Strat or Tele?

[zao_89]

I personally dont like the Telecaster, but what about you?

[CocoTone]

Your opening up a very large can of worms, thats been left out in the sun too long!!

CT.

[MaxWedge]

Yep.:2guns:

[Jeff Flowerday]

One of each, along with a Nocaster and an Esquire.

[Jeff Flowerday]

What about "(c) large pointy purple sparkle guitars"?

That darn thing is starting to give me a headache. :2guns:

[ajcoholic]

well I also think one of each is required...

however if I HAD to choose one, I'd be going with the Tele' hands down.


AJC

[hoser]

tele, definitely...but very specific teles (80's MIJ drop top basswood).
I've owned numerous strats and ended up selling them all. they just don't do it for me, no matter how good they feel.

[Lester B. Flat]

What about "(c) large pointy purple sparkle guitars"?

"Careful with that axe, Eugene".
:D

[Robert1950]

Depends on what you are looking for in a sound. The early 60s sound in Toronto was very much defined by the Telecaster - Robbie Robertson with Ronnie Hawkins and Dom Troiano - Very R&B - very screaming. That's what everyone bought back then - all the best axe player played teles.

The Tele has also been the choice of chicken pickers and manic country players.

The Strat was initially surf, and then,,, JIMI !!!

But then there were blues players - like Albert Collins - A fat tele

Then there was Buddy Guy - a strat man.

Give it some thought.

[JSD's Guitar Shack]

That'll put an eye out for sure....;)

Strat of Tele... personally I'm not a fan of either...(sorry). The Love Rock (Les Paul) style does it for me.

:rockon:

[zao_89]

Strat of Tele... personally I'm not a fan of either...(sorry). The Love Rock (Les Paul) style does it for me.



I do like gibsons more than fender (I do want to get a Les Paul some day), but I was wondering what other people think.

[dwagar]

Even though I'm pretty much a Gibson guy, I do have a nice Strat.

I prefer the double coil sound (2 and 4 on the switch) of the Strat to the sound of the Tele, but long ago I had a '56 Tele that had been modded to a Gibson P90. Wowzers. Sure wish I'd kept that one.

While so many of our guitar gods are Strat Slingers, let me add a couple to the Tele list:
- Jimmy Page (wasn't LZ1 recorded with a Tele?)
- Jeff Beck (I can't remember if he ended up with Page's, or if it was the other way around, or a different one. Might have been an Esquire - pre-tele)
- Mike Bloomfield (Paul Butterfield Blues band 1st album I believe was a tele).

Some of the guys that we associate Les Pauls with, should also be associated with Tele's.

[becksbolero]

A Strat a Tele and a Les Paul,I like a lot of guys it seems have to once at least have one of each.The Les Pauls will kill your back at times but I like them the best.

[SinCron]

Prince uses a Tele.

[SCREEM]

STRAT!!! with a proper setup...I.E. a whammy that stays in tune, if it doesn't then TELE, because constant re-tuning sucks.

[MaxWedge]

This has turned out to be an interesting thread. There have been referrences to Page, Beck, Robbie Robertson, and others. So many played the Tele that it would be impossible to name all. I would like to mention one name, Roy Buchanan, I don't think anyone will ever play like him. And if legend is true he was brought to Canada to 'show' Robbie how to play, I don't know how true that is , but it's what I've read on the net. At any rate If you have not heard Roy Buchanan, do give this man a listen. RIP 'Buck', Thanks for the music.

[Emohawk]

I'd be hard pressed to choose. Strats are a little more versatile whereas Tele's kind of have their own unique thing going on. My cousin has a late 60's Tele that's REAL sweet...

But, being a mahagony/humbucker junkie, a Strat or Tele will always be my "other" guitar. My #1 will always be SG-ish.

[PaulS]

Well if your talking about tele pickers then don't forget Danny Gatton and what about the Hellcasters a tele trio....:DevilGuitar:

[sneakypete]

shouldn`t be start OR tele.....should be strat AND tele.....gots to have both, and why stop at only one of each?

