I am 15 years ahead of you. I also have a Les Paul and Gretsch White Falcon. They each have their own personality, and all have their own niche. I play a lot of covers, so they all come in handy for the right sound for the right song. But for pure playing please in my own time, the Tele gets the prize.
Tele's are phenomenal!!! Along with the ability to play any genre of music, at picnics or cookouts you can flip it over and cut your steak on the back, at gigs you can fight off unwanted stage guests, also if you're out on your boat in the middle of the lake and the engine fails you can use your Tele to row back to shore. AND... after all of this, the Tele is still in tune!
God damn, telecasters cam go from sounding like a choir of angels to sounding like you got dropped kicked by god and have descended into the 7th circle of hell woth just a simple roll of the volume.. Why its the greatest guitar ever made
I used to be a strat guy, now a tele is all I need to play any genre... As you grow old, you realise a tele can do it all, and the simplicity is what is the best
I recently had this revelation. Had played Strats, Les Pauls, SGs for years. Recently played a Tele with the flat Nocaster style bridge pickup. Played one G chord in the shop and knew I had to have it. My god, the sound was biblical - more forceful and ‘bigger’ than a LP but with none of the ‘bloating’. All of the frequencies you want and none you don’t. Couldn’t really afford it, but got it anyway. Haven’t picked up anything else since. You’re right though, I think you have to have played for a while and have some nuance/subtly to your technique to really understand what a good Tele can do. If you play like shit, it is unforgiving and will make you sound like shit. Genuinely think Leo got it right first time round though, amazing instruments once you know how to use them!
I havent really tried tele but i have been playing my beloved Hss strat for years and years and i just cant imagine playing withouth the whammy bar it extends the playability and expression so much.
I had a Strat for years and considered it to be "the one" for me. An impulse buy of a Tele from an idiot that I once knew meant that I had both though I used it only at home. One night I turned up to a gig and opened the case to find the Tele ( the cases were identical) and I was horrified. After the first set I was smitten so much that I used the Tele for a couple of years thereafter. Solid, dependable and I couldn't get a bad tone out of it even with me playing it. Then I started taking both to gigs and found myself using Strat in first set and falling in love all over again though I still using the Tele for the more lively second set and, up until CV19, that was the pattern. So for me I love them equally for their differences in character. I'd be hard pressed to pick a favourite but if I could only have one I reckon I'd go tele but hold on, I'd miss positions 2 & 4...and so the internal debate goes on ad infinitum. Sod it, lets buy another pedal to take my mind elsewhere.
I’ve mained a Tele since I got mine in 2015, and if I don’t find exactly the right player to give her to when it’s time for me to leave this world, she’ll be buried with me. But I just got a Vintera 60s Tele last month, and she’s quickly gained a very special place in my guitarsenal. I can’t wait to see what happens when the CV19 vaccine has gone worldwide, and we can finally all play gigs again. I’ll be bringing both to my gigs, and I can’t wait to witness the eye rolls from everyone in the audience as I switch them lmao.
Teles can do it all. Even in metal, Jari Maenpaa recorded the Immemorial "Wintersun" demo with one. Though, Obituary did use Strats on their first album. They both work for metal, though a Teles bridge pickup can really cut through the mix even with heavy distortion. My American Performer is my prized possession.
I am a Telecaster guy. My main musical partner over the last few years plays Stratocasters and Gibson guitars. One thing you fellows didn't discuss is how well the telecaster blends with other guitar sounds. To me, it is real magic the way the Telecaster and Stratocaster sing together. Thank you for your show during this time of isolation.
If I may add, to me it blends even better with a Les Paul! I used to be in a band where the other guy played a LP Special with P90’s, and my Tele with maple neck was just the pure opposite. That LP is full of low end, and my Tele just so bright and toppy. Together they sounded like one guitar played by two dudes!
Oh god thank you!! Yes, the tele cuts through when the other guy's rocking a humbucker, and adds smoothness when paired with a strat! No matter what i always seem to record with a tele at some point haha
Last 2 guitar band I was in I swapped between a Strat and Les Paul and my lead guitar guy play a telecaster almost exclusively. Occasionally a strat. Absolutely great mix.
For me, the design of the Stratocaster is perfect, its weight, its shape, etc. I think sometimes people look for other guitars because the Strat is "the most common" and they want something different but they forget how great guitar it is
@@juanisimo7 see that's part of the problem - it's the most common AND the most prestigious guitar. like can i really just casually rock the same axe hendrix did?
@@StratMan-b9mNot sure there is a single Telecaster neck pickup sound per se. But I think on older 50s style teles they have a bit more top/presence than a Strat neck pickup, although not in an unpleasant or harsh way. If you play with softer dynamics, to me they sound a bit more ‘archtoppy’ than a Strat. I think a Strat neck pickup colours the tone more and has a very specific sound, where as a Tele neck can perhaps do more things depending on how you play dynamically. Now the true question is, how much of these observations are differences in pickups versus the fundamental DNA of the guitar and pickup placement I don’t know, so take them with a pinch of salt. Those are my observations from playing multiple Strats and Teles though. Hope that helps
The Strat seems to have much better publicity than the Tele. I went through most of my electric guitar playing life without even trying a Tele but now I finally have one I like it much more than any Strat I ever tried. They are so *real* .
If you miss bridge/neck on Strat, I love using the the Lindy Fralin blender wiring trick. Gives you the ability to have bridge and neck together in any proportion, or all three, or to add bridge or neck to your 2&4 position, and to keep all your original pickup positions. You just make one of your tone controls into the blender, and make the other one a master tone. Brilliant.
This is beautiful, but it should be titled "Strat and Tele: A Love Story" rather than versus. I don't see any pitting one against the other; it's a celebration of differences. And in that light, while my Tele has been my #1 for 15 years (and even more so with the recent upgrade to '64 Pure Vintage pups and pots), I've recently bought a Gibson LP Special Tribute P-90 which is utterly divine. The middle position is just sublime. Bonus points for it being the best SMELLING guitar I own. Did not see that coming.
I think people just put vs in the titles because it picks up good in the search engines. Words like "and" get filtered out because they are so common in English. I totally agree with what you are saying.
@@simross3914 NONSENSE! Nothing beats the smell of a MARTIN!! Its been fact checked so dont bother disagreeing! I've had my Martin for about a year and it still has that "new Martin smell". And I doubt it's going anywhere cause I've played Martin's much older than mine and they still have "that" smell. What does a Gibson smell like anyways?! Uneven lacquer and quality control mistakes with hints of deep seeded regret? I'm pretty sure "Regret - For Men by:Gibson" isnt going to be anyone's favorite new trendy cologne anytime soon!.....Lol only kidding, take a deep breath before responding.
