[I will never understand the loyalty to Telecaster ashtray, micro phonic guitars. Ever!]

Plantsman13, I agree which is why I posited the argument as a question. 

[Top 10 Instrumentals of the 60's]

It is funny how we were impressed back in the day. For me it was John Kay sitting down on the edge of the stage and pulling feed back out of his Marshall stack as an entry into "The Pusher". 

[What are you listening to - right now?]

This is good. I don't care who you are. 

[I will never understand the loyalty to Telecaster ashtray, micro phonic guitars. Ever!]

Recently I finally got rid of my boat anchor Les Paul for a Schecter Diamond Series Blackjack hardtail T style with Seymore Duncan HB pickups that kicked that LP in the dirt, but no ashtray. Are you ashtray Tele freaks brain damaged or is it me? I have built over 300 S style guitars and and only one absolutely esthetically beautiful ashtray tele for a country/western whiz kid. When I started that project I went thru 4 different sets of pickups to scrub that BS micro phonic crap off that ashtray. I finally gave up and set the neck with a lipstick and the bridge with a mini HB and split coil. I swore him to never telling anyone where it came from. He loves it. I hate it. How you can be a dedicated guitar player and love telecasters I will never understand. IMHO.