Southwestern State - Telecaster

Southwestern State, by Seven Mary Three, is one of my favorite songs. I hope I've done it justice with my solo.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Southwestern
• State
• Seven
• Mary
• Three
• Fender
• Telecaster
• Texas
• Special
• Pickups

[cmartinrel]

Lots of famous rockers have played teles and strats with single coils, so yes! you can still rock! Think: Hendrix, David Gilmour, Ritchie Blackmore, Billy Corgan---they all play(ed) single-coils.

Your tone won't be as thick; there's no way around it. You can, however, get something like a Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster to "thicken" the sound.

[GulfCoasta09]

hey man! love the solo. i see that you have texas specials too. could you give me your review on them? i have some specials sitting on my bed i havent installed them yet =\

[cmartinrel]

Thanks!

To my ears, my tele with the texas specials make the thing sound like a cross between a regular tele and a Gibson Les Paul Special with p-90s---although it is closer to the tele than to the LP special.

The texas specials give it a much fuller tone, especially in the mids. You'll be able to play power chords without them sounding thin or tinny.

Eventually I'd like to have a tele with actual p90s in it, but this is probably as close as I can get without routing out new holes.

[kay06fitz]

This is one of my absolute favorite songs,and I love what you've done with it :)

[cmartinrel]

Hey, thanks for the comment. It's always risky messing with a great song--I'm glad I didn't ruin it!

[anthrax33]

man, nice playin!

do you need to shield it to get rid of the noise?

[cmartinrel]

Thanks for the comment!

These aren't shielded, although I don't play live much so it usually isn't a problem. Also, I don't remember it really being a problem those few times I have played live.

However, when I'm recording into my computer, I have to turn the monitor off--it makes them hum like crazy.

[bearsafetyus]

teach me..

[keem85m]

I am trading my Gibson SG Standard for a Tele Deluxe Edition today.. I hope I still can be able to play rock with this guitar even without my humbuckers? what's your opinion on this?

[Gromeul]

Great sound with your telecaster!

[SDMF21]

I found that recording into a computer, it's just as easy to face away from the monitor and it does the same trick as turning it off. Might make recording a little bit more efficient.