[Xanadu]

I also don't like teles. They do have a nice sound, but IMO they're the ugliest things ever.:sport-smiley-002:

[sneakypete]

I buy with my ears and not with my eyes...sometimes I just gotta buy a guitar because it sounds so darn good.

[david henman]

...this is an interesting topic, for me. i have been a strat player for the past twenty years, and have loved the look of the guitar since watching high school bands back in the fifties.

my ex bought me a tele in 1998. for the first few years i only occasionally picked it up. recently, however, i have fallen head over heels in love with it, and just last week bought a second tele.

the reason? its the way the guitar rings and sustains. its absolutely hypnotic, to these ears.

that said, the strat and the tele are two different instruments, and i will continue to use the strat for the floating trem, and the tele for its unique tone.

however, i am very curious about mounting a strat-type trem bridge on a tele...would i lose that magical tele sustain?

[sneakypete]

I dunno...but I do have a MIJ strat with a tele neck, not something I slapped together but it was made that way and there aren`t many around. Looks great too.

[CocoTone]

I've been a Strat guy since Jesus wore cowboy boots. I recently bought a Godin LG Signature with HB's. Basically a LesPaul type guitar with Duncans. Nice axe, easy to play,,,,BUT I'm always reaching for the Strat. I bought the Godin basically to have that bucker tone when I need it, but the Strat can cover the same ground with more tone and texture. All you need is a good fuzz, and a couple of decent OD`s, and I can get as much grind aa I need, without the uncontrollable squaking and feedback that buckers generate.
plus, I'm not all that happy with the bridge pu. mAybe a Pearly Gates?

CT.

[GuitarsCanada]

I have owned 3 Strats and One Tele, all gone now. But I wish I would have kept my last Strat, which was a 50th anniversary model. I always end up going back to LP style guitars and the HB's then I get bummed out because I don't have the strat with the single coils when I get the feeling.

http://www.guitarscanada.com/images/Fender 50th full.jpg

[Milkman]

I'd say if I had to make the choice the Tele would come out ahead. I say this because in my opinion Strat tones are easier to replicate with other guitars with similar pickup configurations.

I can get pretty good Strat tones from my Ibanez or Jackson, but the Tele sounds are more tricky.

[scuffelwood]

Even though I'm pretty much a Gibson guy, I do have a nice Strat.

I prefer the double coil sound (2 and 4 on the switch) of the Strat to the sound of the Tele, but long ago I had a '56 Tele that had been modded to a Gibson P90. Wowzers. Sure wish I'd kept that one.

While so many of our guitar gods are Strat Slingers, let me add a couple to the Tele list:
- Jimmy Page (wasn't LZ1 recorded with a Tele?)
- Jeff Beck (I can't remember if he ended up with Page's, or if it was the other way around, or a different one. Might have been an Esquire - pre-tele)
- Mike Bloomfield (Paul Butterfield Blues band 1st album I believe was a tele).

Some of the guys that we associate Les Pauls with, should also be associated with Tele's.
Jimmy Played a 59 Tele which was given to him by Jeff Beck.

[dwagar]

Thanks scufflewood, I couldn't remember.

Hey, how bout Keef, with his humbucker equipped 5 string Tele? (he leaves the low E off because of his alternate tunings)

http://www.guitars.net/star15.gif

[PaulS]

shouldn`t be start OR tele.....should be strat AND tele.....gots to have both, and why stop at only one of each?

Yes I agree, and why not a mustang and a jag....

[Stratocaster]

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c374/FenderRox/DSC00352.jpg
guess which one I voted for?

[Robert1950]

For some, this may be their holy grail:

http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=9275000608

[hoser]

now thats just wrong.
The nashville tele's are bad enough.

[bRian]

Telecaster for sure, plain and simple, no fuss, no muss.

[Tarbender]

Telecaster all the way. It is the perfect instrument for any and all types of music and for looks it can't be beat:

http://www.lauder.ca/WalCompFrt-8.jpg

[55 Jr]

68 tele w/ factory Bigsby:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/Brian_Butts/DSC00464.jpg

After years of trying............. a strat remains unplayable.

