hi everyone, i'm thinking of getting a new guitar. wan to ask how well the Fender standard telecaster compares to the epiphone les paul standard in terms of tone both clean and distorted. i like the tele but the les paul seems to be able to play rock and stuff better. down side of the LP is its heavy. Advise anyone?
Telecaster compared to les paul.
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the Tele is also adept to rock & other high drive music...
Danelectrico
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Would you consider getting the Fender 72 Telecaster Deluxe reissue? http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0137702306
It's MIM and about the same price as a standard tele.
The 72 tele deluxe was originally conceived to compete against the les pauls and other double humbucking guitars. It still has the soul and feel of a tele (and the twang too, on the bridge pickup) but more bite and aggressiveness played with overdrive and distortion. It's kind of the best of both worlds scenario. Be advised that the guitar sounds very gnarly and aggressive and raw - it's not smooth like a LP or SG. It's nice and nasty!
The original 72 deluxes are prized for their oversized Seth Lover designed "Wide Range" pickups which were made from Cunife magnets. There are no replacement aftermarket pickups on the market that sound anything like this. The reissues don't sport these anymore and thus sound considerably different - but if you want a similar tone do some searches and replace some caps within the reissue and it'll get you a ballpark approximation of the original.
Or, eventually save up and buy them on eBay for about 450 to 500+USD a pop
http://cgi.ebay.com/1974-Fender-Tel...ryZ22670QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-Fender-...ryZ22670QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
It's MIM and about the same price as a standard tele.
The 72 tele deluxe was originally conceived to compete against the les pauls and other double humbucking guitars. It still has the soul and feel of a tele (and the twang too, on the bridge pickup) but more bite and aggressiveness played with overdrive and distortion. It's kind of the best of both worlds scenario. Be advised that the guitar sounds very gnarly and aggressive and raw - it's not smooth like a LP or SG. It's nice and nasty!
The original 72 deluxes are prized for their oversized Seth Lover designed "Wide Range" pickups which were made from Cunife magnets. There are no replacement aftermarket pickups on the market that sound anything like this. The reissues don't sport these anymore and thus sound considerably different - but if you want a similar tone do some searches and replace some caps within the reissue and it'll get you a ballpark approximation of the original.
Or, eventually save up and buy them on eBay for about 450 to 500+USD a pop
http://cgi.ebay.com/1974-Fender-Tel...ryZ22670QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-Fender-...ryZ22670QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Cavett
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think it depends on the type of music u gonna play.
hard rock and metal leans toward the les paul while jazz and pop leans towards strat. i may be wrong, but thats what i've learnt from this forum so far
Sorry to say but this is a very bad generalised misconception.
The guitar does not dictate the music that it plays, its the person handling it is the one that is responsible for all the notes that is coming out from the guitar.
This is like saying a violin is made to be for classical music, but why do you hear it in country music too...
Would you consider getting the Fender 72 Telecaster Deluxe reissue? http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0137702306
It's MIM and about the same price as a standard tele.
The 72 tele deluxe was originally conceived to compete against the les pauls and other double humbucking guitars. It still has the soul and feel of a tele (and the twang too, on the bridge pickup) but more bite and aggressiveness played with overdrive and distortion. It's kind of the best of both worlds scenario. Be advised that the guitar sounds very gnarly and aggressive and raw - it's not smooth like a LP or SG. It's nice and nasty!
The original 72 deluxes are prized for their oversized Seth Lover designed "Wide Range" pickups which were made from Cunife magnets. There are no replacement aftermarket pickups on the market that sound anything like this. The reissues don't sport these anymore and thus sound considerably different - but if you want a similar tone do some searches and replace some caps within the reissue and it'll get you a ballpark approximation of the original.
Or, eventually save up and buy them on eBay for about 450 to 500+USD a pop
http://cgi.ebay.com/1974-Fender-Tel...ryZ22670QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-Fender-...ryZ22670QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
a fender with 2 humbuckers?!?! wtf?! gotta be a 1st!!
adly
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i feel that its a common misconception as well that just cause a tele ain't a humbucking guitar, it isn't suited for rock. i mean for one, you do have humbucking teles but even those with single coils can still be used for rock music. there are many rock music players out there who use teles, even the single coil ones.
Danelectrico
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Yes, that goes without saying. The brand / model / type of guitar is to a large extent irrelevant - it's more a stylistic and image thing if you ask me.
However that so called misconception is not entirely unfounded. Humbuckers often lend themselves a bit better for overdrive and distortion as the pronounced midrange of the pickups themselves sound good with drives, and for picking up on the right overtones and harmonics. Single coils can get noisy with the hum which gets exacerbated when overdriven, and the slightly thinner (due to less mids) and treblier nature of most single coils can make a single coil equipped guitar sound less full than if you compare it directly with a humbucker equipped guitar side by side, all else being equal.
Also most single coils have lower output than humbuckers - when driven lower output pickups sound different than high output pickups. They are generally more articulate and clear, and with a strat or a tele you can be quite assured that your notes don't mush up into an indistinctive mess as some mahogany double bucker guitars tend to do.
Whatever guitar you use, there's nothing some EQing and adjusting of your dirt pedals and amp can't do. Don't forget a good setup. Alot of it depends on what you're playing through, and what your playing style is.
Well,
i have a thinline tele its humbuckers too but its semi hollow body.
i can say its as warm as a les paul.
=)
http://soft.com.sg/forum/guitar-buy-sell/77854-wts-fender-thinline-tele-72-selling-cheap-week.html
i have a thinline tele its humbuckers too but its semi hollow body.
i can say its as warm as a les paul.
=)
http://soft.com.sg/forum/guitar-buy-sell/77854-wts-fender-thinline-tele-72-selling-cheap-week.html
vickomaniac
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gsonique izzat the kotzen tele?
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it's what works for you, regardless of what it is. if the Tele gets the job done for you, then use it.
keithC
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i'd say go test the guitar, if ur just starting, sound wise aint entirely important yet cause ur slowly experimenting and finding your sound. a les paul plays wayy different compared to a tele.. once u sling both guits on, get a good grip of the neck and play several stuffs, u'll be able to identify which one you like almost instantly.. a tele can rock.
Rhizopus
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This one ....
...played it yesterday :mrgreen: will make LP's cry!!
before it makes any LP cry, the price of this guitar will make me cry first
vickomaniac
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yeah they're awesome!
im not that much of a kotzen or a tele fan but damn!
im not that much of a kotzen or a tele fan but damn!