Stratocaster vs Telecaster: Which Guitar is Right for You?

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» 0:00 Strat or Tele!?
» 0:38 A Brief History
» 1:30 The Guitars We're Using
» 1:39 Similarities?
» 2:40 About the Telecaster?
» 4:50 Telecaster Sound Examples
» 8:02 About the Stratocaster?
» 11:05 Stratocaster Sound Examples
» 16:50 About the Tele Bridge?
» 20:08 About the Strat Tremolo Bridge?
» 22:48 Tele With More Gain
» 26:33 Ergonomics Aesthetics?
» 28:15 Strat With More Gain
» 32:20 Fretboards?
» 34:20 Famous Tele Players!
» 35:25 Tele Mods
» 38:23 Strat Mods
» 40:22 Final Thoughts!
» 42:10 Thanks For Watching!
» 42:22 Outro Jam!
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[@ERAPOSORESERVA]

Both. At least three of each.

[@rdantunano]

At least!

[@roughcutguitars]

RIGHT? I mean, trad, HSS, deluxe, P90, yada yada...

[@andertons]

Correct :) & at least one Les Paul too - ha ha

[@Guttural]

Only have 2 strats and one tele 😢 A SG and a gretsch p90 I feel so under equipped

[@oldmantwofour5561]

What he said.

[@math001]

I’m a Strat guy but cannot deny the versatility of the Tele. I have heard it played on so many genres and it always sounded good

[@anonymousguitarist7418]

Yeah, same, I stick with my tele abit more these days. Massive John Mayer fan here.

[@matthewcyahoo]

I'm from San Diego California, USA and I will probably never go to Guilford or England for that matter and I watch every one of these videos. I live a mile from a Guitar Center and I can't fathom why they don't develop guys to do videos like this. Makes the world shrink and you feel like you are hanging with friends. Love your vids...

[@hawedehre]

You never know. When I came over we made the Fender Factory tour. The very nice guy who went with us, I found him in the Andertons G&L factory tour 2019 at 26:00 working for G&L. Seems like he‘s David Brown, now back at Fender in a recent Mary Spender video. 😅

[@gorringeman]

It's a great shop I'm in London it's not too far away from me, about 24 miles

[@denahiramirez2796]

Oceanside CA here, closest GC is half an hour away so videos like this definitely make me feel included in Guitar Shop life

[@rebeccaabraham8652]

I first started haunting the shop when 'daddy' was running it... although I was more into synths at that time - and it was also much smaller and buried in a back street. Damned place was a 'tardis' - instruments on every possible surface; it was glorious!

[@petercollyer8500]

wouldn't come close to this mate! Andertons have a magic that not one else can emulate. They are the Top Gear of guitar vids. The British do this stuff best!!!

[@CornPop.]

One day it just hit me, that teles are awesome!

[@Lovell93]

They’re just so ugly lol that’s my only beef with them.😂

[@CorbCorbin]

Yeah, almost perfect, like a Strat… 🙃

[@sirbaronvoncount4147]

For me the tele is perfection

[@narrowonflow]

same here

[@johnz6877]

They're guitars for grown-ups.

[@JasonWharton82]

The answer is surely both?

[@jackdixon29jd]

This is my Kryptonite

[@jefframos]

My man!!! Don't temp me like that😢

[@paurelius885]

Indeed lol

[@roob67]

Several of both!

[@bjornandersson3837]

Of course you need both! You also need one with single coils and one with humbuckers. So you need, at least, 4 guitars.

[@4vinylsound]

I like the way the Telle sounds more but I like the way the strat feels more.

[@nicolas.grisanti]

The Strat is maybe the most comfortable guitar, but the Tele is the best sounding (in my opinion), more reliable, and made for battle guitar ever made. I'm a fan of everything Leo Fender did, but the Tele is my favorite.

[@emdblues]

Yes, when I'm sitting. Playing standing the tele is more comfortable to me

[@RJ_HTx]

Tele with a belly cut and double humbucker is a guitar everyone should try.

