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I was able to guess correctly…however the difference wasn’t as striking as I would have expected, especially with gain. I already have an SG special with p90s and wondered if getting a tele would be too redundant tonally. I always assumed p90s had a “tele on steroids” type of sound and I think this reaffirmed that notion. Thanks for sharing, super helpful. 👍
I would say the "Tele on steroids" thing is true, especially if you use the volume controls on the guitar. I generally gain my amp up to a classic rock level of gain, then roll the volume down to about 5 - you can get plenty of spank and sparkle with a touch of breakup. I'd say it's every bit as versatile as a Tele.
The P90s in this demo make my speakers resonate so it was pretty clear which was which. I love both P90s and Tele bridge pup tones, different and awesome whatever way you go. Ideal tones could be from P90 neck and Tele bridge. I'm running hot Baxter Firebird pups in an LP and they are P90/Tele tones in a humbucker package.
I’d plug-in either & go to town. Subtle differences, to my ear. I belted-out the STP song you were playing. It’s the first-time I’ve sung-out in months. I think you did me a favor tonight, man. Thanks. ☮️
I struggled to guess, I got the clean tones right. But then I started to second guess myself in the overdrive section. One could argue that with a little EQ tweaking, they could be made to sound very similar. I love both. My personal P90 guitar is a 68 reissue SG Jr. probably not as bright as the special. I have a 78 Tele, but it’s been modded beyond any Teleness that it might have had. I blame the Eighties. Great comparison!
How can you expect me to ascertain tone without seeing iit, Landon?! What a dirty trick, except that my synesthesia allows me to hear colours and I heard the yellow one first. The superior Teleguitar, Fender's second best offering, prevails.
I guessed correctly. But they both sound great, and really, I can usually only tell the difference when hearing them back to back (as in this video), because I've done the same with my guitars and I've come to realize that I prefer the P90s by a hair, since I honestly can't tell if I'm just listening to a single guitar. Tone also largely depends on how you play, and what you're playing through. I also very much like mini humbuckers.
I played both guitars extensively and picked it out from the first clip. That being said, p90 is so nice! Tele and a Les Paul special are on my top 5 to own. Great stuff!
I guessed soon as heard guitar Y that it was the p90. It just has that tone. I love p90 guitars. I have 7 guitars at moment and 4 have p90s and 3 and single p90 juniors. They’re just my thing. Such a distinctive raw sound. Love it.
Guessed right but 50-50 good odds. Thought both sounded really close. Good demo to show how Teles can do a Les Paul type sound as well as their own. Super versatile 👍
The difference clean was the give away for me. More sparkle in the higher range. Dirty I had to go back and forth but was able to hear the very subtle differences. I play clean more than dirty. My main squeeze is a Strat, super sparkly clean. Both were nice.
I preferred the p90s personally, as soon as I heard the p90s I knew it was Y. I have an SG with those on, but considering adding a les paul too with them. That would be a couple of interesting age old question comparisons: SG vs Les Paul or Strat vs Tele. Might well be something you have already done - so if you have my apologies! I shall have a look now! Probably should have checked before tying this long message...
wow ! your gibson is pretty yellow!! mine is LEMON GREEN ..but should be TV yellow as well ... i think i have to bring it back ...colors variety is extremeon those
I got it right, but those were WAY closer than I expected. I think that the scale length had more impact on the overall differences than the pickups. X was a little bit more dynamic with more snap to the notes, and a hair brighter... all attributes that you get with a longer scale. I'm willing to bet that if those P90s were in a Tele the two would have been virtually indistinguishable.
Wow, my first where I guessed right. I think the clean sound is where it was more obvious to me, but only because that is how I played when I was younger. So much less obvious with any effect in place.
So similar....P90s had slightly more articulation/not definition in the bridge...slightly. Perhaps opposite in neck. Both sounded nice. I was surprised having experience with both guitars/pups.
