There's something about a Telecaster that is very hard to define. It's so simple but it can be a right ******* - the bridge pickup sound is like nothing else (the Esquire only had the bridge pickup). If I get to Heaven, and part of the deal to get in was to authentically reproduce all the intros to all the rock anthems ever, I'd ask the Lord for a Telecaster to do it with.
It's only got two pickups and no trem, but it's the most versatile guitar ever invented. Tear yer head off treble to throaty warm blues to country rock. What more could a boy want?