I’ve heard dudes playing these 3 plus hollow body Gibsons ES 335’s ES 330, ES 175, LP juniors with a single P90. It’s the person & their personal feel & connection to blues to make almost guitar sing. Trad country blues, Chicago blues Delta / Mississippi blues Texas blues … all blues & different requiring elements of tone. There is no one best blues guitar just one player that can best interpret emotion & connection through his / her hands
I've owned literally owned thousands of guitars (owned a shop for 30 years) and each is a different animal. You play all three of those animals brilliantly! Thank you!
Imo king of the blues is a p90 in a sg. But it really depends on the player.. Where one pics on the string is very Imortant.. I wire my humbuckers when split with a resistor so they let a bit onlf the other cool.thru . They sound like a p90. So many tricks to wiring . So many guitars. Need only 3 gotta sell 12.
Well, you played em all great! But I suppose the first spontaneous “burst” of playing usually wins. That would be the Tele. Assuming you recorded that segment first. The Strat and Paul, seemed like they needed some taming so to speak. But you seemed a little more …seamless (tone wise also) with the Tele. And that’s coming from a guy that never had or wanted a Tele. So I say Tele for the win.
They all sound good.. MAYBE the Tele neck pickup for the win.. but hey it’s all about the way you transition to the IV chord! Some lovely playing well outside the box. You’re more than a hacker Mr Brad.. loved it
You’re just straight up interesting man I’d like to see you play some guitar in a band But I tell you these stories are really good. You know how to talk and you definitely know how to play too. I love the channel brother.
They all sound good. Personally when i think of blues, going back to our youth, who was THE blues guy that got the most tv coverage? The one and only BB King. So when i was young and could barely play, i associated his sound ad blues. 335
You made me look it up. First off, i am not a gibby guy, so i looked it up, i got 3 answers. Lucile was a 335 with no f holes, lucile was a 345 with no f holes, and lucile was a 355 with no f holes. So take your pick.😀
There's only one King of the Blues, and he's sadly no longer among us. But I digress. Choosing whether a Tele, Strat or LP is the best blues tones is an impossible question, each has such endearing and enduring blues tones. So naturally they all sound great here. But since I have to pick one, I really liked the LP best in this showdown cause I love those tones, but the Strat was the most expressive of the three in your adept hands, Bad Brad.
I think that the Les Paul and the Strat, both great for blues, lend themselves nicely to a more Rock-based blues, whereas the Tele lends itself to blues with a funky, twangy flavor. Great playing as always Dooood!
Overall, if I had to choose, I would go for the Strat. With just one time through the video, with your setup, and that backing track, I did like the bridge pickup on the tele the best if I am just considering bridge pickups. The tele does have a certain personality, so if you are going for that, then maybe the tele wins. But the Strat had the most colorful tones overall and it just seemed to fit this scenario the best, in my humble opinion. ha ha Great playing chops man!
ive never really had a good chance to play a tele or les paul.. ive always been too poor. 😒 great video 👍 if you asked me the tele has a bit of that country and western twang going on. les pauls have a different crunch, generallymore smooth, really thick neck in comparison to the fender.. appreciate what they both have to offer. if i had the money i would own both.. im happy with my fender strat though.. 5 position switch 👉🎸
Love the blues. Brad I love the guitar on the wall behind you with the frets and keys lighting up. May I ask how you came upon that. It’s very cool. I’ve been interested in taking old defunct instruments and doing something along that line. Thanks Bro. I enjoy your playing.
@@badbradoh ok. Thanks for your quick response. I appreciate it. She has good taste. My wife loves Kirklands as well. Love what you do. Keep on keeping on. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family 🦃🎸🤘🎧
I think your playing differed by the guitar a little. I think ultimately you’d have to know who you were playing with and their vibe to see which one fit best. I liked the Tele the best though. It sounded more old school and traditional bluesy.
