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I have both: a pre-1970 Strat and a fairly new 2009 Tele Deluxe (with split S coils). I find the tele to have a smaller neck with a more shallow radius and less compounding as you near the body. The Strat's a Strat. . . You know'em and love'em. The tele (out of the box) has more of the twang that built country, but dial down on the tone and crank up the amp and you can coax just about any sound from it. I find the maple fretboard to be a little faster fretting and with a good set up, no fret buzzing. Not unlike the CD system in our Porsches (mandatory Porsche reference). Are there fewer? Maybe. Only because Fender doesn't get too much demand for them. People inherently go for the Strat or for the LP. I guess that after all that, the question is: "What type music do you play?" Combine that answer with your amp rig and that'll go a long way in helping you decide. Just remember to bend'em like Clapton.
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Don Newton
“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night,” George Orwell wrote, “only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
"I gave up visiting my psychoanalyst because he was meddling too much in my private life." Tennessee Williams
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