Telecaster or Stratocaster?

[Shuksan]

I have both and I prefer the Strat. Nothing wrong with the Tele, but the Strat has a wider range of tonal options that all sound great plus it has the tremolo bridge.

[guitarxan]

I have 1 of each, a mid 90’s Standard Strat and a Hot Rod 52 reissue Tele. If I had to keep one it would be the Tele. I love the twang the Tele has and the mini humbucker at the neck allows me to dial up some great classic rock tones. I’m not much of a blues or surf rock player so the Strat is under utilized.

[Birchtop]

Stratocaster.

[YeOldRocker]

Stratocaster. Guitar of choice for over thirty years; everything else came and went.

[paulzoom]

No offense, but doesn’t this belong in the electric section of the forum?

[Toucan]

3 pick up Tele. Works for me anyway.

[The Growler]

Both, of course.

[Brooklyn Bob]

The Tele works better for me ergonomically.

[woodbox]

Have had both.

I solved the either/or question by adding a Strat middle pickup to my Tele.
So effectively, I had a tonal hybrid tween the two.

I added a five position switch, so had lotsa tonal options.
Positions 1 and 5 were pure Telecaster.
Positions 2 and 4 (plus 3 of course) had the Strat quack.
It was a fun guitar!

But to the Original Post, if only one, I’d take a Tele over a Strat.

[TorzJohnson]

Tele all day long. Now if you want to kick it up a notch, LP Juniors and Specials rule them all.

[kingkoala42]

I prefer strat. Mine is wired to play the neck and bridge pickups at the same time.

[JayBee1404]

I have a modern Strat now, it’s a nice guitar. But I wish I still had the ‘64 Tele I had back in the ‘60s/‘70s - man, that was a guitar!

So, for me, the answer to the original question is ‘Telecaster’.

[Big-E]

Telecaster for me. IMO the best workhorse guitar in the "electric world"!

[Neal Pert]

Originally Posted by woodbox

Have had both.

I solved the either/or question by adding a Strat middle pickup to my Tele.
So effectively, I had a tonal hybrid tween the two.

I added a five position switch, so had lotsa tonal options.
Positions 1 and 5 were pure Telecaster.
Positions 2 and 4 (plus 3 of course) had the Strat quack.
It was a fun guitar!

But to the Original Post, if only one, I’d take a Tele over a Strat.

Sounds like a Fender Deluxe Nashville if I'm reading you right. It's the only electric on my wish list right now.

https://shop.fender.com/en-US/electr...147502301.html

[dan!]

Strat for me, easily.

Telecasters have always seemed like a prototype that needed one more solid iteration to me...