I have the Spalted Maple Tele mentioned by ArchETech, as well as an American Tele. I like them both a lot, but they do have different tonal characteristics. The American has the typical tele quack and twang, the spalted less so, but has a wider range of sound because of the humbuckers and the coil taps. The spalted looks nicer in person then the pictures, it is lighter than a standard tele, has a set neck, bound neck and body, and a 15.5 neck radius, a much flatter fingerboard than a normal tele. Both are among my favorite guitars.
