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Post subject: Versatility
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 6:56 am
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I'm often surprised when I learn that a guitar on some record is a Tele, fooled because the guitar sounds nothing like a Tele to me. Of course, gain can hide a geet's sound, but it's beyond that. Relatedly, I had no idea for many years that Paul was playing an Esquire on Sgt Pepper.

People are well aware of how versatile a Strat is; Teles are equally so. Differently so.

I was playing through my Marshall yesterday, just exploring through eq. The Tele is a guitar of a million tones. I dig the real difference in what I get with the three position switch. I own two Strats, love them, but the Tele' type of versatility just does it for me.


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Post subject: Re: Versatility
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 11:09 am
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Guess I should have added this question:

How versatile do you find your Tele?

I haven't often used a Tele for jazz--I have heard others use Teles in jazz, but I've not been too taken with them--prefer semi and full hollows, or at least a bolt on with humbuckers.


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Post subject: Re: Versatility
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 11:36 am
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On the versatility, you might find this topic interesting: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=99627&p=1130071

In short, it's about Strat versatility, but the General Forum Pravda leans on that a Tele is just as versatile.
(BTW, I had to dig a bit for that Gregorian Chant challenge... :wink:


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Post subject: Re: Versatility
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:42 pm
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I have three Telecasters:

  • One that I use for folk music and sing-alongs, and lending to visitors:
    MIM Thinline '72 RI, 7.25" radius, .009" strings
  • One that I use for British rock and lead guitar:
    MIM Standard with N3 pickups, 9.5" radius, .010" strings
  • One that I use for Norse metal and shredding:
    USA Select Chambered HH, 10-14" radius, .012" strings

I'm not sure that's all that versatile, though, because they are rather different.

For blues, I prefer my fat necked Gibson SG over the Teles.
And for classical, a PRS SE with a wound g string (or acoustics).
For pure versatility, I think my Yamaha Revstar with P90s has them all beat.


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Post subject: Re: Versatility
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 3:04 am
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arth1 wrote:
For pure versatility, I think my Yamaha Revstar with P90s has them all beat.


I've never owned a P90 guitar, but I'm often surprised when I find out that a guitarist on a record is using them. I was fooled by Another Brick in the Wall--thought it was a Strat for many years instead of the P90 LP Gilmour plays.


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Post subject: Re: Versatility
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 11:24 am
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ch willie wrote:
I've never owned a P90 guitar, but I'm often surprised when I find out that a guitarist on a record is using them. I was fooled by Another Brick in the Wall--thought it was a Strat for many years instead of the P90 LP Gilmour plays.

P-90s aren't bad. They started the whole electric guitar thing, but the early Alnico-3 models suffered from being noisy and microphonic, and not nearly as crisp as Fender single-coils. When Gibson switched to Alnico-5 and a different plate around 1960, they became much better.


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Post subject: Re: Versatility
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 6:06 pm
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It's always been my belief that any guitar is as versatile as the guitarist playing it.

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Post subject: Re: Versatility
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:21 pm
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musicmatty wrote:
It's always been my belief that any guitar is as versatile as the guitarist playing it.


It's true to a certain extent. I've seen one trick ponies. I've also seen the right pickups and player turn a one trick pony into a versatile guitar.

Nothing wrong with a guitar that does one thing well. I also like having guitars that can do a lot of sounds well.


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