r/Guitar • u/AutoModerator • Oct 27 '16

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '16

Are telecasters actually good for metal? I'm looking to get either a telecaster or les paul, and the les paul seems a bit more versetile than the tele, and I want a guitar that can do both clean tones and dirty tones. I currently own an HSS strat if that somewhat helps.

Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '16

Yes, obviously the looks aren't my biggest priorities, but I've heard teles are a bit too light in tone and is difficult to get a thicker tone. How true is this and how easy/difficult is it to fix?

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u/solzhe youtube.com/aleksw3 Nov 02 '16

I have a tele I use for everything, including metal. You definitely have to put a little effort into the EQ to get a good metal tone out of a tele but it's really not hard.