@@positivelynegative9149 It'd be much easier if you learn english first, assuming it's not your 1st language. But I too find the lack of subtitle in a video uploaded by a big company like this a bit odd
Many beginners start playing some sort of strat, but I'd argue a tele is a better option. Fewer options to tweak, fixed bridge and also it sounds good on pretty much anything, so it's a great way to have a decent sound no matter the situation if you start out. Also you can play more or less everything with it... In my experience, a strat is a lot more finicky if you want it to sound properly
I'd say that or a hardtail strat. The trem just throws a whole can of worms into the mix. It's great when you get better and want to give it a try, but starting out, it's just a nuisance imo.
I disagree. My first guitar was a Strat. Never had an issue. It's lighter than the Tele. My favourite Strat player is probably Ritchie Blackmore, my favourite Telecaster player is probably Johnny Cash. I think which you should buy depends on the music you intend to play on it and what you find comfortable. Telecasters have a different sound so if your favourite players favour Telecasters then that might sway your choice.
I have both. I rarely play my strat, but I play my tele every day. It feels more natural and sits better under my fingers. I find it easier to get the sound I want. I also like the control layout better, I don't accidentally turn the volume down while I'm playing like I do with a strat. Also, a tele with a RAT pedal is awesome, it brings out my inner punk.
After many years hanging around musicians, it’s obvious to me. The Tele has the sweetest spank of the bridge pickup, and the Strat has the sweetest sounding neck pickup.
I was a strat guy until I got the right tele it’s better for rock guys who want something more like a Gibson. It has a grit that the strat doesn’t. But both have their place in music.
Got a Strat and a Tele. There is something about a Tele. It´s so clean in the mix when recording and so versatile. When you put the Tele through distortion it growls, when you play clean it sings. The Strat sounds like a Strat for me, ok HSS is great also (but its like a Strat trying to sound like a Gibby, but the Tele just shines on all levels!✌
I love the tele sound too. I actually look at mine from time to time and think ‘how were you the first?’. Of course, I know guitar history as much as the next nerd and how long it took for that design to come together, but still it just blows me away how good it is for the first mass produced solid body electric.
Same, the tele with its three great distinct tones is more versatile. I would hate to have to choose but I would probably go tele if I had only one guitar. Hss Stratocaster would be a close second.
I couldn't decide which i liked better, so i combined them. I built a strat with a 53 tele neck pickup and texas sepecials in middle and bridge. Wired like a tele, 3 way switch controlling neck and bridge pups, and the middle blends in on its own volume knob. 1 master vol 1 master tone. A Stratele can do neck and bridge, and all 3 pups together. Blending the middle 1/3 or 1/2 in allows me to add a little sparkle to the neck or a little warmth to the bridge. It also alows me to control the tone on the bridge! Its awsome!
If this place is smart and pay this man well for his work for all the depth he puts out here for us all and explains it well for new to experience players without making anyone feel dumb and keeps it fun and still can be himself. From one guitarist to another Keep rocking Dagan and thanks from the U.S🤘🤘
I have both and play both. The Strat is more comfortable but I love the sound of the Tele especially the neck pickup.This is a great video for those trying to decide on which one to get. Again I wish I had it when I was in the market but still learning a few things today. I really like your various comparison videos. Big help when shopping or just wanting to increase your knowledge.
Early radiohead sounds pretty grungy, and Greenwood played a Fender Telecaster Plus (lace sensor blue in the neck, and red dually in the bridge). So if you spec the tele out right it can sound great for any style of music as well. I love my hss strat, but actually prefer my Fender Modern Player Tele (hss) these days. Yeah, the Chinese made Fender branded guitars are actually totally decent ... I know, it was a surprise to me as well.
Both the tele & strat are legendary & iconic guitars, but my favorite & personal preference is the strat. I love my Mod Shop strat it’s just the perfect guitar for me. My favorite strat players are Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, SRV, Yngwie Malmsteen & Dave Murray
I like the look, but not a sound of a Strat, except clean neck pickup sound. Yngwie and Murray use stacked and not stacked humbuckers. Tele is another thing. It is a bit ugly-sh, but i like it that way. Love bridge pickup sound on a tele.
I have one of each. You're right, Dagan, they are a lot of fun. My Strat is similar to yours with its HSS pick-up configuration. Incredibly versatile guitar. I love my Tele too. Just a great, solid lump of wood that sounds wonderful. So many great players of both guitars, I enjoy seeing anybody play these things.
@oliversearle3996 For a beginner, I'd say go with the tele or find a hardtail strat. The trem will be of no use and, in fact, a bit of a pain when you are starting out.
If you have a Strat and a Tele, and you have a gig but only enough room for one guitar, which do you take? That helps focus the mind on which one you really need.
