@@positivelynegative9149 It'd be much easier if you learn english first, assuming it's not your 1st language. But I too find the lack of subtitle in a video uploaded by a big company like this a bit odd
Many beginners start playing some sort of strat, but I'd argue a tele is a better option. Fewer options to tweak, fixed bridge and also it sounds good on pretty much anything, so it's a great way to have a decent sound no matter the situation if you start out. Also you can play more or less everything with it... In my experience, a strat is a lot more finicky if you want it to sound properly
I'd say that or a hardtail strat. The trem just throws a whole can of worms into the mix. It's great when you get better and want to give it a try, but starting out, it's just a nuisance imo.
I have both. I rarely play my strat, but I play my tele every day. It feels more natural and sits better under my fingers. I find it easier to get the sound I want. I also like the control layout better, I don't accidentally turn the volume down while I'm playing like I do with a strat. Also, a tele with a RAT pedal is awesome, it brings out my inner punk.
After many years hanging around musicians, it’s obvious to me. The Tele has the sweetest spank of the bridge pickup, and the Strat has the sweetest sounding neck pickup.
I was a strat guy until I got the right tele it’s better for rock guys who want something more like a Gibson. It has a grit that the strat doesn’t. But both have their place in music.
I have both and play both. The Strat is more comfortable but I love the sound of the Tele especially the neck pickup.This is a great video for those trying to decide on which one to get. Again I wish I had it when I was in the market but still learning a few things today. I really like your various comparison videos. Big help when shopping or just wanting to increase your knowledge.
Early radiohead sounds pretty grungy, and Greenwood played a Fender Telecaster Plus (lace sensor blue in the neck, and red dually in the bridge). So if you spec the tele out right it can sound great for any style of music as well. I love my hss strat, but actually prefer my Fender Modern Player Tele (hss) these days. Yeah, the Chinese made Fender branded guitars are actually totally decent ... I know, it was a surprise to me as well.
I couldn't decide which i liked better, so i combined them. I built a strat with a 53 tele neck pickup and texas sepecials in middle and bridge. Wired like a tele, 3 way switch controlling neck and bridge pups, and the middle blends in on its own volume knob. 1 master vol 1 master tone. A Stratele can do neck and bridge, and all 3 pups together. Blending the middle 1/3 or 1/2 in allows me to add a little sparkle to the neck or a little warmth to the bridge. It also alows me to control the tone on the bridge! Its awsome!
Got a Strat and a Tele. There is something about a Tele. It´s so clean in the mix when recording and so versatile. When you put the Tele through distortion it growls, when you play clean it sings. The Strat sounds like a Strat for me, ok HSS is great also (but its like a Strat trying to sound like a Gibby, but the Tele just shines on all levels!✌
I love the tele sound too. I actually look at mine from time to time and think ‘how were you the first?’. Of course, I know guitar history as much as the next nerd and how long it took for that design to come together, but still it just blows me away how good it is for the first mass produced solid body electric.
Same, the tele with its three great distinct tones is more versatile. I would hate to have to choose but I would probably go tele if I had only one guitar. Hss Stratocaster would be a close second.
Both the tele & strat are legendary & iconic guitars, but my favorite & personal preference is the strat. I love my Mod Shop strat it’s just the perfect guitar for me. My favorite strat players are Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, SRV, Yngwie Malmsteen & Dave Murray
I like the look, but not a sound of a Strat, except clean neck pickup sound. Yngwie and Murray use stacked and not stacked humbuckers. Tele is another thing. It is a bit ugly-sh, but i like it that way. Love bridge pickup sound on a tele.
If this place is smart and pay this man well for his work for all the depth he puts out here for us all and explains it well for new to experience players without making anyone feel dumb and keeps it fun and still can be himself. From one guitarist to another Keep rocking Dagan and thanks from the U.S🤘🤘
I have one of each. You're right, Dagan, they are a lot of fun. My Strat is similar to yours with its HSS pick-up configuration. Incredibly versatile guitar. I love my Tele too. Just a great, solid lump of wood that sounds wonderful. So many great players of both guitars, I enjoy seeing anybody play these things.
@oliversearle3996 For a beginner, I'd say go with the tele or find a hardtail strat. The trem will be of no use and, in fact, a bit of a pain when you are starting out.
I always preferred the strat and have an early 90s Japanese one. Then I got a hand built Tele. It us now my go to guitar. Bottom line. Both are great lol
If you have a Strat and a Tele, and you have a gig but only enough room for one guitar, which do you take? That helps focus the mind on which one you really need.
I have a simple Bullet Tele. I plan to turn it into a magical (more so, i should say, i love that thing so much lol) by changing pups and such, but I'm defiantly a Tele guy because a lot of my favorite players use Tele style guitars. Love the Tele, especially for metal.
