Best Guitar For Blues: Strat Vs Tele - Strat Or Tele For Blues

[@kedduff1814]

I think the blue guitar is better for blues.

[@goblinninja1234]

No

[@billborden310]

The blue guitar is more 'blue'sy. LOL.

[@bradleyhohner8775]

Now that you mention it, it is kind of obvious. 😎

[@daveg5340]

Haha!

[@pdub4600]

What if you were playing Red House Blues? Then what huh?!?!

[@anthonybeers]

how comes every time some one picks up at telecaster they play it super clean and try for all the world to make it sound like pedal steel. plug it in add some gain and let it snarl.

[@MrAMF50]

yeah that bridge pup can snarl for sure.

[@lesshrubb203]

My 'go to' guitar for 25 plus years was a Strat, but due to the floating bridge effect, I ended up putting a block of wood under it to stabilise it when I bent the strings. Then came the January sales in 2020, when Andertons of Guildford knocked a £150 off an American Tele, so I bought one. I have never looked back, my pitch bends have never been better, my blues guitar playing has improved so much. The Strat now resides in the loft, last played January 2020. I am so grateful to my Tele for getting me through all the lockdowns sane. If you love the guitar, and blues in particular, you gotta get a Telecaster!

[@rodney19821982]

Í have a 62 Strat repro and a Squier Tele CV both are great guitars. The floating bridge on the Strat is easy to fix. Insert a block of wood behind the bridge and add additional springs. The bridge will then be totally solid and will not move or detune with string bending. It also improves the sustain.

[@jerrydaniel3537]

I blocked the trem on my strat.

[@andreaskreuzer3383]

The strat is the best guitar ever! Long leaves rock'n roll! ❤

[@Twinhit]

Long leaves, folks. Smoke 'em if you got em, i guess.

[@macmuggo5459]

I quite firmly believe that the guitar you are most comfortable with will sound best and I don’t think I’m really good enough to worry about tone but if I have the opportunity to get a Tele I would because I can’t help myself

[@Jbuginas]

Finally, a great description of the bridge differences and how the floating bridge gives then strat its unique sound.

[@bmarks75]

Great video. I found what you said about the advantages and disadvantages of the floating bridge to be very useful

[@BestBluesGuitarLessonsVideos]

Thanks Byron!

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

I secure the bridge flat to the body on my Strats and the guitar then becomes a solid / robust unit with more resonance and better tone IMO.

[@liesbethdhondt]

Yes, very nice to see the comparison between these two guitars.

[@BestBluesGuitarLessonsVideos]

Thanks Liesbeth!

[@artamussumatra6286]

Can’t go wrong with either lmho. I put a SuperVee Mag-Loc on my Strat. It solves the string bending detune issue. I have 2 Telecasters as well. I love ‘em all!

[@dimitrisaivaliotis5616]

High!! What is a superVee mag-loc??

[@artamussumatra6286]

Dimitris Aivaliotis It’s a device for Stratocasters that stabilizes the bridge, so it doesn’t go out of tune when you use the whammy bar.

[@dimitrisaivaliotis5616]

@@artamussumatra6286 thank you!!

[@Twinhit]

Tele v. Strat. Tough call. Depends on what I'm aiming for. All things being equal: Neck, fretboard and body being made of the same materals have their say on tone and playability. If the neck doesn't feel right, you will be discouraged from playing. The differences in body shape beyween the Strat and Tele will influence tone. The differences: Strat has a floating bridge. Tele has a fixed bridge plate. Both featurre adjustable intonation Pickups differ on both standard Strat and standard Tele Tone/Vol control circuits differ between the two. Assuming the strings are the same brand and model. Tone will differ and playability may differ as well. When you bend strings on a Strat, the whole bridge moves but open strings will lose pitch while fingered strings being bent will increase pitch. String tension can be altered and the guitar needs to be retuned to pitch. (Jimi Hendrix ia seen tuning his guitar quite frequently.) Teles do not suffer from going out of tune as often and the open strings do not react to string bending as does the Strat. BOTH guitars are absolute cool and they both have their own unique differences. If B.B. King had to choose between the Strat and Tele, he probably would go with the Tele. Strats DO have the cooler look to them and if you are NOT going to use the whammy bar, you could opt to wedge a block of wood into the whammy bridge cavity to prevent the bridge from rocking at all. A kind of hack to get between having the look/feel/fret range of the Strat and the string stability of the Tele. The Strat is a comfy design but the tele has tone. How does feel? How does it sound? What is the playing style you are trying to achieve? Strat, Tele, hollow/simi-hollow LP and Hollow and Semi Hollow bodied and archtops have all been used successfully playing the blues just as all manner of acoustic guitars have done. Its really what you are looking for. Try them all out and dont rule any one out. Let the guitar pick you. Let it sing to you. Let it beckon you to play it. How will you know? The way it feels, the way it plays, the way it sounds, maybe even the way it looks and looks..... should be last consideration, maybe even overlooked. Looks may attract you to try out but then.... after playing, the looks may not matter anymore. It's like picking out a girl at a dance. You two either dance one number or the rest of the night away, fall in love, get married and have lots and lots of children because you can't control yourselves. On the other hand, the guitar might tell you that you stink and to put it back down, you know? And you better listen or else invite a can of worms that give the blues like no tomorrow. Happy Playing! 🙂