That damn middle pickup gets in the way....and I keep turning down the volume knob when I palm mute.

Best regards,

Brian

[Coustfan'01]

Tele all the way...except maybe for an eric johnson strat . I don't know why , I love that guitar .

[aaron]

Tele's all the way for me,they have their own tone,and are super comfy to play,Although I do like strat's,they to me are Hemmoriod guitars,every butthole has one,No offence to you strat owner's, I have also owned one.
IMO that tele/strat hybred is the reason I am a gibson guy,what a sinfully wrong and offensive guitar.

[droptop88]

I've always learned more on a tele. It forces me to concentrate on my playing. Its simple but effective, and the headstock shape is better for behind the nut bending. Its a GREAT platform for mods,too. B- benders, dropped D tuners, middle pickups, humbuckers, you name it, and the tele is a willing compatriot. I've always found it difficult to find a good tele, maybe because they are so utilitarian that they must really speak to me directly, which they either do or don't with no bells and whistles. You have to watch that the bridge pickup doesnt sound to ice picky or plinky though. Once a guy gets the right amp/guitar combo, there's no other tone like it, IMHO. Glad we have both to ease us through....

[torndownunit]

Teles for me. Both have their place, it's just that nothing sounds like a Tele.

[Robboman]

The Strat is the perfect solidbody electric guitar IMO. The Strat was a natural evolution from the Tele. When they were designing the Strat in the early 50s, the goal was to address the shortcomings of the already established Esquire\Broadcaster\Tele design and build a new guitar that would be better in every way. I think they pulled it off.

Still, Teles have something goin on, otherwise people wouldn't still be buying them 50+ years later. I have one too but to be honest after playing it for a while, it makes me want to reach for my Strat again. But then, so do most other guitars.

[Deef]

I'm a fan of both, but I found that I really love my telecaster sound through my rig.

[cale0906]

Got to say the Stratocaster is my choice , but lately have been gassing for a good Tele.

[david henman]

...if i had to choose, i'd kill myself.

:banana:

-dh

[Kamilla Go-Go]

If I really had to chose, I'd take the Tele.

... but I'd sell it and buy something else :D

[The Nazz Are Blue]

I own:

1 Strat
0 Tele

but I voted for the Telecaster. I just prefer it over the bouncy Strat sound. Anyhow, more of my favourite sounding guitar recordings were played on Teles than Strats. On that note: I want one! :banana:

[zoomed]

I own a strat at the moment and i love it and next month i will own a tele as well...=D...sigh..the best of both worlds...

[bolero]

this poll is a non issue

....you need both :banana:

[Robert1950]

The tele is catching up.

[Stratocaster]

Well it's kinda obvious what I would choose:tongue:

[elindso]

I have both. I think I like my Tele better. It's old and beaten up but plays like buttah.

[CocoTone]

Nothing can replace a Strat, but a Les Paul can replace a Tele. Just ask Page.:wave:

CT.

[Stratocaster]

Nothing can replace a Strat, but a Les Paul can replace a Tele. Just ask Page.:wave:

CT.
+1:rockon:

[Robert1950]

Now the strat is starting to edge ahead! What a race!!

[washburned]

I've got a Strat with tele pickups....Where do I vote?

[Stratocaster]

I've got a Strat with tele pickups....Where do I vote?
Hows that for sound?

[danbo]

I traded my tele for a powerhouse Strat! Versatility is the Strats forte!!

[washburned]

Sounds like a Strat with Tele pups!

Seriously, it's brighter, but with less sustain. The best sounds are the 2 and 4positon with one strat and one tele pickup. The bridge pickup is really ice pick rude, especially with distortion, the neck is smoother and more defined than the usual Strat pickup would be; can't do a good woman tone though.

Only mod I had to make was enlarging the hole for the bridge pickup in the pick guard. The body was cut for a HB so there was lots of room.

I like it a whole bunch.

[CountryMouse]

I like the V-neck Telecaster!Stones

I used to have a cheap Mexican Strat that went out of tune every time I used the whammy bar. I ended up buying a Gibson Epiphone and a Cry Baby.