I am a 39 year old American who's played guitar since 13. The Telecaster was a "country guitar" to me until age 25 when I fell in love with it and started realizing all the awesome rock music that was made with it. I just discovered Status Quo a month ago. I am in Telecaster Heaven! I saw the light! (My new favorite Tele riff)
I have a Strat, Tele, and 335. I've pretty much for years been a "Strat guy" but have always loved Tele's but just didn't have one. So a couple of years ago I got a Tele finally and honestly I have an incredible bond with that guitar. My buddy was recently at my house and I was playing all 3 and he was absolutely floored by the Tele and he's a straight up "metal guy" but he just couldn't believe what a Tele could do. I personally think of a Tele as the ninja of the guitar world. People just don't see it coming and when they realize what they're listening to they just can't believe it. I still love Strats and Tele's both though. It really just depends on what you're going for.
I have a Strat ( must have 2 and 4 in my life), Tele, and Jazzmaster. I’m totally a single coil guy unless it’s a Gretsch. Now I just need more of each. You guys are such amazing players and don’t give yourselves enough credit. Thanks for you knowledge and passion for TONE !
Whoaa, Dan's playing on the tele neck pickup... I've been clean from marijuana for several years now, but god, had I heard this before I would have never needed anything else to soothe my mind. Thank you guys, greetings and love from France.
I really think the strat sounds better :\ I think Teles have an annoying *HERNK* to the bridge pickup, and the neck pickup isn't as good as a strat neck.
I have my main Strat set up to "Jeff Beck Spec" and I can hammer on the "wobble" bar and it comes right back in tune. I once played 5 gigs in a row without touching the tuning keys. In the wintertime... It can be done. Stable set up. One trick is to install the (3) springs all in line from the claw to the trem block. I noticed the one Mick was playing first had two springs on the outside wound strings claw and one on the high strings. If it works great. But I wouldn't do it that way personally. I'd still love to hear you two do a record. Mick panned left and Dan panned right. It would be a treat.
When Mick did the middle position Strat thing, Dan should have come back with the Tele middle. Nothing chimes and spanks like that Tele middle. I'm primarily a Strat player and have mine wired with a pull pot to get the neck/bridge combination. But when James Brown comes up on the set list it's time to grab my Tele and get down and do my thang. I had to laugh when Mick realized in the intro that he didn't have a bar on that Strat and tried to pull the bridge up with his thumb. Back when she only had her iconic red Strat my friend Laura Chavez would reach back with her 3 open fingers and pull the bridge forward. Couldn't do any wiggle with it but worked for the occasional dive. And people couldn't figure out what she was doing. Fat rock Strats, Michael Landau's live Baked Potato CDs. I'm Buzzed or Big Bulge. There's a video where he explains how to play I'm Buzzed. Turn on the Myriad and TS along with some harmonic trem and give it a shot, so much fun you won't want to play Hendrix licks for awhile. :-)
The difference between a strat and a tele: a strat is a range of electric guitar with three pickups, started by Leo Fender and copied by many others; tele is what the British call a television.
@@garrettboomerbender no way! They'd both get hooked on that night-life! Coke and hookers and high heels and all that shirt that should have never been invented!!
Suggestion: If you want a humbucker tone from a single coil strat, you should try one with the Dan Armstrong wiring. It allows you to blend the bridge (or neck) and middle in series, effectively creating a humbucker.
a lot of new guitar designs are basically strats and teles. so every year Ibanez or Jackson or Schecter or about half the industry (except most notably Gibson 😂😂) puts out new guitars that are derivative from one or the other, so not sure how they wouldn't still look modern. we get reminded of them every new model year! 😅
@@theoverunderthinker how should a guitar otherwise look? Those are the classical designs. Look at the Parker P36. One of the ugliest designes ever. Stay old fashioned:)
The Strat tuned to E Flat was the only thing that nearly tempted me to go back to a strat. Though I think I'll see how that sounds on my Tele. The Telecaster is just a great all-purpose guitar.
Bloody hell! Though I'm a red blooded American, after digesting too many of your videos I find myself saying things like "Blimey", and "it'll be happy days innit", next I'll most likely develop a taste for meat pies. What are you guys doing to me?
I find myself doing this as well, especially when watching series from other countries. I was speaking in a really bad canadian accent for months after watching Trailer Perk Boys and I'm from the UK.
Guys, an idea for a show might be a That Pedal Show Chord book. It could feature anyone who's played on previous shows that had a chord that you liked so much you adapted it into your playing.
Dan makes me proud to own a tele and Mick makes me proud to own a strat. I keep my tele in standard tuning and the strat in e flat because of the reasons they pointed out. Telecasters work well as a jack of all trades and I don’t have to worry about tuning as much. Stratocasters sound killer in e flat but there’s more thought to setting one up compared to a telecaster. You guys should do a Freaky Friday type episode where Dan plays a strat and Mick plays a tele just to see how peculiar it’d be
It's a cool thing seeing how each instrument has its voice and stuff where they shine more, and some unique sounds to them. That said, I never ever thought about Teles - I didn't like the looks of them, mostly, and never got them. I thought a rock guitar would be like a Les Paul (what people that don't play and go into the tone aspect of what we listen to). But then I started watching this show, and I have been watching it for years now, ever since it was on the other channel. And by god it changed completely for me - now Teles are pretty much my favorite guitar, and that is so because of Dan's Red. So much so I had a Tele made for me by a luthier. And it's every little bit of what I wanted from it. It's just awesome. So thanks Dan, you made a believer out of me. (Still don't got something like a Vox or your Matchless, but someday maybe) Edit: I'm surprised to see that the middle position from the Tele wasn't covered. I really love its sound for funkier stuff. It doesn't do the inbetween 2 and 4 strat sounds, but the Tele's inbetween is so good and punchy. And if you're the single guitar player in a mix it's great, covers a lot of space and is still spanky for those kind of things.
@@RandomButtonPusher did he? I think it’s my favorite. I’ll watch some videos of his and see his tones. I do have a Strat as well, and I much prefer the inbetween from the Tele. I think the strat thins out too much on those - but I don’t play on ridiculous volumes as well, so that factors in.
I'm a Tele guy, but the strat is the most iconic guitar and is associated with the most famous guitar heroes: Hendrix, Clapton, Dave Gilmour. If you asked a five-year-old to draw an electric guitar they would draw something strat shaped. But.. the Tele is better ;p
No diss to the Strat as it is an iconic piece in music history among players: Hendrix, Clapton, Gilmour, SRV, Blackmore, etc. However the Tele has had equal share of iconic players: Keith Richards, Joe Strummer, Bruce Springsteen (though modified esquire). Though i do agree with the kid statement :) Both equally great, both deserved to be owned.
@@DaCostaGuitars I have a Player Strat arriving Thursday and an AP II Tele arriving last week of June. I took acoustic and electric lessons and played when I was young and then played mostly bass through my 30s and then got married and didn't play for over a decade. So I've been playing a Mustang bass, looking forward to solving the Tele/Strat debate on my own. Cheers! =)
I have both and love both equally. To me it comes down to the strat neck pickup and tele bridge pickup. Both are unique to their respective instruments and both sound spectacular.
boy oh boy ! the way you were able in this video to demonstrate on your instruments what you explained that you like about them was utterly amazing. just brilliant. thanks for this video !! ..and one thing is for sure - we all need a strat and a tele :)
Bridge pick up on a Tele is actually brutal, seriously good for rock, but also amazing for metal, it really is a savage (tone control on your guitar is required though lool)
That yellow Tele, OMG! there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. I can't wait for my Tele to arrive in a couple days. This is coming from a guy who's played Les Pauls for 35 years. Out of a few Strats I've own throughout the years, I miss the Tele I sold the most out of all of them. No disrespect to Strats, to me Tele is the king of Fender. The simplest, old grandad can do it all.