I've been playing Telecaster's for decades always loved the bridge pickup. But I must admit that Les Paul sounded great! Might have to look in to getting one! Never had a P90 guitar.
To be sure, the difference is subtle, but yeah, I thought that X was the Tele and Y the LP due to "Y" having a darker sounding front pickup and a more aggressive sounding bridge pickup. I think it's instructive to recall that Jimmy Page recorded the first two Zeppelin albums with a Tele yet played Les Paul guitars live when he toured behind the two albums.
I listened on my phone speakers and got it right 🤣. It was difficult to hear much difference between the cleans that way (probably would have heard right away with headphones on) but when I listened to the bridge pickups dirty I heard more low mids from the P90's which gave it away.
I was able to tell which was which, but the differences were definitely less with the bridge and gain in this example.Love my Tele, but still want the LP Special as well. They feel and play different.
Random Hot take: The whole "TV" models had nothing to do with "looking better on black and white TV" idea. Gibson wanted to compete with Fender. What do both guitars have in common? Blonde finish, black pickguard, flat top... TELEcaster > Television > TV model. Just sayin' lol
I guessed it correctly, but it was difficult at first. Something I have experienced with Gibson guitars, they have this characteristic ring in the midrange that fenders don’t have. I think it’s in the scale length, but I could be wrong 🤷🏼♂️
I guessed correctly by listening for 2 things: 1: Attack. Tales have longer scale length and thus tighter strings and thus a snappier attack. 2. Definition. Individual pole pieces as magnets mean more note definition for tele.
I would’ve liked a sample with more edge of break up tone. It gets harder to tell the difference when there’s so much gain. I had no idea. But I wonder if it would have been more obvious with something in between clean and dirty. Keep up the STP licks man! I always prefer a Tele because of the way it feels but the LP Special is damn cool especially since DeLeo played one. 🤘
Very Cool, Thankyou. This is maybe The Best Guitar Comparison I Have seen. So Awesome. Better than comparing a Squire Affinity with a Fender Custom Shop .......
This was great, but I was waiting for that clean bridge comparison though which I'm guessing you didn't include because you knew it'd give it away. I've been getting curious about the specials and P-90s for a bit and this blind challenge showed me how comparable they really are. If you can though I'd love to see what you can find out about Fred Armisen's Special that he plays as his character Ian Rubbish. It's got the body of a Special with a P90 in the neck, but with a Tele bridge and control plate and it's eluded me for years and I imagine it's the ultimate guitar of single-coil supremacy. Please Landon Bailey you're our only hope, PGHF 🤘
Harder to tell with the Fender vs Gibson Tele vs P90 pickups. That said, I have Epiphone P90 vs Monoprice Tele pickups. Mahogany vs Basswood as a luxury to compare and actually be in the room with them live vs a recorded audio out of the same amps. Bigger difference for my in home comparison that way. Recorded though, and granted it's the voice recorder app of a smartphone, they sound very similar like this video's audio comparison. All of that is knowing there's a difference. If I'm in the audience somewhere, I'm not going to discern much from either, they both sounded quite good. I just find when I grab a LP Special vs the Telecaster, the Tele doesn't take it as far as he LP does, but for a majority of the range either has, the Tele is never going to have that extra the LP has. Only matters if you're going there with the LP though. So it comes down to feel. The LP has a smaller body slab than the Tele, the shorter scale and the guitar has a balance that the Tele won't ever have. Neither are that awkwardly cumbersome though. Doesn't help that I added a Bigsby B50/500 style Vibrato to the LP. Going from fixed to Vibrato on the LP makes a big difference and then there are the strings. The Tele has a coated set of 9's, the LP a pure nickel set of 10's with silk ball ends. Yep, the Monoprice Teles had what came with them from China, the Epiphone, also Chinese made were restrung with premium Gibson Les Paul strings. I lean toward a preference for the Epiphone, while I probably wouldn't have a preference if they both had same strings on them. both Epiphone & Monoprice are very comparable, fine guitars either way. I don't regret ether purchase.