I like the high action of the Epiphone for playing around with a slide, but I like the low action of a Tele.

To each their own I guess!

[Stratocaster]

Sounds like a Strat with Tele pups!

Seriously, it's brighter, but with less sustain. The best sounds are the 2 and 4positon with one strat and one tele pickup. The bridge pickup is really ice pick rude, especially with distortion, the neck is smoother and more defined than the usual Strat pickup would be; can't do a good woman tone though.

Only mod I had to make was enlarging the hole for the bridge pickup in the pick guard. The body was cut for a HB so there was lots of room.

I like it a whole bunch.
Sounds nice.

[jimmy peters]

What can we say---wild-piercing--mellow--good sustain--light--it is able to play lead or rythem, and any kind of music you want. It does however ,lack a bigsby.
break a leg
jimmy peters

[Clypher]

Gotta be the telecaster for me... unless we're including super strats under the title of stratocaster.

[ILUVMYJP7]

Neither get an EBMM Silhouette or Albert Lee :DevilGuitar:

[axpro]

I'd normally say PRS, but between the 2?

Strat.

I've never been able to get comfortable on a tele!

[auger]

hey guys....
wow lots of opinions for sure,,,,,
I have both and love both for what they can do,,,,,

so its a cant vote for me...

Auger

[Thinline]

Tele for the win. I'm a drummer, but I've always had a guitar or two around the house. My 69 Thinline was the first guitar that made me want to play my guitar more than my drums.

I also have a Squire Tele, the one with the 2 P90 style pick-ups and the agathis body, it has a truly unique sound, which is hard to find among tele's.

[Robert1950]

Woo-Hoo! Tele is now only two behind Strat!! :banana:

[david henman]

...i love my strats. i have two (one's a g&l legacy). they are excellent guitars. plus, i'm a whammy bar fanatic.

so, can someone explain to me why i find playing my teles more fun?

(i have two of those, as well, and am eager to buy more!)

-dh:confused-smiley-010

[elindso]

As mentioned way back I've one of each.

You need one of each.

Tune the tele to standard pitch and the strat down to what ever JimirayStevie Vaughndrix did.

Then you'll be covered.

Teles are more fun because...............I don't know, but they are.

[Big White Tele]

Telecasters, absolutely. And then about 6 different amps!!

[rippinglickfest]

In the looks department......(which is semi important) I'd have to go with the Stratocaster. I too have owned both at one point and love the simplicity of the Tele, the strat has got a lot more in tonal options

[Baconator]

I've never been a huge tele fan and my first guitar was a Tokai strat I bought in '83.

BUT

I stopped in at Lauzon Music in Ottawa a few weeks ago and played the most incredible Suhr tele with a p90 in the neck position. I played a number of guitars and even among the several guitars up to $4-5000 it really had something special going on.

Kudos to the folks at Lauzon - they have a great shop and were super nice guys that really know their stuff.

[gpower]

I like both Teles and Strats. But, I find I use my Strats more than the Teles because they're more versatile. I just picked up a Nashville Tele (Tex Mex Tele neck and bridge pups with a Tex Mex Strat middle pup). It will be interesting to see how versatile it is.

[sense_of_henry]

I have a strat, which I absolutely love. I was in Ottawa this past summer and was at a bar having a few drinks in my hotel. There was a guy doing a one-man gig and he was playing some songs that I really like on acoustic. He had a tele there with a small rig. I walked up and asked if he knew a song, and before you knew it I had played an hour and a half on stage with him. It was a blast, we had a really good time playing - him on acoustic, me on the tele. I have had tele GAS ever since. Drool

[Robert1950]

Come on Tele guys, the strats are pulling ahead again!!

