let me just say that im a beginner and this is my first electric guitar.

i liked what the tele offered so i got a squier affinity deluxe tele. the original plan was to get a non deluxe tele but i saw it was there, took a look around and thought that it just had better quality parts so i decided on the deluxe over the original. went to a guitar store and got it, heard the store worker mention something about humbuckers but didnt think much of it. im now home with my tele and just realised that i mightve just fucked up.

so the question is, i have a tele with humbuckers and a strat bridge(idk if that makes a difference), so do i still have the tele sound or have i fucked it up?

i know the question sounds stupid because, why dont i just take a listen myself, but im a beginner and my ears are pretty shit. and im planning to keep using this guitar until it becomes unsave-able(im cheap like that)

tl;dr i have a tele with humbuckers and a strat bridge, i cant hear the difference myself so do i still have the tele sound?

  • Phrodo_00@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I agree with everyone saying you didn’t fuck up if you like the sound. At the same time, the main component of a guitar’s sound is the pickups (mainly type, but also position in relation to the strings, how much many loops they have, etc), so your telecaster won’t sound like a classic telecaster, but like a deluxe one.

    If you don’t like that you can return it, but then you will be dealing with 60hz him from the single coils, which can be a bit annoying as a beginner.