlays
Chrome covered mini single coil pickup or p-90 and standard single coil pickup
String-through body bridge with 6 adjustable saddles
Passive volume and tone controls with classic blade 3-way pickup selector switch
Chrome hardware
Width of the neck at the nut: 1 5/8″
Neck radius: 13.7″ (350mm)
Scale length 25.5″
Overall length 39″
Width at the widest point: 12 3/4″
Thickness of body 1 3/4″
Actual Weight is only 8 lbs
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Pricing: $129.99 to $149.95
Flat-top guitar with Basswood body and Ash Burl Top
Bound body and 3-Ply Pickguard (tortoise/white/black)
Hard Rock Maple neck with adjustable truss rod
Rosewood fretboard with 22 frets and dot inlays
Two single-coil pickups for traditional sound
One volume and one tone control plus and 3-way blade stlye pickup selector switch
Traditional Wilkinson bridge
Die cast Chrome tuners
Trans Amber Finish
Width of the neck at the nut approx: 1 5/8″; at the 22st fret approx: 2 1/4″
Overall length approx: 39 1/2″; Scale length: 25 1/2″
Width at the widest point approx: 13″, body thickness at the edge approx: 1 3/4″
Approx. Weight is only 9 lbs
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Agile TC Tele Guitar Series
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Pricing: TC 730 $279.95
TC630SD $299.95
TC1200 $499.99
Traditional / retro-styled body made of a beautiful Solid Ash
Professional Grover tuners offer an 18-1 tuning ratio for ultra fine tuning
Hard Rock Maple neck and rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays and 22 frets
Wilkinson Saddle with String-Thru-Body design
Passive volume/tone controls with classic blade three way selector switch
Two Agile Noiseless Pickups
Width of the neck at the nut: 1 11/16″; at the 22st fret: 2 1/3″
U-Shape Fingerboard with fingerboard radius: 7.25″
Overall length 39″
Width at the widest point: 12 3/4″
Actual Weight is approx 8 lbs
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Specialty Tele style guitars:
The Long Awaited T-7 String!
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Price: $499.95
Swamp Ash Body
1 Pieces maple bolt on neck with “C” profile
Maple fretboard with 15” radius, 25.5″ scale and black dots and 22 Jumbo frets
Sound controled from master volume and tone with 3 way switch
Vintage bridge with 7 individual brass barel saddles and chrome plated steel bass plate.
Grover chrome tuners with 18-1 ratio
Agile passive single coil pickups
Graphite Nut
Satin Polyurethane Finish
String Gauge: 009, 011, 016, 024, 032, 042 and 056
Width of the neck at the nut: 1 7/8″ at the 22nd fret: 2 17/32″ Body width at the lower bout 12 3/4″ upper bout: 11″ Body height is 15 7/8″
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Double Neck 6 / 12 string!
Dual cutaway Solid 3 piece alder body for a great sound
Bolt on Maple necks with adjustable truss rods
Maple fret-boards with 22 jumbo frets (each neck) and a 10″ radius neck for fast play
Headstock features a detailed checkerboard pattern to match body
Die-cast Grover tuners with 18-1 ratio for ultra fine tuning
Standard T- style fixed bridge with 6 adjustable saddles
One volume and one tone controls per body section plus a three way pickup selector switch (each body section) to help you get the sound you want
Actual weight 12 lbs
Overall length is 41″ including the strap button
Width at the widest point is 17″
Body thickness 1 1/2″ at edge
The neck is 1 5/8″ wide at each nut
Each scale length 25.5″
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