[@daveg5340]

I find the neck on my Tele easier to play. Also I put a humbucker with coil split micro switch in the neck position so I can get all the Keef tones. My Strat, too, has been modded: pearly gates pup at the bridge and a mini humbucker at the neck. I use the deluxe Strat type switching system in the volume pot for turning the humbuckers into single coils.

[@jamesmaxwell5415]

Great video for my wife to watch so I can buy...MORE Guitars! Thank You 😊

[@guitarzan34]

My wife asked me how many guitars I need. My answer.........just one more!

[@jimmyjimmy951]

Discovered your channel today. Can’t decide so will have to aspire to both. Thanks for the video. 👍🇦🇺

[@BestBluesGuitarLessonsVideos]

Welcome to the channel Jimmy! Cheers, Antony

[@noelrodriguez6625]

Strats in E flat Teles in E Standard Both are pretty amazing. I think the strat's character really shines when each string is tuned down half a step. Just depends on the sound you're going for.

[@BestBluesGuitarLessonsVideos]

+1 Noel. Thanks for the comment, feel free to sub to the channel. Greetz, Antony

[@alexanderhanksx]

Couldn't agree more

[@SpartanLaserCanon]

I prefer some teles over many strats from what I have heard from fenders even for rock and jazzy stuff. Some other brands strat like guitars are cool though.

[@danielschaeffer1294]

Rory Gallagher had the right idea. A Strat for lead, and a Tele in open G with heavy strings for slide.

[@jerryfletcher2384]

Helpful video. Thanks for justifying the purchase of my new tele to my wife!

[@TheHorrorFreak]

Both are great I prefer telecaster

[@philmagallanes3850]

All you have to do is tighten the springs on the back of a Strat, until the bridge stops floating. Then you can do all the double and triple-stop bends you want, without detuning the other strings. Problem solved. That's what Stevie Ray Vaughan did. (You also get a little more resonance and sustain from the guitar with the bridge decked like this as well.)

[@dimiaraujo90]

IMHO, unless you can use the whammy bar like Jeff Beck and/or SRV, the Tele sounds better in every aspect. Unless you mod your Strat in order to have a tone control on the bridge pickup, some noiseless pickups, or something...

[@tbone2451]

Both beautiful guitars. What model is the Tele ?

[@indy3240]

Best explanation I have found so far!! Ty

[@44scoots]

Very nice video, unlike any other that I've seen comparing the two instruments. BTW... I am a Tele guy.

[@BestBluesGuitarLessonsVideos]

Thanks! I appreciate this.

[@piemmetubo]

I play Blues with an Ibanez. I can make it very "bluesy", and I don't miss at all the tones of Strat and Telecaster guitars. But, for my granddaughter I chose a Telly: less is more. 😎

[@gutenbird]

Would love to find a great Ibanez but seems the ones I hear online seems like they are set up mostly for shredding. What kind do you have and what pickups?

[@piemmetubo]

@@gutenbird SA260FM, totally original except for hardtailing the bridge and mounting locking tuners. The sound, anyway comes from my multieffect pedalboard and amp system.

[@CBGypsy03]

Buy both. Done

[@bramb8613]

Very interesting! Thanks a lot Antony!

[@graemero5532]

There is no best for blues guitar. Different strokes for different folks.

[@BestBluesGuitarLessonsVideos]

Great to hear from you Graeme. Do you have a main axe or you play both strat and tele whenever it suits you?

[@graemero5532]

@@BestBluesGuitarLessonsVideos I have a few different guitars, but my Gibson Les Paul is my favourite for blues. What I meant was great blues players use different guitars. BB. King - Gibson ES345, Buddy Guy - Fender Stratocaster, Peter Green - Gibson Les Paul, Tab Benoit - Fender Telecaster. Then there are guys like Robben Ford and Kirk Fletcher who will play whatever takes their fancy at a given time.