All of them work because at the end of the day it's the player that makes it sound good. I thought the Les Paul suited the type of Blues you were doing which is very Jazzy/Fusion influenced with all those passing notes and scales thrown in...the fat neck pickup tone of the Les Paul supports that really well(Les Pauls were conceived as a Jazz guitar originally). But when you threw in those straight pentatonic bends on the Strat at the bridge pickup it really works for traditional Blues.I own all three models and use whichever one best suits the song I'm playing.
Just depends on which tone you're after for any particular tune and your personal preferences. I like all three. Which is the right tool for the job at hand? No right or wrong answer. I have a Les Paul Traditional, stock setup and a 335 now, I want to add another Strat( my old '61 got away) and a Tele, at some point 😊 ps, let's not forget that Johnny Winter played a Firebird and he had a great tone 😉
All three sound good in your hands. I'm an old guy and a beginner at guitar, here's what i think. The Tele has a nice "bite?" to it. I've alway been a big Roy Buchanan and Albert Collins fan. The Les Paul has a warmer sound which I like a lot. The Strat seems to be more of a rock guitar to me. Im looking to buy a Telecaster soon. I'm looking at the Vintage II '51 Telecaster which is similar to the one you were playing and the Ultra Luxe Telecaster. Have you played an Ultra Luxe if so what are your thoughts? Thanks
If you like Roy...I would think you would like the 51...but ultimately if you can go somewhere and feel the neck shape...that should give you a better idea if it feels good....
Awesome Blues playin brother. Definitely Les Paul sounds better than the Tele, but the Strat sounds better than all of em. If Stevie Ray was still here, he'd agree.
I saw Eddie Kirkland open for bb king once. Both sets changed how I looked at music. They all sounded great. Same exact amp and effects on all three? I prefer the second one , third one in second place and I’d say the third one is almost as good of a tone but , compressed on my phone the thicker crunchier tone wins. I’m not a guitar connoisseur though so idk
For the blues style you played, to my ear the Tele sounded best. But a Les Paul can sound better for Freddie King style, and a Strat can sound better for SRV style. Nice playing, and they all sounded good in their own way.
D) Firebird 😂 No but really, I own and love all 3 of the others also. But the feel of a proper firebird (neck-thru aka reverse) firebird is so different than the rest. It feels so much more buzzy and alive in your hands. And the Firebird sounds better than the rest both clean and dirty. They sound like a tele with 3 testes had a baby with jimmy pages’s les paul. They can be a pain, if you have a good resonant one it will really pull all those subtle sonic undertones to the surface, and if it has microphonic pickups like it should then it’s gonna be a handful to play. Firebirds really seem aggressive looks wise- but they really respond best sonically to a soft touch. When you play one with lots of gain it’s almost like playing a 335 with a loud amp, you turn toward the speaker a little and full feedback heaven (or hell). Most people will never experience a good 🐦🔥, but I can’t recommend them enough. They take a bit to get used to - they aren’t great for people under 6’ tall, and the first fret seems far away, but they really reward your patience if you let one grow on you. Completely changed me as a player. And I love all 3 of the others, and strats, and sg’s. The firebird will shock you clean too- they do the Jerry Garcia thing and the Jimmy Page thing. Complete freak shows. If you get a great one.
@ i love all guitars tbh. The thing about firebirds tho is that they’re just *so* different to play than anything else, right? They take some adjusting to, but man, they get under your skin. I love all my guitars but if I’m playing anything else I’m always thinking in the back of my mind “firebird would be cooler” lol.
I can't hear very well out of my right ear...but were those some jazz licks I heard you slip in there? They were all great in their own way. If I could dance, they would have made me want to. My vote is for the Tele or the LP. More nasty sounding-in a good way! As for the Strat, I was feeling very strong SRV vibes! I'd like to hear it on a 335 Style, or a B. C. Rich...
My opinion is the Les Paul is more for rockin out. I think more blues players play strats but honestly to me it’s not the guitar, it’s the player. I’m gonna have to say the strat.