[teledobson]

I find the tele much more versitile and at the same time simple to have set up

I've had at least 10 and only a couple of strats but never bonded

[Tarbender]

I've always been a Tele fan...since I was a little kid...and I ain't gonna tell you when that was but it was back when Paul din't know who Ringo was and Jimi hadn't heard the word Stratocaster. So now that I'm older and wiser (don't fight me on this point), I recently picked up a guitar from fellow member Faracaster and this is my dream come true in a guitar. It's a Telecaster with Gibson electronics and body construction and scale. Why no one else jumped on this guitar I'm amazed. This thing wails. I might do some modes to the pickups in there right now but I still consider this a Tele (the actual Fender name for this is a Telesonic) but it rocks as is.


http://www.lauder.ca/TeleSonic_Re-1.jpg

[Don Doucette]

I voted strat. I used to be all about the strat but lately I've been GASsing for a tele.:confused-smiley-010

[ruby7829]

Tele's all the way. Just tough mean badass guitars. Could you imagine Joe Strummer playing a Strat? A Strat is like that popular jock in high school, the Tele is that guy who got in to fights.

[Robert1950]

Tele's all the way. Just tough mean badass guitars. Could you imagine Joe Strummer playing a Strat? A Strat is like that popular jock in high school, the Tele is that guy who got in to fights.

I had a Fender Mustang in high school. Imagine where I must have fit in.

[guitarman2]

I really like the tones of a strat but I never felt comfortable with the feel of one. Nothing more comfortable than a nice tele. So mine is in right now being fitted with a middle pickup to give me the best of both tone worlds.

[mirthvader]

Strat is maybe a little more versatile. They are different animals.

[Hamm Guitars]

It's 50/50 at this point... I can't vote as I am just starting to develop an appreciation for Telecasters.

[PaulS]

Just picked up a Squier 51 off Ebay... a bit of both, strat body/tele neck and simple controls.. Actually for the tele it's the simplicity of it that attracts me and the strat well it's comfortable....

[Mooh]

If I could have only one electric guitar it would be a Tele. That hasn't changed for 33 years, since I chanced on a Roy Buchanan show in Ottawa. Sure I got a Dot, Strat, Godin, but Telecasters are THE axe. Leo did it right the first time.

Peace, Mooh.

[Warren]

Have a strat, want a tele, thinline, jazz pickup at the neck. If I had the $$$$ I'd buy Faracaster's, but RevCan and my wife beat me to the Cash.

[lamf]

need 'em both .but I'd want my les pauls more

[Tom Sawyer]

I love 'em both. I only have a strat but I plan on buying a tele in the future.

[Davestp1]

http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m86/davestp1/?action=view&current=IMG_0420.jpg

Gotta be a strat!

[guitarman2]

I think its easier to modify a Tele to have that strat sound than it is to try and get a Strat to imitate a tele. I only have one guitar for stage because to me its a pain to maintain more than one. Tele is the guitar for me fit with a middle pickup for versatility. Eventually I'll put a humbucker in the neck position for even more versatility.

[Robert1950]

The Tele has moved ahead !!!

[elindso]

And well it should.

I can't really say why as I mentioned before, but I like my Tele better than my strat.

It's got a 60's PAF stuck in the middle it came like that in 78 when I got it used. My Tele is reliced, mostly by me and whoever had it for the first 10 years.

The others would all go first, although I could get a few buck for a 60's Tele

[Fliko]

I'd go with a stratocaster, personal preference.

Surf Guitars FTW!

[path09en]

I've been a Gibson guy for most of my guitar life, mostly Les Pauls. I owned both a Fender Strat and a G&L Legacy at one point in time, but I could just not fall in love with them??? I really tried to but couldn't, so I sold them.

I really wanted to try something different so I picked up a USA Fender Telecaster at a local guitar shop and couldn't put it down so I bought it. I really liked the stock bridge pickup, but I swapped in Seymour Duncan Hot Rails. Now I've got the best of both worlds! Tele fit and Gibson tone (only my subjective opinion).

I love the Tele neck pickup on a clean setting; beautiful! In the bridge position for overdriven lead. Dial back the volume control in while in the bridge position a 1/4 turn to get that "just-right" dirt rhythm sound. Just 2 pickups, but it's all I need!

I have a Gibson Blues Hawk that I enjoy, but it doesn't quite have that "Tele feel". The Telecaster is my go to guitar. It's probably, just a honeymoon phase, but for now I'm lovin' my Tele!