[@OrkishEngineering]

@@RJ_HTx HERITIC. jk

[@ChaosHornet]

I prefer the Tele overall, but the comfort of a Strat.... so I had a new body made for my Tele with arm and belly contours. There's no reason why all Teles shouldn't have the contours these days.

[@ToxinInMyVeins]

@@ChaosHornet I agree. I have an FGN Iliad, which is basically a slightly more modern telecaster (with the belly contour) and man is it comfortable.

[@pepmasters-999]

I have both. Weighed it up for a long time, decided I really preferred a fixed tail to a trem system and bought a Tele. Then bought two Strats...

[@tomwatson283]

Brilliant. Sounds like me.

[@buddyrye9190]

We. Are. The. Same.

[@HaramGuys]

just fixed bridge mod your strat. easiest way is to add high tension springs so that the trem is essentially fixed

[@wholelottalev]

Having both, I've always thought of them like brothers. The tele is the older more dependable brother who could handle himself better in a fight with a Les Paul. The strat is the younger brother, more stylish and daring. Probably more popular with the girls. Dunno if that helps anyone with choosing between them😅

[@Voxguitarsrock]

Keef used his Tele on stage divers , and kept playing afterwards, so ya! Tele for the street fight win!

[@Bryan-kl5rr]

@@Voxguitarsrockhut patatapite! 💪

[@colinclement2752]

I'm more of an older brother myself

[@jeremystephen5764]

“Well try to keep this snappy” Checks time -46 minutes!

[@andertons]

Thats will be my epitaph!!

[@arielm7643]

For this topic, that’s actually very snappy.

[@dabblesonguitar6752]

It’s spelled epiphone /s

[@3rdStoreyChemist]

They might have been referring to the tones!

[@SingSurfStrum]

Yeah ? Let me know how that works out for you 😂

[@FlyGuy457]

Excellent comparison-fully enjoyed the back and forth as well.

[@misfitguitar4415]

Just want to give props to Oz or whoever is doing the editing... been watching over a decade, and seeing the improvements and little touches (masking out Pete and Lee/placing text behind, drawing the lines showing the contour differences between the slab and belly cut, etc.) are definitely seen and appreciated! Keep up the GREAT WORK in 2024!

[@ozpowell6589]

I'd love to take the credit for this one, but that all goes to Taytay! He's a master!🙌 You can usually tell who's edited a video by the style. If it's really professional-looking and clean, that'll be Tay 100%. If it's full of terrible zoom-ins, intentionally distorted audio, nonsensical comedy sequences and acid trip visuals, then that'll be me trying to make myself laugh. We both have our strengths 😂 But Tay is really amazing when he has the time to make something look good!👍

[@misfitguitar4415]

​@@ozpowell6589 Thanks Oz, appreciate the reply. Great team there!

[@ozpowell6589]

@misfitguitar4415 It is indeed, always great when the work is recognised by members of the community. Thank you!

[@neilmisquitta4825]

Slick editing - I agree. It helps in making the video almost seamless and hugely informative

[@luisvolpon1598]

What an entertainment for a Friday night! The jam in the end is amazing. You guys are fantastic.

[@vyvynylification]

What an insane timing for this upload! I was literally looking up "tele vs strat" an hour ago AND was looking specifically at the vintera II line as well. And now I click "refresh" and there's a brand new video on this specific topic!

[@jerrylev59]

Very thorough analysis, nice job, guys. Great playing, too!

[@SierraAppa]

Love Pete’s passion for the tele. He has a great “I’m in tonal heaven” face. His enthusiasm is infectious. Cheers brother

[@grahamnunn8998]

Both is the answer! For the record, Hendrix played the Purple Haze solo on a Telecaster. It was recorded on a night session after a gig where he had smashed up his own guitar!

[@AnkurWow]

Strats are a lot more comfortable and have a better headstock and output jack placement, IMO. Teles are easier to set up though and probably more indestructible.

[@Iron-and-strings]

this was awesome, thank you gentlemen!

[@justincatterall9597]

Had my Strat for forty years, got my T type in '22, I wish I'd had the T from the start, my strat has lived in its case ever since.

