Music Man closest to a Tele sound

[fatkatz77]

I was just wondering if there is a MM guitar out there that is close in tone to a Tele?

 

[Norrin Radd]

 

[roburado]

Some people say the Albert Lee SSS is sort of a hybrid Strat/Tele. Whether or not it sounds Tele enough for you, I suppose you'd have to make up your mind about that yourself.

 

[HTSMetal]

Is that an Axis Super Sport? What's the story on that? That thing is a stunner!

 

[crywolf71]

This may sound strange but for me a Silhouette has that snappy/bright sound. The pich-up are good for clean/ medium crunch sounds. Must tell i never played a Albert Lee

 

[ScoobySteve]

Is that an Axis Super Sport? What's the story on that? That thing is a stunner!

That is a special Tele bridged ASS that EBMM made for Brad Paisley. Monster tone. MONSTER

 

[BenG]

Albert Lee MM90/Mesa Electra Dyne - YouTube
Albert Lee MM90 by a forum member.

 

[BenG]

CRACKING THE CODE: Albert Lee - YouTube

 

[Icedlatte]

@Norrin Radd, haha that's not even fair. Beautiful guitar though, too bad its not an option. As BenG mentioned probably the Albert Lee with Single coils. This guy modified his Albert Lee with A G-Bender its doing a good job of getting that sound.
Telecaster, albert Lee, Highway 40 blues, b-bender - YouTube

 

[straycat113]

I don't think any EBMM guitars are going to get you dead on to any of the 60 year old classics anyone wants to sound like. They are a breed onto themselves and very tonally versatile. The best way to put it would it get you in that ball park, and the answer is yes.

 

[beej]

The baseplate of a tele is such a huge contributing factor to it's sound, it's hard to duplicate with another guitar.

If you're looking for twang ... I'd say an SSS or MM90 AL, or Axis Sport.

 

[Coffeemug]

OK...it's quite obvious that the SSS Albert will get you pretty close to the typical tele sound...it's got a voice of it's own and is capable of a lot more than just that. Another guitar I've had pretty good results with is the standard Morse, you gotta play a little with the pickup configs and tone control but to my ears the Morse can come quite close to the typical Tele sound, too!

 

[JMD]

Morse bridge humbucker with bridge single does have spank to it....like a muscular tele.

 

[BUC]

I have numerous stratocasters, a JP, SM, and a 25th anniversary Reflex. For me, the Reflex comes the closest although one of my strats does pretty good too.

Don't let the humbuckers fool you, the Reflex is plenty bright. I think it's more like a thinline tele. The in-between settings are much more tele than strat.

Never played the Albert Lee.

 

[fatkatz77]

Thank you everyone. I was just thinking about what EBMM guitar I would like to buy next. I always loved the sound of a tele. Ir doesn't have to be exact, just close. Thank you again everyone.

 

[djlynch]

I d look for a ball with a hardtail.

 

[guitarp77]

Check out the single coil of the Y2D...that, with proper tone and volume adjustment, gives you a great "twanky" sound...

 

[marantz1300]

You can mod a Silo or Axis.

 

[Tung]

The closest thing to a Tele is a Tele. EBMM guitars can do wide variety of tones, but they definitely have their own mojo going on.

 

[worrler1]

You can mod a Silo or Axis.

Is this yours? What can you tell me about modding one of these?