December 2024 Challenge – Alan O

[Alan O]

Hi All! I’m playing my “new to me” telecaster on this one (1992 Mexican Tele). Got it last month and really digging it! It’s my first tele…

December 2024 AM Challenge

Alan

[Denise]

Everybody needs a (nice looking😉) Tele😊🎸👍.

Great sound, quite “fat” with a nice breakup. What tone settings are you using?

Wooonderful playing. I love your repeating theme with the on and forth between 1 and 4 chord and that sweet down movement and these lead lines.
Sounding very musical.
Denise

More Blues!

[Alan O]

Thanks Denise! I was using an HX Stomp with the Deluxe Reverb virtual amp and TS9 Tube Screamer analog pedal and neck pickup on the tele.

Alan

[Denise]

Great tone setting.

Actually the name Misty for my American Original 60s Tele comes from the name of its vintage colour, “Burgundy Mist”😊.

Telecat is a nice name😺.

More Blues!

[Werner]

Excellent contribution, Alan. I especially like the sound. you found the right mix between dirty and melodic and of course played it perfectly. Thank you

Werner

[Bill]

Welcome to the Tele club Alan! What a debut for your new axe, great playing and great tone man!

[donmati]

Beautiful guitar and sound, a light crunch that reacts well to the attack. good little riffs, very melodious, a real pleasure to listen to.

[Jennifer D]

Your new guitar sounds really great! You are very relaxed and made it look easy. I like the walk up around 0.44. Very cool!

[AndréM]

Congratz on the new Tele, looks real nice.
Excellent blues improv.

AndréM

AndréM

[Michael L]

Hi Alan, great Country Blues sound, and congrats on the new Tele!

[JoeD1]

Love the new guitar Alan. And you’re playing too!

Joe

The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
--Graeme Edge

[James B]

Great submission, Alan. The Tele sounds awesome.

James

[Alan L]

Smooth and soulful, restrained yet captivating. Tele sounds great. Bravo 👏

[San Luis Rey]

Great interpretation of this Alan! I can see why you are diggin on the Tele, it looks and sounds awesome. I’ve been looking for one but no luck yet.

Mike

[Catherine Arsenault]

Great playing Alan and yes that’s a fine Tele !!!

[Manfred M]

Congratulations on your first Tele, Alan. And listening to you, I think: searched and found. It sounds like you have fun with it. And I have had fun to listen to you and your new guitar.

Take the chance to meet your AM friends on Zoom
The next Meetup will probably take place in July/August 2025

There will be a detailed announcement here in the forum in good time.

I look forward to meet you.
Manfred

[Mark T]

I really enjoyed this cool submission on your new Tele, Alan – congratulations, nicely performed 👍🎶😎

[Werner]

Congratulations on the new guitar. And you have mastered it completely. a wonderful melody.

Thank you

Werner

[Garry]

Yes, congratulations on your guitar Alan. Looks and sounds great. Very melodic, well phrased submission. Thanks for sharing. All the best! 😎🎸😎

[charjo]

Really nice accompaniment to the track, Alan.
The tele is beautiful and your tone was awesome.
John

[Bob Utberg]

Alan, I can “Tele” you really dig your new gitfiddle!!! I’ve been a Tele man my whole time since starting in 2005. I play my Strat once in a while (and should more often). Great comp here – sounds perfect!

Bob U. (aka Bobby Ut)

[Mike D]

Wow Alan you nailed it ..super smooth ..enjoyable listen!!

Live on planet Earth ? You got the blues.

[JoLa]

Beautifully played, Alan.
Such a mellow melodic vibe sounds the best with this track, I think. Congrats on excellent work and the new tele! It looks good on you! 😉

🎸JoLa

[sunjamr]

Ah yes, the sounds of a lovely Tele playing the blues! You came up with a lot of nice licks there, Alan. Well played!

Sunjamr Steve

[Nick M]

Tele’s are the best and you played to the track wonderfully.

Nick

[Serena C]

a beautiful way to introduce your new Tele Alan! I’ve enjoyed how you were able to diversify the improvisation around some recurring licks that made the piece quite recognizable and unique, nice done!

If I wasn't making mistakes I wouldn't be the kind of player I want to be. Perfection is dangerous.
It's all about taking risks, sometimes you get to some place, sometimes you get to a different place. (Brian May)

[Martin W]

Congrats on the new tele , every guitar player should have one .
Nice melodic improv on the Quist track it, you kept the restraint throughout, and let your phrasing standout , lots of major pentatonic goodness here , sounds great .

Martin

[Gary W]

This worked well Alan! Nice Tele btw! (I bought be first/only Tele about 8 year ago & it’s hard to be bothered to pick anything else top now!). Great tone, nice us of repeat moves, following the changes well. Great stuff.

Gary

[John H]

Wow!
Alan this was a fantastic accompaniment to the backing track. Loved the Hendrix thing going on over the A. The rest was just masterful. The lead run(s) complimented the rhythm and arpeggios perfectly. Congrats on this. It was both intentional and musical.

John

[David H]

You made that Tele proud. You complimented the backing track really well.

[Dieter]

Very soulful playing.

Dieter

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