I work in a guitar store, I find tele players to be the most loyal to their guitars of them all. Strat guys like myself love the strat but usually love many guitars whereas tele guys...well, they just love their tele’s “and have a couple others on the side”
I agree you Strat guys have your Strat and a few other guitars for variety. We Tele guys have at least three Teles and we’re always looking for the most Tele like guitar from other companies like my St. Blues Bluesmaster which is an LP Junior shaped body with Tele style pickups and controls. I’ll buy a Gibson Music City Junior as soon as I can find one since it the the most Tele like guitar that Gibson has ever made. They are so rare that I might even end up ordering one through Gibson’s Made 2 Measure process.
Started as a Strat guy, but over the years I've become a full Tele convert. It's what I reach for 9/10 times or more, no fuss does everything brilliantly.
As for the "Strats Can Rock" point, while some find the strat bridge pickup too thin that is also a strength in itself depending on your gear. Pedals like the Rangemaster exist to brighten up dark amps. If you set your rig for darker tones it can work well with the bright strat bridge pickup.
The truth about this and I am sure most know this. Both are amazing! Every guitarist should own both. No need to fight, you can have your cake and eat it to! Amazing job guys!
The tele has so many advantages. Unbreakable, almost, stays in tune, two knobs. You don't need any more. Any style of music can be handled. Oh, and Roy Buchanan played one. Who doesn't want to prance about playing Keith's classic riffs?
Roy, Danny Gatton, BUCK and MFing Don Rich, WAYLON, Merle and MOST his bandmates... ROY Nichols, Roy Buchannan again, and Red.... The strangers was one of the best bands EVER!!!
small note on the tonewood discussion: years ago i worked as a studio assistant and while tracking guitars we tried something like 10 PRS, all with the same pickups but different woods for body/top/neck/fretboard, the differences in sound were astounding. that being said, strat vs tele, i own both and always bring both to the studio, both are essential to get THAT sound in your head, they're both winners in my book
Tough choice for certain. I used to be that guy that turned his nose up at strats, just looped that guitar in with every bad SRV/Hendrix/Mayer/Clapton impersonator on TH-cam without realizing just how versatile strats are, and conveniently forgot that many of my favorite guitarists use or have use strats. I recently flipped my MIJ Fender Traditional 60’s Mustang that I loved but found to be too similar to my jag for what I used it for, and found chords difficult to pull off due to how small the neck was and sought something different. Took it to my local music store, traded the mustang and some pedals for a jv modded 60’s strat. One of the best decisions I’ve made in my quest for owning the perfect gear for my style. While jazzmasters are still my preferred guitar, as they offer the warmth on the neck pickup which is excellent for shoegaze/ambient stuff, jangly bridge pickup for jangle pop/surfy stuff and the perfect cross between the two in the middle, the strat has managed to become my #2, I’ve got an MIJ jag and an Eastman t486 that I’ve barely touched since although I love those guitars too. The glassy sound of a strat between the neck and middle pickup selection is gorgeous, but it can also provide enough treble in the bridge position. The jv 60’s strat also allows users to pull out the tone pot for more combinations. Albert Lee Hammond Jr., Tame Impala, Beach Fossils, Ed O’Brien, Mac Demarco and others have all inspired me to look beyond the blues context and realize that the strat is really a perfect instrument. The Tele on the other hand is another favorite, I currently don’t own one, might have to rectify that in the future, the MIJ teles are fantastic for the price, I’d of course want a butterscotch blonde Tele with a black pickguard. Teles are simple and sound great on every setting, are affordable, easy to modify and feel great. The bridge pickup and mid position can be used for virtually every genre.
I like Teles for their bridge. I like Strats for having 3 pickups. I have a Telecaster HSS with an S1 switch that activates the neck pickup. The best of both worlds.
Love the show guys! This episode has been long anticipated. I own a couple of Strats and a Tele. I love both but as time goes on I find myself gravitating towards the Telecaster. I agree with Dan, there is just something about the simplicity of it. Thanks guys and greetings from Minnesota. Stay safe!
I love and own both but I think Tele takes it. I used to be a Strat guy but then when I went to music school and started getting into jazz I quickly realized I was much more of a Tele fan. I just love that the tele is so stable and you get three incredbile pickup positions, whereas Strats have a neck pickup that rocks, but the other pickup positions on a Strat are kinda meh imho. Ive had too many tuning issues with Strats in the past and while I think they're better for certain specific things, I think the Tele just does it all without sacrificing. Also I can't hear a Strat anymore without hearing shitty insta-blues so there's that too lol.
I love the versatility of my Tele Baja. Switching between the pickups really gives you three vastly different sounds. The neck is great for jazz, the middle for rockabilly or funk. The bridge is of course a twang monster and makes it perfect for country. If you wanna rock out with lots of gain, the bridge pickup will stand it's ground
I always come back to this video it's so good. I've concluded that Dan with a Tele is one of my ear's favourites. Whether it is awesome cleans with reverb/delay etc or if it's heavy rock, I love it!
@@shawnadams1693 haha me too Makes me wonder about Tom Bucovac. I’m not sure he’s ever made a mistake on any video he’s posted, and I’m not sure he edits them!
I’ve owned both, and while I love Strats, when you consider the sheer stylistic variety of players who use a Tele, it’s greater versatility is incontrovertible.
There's a lot of great information here! We appreciate it, That Pedal Show. Tonewood is a joke in electric guitar though. Speakers and Cabinet wood actually make a difference. I hope everyone is having a great day. Wealth and Happiness.
And the result is: Stratelly... Thank you for reminding me why I love both of them so much. And finally, you mentioned the differences between a rosewood and a maple neck. A tonal difference that is far too underestimated. Thank you for another great show!
Next TPS episode: Mick and Dan perform rock n' roll stunts including (but not limited to) jumping up and down on top of amps, seeing who can duckwalk the most laps around the TPS studio, and smashing cheap guitars.
I so agree with Dan about the underrated bridge pickup of the TC. It's a thing of beauty you don't expect from a guitar that everyone expects to be bright / chimy / harsh / whatever.
Bought a Tele on a whim 15 minutes before closing time when I walked in like 10 minutes earlier to look around the shop real quick because I loved the color and the guitar sounded magical plugged into a Deluxe literally from the first strum. Never even looked at Teles until I was walking out 20 minutes later with a Mystic Seafoam American Pro. Fell in love with it. The simplicity of the Telecaster make you focus ON YOU instead of your gear. I can't explain it any other way. Yet it's still so incredibly versatile. Crazy. Life long Strat guy before that. But if I could only have one guitar I THINK it would still be a Strat even though I rarely use the vibrato. My Les Paul is by far my most expensive electric and it never leaves the case. Ugh... Miserable to play sitting down and I like the clarity of single coils.
Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, David Gilmore, Pete Townsend (in the last few years), Tom Morello, The Edge, Dave Murray (Iron Maiden) and Fast Eddie Clarke (Motorhead) all played or play Stratocasters. Telecasters always sound twangy unless they have humbuckers. Eddie Van Halen played a 'Frankenstrat' and Steve Vai's Ibanez Jem is based off of a Strat.
My take: The Strat is a better designed, more versatile, and "nicer" sounding guitar. The Tele is just more fun to play and has a sound that is unmatched by anything else. I recently got my first Tele and have not wanted to play anything else.
I had a Strat for 15 years.... It's supposed to be the most versatile guitar, right?! Well, i was a good player, not great. And would pick it up a few hours per week. A Gibson Les Paul and an American Tele came up during covid on offerup for great deals, both under $700 - and yes they are real, had them checked out. I bought them with the intention of flipping to make money. I instead got them home and found myself playing hours.... PER DAY on them. Im not sure if its the smaller scale of the gibson or the set bridge, but as a player I didn't realize what i was missing cuz i was told Strats were the best all around guitar. The Strat just hangs on my wall now - TELE and LP for the win --- in under a year, I've gone from good to great player and can jam and hold my own with just about anyone. The strat held me back!
First of all epic playing by you two guys today on this episode, second this was a great way to show why these two iconic guitars are so versatile and magic sound wise, such an enjoyable episode. To Mick - I think Deacon Frey and Vince Gill are full time members of The Eagles now, that latest live release of their's is terrific :)
I've got a G&L ASAT Classic S w/alnico pickups: ASAT pickups in the neck and the bridge; Legacy pickup in the middle. It's a fantastic guitar - the in-between positions are amazing. If you're hung up on Fender, a Nashville Tele is essentially the same thing.
Great video and inspiring playing. I've only owned a single Strat for about 17 years. Recently I made my own Partscaster - a 69 Thinline Tele style, and have absolutely fallen in love with it. My plan was to sell the Strat, but after watching this I've decided to strip the paint and refinish it, and keep it - tuned to E flat!
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I watched this because I couldn't decide which to buy. After watching this, I made my decision. I'm buying both.
YES!
Did the same. Player Strat and AP II Tele. Awesome through the GTX50 with the GTX-7 foot switch!
I bought both I get tired of one I play the other I love them both.
This is the way
I am 15 years ahead of you. I also have a Les Paul and Gretsch White Falcon. They each have their own personality, and all have their own niche. I play a lot of covers, so they all come in handy for the right sound for the right song. But for pure playing please in my own time, the Tele gets the prize.
Tele's are phenomenal!!! Along with the ability to play any genre of music, at picnics or cookouts you can flip it over and cut your steak on the back, at gigs you can fight off unwanted stage guests, also if you're out on your boat in the middle of the lake and the engine fails you can use your Tele to row back to shore. AND... after all of this, the Tele is still in tune!
44scoots 😂
EPIC comment! LOL. So good.
You guys should switch for 1 month
And when you get your motorboat started, you can tie a rope to the Tele and use it as a boogie board!
🤣🤣
There’s a music shop joke that nothing sold more Les Pauls than Jimmy Page’s Telecaster.
Hahaha! LOVE that!
Most studio songs he did record with a les Paul
@@fchampd4512 Fake News!
Ya tru
Verrrrrry funny! 2 thumbs up :o)
God damn, telecasters cam go from sounding like a choir of angels to sounding like you got dropped kicked by god and have descended into the 7th circle of hell woth just a simple roll of the volume..
Why its the greatest guitar ever made
"Wobble bar", "plectrum ", "scratch plate"…. I love you people on the other side of the pond.
When I said that, I truly meant it with absolute love and respect. Just to be sure!❤️
I used to be a strat guy, now a tele is all I need to play any genre... As you grow old, you realise a tele can do it all, and the simplicity is what is the best
I recently had this revelation. Had played Strats, Les Pauls, SGs for years. Recently played a Tele with the flat Nocaster style bridge pickup. Played one G chord in the shop and knew I had to have it. My god, the sound was biblical - more forceful and ‘bigger’ than a LP but with none of the ‘bloating’. All of the frequencies you want and none you don’t. Couldn’t really afford it, but got it anyway. Haven’t picked up anything else since.
You’re right though, I think you have to have played for a while and have some nuance/subtly to your technique to really understand what a good Tele can do. If you play like shit, it is unforgiving and will make you sound like shit. Genuinely think Leo got it right first time round though, amazing instruments once you know how to use them!
I havent really tried tele but i have been playing my beloved Hss strat for years and years and i just cant imagine playing withouth the whammy bar it extends the playability and expression so much.
@@rdb9936I definitely play like shit so….I’ll be sticking with my strat.😂
Been playing a tele since I started. Maybe it's time I do the opposite
As much as a respect their tone.... they simply do not get the credit they deserve for how good they can play. Dan, Mick, thank you🥺
Ah man. Thank you!
I was thinking exactly the same! Their playing is sublime. Different styles to each other, both terrific.
Gotta own & play BOTH!!! Period‼️✨🎸😁😃🤣🤨🤘🏾😎
Both instruments are masterpieces. Kudos to Leo Fender!!
I had a Strat for years and considered it to be "the one" for me. An impulse buy of a Tele from an idiot that I once knew meant that I had both though I used it only at home. One night I turned up to a gig and opened the case to find the Tele ( the cases were identical) and I was horrified. After the first set I was smitten so much that I used the Tele for a couple of years thereafter. Solid, dependable and I couldn't get a bad tone out of it even with me playing it. Then I started taking both to gigs and found myself using Strat in first set and falling in love all over again though I still using the Tele for the more lively second set and, up until CV19, that was the pattern. So for me I love them equally for their differences in character. I'd be hard pressed to pick a favourite but if I could only have one I reckon I'd go tele but hold on, I'd miss positions 2 & 4...and so the internal debate goes on ad infinitum. Sod it, lets buy another pedal to take my mind elsewhere.
I've an idea! Put a bloody mid pickup in the Tele!!
@@kilgoretrout321 That's why I have a Fender Telecaster deluxe nashville
I’ve mained a Tele since I got mine in 2015, and if I don’t find exactly the right player to give her to when it’s time for me to leave this world, she’ll be buried with me. But I just got a Vintera 60s Tele last month, and she’s quickly gained a very special place in my guitarsenal. I can’t wait to see what happens when the CV19 vaccine has gone worldwide, and we can finally all play gigs again. I’ll be bringing both to my gigs, and I can’t wait to witness the eye rolls from everyone in the audience as I switch them lmao.
Teles can do it all. Even in metal, Jari Maenpaa recorded the Immemorial "Wintersun" demo with one. Though, Obituary did use Strats on their first album. They both work for metal, though a Teles bridge pickup can really cut through the mix even with heavy distortion. My American Performer is my prized possession.
@@JustPlaneStupid69 Can I ask why you choose the 60's Vintera over the 50's model? And is it the regular or Modified?