[GuitarsCanada]

Almost an even race on the poll. Hard to pick the winner.

[Andrew W]

Teles for me, I love my Tribute ASAT.

[willyripz]

haha the poll is so close!

Tom Morello uses a tele for drop D stuff and it sounds great...

Hendrix played a strat...

haha such a tough call. Get both! Problem solved

[david henman]

Get both! Problem solved


....bingo!!!!

[ssdeluxe]

so different......................so essential...................I can't emagine not having both.....................but if a gun was pointed to my head.....................I would never get through a recording session that needed all the tones without a strat.!

[Gunny]

You'll get a wide variety of votes on this. For me, simplicity of 3 switch postions and 2 pickups. No whammy bar to mess with is a plus for me.

[elindso]

Tele is ahead.

Can I vote again?:tongue:

[SnowBlind]

If teles were more comfortable then id get one immediately. I love their tone but just hate their feel.

[Chuck Lawson]

I am a country chiken picker and I love my tele.None None

[shoretyus]

I have a Tele with a humbucker

I turn down strats when I play them.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a365/shoretyus/Img_0294.jpg

[Skippy]

Do yourself a favor, for the price of one American made guitar you can buy a Mexico made Telecaster and Stratocaster.

[Al S]

2 strats 2 Teles. They are like women - except you can have more than one and no one cares...... would you choose a redhead over a blonde ? Why.... when you can have both.
For Live work - 1 Mongrel Strat - SCN PUPS and 1 Nashville Power Tele with Noiseless PUPS.
For Home and Recording - Custom Shop TM 60 Closet Classic Strat and Baja Tele.

[Maxer]

Streles. Telestraters. Whatevah!

Different guitars for different characters. I like 'em both plenty.

[bluezombie]

I'd hit the tele


-Shorteyus: How old is that tele??

[Tarbender]

I have a Tele with a humbucker

I turn down strats when I play them.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a365/shoretyus/Img_0294.jpg


AS an aficionado of Telecasters, all I can say is that your Telecaster just gave me a woody... Please tell me more about that gorgeous instrument..lofu

[iaresee]

I have a Tele with a humbucker
Damn! That there is my nomination for Guitar of the Month! What's the story on that?

[jazzalta]

Do yourself a favor, for the price of one American made guitar you can buy a Mexico made Telecaster and Stratocaster.

Don't get me started.

[NB-SK]

I have a Strat. Great guitar. I had never tried a Tele until a few weeks back and I much prefer the neck on that guitar than on the Strat. Since the neck is the most important feature to me, I voted for the Tele.

[Mooh]

I like them both but if I had to choose one it would be a Tele.

YouTube has some nice examples of Jimmy Page, Roy Buchanan, Danny Gatton videos. There's just something about that tone.

Peace, Mooh.

[david henman]

...i think i could actually drive myself right around the bend trying to choose between a strat and a tele.

i defintely prefer apples to oranges, on the other hand.

:sport-smiley-002:

-dh

[gearupmusic]

I lean more towards Strats because of theirs wider range of sounds - 5 tones settings on the guitar - don't have change amp settings that often.

[a Pack of Wolves]

i luv that the tele is a raw animal you have to pull into shape,simple and raw.

strats are a little more like 'a sexy librarian who doesn't know she's sexy',she's quiet at first,dresses a bit plain,but if you care about her she's fast as lightening and wants to do a litttle dance for you.

(i'm a sexist jerk according to this post)

[rhh7]

As I grow older, I value simplicity more and more...when I was younger I had a new Les Paul Standard, and then a new ES-335, from there I went on to Strats, and now I prefer Telecasters...

Two pickups and a three-way switch give me all the tonal variety I need.

Right now I really want a Telecaster with a PAF or P90 in the neck!

[Mooh]

"Right now I really want a Telecaster with a PAF or P90 in the neck!" rhh7

Got a CIJ Tele Aerodyne with a P-90 at the neck last Christmas. Sounds real sweet, but a hotrod pickup might even be better, according to some, though I'm pleased enough for now. It's still all Tele, no pretentions. Might enjoy a Tele with two P-90s and a bridge pickup wired like a Strat. More spank, more ways.

