With regard to Fender Telecasters and MO:

Martin played a telecaster regularly during the Capricornia tour. These clips are from the Darwin Capricornia show (I'm using webmail so apologies for no hyperlink, you will have to cut and paste into address bar):

Blue Sky Mine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCtjoJ4qUlY

Read About It - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTKUKGczn1c

I also recall Jim playing a telecaster on stage guitar during the Breaking of the Dry Tour in January 1995.

I've owned many guitars over the years including a tele which I didn't like due to its weight (heavy). Santa recently bought me an LTD EC1000 which has a Les Paul shape but weighs about half as much and has active pickups. Made in Korea but an excellent quality guitar. These are usually associated with heavy metal but are a really versatile guitar. Its a great guitar to play, the best guitar I have owned and I'd recomend it to anyone. You can pick them up second hand in a case for around $1000-1200. 

Someone else commented that MO songs may not particularly suit someone learning - I bought the MO songbook in 1986 before I bought the guitar, then got a guitar and went from there. If that book never came out I probably never would have picked up the guitar and learnt to play it!

I missed out on Manly Leagues and wave aid wasn't enough - can't wait to see the guys in action again on Thursday and Friday. Got reserved seats as all my six year old son wants at the moment is to go and see the Oils (much to his mother's horror) and being up the front would scare the proverbial out of him.

Regards,

Damien

Stephan J�nsch <stephan.jaensch@gmx.net> wrote:

It really depends on the kind of music you'd like to play. The Oils used 

a huge variety of guitars, the most famous being Martin's 'old faithful' 

Strat. I can't recall any of them using a Tele, though and I wouldn't 
recommend getting one as a beginner. It's one of the more limited models 

mostly used in country music. If you favour a transparent and defined 
sound without too much distortion a Strat is probably a good choice. If 
you like to use a lot of gain and a compressed sound with less dynamics 
a Gibson style guitar would be appropriate, although a Les Paul might be 

too heavy for your taste. You should generally be aware of the 
differences between single coil and humbucking pickups. Gibson style 
guitars also usually have a shorter diapason (is that the correct term?) 

so the string tension is lower than with Fenders which makes you need 
less force.  If you're looking for a budget guitar the Squier (Fender) 
and Epiphone (Gibson) copies of the originals should satisfy. I recently 

purchased an Epiphone SG G-400 for just 200 Euro, had the bridge pickup 
replaced with an original Gibson and I just love it! The best way to 
choose will simply be to get to your local guitar store and try some 
different models to find out what you're feeling comfortable with. Good 
luck and happy learning!

Cheers,

Stephan

hotlittlejorge schrieb:

I'm thinking about picking up the guitar (again) and was wondering if 
those of you who play, particularly Midnight Oil tunes, might have 
advice on the type of guitar I should buy. I'm strictly entry-level 
and looking for something I can learn on and grow with.

Fender makes some very nice, affordable packages for stratocasters and 

telecasters - does one lend itself to the Oils catalog more than the 
other? Is there a particular feature I should look out for that you 
find helpful?

Thank you in advance - there will be a free Powderworkers section at 
my first show in Giants Stadium when I become a 40-something rock 
sensation!

JORGE