I’m a third generation lead guitarist…I grew up with a Stratocaster…when I was about 10 years-old, my dad walked in the door of the house we lived in, with an original 1969 pink paisley James Burton model Fender Telecaster…it’s the best playing, most incredible guitar I’ve ever had in my hands and I’m a Metal player; I have flying V’s, I have an Explorer, I have Ibanez & Jackson _SuperStrats._ my Dad had one of the first 3 Fender Stevie Ray Vaughan signature Stratocasters (his has a Rosewood Fretboard & the Serial Number goes back to the early 1980s), my dad also has a natural finish *solid* southern ash body Stratocaster he got in 1986 which was a prototype of what became the Fender _Strat Plus,_ it’s got Schaller Staggered Locking Tuning Machines, Hipshot Tremsetter Tune Stabilizer, it had Prototype Fender Lace Sensor Pickups; _(the color names are indicating what color the words _Lace Sensor_ are printed on the white pickup cover in, each color had it’s own tone & performance characteristics); they were _Blue, Silver & Red_ it had a B250K volume pot, a B250k Blend Pot & a Fender TBX Tone Control, it’s the only factory _Lace Sensor_ equipped Fender Stratocaster which *DIDN’T* have the _Fender Active Mid-Boost_ in it…needless to say, *NOW* that guitar’s outfitted with Custom Over-Wound Vintage Pickups which he got from Duke Robillard…
I chose option C: Both!! I still want an Hss strat. The Tele is a Squier Classic Vibe- in sunburst. Darn nice guitar! I especially like how powerful the tone control is on it- you can completely change how it sounds with a small adjustment. I also like that plinky sound you get with both pickups selected- very nice for single note clean stuff. I have a Jazzmaster, too and it also does that with both pickups selected, just a bit different sound. That guitar is surf green, and it called out to me as soon as I walked in the store- I HAD to play it. I liked it even more in my hands- which is why it went home with me. As for favorite players, For Strats, I'd say Ed King, Hughie Thomasson, Buddy Guy, and Stevie Ray. Also Gilmour, of course- and Dave Murray. For Tele's: Brad Paisley!
I do love the finesse and versatility of a strat. I think it is a better guitar than the tele to start of with - especially if you want to perfect your technique. But what I love about the tele is it's robustness. It is a really good guitar for big sounds (hence why it's popular with punk and indie guitarists) and I think I would rather have a tele than a Les Paul.
@@MFachrizalR the great thing about fender guitars is how easy doing a neckswap on your own is! i found one of those walmart starcaster necks with the swinger style headstock, threw it on one of those $80 amazon teles, and now it looks just as at home playing punk or metal as it does country 💪
Controls on the strat get in the way, great neck pickup sound though. I use a telecaster with a strat pickup in the neck, doesn’t sound quite the same but it does sound nice.
I find it interesting when people say strat is more versatile..it may have more options sure I give you that, but I have both and honestly, the tele is like a tone chameleon. You can play anything with it and it will sound right. That being said I love both my strat and my tele.
Tele for me every day! It’s all about the feel for me… there’s something about that basic slab construction that just wants to take abuse! I’ve an old ‘92 Mexican Standard that I always come back to that will take anything I can throw at it and even the G string will stay in tune! I’ve always wanted to love a Strat ( I’m a huge Gilmore fan), I’ve just never bonded with one in the same way.
I had a Tele first, but ended up selling it to get my Strat. My Tele was ok, but I absolutely love my Strat. It's my #1 guitar. I even enjoy playing it a lot more than my Les Paul.
I’ve never owned a Tele but have spent the last few years pining after one cause of listening to Jeff Buckley. The way he makes a guitar sing on all his releases. Hoping to get a tele soon!
I always feel like you need to EARN a Tele. I tried as a beginner guitar and just didn't click with it. Now though, couple years of playing later, I realised it was me just not appreciating the Tele and it's complexities. Back in the market for one now.
In 1987 I bought a Squier Stratocaster. Later I found out it was one of the earlier ones that were made in Japan. 1984-5 I think it is from. The neck has always been rock solid, but the electronics were beginning to die, so I bought an EMG DG-20 mod for it and it works perfectly. I also have an American Stratocaster, from around 2000 but the neck has shifted slightly so there are some dead spots, but the body is nice and heavy so a lot of sustain on that one, as well as good original pickups. My third electric is a 1990 PRS Special (the rock one they did), with thin/wide neck and all mahogany body.
I also have a Japanese Squier, built somewhere between 1984 and 86. The guy before the guy who sold it to me in around 88 had done some work on the pickups which seemed to be that they were stereo. The jack is still stereo, but with a mono lead it seemed like you could change the phase of the pickups, which was interesting. I’m not an electrician so I don’t know for sure and a few years ago I took all the electronics out and replaced them with normal pickups. The previous owners also obviously treated it badly: the varnish is chipped off in quite a few places, but for me that increases its charm! I’m now playing in a punk band, and I can’t really get the sounds I want out of my Strat - it’s also desperately in need of a good service - so I’m thinking seriously about getting a Tele.
