This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as random or as clumsy as a blaster; an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.

@aidenwatler7153

4 жыл бұрын

Mark E. This weapon is your life!

@taint2684

4 жыл бұрын

*looks at Ibanez* so uncivilized

@benjaminnielsen4288

4 жыл бұрын

I see you have constructed a new Telecaster... Your Luthier skills are complete. Indeed you are a powerful player as the audience has forseen.

@p-punk3719

4 жыл бұрын

What would be the weapon of a Sith then? Just curious

@benjaminnielsen4288

4 жыл бұрын

@@p-punk3719 Black Tele with chrome pickguard and a red fret board :) "His Telecaster... Ah, yes. A Jedi's weapon. Much like your father's. By now you must know that your father can never stop playing on the dark side of the stage"

I’m a Gibson guy myself and also love a strat, but a Tele came with me overseas when I played guitar for my mom the day she passed. It was the one I could trust to travel with and do everything I wanted knowing it would be the last time I would get to play for my best friend and the woman who supported me the most in all my pursuits. I loved my mom and that Tele is a forever guitar for me after all this.

Teles are the most versatile guitars out there. It can do blues, it can shred, it can solo. And the crazy thing is....it was one of the first. They got it right the first time.

@nickvtguitar546

9 ай бұрын

😂

Telecaster: Everything you need, nothing you don’t. Or, as my older brother used to say: Telecaster - The fine line between junk and genius

@leoogonsales

2 жыл бұрын

Why

@ferox965

Жыл бұрын

I have a Les Paul and a Tele. My take is this...the Les Paul roars, the Tele screams.

Ordered my first electric guitar today and although everyone was telling me to get a Strat I got a Tele. I just love the sound and simplicity and look of it. Can’t wait to start playing it

@nolightescapeshere

3 жыл бұрын

My first guitar was a Squier Telecaster. You made the right choice!

@garygritter5701

3 жыл бұрын

My first guitar was a Rockfield Strat in sunburst but I always promised myself a telecaster, I have a classic vibe telecaster & it’s better than most of the higher end guitars I’ve played.

@garygritter5701

2 жыл бұрын

@@miko1975guitar I’ve just made a pink paisley partscaster and that is amazing but that only cost me £180 to build, proves that you don’t need tonnes of money to be able to get a decent guitar.

@TaxPayingContributor

2 жыл бұрын

Pawn shop hand me down strats and imposters until I stepped backwards into the 15k amp face. This unnamed flapping sound hole did clean with an edge. ..

@TaxPayingContributor

2 жыл бұрын

Meant to say that I love my new Tele imposter from Indio. Where had this machine been all my life?

Telecaster is the simplest and at the same time the most versatile electric guitar.

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

strat plus 95 amen 🙏

@mytelecasterworld3336

4 жыл бұрын

it is perfect....the simplest thing to say about tele..."it is perfect"

@XricheeX

4 жыл бұрын

strat plus 95 so im about to buy my first guitar and everywhere im reading that strats are the most versatile and best for beginners yet here i am lol

@bryantherocker

4 жыл бұрын

WRONG

@nelsonvontitfuk1471

4 жыл бұрын

Richelle Heina Get a strat. Trust me.

this video confirms what MusicRadar says: “Telecasters are sonic chameleons. This is the guitar that links country jazz players like Danny Gatton to classic rocker Pete Townshend of The Who and Slipknot's masks metalhead Jim Root. A Tele can mimic a big-bodied jazz guitar, a country pedal steel, and a Les Paul.”

@edmitchell3766

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers for that quote. I wrote it!

@groan_of_tedium

3 жыл бұрын

Is it fair to include Jim Root in that? I mean, his tele is fantastic, but it isn't really a telecaster...

@karl.t.d.

3 жыл бұрын

Well Jim Root included active EMG himbuckers

@linuxjodi4311

3 жыл бұрын

@@karl.t.d. still a T-style tho.. :')

@EnterJustice

2 жыл бұрын

@@groan_of_tedium I'd argue no. Jim Root doesn't own a real telecaster, he owns a metal guitar with active humbuckers that happens to have the Tele body shape. The pickups are one of the most important elements in defining a guitar's sound, so I'd argue that by changing the pickups you are changing the very nature of the guitar.

other thing to say about telecaster that is never said is that it is the best solid body electric guitar to play unplugged.....