I always preferred the strat and have an early 90s Japanese one. Then I got a hand built Tele. It us now my go to guitar. Bottom line. Both are great lol
I chose option C: Both!! I still want an Hss strat. The Tele is a Squier Classic Vibe- in sunburst. Darn nice guitar! I especially like how powerful the tone control is on it- you can completely change how it sounds with a small adjustment. I also like that plinky sound you get with both pickups selected- very nice for single note clean stuff. I have a Jazzmaster, too and it also does that with both pickups selected, just a bit different sound. That guitar is surf green, and it called out to me as soon as I walked in the store- I HAD to play it. I liked it even more in my hands- which is why it went home with me. As for favorite players, For Strats, I'd say Ed King, Hughie Thomasson, Buddy Guy, and Stevie Ray. Also Gilmour, of course- and Dave Murray. For Tele's: Brad Paisley!
I have a simple Bullet Tele. I plan to turn it into a magical (more so, i should say, i love that thing so much lol) by changing pups and such, but I'm defiantly a Tele guy because a lot of my favorite players use Tele style guitars. Love the Tele, especially for metal.
I’m a third generation lead guitarist…I grew up with a Stratocaster…when I was about 10 years-old, my dad walked in the door of the house we lived in, with an original 1969 pink paisley James Burton model Fender Telecaster…it’s the best playing, most incredible guitar I’ve ever had in my hands and I’m a Metal player; I have flying V’s, I have an Explorer, I have Ibanez & Jackson _SuperStrats._ my Dad had one of the first 3 Fender Stevie Ray Vaughan signature Stratocasters (his has a Rosewood Fretboard & the Serial Number goes back to the early 1980s), my dad also has a natural finish *solid* southern ash body Stratocaster he got in 1986 which was a prototype of what became the Fender _Strat Plus,_ it’s got Schaller Staggered Locking Tuning Machines, Hipshot Tremsetter Tune Stabilizer, it had Prototype Fender Lace Sensor Pickups; _(the color names are indicating what color the words _Lace Sensor_ are printed on the white pickup cover in, each color had it’s own tone & performance characteristics); they were _Blue, Silver & Red_ it had a B250K volume pot, a B250k Blend Pot & a Fender TBX Tone Control, it’s the only factory _Lace Sensor_ equipped Fender Stratocaster which *DIDN’T* have the _Fender Active Mid-Boost_ in it…needless to say, *NOW* that guitar’s outfitted with Custom Over-Wound Vintage Pickups which he got from Duke Robillard…
I do love the finesse and versatility of a strat. I think it is a better guitar than the tele to start of with - especially if you want to perfect your technique. But what I love about the tele is it's robustness. It is a really good guitar for big sounds (hence why it's popular with punk and indie guitarists) and I think I would rather have a tele than a Les Paul.
I find it interesting when people say strat is more versatile..it may have more options sure I give you that, but I have both and honestly, the tele is like a tone chameleon. You can play anything with it and it will sound right. That being said I love both my strat and my tele.
I had a Tele first, but ended up selling it to get my Strat. My Tele was ok, but I absolutely love my Strat. It's my #1 guitar. I even enjoy playing it a lot more than my Les Paul.
@@MFachrizalR the great thing about fender guitars is how easy doing a neckswap on your own is! i found one of those walmart starcaster necks with the swinger style headstock, threw it on one of those $80 amazon teles, and now it looks just as at home playing punk or metal as it does country 💪
Tele for me every day! It’s all about the feel for me… there’s something about that basic slab construction that just wants to take abuse! I’ve an old ‘92 Mexican Standard that I always come back to that will take anything I can throw at it and even the G string will stay in tune! I’ve always wanted to love a Strat ( I’m a huge Gilmore fan), I’ve just never bonded with one in the same way.
I’ve never owned a Tele but have spent the last few years pining after one cause of listening to Jeff Buckley. The way he makes a guitar sing on all his releases. Hoping to get a tele soon!
In 1987 I bought a Squier Stratocaster. Later I found out it was one of the earlier ones that were made in Japan. 1984-5 I think it is from. The neck has always been rock solid, but the electronics were beginning to die, so I bought an EMG DG-20 mod for it and it works perfectly. I also have an American Stratocaster, from around 2000 but the neck has shifted slightly so there are some dead spots, but the body is nice and heavy so a lot of sustain on that one, as well as good original pickups. My third electric is a 1990 PRS Special (the rock one they did), with thin/wide neck and all mahogany body.
I also have a Japanese Squier, built somewhere between 1984 and 86. The guy before the guy who sold it to me in around 88 had done some work on the pickups which seemed to be that they were stereo. The jack is still stereo, but with a mono lead it seemed like you could change the phase of the pickups, which was interesting. I’m not an electrician so I don’t know for sure and a few years ago I took all the electronics out and replaced them with normal pickups. The previous owners also obviously treated it badly: the varnish is chipped off in quite a few places, but for me that increases its charm! I’m now playing in a punk band, and I can’t really get the sounds I want out of my Strat - it’s also desperately in need of a good service - so I’m thinking seriously about getting a Tele.
I always feel like you need to EARN a Tele. I tried as a beginner guitar and just didn't click with it. Now though, couple years of playing later, I realised it was me just not appreciating the Tele and it's complexities. Back in the market for one now.
I have to disagree on the Bigsby on a Tele. It kills the snap of the string-through bridge and there's not enough play in the B-5 mechanism. Stick with 3 brass barrels and string through and the glory of the tele won't let you down. That said, I love bigsbys on arch tops. They are the only vibrato for me.
