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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    And of course, don't forget that ZZ Top's "Blue Jean Blues" was also done with a Tele. And to me, it's one of those great songs I always imagined was done with Pearly Gates, and only a Les Paul could sound like that. (sigh) I was wrong....
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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    GREAT tune... :-)

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Quote Originally Posted by 71818 View Post
    They're not.


    Agreed. It aint the plank---it's the spanker.


    Tone is in the fingers, eh? Let's hear your Vox, Marshall and Fender fingerings then...

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Yeah, blue jean blues, slap you right in your face, doesn´t it?! Billy created a lot of nice tones and sounds back in the seventies. Always been my favourite player together with Jimi! I love the close to face sounds Billy squezed out of whatever guitar he played on back then.

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Remember though...in the recording studio you can get massive sounds with a Tele and a small amp, that you would need a strat or a les paul to sound as big with live. I have all three and more! but I probably play telecaster more than any other.

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    A Tele and a small amp can still pull it off live, just take a peek behind some of those faux full stacks that many big name acts put onstage, you're likely to find a small amp being mic'd.
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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Let me bring some closure to this, and bring everyone together on this divideing topic with a statement noone can disagree with; "a Les Paul rules all" .Simple but effective words to live by. My work is done here.

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Your sweeping generalization hits its mark with all the trajectorial precision of a randomly-flicked booger.

    "When injustice becomes law then rebellion becomes duty."

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Quote Originally Posted by phantomman View Post
    Your sweeping generalization hits its mark with all the trajectorial precision of a randomly-flicked booger.


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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Quote Originally Posted by Kap'n View Post
    Teles generally sound beefier than strats, but they don't react well to serious levels of distortion.
    I can't speak to vintage Tele's - but when I had my AmSt tele I used to delve deep into the Dinosaur Jr/Sonic Youth trick bag - with 2 or 3 dirt boxes ganged up together to seriously mangle my tone. I found that this worked better on the Tele than on the AmSt Strat I had back then...

    I find my Tele to be much more versatile - i.e. it can cut a gig where my Strat cannot - but it's because I have 3 aftermarket pickups in there. For clean and light overdrive textures, my Strat sounds grrrrreat...but when I want to add some bark to my bite, it's the Tele that gets the nod...

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Quote Originally Posted by ziess View Post
    Does that mean a Jazzmaster is better than either of them? Or a Jaguar is better than all three?
    Ooh, Jazzmaster...it's not a want, it's a NEED!

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    FWIW I find my Strats more toneful than my Tele and more versatile. I do love a good Tele though.

    IMO Every decent Guitar Player should have a Good Tele, Strat and Les Paul.

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Quote Originally Posted by Totally bored View Post
    FWIW I find my Strats more toneful than my Tele and more versatile. I do love a good Tele though.

    IMO Every decent Guitar Player should have a Good Tele, Strat and Les Paul.
    Abso-tively!



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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    RIP Lacey Cat 1992-2009

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Thats a nice group shot Phantomman.


    (Note to self, must do a group shot of my collection someday)

    This will have to do for now.

    Strat, Tele


    and a Les Paul


    Why limit yourself ?

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Oh man - pass the beano, I've got GAS!

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Ahhhhh...

    You guys know that I'm more about the craftsman than the tools. Learn how to play, and you can play any guitar and sound good. And toneful.

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Quote Originally Posted by CJ Neel View Post
    Learn how to play, and you can play any guitar and sound good. And toneful.
    Yep, a lot of it's in the fingers. A good player can make even a piece of shite sound good.

    Having said that, I love Teles and Strats. They're tools, and they each do different things well--depending on the song and the guitar's role in it.

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Phantomman: Love that collection. What kind of Tele is it?

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    2001 American Standard. When I bought it, it had a S-D "quarter-pounder" in the bridge an' 4-way switching. Not a bad leetle gitt.

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Quote Originally Posted by Totally bored View Post
    IMO Every decent Guitar Player should have a Good Tele, Strat and Les Paul.
    Don't forget a good hollowbody.
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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Dammitt, I knew you were gonna say that!

    Anybody got the phone number for "335s'R'Us" handy......?

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    My latest addition..


