tele vs strat

keepVHSalive

tele all the way

keeponrockin

Strat. More versitile, more comfortable.

xtremehardy388

keeponrockin wrote:

Strat. More versitile, more comfortable.

+1

All Those Yesterdays

I have always liked the Tele's tone, and have liked the tele's necks.

FinsburyParkCarrots

Nothing like a strat with a tele neck:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJKnDtRf3Vs

ianvomsaal

Not to disagree with the lot of you, but this tele of mine is really really comfortable.
It's even got many of the same features as a Strat, including a tummy cut back:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w83/ianvomsaal/IMGP0367.jpg
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w83/ianvomsaal/IMGP0365.jpg
Cheers . . .

- Ian C.T. vom Saal

seanw1010

tele. dispite what people thinka tele can be MUCH more versitle than any strat. plus, they look so much cooler. strats to me have always seemed "cheap" looking and feeling.

exhausted

ianvomsaal wrote:

Not to disagree with the lot of you, but this tele of mine is really really comfortable.
It's even got many of the same features as a Strat, including a tummy cut back:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w83/ianvomsaal/IMGP0367.jpg
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w83/ianvomsaal/IMGP0365.jpg
Cheers . . .

- Ian C.T. vom Saal

i wish they'd made those left-handed. i almost did carve the middle pickup into my tele but chickened out.

for the topic at hand, i feel the strat is most versatile but the tele has more character and sounds more raw.

scot88

whoever said that strats looked cheap, i'm going to have to agree with you. all the cheap knock offs have really lessened the image of the strat (obviously image isn't worth much, but it still matters)

Switch

Tele, because like in a previous, similar thread, they have that unique factor. Every man and his dog have a Strat or Strat knock-off, yet you see someone kick ass on a Tele or blow you away with a solo it's a hella lot more impressive.

I'd love to have a bass with a Tele body, actually.

MichaelMcKevin

Not knocking strats at all, but I feel like everytime i see someone playing one I'm thiking like "Oh another strat". I think it would be interesting if people tried to make their strats more unique. Example, play one without a white pickguard. I think the sunburst John Mayer look is awesome. I really like the look of some of the Suhr Classics (Suhr's 'strat') and G&L's without pickguards. http://s110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/garbanzoman/GnL%20Legacy%20Deluxe/?action=view&current=DSC01442.jpg

If i get a strat... it will be black with a maple neck and I'll replace the pickguard with a black one. It'lll look like this. http://www.indoorstorm.com/John_Suhr_Classic_Alder_Black_Ssc_System_Gjs318-p-3473.html

Presently, my Nashville tele is starting to grow on me. I feel like I can copy any strat tones with it except for the bridge. I get a killer sound for little wing. Eventually, I plan on de-nashvillizing it and replacing the pickups with SCN's or something along those lines.

ianvomsaal

ianvomsaal wrote:

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w83/ianvomsaal/IMGP0367.jpg
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w83/ianvomsaal/IMGP0365.jpg

exhausted wrote:

i wish they'd made those left-handed. i almost did carve the middle pickup into my tele but chickened out.

And the cool thing is that I didn't do anything to this guitar (what you see is how it came).
[size=+1]It's an American Deluxe Telecaster® (Old) Model #010-5500/02[/size]
I don't know if they made this model in left handed, but probably (they don't make it anymore).
You don't see them very often (I've only seen 1 other since I bought mine).
Abalone dots, rosewood fretboard, mint green pickgard, 5 way switch (yeah, like a Strat).
It came standard with 2 noiseless tele pickups (neck and bridge), and a strat noiseless pickup (middle).
Also has an A/B (on/off) switch which turns the bridge pickup on and off.
This allows all 3 pickups to be on at once, or just the neck and bridge together (talk about versatile).
Cheers . . .

- Ian C.T. vom Saal

exhausted

i knew exactly what it was. and no, they never made it left-handed sadly. for years i had the fender catalogue memorized.

mca47

I generally prefer Tele's myself.
Like the feel and sound better.

But a nice strat can be a lot of fun!

Hitch-Hiker

Switch wrote:

I'd love to have a bass with a Tele body, actually.

Sting has something like that.

exhausted

Switch wrote:

I'd love to have a bass with a Tele body, actually.

G&L's ASAT bass is the closest you can get to that.

chris01

Tele's for me too.

StuffnJunk

while we're on the subject, here's a clip of me doing some blues soloing on my STRAT:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=E7z0smoaUOI

seanw1010

ianvomsaal wrote:

And the cool thing is that I didn't do anything to this guitar (what you see is how it came).
[size=+1]It's an American Deluxe Telecaster® (Old) Model #010-5500/02[/size]
I don't know if they made this model in left handed, but probably (they don't make it anymore).
You don't see them very often (I've only seen 1 other since I bought mine).
Abalone dots, rosewood fretboard, mint green pickgard, 5 way switch (yeah, like a Strat).
It came standard with 2 noiseless tele pickups (neck and bridge), and a strat noiseless pickup (middle).
Also has an A/B (on/off) switch which turns the bridge pickup on and off.
This allows all 3 pickups to be on at once, or just the neck and bridge together (talk about versatile).
Cheers . . .

- Ian C.T. vom Saal

the new american deluxe teles are also routed for hsh configuration...

MichaelMcKevin

exhausted wrote:

G&L's ASAT bass is the closest you can get to that.

Not so much a Tele body but Sting's bass.
http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0251902303

mkress77

http://www.warmoth.com/bass/bodies/custom_t.cfm

You gotta put it together yourself... looks cool though

guildenstern

my deluxe strat all my life.
I'm just not able to play any other thing