I am a Telecaster guy. My main musical partner over the last few years plays Stratocasters and Gibson guitars. One thing you fellows didn't discuss is how well the telecaster blends with other guitar sounds. To me, it is real magic the way the Telecaster and Stratocaster sing together. Thank you for your show during this time of isolation.
If I may add, to me it blends even better with a Les Paul! I used to be in a band where the other guy played a LP Special with P90’s, and my Tele with maple neck was just the pure opposite. That LP is full of low end, and my Tele just so bright and toppy. Together they sounded like one guitar played by two dudes!
Oh god thank you!! Yes, the tele cuts through when the other guy's rocking a humbucker, and adds smoothness when paired with a strat! No matter what i always seem to record with a tele at some point haha
Absolutely right
Last 2 guitar band I was in I swapped between a Strat and Les Paul and my lead guitar guy play a telecaster almost exclusively. Occasionally a strat. Absolutely great mix.
"After the apocalypse, everything that's left is cockroaches and Telecasters" - Greg Koch
Awesome, that quote should be on a shirt
And Keith Richards
And the Tele's still in tune
hukl and Keith
Greg Koch... what a legend....
Most things that come out of his mouth... are somehow legendary...
Both of these guys really like both of these guitars and they enjoy listening to each other play. Great video.
For me, the design of the Stratocaster is perfect, its weight, its shape, etc. I think sometimes people look for other guitars because the Strat is "the most common" and they want something different but they forget how great guitar it is
this has always kept me away from strats... only recently ive recognized the s shaped hole in my life
@@smithcustomguitarco I know right? If many of the best guitarists use it there has to be a reason haha
@@juanisimo7 see that's part of the problem - it's the most common AND the most prestigious guitar. like can i really just casually rock the same axe hendrix did?
answer: fuck yea
@@smithcustomguitarco Imagine how awesome Jimi would have been with a Freeway switch on his Strat...
As a long time Tele player, I'm a huge fan of the neck pickup sound. It's so smooth.
How would you compare it to a strats neck pup?
@@StratMan-b9mNot sure there is a single Telecaster neck pickup sound per se. But I think on older 50s style teles they have a bit more top/presence than a Strat neck pickup, although not in an unpleasant or harsh way. If you play with softer dynamics, to me they sound a bit more ‘archtoppy’ than a Strat. I think a Strat neck pickup colours the tone more and has a very specific sound, where as a Tele neck can perhaps do more things depending on how you play dynamically. Now the true question is, how much of these observations are differences in pickups versus the fundamental DNA of the guitar and pickup placement I don’t know, so take them with a pinch of salt. Those are my observations from playing multiple Strats and Teles though. Hope that helps
I might actually prefer it over the bridge one
Q: Strat or Tele?
A: YES.
Pretty much
This is not an 'either or' proposition. Like Ginger or Maryanne, both is the only correct answer :-)
A: Variax
darn it, was going to post the same thing :)
Haha, that's right...I just can't affort both yet, so i chose a tele
"All the wrong notes, in all the wrong order" should be a shirt
probably have to hit some royalties to Morecambe and Wise
seconded
I agree, I’d by one
I'd surely buy it
The Morecambe and Wise is “All the right notes, not necessarily in the right order”
I come back to this every time i have GAS so Dan can remind me I already have the perfect guitar - thank you for making this lovely video!
His tele has so much character and plays it like a boss. Love it
Two great players, either option sounds great👍🏻
Indeed!!!
Oh no, Matthew Scott's here now... Mick, Dan and Matthew, the great TH-cam guitar trinity! 👍😊
Tele, the twang specialist. Strat, versatility
I'm sure any axe sounds great in Mick's & Dan's hands.
Definitely! This is like my 4th or 5th time watching this particular episode. Love it!
Thank you for mentioning Ted Greene. He's maybe the most underappreciated master of the instrument I can think of and deserves the love.
When I was younger, I played a Strat. When I got older, I played a Tele. Now that I'm old, I play a hollow body.
The Strat seems to have much better publicity than the Tele. I went through most of my electric guitar playing life without even trying a Tele but now I finally have one I like it much more than any Strat I ever tried. They are so *real* .
If you miss bridge/neck on Strat, I love using the the Lindy Fralin blender wiring trick. Gives you the ability to have bridge and neck together in any proportion, or all three, or to add bridge or neck to your 2&4 position, and to keep all your original pickup positions. You just make one of your tone controls into the blender, and make the other one a master tone. Brilliant.
This is beautiful, but it should be titled "Strat and Tele: A Love Story" rather than versus. I don't see any pitting one against the other; it's a celebration of differences. And in that light, while my Tele has been my #1 for 15 years (and even more so with the recent upgrade to '64 Pure Vintage pups and pots), I've recently bought a Gibson LP Special Tribute P-90 which is utterly divine. The middle position is just sublime. Bonus points for it being the best SMELLING guitar I own. Did not see that coming.
nothing beats the smell of a gibson.
I think people just put vs in the titles because it picks up good in the search engines. Words like "and" get filtered out because they are so common in English. I totally agree with what you are saying.
My Gibson smells amazing too.
Kumbaya
@@simross3914 NONSENSE! Nothing beats the smell of a MARTIN!! Its been fact checked so dont bother disagreeing! I've had my Martin for about a year and it still has that "new Martin smell". And I doubt it's going anywhere cause I've played Martin's much older than mine and they still have "that" smell. What does a Gibson smell like anyways?! Uneven lacquer and quality control mistakes with hints of deep seeded regret? I'm pretty sure "Regret - For Men by:Gibson" isnt going to be anyone's favorite new trendy cologne anytime soon!.....Lol only kidding, take a deep breath before responding.
Strat or Tele? Everybody said it and everybody's right: both. And I may be invoking wrath here, but I would put Jazzmasters in the mix as well.
You’re not wrong! Ive got a ‘77 mustang I love too.
Jazzmaster is the best i my opinion. Tele is the most versitlie.
Jazz players prefer tele
@@raptortv7751 Yeah, Jazzmasters are not really jazz guitars. Surf & alt rock.
@@TheFrontyer I’d argue that an HSS strat is more versatile
If TPS were to add a "It's got a wobble bar ferchrissakes!" shirt to the merch store, I suspect it would end up being quite popular.
Favorite moment of the episode lol
I am a 39 year old American who's played guitar since 13. The Telecaster was a "country guitar" to me until age 25 when I fell in love with it and started realizing all the awesome rock music that was made with it. I just discovered Status Quo a month ago. I am in Telecaster Heaven! I saw the light! (My new favorite Tele riff)
This is the absolute greatest tele vs. strat video I've seen so far. Thank you!
If anyone still needs to prove to their spouse that they need both guitars, use this as your reference material.
There’s no contest whatsoever: both.
truer words have never been spoken
YES!
Yup! I follow the same policy, both !
Nope, Strat.
Nope Tele
Bought a Sonic Blue Strat just yesterday. All because of you Mick
Niiiiiice! Hope you enjoy it!
