Does anyone here use a Telecaster in a metal band?

I only know of John 5 using one in metal , alot of blues dude as u probably know, Im not sure how it would be for metal , you would have to Mod it I would think.

Put a bridge humbucker in it and you should do fine. I think they sound quite good with humbuckers, not "Fender"ish at all. If I could just stand the profile of a Fender neck ... Schecter makes a tele like this.

I play a Telecaster with a Humbucker in the Bridge

It plays Metal extremely well.

You are about to get flamed by people says things like (Zomg! Tel3's Suxxor you N00b!) There are a lot of people who will tell you that a Tele sucks for metal.
But those same people would have never tried to play Metal on a Tele thats set up for it.

but dont listen to them. Telecaster are extremely versatile guitars. set up right they will play almost anything.

Oh. and a tele's action is by default very Low. it makes my pants move

It would make perfect sense how a Tele with humbuckers performs well in metal, it certainly has enough wood in the body. I don't care what any of you say, a Tele with humbucking pickups has balls.

sure a tele can do metal very well. many come with humbuckers. the lamb of god guy uses or used to use a fender tele. i thinkits a fender showmaster tele that has the same pu' s as my shecter and looks almost as nice. i like the neck alot better on the tele. also the musicians friend tele is nice and cheap. got duncan humbuckers, abalone inlays(dot). only 399

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i have nothing against how tele's look or sound or play, im sure they do just fine but i jsut cannot stand the look, IMO they are the ugliest guitars ever, not to insult you guys though, im sure a few of you could play circles around me with a tele...but god...soo ugly

yeah but i also like the iceman...

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I bet if i showed you my Tele you would change your mind

hmmm... My initial arsehole response would be
"You can't polish a turd"

After owning a high end fender (which was the 1994 Yngwie Signature) I'm really not an appreciator of Fender's construction (though this did have a maple neck). Do the bodies and necks allow for the resonance and sustain you need to make the most of and control high levels of gain? I find this to be the main problem in models that are not born into metal but almost get there through modifications...

Sorry to sound like an arsehole with this post

i stat this everytime i hear its name...

I. HATE. TELES! PERIOD!

EDIT: although Fender does have the capability to build really sweet metal guitars, these arent prime examples IMO, though if you want a fender really bad, and want a metal sound, check Ebay and the like for the 1988 HM Heavy Metal Strat Stratocaster, i own one and it kicks ass, Khaler Syder bridge, thin neck, Duncans, its great

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I think everyone is forgetting that guitars are personal preference and that just becasue you dont like it, doesnt mean its a bad or ugly guitar.

i know this isnt the righ tthread. but itsnot worth its own thread.
this is a freaking sweet deal!

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7...ase_pid/511333/

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Jim Root from Slipknot uses a Telecaster, its loaded with an EMG 81/60 combo

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fenders can play metal it's just ignorant people who say they can't. Get some SA's or throw a humbucker in and whats the diff. ( tone wise )

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I forgot what their name was, but there's a Melodic Speed metal band from like Finland that sounds like Kalmah. Their guitarist uses a tele and he gets this thick heavy sound out of it, so yeah, a tele can sound good.

You mean Wintersun.

On the Wintersun recordings, Jari used a Tele for the leads, and a Jackson for the rest (and a damn fine job of it he did too!)

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I have seen picture of Karl Sanders playing live with a Stratocaster

I was just wondering what you guys thought.....I just bought an American Telecaster last week and it smokes on my marshall vsr100-half stack.

You could use a 2x4 with humbuckers for metal, but will it perform as well was a Jackson or something similar? Survey says no, but whatever you feel most confortable playing, dude.

put a SD hot rails in the bridge, your metal prayers have been answered....your welcome.