I have to disagree on the Bigsby on a Tele. It kills the snap of the string-through bridge and there's not enough play in the B-5 mechanism. Stick with 3 brass barrels and string through and the glory of the tele won't let you down. That said, I love bigsbys on arch tops. They are the only vibrato for me.
I don’t love a trem on a tele either, it affects the tone of the all important bridg pup imho. Also no need to buy a Nashville which limits you a lot. Most modern tele’s come with the cutouts for the middle position under the pick guard, so just buy the tele you like, and if you want drop in a couple of strat pups. IIRC you switch the positions neck and mid over to get the best hum and phase setup with the bridge pup?
Leo Fender designed the Strat after listening to Telecaster players comments about what they didn't like about it. The result was a guitar like no other, and it's success says everything, a lot of todays guitar makers would not be here without it. The same can be said about the Telecaster but not to the same extent, life without all those superstrats is unthinkable. I have tried Telecasters and the better versions by ESP etc, but the Strat and better still Superstrats with slim wide radius necks are far more comfortable to play. I find that with the standard pickups Telecasters sound thin and twangy, and put my teeth on edge. Put in some different pickups and they sound far better, but still don't appeal to me. To sum up, for me a Strat is a thing of beauty, the Telecaster is a plank of wood. Each to their own.🤔
"The same can be said about the Telecaster but not to the same extent" How does that make sense, the strat wouldn't exist without the tele to build off, and therefore none of those stars.
@@demonic87 Very true, one idea feeds the next, this is how newer designs evolve, after all these years we still desire guitars designed in the 50's perhaps they got them almost perfect back then.
It's personal preference, of course. I prefer the sound and feel of the Tele over the Strat. I'm able to articulate my tones in far more depth with my Tele.
I’ve been a Strat guy as long as I knew what a guitar was (now I’m a bassist) but I’m highly considering getting a tele bc you played the tribute the the greatest and best song in the world on it.
My favorite tele player is Joe Strummer. Just got an HSS strat, I love it. Maybe will get a tele too one day. PS. Can someone please tell me what song he’s playing in the intro?!
I have a question. If anybody knows the answer, I'd love to know. When playing the tele on the neck pickup at 17m28s into the video the sound of the guitar changed. I really like that sound but I don't know how he got it. Did he press a foot pedal and add an effect? What effect was it? Or was it always clean?
Off topic from the comparison, what do you think about the tortoise shell pickguard on the strat? I have so many mixed feelings, I had to settle on olympic white over the other colors, I was thinking of putting a white pickguard on it, any thoughts?
how bout a 1992 tele delux plus. with trem and sensor pickups. humb in bridge with coil split. i tradedine in for taylor 614ce. wish i had it now there 4 grand if u can find one
I have one of each: a pricey Fender American Pro II Tele and a cheap Squier Sonic HSS Strat that I got for free by trading in some old gear. My Tele is a respectful investment in reverence to the history of the instrument. My Strat was deliberately the cheapest model I could get my hands on because to me Strats are more ratty, more rock'n'roll, and are built for abuse. Truth is, despite a $1500 price tag difference and some poorer fretting on the Strat, they both sound great and rock! 🤘
Ive never got to know a tele but likely will one day. I have cij strat, while the trad LP with old 50s thicker neck which i bought, inspired by 70s zz top, but its stayed locked away for years, coz i just love my cij vintage re issue strat. I mostly play on the neck pup, but love the out of phase mid/bridge too. Love to play clean w reverb on about half, and chorus on about a 3rd. Am saving up for a prri blackface to enhance that style. But will likely need a heavy drive for the hard rock... maybe a rat2 or mxr m75 or guv'nor? To give me range from mellow blues od, to thin lizzy to zz top to judas priest (on the strat single coil). Any tips on pairing those pedals with that amp for strat please let me know.
My favourite strat players are Simon Neil and John Mayer. Simon is great at creating a sound that typically shouldn’t come from a strat. Tele has to be Myles Kennedy. The video of him playing Jeff Bucklys guitar during the 2019 walk the sky tour is amazing and the sounds from his Ides of March album and tour were phenomenal. Really hoping the PRS Tele he has been playing gets released as a signature guitar.
A strat is an electric guitar with 3 pickups, mostly single coils, and a 5-way selector switch and is copied by many other guitar builders. A tele is for watching audio-visual broadcasts.
