Another help me choose a guitar thread (Telecaster vs Les Paul Jr Special)

chris_john

I've decided that 3 electrics is the magic number. I have an old Japanese Strat with CS69 pups, and a 339 Studio with Classic 57s. Now I'm looking to complete the trifecta with either a US telecaster, or a P90 equipped guitar such as the LPJ special. Decisions, decisions. What would you go for, and why?

chrisj1602

Telecaster.  I just love how basic they are, and they really get me using the vol/tone to get every possible sound out.

Jez6345789

I love Juniors & p90’s
That said if it’s just 3 then it has to be a Tele, good Tele’s cover so much ground and are the original work horse and I currently don’t own one. Plus for me specials are one pickup too much I really love the cut down simplicity of the single pickup versions.

Funkfingers

Gibson has used the name LP Junior Special more than once.

The current usage is on a dual P90 model with a bound fingerboard. The earlier variant was meant to be a halfway house between the Junior and Special. Hence, it lacked fingerboard binding (Junior) but had two pickups (Special). Unfortunately, the earlier model had the dubious *advantage* of P-100 stacked-coil, noise-cancelling pickups. Sure enough, the hum was cancelled but, so was some of the P90 goodness.  The only solution is to replace those P-100 pickups pronto.

Emiel

If you’d go for the Tele, you might find your Strat redundant eventually...  and that leaves space for a guitar with P90s

merlin

P90s could go in this shape. It's a bit like a supercharged Tele... 

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/134585/prs-mccarty-soapbar-goldtop#latest

Or a Tele indeed. Either of these! 

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/134933/snakehead-telecaster-replica-tribute#latest

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/114929/trussart-deluxe-steelcaster-cream-on-steel-gator-with-piezo#latest

lovestrat74

Which is your goto at the moment? Might help you decide which one you are more likely to pick up out of a Tele and Special..

chris_john

lovestrat74 said:

Which is your goto at the moment? Might help you decide which one you are more likely to pick up out of a Tele and Special..

Hmm, depends. If I had to choose between the two, I would probably go for the Strat. That neck pickup on the CS69 set is lovely. I really love the spank of single coil guitars for clean/breakup sounds, but the 339 really has that classic rock vibe.
I am about 75% leaning towards the tele, but I saw a LPJ (the TV yellow model) up for sale and it piqued my interest! 

munckee

The answer is get/put together a tele with a p90 in the neck position!

lovestrat74

munckee said:

The answer is get/put together a tele with a p90 in the neck position!

Or this...

zepp76

Keep an eye out for a Fender Aerodyne Telecaster, they are quite rare but with a single coil in the bridge and a P90 in the neck position it should cover a lot of ground. I've lusted after one for yonks, they look great in black with white binding.

57Deluxe

My LP Jr sounds Rad but my Tele can too and can clean up to a more full bodied range of tones that the Jr

BUT the Jr has real pulling power when eyed by other guitarists and onlookers, so = get both!

DulcetJones

Emiel said:

If you’d go for the Tele, you might find your Strat redundant eventually...  and that leaves space for a guitar with P90s

This.

NelsonP

Or maybe

Phil_aka_Pip

Hmmmm if I had a Strat and a Gibson semi that could cover the 335/LP/SG departments and wanted something that would be different enough to make it worth having a 3rd ... I could agree with anyone who said a P90-loaded instrument would make a good addition, but here are some other options in the significantly-different department:

• Reverend Airwave 12-string. Has P90 type pickups, presumably does the jangly bit quite well
• A jazzbox - that'll make you play differently
• A plug-innable acoustic (if you don't already have one)

Henrytwang

lovestrat74 said:

munckee said:

The answer is get/put together a tele with a p90 in the neck position!

Or this...


That’s so cool! I’m gonna put one of those together.