@scottestes7768

4 жыл бұрын

Not true. That honor goes to the Yamaha RS502T

@scottestes7768

4 жыл бұрын

@hans meier it's hard to describe, but it is super comfy. Not too thin or too thick check it out at a guitar store. The RS502T is what I have

@ruiseartalcorn

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@linguinini5831

4 жыл бұрын

I’m currently being forced to learn how to play on my tele without an amp and I love it.

@caprise-music6722

4 жыл бұрын

Any alder body guitar guitar works good to play unplugged. Especially heavy wood slabs. My mex strat works wonders unplugged, annoying my neighbors

"Let's hear some hip hop... Okay, maybe not everything." Tom Morello: "What's that?"

@jameswillis494

3 жыл бұрын

made me chukle lol

Telecaster is like your favorite old pair of jeans. Always go back to it.

I always thought Teles looked so much cooler than Strats. The Strat became such an iconic guitar that its shape is just the generic guitar shape now.

Roy Buchanan beat that mugger with his tele and when he was done it was still in tune.

@claylippert7203

3 жыл бұрын

If he did it with a Les Paul the head stock would have broken.

@shartne

3 жыл бұрын

ha ha LOL made me laugh. =)

@John17thru26

3 жыл бұрын

in a bar fight the Telle is second only to the banjo. lol

Telecasters are like the Swiss Army knife of guitars. Whatever you need is most likely at hand

@johnfoskey7855

4 жыл бұрын

Try a les paul jr..it can twang with the best

@mrtambourineman6107

4 жыл бұрын

You mean a strat dude

@1guitar12

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Greene Chris you’re right, I didn’t see the one post from the other douche. I stand corrected and apologize. I deleted my posts and was wrong with my accusations with you. I’ll blame it on the Corona virus

@roman2374

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. And when the knife won’t do and you need an axe - Telecaster and Jazzmaster are married beautifully and are all you could ever need. And then I’m still dreaming of owning a Rickenbacker

@Batsianouski

3 жыл бұрын

I'd say it's "everything in nothing"

I always thought telecasters were cooler looking. They're minimalist and classic at the same time.

I actually bought a squirer telecaster for$200 and I like the feel and tone better than my strat. I play it every day.

@Gojulee

2 жыл бұрын

I just bought a 97 squire tele for £100... gave it a set up and not played my fender strat since.. nice road worn look to it too. Sounds and plays great ..best guitar I’ve bought for the price

For me you completely captured it when you said that you found yourself trying to get all your other guitars to sound the way the tele does naturally. That has been my experience and I cannot go back! I love my tele so much! Great video, thank you!

I've had an interesting path towards the tele. I was once a highly skilled and sought after session guitarist, playing mostly Strats and vintage Les Paul's etc, and had a really priviliged future ahead of me in the music industry. Then, because of me being me, just when I realised how easy it was for me in the privileged position I was in to make it big internationally as a session guitar player, I immediately quit, sold all my guitars and found an old early 18th c Italian violin in an attic (how lucky can you get??) and dedicated my life to becoming a baroque violinist and a session drummer. I got to a really high level doing early music on the violin and jazz/pop/folk session work on drums and got to a somewhat passable level on the baroque guitar and lute, and have been doing this for the last ten years. All the time, I've still been in studios, especially with drums, playing with great guitarists with their Strats, Teles, Gibsons, Gretsch guitars etc. So I've really seen what each guitar could do from a third person perspective, playing with these guys on a different instrument. When I got a call not long ago to do some gigs on electric guitar by someone who knew me from when I still played, I thought it would be a good idea to buy my first electric guitar in basically a decade or so. It was a series of gigs that paid enough to basically be able to afford to invest in any guitar I wanted sub 4000 dollars. And I was an experienced enough musician in general to now be swayed by brand or anything; I knew that I could afford to make no compromises tone wise and when it came to stability. When I was thinking of which guitar to buy, my past as a Strat and Les Paul guy came back to me for just a moment, but immediately I shifted my perspective to what I had heard those 10 years in studios listening to all of those guitars, but not playing them myself and REALLY getting a new perspective on what each guitar could do to recorded music. And I instantly knew. TELECASTER. 100%. I had played quite a few way back, but never felt the need to own one. But after 10 years of listening experience, I knew I needed that sound specifically. It felt like it was THE most important guitar tone to have access to, and that everything else had to come second. There will be other guitars down the line. But the Tele had to come first, just because of the golden, organic tone, stability (SUPER important) and incredible versatility.

