Rock, blues, metal, country, jazz, it doubles as a canoe paddle, cutting board, charcuterie serving platter, skimboard, booster seat, and if you attach a wheel it can be used as a lazy Susan.
Agree! And to add- the Mex Tele hardly goes out of tune after hard playing or just sitting not having been played in weeks. Remarkable. I have to baby my 335 to no end.
Agreed. For years I thought I was a Strat guy - then I discovered the Tele! Nice to hear you continue to dig in to that Blackguard! You sound great on it!
I just ordered my first Tele from a local luthier here in NC, Matt Schiemann of Schiemann Guitars, so I cannot get judge the versatility & how it ranks to other body styles, but gotta say that your list has me thinking!
Yeah it took me close to 40 years of playing to finally feel the Tele love. In the beginning I was all about Prog and Metal and those guys just all played with humbuckers and so did I. Then in my mid 20's I went through a hardcore Pink Floyd phase and suddenly the Strat was my whole life. The Tele, to me, was still what those "twang" guys played and so I stayed away. Then in my late 40's it suddenly dawned on me I had played just about every guitar known to man except a Tele so I just had to know what it was like. You can't imagine my surprise when I picked it up for the first time and just played it for about 6 hours straight. That was 10 years ago and I haven't put it down since. Not only is it the most versatile soundwise but it's equally comfortable sitting down as standing up which is a rarity. Whod've thought Leo Fender got it exactly right on his first try.
@@thefretfilesStill love my '68 ES-335 and my '57 Reissue Strat, but the Tele is what I grab now most days when I just want to play without thinking about anything but playing. I have 3 but my very favorite is the GE Smith Signature model. Peace!
I am a Tele convert, but while it's fine for playing just about anything, it doesn't really do fat, dark sounds. And that tasty flavor Setzer gets from Filtertrons is not there either. But I just can't play any other guitar as easily as my much-labored-upon Parts-Frankencaster.
CC Deville (original guitarist) a lot of BC Rich guitars. You may be thinking of Richie Kotzen who was in the band for a short time. He has a signature Telecaster.
A Tele can cover ANYTHING (I particularly love playing Jazz on the neck pickup with rolling down the tone control). Out of all my guitars, my Tele is my go to.
I can't remember where I heard it , but a man much wiser than I , once said , " If it CAN'T be done on a Telecaster , maybe it SHOULDN'T be done at all " !!!
I feel like there’s a huge difference in the tone of the pick ups between a telecaster and a Strat. Just by design and the way the pick up mounts in the bridge on a telecaster it has a much different sound. The neck pick up too.. at least that’s my opinion. I think that a bridge pick up on a telecaster can get much closer to a humbucker tone than a Strat bridge. And a Tele neck pickup is way more mellow and jazzy.
In my opinion (coming from someone who owns both) a strat is fantastic and it’s almost what I always reach for for my play style… but if I want a classic rock or metal almost Les Paul sound (don’t own a Les) I use the tele, it can just do certain things differently than a strat and it just feels and sounds right sometimes. That being said a tele will never replace a strat, but it can replace most other guitar in a pinch with the right amp settings and pedals, imo
How can it be more versatile when a standard tele has a fixed bridge, 21 frets, only 2 pickups and an uncomfortable body. It’s by far the least versatile electric guitar out there. You guys need to stop BSing people.
Theyre great but an ES335 is much more versatile. The Tele like all fenders cannot do the simplest trick of all; clean to mean with the flip of a switch.
@@readysetmoses I think when he was getting at is that with a volume control for the neck and bridge pickups on a 335 or Gibson style Guitar in general you can roll the volume back on the neck pick up for cleaner stuff but then flick the switch to the bridge pick up, which is wide-open and get that full throttle sound. But the point you make was 100% correct, you can definitely get plenty of ground out of the Tele bridge!
Rock, blues, metal, country, jazz, it doubles as a canoe paddle, cutting board, charcuterie serving platter, skimboard, booster seat, and if you attach a wheel it can be used as a lazy Susan.
That’s about the best description I’ve heard! Agreed 100%
Agree! And to add- the Mex Tele hardly goes out of tune after hard playing or just sitting not having been played in weeks. Remarkable. I have to baby my 335 to no end.
You could drop a telecaster off a roof and it would still play fine and be in tune! Haha. 😂
Agreed. For years I thought I was a Strat guy - then I discovered the Tele! Nice to hear you continue to dig in to that Blackguard! You sound great on it!
