Les Paul or Tele – which is the ultimate workhorse electric?
00:00 Intro
00:23 Overview
02:21 Demo Jam
03:06 Round 1 – Clean Tones
03:49 Tele Clean Tones demo
18:00 Les Paul Clean Tones demo
26:34 Round 2 - Drive Tones
27:34 Tele Crunch Tones
31:10 Les Paul Crunch Tones
36:41 More Tele Crunch Tones
41:09 Tele Hot Gain Tones
47:44 Les Paul Hot Gain Tones
54:17 Real world considerations
Fender's Telecaster and Gibson's Les Paul might almost be two sides of the same coin - many players describe a good Les Paul as sounding like 'a big Tele' and while the Tele is wiry where the Les Paul is warm and vocal, there's a lot of overlap in the Venn diagram of the two models. So which is the better all-round workhorse for rock, blues and pop? Richard Barrett and Jamie Dickson put two examples of these classic designs through clean, crunch and lead tone tests and give their verdict.
00:23 Overview
02:21 Demo Jam
03:06 Round 1 – Clean Tones
03:49 Tele Clean Tones demo
18:00 Les Paul Clean Tones demo
26:34 Round 2 - Drive Tones
27:34 Tele Crunch Tones
31:10 Les Paul Crunch Tones
36:41 More Tele Crunch Tones
41:09 Tele Hot Gain Tones
47:44 Les Paul Hot Gain Tones
54:17 Real world considerations
Fender's Telecaster and Gibson's Les Paul might almost be two sides of the same coin - many players describe a good Les Paul as sounding like 'a big Tele' and while the Tele is wiry where the Les Paul is warm and vocal, there's a lot of overlap in the Venn diagram of the two models. So which is the better all-round workhorse for rock, blues and pop? Richard Barrett and Jamie Dickson put two examples of these classic designs through clean, crunch and lead tone tests and give their verdict.
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