Members 's mel gibson Posted November 22, 2009 Members Share Posted November 22, 2009 I hate to say it but I firmly believe that if you play guitar, you are not complete until you own both a Strat and a Tele. Gibsons too but the basics are Strat and Tele. The End. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Northstar Posted November 22, 2009 Members Share Posted November 22, 2009 I've played plent of strats but hardly any teles. They're both single coil guitars. So whats the biggest difference? No tremelo? 2 vs 3 pickups? Manhood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PigWings_v2.0 Posted November 22, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 22, 2009 You should be! Go get one now! I never should have asked! Now should I sell something or eat only ramen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drunkinminer Posted November 22, 2009 Members Share Posted November 22, 2009 I never should have asked!Now should I sell something or eat only ramen? No you shouldn't have. and ramem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kellanium Posted November 22, 2009 Members Share Posted November 22, 2009 I never should have asked! Now should I sell something or eat only ramen? Ramen. Delicious and nutritious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Convert Posted November 22, 2009 Members Share Posted November 22, 2009 ...maybe its just me, but I doubt without the video many people would have heard that as a tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whataracket Posted November 22, 2009 Members Share Posted November 22, 2009 tone is definitely not in the 2 & 4 positions. A good strat with Fralins through the right amp can sound fantastic in 2 & 4. Teles have their own tasty can of whoopass though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrockbridge Posted November 22, 2009 Members Share Posted November 22, 2009 I use that one a lot on my strats. Very useable sound esp for strummy stuff. It's not a tele sound though and for me the middle position of a tele is one of the all time rhythm guitar sounds. Hollow yet punchy in a way that strats wont get. I like strats and teles for their different ranges and the great sounds either design can get. I have a blender pot on a Strat. The neck + bridge position is a great combo...so, it IS worth the effort to wire a Strat for this pickup combination. However, it does NOT sound like the neck + bridge position on a Tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted November 22, 2009 Members Share Posted November 22, 2009 wut rhymes with apple? crapple? Snapple! Duh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Northstar Posted November 22, 2009 Members Share Posted November 22, 2009 Snapple!Duh! fapple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rose Pickups Posted November 22, 2009 Members Share Posted November 22, 2009 ...maybe its just me, but I doubt without the video many people would have heard that as a tele. It's all Tele. Middle position with my prototype pups, blues deluxe reissue. I love the middle position. This guitar is really thick sounding. Completely different from my strats. Definitely had some people scratch their heads when playing surf on the tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dabbler Posted November 23, 2009 Members Share Posted November 23, 2009 Tele has teh twang. Also on my stock '08 MIM tele, the neck clean with rolled back tone gets a really jazzy sound that I can't get from a Strat. +1 If I want to play jazz, I pick up one of my teles. The mellowness of the neck pup is another reason that, even with the bridge switch mod on a strat so that you can get the neck and bridge pups together, the strat can't give you the middle position tele tone. So, check it out, the tele has more twang AND more mellowness. Teles are in fact very versatile! Country to jazz, blues and other stuff in between! But I like the way one poster put it, a tele is a very pure guitar, no trem (with springs giving you a natural reverbm), just you, a body, neck, strings and pups. Every guitarist should own a tele at least once, and every student should start on a tele, IMO. But in the end, I will always have at least one of each! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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