I have a Strat, Tele, and 335. I've pretty much for years been a "Strat guy" but have always loved Tele's but just didn't have one. So a couple of years ago I got a Tele finally and honestly I have an incredible bond with that guitar. My buddy was recently at my house and I was playing all 3 and he was absolutely floored by the Tele and he's a straight up "metal guy" but he just couldn't believe what a Tele could do. I personally think of a Tele as the ninja of the guitar world. People just don't see it coming and when they realize what they're listening to they just can't believe it. I still love Strats and Tele's both though. It really just depends on what you're going for.
I have a Strat ( must have 2 and 4 in my life), Tele, and Jazzmaster. I’m totally a single coil guy unless it’s a Gretsch. Now I just need more of each. You guys are such amazing players and don’t give yourselves enough credit. Thanks for you knowledge and passion for TONE !
Whoaa, Dan's playing on the tele neck pickup... I've been clean from marijuana for several years now, but god, had I heard this before I would have never needed anything else to soothe my mind. Thank you guys, greetings and love from France.
Strat for comfort,neck pickup and better adjustability, tele for everything else
erm… Tele for neck pickup ;)
I really think the strat sounds better :\
I think Teles have an annoying *HERNK* to the bridge pickup, and the neck pickup isn't as good as a strat neck.
I have my main Strat set up to "Jeff Beck Spec" and I can hammer on the "wobble" bar and it comes right back in tune.
I once played 5 gigs in a row without touching the tuning keys. In the wintertime...
It can be done. Stable set up.
One trick is to install the (3) springs all in line from the claw to the trem block. I noticed the one Mick was playing first had two springs on the outside wound strings claw and one on the high strings. If it works great. But I wouldn't do it that way personally.
I'd still love to hear you two do a record. Mick panned left and Dan panned right. It would be a treat.
When Mick did the middle position Strat thing, Dan should have come back with the Tele middle. Nothing chimes and spanks like that Tele middle. I'm primarily a Strat player and have mine wired with a pull pot to get the neck/bridge combination. But when James Brown comes up on the set list it's time to grab my Tele and get down and do my thang.
I had to laugh when Mick realized in the intro that he didn't have a bar on that Strat and tried to pull the bridge up with his thumb. Back when she only had her iconic red Strat my friend Laura Chavez would reach back with her 3 open fingers and pull the bridge forward. Couldn't do any wiggle with it but worked for the occasional dive. And people couldn't figure out what she was doing.
Fat rock Strats, Michael Landau's live Baked Potato CDs. I'm Buzzed or Big Bulge. There's a video where he explains how to play I'm Buzzed. Turn on the Myriad and TS along with some harmonic trem and give it a shot, so much fun you won't want to play Hendrix licks for awhile. :-)
The difference between a strat and a tele: a strat is a range of electric guitar with three pickups, started by Leo Fender and copied by many others; tele is what the British call a television.
Man, Leo Fender made the Telecaster first :)
@@Sugarrushhh90 I know that, and nobody watches the stratovision in the evening.
@@mickavoidant4780 good joke. Like the initial one.
Nah, a Telecaster is a Tele. A TV is a telly.
Brilliant definitions of the Tele vs. Strat. I intuitively already knew all of this, however, you two brought focus & clarity into the differences.
Actually pretty impressed with Mick’s acting at the beginning.
Thanks!
They were snubbed for the Oscars. They should have won
@@garrettboomerbender no way! They'd both get hooked on that night-life! Coke and hookers and high heels and all that shirt that should have never been invented!!
Suggestion: If you want a humbucker tone from a single coil strat, you should try one with the Dan Armstrong wiring. It allows you to blend the bridge (or neck) and middle in series, effectively creating a humbucker.
The stratocaster is the sexiest guitar shape ever made.
I’m a strat guy but the shape looks like a pulled tooth
@@funky12374 LMAOOOO
@@funky12374wow I’m never going to unsee this now
As old as the Strat and Telecaster are, they still look modern and their shapes are how a guitar should look.
Totally agree!
Strats still looks modern, not sure if the Telecaster does.
To me, the design of the Telecaster looks rather old fashion, very much like a product of the 1950's. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing.
a lot of new guitar designs are basically strats and teles. so every year Ibanez or Jackson or Schecter or about half the industry (except most notably Gibson 😂😂) puts out new guitars that are derivative from one or the other, so not sure how they wouldn't still look modern.
we get reminded of them every new model year! 😅
@@theoverunderthinker how should a guitar otherwise look? Those are the classical designs. Look at the Parker P36. One of the ugliest designes ever. Stay old fashioned:)
The Strat tuned to E Flat was the only thing that nearly tempted me to go back to a strat. Though I think I'll see how that sounds on my Tele. The Telecaster is just a great all-purpose guitar.
Bloody hell! Though I'm a red blooded American, after digesting too many of your videos I find myself saying things like "Blimey", and "it'll be happy days innit", next I'll most likely develop a taste for meat pies. What are you guys doing to me?
If you do develop a taste for meat pies, Hollands is the authentic chip shop type. Chippy chips, gravy, mushy peas is bliss.
I find myself doing this as well, especially when watching series from other countries. I was speaking in a really bad canadian accent for months after watching Trailer Perk Boys and I'm from the UK.
Guys, an idea for a show might be a That Pedal Show Chord book. It could feature anyone who's played on previous shows that had a chord that you liked so much you adapted it into your playing.
I love this! Mick here.
Jerry Reed's Tele pickin' on Amos Moses is everything you need to know about the Tele/Country relationship.
Dan makes me proud to own a tele and Mick makes me proud to own a strat. I keep my tele in standard tuning and the strat in e flat because of the reasons they pointed out.
Telecasters work well as a jack of all trades and I don’t have to worry about tuning as much.
Stratocasters sound killer in e flat but there’s more thought to setting one up compared to a telecaster.
You guys should do a Freaky Friday type episode where Dan plays a strat and Mick plays a tele just to see how peculiar it’d be
This is simply one of the best guitar videos on TH-cam ever. Thanks, guys. Amazing stellar work.
The only thing Dan missed is the funky middle Tele position (a la Prince).
Princes custom tele only had the two singe-coil pickups, no third.
Yup, I missed the middle position too, but also as the ultimate clean rhythm sound.
Agreed. I played funk on my strat for the last 4 years but recently got a great tele and am living in that middle position now
Yes, that's my favourite tele position, too!
99 percent of YouTele videos never go near the middle setting--which to me IS the Tele sound.
It's a cool thing seeing how each instrument has its voice and stuff where they shine more, and some unique sounds to them.
That said, I never ever thought about Teles - I didn't like the looks of them, mostly, and never got them. I thought a rock guitar would be like a Les Paul (what people that don't play and go into the tone aspect of what we listen to). But then I started watching this show, and I have been watching it for years now, ever since it was on the other channel.
And by god it changed completely for me - now Teles are pretty much my favorite guitar, and that is so because of Dan's Red. So much so I had a Tele made for me by a luthier. And it's every little bit of what I wanted from it. It's just awesome. So thanks Dan, you made a believer out of me.
(Still don't got something like a Vox or your Matchless, but someday maybe)
Edit: I'm surprised to see that the middle position from the Tele wasn't covered. I really love its sound for funkier stuff. It doesn't do the inbetween 2 and 4 strat sounds, but the Tele's inbetween is so good and punchy. And if you're the single guitar player in a mix it's great, covers a lot of space and is still spanky for those kind of things.
