The Strandberg not only is more modern, but sounds more modern as well. The others were more classic tele-ish. None of them sounded bad, just different tools for different sounds.
I have a strandberg influenced strat kind, fanned fret. I still can recognize strattish features but the sound is more 'metallic': I use normal tuning but my axe has fanned frets, E1 is normal 648 mm ,the rest are longer up to 650 (if I remember well). This and the robust metal bridge (tremolo) can make significant difference in term of sounding I guess
Also, I find that pick choice makes a big difference. A 1mm Fender Heavy sounds completely difference from a Dunlop Jazz III or a any pick that is in tha 1.5mm+ range.
@@Uptown59 Ands what about playing technique. Two players don't sound the same even on the same guitar. That is my biggest concern wrt this comparison.
I apologize it took forever but came up. I’m a certified Fender tech borrowing my spouses Facebook I love my Fenders but I am currently disabled so there is a reason to get a Strandberg for me and I will most certainly change the pickups if they don’t do it for me thru my amp, but weight wise, fingerboard, and many other things about this excellent axe may help me get back to playing professionally.
A Player's touch to a guitar is unique, so I don't find this comparison all that accurate. I think all of the guitars heard in this video should've been played by one man. I think the guy on the left should've the one to play them all.
Loved this video.. the thing is that you watch Kris play and think "WOW - what an awesome player" .. and then look at Guillaume play and think "WOW - what an awesome guitar!" But this is probably my absolute favorite video in your channel (and love Strandberg guitars).
Both are good. Strandberg is more clear and open sounding but Macmull has more depth and I think a little more sustain. The strandberg wins for me but being honest I like both and both have their place
Headless guitars have a certain sexappeal for me. Fancy small body, no visually distracting headstock while playing, good postion between the legs, better tuningstabillity. Only minor thing: they lack just a tiny bit of sustain. Because the weight of the headstock contributes a lot to that. ( do not own one...yet...)
Awesome demo guys. Can you do a shootout between your standard tele versus the new Ibanez AZS? or maybe together with that Strandberg as well. That would be fun to watch. Thanks
Never can get gearhead to work and I respect these guys opinions since I can get everyone else’s demos I think it’s not my system Carolyn not Leslie , I don’t do Facebook...
Applaud innovation of any kind, that's how we got the Tele in the first place and not everyone loves that either. It's a no from me though. Cool review guys.
Let's be honest here: the Telecaster was clearly superseded by the Strat' a couple of years later and ought to have been archived as a prototype. Hardtail Strat's with two pickups could have taken their spot the same way the Precision Bass morphed from its early Telecaster-inspired shape. Strandberg guitars look a lot like innovation for its own sake to me. An Ibanez S is almost as light and I don't see the absence of headstock as a major improvement. It probably makes tuning more cumbersome. What remains is the "interesting" neck shape and I wonder if this is really a good idea or a limitation. Three plane surfaces for the thumb are less flexible than an infinity of them, which is what a normal curved neck offers, so I'll resist the urge to "wow" about that until I get a chance to really try it.
Ive got Tele, Strat , and Ibanez. I Love all of them. but if i choose guitar as reference from this video definetly would be fender again. And the other side think like me dear andy. Im living in Turkey and Our money is so much worthless against euro and dolar. You are the lucky one about the price! Get Strandberg and Fender.
Salut Guillaume peux tu me dire si la black guard strandberg offre les sensations sonores d’une tele ou c’est juste le look ! Merci d’avance pour ta réponse car j’hésite…
I think the Strandberg won against the Mackmull, but the Fender sounded a little better. They're still very different guitars though. Pickups make a HUGE difference in this case
Tarkenton the headstock is a nice clean design. Wait some ten years- people will love it, and it gets a classic😊 (no offend, just my opinion- tastes are different...)
