im playing alot of metal myself and a telecaster like a metalguitar is pretty much a no-go for alot of gutiarplayers*kughtheysoundlikeshitkugh*.. (no offence on the teleplayers)
i would reccomend:
this list is just for me so guitarfreaks > dont take stuff
personal#1 metalwannahaves
Jackson: kelly my fav
dunno many other jacks but most of them play awesome
ESP (better not buy them if you havnt got a hellot of money, cuz ur paying alot for the name.. good though)
Cort: (cort?)Yes Cort! got a Kx-1 Katana myself and lufin it, also the EVL series are kinda kickass, especially the ones with active EMG's
Gibson Explorer, who doesnt love them...
Musicman: petrucci, luke's > allround#1
#2
Ibanez: for the rly heavy stuff, try the RG series, most got 2 humbux for a nice & heavy sound, they're good affordable
Gibson(for metalplaying #2):Les Paul (expensive but nice & heavy sound), flying V,
Ibnez JS, alround guitar, pretty fine
ah well.. cant name all the guitar ive played but these are worth to mention
(personal)no-go's:
Fender Telecaster. not the sound/elements/(image)
Fender Stratocaster, personally i think its just Not a metalguitar, love to play most of them, but just for rock/blues... metal aint the genre
Dean: sorry to alot of deanmetaldudes cuz many love them.. i dont
final list of actually not worth-to-mention-list
ANY:
BcRich
Epiphone
Squier
dimarvi
stag
line-6
LTD
and many more...
anyway... you know when you like a guitar by playing it... and within about 2 secs you already know wether thats ganna be your guitar or not
anyway good luck with it!
patrick