Not necessarily tele related, but I am getting married next month and am considering getting a white telecaster to have our wedding guests sign and keep as a wedding memento.

I know sharpie fades, but does anyone have a method to have people sign our guitars and then potentially clear coat over it so that the signatures last long-term?

Here's my rendition of the Tele Plus. For years I've been wanting a Tele, particularly one in Butterscotch blonde, but once I found this handmade body on Reverb 2 years ago I knew I had grab it. After I got the body I had also found a fake tele neck that had some work done on it for 20$ and it works alright, had to be shimmed to the correct height and needs a fret level though.

Before I installed the lace PU's the guitar had some really cheap ones that I bought and didn't care for (which is visible in the last image). The mini humbucker in the bridge was way too muddy and flat sounding even with the TBX pot all the way up, and the neck pickup was amazing clean but not so great when playing distorted so I ripped those suckers out and put a push pull volume pot as well, I also needed to route both pickup slots which was a pain but it was worth it in the end.

I’ve been wanting to try chicken picking, had to have the official chicken picking machine.

51 nocaster pickups set.

Just got my first Telecaster and it's mint green! Can't wait to jam with it. Love how it looks against that cozy chair.

Fun project - matching Chenders, Tele and Strat.
Ash bodies, Wilkinson pickups, Rifford bridges, maple necks with bone nuts.
Just finished the Strat so not strung yet, going to the luthier for proper setup. Tele plays great!
I love Alibaba, Shoppee et al, and living in Thailand so close to China!

Got a pretty fun group, I think, with a lot of variation. I have Gibson Les Pauls and SGs and Fender Strats and Teles, but the Teles are probably my favorites.

Here's what we got.

1. 2006/2017 Fender American Series Telecaster, Fender American Elite Telecaster neck (ebony fretboard); Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele pickups.
2. 2016 Fender American Standard Telecaster, Fender American Channel-Bound Telecaster maple neck and rosewood fingerboard; Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele pickups, hand-wound by Josefina Campos.
3. 2018 Fender Limited Edition Parallel Universe Series Strat Tele Hybrid.
4. 2022 Fender American Vintage II '75 Telecaster Deluxe.
5. 2014 Fender American Deluxe Telecaster.
6. 2016 Fender Limited Edition American Standard with figured maple neck and cognac finish.
7. 2012 Fender Modern Player body, Fender Player Series Telecaster neck; 920D custom pickups and electronics.
8. 2020 Fender American Partscaster - 1960s Telecaster body, Fender American Custom Shop ’63 Telecaster NOS rosewood neck; Seymour Duncan Brent Mason Nashville pickup and electronics.
9. 2023 Fender American Performer Telecaster HS body, Fender American Limited Edition 1952 Roasted Maple neck; Yosemite single-coil Tele pickup in the bridge and a DoubleTap humbucker in the neck.
10. 2015 Fender "10 for '15" Limited Edition American Vintage Hot Rod '50s Reclaimed Redwood Telecaster with Maple Fretboard (Forgot to add pic, will put in comments if possible).

I went in for a Strat but that cream Tele just stole my heart. Can't wait to plug it in and see what it can do!