to my ears a different recording process was used on the two guitars.... the solid sounds as if reverb was activated whereas the thinline sounds very dead with no overtones .
Hard to say. It sounds like the audio source is different on each guitar. You can hear the pick strokes and more room noise in the solid body clips, whereas the the semi-hollow clips sound more like a DI track.
Interesting comparison. I like the sound of both, and any differences are likely to be within the range of guitar, amp or pedal adjustments. My experience is that Thinlines are significantly lighter (as you'd expect) and, as I like the comfort of light guitars, that would swing it to me keeping the Thinline. I suppose the solids have more of a history as they are far more common but, apart from the lighter weight, for me Thinlines have more of a visual elegance.
Yeah I agree, I love a thinline. To me there is no significant sound difference. In this case I kept the thinline but then another tele came along and stole my heart so I let it go.
Thanks for the comparison! I actually think there's a pretty big difference in sound. To my ears the solid body has a lot more oomf and body - especially on the dirty setting but even in the clean neck demo. I'm thinking that with some EQ setting changes you could probably make them sound quite similar. But I love that you simple kept all the settings the same - this is a far better indicator of what the differences may be. Rock on!
Great play. I have a thinline made in Japan. This is a killer. Today it was repaierd and I played it wth Jazz Chorus Amlifier in a repair and reharsal studio. Even non tube Amplifier the tone was incredible.
I have one of each of those models and I'm keeping both. The solid body is a 60s Custom Double Bound 3 Color Sunburst, Poplar body, Maple neck, Rosewood fretboard and 60s era Fender Telecaster Pickups. The other is a 72 Thin Line with a Natural Finish Ash body with a Maple neck and Maple fretboard and PRS Humbucker Pickups. They have a different feel, sound, and weight and both necks have 9 1/2" radius C shaped profile neck.
Short but helpful video, thanks for posting. To my ears, things sound exactly as I would expect. The thinline seems to be more "steely", as in, there's less wood, so there's some mid bass not there, and that leaves a more metallic tone. Would be fine if someone wanted to emphasize the bell tones. Through distortion, to my ears, the thinline was muddy. The solidbody just sounded thicker with more midbass throughout, and much fuller through distortion. Less wood = less mids, to my ears.
@@capaya8139 wood actually affect acoustic tone, not directly affect pickup's tone but quite noticable if you really hear it. What's really affect pickup tone is the metal parts, like bridge and saddles, strings, frets, pickups magnet and its design, springs, etc
@@capaya8139 hardware does, i actually did a few mods that quite change the tone. The easiest one you can get is by changing nickel string to stainless steel string and rewiring the pickups arrangements, both simple act already change the tone. The difference are very noticeable
One year later, ca. 18k views, 55 subscribers… wow! Closure please, which one did you end up selling? I like them both, it’s a tough one… I own a ‘52AVRI and a 60’s Thinline, after wifey died, I couldn’t sell them, they really are the only things are love and care for.🙏🏽🇦🇺
They are both running into the same patch and recording device and settings. All I did was switch the cable out and edit down the video and audio tracks. Any volume difference is either the guitar or your ears!!
@@Candyskullguitars Understood that the solidbody is louder, but still, a fair comparison of the tone requires similar volumes. Louder always sounds brighter. Thanks for trying, though. Good luck
@@alsamegulin1969 if anything this video hopefully gets rid of that misconception. In real world use there is hardly any difference in tone and any there is, is likely down to the different pickups. It’s a minuscule bit of hollowing on the thinline really and whilst it cuts weight I’d say any tone change is insignificant. I kept the thinline by the way! The solid body sold and I’m happy with my decision.
What’s really weird is that the solid body sounds more hollow than the Thinline. If I had closed my eyes I totally would have guessed the the solid was the Thinline.
hahaha come on hey! What a malicious video !! They do not have the same basic sound, the volume and even your way of playing with one and the other is different! The solid has reberb and presence too! Bad comparison ...
They used exactly the same patch on the modeler mate. I unplugged the cable from one and plugged into the other. All demos will have variants in playing, even if I used the same guitar. There is no change in reVerb or presence, but thanks for your comments. I sold the solid one. I’ve also since sold the thinline too!!!
most noticeable different is when using thinline the screen turn yellow
to my ears a different recording process was used on the two guitars....
the solid sounds as if reverb was activated whereas the thinline
sounds very dead with no overtones .
Yes, I agree. Much more room with the Tele. Not a great A/B
Hard to say. It sounds like the audio source is different on each guitar. You can hear the pick strokes and more room noise in the solid body clips, whereas the the semi-hollow clips sound more like a DI track.
I agree. The solid body seems taken by camera mic, the thinline by a mic near the amp. This is useless :/
Interesting comparison. I like the sound of both, and any differences are likely to be within the range of guitar, amp or pedal adjustments. My experience is that Thinlines are significantly lighter (as you'd expect) and, as I like the comfort of light guitars, that would swing it to me keeping the Thinline. I suppose the solids have more of a history as they are far more common but, apart from the lighter weight, for me Thinlines have more of a visual elegance.
