[cmills1234]

Hey I was just wondering what the difference between the thinline is and the standard tele, what kind of tone and sound it gives off compared to the standard one. I was thinking about making my own custom tele maybe this summer and would like to do a tele so if anyone could fill me in on the difference and if anyone knows a thing or 2 about building a custom guitar if they could fill me in I'd be quite grateful

[X4StringDrive]

Sorry can't help you on the differences, but Stratrat did a nice job covering his custom build, you might want to take a look through it as he offered some good insight of the process.....
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[Stratrat]

The thinline Tele is chambered (i.e. has a semi-hollow body with f-hole cutouts), whereas a normal Tele has a solid body (except the routing for the pickups and control panel, of course). I've never played a thinline, so can't compare the sound to a regular Tele.

Building a guitar is a lot of fun - especially Teles, since they're so simple! As X4String said, I put a thread together with a few pics as I built mine. It's still my #1 guitar and I enjoy playing it as much as I did building it.

[scott58]

I've got a bit of experience with this one. One close friend has a MIM solid body and another a Thinliner (played the thinline in a pub for a couple hours the other night). In a word the difference is "twang" tonewise, which the thinline has no shortage of. I actually like the sound of the solid body better, But the thinline is nicer to play (could however be differences in setup). If your more into southern style blues and some rockabilly the thinline is the way to go. If you lean more towards clapton and guys like that the solid body probably what your looking for. Both are great guitars.

Personally I'd like to have both!

[GotDeeBlues]

Fender has some sound clips of both the '69 and '72 Thinlines on their site. I prefer the sound of the '69, but the '72 with humbuckers is interesting, too.