You mean intonated? It gets you close enough...I mean seriously, many acoustic guitars are close enough, and those bridges allow for no adjustments at all, unlike a Tele bridge...Maybe I'm not as sensitive to it as others, but as long as the intonation is within a few cents, I cannot tell a difference. If its off like 1/4-step or more then that would be an issue...

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Thanks , yeah I meant intonation................. Mike

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The blues ain't nothin but a good man feelin bad.

I voted Tele but I agree with the general trend -- you need some of each.

Had I taken this pole 40 years ago (when I was 17 and playing rock), I'd have gone with the Strat. Lots of tone options to play with ... Hendrix ... the night I got turned on to Chicago blues it was via a blazing Strat in the hands of Luther Allison. And so on.

Then I didn't play for over 25 years but decided to treat myself with a guitar when I hit 50. Unlike at age 17, I had some money to play with and I'd grown very far away from the rock/LP sound of the past. I decided to get a Tele because I didn't plan on doing anything elaborate anyway.

But it grew on me -- no effects, no big amps -- just guitar and me and what I could get out of it. And even now that I have 2 Strats (SSS and SSH) and a few Teles, when I just want to play something and have it be me, I reach for the plain ol' basic Tele every time.

This time around, I wasn't even thinking of any particular artist or sound I was going for. Just myself and my little ancient Champ.

TELECASTER!!!!!!!

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got both , why no answer for that in the poll as I love them both , they do different things in different ways but like your kids you don't play favourites .

i have 2 teles and I am loking to add a third. On the other hand I have a strat aswell. Go figure

I have both, but I play the Tele more!