Desert Island Fender guitar

[misterwhizzy]

Let's just limit this to a Stratocaster versus Telecaster battle. You must choose one or the other, and you can't have both. Which way do you go and why?

(Okay, the desert island thing was a stretch, so feel free to ignore that part of it.)

[jeremy]

if i can have a firebird pup in the neck of the tele, ill take that. if not, a strat.

[dystrust]

When I saw the thread title my first thought was 'a Jazzmaster', but then I wanted to redo the electronics, swap the bridge, etc...

Since I feel like being a bit contrary, how about a G&L Doheny with a 22-fret neck, P-Rails, and Triple Shot rings?

If that's absolutely verboten, I'll just keep my Tele with Hot Stack for Tele / Classic Stack Plus for Strat / SM-1n Firebird.

[beaubrummels]

Telecaster. Bridge can twang or get into humbucker territory just rolling the tone knob. A good neck pickup can handle Strat-ish needs, and even some jazzy humbuckery stuff. I played country, rock, blues, pop, funk, hard rock, etc. with just one Tele for over 10 years.

[alex1fly]

The Tele sounds beefier which I like. The Strat body is more comfortable except for the knob placement. So I guess give me a Tele that I can put a sander to to round out those body edges.

I also think Strats sound better in a mix than solo. So for that reason alone, give me a Tele on the desert island because you know I'm not playing with others out there.

[PFDarkside]

HSS Strat. If I updated my Elite with a Custom/59 Hybrid, and two Classic Stack Plus pickups would probably be my guitar.

[Mincer]

Easy, a Strat with my choice of pickups...HH.

[Securb]

My HSH Strat with the P-Rails - Bill Lawrence 250 ML - Pearly Gates with all of the coil-tapping and phase switches that guitar has I would be all set.

[Aceman]

HSS Strat

I'll take my Lonestar

[TVFV]

Tele with a 4-way switch.

[Demanic]

Strat. And I'd even be happy with my budget Affinity.

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[Wattage]

A Les Paul lol

Telecaster for sure

[ErikH]

A HSS Strat, no question.

[NegativeEase]

Jazzmaster

[playas]

Strat.


Comfort, sound variety and bridge.
You can easily block or deck the trem on a strat, but it's not so easy to go other way with a tele.
I go through phases of trem use, but would miss it if I was stuck with a single hard-tail guitar.