Tele or Les Paul? (No Rob Option)

Tele or Les Paul? (No Rob Option)

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Re: Tele or Les Paul? (No Rob Option)

GuitarDoc said:
If you truly believe that, then I have to ask you...have you ever seen a Tele or a LP (let alone played them)?

How do you expect anyone to ever take you seriously (and I know that you have given some excellent advice/suggestions on this forum before) if you make such an inaccurate all inclusive or exclusive statement?
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Once you've played as many guitars as I have, you start to notice more than a few similarities.
 
Re: Tele or Les Paul? (No Rob Option)

GuitarDoc said:
If you truly believe that, then I have to ask you...have you ever seen a Tele or a LP (let alone played them)?

How do you expect anyone to ever take you seriously (and I know that you have given some excellent advice/suggestions on this forum before) if you make such an inaccurate all inclusive or exclusive statement?
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People with little experience love to say dumb things thinking they have it all figured out.

I used to believe that Tele sounded the same as a Strat and that the 'twang' thing was only imagination, until I got myself a Schecter PT...and holy crap a revelation! Twang even when it's unplugged, and that's not even a real tele, just a copy with modern appointments.

https://www.schecterguitars.com/guitars/pt-special-3-tone-sunburst-pearl-detail
 
Re: Tele or Les Paul? (No Rob Option)

This will do.

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Re: Tele or Les Paul? (No Rob Option)

Les Paul. Not even close. Someone said earlier that the Tele shape looks like a failed high school shop project. Harsh ... but accurate. :P
 
Re: Tele or Les Paul? (No Rob Option)

My Number One choice for a guitar is a G&L Legacy. I bought my first Strat, a 1960, back in 1972. I love that third pickup, and I live in position 2 (bridge + middle). I also have the G&L Comanche, S-500, and Legacy Special models...same guitar, a variety of pickups. That said, I have owned a 1968 Thinline Tele, ash with Bigsby, and my first Les Paul was a 1975 '55 Special Reissue. The Tele was stolen; the Special sold during a personal financial crisis.

I currently have 11 Les Pauls, all 2HB models, and my Tele is an ASAT Deluxe. Maple over mahogany, '59/JB pickup set with coil splitter, maple/rosewood neck and G&L's DF Vibrato. It is a very rare bird. Not really a Tele sound, yet not Les Paul tone either. It is heavy for a "Tele" at 9.6 lbs.

The Pauls include chambered models: two Supremes, two GOTW Classic Antiques and an Elegant. The four Historics are solid, and I have two weight-relieved 1960 Classic Premium Plus models. I prefer vintage pickup tones so there are Burstbucker 1 & 2 sets, Classic '57s, Ants, Seths, etc. There are some similarities, but there are some significant differences, too.

I miss that Tele, though the Bigsby was a PITA at times. Ditto the Special. Those P-90s had a lot of bite and growl...probably one of the best tones I've ever gotten was that Special through a wide-open JCM800 4010 combo I used to have.

So there's quite a range of tones in this discussion, from Tele pickups to P-90s to Gibson 'buckers and split Duncans.

So, which Les Paul? Which Tele? There are just so many variations of both models. Of the guitars I currently have, the 1960 Historic models are not only my favorite Les Pauls, but they come closest to producing fat Tele twang. (See posts above.) My G&L Legacy Specials are terrific for me because I can use one on a gig to back up both my Les Paul and my G&L Legacy. It is a very versatile guitar.

So...me being a Legacy/Strat guy, in the end I'm picking a Les Paul. A Tele at this point in my life just wouldn't get a lot of play time. I love the thick tones of the Les Pauls.

Both are versatile, wonderful instruments.

Bill
 
Re: Tele or Les Paul? (No Rob Option)

Chambered les paul with a contoured heel.

A tele is a good guitar in it's own right. Just can't gel with a 25.50" scale.
 
Re: Tele or Les Paul? (No Rob Option)

:) when i am playing a les paul, i think "i like this more than my telecaster" but i was just playing my telecaster and felt like "i like this more than my les paul"

So, yeah, i am greedy. Give me both!!
 
Re: Tele or Les Paul? (No Rob Option)

Telecaster - no mods, I can get it to do anything I want, in almost any musical situation. I can't get a Les Paul to do anything like I can a Telecaster. That might just be due to my poor playing ability though.
 
Re: Tele or Les Paul? (No Rob Option)

A LP over a Tele for sure - just don’t like how a Tele looks or sounds - but I respect it. LPs look and sound cool to me. Tonally the opposite end of the spectrum of a strat - which is my #1.
 
Re: Tele or Les Paul? (No Rob Option)

I have struggled with this poll since it went up. My favorite necks are the vintage Tele spec neck on my '81 Fender Bullet S-3 and the '72 Tele Deluxe replacement neck on my '81 Fender Lead II. However I can get so many more different tones out of my LP's, that I voted LP. Looks like I will forgo my favorite neck profile for more tonal options. Well, let us call it sacrificing my comfort for the fans. ;)
 
Re: Tele or Les Paul? (No Rob Option)

I like both. I’ve had both. But for my main guitar I need a whammy bar.

This is my main guitar. [emoji2] it sounds a lot like a Tele


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