[@sn00pgreen]

tele, straight into a marshall, no effects, turned up..beautiful

[@bobboyle7629]

For me... Telecaster all day long. I'm 75 . Strat was my first electric guitar back in 1965. In 1966, I dreamed of having a Tele. Sold the Strat in 1968 and played Telecasters ever since.

[@TheSuperspyk]

I love how creative all the ‘like and subscribe’ bits have gotten

[@mb4ckhaus]

70 years in, this story never gets old. Well done!

[@eetulaurila1641]

Telecaster made the guitar click for me. Its simple, 3 pickup combinations with clean and dirty gives plenty of tonal variety. The bridge pickup especially with gain is made to rock and roll. Most of my favourite artist have been/ are strat players and I feel I can mimic some of those tones with a tele too. The tele allows me to be me 😄

[@Guttural]

Yeah, disconnect the tone from the neck pickup and you're good to go

[@christopherkassner8894]

I was always a strat guy for obvious reasons. Jimi, both Eric’s and on and on. But about 2 years ago I started to lean towards the tele. And now I get it. The tele is so simple but so awesome. And your 3yr old can drop it down the stairs and it’s still in tune. What’s not too love.

[@Lalairu]

I read a joke once that said: "After the nuclear apocalypse only 3 things will remain: rats, cockroaches and Telecasters. And the Telecasters will still be in tune". sorry if I made mistakes, English isnt't my mother language. Pd. Tele lover there.

[@Dantespeako]

@@Lalairu ..and Keith Richards to look after them

[@Lalairu]

@@Dantespeako 🤣🤣🤣 that's right

[@CorbCorbin]

How well a Strat stays in tune, after I really hit the strings hard, and use the vibrato a bit. If it feels great in the hands, and it stays in tune, pickups, and all other electronic components, can be changed. Tuners can be changed, but the great MIM Strats I’ve had, along with my mint 98’ Standard, and excellent condition, 91’ Peavey Predator. That Predator, actually sounded so much like the Tele, that I was thinking about buying, I decided to save my money for a Tele with a Bigsby and a Humbucker.

[@audioglenngineer]

I appreciate them both for different things. I think it takes time to get to know them and understand the give and take. I used to modify my Strat to do all sorts of other things for which it was not originally designed, and that can be cool, but eventually I found I missed the Strat being a Strat. Now my approach is guitars are like characters in a play I’m directing - they need their own identity, quirks, and personality to carry the scene when I want. I think you also, through a lot of time and experimentation, find the customizations that enhance the character of the guitar to your expression without detracting.

[@CorbCorbin]

I can make any good guitar, that stays in tune, work. It’s really about what I’m used to, trying to go Strat to Les Paul, for an entire gig. I’ll be changing my amp and pedal settings, all gig, because it’s just such a different attack and impedance to the board.

[@lazvt8469]

I'm 62. Historically, I've kept about 20 guitars in my lefty arsenal...few doubles...all different, brands, pups, etc...a variety. Then, rediscovered the Tele last year and now have 9.5 Teles (a HB is a test bed). Teles rule...

[@joshuafisher412]

The way that Pete talks about the tele...true love...one true love...

[@klopfer_im_baellebad]

Why decide: have both, love both

[@jordanpratt3821]

Suppose a person was lucky to afford only one???? I imagine that's the case with a lot of people.

[@iantucker5013]

Great video guys thanks. Would love a video explaining when to move from squire to player to vintera to professional to ultra. Not a comparison of the guitars but when is the right time to graduate to each.

[@Rob_van_der_Linden]

You guys should really make like a jamming album together the intros and outros are always very enjoyable to listen to.

[@timetraveler_0]

We all start with strat but find out why teles are special.

[@andrestrat]

so true...

[@MrTimdriver]

Indeed.

[@maxpeck4154]

I started with a Tele in 1993 and it wasn't until a year ago I said "ya know, if I occasionally crave the neck/middle position sound no one has to know"

[@thomaslthomas1506]

agreed !

