It really comes down to which one you think looks nicer and is more comfortable to play cause the tone just comes down to what pick up is in it and that can be switched.
With the Tele, you're kinda limited on what pickups you can put in. A strat, you can just make a swimming pool and put whatever you want in it because they mount to the pick guard and it covers the hole. Strat also has a ton of awesome options for trems from the factory, or you can just block it/slam the bridge to the body to make it like a hard tail.
I always wondered why the middle seems to almost always be forgotten about, but then I tried accurately switching to my strats middle position on stage, and now I get it
I only use middle and neck pickup on my strat, probably because my first guitar using humbucker on the bridge & still can't get use to single coil on it
I used to hate the sound of single coil strats but now I’ve started to like it. I don’t like the tele tone any less. My hot take is that teles look much more sexier than strats.
well you played the 2 guitars in the position where they actually essentially sound the same... i own both but personally i think the tele is more versatile other than the tremolo bar. the strat can quack but the tele can twang and growl.
love em both but my favorite guitar i ever owned was a black American Made strat with a rosewood neck. Love the diversity of sound and the feel of the strat
Strats for the sound. Tele for the simplicity. Tone knob. Volume knob. Strat I’ve had since 2012 and still can’t figure out all the sounds. Mids. Treble. Bass. Push pots. Too much. Lol.
Telecasters are great, but I’ve always loved that biting tone of an overdriven Strat. My first two guitars were both Stratocasters. 24 years later, my main guitar is still a Stratocaster.
Slash called Strats the best sounding guitars, but also said there's no consistency between them. Some Strats sound phenomenal, some sound pretty bad. He said he always played Les Pauls because they were consistent, take any two, didn't really matter the model or year and they sound similar enough. He used his Strats for some cool sounds with Velvet Revolver I remember.
I completely understand the Tele. I completely understand why people prefer it. But Strats are so diverse and you could never stop collecting different types of strat, due to the many sounds alone, that strats can produce. Over all, setting Strat up like a Tele is relatively easy and straight forward. Setting a Tele up like a Strat, is far more work
I like both but if I play a Strat it needs to be blocked or I bend the strings out of tune too much. Telecasters are built like tanks and for function, where I think of Strats more like a sports car that needs a lot of fine tuning and they can be finicky. But, a tele is the old dependable workhouse that gets the job done everytime.
They're both SO good. But for me the Tele is slightly better for funky rhythms because the top end is smoother and doesn't have quite as harsh of a bite, the Strat can be just a little brittle on rhythms. But the Strat would be my choice for a lead/solo to stand out in a busy mix.
Both have their place depending on what you’re going for and both are great. However, I’ve been a strat guy for the last 30+ years as my go to. If it’s good enough for Yngwie, it’s good enough for me.
Honestly It’s hard to decide. I’ve owned many of both. I’ll probably lean toward the Strat because the neck position is far better than a tele… plus the vibrato