The tele is by far my favorite guitar but P90s are my favorite pickups. I guessed the x & y and i think I'm coming to the conclusion that i need a tele with P90s!!
Agree, so I bought a Squier Vintage Modified Custom with P90s to try out the combination … I’ll be brief, best Squier I’ve ever heard, better than the Fender Thinline P90 Tele IMHO, a great guitar .. I have since bought a Gibson Tribute LP with P90s, love them both
Loved them both but I guessed wrong about which was which and I have both of those guitars. Made an appointment to have my ears checked after this video.😬
I got it right. But, I had an advantage. I owned a Gibson Les Paul Special and owned several Fender Telecasters. So, I'm familiar to how each sounds. They are very close in sound. But. I prefer the Tele.
oh not paying that much of attention, while working in something, but with headphones in 3:56, I was almost sure that it was not a P90, so the Tele. Interesting, I was right.
I'm a P90 fanboy and I chose Y as the P90 guitar, which I love by the way (I was right!). The P90s have an earthier richer bottom end and the tele single coils have a bit more fizz - they both sounded great to me allowing for RUclips compression but I'd take the Gibson, and I'm not a big fan of Gibson in general but P90s are my fav pickup and I own a single P90 guitar that I have modded a lot but not the pickup! Good comparison and useful too. P90s!
I have a Canadian market Dillion P90 Special knockoff with the same kind of uncompensated bridge... Things get progressively weird past the 7th fret. Do you notice the same?
First off - Single coils are the greatest! The real question is which 60 cycle hum has the sweetest, bestest, hummiest tone? My money is on the Fender. Love my p90 Strat!!!
I prefer (and really love) the Tele's neck pickup sound, but also the P90 LP bridge pickup sound, at the same time, so now I'm suffering with a worst case of G.A.S. 😭😭😭😭😭😭
You can tell the P90s because they sound like a humbucker with all the 60-cycle hum of a single coil! Seriously though, the louder and fuller sound gave this one away. I love P90s as much as the next guy but I prefer Fender tones.
Guessed them pretty easily clean. The LP sounded much more crisp & clear with the dirty bridge so second guessed that it was the Tele. No experience with p90s though & I guess the pickup is a bit closer to the bridge. Anyway, Tele won the Radiohead clean (easily) & LP won dirty (fairly convincingly). Think I'd have to choose the Tele for versatility.
I'm a Canucks fan and even I think it's not fair that the Leafs have to play Tampa in the first round. Although Tampa looks terrible right now, they'll probably get it together come playoff time.
Clean- Tele bridge was better, Special neck was better Dirty, pretty close but edge to the Special But I prefer the feel of a Les Paul to a Tele No problem if anyone differs It’s all cool
Guitar Y sounded boring and dull to my ears, like it had a blanket over it. X sounded clearer, but was not at all tinny or thin sounding to my ears either. I much preferred the distorted tone on X as well. I guessed right in assuming that Y was the gibson p90 guitar. The neck and bridge sounded more similar to each other on that guitar, which would make sense because the pickups have more in common with each other visually.
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I was able to guess correctly…however the difference wasn’t as striking as I would have expected, especially with gain. I already have an SG special with p90s and wondered if getting a tele would be too redundant tonally. I always assumed p90s had a “tele on steroids” type of sound and I think this reaffirmed that notion. Thanks for sharing, super helpful. 👍
I would say the "Tele on steroids" thing is true, especially if you use the volume controls on the guitar. I generally gain my amp up to a classic rock level of gain, then roll the volume down to about 5 - you can get plenty of spank and sparkle with a touch of breakup. I'd say it's every bit as versatile as a Tele.
@@maxpeck4154 Good to hear. The p90 is truly an awesome pickup for those tones.
i like both... that les paul sounds so good.