I recall Steve Cropper saying the middle is the only position he uses.
@@RandomButtonPusher did he? I think it’s my favorite. I’ll watch some videos of his and see his tones.
I do have a Strat as well, and I much prefer the inbetween from the Tele. I think the strat thins out too much on those - but I don’t play on ridiculous volumes as well, so that factors in.
Strat + Fuzz sets off that tuning fork in my heart.
I'm a Tele guy, but the strat is the most iconic guitar and is associated with the most famous guitar heroes: Hendrix, Clapton, Dave Gilmour. If you asked a five-year-old to draw an electric guitar they would draw something strat shaped. But.. the Tele is better ;p
No diss to the Strat as it is an iconic piece in music history among players: Hendrix, Clapton, Gilmour, SRV, Blackmore, etc. However the Tele has had equal share of iconic players: Keith Richards, Joe Strummer, Bruce Springsteen (though modified esquire). Though i do agree with the kid statement :) Both equally great, both deserved to be owned.
@@DaCostaGuitars I have a Player Strat arriving Thursday and an AP II Tele arriving last week of June. I took acoustic and electric lessons and played when I was young and then played mostly bass through my 30s and then got married and didn't play for over a decade. So I've been playing a Mustang bass, looking forward to solving the Tele/Strat debate on my own. Cheers! =)
I have both and love both equally. To me it comes down to the strat neck pickup and tele bridge pickup. Both are unique to their respective instruments and both sound spectacular.
boy oh boy !
the way you were able in this video to demonstrate on your instruments what you explained that you like about them was utterly amazing.
just brilliant.
thanks for this video !!
..and one thing is for sure - we all need a strat and a tele :)
To whomever did the mixing in post, there is a room reverb sound when Dan plays around 35:40 - 35:50 that is absolutely killer. Bravo, bravo
That’s me. Mick here. Thanks!
Would love to have you help us with some guitar tracks ... check super secret band 😎😎😎
I read “Better Sound in Head” before “phones” showed up on screen and thought - hey, don’t talk about my playing!
Bridge pick up on a Tele is actually brutal, seriously good for rock, but also amazing for metal, it really is a savage (tone control on your guitar is required though lool)
That yellow Tele, OMG! there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. I can't wait for my Tele to arrive in a couple days. This is coming from a guy who's played Les Pauls for 35 years. Out of
a few Strats I've own throughout the years, I miss the Tele I sold the most out of all of them. No disrespect to Strats, to me Tele is the king of Fender. The simplest, old grandad can do it
all.
I work in a guitar store, I find tele players to be the most loyal to their guitars of them all. Strat guys like myself love the strat but usually love many guitars whereas tele guys...well, they just love their tele’s “and have a couple others on the side”
I agree you Strat guys have your Strat and a few other guitars for variety. We Tele guys have at least three Teles and we’re always looking for the most Tele like guitar from other companies like my St. Blues Bluesmaster which is an LP Junior shaped body with Tele style pickups and controls. I’ll buy a Gibson Music City Junior as soon as I can find one since it the the most Tele like guitar that Gibson has ever made. They are so rare that I might even end up ordering one through Gibson’s Made 2 Measure process.
Started as a Strat guy, but over the years I've become a full Tele convert. It's what I reach for 9/10 times or more, no fuss does everything brilliantly.
"That is the sound of the ages". I would love to see a series on this! Similar to the "How to sound like" but with more detail and history.
Ted Greene was amazing!! The videos of him improvising Baroque-style counterpoint while having a conversation are simply astounding.🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
As for the "Strats Can Rock" point, while some find the strat bridge pickup too thin that is also a strength in itself depending on your gear. Pedals like the Rangemaster exist to brighten up dark amps. If you set your rig for darker tones it can work well with the bright strat bridge pickup.
The truth about this and I am sure most know this. Both are amazing! Every guitarist should own both. No need to fight, you can have your cake and eat it to! Amazing job guys!
Every guitarist should prioritise practicing as the world is full of people with more gear than talent.
I have 3 or 4 teles, they're unbeatable. To me, strats look like a cheap chinese offering
You guys are awesome. I found your channel about a month ago and I can't get enough. Hello from Little Rock, Arkansas!
A little past Little Rock, but a long way from ooooover youuuuu!
Thank Ms Womack.
Welcome Jason, wonderful to have you here!
The tele has so many advantages. Unbreakable, almost, stays in tune, two knobs. You don't need any more.
Any style of music can be handled. Oh, and Roy Buchanan played one. Who doesn't want to prance about playing Keith's classic riffs?
Roy, Danny Gatton, BUCK and MFing Don Rich, WAYLON, Merle and MOST his bandmates... ROY Nichols, Roy Buchannan again, and Red.... The strangers was one of the best bands EVER!!!
small note on the tonewood discussion: years ago i worked as a studio assistant and while tracking guitars we tried something like 10 PRS, all with the same pickups but different woods for body/top/neck/fretboard, the differences in sound were astounding.
that being said, strat vs tele, i own both and always bring both to the studio, both are essential to get THAT sound in your head, they're both winners in my book
Tough choice for certain. I used to be that guy that turned his nose up at strats, just looped that guitar in with every bad SRV/Hendrix/Mayer/Clapton impersonator on TH-cam without realizing just how versatile strats are, and conveniently forgot that many of my favorite guitarists use or have use strats.
I recently flipped my MIJ Fender Traditional 60’s Mustang that I loved but found to be too similar to my jag for what I used it for, and found chords difficult to pull off due to how small the neck was and sought something different. Took it to my local music store, traded the mustang and some pedals for a jv modded 60’s strat. One of the best decisions I’ve made in my quest for owning the perfect gear for my style.
While jazzmasters are still my preferred guitar, as they offer the warmth on the neck pickup which is excellent for shoegaze/ambient stuff, jangly bridge pickup for jangle pop/surfy stuff and the perfect cross between the two in the middle, the strat has managed to become my #2, I’ve got an MIJ jag and an Eastman t486 that I’ve barely touched since although I love those guitars too.
The glassy sound of a strat between the neck and middle pickup selection is gorgeous, but it can also provide enough treble in the bridge position. The jv 60’s strat also allows users to pull out the tone pot for more combinations. Albert Lee Hammond Jr., Tame Impala, Beach Fossils, Ed O’Brien, Mac Demarco and others have all inspired me to look beyond the blues context and realize that the strat is really a perfect instrument.
The Tele on the other hand is another favorite, I currently don’t own one, might have to rectify that in the future, the MIJ teles are fantastic for the price, I’d of course want a butterscotch blonde Tele with a black pickguard. Teles are simple and sound great on every setting, are affordable, easy to modify and feel great. The bridge pickup and mid position can be used for virtually every genre.
Best moment, Mick clicks on his TS: *loud screechy noises* "What the Fu-" *Error Rainbow*
7:02 "...But of course..."
0:24 Oh god, now we know WHO PLAYED THE CHANNEL INTRO!!!!!!
You betcha!
