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Stratocaster vs Telecaster: Which Guitar is Right for You?


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⏰ Timestamps ⏰
» 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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21 thoughts on “Stratocaster vs Telecaster: Which Guitar is Right for You?

  • In short,
    Neck pickup, Strat is far superior
    Middle and Bridge pickup, Tele is far superior.
    Strat comes with combo Middle with bridge/neck
    So tele or strat? BOTH!!!

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  • Well, it’s obvious. Eric Clapton, the best guitarist in the world, plays a Tele. So that’s what I bought. 6 of ‘em!!!

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  • Oh gosh. I don’t have brass saddles on my Tele. Have I missed something important?

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  • Too much talking in between each one. Hard to remember how the first one sounded by the time you get to the second one.

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  • I’ve always loved both. However I always want to like the Tele more because it does sound and look better IMO, but then I usually feel like the Strat sounds better in the mix than a Tele.

    That was literally my experience again with this video. During the rundowns I was way preferring the sound of the Tele, until the final jam where the Strat just sounds better in the mix ????????‍♂️.

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  • I have two Strats, an American 2005 SSS in Chrome Blue, modded with locking tuners (on which I usually pick switch position 2), and a 2025 HSS Player II Modified in Electric Blue, a 2008 ,SS American Telecaster in 3-colour sunburst, a Gibson Les Paul Studio in white, and an Ovation Celebrity Elite in Ruby Red. I like the pickup versatility of my latest Strat (unlike my 2005, I can have a humbucker or a single coil ,in bridge position) and the Floyd Rose trem. It took a lot of fiddling and string stretching to get it properly in tune, but it's pretty stable now. I'm also quite pleased with the Noiseless single-coils, something not available on my American Strat..

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  • My Fender Strat has two pickups next to each other at the bridge. They are at 90 degs to the neck. So straight not slanted. Is that a Humbucker that emulates the tele pickup?

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  • I started on Strat and moved to Tele, I don't own a Strat now, but I am seriously thinking of getting a squier Strat.❤????????.

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  • The Tele is generally sharper/harsher in sound and action – punchier. The Strat is going to be a rounder, heavier mid, but somehow still shimmery tone. That's basically the difference.

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  • Should the type of music you want to play have any influence on your pick?
    If you prefer rock/ metal/blues what should you go for?
    Loved to hear you play at the end. ????

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  • You’re comparing guitars and splitting hairs. The Variax, properly dialed in does the same thing. Prove me wrong. I double dog dare you.

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  • I have doing this brutal debate my head for 20 year now. The correct answer is both. And you all need multiples of both..for good measure.

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