Favorite Tele players are Jim Root, Jimmy Page and John 5. Favorite Strat players are Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Ritchie Blackmore, Eddie Van Halen, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, janick Gers, Glenn Tipton, K.K Downing, Jackie E Lee, Mick Mars, John Norum, Yngwie Malmsteen, Jim Root…🤔
Hm ... guess when you've had a Strat for a while ... you are going elsewhere ... maybe just for a snack ... The Tele is a great option for players who know what they want ... or who got challenged by it ... not an easy get along guitar ... some are turned away ... some just fall in love ... 💞
I enjoy the tone & sounds of the stratocasters more But I always felt the Telecasters looked more expensive then the stratocasters I would like a telecaster but i alternate between my player stratocaster and my sheraton 335
Well you named some gray guitar players my friend but there is one you left out and he actually usually is left out of guitarist lists but he played the Tele and the Strat and his 61 Strat is so recognizable and I am talking about one of the best and is my favorite guitar player that I just recently discovers… I am talking about none other than Mr….. Rory Gallagher🤘🏻🤘🏻.. Such an amazing guitarist that left us way to soon🤨 Craig
have a MIIM strat from 2002, squire tele affinity , a MIM tele(2006 i think) and an american standard tele(2013?) tele. i think both of them are great players but i definetly like teles a lot more..in my opinion they are just easier to play and the ergonomics are almost perfect. maybe its just me, but strats never sit on me right and feel akward
I have a some guitars but no a telecaster, I have curiosity for it and there is a pawnshop that have a Squier Affinity trlecaster that nobody has buy yet becaise they offer it for 300 U$.
This guy is a gem..great player and also a superstar salesman..hope hes paid well🌇
I agree! Hell I’d definitely hire him to pitch something for me. Granted it was a worthy product
I’d like to hear Degan when he’s pissed from wine, sarcastically tell us about Americans and slinging guitars for “The Man” and his big corporation.
i think he is well paid, got a rolex in his right hand jajajaja
I couldn't understand half the words he spoke; especially in the beginning of sentences. I gave up on this video after 2 minutes.
@@positivelynegative9149 It'd be much easier if you learn english first, assuming it's not your 1st language. But I too find the lack of subtitle in a video uploaded by a big company like this a bit odd
Many beginners start playing some sort of strat, but I'd argue a tele is a better option. Fewer options to tweak, fixed bridge and also it sounds good on pretty much anything, so it's a great way to have a decent sound no matter the situation if you start out. Also you can play more or less everything with it... In my experience, a strat is a lot more finicky if you want it to sound properly
I'd say that or a hardtail strat. The trem just throws a whole can of worms into the mix. It's great when you get better and want to give it a try, but starting out, it's just a nuisance imo.
I have both. I rarely play my strat, but I play my tele every day. It feels more natural and sits better under my fingers. I find it easier to get the sound I want. I also like the control layout better, I don't accidentally turn the volume down while I'm playing like I do with a strat. Also, a tele with a RAT pedal is awesome, it brings out my inner punk.
Same same for me, thomImdon’t use any pedals.
That’s because you play the Tele every day, I have both and I play the Stratocaster more often so the reverse is true of me.
hmmmm... thanks!
After many years hanging around musicians, it’s obvious to me. The Tele has the sweetest spank of the bridge pickup, and the Strat has the sweetest sounding neck pickup.
you are right
I was a strat guy until I got the right tele it’s better for rock guys who want something more like a Gibson. It has a grit that the strat doesn’t. But both have their place in music.
The telecaster might not be important though for les Paul owners
@ I have a les Paul and I think tele is more comfortable and brighter but Paul has its place
Both were designed in the 50s and both still look amazing! Nothing can top those old guitars. Leo got it right from day 1
Always loved the strat. Finally got one. Awesome. Then I bought a tele. What a guitar!! It's my main guitar now
I have both and play both. The Strat is more comfortable but I love the sound of the Tele especially the neck pickup.This is a great video for those trying to decide on which one to get. Again I wish I had it when I was in the market but still learning a few things today. I really like your various comparison videos. Big help when shopping or just wanting to increase your knowledge.
but can you get grunge sounds with them? i was gonna buy a bullet strat ht hss today because it has a humbucker which would sound good with grunge
Early radiohead sounds pretty grungy, and Greenwood played a Fender Telecaster Plus (lace sensor blue in the neck, and red dually in the bridge). So if you spec the tele out right it can sound great for any style of music as well. I love my hss strat, but actually prefer my Fender Modern Player Tele (hss) these days. Yeah, the Chinese made Fender branded guitars are actually totally decent
... I know, it was a surprise to me as well.
I couldn't decide which i liked better, so i combined them. I built a strat with a 53 tele neck pickup and texas sepecials in middle and bridge. Wired like a tele, 3 way switch controlling neck and bridge pups, and the middle blends in on its own volume knob. 1 master vol 1 master tone. A Stratele can do neck and bridge, and all 3 pups together. Blending the middle 1/3 or 1/2 in allows me to add a little sparkle to the neck or a little warmth to the bridge. It also alows me to control the tone on the bridge! Its awsome!
Got a Strat and a Tele. There is something about a Tele. It´s so clean in the mix when recording and so versatile. When you put the Tele through distortion it growls, when you play clean it sings. The Strat sounds like a Strat for me, ok HSS is great also (but its like a Strat trying to sound like a Gibby, but the Tele just shines on all levels!✌
I love the tele sound too. I actually look at mine from time to time and think ‘how were you the first?’.
