Thinking about a Tele - but where to start?

[Strat-itis]

Im thinking of changing gears.
Its clear Im not chasing an exact tone and this morning my wifes tells me "Dont buy a cheap guitar".

It dawns on me that I have an upper end like new strat that has sat for years getting no love. I should pull that out and play a bit with it. If I dont like the neck pickup they CC pickups and P90s are made to drop in a strat. However, I dont know what they sound like since most the clips are of teles.

Anyway, if its a reasonable pursuit its smarter to get one very nice guitar that I own into rotation rather than spending money on something that is low rent.

Strats sound great for jazz, they're nice and springy. It's a good platform for a solid body jazz guitar.

[GuyBoden]

The original three adjuster Telecaster bridge is terrible.