I don’t love a trem on a tele either, it affects the tone of the all important bridg pup imho. Also no need to buy a Nashville which limits you a lot. Most modern tele’s come with the cutouts for the middle position under the pick guard, so just buy the tele you like, and if you want drop in a couple of strat pups. IIRC you switch the positions neck and mid over to get the best hum and phase setup with the bridge pup?
My favourite strat players are Simon Neil and John Mayer. Simon is great at creating a sound that typically shouldn’t come from a strat. Tele has to be Myles Kennedy. The video of him playing Jeff Bucklys guitar during the 2019 walk the sky tour is amazing and the sounds from his Ides of March album and tour were phenomenal. Really hoping the PRS Tele he has been playing gets released as a signature guitar.
I’ve been a Strat guy as long as I knew what a guitar was (now I’m a bassist) but I’m highly considering getting a tele bc you played the tribute the the greatest and best song in the world on it.
Controls on the strat get in the way, great neck pickup sound though. I use a telecaster with a strat pickup in the neck, doesn’t sound quite the same but it does sound nice.
Leo Fender designed the Strat after listening to Telecaster players comments about what they didn't like about it. The result was a guitar like no other, and it's success says everything, a lot of todays guitar makers would not be here without it. The same can be said about the Telecaster but not to the same extent, life without all those superstrats is unthinkable. I have tried Telecasters and the better versions by ESP etc, but the Strat and better still Superstrats with slim wide radius necks are far more comfortable to play. I find that with the standard pickups Telecasters sound thin and twangy, and put my teeth on edge. Put in some different pickups and they sound far better, but still don't appeal to me. To sum up, for me a Strat is a thing of beauty, the Telecaster is a plank of wood. Each to their own.🤔
"The same can be said about the Telecaster but not to the same extent" How does that make sense, the strat wouldn't exist without the tele to build off, and therefore none of those stars.
@@demonic87 Very true, one idea feeds the next, this is how newer designs evolve, after all these years we still desire guitars designed in the 50's perhaps they got them almost perfect back then.
I have one of each: a pricey Fender American Pro II Tele and a cheap Squier Sonic HSS Strat that I got for free by trading in some old gear. My Tele is a respectful investment in reverence to the history of the instrument. My Strat was deliberately the cheapest model I could get my hands on because to me Strats are more ratty, more rock'n'roll, and are built for abuse. Truth is, despite a $1500 price tag difference and some poorer fretting on the Strat, they both sound great and rock! 🤘
My favorite tele player is Joe Strummer. Just got an HSS strat, I love it. Maybe will get a tele too one day. PS. Can someone please tell me what song he’s playing in the intro?!
Well you named some gray guitar players my friend but there is one you left out and he actually usually is left out of guitarist lists but he played the Tele and the Strat and his 61 Strat is so recognizable and I am talking about one of the best and is my favorite guitar player that I just recently discovers… I am talking about none other than Mr….. Rory Gallagher🤘🏻🤘🏻.. Such an amazing guitarist that left us way to soon🤨 Craig
A strat is an electric guitar with 3 pickups, mostly single coils, and a 5-way selector switch and is copied by many other guitar builders. A tele is for watching audio-visual broadcasts.
Compromise. Get a Nashville Tele or, better yet, a G&L ASAT Classic S with alnico pickups. Tele bridge and neck, Strat middle. The 2 and 4 positions are amazing. It's the best of both worlds. Only downside is: no vibrato tailpiece. Or, do like Lowell George and put a Tele bridge pickup in a Strat.
I enjoy the tone & sounds of the stratocasters more But I always felt the Telecasters looked more expensive then the stratocasters I would like a telecaster but i alternate between my player stratocaster and my sheraton 335
I respect Strats for what they can do and their legacy, but I just love how a Telecaster bridge pickup screams when you beat the crap out of your strings.
Favorite Tele players are Jim Root, Jimmy Page and John 5. Favorite Strat players are Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Ritchie Blackmore, Eddie Van Halen, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, janick Gers, Glenn Tipton, K.K Downing, Jackie E Lee, Mick Mars, John Norum, Yngwie Malmsteen, Jim Root…🤔
Tele with a strat neck pickup. Best of both worlds. That is a winner. I play music last two centuries. As a metalhead i was LP guy, and I still thing that LP has a serious balls, strat simply dosen't have. Never got enchanted with strat despite the fact that I own wery good HSS one. But tele is anorher thing. I fell in love with this French bulldog cute uglyness. And I like this agressive sound of a bridge pickup.
Hm ... guess when you've had a Strat for a while ... you are going elsewhere ... maybe just for a snack ... The Tele is a great option for players who know what they want ... or who got challenged by it ... not an easy get along guitar ... some are turned away ... some just fall in love ... 💞
always love your videos Dagan but honestly I hate stratocasters and telecasters I have own both and tried to like them but I always found myself have to force myself to play them. they never inspired me at all to play them or write any music with them. I prefer Schecter, ESP, and PRS guitars with and Ibanez thrown in there just for good measure. But that is just me. And don't get me wrong I do not think they are bad guitars they just don't suit me.