Yeah I agree, I love a thinline. To me there is no significant sound difference. In this case I kept the thinline but then another tele came along and stole my heart so I let it go.
This is a very helpful video, exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for keeping this one short, concise, and controlled variables. Much appreciated.
Thanks for the comparison! I actually think there's a pretty big difference in sound. To my ears the solid body has a lot more oomf and body - especially on the dirty setting but even in the clean neck demo. I'm thinking that with some EQ setting changes you could probably make them sound quite similar. But I love that you simple kept all the settings the same - this is a far better indicator of what the differences may be. Rock on!
Great play. I have a thinline made in Japan. This is a killer. Today it was repaierd and I played it wth Jazz Chorus Amlifier in a repair and reharsal studio. Even non tube Amplifier the tone was incredible.
I have one of each of those models and I'm keeping both. The solid body is a 60s Custom Double Bound 3 Color Sunburst, Poplar body, Maple neck, Rosewood fretboard and 60s era Fender Telecaster Pickups. The other is a 72 Thin Line with a Natural Finish Ash body with a Maple neck and Maple fretboard and PRS Humbucker Pickups. They have a different feel, sound, and weight and both necks have 9 1/2" radius C shaped profile neck.
Short but helpful video, thanks for posting. To my ears, things sound exactly as I would expect. The thinline seems to be more "steely", as in, there's less wood, so there's some mid bass not there, and that leaves a more metallic tone. Would be fine if someone wanted to emphasize the bell tones. Through distortion, to my ears, the thinline was muddy. The solidbody just sounded thicker with more midbass throughout, and much fuller through distortion. Less wood = less mids, to my ears.
Oh strange, the thinline sound less metallic, more woody that the solid body...
@@Olivier.Colonna-Comedien dont worry bout em. wood doesnt affect a pickup's tone, people who say it does are a little crazy
@@capaya8139 wood actually affect acoustic tone, not directly affect pickup's tone but quite noticable if you really hear it. What's really affect pickup tone is the metal parts, like bridge and saddles, strings, frets, pickups magnet and its design, springs, etc
@@mashilmy oh for sure. tonewood is extremely real in the context of acoustics. but your pickup doesnt care what wood its in nor does your hardware.
@@capaya8139 hardware does, i actually did a few mods that quite change the tone.
The easiest one you can get is by changing nickel string to stainless steel string and rewiring the pickups arrangements, both simple act already change the tone. The difference are very noticeable
I'd love that Telecaster Thinline twang!!
The Thinline looks great. They both sound good. Keep the Thinline.
HAven't even seen past the opening lines, and already I'm gonna say keep the Thinline :-)
One year later, ca. 18k views, 55 subscribers… wow! Closure please, which one did you end up selling? I like them both, it’s a tough one… I own a ‘52AVRI and a 60’s Thinline, after wifey died, I couldn’t sell them, they really are the only things are love and care for.🙏🏽🇦🇺
I sold them both!!!!!!!
@@Candyskullguitars cheers !
gen4 pickups are louder but the thinline is more balanced
The thinline sounds somehow thinner to my ears :-)
I think you should keep solid body
Too late buddy! That one sold. I kept the thinline and I’m happy with the decision
@@Candyskullguitars why?
@@tiago5a as was the point of the video, the solid body sold and I kept the thinline and it’s a great guitar.
It would have been a better comparison if you had matched the volumes of the two guitar, i.e. boost the Thinline a bit.
They are both running into the same patch and recording device and settings. All I did was switch the cable out and edit down the video and audio tracks. Any volume difference is either the guitar or your ears!!
@@Candyskullguitars Understood that the solidbody is louder, but still, a fair comparison of the tone requires similar volumes. Louder always sounds brighter. Thanks for trying, though. Good luck
Oddly, the solid body has the better neck tone and the hollow has a better bridge tone
Why do you say that’s odd?
@@Candyskullguitars I would associate the hollow body with jazz and a better neck pickup. I think the solid sounded much better overall
@@alsamegulin1969 if anything this video hopefully gets rid of that misconception. In real world use there is hardly any difference in tone and any there is, is likely down to the different pickups. It’s a minuscule bit of hollowing on the thinline really and whilst it cuts weight I’d say any tone change is insignificant.
I kept the thinline by the way! The solid body sold and I’m happy with my decision.
So which guitar had the most jangle/chime?
I’d say they sound exactly the same
So you ended up selling both, right? 😆
It’s been over a year mate - both are gone now
What amp are you using?
That would have been my old headrush board straight into the DAW
How much the thinline weigh?
Sold long ago mate. But specs should be available for thinline models on fenders site I’d have thought?
What’s really weird is that the solid body sounds more hollow than the Thinline. If I had closed my eyes I totally would have guessed the the solid was the Thinline.
Thinline keep
hahaha come on hey! What a malicious video !! They do not have the same basic sound, the volume and even your way of playing with one and the other is different! The solid has reberb and presence too! Bad comparison ...
They used exactly the same patch on the modeler mate. I unplugged the cable from one and plugged into the other. All demos will have variants in playing, even if I used the same guitar.
There is no change in reVerb or presence, but thanks for your comments.
I sold the solid one. I’ve also since sold the thinline too!!!