[@yoloswaggins3103]

true that, I had a Squier CV 50s that that sounded absolutely amazing on anything I did, I sold it because I just prefer the look of strats/offsets (and this one was in the butterscotch color which I absolutely despise, I get that some love it though) - 2 years later whenever I pick a favourite recording it always ends up being played on that Tele :c

[@malthus101]

A Strat is not ugly, but a Tele is beautiful.

[@paullarnce2167]

Excellent presentation gentlemen!

[@cosmicowl7584]

Awesome guys... love how passionate you are about two very iconic guitars...I've seen Prince and Jeff Buckley omong others play the famed Tele which was a big lean towards...but then you have Jimi...Stevie...and John Mayer among others on the Strat...two diffinitive tones when paired with an awesome rig...definitely two dream guitars to have in one's collection🤘🏼

[@anthonycashero7605]

Love the telecaster simplicity. Comfortable to hold a beautiful sound.

[@CorbCorbin]

A Strat is pretty simple, too. The first Strats were only three pickup positions, like a Tele has. Then players started using the in-between, leading to the 5-way. I’ve had Teles, and I’m just more a Strat guy, if for nothing but its neck pickup, that a Tele just doesn’t do. While, a Tele will inspire me to play a bit differently, and come up with new ideas, especially with a Bigsby on it. I used an awesome, 83’ Les Paul Studio, for years, as my main guitar, but I always had a Strat style one, to play as well. I’m really saving, and looking for guitars as close to the LP Studio and 96’ Tele with Bigsby and Humbucker mods, that I had over the years.

[@anthonycashero7605]

@CorbCorbin yea, as far as neck pickup, needs upgrading sometimes. Pretty much love all guitars, really. I always enjoyed my LP Standard until I got into the Telecaster. Just feels sweet to me. Very touch sensitive through a nice amp. Takes pedals nice. Cheers for your gear journey. Rock on.

[@Bryan-ct2qm]

Love them both; however, the Stat always wins for me. Positions 2 & 4, huge lead. Tremolo bridge. More is more. Finally, the Strat headstock is the most aesthetically perfect headstock. Yes, the neck pickup on the Tele is brilliant, but that doesn't make up the gap. And the Strat's more comfortable. And the neck isn't a willow, so that's nice.

[@teachscott]

Roy Buchanon RIP played a Telecaster. I have a set of Don Mare hand wound pick ups that Roy passed on in my Tele. Roy wanted a brighter sound so these were installed in my teleaster and they are buttery goodness!!!! I spoke with Don Mare and he confirmed his hand in the production and winding of the pick ups. It is my favorite guitar!

[@jmorrow7298]

Hi Lee and Pete, love the videos Lee, you are the only other person I know of who had a Squier series strat I know yours was made in Korea but mine was made in Japan at the Fujigen factory in 1992. I traded it a while back against a Gibson les Paul which I love. Pete will probably like that I have a Tele which was hand built by a local Luther. It's a keeper Keep on making these, great fun to watch

[@christophervincent8420]

Both are spectacular. I love them both. They each have their own sound. But my favorite is the Strat.

[@Bluedragon003]

Correction Lee, The reverse wound middle pickup was not introduced until 1985. Before that ALL the pickups were wound the same. Edit: introduced as STANDARD on the Strat.

[@jensschettler1732]

And non rwrp Sounds better. Even the neck and Bridge cause the middle IS not affecting by the Strings the other way. So every Pickup Pick the String in the Same direction. So for me rwrp IS a No Go.

[@blutonemusic]

Great video guys! Over the years I think I have been confused about which type of guitar works for me. I often thought a Tele was right for me but more recently I bonded with a MIJ Modern Strat and the tones that cut through the mix are awesome. Lots of fun exploring the differences... BTW I recently got a Valeton GP200 from your shop. Excellent customer experience and on the same day I nearly got the blue nitro road worn Strat but the MIJ trumped it..

[@brianos]

Great video, thank you.

[@Koffieleuter]

Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, John Frusciante, Yngwie Malmsteen, Ritchie Blackmore, Eric Clapton...