[@BestBluesGuitarLessonsVideos]

@@graemero5532 nice Graeme, thanks for chiming in with this list!

[@bradleyhohner8775]

Mr. Drummond taught us that also.

[@ioodyssey3740]

You, Sir, are correct!

[@zjeo2]

The only difference in sounds is he plays the strat on the neck pickup and the tele on the bridge pickup. Nobody blindfolded would know what guitar is being played..... period! Yes I've owned uh plenty 😉

[@williampierini8207]

Both ❤

[@LoadPast]

Of course both are great blues instruments, but the strat can cry in a way the tele just cant.

[@camilobaroni5183]

Wow nice video thanks man. I m leaning guitar now. And i want to buy my professional blues guitar, but no idea idea hehe so many. Could you maybe suggest ? Money is not the problem 😊i just want to buy the perfect one heheh . Thanks

[@5eviexe466]

The strat is my weapon of choice

[@Emma-kz3zr]

Tele's have a more masculine range compared to strats, both have their places, but as formidable back to basics work horse, you can't beat a Tele.

[@Tsudkyk]

I prefer the tele- but boy do I love a strat neck pickup.

[@kaushalsuvarna5156]

Good going bro, nice video

[@savage3960]

You need to learn how to adjust your bridge spring tension on that strat and it won't detune.

[@niwanrai7300]

telecaster - forever

[@IronDave1985]

I prefer the clean sound of a strat, but nothing sounds like a tele when you’ve got some dirt in there.

[@jannatinkarlen8702]

What are you talking about? stratocaster doesn't have to set and sound like that, just set the damn bridge by adding spring, then it wont sound wobly

[@burtonkephart6239]

Love my tele deluxe !! Had strats and can’t play them anymore because of like what you said basically the slinky strings etc which is no good for my way of playing etc. But I could get a superstrat with Floyd rose style set up would be ok. Good video. Also wondered though on the different profile between the two guitars ? Is the tele shorter and more compact etc and strat longer ? As the difference between the les Paul and SG is big in part because of profile differences yes!

[@the_fleeing_dutchman]

Very interesting.. never this about a strat, but then again, I am a Tele man. Is that the Sonic Grey colour?

[@stevehornshaw4478]

Amazing insight I learned so much much appreciated Tnx fantastic video o

[@ericko416]

By this video, i think blues never be blues without the “blue” , if you know what i mean

[@oyabunthelastsamurai2550]

Blue note?

[@whome806]

Check out nutbuster for your strat this will fix the tuning issues it's a locking system

[@coaldoubt2879]

I’ve been playing the reds all this time 🤭

[@tonywalters9436]

What grade of strings are you using on the telecaster

[@alanhowell3646]

Get a hard tail Strat and you don’t have the floating bridge de tune issue

[@davej3736]

What strings are those on the tele? They don't look like D'darrios

[@zeroiy8815]

Welke gitaar is die rode Stratocaster? Leuke video!

[@CarloSikkink]

Fender player stratocaster

[@Leo-fs7ts]

I want to buy a squier jazzmaster HH do u know if its good to play blues . Thanks

[@zeroiy8815]

Elias Music you can use it for blues, but if I were you I should buy a stratocaster or Telecaster, maybe a cheap les Paul in that price range

[@ralfschonberg8699]

both are cool guitars, strat is in my eyes a bit more for virtuousity, but i prefer the sound and the look of the tele. also, 2 pickups are enough. with my strat i only use the neck and the bridge pickup. i never use the middle pu, even not in the "knopfler" combination.

[@alex-vr2ll]

might as well have a tele in. my favorite setting is the 4th pickup setting, which is the middle and the neck combined.

[@grithhornshoej6487]

thank you, this actually helped a lot :)

[@TeleCS]

Which model Tele is it?

[@siswantofahrizal]

Strat

[@elpablosky6300]

the test must be a stratocaster hardtail bridge vs telecaster and stop blaming the strat trem !

[@matthewrasmussen2811]

Riff at the end ?

[@MyScooter57]

Tele!

[@katamedo5703]

Tele >

[@eeros4192]

Strat's Right!

[@BestBluesGuitarLessonsVideos]

:)

[@timrex4175]

That strat has a very mouldable thone...

[@jamesjordan4564]

😂

[@mrbeeoutdoors3213]

*cough* les paul *cough*

[@andocobo]

Moldable tones

[@Wooburnmusic]

Too much yap ! SPEAK UP PLEASE 😁👍

[@brucethedragon836]

You talk too much

[@vipakat3498]

Rude