djroge1 Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 So what makes a Les Paul better than a Tele? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicked1 Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 So what makes a Les Paul better than a Tele? What makes you think it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSG_Standard Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Set mahogany neck, Mahogany and Maple body, craftsmanship and mojo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Nothing! They're two completely different guitars...in all aspects. What makes a difference in your preference, for one over the other, would be totally up to you. :>) CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 What makes you think it is? Most Teles are way better than most les pauls of the same price But there are special les pauls that are just perfect (regardles sof price and model) and they can kick any fender's @ss anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djroge1 Posted June 13, 2009 Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 I played a tele for the first time in like 10 years the other day at GC. I did like it and it did sound cool thru a little Fender Princeton. What I liked is the modern bridge - I hate those old ashtray bridges. This one also had a push button on one of the controls; when engaged it placed the pick-ups in series I think. It sounded good in all settings. However, I personally like the feel of a LP better. I like the fret nibs and the balance of a LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 I've owned the same Tele for 31 years. I've owned maybe 3 or 4 other Teles in that time too. They were all different. I got my first LP in 1985. Since then I've had a dozen or more, from an original '55 gold top to some Kalamazoo stuff, some Nashville stuff, and even two '69 Personals thrown in for good measure. I've had my Norlin sandwich body '71 gold top Deluxe for 12 years now and I'll never part with it; it just has a vibe the others didn't. And even within the other ones, some were great, some were boring, one was a POS all day long and twice on Sundays. They're just different animals is all. None are better than the others, it's just in what moves you to play. Some inspire, some make us want to walk in front of a bus. And the next guy might feel totally different about the same instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamienAzrael Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 I'd have to agree with CB on this....I personally think both are good for different things...I own 1 Tele...Many LP's...I also think when recording 2 different guitar tracks in the studio a Les Paul and a Tele sound good together....Back with the original lineup of GN'R, Izzy used Tele's quite a bit and the mixed well with Slash's Les Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 There both great guitars in there own right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fool on The Hill Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I would say the Telecaster is an overall more versatile Guitar but the Les Paul got the tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrosion of conformity Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Really? I would actually say that the Les Paul is the more versatile guitar, but the Telecaster has a unique tone to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Different tones, scales, feel. But...BOTH are great guitars! Might boil down to personal preference, and/or tonal requirements. If you can afford both, do it! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fool on The Hill Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I have had both guitars at or near custom levels and while I really did luv my Tele but it was trying to hard to be a LP; seriously. With 2 red lace sensors and a blue at the neck the thing was a huge rock powerhouse but it was unable to do one thing. Sound like a Tele' date=' it did not have the Tele twang but this was a heavy guitar and was actually uncomfortable to play sitting down etc. Although it had growl for weeks with those red sensors and was a great gigging axe with the tremolo and the roller nut and the hipshot tremsetter it would stay in tune pretty dang good. I regret selling it but never would buy this version of that guitar again. Memory serves it was a special order from the custom shop and a bud of mine owned a guitar shop in the UP and a airforce guy paid the deposit to have the guitar ordered but never paid the balance and picked it up. The guitar and case came to $1500 in 1989 so it was a better Tele might not been a custom shop but was a special order. I have done some research on the guitar and it looks to have been a Tele Ultra Plus; it was a killer guitar. Speaking of there is a Strat version of that guitar in this area; wish I had the extra cash right now I would buy it. I did like those lace sensors. I played at a place in Hartford Ct called "A bar with no name" and the bandstand was right in the front of the bar so those walking by could see the band and hear us. Huge neon's and those sensors didn't mind at all; even the single coils in the RG550 hated that place. I will within a few years (maybe toward the end of this year) pick up a blond tele with the F-Hole. I like those. But like all things I got to get up off my butt and put in the hours to pay for these toys. Until then my Variax does a decent passable tele sound. [/quote'] If it wasn't for the fact that the Telecaster is the same price as a Gibson SG and 300 dollars less than a Traditional pro i would get one but right now Gibson has to many sweet deals to pass up. I already have a Telecaster anyways so i am looking for a Gibson, My Telecaster is a real 1959 Tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Yeah, one can "customize"or "mod" the original tone(s) right out of any guitar! WHY? If one want's a LP get one! Tele...get one. Strat..get one. Maybe "mod" them slightly for personal preferences, but..why even try to mod them into being something they "Just ain't!" LOL! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Nothing! They're two completely different guitars...in all aspects. What makes a difference in your preference' date=' for one over the other, would be totally up to you. :>) CB[/quote'] +1000 I mostly play my Tele at home because it sounds great with just a hair of overdrive on it and is very unforgiving which makes me try to play more precisely. I mostly play my Les Paul with my band because it rages with a heavy, overdriven sound and covers up some of my sloppiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Different tones' date=' scales, feel. But...BOTH are great guitars! Might boil down to personal preference,and/or tonal requirements. If you can afford both, do it! CB[/quote'] Yep, what Charlie said.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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