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The bridge pickup on a Tele is mounted to the bridge plate, not the body.
True. What I was trying to describe (and obviously botched) is the metal bridge plate and pickup assembly being screwed directly onto the guitar body, thereby making a very solid connection to the wood.

The Strat pickups are attached to the pick guard and the plastic guard makes flexes, vibrates, and makes its own contribution to the tone of a Strat.

That's not a bad thing, but it's why I prefer Telecasters to Strats when it comes to bolt-ons.

What I like about PRS set neck models is that they retain a thicker tone all the way up the neck, but that's a different story, and there's a time and a place for other types of guitars. The NF-53 looks pretty interesting. I haven't played one yet.
 
I think suspending a magnetic pickup from a metal or plastic plate vs. directly mounting them to the wood has an inconclusive effect on the tone of what comes out of an amp. I've never seen any convincing evidence that it has any effect whatsoever.
 
I hadn't thought about that, but it makes sense. Seems to me the Tele has a thicker tone.
Typically yes but it depends on the exact setup. The guitarist I play with regularly has a strat with (I think) Lollars that has a baseplate added to the bridge and overwound slightly to cut back on the typical shrillness associated with that pickup and push it more towards tele territory.

It's too easy to get out in the weeds about where the difference in tone is with those two if you consider all the variables like bridges, saddles, baseplates, baseplate materials, etc.
 
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