Can you get a tele sound from a different guitar?

[sameh]

I have a great Les Paul, PRS Custom 22 , and a Strat with splittable bridge humbucker..is it possible to get a convincing telecaster sound from any of these guitars? any suggestions?

[bluesjuke]

Another guitar will tele you that you need a Tele.

[Mark C]

The only one of those that would possibly come close is the strat, and you'd need to change pickups. Honestly, best bet is to save up the dough and get a tele - nothing else will really nail that sound completely.

[Flinto2002]

You can approximate the middle tele position with a strat, provided it enable you to get neck/bridge on at the same time. The PRS and Gibson won't even get you in the same county as a tele

[Russorama]

I've got a strat with emg's in it. The bridge pos. can get a bit tele-ish.
I've also got a tele though. ;-)

[Average Joe]

As long as you work the amp settings as well you can get close. The middle position on a 335 can be made to sound quite tele like imho

[GiorgioV]

My Oxblood Les Paul is a fairly bright sounding guitar, pickups are not hot at all, the treble pickup is closer to the bridge than on a average Les Paul and the bridge itself is a wraparound.

It can get pretty twangy, and have same tele-like wibe if you smack the strings pretty had, but it doesn't really sound like a tele.

[marantz1300]

Yes if you do this.You wont have a Strat sound then though.

[chervokas]

Originally Posted by GiorgioV

My Oxblood Les Paul is a fairly bright sounding guitar, pickups are not hot at all, the treble pickup is closer to the bridge than on a average Les Paul and the bridge itself is a wraparound.

It can get pretty twangy, and have same tele-like wibe if you smack the strings pretty had, but it doesn't really sound like a tele.

Yup, of the guitars the OP mentioned the only one I've ever heard mimic a Tele bridge tone is a Les or SG under certain conditions--first you need bright, relatively low output, PAF-style pickups. If you have hot, dark, overwould humbuckers, forget it. And a BF, scooped mid type amp. And you pick down near the bridge. You can get closer to a Tele that way, ironically, than with, say, a Strat, but again the crucial thing is bright, PAF type pickups.

[marsos52]

generally speaking...
no other guitar sounds like a tele...
but a tele can sound like many other guitars

[ezcomes]

Originally Posted by chervokas

Yup, of the guitars the OP mentioned the only one I've ever heard mimic a Tele bridge tone is a Les or SG under certain conditions--first you need bright, relatively low output, PAF-style pickups. If you have hot, dark, overwould humbuckers, forget it. And a BF, scooped mid type amp. And you pick down near the bridge. You can get closer to a Tele that way, ironically, than with, say, a Strat, but again the crucial thing is bright, PAF type pickups.

i would second this...or a good P90...that will help too...

[Polynitro]

no.

[Jon Silberman]

I used to think no. A week in Nashville hitting the clubs on Broadway each night dispelled my ignorance.

You most certainly can get Tele-ish sounds on a Strat and certain Ernie Ball guitars. I heard them with my own ears. Throw one of these into a Strat for starters.

The forum cognesceti will debate on the exactness of it all. Your audience, in contrast, won't give a shit.



http://www.harmonicdesign.net/allpages/strats.html

[JPF]

I've got 2 NSG25s - one with 3 x BK P90s, and the other with 2 x BK Knuckledusters (each one consists of paired and splittable BK Brown Sugars).

The latter dishes out both LP and Tele sounds to an amazing degree of accuracy. Here's a review that gets into considerable detail:

http://www.nsguitars.co.uk/review_gu...t_26_6_02.html

It is the only guitar other than a Tele that I've ever tried that can truly sound the part. That it also does an excellent LP emulation is what makes the NSG25 so special.

[Hulakatt]

Originally Posted by chervokas

Yup, of the guitars the OP mentioned the only one I've ever heard mimic a Tele bridge tone is a Les or SG under certain conditions--first you need bright, relatively low output, PAF-style pickups. If you have hot, dark, overwould humbuckers, forget it. And a BF, scooped mid type amp. And you pick down near the bridge. You can get closer to a Tele that way, ironically, than with, say, a Strat, but again the crucial thing is bright, PAF type pickups.

Pretty close to what I was gonna say as well. The closest I've gotten to a tele [other than a tele of course] is with my LP with low-ish output pups. I would counter the bit about the amp however, I have achieved passable tele tones with my LP and my 5e3 and my Marshall 20watt. I think the biggest key is don't forget you vol and tone controls!