Peace, Mooh.

[rhh7]

Here is what I want so bad I can taste it!!

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk51/rhh7/stl50p90vwh1.jpg

[Perkinsfan]

Tele for sure.
Don't know why but the Strat doesn't feel "right" to me.

[Scottone]

Tele. I never seem to bond with Strats for some reason.

That being said, I like the out-of-phase Strat sounds, so my Tele has a strat middle pick-up.

[cknowles]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say why choose?
Strat or Tele? Why not both?
How about a Les Paul and an SG or two for good measure.

S'far as I'm concerned if it's guitar shaped, has strings and makes music to my ear, it's all goodness. :food-smiley-004:

[devnulljp]

Hey, even Rory had a tele as well
http://www.4001.com/rory/boots/smrorythaicover.jpg

[Evilmusician]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say why choose?
Strat or Tele? Why not both?
How about a Les Paul and an SG or two for good measure.

S'far as I'm concerned if it's guitar shaped, has strings and makes music to my ear, it's all goodness. :food-smiley-004:
I agree ,I like both plus Les Pauls , SG's and ES 335-355 if you enjoy playing it what does it matter ?:rockon:

[Mooh]

Took the Dot and a Tele to play with some folks last week who I hadn't played with for a couple of years. Everything went well, except I realized why I used to play the Strat with them. Sometimes in some mixes for some tunes in some rooms for a certain feel, a different guitar is the answer. I find a Strat pretty versatile and even though I generally prefer a Tele, maybe a Strat is the way to go for this group. The extra pickup switch positions, the whammy, the handy-to-the-pinky-volume-knob (I'm between volume pedals at the moment), might force the choice.

Pick the tool that works.

Peace, Mooh.

[Edutainment]

I've got one of each. I agree with the last couple comments: why choose? They're both pretty, versatile guitars. If I had to choose one... hm.. I don't know. If you asked me 2 years ago, I'd say Strat. If you asked me in March, I'd say Tele.

[Stevo]

Everyone should have one of both. But if I had to use one, it would be a Tele. I find it can cover more gigs than a Strat. I love Strats though.....

[Robert1950]

Other than noodling on teles in music stores, I haven't really played one since the late 60s (don't forget, I quit for 30 years, restarted in 2005). I love the feel and playability of the Strat a lot more though(I use positions 4, 2 and 1). But I haven't really given any tele a sonic workout. My fairy tale guitar would be a strat that sounds just like a Les Paul when I want it to, but since there isn't such an animal....

[hollowbody]

Took the Dot and a Tele to play with some folks last week who I hadn't played with for a couple of years. Everything went well, except I realized why I used to play the Strat with them. Sometimes in some mixes for some tunes in some rooms for a certain feel, a different guitar is the answer. I find a Strat pretty versatile and even though I generally prefer a Tele, maybe a Strat is the way to go for this group. The extra pickup switch positions, the whammy, the handy-to-the-pinky-volume-knob (I'm between volume pedals at the moment), might force the choice.

Pick the tool that works.

Peace, Mooh.

+1

I'm definitely a Strat-first guy, but a Carpenter owns more than one screwdriver. You play what's required to get the job done. Sometimes a versatile guitar like a Strat can cover most bases, but every now and then a Tele's tone is needed. I don't have a Tele right now, and when I was shopping for one last year, I convinced myself that the bridge pup of my Strat could cop enough of a Tele vibe if I tried hard enough, but now I'm GASing for a Tele with a humbucker in the neck pretty bad.

[nkjanssen]

The Strat is the most comfortable guitar ever built. Tele's sound better, though.

[elindso]

Different not better.

I've got one of each.

I need a 339 or 336. I had a 340 but found it too big .

[Buzz]

At the moment I'm really liking my new Telecaster. Its a 95' MIM, the bridge pickup sounds like a strat. I just put in lipstick pickups in my 80's E series Squier MIJ Stratocaster. Both maple necks on these guitars are great.

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