The P90s in this demo make my speakers resonate so it was pretty clear which was which. I love both P90s and Tele bridge pup tones, different and awesome whatever way you go. Ideal tones could be from P90 neck and Tele bridge. I'm running hot Baxter Firebird pups in an LP and they are P90/Tele tones in a humbucker package.
Funny, my thoughts were the exact opposite, it’s almost like there isn’t a ‘right’ answer.
I’d plug-in either & go to town. Subtle differences, to my ear.
I belted-out the STP song you were playing. It’s the first-time I’ve sung-out in months. I think you did me a favor tonight, man. Thanks. ☮️
I struggled to guess, I got the clean tones right. But then I started to second guess myself in the overdrive section. One could argue that with a little EQ tweaking, they could be made to sound very similar. I love both. My personal P90 guitar is a 68 reissue SG Jr. probably not as bright as the special. I have a 78 Tele, but it’s been modded beyond any Teleness that it might have had. I blame the Eighties. Great comparison!
I liked them both - they were close, and being a Tele man, immediately picked it out with the first three notes! 🤘
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How can you expect me to ascertain tone without seeing iit, Landon?! What a dirty trick, except that my synesthesia allows me to hear colours and I heard the yellow one first. The superior Teleguitar, Fender's second best offering, prevails.
I guessed correctly. But they both sound great, and really, I can usually only tell the difference when hearing them back to back (as in this video), because I've done the same with my guitars and I've come to realize that I prefer the P90s by a hair, since I honestly can't tell if I'm just listening to a single guitar. Tone also largely depends on how you play, and what you're playing through. I also very much like mini humbuckers.
I'm not familiar with the sound of a P90, but having tele as my main guitar I was able to recognize the sound of the Tele right away.
Got it. I prefer the Gibson. Not sure I'm sold on the Cannabis Rex though I have it installed in one of my cab's it's just too dark.
Nice guitars, both are the exact models I jones for online almost weekly.
Tele "Y" sounded brighter to me. Both nice guitars especially the tele! Thanks for showcasing!
I played both guitars extensively and picked it out from the first clip. That being said, p90 is so nice! Tele and a Les Paul special are on my top 5 to own. Great stuff!
I went for Y being the Special, fuller rocking sound overall and the one that I’d go for, nice comparison 😎
I guessed soon as heard guitar Y that it was the p90. It just has that tone. I love p90 guitars. I have 7 guitars at moment and 4 have p90s and 3 and single p90 juniors. They’re just my thing. Such a distinctive raw sound. Love it.
Guessed right but 50-50 good odds. Thought both sounded really close. Good demo to show how Teles can do a Les Paul type sound as well as their own. Super versatile 👍
Yep! I was right! I said it was the yellow one! I didn't even guess! Thanks Landon
The difference clean was the give away for me. More sparkle in the higher range. Dirty I had to go back and forth but was able to hear the very subtle differences. I play clean more than dirty. My main squeeze is a Strat, super sparkly clean. Both were nice.
Liked them both.
I preferred the p90s personally, as soon as I heard the p90s I knew it was Y. I have an SG with those on, but considering adding a les paul too with them.
That would be a couple of interesting age old question comparisons: SG vs Les Paul or Strat vs Tele.
Might well be something you have already done - so if you have my apologies! I shall have a look now! Probably should have checked before tying this long message...
That was exactly what I wanted to see.
Thank you !
cheers!
That quack, chums, attack and that twang is unmistakable. You can tell instantly that that’s the X guitar. It sounds so much better clean.
wow ! your gibson is pretty yellow!! mine is LEMON GREEN ..but should be TV yellow as well ... i think i have to bring it back ...colors variety is extremeon those
I got it right, but those were WAY closer than I expected. I think that the scale length had more impact on the overall differences than the pickups. X was a little bit more dynamic with more snap to the notes, and a hair brighter... all attributes that you get with a longer scale. I'm willing to bet that if those P90s were in a Tele the two would have been virtually indistinguishable.
