If you remember the 1970s as the Era of Terrible Music, you weren't there.

[Telecaster Guitar Forum]( TDPRI Telecaster Forum Trending Threads [The Country Music Appreciation Thread]( Vibroluxer · Jan 5, 2024 at 7:24 PM · Replies 71 This is just what the title says it is and what kind of tune belongs in this thread is up to you. With the state of today's country music, well let's just say that many a classic rock tune would fall into today's country. This could quite possibly be the greatest song in country. It has few... Forum [Music to Your Ears]( [Read more]( N[eck position humbuckers - thoughts and questions]( Supernotch · Dec 10, 2023 at 3:07 AM · Replies 37 Over the years I’ve done lots of experimentation with full size humbuckers in my Teles. Pickup swaps, magnet swaps, wiring swaps, etc. I like the idea of neck humbuckers. But in actual practice, I’ve had mixed results. Overall, I’ve noticed a common tonal pattern. Boomy, overly compressed... Forum [Just Pickups]( [Read more]( [German engineering at its finest.]( In a groundbreaking development, German entrepreneurs Dr. Marco Vietor and Paul Crusius have unveiled a virtually invisible hearing aid that is taking the US by storm. It’s called Horizon by [hear.com](. Bluetooth-enabled, audiologist-backed, and smaller than a coffee bean. [Start your no-risk trial today](. [This Record Should Be Played Loud]( Vibroluxer · Jan 3, 2024 at 10:04 AM · Replies 78 Feel free to post anything you like to hear loud! Forum [Music to Your Ears]( [Read more]( [Felt Pads for the Pots on a Telecaster Deluxe]( 244300 · Jan 3, 2024 at 8:44 PM · Replies 3 The pots on my four knob Telecaster Deluxe are really loose feeling and I’d like a tighter feel but I don’t want to change the pots or go down that rabbit hole. I’m pretty sure a felt pad or some thickness would be best but I’m having trouble tracking down something that’s already cut round like... Forum [Telecaster Discussion Forum]( [Read more]( [Excelsior amp problem]( screefer · Jan 5, 2024 at 8:36 PM · Replies 4 While playing, my amp stopped. No popping or smoke. Transformers weren’t hot. Pilot light out. Unplugged the amp and drained the caps. Primary and internal fuses look good and read 0.03 on my meter set to 20k. Plugged the power cord into the iec plug. Got power to the two outer spade lugs on the... Forum [Amp Tech Center]( [Read more]( [If you remember the 1970s as the Era of Terrible Music, you weren't there.]( Peegoo · Jan 5, 2024 at 7:36 PM · Replies 39 Lots of people that lived through the 1970s tend to pan the music being made at the time. I don't know why that is, because every decade has its good and bad records. Remember The Midnight Special? It was not like Soul Train and American Bandstand--where many artists and bands lip sync'd... Forum [Music to Your Ears]( [Read more]( [Something very unexpected happened today (NGD content)]( DimEyeGuitarGuy · Jan 5, 2024 at 9:16 PM · Replies 11 As the title says, something VERY unexpected happened to me today. First a quick backstory... At the end of 2022, having dealt with some pretty serious health issues, I had to sell all of my music gear, including my guitars and amps. As things have improved a bit, my wonderful wife and I have... Forum [Telecaster Discussion Forum]( [Read more]( [More weird Bigsby stuff...]( Sea Devil · Jan 5, 2024 at 10:44 PM · Replies 4 So I added a vintage F logo B5 Bigsby to an already great Tele about eight years ago, and in spite of all my efforts to arrest or reverse the process, it gradually developed tuning issues. I ended up replacing the Bigsby with a new B5, and all was well. The guitar has since become my number one... Forum [Tele-Technical]( [Read more]( [Visit Telecaster Guitar Forum]( [Unsubscribe](