II honestly think the semi-hollow was really good, the butterscotch Fender sounds like a tele should, but I did'nt see much dynamics there, as opposed to the Sälen
I love the Strandberg designs-the shape, multiscale that doesn't fan backwards, neck profile, tremolo, etc. Therefore, I really WANT to love how they sound. Unfortunately, I just don't. They all sound a bit lifeless to my ears. Maybe it's their pickup designs? I don't know. But I'm not going to roll the dice on a $2000 guitar that needs a pickup swap right out of the box.
My problem with the Strandberg Tele is that it just looks too pretty. Tele is sort of supposed to look like a slab of wood with pickups on it that's been carved to sit on your lap anatomically enough. And I must stress the word "enough". The Strandberg looks like it was developed by NASA. I would definitely love me a headless tele in any case. Then again, I'm a dirty jazzer, so I'd stick the Lollar Charlie Christian pickups on it.
Macmull neck pickup beats f and s in this videos. Seems to me tone and playability don't live together ( to a degree) seems like guitars that are made too playable always feel like they are missing harmonic richness. Def not into the strandberg pickups... huge fan of upper fret access hmmm
Nah. Playability QoL features rarely affect tone. What's goin on mainly here is that the Strandberg is using stainless steel frets (more a longevity upgrade than playability) and an aircraft grade aluminum bridge, ala much lighter, less mass bridge. If anything the playability feature most impacting the tone is the fanned frets bringing less twang to the high strings as it's a PRS scale on the high strings and a Fender scale on the bottom. Probably why they notice that "mid range bump" and less of the vintage "sparkle" as it's slightly more slinky on the high strings than a typical tele.
Its like you can hear the lack of wooden body with the strandberg if you compear them. Its definitly an interesting new approach to guitars and they are definitly still very good. But the macmull was definitly the nices sounding of them. But it might very well be i'm hyped up due to the reviews of some guys. (not that i will ever buy one)
themplar ok cool. Thanks for clarifying. I wasn't sure if you had meant one of them was made of completely different materials, like metal or whatever haha
Strandberg doesn't sound like a tele at all imo. I can tell it was the amp a bit because the MacMull also barely sounded like a tele lol. Not a good amp at all for the demo guys. MacMull 9/10 🏆 Strandberg 6/10 ✌
I like strandbergs, but they are massively overpriced. Good 25+% more than other guitars from the same factory, with the same materials and fit & finish quality.
I dig the bravery to design a different guitarshape, but in this contest the Strandbergs are no match to the other two, in tone and looks. The tele with the ugly headstock has the vibe. And is it the recording or does that Laney sounds fluffy in the lowend?
That Fender Tele all day long, it's got that Tele 'twang'. Plus it looks fantastic. The Strandbergs look like they were designed by Stevie Wonder while he was skating!
kedves zenész kolléga..eredeti válaszodban megírtad a tutit.. ;) aztán megigazítottad válaszod..nos, részben megértem..sok Telecaster koppintás nagyon jó minőségű, sot kiválló..ott van a Suhr, a Macmull, a Schecter...mind jók, de egyikük sem az igazi..mert a Fender Tele a tökös Tele…főleg amelyiken Te muzsikáltál..tudod ez olyan, mint amikor tokaji szőlőfajtákat kitelepítenek más borvidékeken..jo Furmint meg Hárslevelű terem meg ezen más borvidékeken is, azonban sosem lesz olyan bor belőlük mint a tokaji Furmint meg Hárslevelűből mely a tokaji borvidéken terem meg..így van ez a Telecasterrel is… ;)
dont forget to type before your opinion: "In my opinion". Just to avoid flame :P it's all abaout opinions and i'm glad that we are getting so much types of guitars nowadays.
The Strandberg not only is more modern, but sounds more modern as well. The others were more classic tele-ish. None of them sounded bad, just different tools for different sounds.
