Best place to sell?

[br d]

I bought a Tele but I just don't like it. Lifted it out of the case, played it for an hour and put it back in. Whats the best, hassle free site/place/way to sell it?

[singlecoil]

eBay, basically. It's where everybody looks first, and where I do most of my buying. Sending it has some risks, so put 'collection only' if you wish to avoid those risks, but obviously that will restrict the number of buyers and that may affect the price you get.

When selling I usually set a fixed price, especially if I'm not in a hurry.

What is it about the guitar that you don't like?

[OldSkoolRS]

Teles are quite different from say a Les Paul type or even a Strat type guitar...you seem to have to work harder with them. The longer scale length can also feel strange if you're used to a Les Paul or similar shorter scale length. You might find that dropping down a gauge on strings will help (though it may well effect the guitar's set up) as long scale necks like the Tele need more tension for the same pitch note, which makes them less 'slinky' than say a Les Paul on the sam gauge.

Of course if you just don't like it there isn't much you can do, but if it's the sound you don't like, bare in mind it will need totally different amp settings if you are used to a humbucker equiped guitar. I have however found that wiring in a 4 way switch so that I can use the extra option of the two pick ups in series (rather than the standard parallel) adds a useful extra 'voice' to it. Nearly humbucking territory, but still with some of the Tele twang.

Personally I like the contrast between my (budget) Squier Tele and my Epiphone Les Paul as I find I play differently on them and they seem to inspire me to play different songs too.

Hope you manage to sell it OK if it comes to it, better luck with the next guitar.

[framerateuk]

Ebay is fine, just make sure you package things up well.

I've had good luck selling things on Gumtree, especially with guitars and amps.

[br d]

OldSkoolRS said:

Teles are quite different from say a Les Paul type or even a Strat type guitar...you seem to have to work harder with them. The longer scale length can also feel strange if you're used to a Les Paul or similar shorter scale length. You might find that dropping down a gauge on strings will help (though it may well effect the guitar's set up) as long scale necks like the Tele need more tension for the same pitch note, which makes them less 'slinky' than say a Les Paul on the sam gauge.

Of course if you just don't like it there isn't much you can do, but if it's the sound you don't like, bare in mind it will need totally different amp settings if you are used to a humbucker equiped guitar. I have however found that wiring in a 4 way switch so that I can use the extra option of the two pick ups in series (rather than the standard parallel) adds a useful extra 'voice' to it. Nearly humbucking territory, but still with some of the Tele twang.

Personally I like the contrast between my (budget) Squier Tele and my Epiphone Les Paul as I find I play differently on them and they seem to inspire me to play different songs too.

Hope you manage to sell it OK if it comes to it, better luck with the next guitar.

Thanks for everyone's input.
I normally play a Gretsch 6120 or an Ibanez Les Paul copy among others, I love to play hybrid picking so I thought a Tele would be ideal, bought a good one but just find it unplayable, gave me serious fretting hand cramps within 20 minutes. I should have gone to a shop and actually played one but you know how it is, never enough time.

My BiL does loads of Ebay so I'll probably go that way. Real shame though, the guitar looks like my dream instrument, just doesn't live up to it in reality.

[OldSkoolRS]

That's a shame...I was lucky enough to have a go on a friend's Gibson Les Paul last night and was surprised how different it felt to my Epiphone Les Paul; in particular the neck as his is much thicker than mine and I preferred his.

Hopefully you can move that one on without too much loss and maybe try out some different Teles in a shop to see if there is a neck that suits you more as there are many variations by all accounts. I know my cousin's lad has a Custom Shop Tele and it felt really different to my Affinity Tele (big price difference there though).

[Tom_C76]

If it's a neck issue, pop along to northwest guitars website and order a custom neck to suit your hand. I never got on with my old USA Tele, neck was too thin, but I now have a beautifully finished Soft V neck with a Tele heel waiting for me to build the rest of a fat Tele to go with it. Think it was only £120 but there is a long lead time as they're made in the far east somewhere.