[@user-ev2qo1hj1g]

Danny Gatton, Brent Mason, Johnny Highland, James Burton, Keith Richards, Andy Summers, Albert Collins, Jimmy Page, Roy Buchanan, Terry Korth, Jeff Beck

[@markanstey2654]

Strat -1 Tele - 0

[@user-dh5bn2fe4b]

​@@user-ev2qo1hj1g Rory Gallagher, Robin Trower, Jeff Healey, Dick Dale, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Eric Johnson, Hank Marvin, Robbie Robertson, Ronnie Wood, Ernie Isley, Nile Rodgers, John Mayer, Mark Knopfler......

[@Lynx33PL]

The real answer is a hardtail super strat, as it combines the best thing about the strat (comfort cuts, more ergonomic design) with the best aspects of a Telecaster (simplicity, stability, reliability). What it lacks is the nostalgia, of course, and that's the reason I used to really like Telecasters. However, after playing guitar long enough to accumulate some minor injuries in the process, I now can't take a guitar without a forearm cut/bevel seriously.

[@halo20763]

I'm a bass player but have an old 70s Tokai strat sat in the corner, which I obviously never touch but this show has totally made me want a Tele to just park next to the strat. They're both such beautiful looking instruments. Love these shows

[@adrian_V99]

Middle pickup is actually wonderful and should not be ignored.

[@rca3rd]

Tele guy here!But i use them both!

[@rabindradahal7418]

Just pressed Like Button and that turns into 100. Few months back, I bought a Fender Player Plus Stratocaster SSS. Did I make wrong decision? Not really! Greetings from Kathmandu, Nepal 🇳🇵.

[@jamesdaly1971]

Cheers guys for the education. I didn't realise that the lower tone knob only controlled the bridge pick up, whilst the middle knob controlled both neck and mid. As for the Tele, it has made my choice of a new guitar to replace my beginners cheap unknown Strat, even more difficult.

[@madade27]

I really enjoyed this vid.....so well put together. I reckon Leo would be pleased too.

[@michaeledmondsonrock]

Let's be real. You own both and know them both very well and still watched this video like I did.

[@Reese_Kyle]

Quack vs twang? That's the question. Both are absolutely essential. (although tele is the best 😂)

[@AngelMartinez-qs3cf]

Cool review! It's the Tele for me all day!! I love the Bridge Pickup of the Tele! I love the Spanky, Quacky, sound, especially when the signal starts to break up. Could never bond with a Strat. If I do decide I get a Strat, I would get one in the HSS Configuration.

[@alexshipley8975]

Great video. I could never decide between my strat and tele so I built a hardtail strat with a twangbanger in the bridge..... best of both.

[@MyName-nx1jj]

I love them equally, that's why I have five or six of each!

[@iamanovercomer3253]

I have an 🇺🇸 strat and was looking for a Mex telecaster to modify, while I was in the " candy" store, waiting for the Mex telecaster, I asked the guy if he had a professional 2 telecaster and he brought one, a Miami Blue one to me. As soon as I saw the color, I liked it, but as soon as I held it, I told the guy to forget about the Mex telecaster, cause I knew that the professional 2 telecaster was mine ‼️ I ♥️ my strat and I ♥️ my telecaster ‼️ Before I set my pick ups lower, I used the neck pick up, but now I use the middle pick up - more crisper As for Jeff Beck, I think when he went strat and without a pick, his playing went to a much higher level ‼️

[@belo1971]

That red Heritage H530 is stunning on the wall😵‍💫

[@roberthaugen9117]

The middle pickup and volume pot just gets in the way for me in the strat. Love the tele. Have 2 of them

[@OttoisOhio]

Answer is Jazzmaster debate finished

[@caknut]

jag...

[@rancicstevan5264]

jazzmasters can be cool sometimes but it doesn't come close to these two legendary guitars, there wasn't much to improve upon in my opinion

[@OrkishEngineering]

jagbass?

[@lukesteverything627]

I can't believe I didn't hear the word 'Twang'.

[@ListenToPowerViolence]

Pretzel Pete has a sick Casio collection. Love the DW5600VB he's rocking.

