let me just say that im a beginner and this is my first electric guitar.

i liked what the tele offered so i got a squier affinity deluxe tele. the original plan was to get a non deluxe tele but i saw it was there, took a look around and thought that it just had better quality parts so i decided on the deluxe over the original. went to a guitar store and got it, heard the store worker mention something about humbuckers but didnt think much of it. im now home with my tele and just realised that i mightve just fucked up.

so the question is, i have a tele with humbuckers and a strat bridge(idk if that makes a difference), so do i still have the tele sound or have i fucked it up?

i know the question sounds stupid because, why dont i just take a listen myself, but im a beginner and my ears are pretty shit. and im planning to keep using this guitar until it becomes unsave-able(im cheap like that)

tl;dr i have a tele with humbuckers and a strat bridge, i cant hear the difference myself so do i still have the tele sound?

  • ivanafterall
    1•7 months ago

    Another thought: do you want an existing sound or do you want to create your own sound? Ultimately, that’s a really key concept. Music is not a competition. You’re not trying to sound like that other guy–you’re not him and you’ll never sound exactly like him. And even if you do, do you really just want to be a duplicate? Your music is like your fingerprint. It will sound different than the music other people are making, simply because you are the one making it. Lean into that and find YOUR sound, not someone else’s.

    Having said that, the “tele” sound is primarily a treble-y twangy kinda tinny sound. Here’s a great example. For those types of examples, it’s usually a very compressed tone, often clean or with just a slight touch of OD (e.g. you could just use a tube amp and push it juuuust past clean), and some slap-back/ping-pong delay.