This got me thinking about messing with my guitar.
I'm curious what kind of music do you like to play?
I started out on bass in a punk band. Eventually ended up in metalcore/hardcore bands also playing bass. I still have my Ibanez 4 string, but since leaving bands behind I didn't often play bass solo.
Eventually a friend gave me a starter Ibanez acoustic 6 string, and finally I decided to get an electric and amps/pedals.
Ended up getting a Squier Telecaster. I don't know why, but the shape of the Telecaster has always appealed to me over the Stratocaster. Oddly, Teles aren't usually the first choice for metal/heavy music, but I went with one anyways.
I love the way mine sounds especially with the bridge/lipstick(neck) or just the lipstick selected. It's a...bubbly/warm/bright sound.
I've never done a truss rod adjustment, but I'm wondering now if I might need to try that. First fix I had to do on the Tele was with jack which is a typical point of failure on them. Unlike with Strats with the top/front of body plug, they have the "bell" style in the bottom corner. Luckily it was easily fixed with tigtening up.
One thing I can't figure out about my Tele is how uncomfortable it is to play the lowest frets. Like you have to contort your wrist really hard to make bar/power chords on those low notes. I've tried to figure out what about the guitar makes this more taxing. My ex girlfriend had a Les Paul Modern II, and it made my Tele feel alien. It was so comfortable and easy to play those notes. Compared them, and the distances weren't that much different. But obviously something is very different about them.
Needless to say, next axe I buy is going to be a Epiphone Les Paul Modern II :)
RE: A quick DIY guitar tune-up