I agree, but I mostly work between a Tele and an ES-345. 9.5” radius/single coil vs. 12” radius/humbucker - depending upon sound/style I’m playing. The rest are interesting change-ups for fun/inspiration.
Idk Brad, l think a 335 is THE blues guitar. But we have all heard Hendrix and Clapton play the blues on a strat. We also heard Billy Gibbons play the blues with a Les Paul. I think the blues is more about the player than the gear. Albert King played a V. Im so confused. lol 😆
Telecaster is more high end, Les Paul is more low end. Stratocaster sits in the middle of the other 2 guitars. For blues either the the Stratocaster or Les Paul. Over those 2... I would say Stratocaster. It's the single coil sound.
There qzs a fantastic pedal boss made.. Super stupid rare and expensive. The spectrum pedal. Nobody has ever re created it exactly.. It can make anything sound like anything set correctly. Genius pedal. My crate g130c xl chorus n reverb has a 3 knob gain channel. I'd love to recreate it into a pedal. Has 3 knobs pre gain pot gain and countour. Killer tone sout of that amp. It was a mess but we cleaned it up got it running housed it into a head cabinet. Was a combo at one time. Throughy 212 with wgs green beret and veteran 30 it's a genius Lee Jackson era amp. The cabinet I built is the correct size close back but ported like the the genz Benz g flex cabinet. Sounds more like a 412.
Strat, now and forever. Nice chops Brad
Thank you!
Red Strat ❤ very cool video
Thank you!!!
The Strat sounded the best. Great playing Brad!
Thanks Paul!
@badbrad 💯
I’ve heard dudes playing these 3 plus hollow body Gibsons ES 335’s ES 330, ES 175, LP juniors with a single P90. It’s the person & their personal feel & connection to blues to make almost guitar sing. Trad country blues, Chicago blues Delta / Mississippi blues Texas blues … all blues & different requiring elements of tone. There is no one best blues guitar just one player that can best interpret emotion & connection through his / her hands
I hear ya!
@ oops forgot to say you rocked that demo…
@@lowdownfender Thanks man!
I've owned literally owned thousands of guitars (owned a shop for 30 years) and each is a different animal. You play all three of those animals brilliantly! Thank you!
Dan thanks so much!
Killer playing! They all sound good but for me the Strat has that tone 🔥
Right on!!!👍🏻
I own one of each. It's like asking which of your children you like the best.... well obviously the strat. Great playing.
Thank you
Imo king of the blues is a p90 in a sg.
But it really depends on the player..
Where one pics on the string is very Imortant..
I wire my humbuckers when split with a resistor so they let a bit onlf the other cool.thru .
They sound like a p90.
So many tricks to wiring .
So many guitars. Need only 3 gotta sell 12.
Right on!
Well, you played em all great! But I suppose the first spontaneous “burst” of playing usually wins. That would be the Tele. Assuming you recorded that segment first. The Strat and Paul, seemed like they needed some taming so to speak. But you seemed a little more …seamless (tone wise also) with the Tele. And that’s coming from a guy that never had or wanted a Tele. So I say Tele for the win.
I do play that tele now almost every day....
@@badbrad yup, I can see it man.
The Kat behind these beauties is what makes them sing❤Awesome!!!!!!!
Thank you!
bro 9:09 or there abouts. you're just carving it up. beautiful chops
@@jesusislukeskywalker4294 Thank you!
Your pretty damn good Brad.
Thank you!
They all sound good.. MAYBE the Tele neck pickup for the win.. but hey it’s all about the way you transition to the IV chord! Some lovely playing well outside the box. You’re more than a hacker Mr Brad.. loved it
Appreciate the kind words!
You’re just straight up interesting man
I’d like to see you play some guitar in a band
But I tell you these stories are really good. You know how to talk and you definitely know how to play too. I love the channel brother.
Thanks, man, I appreciate it!
They all sound good. Personally when i think of blues, going back to our youth, who was THE blues guy that got the most tv coverage? The one and only BB King.
