Any Point To Owning A Tele And A Strat

Session 5

Session 5

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These are the words expressed on another forum, I agree.

Usually, I'm the contrarian that steps in to say NO you don't need that extra guitar when everyone else is GAS-enabling. And I'm also the guy here who is most likely to push for fewer guitars and amps, and to say that there's very little difference between one guitar and the next.

However, in this case, even I would say that there is a difference between the Strat and a Tele. I have both, and I'm very happy to have both. The Teles get more play time, but when I want the Strat sound, as I sometimes do, there's really no substitute.(y)
 
You can own as many or as few as you want, it’s all up to you. I want to take advantage of the 20% sale on the PRS SE guitars, yesterday I was in man cave, haven’t played in a bit, and was playing my PRS Tremonti and telling my self I don’t really need another guitar. But then this Narrow Field Deep Dish pick ups would bring something different, not that I would play any better…..
 
Boubou said:
You can own as many or as few as you want, it’s all up to you. I want to take advantage of the 20% sale on the PRS SE guitars, yesterday I was in man cave, haven’t played in a bit, and was playing my PRS Tremonti and telling my self I don’t really need another guitar. But then this Narrow Field Deep Dish pick ups would bring something different, not that I would play any better…..
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PRS is the Devil can't own just one.

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I have 3 Teles and 2 Strats - and 3 Les Pauls for that matter.
They are all configured differently and sound completely different from each other.
Sharing some physical characteristics does not necessarily correlate to pointless tonal redundancy.
 
Totally different animals, so yes… own both. Like others said, you can have three Strats, or three Teles, or three Les Paul’s, and they‘ll each have their own sound or character.
 
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fitz said:
I have 3 Teles and 2 Strats - and 3 Les Pauls for that matter.
They are all configured differently and sound completely different from each other.
Sharing some physical characteristics does not necessarily correlate to pointless tonal redundancy.
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This^^^^^^^^Much the same here, but on the Gibson side of the playground.
I have 4 SGs, and they are all rugged individualists.
 
3 strats
S/S/S HB/S/S P90/S/S
4 teles
S/S Hotrail/S Hotrail/P90

While in my head I could try to argue they are all vastly different they likely all sound like me. It's not pickups that inspire me to pick any one up anyway, it's the overall vibe I'm feeling at that time.

I can think of only a few times when recording when I said to myself "this guitar isn't working here, I need to try another." Obviously I'm not a seasoned recording artist. I just like guitars a little too much.
 
Session 5 said:
These are the words expressed on another forum, I agree.

Usually, I'm the contrarian that steps in to say NO you don't need that extra guitar when everyone else is GAS-enabling. And I'm also the guy here who is most likely to push for fewer guitars and amps, and to say that there's very little difference between one guitar and the next.

However, in this case, even I would say that there is a difference between the Strat and a Tele. I have both, and I'm very happy to have both. The Teles get more play time, but when I want the Strat sound, as I sometimes do, there's really no substitute.(y)
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Seeing as they sound and feel completely different from one another there certainly is a point in having both. And for that matter, neither can do what a Les Paul does, or an SG, so even just sticking with the best-know solidbodies, there is a valid argument for owning four guitars right there.
 
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