Greetings Twang Kings and Queens
The Fender Stratocaster, you see it everywhere. Ask any man or woman in the street to draw a guitar, chances are they will draw something Strat like. This ubiquity is unsuprising considering its looks, history and impact on rock history. Personally I will leave the hyperbole to others because lets face it we have heard it all before. But what about the more humble Telecaster? Telecaster sales and vintage values have always lagged behind Strat's and the humbler Tele is increasing in popularity. My personal view is that the Tele has always been more of a guitar for the purist. Whilst Strat players often chop and change with other guitars, Tele players are Telecaster players through and through, Wilko Johnson, Joe Strummer, Roy Buchanan, to name a view are iconic and look well...just plain wrong with anything else.
To this end I am starting to wonder if the Stratocaster was the design great leap forward that guitar historians say. Perhaps we have all just been indoctrinated to believe that it was, but those who are fans of the way of the Telecaster know better? On that bombshell...until next time fretheads!
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