So when i was young and could barely play, i associated his sound ad blues. 335
The 355 BB was the man.
You made me look it up. First off, i am not a gibby guy, so i looked it up, i got 3 answers. Lucile was a 335 with no f holes, lucile was a 345 with no f holes, and lucile was a 355 with no f holes.
So take your pick.😀
He probably played all 3....I think it is the 355 he is most known for.
There's only one King of the Blues, and he's sadly no longer among us. But I digress. Choosing whether a Tele, Strat or LP is the best blues tones is an impossible question, each has such endearing and enduring blues tones. So naturally they all sound great here. But since I have to pick one, I really liked the LP best in this showdown cause I love those tones, but the Strat was the most expressive of the three in your adept hands, Bad Brad.
Thanks so much Jimmy!
I think that the Les Paul and the Strat, both great for blues, lend themselves nicely to a more Rock-based blues, whereas the Tele lends itself to blues with a funky, twangy flavor. Great playing as always Dooood!
Duuuuuude!
Freddie King, Albert King, BB King, Otis Rush And Stevie Ray Vaughan. All guitars sound great.
Yes!
Freddie King could bend notes like Superman bending steel pipes.
All guitars can pull off the blues. Its the playing.
Had to watch this one twice.. Loved the analogy of the puppy hut it wasn't enough breakfast for me hahahaha
Here's some hotcakes and sausage links for ya!
Great chops Brad ! Ya definitely still got it.
Thanks Man! I'm just trying to keep up
Nice. All 3 👍
Thanks 👍
Never been a big fan of a telly but I got to say that was the best sound hands down they all sound great...
Thank you 🙏
Overall, if I had to choose, I would go for the Strat. With just one time through the video, with your setup, and that backing track, I did like the bridge pickup on the tele the best if I am just considering bridge pickups. The tele does have a certain personality, so if you are going for that, then maybe the tele wins. But the Strat had the most colorful tones overall and it just seemed to fit this scenario the best, in my humble opinion. ha ha Great playing chops man!
Thanks!🙏
ive never really had a good chance to play a tele or les paul.. ive always been too poor. 😒 great video 👍 if you asked me the tele has a bit of that country and western twang going on. les pauls have a different crunch, generallymore smooth, really thick neck in comparison to the fender.. appreciate what they both have to offer. if i had the money i would own both.. im happy with my fender strat though.. 5 position switch 👉🎸
You can’t go wrong with a Strat!
each guitar sounds great Brad, nice playing. What set up are you running? thanks
That's a Kemper Profiler Player plugged into my Daw.
Love the blues. Brad I love the guitar on the wall behind you with the frets and keys lighting up. May I ask how you came upon that. It’s very cool. I’ve been interested in taking old defunct instruments and doing something along that line. Thanks Bro. I enjoy your playing.
Thanks Kenneth...that's something muywife bought at a store like Kirklands. It's just a picture...
@@badbradoh ok. Thanks for your quick response. I appreciate it. She has good taste. My wife loves Kirklands as well. Love what you do. Keep on keeping on. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family 🦃🎸🤘🎧
I think your playing differed by the guitar a little. I think ultimately you’d have to know who you were playing with and their vibe to see which one fit best.
I liked the Tele the best though. It sounded more old school and traditional bluesy.
Right on!
All of them work because at the end of the day it's the player that makes it sound good. I thought the Les Paul suited the type of Blues you were doing which is very Jazzy/Fusion influenced with all those passing notes and scales thrown in...the fat neck pickup tone of the Les Paul supports that really well(Les Pauls were conceived as a Jazz guitar originally). But when you threw in those straight pentatonic bends on the Strat at the bridge pickup it really works for traditional Blues.I own all three models and use whichever one best suits the song I'm playing.
Great ear!
For me, it’s the Strat for blues. But so many great performances have been done on all kinds of guitars.
Very true!!!
Hey Brad, what are you running through to get your tones. Also, really tasty playing and feel!!!!!!
I used a Kemper Profiler Player and I think just a Michael Britt Capture that came with it....