I like Teles for their bridge. I like Strats for having 3 pickups. I have a Telecaster HSS with an S1 switch that activates the neck pickup. The best of both worlds.
I love me a Tele, but theres just something about a Strat plugged into a Fender Super Reverb. A match made in heaven! Pure magic! 👌
Wow! I really loved this show! The discussion and respect you both during this debate showed is so great to see! So informative and talented too! 💙
Love the show guys! This episode has been long anticipated. I own a couple of Strats and a Tele. I love both but as time goes on I find myself gravitating towards the Telecaster. I agree with Dan, there is just something about the simplicity of it. Thanks guys and greetings from Minnesota. Stay safe!
I love and own both but I think Tele takes it.
I used to be a Strat guy but then when I went to music school and started getting into jazz I quickly realized I was much more of a Tele fan. I just love that the tele is so stable and you get three incredbile pickup positions, whereas Strats have a neck pickup that rocks, but the other pickup positions on a Strat are kinda meh imho. Ive had too many tuning issues with Strats in the past and while I think they're better for certain specific things, I think the Tele just does it all without sacrificing.
Also I can't hear a Strat anymore without hearing shitty insta-blues so there's that too lol.
omg lol also so sick of insta-guitar
Yeah... Hendrix, Stevie Ray, Clapton and so many others never really got anywhere playing a Strat.
@@guitarman6742 lol and especially the classic country, chicken picking on a tele. As repetitive as a the insta-blues of a strat player.
I'm a long time Strat owner and lover but I think Telly's bridge sound is unbeatable...
Nashville Tele with contours, Strat Middle pick up, and strat neck. Best of both worlds!
I came here to make up my mind, now I'm more confused than ever 😂
Me to. Have a strat ;)
@@FleHei yeah - I ended up ordering Strat which came 2 weeks ago and i don’t regret my decision in a slightest!
@@dmitricarabetchi4269 When does the Tele arrive?
@@Unchurlish this summer most likely 😂
Totally agree 😂
I love the versatility of my Tele Baja. Switching between the pickups really gives you three vastly different sounds. The neck is great for jazz, the middle for rockabilly or funk. The bridge is of course a twang monster and makes it perfect for country. If you wanna rock out with lots of gain, the bridge pickup will stand it's ground
What about the 4th position?
Find someone who looks at you the way Mick looks at Dan when he sustains a note.
I always come back to this video it's so good. I've concluded that Dan with a Tele is one of my ear's favourites. Whether it is awesome cleans with reverb/delay etc or if it's heavy rock, I love it!
Been playing guitar for better part of 30 years. Learned more about these 2 guitars by watching this video. Thank you gentlemen
Here is another example of why I just love this channel. Great video guys.
Oh my God. Four years of watching TPS and 7:04 might be my favorite moment ever.
Same here!! Watched that part over and over...😂
@@shawnadams1693 haha me too
Makes me wonder about Tom Bucovac. I’m not sure he’s ever made a mistake on any video he’s posted, and I’m not sure he edits them!
kjphoto BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
I’ve owned both, and while I love Strats, when you consider the sheer stylistic variety of players who use a Tele, it’s greater versatility is incontrovertible.
Every time Dan goes full “rock” he becomes visibly giddy. Never fails to make me laugh 🤘😂
There's a lot of great information here! We appreciate it, That Pedal Show.
Tonewood is a joke in electric guitar though. Speakers and Cabinet wood actually make a difference.
I hope everyone is having a great day. Wealth and Happiness.
And the result is: Stratelly... Thank you for reminding me why I love both of them so much. And finally, you mentioned the differences between a rosewood and a maple neck. A tonal difference that is far too underestimated. Thank you for another great show!
Can we take a moment to adore the cutting heads intro. Jack Butler's gonna like you.
Ha!
Next TPS episode: Mick and Dan perform rock n' roll stunts including (but not limited to) jumping up and down on top of amps, seeing who can duckwalk the most laps around the TPS studio, and smashing cheap guitars.
I’m totally up for this.
I so agree with Dan about the underrated bridge pickup of the TC. It's a thing of beauty you don't expect from a guitar that everyone expects to be bright / chimy / harsh / whatever.
Bought a Tele on a whim 15 minutes before closing time when I walked in like 10 minutes earlier to look around the shop real quick because I loved the color and the guitar sounded magical plugged into a Deluxe literally from the first strum. Never even looked at Teles until I was walking out 20 minutes later with a Mystic Seafoam American Pro. Fell in love with it. The simplicity of the Telecaster make you focus ON YOU instead of your gear. I can't explain it any other way. Yet it's still so incredibly versatile. Crazy.
Life long Strat guy before that. But if I could only have one guitar I THINK it would still be a Strat even though I rarely use the vibrato. My Les Paul is by far my most expensive electric and it never leaves the case. Ugh... Miserable to play sitting down and I like the clarity of single coils.
Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, David Gilmore, Pete Townsend (in the last few years), Tom Morello, The Edge, Dave Murray (Iron Maiden) and Fast Eddie Clarke (Motorhead) all played or play Stratocasters. Telecasters always sound twangy unless they have humbuckers. Eddie Van Halen played a 'Frankenstrat' and Steve Vai's Ibanez Jem is based off of a Strat.
My take: The Strat is a better designed, more versatile, and "nicer" sounding guitar. The Tele is just more fun to play and has a sound that is unmatched by anything else. I recently got my first Tele and have not wanted to play anything else.
I would argue the tele is more versatile strictly due to it have a better jazz tone than a strat
@@fenixfyre u srs?
@@tspirit1231 Without a doubt
Had a Strat for a year now. Just got a Tele.
I’m a Tele convert.
I had a Strat for 15 years.... It's supposed to be the most versatile guitar, right?! Well, i was a good player, not great. And would pick it up a few hours per week. A Gibson Les Paul and an American Tele came up during covid on offerup for great deals, both under $700 - and yes they are real, had them checked out. I bought them with the intention of flipping to make money. I instead got them home and found myself playing hours.... PER DAY on them. Im not sure if its the smaller scale of the gibson or the set bridge, but as a player I didn't realize what i was missing cuz i was told Strats were the best all around guitar. The Strat just hangs on my wall now - TELE and LP for the win --- in under a year, I've gone from good to great player and can jam and hold my own with just about anyone. The strat held me back!
First of all epic playing by you two guys today on this episode, second this was a great way to show why these two iconic guitars are so versatile and magic sound wise, such an enjoyable episode. To Mick - I think Deacon Frey and Vince Gill are full time members of The Eagles now, that latest live release of their's is terrific :)
Oh that’s fantastic! Too cool! Hearing Deacon gave me proper chills.
I've got a G&L ASAT Classic S w/alnico pickups: ASAT pickups in the neck and the bridge; Legacy pickup in the middle. It's a fantastic guitar - the in-between positions are amazing. If you're hung up on Fender, a Nashville Tele is essentially the same thing.
Great video and inspiring playing. I've only owned a single Strat for about 17 years. Recently I made my own Partscaster - a 69 Thinline Tele style, and have absolutely fallen in love with it. My plan was to sell the Strat, but after watching this I've decided to strip the paint and refinish it, and keep it - tuned to E flat!