So, i'm pretty much set on a standard strat, but Which do you think would be best for playing old school grunge, strat or tele?

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DEAD ZeBRA

I'd go for the Strat. But I'm sure there's some other opinions. Go try them both out and see for yourself.

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"You won't part with your's either"

Fender American Standard Stratocaster 2006

Fender Standard Telecaster 2007

Either guitar is versatile enough to handle those styles of music with the right amp, and perhaps effects. If you're set on the Strat, get the Strat, as you're the one who is going to play it, so go with what you want, and not what people who you have most likely don't know too well say on an internet forum...

I prefer Teles, but a lot of the "Old School" grunge is played on guitars with humbuckers. Which old school grunge bands do you mean? Skin Yard, Screaming Trees, and Soundgarden, for example, use mainly humbucker guitars...Tad would often use Fenders with HBs in them. Nirvana used whatever wasn't smashed from the previous show...then bands like Mother Love Bone would have one guitarist playing a Fender, and another on a Gibson...Not that this really matters, as I firmly believe its the player thats more important to how something will sound as opposed to the gear...but I just mention this because Grunge is a broad term for many different sounding bands. Mother Love Bone sounded nothing like Mudhoney, as Tad sounded nothing like Love Battery, yet all these bands are considered "Grunge"...

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RAMA LAMA FA FA FA

what's grunge?

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"look mummy there's an airplane up in the sky"

Why not try out both guitars personally to decide which is better for grunge?

Old school grunge!!!! It's only been around since the mid 80's I guess 60's Rock is Prehistoric

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

I've already tried both guitars, and they both are awsome, but I like the strat just a bit better. Oh yeah, and the type of grunge i'm talking about is Green River and early Nirvana. old school grunge and punk would have to be my faveorite genres.

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DEAD ZeBRA

the beauty of grunge and punk..any guitar will do.

Ha! I had the same thought!

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I really like all them "Aster" guitars. You know, like the Stratoc, Telec and Jazzm.

Well - if you're going for Kurt, you should check out a Jagstang, Mustang or Jaguar HH...

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'95 Custom Warmoth Soloist Solid Flame Koa Body/Neck, Duncan Classic Livewire SSH, Sperzel locking tuners, Wilkinson VS100 bridge, all black chrome.
2008 MIM Lonestar Strat Black/White Pearl
2008 Taylor 114 CE

I just bought a Strat VG a couple of weeks ago for $899 at Guitar Center in Tempe Arizona. Solves the problem, it sounds like both.