I have a strandberg influenced strat kind, fanned fret. I still can recognize strattish features but the sound is more 'metallic': I use normal tuning but my axe has fanned frets, E1 is normal 648 mm ,the rest are longer up to 650 (if I remember well). This and the robust metal bridge (tremolo) can make significant difference in term of sounding I guess
Would be interesting to hear what the Strandberg would sound with the exact same pickups as the Fender Tele
Also, I find that pick choice makes a big difference. A 1mm Fender Heavy sounds completely difference from a Dunlop Jazz III or a any pick that is in tha 1.5mm+ range.
@@Uptown59 Ands what about playing technique. Two players don't sound the same even on the same guitar. That is my biggest concern wrt this comparison.
I apologize it took forever but came up. I’m a certified Fender tech borrowing my spouses Facebook I love my Fenders but I am currently disabled so there is a reason to get a Strandberg for me and I will most certainly change the pickups if they don’t do it for me thru my amp, but weight wise, fingerboard, and many other things about this excellent axe may help me get back to playing professionally.
Absolutely Carolyn! You're gonna enjoy this one for a long time!
MacMull definitely has the best sounding cleans, but both Sälens take to overdrive/distortion REALLY well.
There's no "better" they are just different... I like them both.
Truer words have never been spoken ! Peace // Guillaume
I was rooting for the Strandberhg all the way, but the Teles sounded so much better....
A Player's touch to a guitar is unique, so I don't find this comparison all that accurate. I think all of the guitars heard in this video should've been played by one man. I think the guy on the left should've the one to play them all.
Loved this video.. the thing is that you watch Kris play and think "WOW - what an awesome player" .. and then look at Guillaume play and think "WOW - what an awesome guitar!" But this is probably my absolute favorite video in your channel (and love Strandberg guitars).
Bloody hell thomann how many tgui18 videos have you made
Flynn Hanbury Tenison haha
All of them.
What I’m interested in are those stools you’re sitting on. Seems perfect for long periods of playing
I have actually been thinking about getting a strandberg Salen or a tele. After watching this I am pretty sure I will have to buy one of each!
2:39 "Killing in the name of", but it's all wrong :D
Both are good. Strandberg is more clear and open sounding but Macmull has more depth and I think a little more sustain. The strandberg wins for me but being honest I like both and both have their place
When can I buy myself a Strandberg Sälen Classic? I’ve got some money burning a hole in my pocket and it hurts!
Headless guitars have a certain sexappeal for me. Fancy small body, no visually distracting headstock while playing, good postion between the legs, better tuningstabillity.
Only minor thing: they lack just a tiny bit of sustain. Because the weight of the headstock contributes a lot to that. ( do not own one...yet...)
Awesome demo guys. Can you do a shootout between your standard tele versus the new Ibanez AZS? or maybe together with that Strandberg as well. That would be fun to watch. Thanks
Never can get gearhead to work and I respect these guys opinions since I can get everyone else’s demos I think it’s not my system
Carolyn not Leslie , I don’t do Facebook...
The headless one seems to have a bit less body.
I'm in love with the shape of the Salen
I prefer the sound of the classics, but damn the Strandbergs look cool :D
Applaud innovation of any kind, that's how we got the Tele in the first place and not everyone loves that either.
It's a no from me though.
Cool review guys.
Kevin Turner thanks for your feedback
Let's be honest here: the Telecaster was clearly superseded by the Strat' a couple of years later and ought to have been archived as a prototype. Hardtail Strat's with two pickups could have taken their spot the same way the Precision Bass morphed from its early Telecaster-inspired shape.
Strandberg guitars look a lot like innovation for its own sake to me. An Ibanez S is almost as light and I don't see the absence of headstock as a major improvement. It probably makes tuning more cumbersome. What remains is the "interesting" neck shape and I wonder if this is really a good idea or a limitation. Three plane surfaces for the thumb are less flexible than an infinity of them, which is what a normal curved neck offers, so I'll resist the urge to "wow" about that until I get a chance to really try it.