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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    they don't. Strats imho are way more toneful. Love teles though own a few - but Strats are the guitar.

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Tubes + Tolex + Tele = Tone

    It don' git much better'n that, Brad!

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    Very nice 68Bassman! Hoorah!
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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    I love Tele tone and strat comfort, so I modded my silo. String through ash body ,maple neck.SD56 bridge ,Fendrer52 neck pickups.Wilkinson Bridge.

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Because I never met a Tele that wouldn't roll up it's sleeves, spit on the ground and kick the Strat's ass.

    Just that simple. Teles are bad-ass.

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    At times the tele does but no half sane guitar player would be without a les paul,stratocaster and YES a telecaster,and the tele should be ash body, maple neck and 50's pick ups

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Quote Originally Posted by gooman View Post
    ...and the tele should be ash body, maple neck and 50's pick ups
    I'm happy with a PINE body, maple neck and 50s-style Alnico 3 pickups.

    Quote Originally Posted by 121064 View Post
    Because I never met a Tele that wouldn't roll up it's sleeves, spit on the ground and kick the Strat's ass.

    Just that simple. Teles are bad-ass.
    I'm quickly learning this! Totally a YMMV type opinion, but as much as I love my Strat, I ended up with two Teles in the span of four months after getting my first.
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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Phantomman What a NICE collection you got there

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Quote Originally Posted by gooman View Post
    Phantomman What a NICE collection you got there
    A-Yup I agree!...

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mesotech View Post
    Both have unique characteristics due to their design, and both are equally exceptional in their respective highlights. I own both styles, and play both styles. One is not better than the other, they're just different.
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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    telecaster headstocks gross me out. they just look wrong (like kramer headstocks) and that has really been the main killer for me.

    they sound different, I personally think stratocasters are better because thats the kind of sound I like. I bolt all my trems down though, makes a big difference imho.
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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    It took me a while to figure out the whole Tele thang, but eventually i got there. Gots to have a fat maple neck, some type of reasonably trad bridge PU, a 4-way switch and ... the final piece of the puzzle (drum roll) - a STRAT neck PU!!! or at least a Strat sounding one.

    My #1 (Tele) now sounds like the best Strat you ever heard when played on the neck PU alone... :-) And, IMHO, there is just nooooo comparison between a Tele and Strat bridge PU sound. When I get another Strat it certainly will NOT have a trad bridge PU - yuk! Only use for that thing is surf music and speciality genre stuff.

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    I’ve actually started to play my Strat a lot recently – really appreciate it. I also love playing me Tele which I now keep downstairs for those odd ‘killing time’ moments. I also occasionally get my Les Paul out and attack it and still also enjoy playing my old Ibanez bitsa that I recently put a Floyd on.

    All of them are toneful – but different. I just feel lucky to have such an arsenal

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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Quote Originally Posted by Kap'n View Post
    Teles generally sound beefier than strats, but they don't react well to serious levels of distortion.
    que??
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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Quote Originally Posted by Gris View Post
    It took me a while to figure out the whole Tele thang, but eventually i got there. Gots to have a fat maple neck, some type of reasonably trad bridge PU, a 4-way switch and ... the final piece of the puzzle (drum roll) - a STRAT neck PU!!! or at least a Strat sounding one.

    My #1 (Tele) now sounds like the best Strat you ever heard when played on the neck PU alone... :-) And, IMHO, there is just nooooo comparison between a Tele and Strat bridge PU sound. When I get another Strat it certainly will NOT have a trad bridge PU - yuk! Only use for that thing is surf music and speciality genre stuff.
    you should try a hardtail
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    Re: Why are Teles just...more toneful than Strats?

    Oh, I have tried plenty - hard and 'soft' tail. I just can't play a Strat on the bridge alone unless there's a fatter PU in there.

    And, I TOTALLY disagree that Teles "don't react well to serious distortion..." IMO it all depends on PUs.

    I am not one of these "how does it ring unplugged" or "Strats sound different than Teles because of this, that or the other (except for PUs)" type of guys guys. To me the sound of solid body electric guitars are almost ALL the PUs and amp. I am all about swapping PUs til the guitar/amp/setup sounds good. I have done it so many times I know it works.

    But then again, I play LOUD... :-)

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