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                Best Telecaster Style Guitars With SSS Configuration in 2023

                Here you'll find the best Telecaster style guitars with SSS configuration. This is the pickup configuration made famous by the Stratocaster. It gives you beautiful clean tones, but also a vintage-sounding distortion. This pickup combination will sound chimey, but you might be surprised at the warmness that you can get from a single-coil at the neck position on a 22-fret guitar. The disadvantage of this configuration is the hum noise that single-coils produce due to their nature.

                Out of the more than 2000 guitars in our database, these are the best scoring ones. You can use our filters to the left to narrow down these results, or click on "Compare" to get a deep comparison between them. Our automated scoring system takes into account the ratings from ours users who own the guitar, and dozens of parameters to determine the build quality, playability, pickups quality, value for money, and more.

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                1. Reverend Pete Anderson Eastsider Baritone

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                Reverend Pete Anderson Eastsider Baritone
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                Playability 80
                Sound 82
                Build quality 72
                Value for money 73
                Overall Score 78

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                • Neck profile shape: C (5 votes)
                • Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (6 votes)
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                • From Reverend's 2021 Signature series
                • Made in South Korea
                • 6 strings
                • 28.625"'' scale
                • 10" to 14" Fretboard Radius
                • Chambered Korina body
                • Roasted Maple neck
                • Roasted Maple fretboard
                • Bridge pickup: Talnico Bridge (Single Coil/Passive)
                • Bridge pickup: Talnico Bridge (Single Coil/Passive)
                • Middle pickup: Salnico Middle (Single Coil/Passive)
                • Neck pickup: Salnico Neck (Single Coil/Passive)
                • 1 volume and 1 tone Dome knobs
                • 5-way Switch
                • Wilkinson WV6 SB (Steel Block) Tremolo bridge
                • Medium Oval Bolt-On neck
                • 24 Jumbo frets
                • Reverend Pin-Lock tuners
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                Reverend Pete Anderson Eastsider Baritone
                • Locking Tuners
                • Expensive Wood
                • Boneite Nut
                • Top Brand Pickups
                • Series Split Pickups
                • Weight Relief
                • Tremolo
                • Compound Radius Fretboard
                • Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
                • Made in South Korea
                • No Neck-Through Build
                • No Luminescent Inlay
                • No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
                • No Strap Lock

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                2. Reverend Pete Anderson Eastsider S

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                Reverend Pete Anderson Eastsider S
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                Playability 77
                Sound 82
                Build quality 70
                Value for money 76
                Overall Score 76

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                • Neck profile shape: C (5 votes)
                • Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (6 votes)
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                • From Reverend's 2021 Signature series
                • Made in South Korea
                • 6 strings
                • 25.5"'' scale
                • 10" to 14" Fretboard Radius
                • Chambered Korina body
                • Roasted Maple neck
                • Rosewood fretboard
                • Bridge pickup: Talnico Bridge (Single Coil/Passive)
                • Bridge pickup: Talnico Bridge (Single Coil/Passive)
                • Middle pickup: Salnico Middle (Single Coil/Passive)
                • Neck pickup: Salnico Neck (Single Coil/Passive)
                • 1 volume and 1 tone Dome knobs
                • 5-way Switch
                • Wilkinson WVS50 IIK Tremolo bridge
                • Medium Oval Bolt-On neck
                • 22 Jumbo frets
                • Reverend Pin-Lock tuners
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                Reverend Pete Anderson Eastsider S
                • Locking Tuners
                • Expensive Wood
                • Boneite Nut
                • Top Brand Pickups
                • Series Split Pickups
                • Weight Relief
                • Tremolo
                • Compound Radius Fretboard
                • Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
                • Made in South Korea
                • No Neck-Through Build
                • No Luminescent Inlay
                • No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
                • No Strap Lock

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                3. Fender Player Plus Nashville Telecaster

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                Fender Player Plus Nashville Telecaster
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                Playability 75
                Sound 79
                Build quality 64
                Value for money 73
                Overall Score 73

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                • Neck access to high frets: Easy (1 vote)
                • Fret edges: Slightly sharp (1 vote)
                • Tuning stability: Not bad (1 vote)
                • Weight: Lightweight (1 vote)
                • Neck profile shape: C (32 votes)
                • Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (29 votes)
                • Pickups noise: Noiseless (2 votes)
                • Pickups power: Slightly Hot (1 vote)
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                • From Fender's 2021 Player Plus series
                • Made in Mexico
                • 6 strings
                • 25.5"'' scale
                • 12" Fretboard Radius
                • Alder body
                • Maple neck
                • Maple fretboard
                • Bridge pickup: Player Plus Noiseless Tele (Single Coil/Passive)
                • Bridge pickup: Player Plus Noiseless Tele (Single Coil/Passive)
                • Middle pickup: Player Plus Noiseless Tele (Single Coil/Passive)
                • Neck pickup: Player Plus Noiseless Tele (Single Coil/Passive)
                • 1 volume and 1 tone Dome knobs
                • 5-way Switch
                • 6-Saddle String-Through-Body Tele with Block Steel Saddles bridge
                • Modern C Bolt-On neck
                • 22 Medium Jumbo frets
                • Deluxe Cast/Sealed Locking (all short posts) tuners
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                Fender Player Plus Nashville Telecaster
                • Locking Tuners
                • Synthetic Bone Nut
                • Top Brand Pickups
                • Series Split Pickups
                • Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
                • Made in Mexico
                • No Expensive Woods
                • No Neck-Through Build
                • No Weight Relief
                • No Tremolo
                • No Luminescent Inlay
                • No Compound Radius Fretboard
                • No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
                • No Strap Lock

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                4. Fender James Burton Telecaster

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                Fender James Burton Telecaster
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                Playability 72
                Sound 69
                Build quality 67
                Value for money 59
                Overall Score 69

                Player Feedback

                • Neck access to high frets: Normal (1 vote)
                • Fret edges: Smooth (1 vote)
                • Tuning stability: Holds tune well (2 votes)
                • Weight: Heavy (1 vote)
                • Neck profile shape: Baseball / U (1 vote)
                • Neck speed (thickness): Chunky (1 vote)
                • Pickups noise: Noiseless (1 vote)
                • Pickups power: Clean (1 vote)
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                • From Fender's 2006 Artist series
                • Made in United States
                • 6 strings
                • 25.5"'' scale
                • 9.5" Fretboard Radius
                • Basswood body
                • Maple neck
                • Maple fretboard
                • Bridge pickup: Fender Specially Designed James Burton (Single Coil/Passive)
                • Bridge pickup: Fender Specially Designed James Burton (Single Coil/Passive)
                • Middle pickup: Fender Specially Designed James Burton (Single Coil/Passive)
                • Neck pickup: Fender Specially Designed James Burton (Single Coil/Passive)
                • 1 volume and 1 tone Dome knobs
                • 5-way Switch
                • 6-Saddle American Series Strings-Thru-Body Strat with Block-Style Saddles bridge
                • James Burton U Bolt-On neck
                • 21 Vintage frets
                • Deluxe Cast/Sealed with Pearl Buttons tuners
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                Fender James Burton Telecaster
                • Made in United States
                • Synthetic Bone Nut
                • Series Split Pickups
                • Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
                • No Locking Tuners
                • No Expensive Woods
                • No Top Brand Pickups
                • No Neck-Through Build
                • No Weight Relief
                • No Tremolo
                • No Luminescent Inlay
                • No Compound Radius Fretboard
                • No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
                • No Strap Lock

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