Of course, I know guitar history as much as the next nerd and how long it took for that design to come together, but still it just blows me away how good it is for the first mass produced solid body electric.
Spot on! 🙌
Same, the tele with its three great distinct tones is more versatile. I would hate to have to choose but I would probably go tele if I had only one guitar. Hss Stratocaster would be a close second.
Both the tele & strat are legendary & iconic guitars, but my favorite & personal preference is the strat. I love my Mod Shop strat it’s just the perfect guitar for me. My favorite strat players are Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, SRV, Yngwie Malmsteen & Dave Murray
I like the look, but not a sound of a Strat, except clean neck pickup sound. Yngwie and Murray use stacked and not stacked humbuckers. Tele is another thing. It is a bit ugly-sh, but i like it that way. Love bridge pickup sound on a tele.
If this place is smart and pay this man well for his work for all the depth he puts out here for us all and explains it well for new to experience players without making anyone feel dumb and keeps it fun and still can be himself. From one guitarist to another Keep rocking Dagan and thanks from the U.S🤘🤘
Thanks! 🤘
I have one of each. You're right, Dagan, they are a lot of fun.
My Strat is similar to yours with its HSS pick-up configuration. Incredibly versatile guitar.
I love my Tele too. Just a great, solid lump of wood that sounds wonderful.
So many great players of both guitars, I enjoy seeing anybody play these things.
Which do you recommend?
@oliversearle3996 For a beginner, I'd say go with the tele or find a hardtail strat. The trem will be of no use and, in fact, a bit of a pain when you are starting out.
@@JC-lk3oy You can deck the trem on a strat so it's less finicky to tune.
@@JohnShalamskas True, but the less you have to deal with and dial in, the better for a beginner. Nobody needs a trem as a beginner.
I personally prefer the stratocaster, and Ritchie Blackmore is my favorite guitar player when comes to strats and guitars in general
Tele for playing with a band. Strat for solo singing. Seems to be the combo that works best for me.
As a beginner I bought the Telecaster the Stratocaster has too many settings on top of everything you have learn.I find it easier to find tones.
I always preferred the strat and have an early 90s Japanese one. Then I got a hand built Tele. It us now my go to guitar. Bottom line. Both are great lol
I have both a Tele and an HSS Strat. If I could have only one, it would be a very hard decision.
So, ideally, you "need" both.
If you have a Strat and a Tele, and you have a gig but only enough room for one guitar, which do you take? That helps focus the mind on which one you really need.
@@ParaBellum2024 I would pick the HSS Strat, I think.
I have both. Started out with the tele. Lately leaning towards the strat
I vote both, but with 12" radius necks. Fender making 12" more available has made the brand far more appealing for me.
That’s how I am with the Fender precision bass and jazz bass, I have both.
@@donnix1192 I have a P Bass with a Jazz neck. I get it. haha
I have a simple Bullet Tele. I plan to turn it into a magical (more so, i should say, i love that thing so much lol) by changing pups and such, but I'm defiantly a Tele guy because a lot of my favorite players use Tele style guitars. Love the Tele, especially for metal.
RATM, great sound
Thank you for the clean sound demo on both guitars that allow us to really listening to what those beauties have to say ! 👍
I’m a third generation lead guitarist…I grew up with a Stratocaster…when I was about 10 years-old, my dad walked in the door of the house we lived in, with an original 1969 pink paisley James Burton model Fender Telecaster…it’s the best playing, most incredible guitar I’ve ever had in my hands and I’m a Metal player; I have flying V’s, I have an Explorer, I have Ibanez & Jackson _SuperStrats._ my Dad had one of the first 3 Fender Stevie Ray Vaughan signature Stratocasters (his has a Rosewood Fretboard & the Serial Number goes back to the early 1980s), my dad also has a natural finish *solid* southern ash body Stratocaster he got in 1986 which was a prototype of what became the Fender _Strat Plus,_ it’s got Schaller Staggered Locking Tuning Machines, Hipshot Tremsetter Tune Stabilizer, it had Prototype Fender Lace Sensor Pickups; _(the color names are indicating what color the words _Lace Sensor_ are printed on the white pickup cover in, each color had it’s own tone & performance characteristics); they were _Blue, Silver & Red_ it had a B250K volume pot, a B250k Blend Pot & a Fender TBX Tone Control, it’s the only factory _Lace Sensor_ equipped Fender Stratocaster which *DIDN’T* have the _Fender Active Mid-Boost_ in it…needless to say, *NOW* that guitar’s outfitted with Custom Over-Wound Vintage Pickups which he got from Duke Robillard…
I chose option C: Both!! I still want an Hss strat. The Tele is a Squier Classic Vibe- in sunburst. Darn nice guitar! I especially like how powerful the tone control is on it- you can completely change how it sounds with a small adjustment. I also like that plinky sound you get with both pickups selected- very nice for single note clean stuff. I have a Jazzmaster, too and it also does that with both pickups selected, just a bit different sound. That guitar is surf green, and it called out to me as soon as I walked in the store- I HAD to play it. I liked it even more in my hands- which is why it went home with me.