Great stuff guys!
I love the strandberg design sound but man! That fender soundşs awesome
I don't think I have ever heard a bad tele-tone. I am torn between those two. Which would you choose if you HAD to choose one?
//Andy
Definetly fender all the way
Arrgh it is too difficult!
Ive got Tele, Strat , and Ibanez. I Love all of them. but if i choose guitar as reference from this video definetly would be fender again. And the other side think like me dear andy. Im living in Turkey and Our money is so much worthless against euro and dolar. You are the lucky one about the price! Get Strandberg and Fender.
Nice side-by-side comparison. MacMull sounded better.
Thank you ! MacMull are always ridiculously good. // Guillaume
Mine isn't... but that is because it is imaginary...
//Andy
8:18 What style of music is it called. I totally forget it.... I was destracted by metal riffs for so long... :D
Boogie Woogie rhythm
What metal riffs
Salut Guillaume peux tu me dire si la black guard strandberg offre les sensations sonores d’une tele ou c’est juste le look ! Merci d’avance pour ta réponse car j’hésite…
I think the Strandberg won against the Mackmull, but the Fender sounded a little better. They're still very different guitars though. Pickups make a HUGE difference in this case
Will this new strandbergs be available on thomann shops?
Jocélio Cardoso not even available on official website, so probably yes, but not before we can purchase it on strandberg shop.
Lunar Revel nice, thanks xD
Yes!
Jesus who designed the macmull headstock? Looks like a diy kit guitar headstock
Tarkenton the headstock is a nice clean design. Wait some ten years- people will love it, and it gets a classic😊 (no offend, just my opinion- tastes are different...)
The burst on that €7200 Tele copy looks like the burst on a €100 Epiphone,
Erik Nyberg and its made in korea?
Of course tele is more tele. But strandberg sounds realy good
How about another round with same pickups and same heights. It will be fantastic.
II honestly think the semi-hollow was really good, the butterscotch Fender sounds like a tele should, but I did'nt see much dynamics there, as opposed to the Sälen
Ashaank Periera thanks for the feedback!
I like the look of that Sunburst Teleberger
I love the Strandberg designs-the shape, multiscale that doesn't fan backwards, neck profile, tremolo, etc. Therefore, I really WANT to love how they sound. Unfortunately, I just don't. They all sound a bit lifeless to my ears. Maybe it's their pickup designs? I don't know. But I'm not going to roll the dice on a $2000 guitar that needs a pickup swap right out of the box.
The macmull headstock looks unfinished, like the headstock blank of a DIY guitar kit. Would rather have no headstock lol
Strand sounds like a metal tele. Good but not so tradicional like an original tele
Perfect go to guitar for airplanes : D
That would be the Gittler guitar
My problem with the Strandberg Tele is that it just looks too pretty.
Tele is sort of supposed to look like a slab of wood with pickups on it that's been carved to sit on your lap anatomically enough. And I must stress the word "enough".
The Strandberg looks like it was developed by NASA.
I would definitely love me a headless tele in any case.
Then again, I'm a dirty jazzer, so I'd stick the Lollar Charlie Christian pickups on it.
The butterscotch were equal for me which is good because I want the Salen butterscotch. The sunbursts: classic Tele wins by a longshot.
Great to be different but head just looks broken to me 😆
Macmull neck pickup beats f and s in this videos. Seems to me tone and playability don't live together ( to a degree) seems like guitars that are made too playable always feel like they are missing harmonic richness. Def not into the strandberg pickups... huge fan of upper fret access hmmm
Nah. Playability QoL features rarely affect tone. What's goin on mainly here is that the Strandberg is using stainless steel frets (more a longevity upgrade than playability) and an aircraft grade aluminum bridge, ala much lighter, less mass bridge.
If anything the playability feature most impacting the tone is the fanned frets bringing less twang to the high strings as it's a PRS scale on the high strings and a Fender scale on the bottom. Probably why they notice that "mid range bump" and less of the vintage "sparkle" as it's slightly more slinky on the high strings than a typical tele.