[@paurelius885]

Love that tele. Might be getting it soon 🤔

[@foolcyclist]

This is my current dilemma! Now if only there was a video to convince the wife of the necessities of both.

[@ianbruce9960]

Wives don't open guitar cases, she'll never know

[@petercollyer8500]

You'll never get that mate!

[@aquele_dinho]

I'll never stop thinking that Tele is the best guitar style/model ever built. I simply Love It!! But... some shape modifications (modern shapes) are very wellcome. And... I love my Revstar (Yamaha) so much too.

[@rileyhunt3987]

I have a revstar! Great instrument, I like to think it's an updated less paul in a lot of ways.

[@trevorreniger5670]

I've always been a Tele guy. First decent electric guitar was a 1990s Mexican Tele which I later modded to put a Duncan Tele Hotrails (which still has the plate under the bridge around the pup) in the bridge with a coil tap mini-switch in the controls plate so I could still get decent Tele single coil sound, but could use in my metal bands. Much later in life, I finally found a Strat that I love for some bluesier licks. Both are phenomenal, but as a Les Paul main, the Tele feels more like home.

[@russellives6069]

Unrelated, as I am venturing into making videos for my own company, I have a new appreciation for how good Lee and Pete are at producing content. It is not as easy as it looks. Well done guys!

[@walterjorgensen7535]

Tele obviously

[@somethingbl]

Pete: "Fretboard wood makes absolutely no difference" Also Pete: "You MUST HAVE brass saddles"

[@ianhenry8252]

You might need to elaborate

[@tomstegall1346]

No difference, that’s why they sound different

[@Polyphemus.]

Like Pete, my first 'decent' (ie: expensive) guitar was a tele. An American Series '00 model, white blonde, rosewood neck. And despite spending the intervening quarter of a century attempting to acquire 'one of everything' in addition, that same tele still feels like home.

[@alejorag]

I'm definitely a both guy and I love both models deeply so this is like making me choose between my (future) children, but if I could only have a single guitar on a stranded island it'd most probably be an SSH Strat

[@brandonanderson2066]

Everybody needs 4 telecasters. 4 prs. 4 les pauls. 4 Gretsch. And a strat if you have room.

[@charliepayne9248]

I’d happily go along with that.

[@JeremyLeech]

Telecaster always.

[@glenproctor1999]

Yes, get both and play them!

[@kilgoretrout321]

Callaham Bridge for a Tele is amazing. I just upgraded my MIM Player Tele, and the brass saddles were a transformation. Highly recommend!

[@mike_aiton]

I have a tele and a Strat - Callaham bridges on them both

[@eskideamos]

Thanks Cap & Pete. This video really reinforced my deep despise of strats 😂

[@3rdStoreyChemist]

My first guitar was a Squier Strat and went down the rabbit hole of that "More features = Better" mentality and really obsessing over specs. By the time I could afford my first "proper" guitar, I got a USA Tele for the look of it with the intention of modding it to have all these features. Still have that guitar over 20 years later and still not done a single thing to it, its still stock. It was a revelation that I didn't need a thousand pickup options or a vibrato system, I'd happily play the guitar and didn't miss any of it. I love all of Leo Fender's designs actually, but the Telecaster is my favourite, you'll work out what you need from an electric guitar much better with one and it what I reach for unless I actually do need the things a typical one can't do.

[@tompoynton]

re: the Nashville Tele, I’ve had an MIM Deluxe since 1998, still my main guitar. I put a Filtertron in the neck about 5 years ago

[@weets69]

Great vid. For years I associated the Tele to country music only. Man, I was so wrong in my thinking. Jimmy Page just to mention one is a master on the Tele in which I did realize until years later. What a wonderful guitar.

[@nvs6177]

John Mayer plays his 52 Telecaster on "If I Ever Get Around To Living". You can also watch his Periscope live on KZbin and he's playing the same Tele through a Fender Dual Professional. It's probably the best clean tone you'll ever hear from Mayer, which speaks volumes since he already has some of the best clean tones through his signature Strats.

