Fender Telecaster

Pros

• Strats also have their controls kinda in the way, but not as much (Telecasters have the best placement imo).
• Get her an electric with a thin neck, like a Tele or a Strat.
• I was planning on buying a Telecaster for myself at the new year's as I was wanting to expand from just playing acoustic. Well my wife beat me to it with an awesome Christmas surprise. I don't know much about electric, but so far this se...
• The telecaster is versatile because it combines two extremely different tones with each pickup. A softer, less trebly neck pickup that is great for rhythm and picking, then when you have a riff or solo you whack on the bridge and it has...
• I love Telecasters because it’s the only guitar that’s ever felt ‘right’ in my hands.

Cons

• My conclusion after about 10 minutes was that it was not noticeably "better" than the $699 guild or any guitar in my collection that ranges from $150 to $2k. ... If anything, I find it LESS versatile in it's stock configuration because t...
• She is 12 now and still plays my gs mini and can play my telecaster or her fave which is a full size p bass
• I've used it for songs I would normally want a les paul as well as for songs I'd use a telecaster.
• Parent context: I've always wondered why teles have 3 bridge saddles instead of one per string? Isn't that strictly a disadvantage for adjusting intonation? Reply: In all fairness, there are plenty of reasonable people there that prefer...
• I think they probably play great, but I can't get past the aesthetics - the shoe headstock and the honky tonk body.