It was a relief I got it right lol. I like them both, it just depends what you want on the song etc..
Guessed right. Both sound 👍👍 and the differences are minimal.
Wow, my first where I guessed right. I think the clean sound is where it was more obvious to me, but only because that is how I played when I was younger.
So much less obvious with any effect in place.
So similar....P90s had slightly more articulation/not definition in the bridge...slightly. Perhaps opposite in neck. Both sounded nice. I was surprised having experience with both guitars/pups.
I've been playing Telecaster's for decades always loved the bridge pickup. But I must admit that Les Paul sounded great! Might have to look in to getting one! Never had a P90 guitar.
To be sure, the difference is subtle, but yeah, I thought that X was the Tele and Y the LP due to "Y" having a darker sounding front pickup and a more aggressive sounding bridge pickup. I think it's instructive to recall that Jimmy Page recorded the first two Zeppelin albums with a Tele yet played Les Paul guitars live when he toured behind the two albums.
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I liked the Les Paul better. What a pretty guitar! The color is awesome. The tone on all settings had a more gentle balance to my ears. Cool video.
Thanks!
I listened on my phone speakers and got it right 🤣. It was difficult to hear much difference between the cleans that way (probably would have heard right away with headphones on) but when I listened to the bridge pickups dirty I heard more low mids from the P90's which gave it away.
Yeah, but were you on the toilet?
i have a tele with a humbucker in the bridge, but really am considering buying a regular tele or a guitar with p90s now.
The Special was Killer & I got the guess wrong, I thought the Special was the Tele. Fun stuff Landon
I was able to tell which was which, but the differences were definitely less with the bridge and gain in this example.Love my Tele, but still want the LP Special as well. They feel and play different.
Wow.. I thought Y was the tele.. Both sound great
Random Hot take: The whole "TV" models had nothing to do with "looking better on black and white TV" idea. Gibson wanted to compete with Fender. What do both guitars have in common? Blonde finish, black pickguard, flat top... TELEcaster > Television > TV model. Just sayin' lol
I have a tele and I love it, but I need to explain my wife why I need a P90 Les Paul ...
I guessed it correctly, but it was difficult at first. Something I have experienced with Gibson guitars, they have this characteristic ring in the midrange that fenders don’t have. I think it’s in the scale length, but I could be wrong 🤷🏼♂️
If you install a treble bleed on the LP Jr you can get a nice "tele" sound by rolling down the volume.
Both guitars sounded awesome 👍
Cool, thanks!
I guessed correctly by listening for 2 things:
1: Attack. Tales have longer scale length and thus tighter strings and thus a snappier attack.
2. Definition. Individual pole pieces as magnets mean more note definition for tele.
I guessed right! X sounded "sharper" to me, in a really good way, especially on the dirty tones.
I guessed correctly. I was surprised I managed to get it but X just sounded snappier and brighter on the bridge.
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I would’ve liked a sample with more edge of break up tone. It gets harder to tell the difference when there’s so much gain. I had no idea. But I wonder if it would have been more obvious with something in between clean and dirty.
Keep up the STP licks man!
I always prefer a Tele because of the way it feels but the LP Special is damn cool especially since DeLeo played one. 🤘
that sounds fair! 🎸👍
Very Cool, Thankyou. This is maybe The Best Guitar Comparison I Have seen. So Awesome. Better than comparing a Squire Affinity with a Fender Custom Shop .......
I preferred the tone of X (the Fender), but both sounded good.
Think the yellow one sounded better. 🤘🎸
Trying to choose was very CUMBERSOME....
