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Fender Telecaster or Gibson SG
Telecaster 59%  59%  [ 19 ]
SG 41%  41%  [ 13 ]
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 9:49 am
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Interesting thread. Never thought of them as competitive. Complimentary, for sure.

Both. The metaphor which kind of fits the two are a Southern Belle and slender, not-quite but close-to sophisticated lady.

Very recently sorta spontaneously (2 weeks pondering) scored a new faded brown SG el bouku cheapo which just called out, no vibrato or HB pup covers...and it was kinda surprising; never been a fan of faded-finish look.

But no buyer's remorse. Had the (natural / maple) Tele 8 years and still fond of her. And that SG just bleeping sings. And so sleek and cuddly.


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Leo Fender thought the Tele was obsoleted by the Strat. Gibson thought the LP was obsoleted by the SG.
the tele WAS obsoleted by the strat...
not so much for the les paul...


Your kinda wrong there poorboy. The Les Paul was obsoleted. Completely. They stopped making it in favor of the SG in 1961. At first they called it a Les Paul but Les Paul sued and they started calling it the SG. The Les Paul as you know it wasn't reintroduced until 1968.
yes, because the people at gibson are idiots...

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Leo Fender thought the Tele was obsoleted by the Strat. Gibson thought the LP was obsoleted by the SG.
the tele WAS obsoleted by the strat...
not so much for the les paul...


Your kinda wrong there poorboy. The Les Paul was obsoleted. Completely. They stopped making it in favor of the SG in 1961. At first they called it a Les Paul but Les Paul sued and they started calling it the SG. The Les Paul as you know it wasn't reintroduced until 1968.


Wait... so would that mean that there weren't any LP's in 1964? Because I was talking to this guy who said he had a 1964 Les Paul Reissue

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The Metalhead Punk wrote:
cryingstrat wrote:
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Leo Fender thought the Tele was obsoleted by the Strat. Gibson thought the LP was obsoleted by the SG.
the tele WAS obsoleted by the strat...
not so much for the les paul...


Your kinda wrong there poorboy. The Les Paul was obsoleted. Completely. They stopped making it in favor of the SG in 1961. At first they called it a Les Paul but Les Paul sued and they started calling it the SG. The Les Paul as you know it wasn't reintroduced until 1968.


Wait... so would that mean that there weren't any LP's in 1964? Because I was talking to this guy who said he had a 1964 Les Paul Reissue[/quote

Either your buddy got ripped off or he's highly mistaken. There weren't any Les Paul's made in 1964.

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Ah well I think he was probably just trying to be a showoff. He also said he had a Fender Strat, but he said he would sooner use it for firewood than play it


*EDIT*: and so I am not highjacking this thread, I say I would probably go with an SG if I had a choice between the two

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Ah well I think he was probably just trying to be a showoff. He also said he had a Fender Strat, but he said he would sooner use it for firewood than play it


*EDIT*: and so I am not highjacking this thread, I say I would probably go with an SG if I had a choice between the two


"sooner use it for firewood than play it..." Well that just proves he has no idea what he's talking about, huh?

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Ah well I think he was probably just trying to be a showoff. He also said he had a Fender Strat, but he said he would sooner use it for firewood than play it


*EDIT*: and so I am not highjacking this thread, I say I would probably go with an SG if I had a choice between the two


"sooner use it for firewood than play it..." Well that just proves he has no idea what he's talking about, huh?


Yep for sure

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The Metalhead Punk wrote:
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Ah well I think he was probably just trying to be a showoff. He also said he had a Fender Strat, but he said he would sooner use it for firewood than play it


*EDIT*: and so I am not highjacking this thread, I say I would probably go with an SG if I had a choice between the two


"sooner use it for firewood than play it..." Well that just proves he has no idea what he's talking about, huh?


Yep for sure


From Wikipedia:
In 1960, Gibson experienced a decline in electric guitar sales due to their high prices and strong competition from Fender's comparable but much lighter double-cutaway design: The Stratocaster. In response, Gibson modified the Les Paul line. This 1961 issue Les Paul guitar was thinner and much lighter than the earlier models, with two sharply pointed cut-aways and a vibrato system. However, the redesign was done without Les Paul's knowledge. When the musician saw the guitar, he asked Gibson to remove his name from the instrument and parted ways with the company. Although this separation occurred in 1960, Gibson had a surplus stock of "Les Paul" logos and truss rod covers, and so continued to use the Les Paul name until 1963. At that point, the SG guitar's name was finally changed to "SG", which stood simply for "Solid Guitar". In addition to the SG line, Gibson continued to issue the less expensive Jr's and Specials (and the Melody Makers) with the newer body style. These were the standard Gibson electric models until the reintroduction of the Les Paul "Standard GoldTop" and the Les Paul "Custom" guitars to the market in 1968.

You can print that out and show it to him.

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I might like to have an SG ... I already have a Tele.

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