Best Tele vs. Strat "Cut through In The Mix comparo" ever seen.....

Forget all those wanna be video comparos of narcissistic and biased content. Here's a serious Strat vs. Tele caugfht in the act video. Interesting from appx 1:35 to 3:30

 

Ha Ha,..I didn't even said a word what I like better. Everybody is going to make his own opinion anyway.
But as we're at it, I'm w. you on most what you said. But I don#t think Mrs. Davies was obliged to keep it low when it was her turn for a solo. Albert is too good to be competed by anyone anyway. There is one situation in the video where she turns back to her amp and cranks it up. Off course there is the sound guy who is in the chain too, but all in all the result is quite typical IMO. At least that's what I've experienced w. my Strat and my Tele.
I've seen Albert twice in the late seventies and mid eighties. ....
What did you say? Oooh! Sorry,....yes you're right, the man (was) LOUD. All up to 15 on the twin.
I often play w. my bare fingers too. It's not louder than w. a plek. In fact it's less and you have to crank up the amp. to compensate for that. That's probably how it came to be w. Albert Style.
IMO there's no doubt that the man stands out w. his natural tremolo on the string. Many players make usage of master volumes and stomp boxes which is a different tonal quality. I don't know if Debbie Davies used a master on her Marshall but her tone is different for sure. To my ears it's more scratchy, more compressed and w. less expressionism than she would have been sounding over a classic SF or BF plain. She is a wonderful talented player, no doubt. It's just that I think that most players would sound a lot more expressive straight through an amp. I'm probably biased and it probably all melts down to my own personal preference.
There was this guy "ST" who dropped into the jam last night. Some Dr. John, Cpt. Beefheartish ol' fart w. a voice like a bear. He played a Flying V over my plain Vibrolux and swept away everyone who was there that night. His minimalistic and expressive Albert King/ B.B. King style over that Fender amp had it all. It kicked all the young guys high tech toys into the dust.

What was the topic? Sorry for my ramble. What I'm trying to say is that Albert wasn't much louder that Debbie Davies. he just played an amp and a guitar that allowed him to perfectly articulate each single note even if it was as subtle as lightning fast roll on and roll offs.

I used to play my Strat almost exclusively for many moons. I rarely used the bridge PU for solos. Mostly used the middle PU for rythm and the neck PU for solo. I stopped using the hybrid PU positions about two years after The Sultans Of Swing was issiued. This position has been and still is excessively overused.

The Tele opened a completely new gate for me. I have always loved the sweet airy tone of the neck PU and also love to play lead on the bridge PU. To me there is nothing more interesting than a Tele straight into a cranked up amp.

 

Eh???....LOL, you give them gals an eagle eye. Hope your wife is not reading.

 

Oooh!!, So she's reading. Sorry M#me, I was kiddin'

 

Here too, I think that jeff beck's Tele is cutting through way better. Those strat in between PU positions can get a bit flabby and diffused.