This was great, but I was waiting for that clean bridge comparison though which I'm guessing you didn't include because you knew it'd give it away. I've been getting curious about the specials and P-90s for a bit and this blind challenge showed me how comparable they really are. If you can though I'd love to see what you can find out about Fred Armisen's Special that he plays as his character Ian Rubbish. It's got the body of a Special with a P90 in the neck, but with a Tele bridge and control plate and it's eluded me for years and I imagine it's the ultimate guitar of single-coil supremacy. Please Landon Bailey you're our only hope, PGHF 🤘
I got it wrong. Both soung great.
Harder to tell with the Fender vs Gibson Tele vs P90 pickups. That said, I have Epiphone P90 vs Monoprice Tele pickups. Mahogany vs Basswood as a luxury to compare and actually be in the room with them live vs a recorded audio out of the same amps. Bigger difference for my in home comparison that way. Recorded though, and granted it's the voice recorder app of a smartphone, they sound very similar like this video's audio comparison. All of that is knowing there's a difference. If I'm in the audience somewhere, I'm not going to discern much from either, they both sounded quite good. I just find when I grab a LP Special vs the Telecaster, the Tele doesn't take it as far as he LP does, but for a majority of the range either has, the Tele is never going to have that extra the LP has. Only matters if you're going there with the LP though. So it comes down to feel. The LP has a smaller body slab than the Tele, the shorter scale and the guitar has a balance that the Tele won't ever have. Neither are that awkwardly cumbersome though. Doesn't help that I added a Bigsby B50/500 style Vibrato to the LP. Going from fixed to Vibrato on the LP makes a big difference and then there are the strings. The Tele has a coated set of 9's, the LP a pure nickel set of 10's with silk ball ends. Yep, the Monoprice Teles had what came with them from China, the Epiphone, also Chinese made were restrung with premium Gibson Les Paul strings. I lean toward a preference for the Epiphone, while I probably wouldn't have a preference if they both had same strings on them. both Epiphone & Monoprice are very comparable, fine guitars either way. I don't regret ether purchase.
I was hoping I’d like the Tele more because I have a really nice Tele. Been holding out waiting to find a nice gold top with P90s.
“…when I’m using this amp, this is the amp I’m using…”😂😂😂Great video!! I love both guitars and own both, because I’m too lazy to pick one!
sounds like something I would say
The tele is by far my favorite guitar but P90s are my favorite pickups. I guessed the x & y and i think I'm coming to the conclusion that i need a tele with P90s!!
Agree, so I bought a Squier Vintage Modified Custom with P90s to try out the combination … I’ll be brief, best Squier I’ve ever heard, better than the Fender Thinline P90 Tele IMHO, a great guitar .. I have since bought a Gibson Tribute LP with P90s, love them both
@@glennpacker8161 i had to go look up that squier! Great specs! Seems it's not made any more!
Loved them both but I guessed wrong about which was which and I have both of those guitars. Made an appointment to have my ears checked after this video.😬
I love them both, how do you pick one.
I got it right. But, I had an advantage. I owned a Gibson Les Paul Special and owned several Fender Telecasters. So, I'm familiar to how each sounds.
They are very close in sound. But. I prefer the Tele.
oh not paying that much of attention, while working in something, but with headphones in 3:56, I was almost sure that it was not a P90, so the Tele. Interesting, I was right.
thanks for playing! 🎸👍
I'm a P90 fanboy and I chose Y as the P90 guitar, which I love by the way (I was right!). The P90s have an earthier richer bottom end and the tele single coils have a bit more fizz - they both sounded great to me allowing for RUclips compression but I'd take the Gibson, and I'm not a big fan of Gibson in general but P90s are my fav pickup and I own a single P90 guitar that I have modded a lot but not the pickup! Good comparison and useful too. P90s!
I got the challenge right, but honestly they both sounded great. Variety is the spice of life! The tele sounded fatter than I expected.
I could pick out the p90s within a couple of seconds - was playing just today, but can recognise them anywhere.
LP Special sounded better to me. I didn't guess which was which before you showed that at the end.
Quite rightly.
Much more difference in the clean tones, which seems to be typical. Loving guitar Y though.