As for favorite players, For Strats, I'd say Ed King, Hughie Thomasson, Buddy Guy, and Stevie Ray. Also Gilmour, of course- and Dave Murray.
For Tele's: Brad Paisley!
I do love the finesse and versatility of a strat. I think it is a better guitar than the tele to start of with - especially if you want to perfect your technique. But what I love about the tele is it's robustness. It is a really good guitar for big sounds (hence why it's popular with punk and indie guitarists) and I think I would rather have a tele than a Les Paul.
The only decision you have to make is which one you'll buy first 👍
I’ve always tried to avoid the Tele because I thought only country players used it and also the headstock is weird but it’s honestly good
Same, I even went to such length to ordered a custom tele with a strat neck and headstock because of that weird feeling
@@MFachrizalR the great thing about fender guitars is how easy doing a neckswap on your own is! i found one of those walmart starcaster necks with the swinger style headstock, threw it on one of those $80 amazon teles, and now it looks just as at home playing punk or metal as it does country 💪
@@gunpeiyaboi5280 you put a turd on poop. Congrats
Keith Richards with an Telecaster (Micawber) and Stevie Ray Vaughan with his Stratocaster (Number One) are 2 of my favorite players of these 2 models.
Keith does wonders with his 5 string Tele.
Controls on the strat get in the way, great neck pickup sound though. I use a telecaster with a strat pickup in the neck, doesn’t sound quite the same but it does sound nice.
25.5” scale is not the length from the nut to the bridge. It’s the distance from the nut to the 12th fret multiplied by 2.
I find it interesting when people say strat is more versatile..it may have more options sure I give you that, but I have both and honestly, the tele is like a tone chameleon. You can play anything with it and it will sound right. That being said I love both my strat and my tele.
Whilst I like the strat, I'm a sucker for a rosewood fretboard strat.
I've always preferred a maple neck telecaster ('52 in butterscotch).
Tele for me every day! It’s all about the feel for me… there’s something about that basic slab construction that just wants to take abuse! I’ve an old ‘92 Mexican Standard that I always come back to that will take anything I can throw at it and even the G string will stay in tune!
I’ve always wanted to love a Strat ( I’m a huge Gilmore fan), I’ve just never bonded with one in the same way.
They’re both super fantastic. I recommend 1 or two of each.
I had a Tele first, but ended up selling it to get my Strat. My Tele was ok, but I absolutely love my Strat. It's my #1 guitar. I even enjoy playing it a lot more than my Les Paul.
I'm new to guitar, so I'm going with a tele. Less complicated.
I’ve never owned a Tele but have spent the last few years pining after one cause of listening to Jeff Buckley. The way he makes a guitar sing on all his releases. Hoping to get a tele soon!
Wont be sorry.
I own a Tele because I am a huge fun of Jeff Buckley!! Hope you get one soon 🙂
Got a Squier 40th anniversary tele about a week after I posted this comment. Have hardly put it down since!
@@davplaysmusic enjoy your Tele!! those 40th anniversary Squiers look and sound amazing!!
I always feel like you need to EARN a Tele. I tried as a beginner guitar and just didn't click with it. Now though, couple years of playing later, I realised it was me just not appreciating the Tele and it's complexities.
Back in the market for one now.
Favorite Players
Strat: Richie Sambora
Tele: Keith Urban
My favourite Strat players, are Clapton, Hendrix, Fruiscante, Mayer and Beck.
In 1987 I bought a Squier Stratocaster. Later I found out it was one of the earlier ones that were made in Japan. 1984-5 I think it is from.
The neck has always been rock solid, but the electronics were beginning to die, so I bought an EMG DG-20 mod for it and it works perfectly.
I also have an American Stratocaster, from around 2000 but the neck has shifted slightly so there are some dead spots, but the body is nice and heavy so a lot of sustain on that one, as well as good original pickups. My third electric is a 1990 PRS Special (the rock one they did), with thin/wide neck and all mahogany body.
I also have a Japanese Squier, built somewhere between 1984 and 86. The guy before the guy who sold it to me in around 88 had done some work on the pickups which seemed to be that they were stereo. The jack is still stereo, but with a mono lead it seemed like you could change the phase of the pickups, which was interesting. I’m not an electrician so I don’t know for sure and a few years ago I took all the electronics out and replaced them with normal pickups. The previous owners also obviously treated it badly: the varnish is chipped off in quite a few places, but for me that increases its charm!
I’m now playing in a punk band, and I can’t really get the sounds I want out of my Strat - it’s also desperately in need of a good service - so I’m thinking seriously about getting a Tele.
i'd like the intersection on body of the strat put into the body of the telecaster.
