10's on a tele?

[R_of_G]

Well, I think a lot of the desire for 10s is just macho stuff. I generally play pretty clean, so the slightly lighter tone of 9's is just fine for me. I also like the easier touch for bends and other legato moves. Now, if you want to bomb away with gain/distortion ... OK, I think 10s might be better ... but you're probably going to be doing that with a humbucker setup.

Interesting take on it Ace.

I never really thought about machismo entering into the picture but since we're talking about guitar players, I suspect you're probably right on the money.

Now the question becomes, when someone wants to move up to thicker strings is that "tone envy?"