Thanks Mike! The Tele is just the perfect workhorse! But you already know this!
I just ordered my first Tele from a local luthier here in NC, Matt Schiemann of Schiemann Guitars, so I cannot get judge the versatility & how it ranks to other body styles, but gotta say that your list has me thinking!
That’s great! Always fun to find small builders doing custom work! I’ll bet that going to be a great guitar! 🎸
Yeah it took me close to 40 years of playing to finally feel the Tele love. In the beginning I was all about Prog and Metal and those guys just all played with humbuckers and so did I. Then in my mid 20's I went through a hardcore Pink Floyd phase and suddenly the Strat was my whole life. The Tele, to me, was still what those "twang" guys played and so I stayed away. Then in my late 40's it suddenly dawned on me I had played just about every guitar known to man except a Tele so I just had to know what it was like. You can't imagine my surprise when I picked it up for the first time and just played it for about 6 hours straight. That was 10 years ago and I haven't put it down since. Not only is it the most versatile soundwise but it's equally comfortable sitting down as standing up which is a rarity. Whod've thought Leo Fender got it exactly right on his first try.
I mean, what else can I add? You pretty much stated it perfectly here! 🙌🏼
@@thefretfilesStill love my '68 ES-335 and my '57 Reissue Strat, but the Tele is what I grab now most days when I just want to play without thinking about anything but playing. I have 3 but my very favorite is the GE Smith Signature model. Peace!
I am a Tele convert, but while it's fine for playing just about anything, it doesn't really do fat, dark sounds. And that tasty flavor Setzer gets from Filtertrons is not there either. But I just can't play any other guitar as easily as my much-labored-upon Parts-Frankencaster.
There are a few sounds that it doesn’t nail perfectly but my point was that it could do a decent job covering any style.
Didn’t the Guitarist for Poison play a Telecaster ?
CC Deville (original guitarist) a lot of BC Rich guitars. You may be thinking of Richie Kotzen who was in the band for a short time. He has a signature Telecaster.
A Tele can cover ANYTHING (I particularly love playing Jazz on the neck pickup with rolling down the tone control). Out of all my guitars, my Tele is my go to.
Yeah! Definitely! I taking a truefire lesson with Tim Lerch and he plays Jazz on an old blackguard!
You can’t play anything by anyone who uses a whammy bar or a humbucker without modifying it. So it’s not versatile at all.
Albert Collins
Yes! Albert was a Tele master!
I can't remember where I heard it , but a man much wiser than I , once said , " If it CAN'T be done on a Telecaster , maybe it SHOULDN'T be done at all " !!!
Haha! That’s a true statement!
Albert Lee
Definitely!
Listen to the first Led Zeppelin album again.
Exactly!
A strat is just a telecaster with another pickup and a trem, its objectively more versatile.
I feel like there’s a huge difference in the tone of the pick ups between a telecaster and a Strat. Just by design and the way the pick up mounts in the bridge on a telecaster it has a much different sound. The neck pick up too.. at least that’s my opinion. I think that a bridge pick up on a telecaster can get much closer to a humbucker tone than a Strat bridge. And a Tele neck pickup is way more mellow and jazzy.
@@thefretfiles single coils a single coil imo
In my opinion (coming from someone who owns both) a strat is fantastic and it’s almost what I always reach for for my play style… but if I want a classic rock or metal almost Les Paul sound (don’t own a Les) I use the tele, it can just do certain things differently than a strat and it just feels and sounds right sometimes. That being said a tele will never replace a strat, but it can replace most other guitar in a pinch with the right amp settings and pedals, imo
Maybe, if it's a hardtail Strat.
Put a tele neck on a Strat 👍
How can it be more versatile when a standard tele has a fixed bridge, 21 frets, only 2 pickups and an uncomfortable body. It’s by far the least versatile electric guitar out there. You guys need to stop BSing people.
Are you serious?
Theyre great but an ES335 is much more versatile. The Tele like all fenders cannot do the simplest trick of all; clean to mean with the flip of a switch.
Can’t argue with that! I’m a huge 335 fan as well!
If you don't think the bridge pickup on a Tele gets mean, you arent listening!
@@readysetmoses I think when he was getting at is that with a volume control for the neck and bridge pickups on a 335 or Gibson style Guitar in general you can roll the volume back on the neck pick up for cleaner stuff but then flick the switch to the bridge pick up, which is wide-open and get that full throttle sound. But the point you make was 100% correct, you can definitely get plenty of ground out of the Tele bridge!