@@badbrad - thank you Brad! - Mike
Just depends on which tone you're after for any particular tune and your personal preferences. I like all three. Which is the right tool for the job at hand? No right or wrong answer. I have a Les Paul Traditional, stock setup and a 335 now, I want to add another Strat( my old '61 got away) and a Tele, at some point 😊 ps, let's not forget that Johnny Winter played a Firebird and he had a great tone 😉
Yes he did!!
All three sound good in your hands.
I'm an old guy and a beginner at guitar, here's what i think.
The Tele has a nice "bite?" to it.
I've alway been a big Roy Buchanan and Albert Collins fan.
The Les Paul has a warmer sound which I like a lot.
The Strat seems to be more of a rock guitar to me.
Im looking to buy a Telecaster soon. I'm looking at the Vintage II '51 Telecaster which is similar to the one you were playing and
the Ultra Luxe Telecaster.
Have you played an Ultra Luxe if so what are your thoughts?
Thanks
If you like Roy...I would think you would like the 51...but ultimately if you can go somewhere and feel the neck shape...that should give you a better idea if it feels good....
All great to me Brad
Thanks Bud!
Awesome Blues playin brother. Definitely Les Paul sounds better than the Tele, but the Strat sounds better than all of em. If Stevie Ray was still here, he'd agree.
Thanks so much!
I saw Eddie Kirkland open for bb king once. Both sets changed how I looked at music. They all sounded great. Same exact amp and effects on all three? I prefer the second one , third one in second place and I’d say the third one is almost as good of a tone but , compressed on my phone the thicker crunchier tone wins. I’m not a guitar connoisseur though so idk
I hear you! Thanks!
For the blues style you played, to my ear the Tele sounded best. But a Les Paul can sound better for Freddie King style, and a Strat can sound better for SRV style. Nice playing, and they all sounded good in their own way.
Thanks Philip
The Les Paul is Dickey Betts meets Robben Ford. I'd take that to my ABB tribute gig.
Right on!
Tele is the tool of the Bluesman. But they all sound great!
Thanks Dan!
The Fenders win , it's a tie for me Tele or Strat sound wise. Which guitar felt better to play? Thanks again
I like them all
D) Firebird 😂
No but really, I own and love all 3 of the others also. But the feel of a proper firebird (neck-thru aka reverse) firebird is so different than the rest. It feels so much more buzzy and alive in your hands. And the Firebird sounds better than the rest both clean and dirty. They sound like a tele with 3 testes had a baby with jimmy pages’s les paul.
They can be a pain, if you have a good resonant one it will really pull all those subtle sonic undertones to the surface, and if it has microphonic pickups like it should then it’s gonna be a handful to play. Firebirds really seem aggressive looks wise- but they really respond best sonically to a soft touch. When you play one with lots of gain it’s almost like playing a 335 with a loud amp, you turn toward the speaker a little and full feedback heaven (or hell).
Most people will never experience a good 🐦🔥, but I can’t recommend them enough. They take a bit to get used to - they aren’t great for people under 6’ tall, and the first fret seems far away, but they really reward your patience if you let one grow on you. Completely changed me as a player.
And I love all 3 of the others, and strats, and sg’s.
The firebird will shock you clean too- they do the Jerry Garcia thing and the Jimmy Page thing. Complete freak shows. If you get a great one.
I do love a good Firebird.
@ i love all guitars tbh. The thing about firebirds tho is that they’re just *so* different to play than anything else, right? They take some adjusting to, but man, they get under your skin. I love all my guitars but if I’m playing anything else I’m always thinking in the back of my mind “firebird would be cooler” lol.
The Tele
Right on.
The Telecaster and Stratocaster come in the finish line neck and neck... the Les Paul a half length behind... and I own each one...
Right on!
Killer chops.ok they all sound great thru the modeler.
Sound kinda ll the same really, thru a tube amp one , well I hear the biggest difference.
