Members Willyguitar Posted March 8, 2012 Members Share Posted March 8, 2012 To me, that's the proof right there.Nobody thought that Frampton Comes Alive! was played on a Tele. The whole concert was played on a telecaster? http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/peter-frampton-reunited-with-best-guitar-after-31-years/ I also don't believe that 'KR' can get every guitar to sound the same as every other guitar on any amp. I think that was probably a joke. To me, his Get yer Ya Ya's sounds, which were not played on a tele (in fact he may not have played one at all), are quite different to albums where he is playing a tele. Note: he said 'it comes to you with old age'... ie. when your hearing is going! ;-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JR13 Posted March 8, 2012 Members Share Posted March 8, 2012 that will be my next build project after the Esquire build is done... awesome, be sure to put some pics up. Any idea where you're getting the parts from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kuz929 Posted March 8, 2012 Members Share Posted March 8, 2012 Absolutely true. Put a humbucker or even a single coil sized humbucker in a tele and it'll be closer to a LP. But no way are you going to get a tele twang out of a LP.took the words right out of my mouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members i3oosted Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 The reason I want a tele...Since teles are really versatile, why aren't they recommended for beginners that much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JR13 Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 Since teles are really versatile, why aren't they recommended for beginners that much? I'd recommend a tele to a beginner Maybe the thinking is that a tele doesn't hide your mistakes and would be bad for beginners? That would be a bonus for me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hudman Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 Telecaster sounds like a Telecaster. Les Paul sounds like a Les Paul. They have distinct tonal differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 awesome, be sure to put some pics up. Any idea where you're getting the parts from?I haven't decided. I may find a used Squier CV BSB '50's to use as the platform... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vikingrat Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 Led Zepp 1. All beef no Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 The original question wasn't 'Can a Tele sound exactly like a Les Paul?' Obviously, it doesn't, for dozens of reasons ... however, it's easier to rough up a Tele and boost it into approximate LP territory than it is to thin out and a clean up a Les Paul to get it onto Tele turf. And a good Strat with the right extras can get you surprisingly close to both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted March 9, 2012 Moderators Share Posted March 9, 2012 And a good Strat with the right extras can get you surprisingly close to both. And that's precisely why a Strat will always be Leo's greatest triumph, and it's pretty, light, ergonomic and makes you girl bait, while Teles are owned by people whose hair smells of Golden Retrievers, have anal abcesses and attract the kind of women who just want to while away the time by eating cake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted March 9, 2012 Moderators Share Posted March 9, 2012 Maybe the thinking is that a tele doesn't hide your mistakes and would be bad for beginners? Oh not this old "polygraph" bollocks........so a Strat, LP Gretsch Duo Jet, etc all disguise mistakes that a Tele doesn't:poke: Tele's are stringed planks with an overestimated personality, underneath, they're just shallow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willyguitar Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 The original question wasn't 'Can a Tele sound exactly like a Les Paul?' Obviously, it doesn't, for dozens of reasons ... however, it's easier to rough up a Tele and boost it into approximate LP territory than it is to thin out and a clean up a Les Paul to get it onto Tele turf. And a good Strat with the right extras can get you surprisingly close to both. Yes, it is interesting how many threads there are about how a tele can get to sound like a Les Paul, but very few on how a strat might sound like one. Yet, logically, it should be almost as easy to get a strat to do both, as you say, especially once oyu have wired the bridge pickup to a tone control. There are, after all, probably many more 'users of LPs' in the genre of 60s-70s rock who turned later in life to strats - Clapton, Townshend, Beck, etc etc... I have to agree with what someone posted further up though. A tele sounds, largely, like a tele, a strat like a strat and a Les Paul like a Les Paul. In these days of really excellent a relatively v cheap copies, you can have a bit of everything if you so desire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jchrist Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 None of them can do 'the other's thing' or even close to. Personally, I don't want them to either. 2 different beasts with their own personalities. If you want the sound of a Tele, then get a Tele. Same with a Les Paul, Strat etc. Anyway, there is a lot of other things that's affecting the sound, like amps, effects and last but not least: the player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamdogg Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 None of them can do 'the other's thing' or even close to. Personally, I don't want them to either. 2 different beasts with their own personalities.If you want the sound of a Tele, then get a Tele. Same with a Les Paul, Strat etc.Anyway, there is a lot of other things that's affecting the sound, like amps, effects and last but not least: the player. Particularly when playing clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 And that's precisely why a Strat will always be Leo's greatest triumph, and it's pretty, light, ergonomic and makes you girl bait, while Teles are owned by people whose hair smells of Golden Retrievers, have anal abcesses and attract the kind of women who just want to while away the time by eating cakeoh really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members =JL= Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 Teles are owned by people whose hair smells of Golden Retrievers, have anal abcesses and attract the kind of women who just want to while away the time by eating cake Damn, rumbled again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 None of them can do 'the other's thing' or even close to. Personally, I don't want them to either. 2 different beasts with their own personalities.If you want the sound of a Tele, then get a Tele. Same with a Les Paul, Strat etc.Anyway, there is a lot of other things that's affecting the sound, like amps, effects and last but not least: the player. JChrist? THE JCHrist?!?Dang, I always figured you for a Strat man. BTW, how we doing on that lottery thing I talked to you about last week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JR13 Posted March 9, 2012 Members Share Posted March 9, 2012 Oh not this old "polygraph" bollocks........so a Strat, LP Gretsch Duo Jet, etc all disguise mistakes that a Tele doesn't:poke: Tele's are stringed planks with an overestimated personality, underneath, they're just shallow I didn't say i bought into that. I play teles and sound just as bad as I do with anything else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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