Originally Posted by: 6strngs_2hmbkrsso? all that means is, you are holding a "babe" close to your body, thus making it manly, and with a strat, you hold a man close to your body, thus making it gay... so, therefore, tele's are more manly! end of story.

Unfortunatly no...its like a man wearing bangles+earrings+skirt (if we start thinking extreme...please note i am not saying a Tele is like bangles or earings ;) ) those things are so feminine that if a man wears them its kinda hard to look macho while a strat is like a good sports car...just standing next to it increases your face value...

As for acoustic's being girly, thats a different arguement...for example no matter how expensive your electric is or who made it for you...unplug it and play it normally next to a really good acoustic in the hands of a real player playing a real good song (eg: Claption: tears in heaven) and the acoustic's normal "voice" will kick butt...but we are getting side tracked...I was just giving my opinion for the two Fender guitars' looks: Strats and Teles

If you bring in other guitars and shapes then this can get to be a prety big discussion...considering just electric shapes: Flying wing, Gibson's linup, Zachery's Z1,Z2 etc...

Difference of opinion is what makes us human, makes lawyers rich, seperates marrages and creates wars...but also makes beautiful music...which again is a matter of opinion.

Cheers!