[@buckbryant8599]

Thanks for the insight, I have always been a strat guy but thinking I should give a tele a go.

[@KirkyDrums]

1 awesome Strat and 3 Teles . Nice outro Jams Mayers

[@gregb6387]

Great video, guys. I love both the strat and the tele. Just get both.😅

[@str8shooter159]

I love the tone when u got a strat or tele plugged into a 57 tweed deluxe with a tube screamer or my favorite pedal the boss blues driver. I can play anything with that setup. Great vid guys.

[@martymccoy6475]

I put a Lipstick and a Texas Special in my Strat. I loved it. It gave me the Tele country twang and also the Bluesier growl.

[@chrisjohnstone6164]

knew all that but loved the reminiscent hayride anyway -- thanks!

[@TMCMR]

A tele in Pete’s hands can never be a bad thing. Personally I love my EC Strat with it’s mid boost

[@pabloruiz1982]

Great video. Now I want a Tele.

[@yb-g8015]

Learned a lot! Thanks for that. Don't like TS on its own, it's better as a pre-boost/od. I think TS boost mids well but doesn't thicken the sound that much elsewhere. I prefer Centaur for thickening the gain stage next after. Do you think you can do a similar video with Centaur and ODR? Or a comparison TS/Centaur as OD? Love your channel, I've build my pedalboard thanks to your efforts to make pedal feeled more than just listened.

[@stephanguntzel504]

The second electric guitar I ever got was a Fender Stratocaster Richie Sambora Signature MK1 in the mid 90s and up to today that's the best guitar I own. Three decades later I still totally love that guitar. Currently I have three Strats and one Tele. The latter one I play quite rarely though. I guess that makes me a Strat guy…

[@donald-parker]

Nashville Tele. Ideally with a mini toggle to have the neck PU "always on" which regains the standard tele "middle" position plus "all 3 at once".

[@steverolfeca]

I did a quick, rough restoral on a ‘57 Tele when I was 14. The frets were bagged out, and I didn’t see the appeal. It was decades before I tried another one, and realized that a Tele with a 4-way switch is my forever guitar.

[@fender4brad]

Both have stood the test of time, amazing. Best purchase I ever made was a one pick up guitar. I learned the power of the volume and tone knobs. I would not have appreciated the of the volume knob does for your tone otherwise. Changing picks, and using finger are also cheap ways to effect tone and where you pluck the string is huge for dynamics.

[@deanmccaskill5495]

Love the gag at the locking tuners. Agree!

[@marvinthemartian6788]

I was exclusively an Ibanez rg player. Bought an affinity tele in 2018. Now I own 3 . There’s something special about a tele

[@StopTheRot]

Have an ‘82 Tokai Strat and a 2018 Roadworn Tele. Everyone bangs on about Tokais from that era, but the Roadworn is special.

[@CorNigrum]

If we ignore I mostly play metal music, my ideal guitar for low- to mid-gain is a strat body but with tones somewhere between a traditional stratocaster and telecaster. A slightly bright mid output humbucker in a HSS setup can compensate for the thin bridge pickup sound on a strat. I never use the middle pickup on a strat and prefer the tele wiring. I noticed the new Baum Celestor (never played one) has the middle pickup bypassed for the middle position, which makes a lot of sense to me.

[@birdman316]

nice one guys! hekk just get both haha! along with humbucker and p90 models as well! my former bossman at work told me the "quacky" strat tone is caused by "disruptive interference" from the neck/middle and the midd/bridge pups being so close together when activated at the same time... o yaa...lee dont forget about the "guilmour modswitch" that gives you 2 more tone options on the strat....

[@kenolson4145]

I only have a strat, an American Strat blue denim finish. Super. This fall I am purchasing a Wilkinson telecaster kit, 60’s model from Stew Mac. Gonna put that on baby blue look finish and create a relic look. I have done this before and am getting really good at it. I am going to Luthier school the next fall 2025, so I wanted a project to work on and it would complete a series of fun project bases prior to when it gets real. When it counts. I’ll give you my decision after I build the guitar. But I certainly love my Strat!