My current favorite Strat player is Rebecca Lovell from Larkin Poe.
Gotta go with Prince for my favorite tele player.
Get a Nashville Telecaster (ie, 3 pickups) with a Bigsby, and you get the best of both worlds! (Other than the comfort cuts on the body shape)
I have to disagree on the Bigsby on a Tele. It kills the snap of the string-through bridge and there's not enough play in the B-5 mechanism. Stick with 3 brass barrels and string through and the glory of the tele won't let you down. That said, I love bigsbys on arch tops. They are the only vibrato for me.
I don’t love a trem on a tele either, it affects the tone of the all important bridg pup imho.
Also no need to buy a Nashville which limits you a lot. Most modern tele’s come with the cutouts for the middle position under the pick guard, so just buy the tele you like, and if you want drop in a couple of strat pups. IIRC you switch the positions neck and mid over to get the best hum and phase setup with the bridge pup?
THANK YOU for playing CLEAN so we can actually hear what the GUITAR sounds like!
Shout out to Robin Trower on the Strat and John 5 on the Tele
Telecasters all the way. I love slab bodies. Teles and les paul specials are my 2 favorite guitars
Lee from Idles is my favorite Tele guy. He uses it like a weapon, I love it.
What is the name of the song at 14:20 ?
This is a very helpful video and thank you alot. Between the two, which one would you recommend for a beginner
I love them both. But I want my Tele with a 6-saddle bridge & my Strat with a bridge pickup tone control.
Oh, & both with a 9.5 inch fretboard radius.
I have a 2012 usa strat. And mim 2021 tele. You’d love them both they have what you want
Strat :Jimi and Clapton
Tele: Keith richards and Keith Richards
Although Unknown, Ryen Slegr is an excellent Tele player
This is a great and honest Video, great playing to.
Thanks for watching Michael!
What is the song at 14:14 it sounds very familiar.
Late reply, but its Slow Dancing In a Burning Room from John Mayer
Great info! So much, so quickly. Great job! BTW- can't help asking- You appear to be right handed, but wear your watch on your right hand???
Nice Dagan, just ordered my first Tele, going with the Mascis version, beautiful, and just fun to play.
Very Cool Video Thankyou. My earliest lasting Memory of Telecaster is Springsteen, and Hank Marvin or Hendrix on Strat.
Leo Fender designed the Strat after listening to Telecaster players comments about what they didn't like
about it.
The result was a guitar like no other, and it's success says everything, a lot of todays guitar makers would
not be here without it.
The same can be said about the Telecaster but not to the same extent, life without all those superstrats
is unthinkable.
I have tried Telecasters and the better versions by ESP etc, but the Strat and better still Superstrats with slim
wide radius necks are far more comfortable to play.
I find that with the standard pickups Telecasters sound thin and twangy, and put my teeth on edge.
Put in some different pickups and they sound far better, but still don't appeal to me.
To sum up, for me a Strat is a thing of beauty, the Telecaster is a plank of wood.
Each to their own.🤔
"The same can be said about the Telecaster but not to the same extent"
How does that make sense, the strat wouldn't exist without the tele to build off, and therefore none of those stars.
@@demonic87 Very true, one idea feeds the next, this is how newer designs evolve, after all these years we still desire guitars designed in the 50's perhaps they got them almost perfect back then.
I had a tele. Sold it for a strat. Got the usa strat. And then got 3 more teles. I love them both. But tele is my favorite
@Tyler S Williamson If it has Fender on the headstock it will be an expensive plank of wood.
Much less bad comments on Tele's than on Strat's
It's personal preference, of course. I prefer the sound and feel of the Tele over the Strat. I'm able to articulate my tones in far more depth with my Tele.
Great video, I would have loved to see how they both handle gain and distortion though
I’ve been a Strat guy as long as I knew what a guitar was (now I’m a bassist) but I’m highly considering getting a tele bc you played the tribute the the greatest and best song in the world on it.
Its so easy to love both these Fender models - right now I'm digging the tele deluxe
3:40 lol that was smooth
My favorite tele player is Joe Strummer.
Just got an HSS strat, I love it. Maybe will get a tele too one day.
PS. Can someone please tell me what song he’s playing in the intro?!
I have a question. If anybody knows the answer, I'd love to know. When playing the tele on the neck pickup at 17m28s into the video the sound of the guitar changed. I really like that sound but I don't know how he got it. Did he press a foot pedal and add an effect? What effect was it? Or was it always clean?
@pmtvuk what is the make and brand of the blue burst on the wall?❤
The Tele is a great utility guitar.
I really want a tele for my first electric guitar but I don’t want to not have a tremolo bar
Telecaster players I love: Steve Howe, Andy Summers, Robben Ford
Strat players I love: Eric Johnson, SRV, Cory Wong
Great video! Cheers from Australia
This is the best and complete information all I have to know.. thank’s a lot sir @brownpunk.. Watching from 🇵🇭 with ❤️
What was the model which had the pink one? That pink color is gorgeous
Very nice presentation!!!