Its like you can hear the lack of wooden body with the strandberg if you compear them. Its definitly an interesting new approach to guitars and they are definitly still very good. But the macmull was definitly the nices sounding of them. But it might very well be i'm hyped up due to the reviews of some guys. (not that i will ever buy one)
themplar what do you mean lack of wooden body?
Well the strandbergs have cut away alot of wood we are used to in normal guitarbodies. I think you can somewhat hear that lack of body.
themplar ok cool. Thanks for clarifying. I wasn't sure if you had meant one of them was made of completely different materials, like metal or whatever haha
I believe this particular strandberg is partially Chambered
Your probably just hearing the difference in pickups. Saying you can hear the different shapes is some snake oil bs tbh
Strandberg doesn't sound like a tele at all imo. I can tell it was the amp a bit because the MacMull also barely sounded like a tele lol. Not a good amp at all for the demo guys.
MacMull 9/10 🏆
Strandberg 6/10 ✌
I like strandbergs, but they are massively overpriced. Good 25+% more than other guitars from the same factory, with the same materials and fit & finish quality.
Scriptosaurus rex What other headless models are coming out of there?
Try a cmg
Fender Butterscotch all day. That guitar is killer.
Are Strandbergs supposed to sound like that? Weird, why would anyone want that?
I dig the bravery to design a different guitarshape, but in this contest the Strandbergs are no match to the other two, in tone and looks. The tele with the ugly headstock has the vibe. And is it the recording or does that Laney sounds fluffy in the lowend?
I wish I was as good at guitar as Kris thinks he is.
The genuine blackguard Tele wins for me. Can’t beat the original.
Only one brand/make of telecaster and that's a fender.
Why on earth is that Macmull guitar so expensive?!
jordan secrist For no other reason than because it can be.
I like strandberg a lot but gotta admit MacMull did sound much better
This comparison makes no sense at all. Same guitarist, same pick ups, same amp. THAT's how you do it.
Would be interesting to hear the strandberg playing a badass chicken picking country style
That Fender Tele all day long, it's got that Tele 'twang'. Plus it looks fantastic. The Strandbergs look like they were designed by Stevie Wonder while he was skating!
fender wins by longshot :)
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Good try guys but no Andertons.
Thanks god!
Thank you my son, go forth and multiply...........
Strandberg is anemic and has terrible sustain.
Strandberg wins that one every time
That real guitar, sounds more substantial. That headless alien toy looking guitar sounds okay actually better than ibanez.
fender blew em all out of the park
Fender all the way!! come on guys...you all agree on this..
well I definitely do agree. That’s my tele! 😆🤘 That Macmull though...
kedves zenész kolléga..eredeti válaszodban megírtad a tutit.. ;) aztán megigazítottad válaszod..nos, részben megértem..sok Telecaster koppintás nagyon jó minőségű, sot kiválló..ott van a Suhr, a Macmull, a Schecter...mind jók, de egyikük sem az igazi..mert a Fender Tele a tökös Tele…főleg amelyiken Te muzsikáltál..tudod ez olyan, mint amikor tokaji szőlőfajtákat kitelepítenek más borvidékeken..jo Furmint meg Hárslevelű terem meg ezen más borvidékeken is, azonban sosem lesz olyan bor belőlük mint a tokaji Furmint meg Hárslevelűből mely a tokaji borvidéken terem meg..így van ez a Telecasterrel is… ;)
Strindberg are the ugliest guitars i've ever seen 😂
Chris Stone true but try playing it, it feels so much better than conventional guitars
Strandbergs sound generic and liveless.
Headless guitars are horrible.. no way
dont forget to type before your opinion: "In my opinion". Just to avoid flame :P it's all abaout opinions and i'm glad that we are getting so much types of guitars nowadays.