Brad you have your tone and playing dialed in on all three, but the Strat wins.
Right on
Red strat
Right on!
Strat for sure.
Right on!
I can't hear very well out of my right ear...but were those some jazz licks I heard you slip in there? They were all great in their own way. If I could dance, they would have made me want to. My vote is for the Tele or the LP. More nasty sounding-in a good way! As for the Strat, I was feeling very strong SRV vibes! I'd like to hear it on a 335 Style, or a B. C. Rich...
Yeah a few Jazzier blues licks thrown in there….will def have to play blues on a Rich.
Strat for me, but the jazzy kind of blues I like les Paul
I hear ya!
It's mandatory when playing a telecaster to sing "I Ain't Drunk, I'm Just Drinkin'."
ha ha
Pete Anderson vibe on the Tele
It has that vibe for sure.
King of the blues? The player. You got the chops Brad. You could make a ukulele sound bluesy.
Thanks 😎
All killer guitars, but the Strat is extra special. Custom Shop?
It is 😎
My opinion is the Les Paul is more for rockin out. I think more blues players play strats but honestly to me it’s not the guitar, it’s the player. I’m gonna have to say the strat.
Right on!
Playing any guitar is always the right answer ( - :
Right on
They all sound good, but I chose the Gibson.
Right on
If I had one guitar that is diverse I would go with a tele!
I hear ya!
To me it's a 4-way shootout when you throw in the ES335 (ES345, ES355) and the Strat.
I hear ya
I agree, but I mostly work between a Tele and an ES-345. 9.5” radius/single coil vs. 12” radius/humbucker - depending upon sound/style I’m playing. The rest are interesting change-ups for fun/inspiration.
@@Ten2More Right on!
Yeah 100% Strat for the win, wife says the same.
Right on!👍🏻
It doesn't matter what I'm playing....I NEED a humbucker in the bridge.
Right on
Red Strat sounds like you!
It's my first choice.
Honestly, never owned one.. But I believe after learning what I've learned? The twlle is the do it all.
Ask Jimmy page.
Rock on
Idk Brad, l think a 335 is THE blues guitar. But we have all heard Hendrix and Clapton play the blues on a strat. We also heard Billy Gibbons play the blues with a Les Paul. I think the blues is more about the player than the gear. Albert King played a V. Im so confused. lol 😆
Me to!!!! lol
Auto like always hahahaha.
Love it dooood..
Thanks 🙏
Telecaster is more high end, Les Paul is more low end. Stratocaster sits in the middle of the other 2 guitars. For blues either the the Stratocaster or Les Paul. Over those 2... I would say Stratocaster. It's the single coil sound.
Right on!
They all sound great. But it’s all in the player. Any cheap junk guitar can sound great with a talented guitarist playing it.
I hear ya.
Tele or strat
Right on!
There qzs a fantastic pedal boss made.. Super stupid rare and expensive. The spectrum pedal.
Nobody has ever re created it exactly..
It can make anything sound like anything set correctly. Genius pedal.
My crate g130c xl chorus n reverb has a 3 knob gain channel. I'd love to recreate it into a pedal. Has 3 knobs pre gain pot gain and countour. Killer tone sout of that amp. It was a mess but we cleaned it up got it running housed it into a head cabinet. Was a combo at one time. Throughy 212 with wgs green beret and veteran 30 it's a genius Lee Jackson era amp. The cabinet I built is the correct size close back but ported like the the genz Benz g flex cabinet. Sounds more like a 412.
wow very cool
Stevie ray vaughn was king of the blues and he used strat, so theres your answer.
I hear you.
The strat has a little more twang than the others
Perhaps so
Always gonna be a stray, Les paul sounds great on certain blues songs. I’m not a fan of a tele it just doesn’t feel good to me while playing it
I hear ya
I do know Les Paul's are king of the shoulder/back pains...
Ha ha yes!!!
I prefer strat! But tele was nice too lp was a bit dark! But I enjoyed it great playing bad beast!
Thanks for watching!