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The Line6 Variax does a good job at creating Strat/Tele sounds. I don't know of any other guitars that use the kind of wood that is necessary to create such a tone, so I would recommend the Variax ... combined with the POD XT, you can even switch guitar sounds from the floorboard. And the Variax+POD XT together cost about as much as a good Fender Telecaster ...

Got a late '70s Jap Tele that's just great. It does need a little repair work now but it has served me extraordinarily well and took a real beating during the 90s when it was gigged every week for three solid years. It's a great guitar and suprisingly versatile - you can get a lot more from it than just that nasal country twang. Find one on ebay and splurge.

Telecasters sound great.....

...if you like annoying twangy crap.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: GoldenSpiral wrote: Telecasters sound great..... ...if you like annoying twangy crap.  Have you ever heard anything from Scott Henderson or Greg Koch?

Scott Henderson plays a tele?  damn.  My world is shattered. 

He is awesome though (He and Victor wooten and Steve smith together are insane!). 

My prejudice comes from the fact that most bands I've seen use a telecaster with some sort of fender amp, which tend to add to the twang factor.  I like a smooth tone from a fender, like SRV's strat.  but overall, I prefer gibson guitars.

on top of it all though, I think telecasters are ugly. so

MikeEnRegalia wrote: GoldenSpiral wrote: MikeEnRegalia wrote: GoldenSpiral wrote: Telecasters sound great..... ...if you like annoying twangy crap.  Have you ever heard anything from Scott Henderson or Greg Koch? Scott Henderson plays a tele?  damn.  My world is shattered.  He is awesome though (He and Victor wooten and Steve smith together are insane!).  My prejudice comes from the fact that most bands I've seen use a telecaster with some sort of fender amp, which tend to add to the twang factor.  I like a smooth tone from a fender, like SRV's strat.  but overall, I prefer gibson guitars. on top of it all though, I think telecasters are ugly. so I just wanted to scare you ... both play Stratocasters ... I was rather referring to the Twang. But I think that Greg Koch uses a hybrid ... a Telecaster with a Strat vibrato system, if I'*m not mistaken. So he has a Telecaster neck (and tone).

Interesting.... no matter what, a strat will always sound better than a tele.  It's the way theyre built and the pickups they use.  but of course nothing sounds better than a les paul, except maybe the occasional PRS.

it's pretty.

Beautiful ...

I own a Lite Ash Tele, which sounds great through my 50 watt Marshall tube amp. I have it set so it doesn't really have that twangy crap at all. It has the most amazing clean tone.