Oh no! I was wrong, I was sure guitar x was the p90 and y the tele!
Hmmm... Loving that p90 sound.
Hi Sam! ❤
Although they may be (kinda) close sound-wise, they make you play and inspire way different... I prefer the special however.
Suggestion: Instead of "X" and "Y" please designate as "F" (Fender) and "G" (Gibson) on future videos! Great stuff, thank you!
i guessed right on the first tone. that tele slaps haha
Thanks for this helpful video!
You're welcome!
I'm now a Gibson fan boy...selling all my Fenders except for my Fender Ultra with the installed flipstix
Caught me red handed on the throne....lol you are funny friend.
I have a Canadian market Dillion P90 Special knockoff with the same kind of uncompensated bridge... Things get progressively weird past the 7th fret. Do you notice the same?
Tele on steroids? Nah…I could Tele right away….see what I did there? The p90’s were warmer…
I preferred how Y sounded, thinking it would be the Telecaster... how wrong was I 😂 I should show my Special more love.
First off - Single coils are the greatest! The real question is which 60 cycle hum has the sweetest, bestest, hummiest tone? My money is on the Fender. Love my p90 Strat!!!
I called it right, Y =P90. Both guitars are great, but I lean towards the Les Paul P90!!
I prefer the tele bridge pickup and the special neck pickup. So what is that? A draw? 🤘
I guessed wrong. I liked both.
Boils down to which guitar feels better in the hand to play because over YT both guitars sounded samie (not that there is such a word) to me.
Can’t say why but it seems I preferred the Gibson on this go around! Funny as generally I’m more of a Telecaster kind of guy!😂❤
I voted for the yellow one.
this means i need both. I will tell my wife Landon said so.
I didn't prefer one, but I guessed right.
So dirty, you couldn't tell a lot, had to guess by the clean tone.
I'm exactly listening through my smartphone at the bathroom right now 🤣
I prefer (and really love) the Tele's neck pickup sound, but also the P90 LP bridge pickup sound, at the same time, so now I'm suffering with a worst case of G.A.S.
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After careful deliberation, my answer is …. Yes, I do prefer them.
I liked the p90s and that surprised me.
I got the test right. Maybe just lucky, but I thought the clean neck of X sounded like my tele. No real preference though.
Now I want a Tele with a Gibson scale neck. The sound selection is obvious, duh. I could tell right away.
You can tell the P90s because they sound like a humbucker with all the 60-cycle hum of a single coil! Seriously though, the louder and fuller sound gave this one away. I love P90s as much as the next guy but I prefer Fender tones.
Guessed them pretty easily clean. The LP sounded much more crisp & clear with the dirty bridge so second guessed that it was the Tele. No experience with p90s though & I guess the pickup is a bit closer to the bridge. Anyway, Tele won the Radiohead clean (easily) & LP won dirty (fairly convincingly). Think I'd have to choose the Tele for versatility.
a) was a Dalmatian and b) was a Labrador. Am I right? do I win a set of pups?
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X was the Tele and Y was the LP Special (I think)
I'm a Canucks fan and even I think it's not fair that the Leafs have to play Tampa in the first round. Although Tampa looks terrible right now, they'll probably get it together come playoff time.
Clean- Tele bridge was better, Special neck was better
Dirty, pretty close but edge to the Special
But I prefer the feel of a Les Paul to a Tele
No problem if anyone differs
It’s all cool
having both is cool but redundant as hell i was about to buy another guitar and this saved me from getting something pointless
Guitar Y sounded boring and dull to my ears, like it had a blanket over it. X sounded clearer, but was not at all tinny or thin sounding to my ears either. I much preferred the distorted tone on X as well. I guessed right in assuming that Y was the gibson p90 guitar. The neck and bridge sounded more similar to each other on that guitar, which would make sense because the pickups have more in common with each other visually.
0:18 Tis true