Originally Posted by: PonyOnewell, be sure to hit up mom and pop places, ebay, and if you live in or near a major city, craigslist.org it will probably be cheaper there than at guitar center...

...and the Tele may not have the same range as the Strat but the Strat can't sound like a Tele, so, they're even :)

Well I live in Oklahoma City and the only place really willing to make good bargains is Guitar Center. We used to have a Mars Music and I hear that was pretty good, but everything else around here pretty much just sucks. Also, I don't think I could ever bring myself to buy a guitar off ebay just because of the warrenty issue and you never know who you're dealing with. Same goes for craiglist, I just want to play the guitar before I purchase it (even if that means I gotta pay a little more).

I would say the Nashville Tele is more than even with the Strat in my biased opinion :p