Off topic from the comparison, what do you think about the tortoise shell pickguard on the strat? I have so many mixed feelings, I had to settle on olympic white over the other colors, I was thinking of putting a white pickguard on it, any thoughts?
For the Tele-Steve Cropper and Roy Buchanan. Strat is all Curtis Mayfield for me.
Roy Buchanan is the dogs bollocks. So insanely good he makes me want throw my guitar through the window and give up.
Favorite tele player’s Joe Strummer, and for the Strat it’s Joni Hendrix
how bout a 1992 tele delux plus. with trem and sensor pickups. humb in bridge with coil split. i tradedine in for taylor 614ce. wish i had it now there 4 grand if u can find one
I have one of each: a pricey Fender American Pro II Tele and a cheap Squier Sonic HSS Strat that I got for free by trading in some old gear.
My Tele is a respectful investment in reverence to the history of the instrument. My Strat was deliberately the cheapest model I could get my hands on because to me Strats are more ratty, more rock'n'roll, and are built for abuse.
Truth is, despite a $1500 price tag difference and some poorer fretting on the Strat, they both sound great and rock! 🤘
I love them both but tend towards my tele. A great video, Thoroughly enjoyable, Hw about a comparison with a Les Paul.
Ive never got to know a tele but likely will one day. I have cij strat, while the trad LP with old 50s thicker neck which i bought, inspired by 70s zz top, but its stayed locked away for years, coz i just love my cij vintage re issue strat. I mostly play on the neck pup, but love the out of phase mid/bridge too. Love to play clean w reverb on about half, and chorus on about a 3rd. Am saving up for a prri blackface to enhance that style.
But will likely need a heavy drive for the hard rock... maybe a rat2 or mxr m75 or guv'nor? To give me range from mellow blues od, to thin lizzy to zz top to judas priest (on the strat single coil). Any tips on pairing those pedals with that amp for strat please let me know.
I see you with the John Mayer unreleased deep cut on the Tele! ("Sucker" I believe?)
My favourite strat players are Simon Neil and John Mayer. Simon is great at creating a sound that typically shouldn’t come from a strat.
Tele has to be Myles Kennedy. The video of him playing Jeff Bucklys guitar during the 2019 walk the sky tour is amazing and the sounds from his Ides of March album and tour were phenomenal. Really hoping the PRS Tele he has been playing gets released as a signature guitar.
PRS just released it.
A strat is an electric guitar with 3 pickups, mostly single coils, and a 5-way selector switch and is copied by many other guitar builders. A tele is for watching audio-visual broadcasts.
Favorite Tele players are Jim Root, Jimmy Page and John 5.
Favorite Strat players are Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Ritchie Blackmore, Eddie Van Halen, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, janick Gers, Glenn Tipton, K.K Downing, Jackie E Lee, Mick Mars, John Norum, Yngwie Malmsteen, Jim Root…🤔
Hm ... guess when you've had a Strat for a while ... you are going elsewhere ... maybe just for a snack ...
The Tele is a great option for players who know what they want ... or who got challenged by it ... not an easy get along guitar ... some are turned away ... some just fall in love ... 💞
I enjoy the tone & sounds of the stratocasters more
But I always felt the Telecasters looked more expensive then the stratocasters
I would like a telecaster but i alternate between my player stratocaster and my sheraton 335
Why you not mention the telecaster nashville guitar?
Favourite strat player Hank Marvin. Favourite Tele player Rick Parfait.
Well you named some gray guitar players my friend but there is one you left out and he actually usually is left out of guitarist lists but he played the Tele and the Strat and his 61 Strat is so recognizable and I am talking about one of the best and is my favorite guitar player that I just recently discovers… I am talking about none other than Mr….. Rory Gallagher🤘🏻🤘🏻.. Such an amazing guitarist that left us way to soon🤨
Craig
What model Télé is that ?
have a MIIM strat from 2002, squire tele affinity , a MIM tele(2006 i think) and an american standard tele(2013?) tele. i think both of them are great players but i definetly like teles a lot more..in my opinion they are just easier to play and the ergonomics are almost perfect. maybe its just me, but strats never sit on me right and feel akward
Im a Kentucky boy, so it's a tele all day. Do love a good strat, they just seem anemic.
Hey man, those guitars are simple but beautiful. I love your videos and the constance of your channel
How about differences between a Starcaster and a 335?
Bonnie Raitt is my favorite blues/rock strat player
I’ve watched this video several times and still can’t decide.
i prefer the strat, as they hang better on the strap, meaning you can have a lighter guitar than the heavy tele.
I have a some guitars but no a telecaster, I have curiosity for it and there is a pawnshop that have a Squier Affinity trlecaster that nobody has buy yet becaise they offer it for 300 U$.