Are Telecasters heavy?

[Bludhaven]

So i've been eyeing on the craftsman tele at city music well since they are having the sale.
I decided to try it out before buying.
First, i tried the craftsman thinline tele( TL40 ).
That felt just ok but has around $35 difference in price from the normal tele.
Then i tried the normal tele out( TL30 ).
I realise it has a heavy feel and that the guitar is also quite heavy overall for me.
I was wondering if all telecasters are the same.
Is it really that heavy or am i just a weakling (a big possilbity)??

Please help me out as i am a noob/rookie and am really considering the craftsman tele as my first electric guitar.

http://www.citymusic.com.sg/prd_crafts.html

 

[dudelove]

hahahha.. nahh telecasters arent heavy. really..

 

[Caustic_30]

If you want heavy.. Go for a Les Paul. Mahagony is Dense!

 

[teleplayer]

haha. teleasters are not heavy... craftman's tele are quite good though, get to try it when trying the vox wah @ citymusic... Haha. the feel is quite similar.. Haha.

 

[Bludhaven]

Cool then...TL30 it is...but i still wanna know more about the craftsman tele......???

 

[mockingbird]

Simply put, Telecasters are not heavy. Heavy guitars are like the Les Pauls and the Mockingbirds.

 

[Ized]

hahahha.. nahh telecasters arent heavy. really..

try dudelove's lovely lespaul and weight would suddenly be a non-issue

 

[teleplayer]

Cool then...TL30 it is...but i still wanna know more about the craftsman tele......???

Dude! it looks like a tele, sounds something like tele, got some twang in it... Lol... but thats in the clean channel... wondering if it will sound muddy in drive...

 

[fenderrules]

nah, telecasters have so much twang that they dont...

hate the twang....so irritating..:lol:

 

[hatecrew]

my telecaster is the lightest solid body guitar i've ever tried.

 

[HIMYNAMEISARTHUR]

atually it depends on the wood too..if its ash, its gona be heavy...altho not as much as a les paul..the next is alder den comes the basswood ones which are freaking light..

 

[subversion]

it's not the guitar type, it's the wood used. it's also not objective to say a certain wood type is heavier than the other, it's the pedigree that counts as well: my Ibanez RG560 (basswood) is heavier than my Gibson LP (mahogany)

 

[dudelove]

try dudelove's lovely lespaul and weight would suddenly be a non-issue

hahah playing that standing up for 1hr plus is a real issue man. i'm worried.

it's not the guitar type, it's the wood used. it's also not objective to say a certain wood type is heavier than the other, it's the pedigree that counts as well: my Ibanez RG560 (basswood) is heavier than my Gibson LP (mahogany)

what do u mean by pedigree?

 

[subversion]

the grade/ origin of the wood eg: some basewoods are heavier than others, depending on the parts of the trees which they are cut out from.

same goes for ash- it's a swamp tree, the parts obtained below the water level mark are softer/ lighter when dried for production

 

[Bludhaven]

thanks guys for sharing your views on the tele and guitar weights...so it is crystal clear, i AM a weakling!! ouh well....i'm buying the tele tomorrow so that means if it still feels heavy for me, i gotta buck up...hehe

 

[optisailor2002]

go gym and buff up like this guy:

then any guitar will be light as feather to you

(oh and will make your guitar look puny at the same time hee!)

 

[Bludhaven]

great....there's a guy selling a squier bullet special way cheaper than the tele i wanted to buy....now i'm confused...haiya!! so should i buy the 1st hand tele or the used bullet special which is like $60 cheaper? i'm going for this guitars coz i've had problems with knobs being too close to the strings...like common strats for example..

 

[HIMYNAMEISARTHUR]

the bullet special is very very freaking light..however, on the downside,imo the guitar sounds kinda dead...it is hardly resonant and sounds kinda hollow...

 

[mockingbird]

on the downside,imo the guitar sounds kinda dead...it is hardly resonant and sounds kinda hollow...

Get the Telecaster instead.

 

[Bludhaven]

so you guys really think i should get the tele? like no doubt about it? like its a hands down decision?? i'm really on the ropes with this guys...