In other words, a tele is the vintage Jeep of the guitar world-comfy, durable, and it will take you anywhere musically.

@jimyoung9262

2 жыл бұрын

As a Jeep owner and a tele owner I love this analogy

@tomlupton3975

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimyoung9262 Agreed -- except for the "comfy" part, if we're really talking vintage Jeeps. Lots of character to love, but not "comfy".

@koreanname

9 ай бұрын

Except Teles don't crap out on you after 3 years of moderate use

Surprisingly, the Tele is both one of the rawest and most elegant guitars of all time. Its simplicity is a source of inspiration as it gets out of the way of the player to allow the music to breathe and flow naturally. That, and you can drop it down a flight of stairs and not only will it be okay but it will most likely still be in tune.

@CHlEFFIN

9 ай бұрын

Brilliant comment👏🏽😂

The Telecaster has a legitimacy that no other guitar can match, in my opinion. My story is a lot like yours - it took me twenty years of playing and performing before I even picked up a Telecaster. I was just goofing around in Guitar Center and suddenly two hours had gone by and I was in love. My previous guitar purchases had been based on a thought that I "should have" whatever it was - Les Paul, SG, Explorer, etc. The Fender Telecaster was the first guitar I had never wanted and had never pined for, which I bought strictly for how it played, how it felt in my hands and how it sounded. It was an epiphany about what really mattered. The irony is that, once that epiphany had occurred, I realized that the Telecaster was actually the best looking guitar of all. It had simply never occurred to me. There had been clues, through the years. I had seen Dave Mason live back in 1999 and remembered thinking (damn...) I didn't know a Telecaster could sound like that. I saw Prince live and gained first hand knowledge - the man could give the whole audience a haircut with that thing any time he pleased. I remembered being 13 when Billy Squier's first album was released and how much I loved that record. It still holds up today and the cover photo of him with his Tele is simply timeless. I'm not ashamed to admit that how I look does matter. I came to the conclusion that I would never look stupid wielding a Telecaster, no matter how old I became. As great a guitar as it was, I ended up selling my black and white Explorer because I looked and felt silly holding it by the time I was 40. Somehow, the Telecaster will never become a parody of itself or cliche in the way that even a Les Paul can be.

Yeah, I was never impressed with the Tele either, and then I bought one,- I was instantly hooked. My Tele truly inspired my playing ! It's amazing...

The telecaster is the only guitar that fully allows me to spew the music that’s on my mind. Anytime I pick up my strat, I tend to stick to what I know. But a tele, oh boy cut me loose.

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

Up Dog amen!

Teles are just more honest and unforgiving than most other guitars. Great Tele tone comes from the player and it takes time to get to a point where you can appreciate and make use of it. Most other guitars are a relative cakewalk to play. Telecasters demand the best but give up the best tones when you get it right.

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

Tyler Angle amen brother

@colinstout7184

4 жыл бұрын

Agree totally .they say ,ok what you got.

@jaygotthis3340

4 жыл бұрын

Im a strat guy but thats actually very true

@bolt4694

4 жыл бұрын

Slight disagreement here. My Tele ( 52 reisue) is not the fastest guitar I've played. but it is one of the easiest. Hope this makes sense.

@olimon63

4 жыл бұрын

@@bolt4694 When you try (e.g.) a Les Paul you feel like if you were playing with your old brother toy... So complex to master...!! Instead when you try a Tele the feeling is that is your young brother toy what you are playing with... So easy!! That was my feeling about the Tele.

Great video, you covered all the great Tele stuff. I was always a strat guy. Bought and sold dozens of guitars, but always kept a strat. I NEVER considered a Tele. I thought they were thin sounding and ugly, But I also never played one. Anyway a few months ago I got a bug up my ass about a Tele. Don't know why. I was working on my playing a lot. More than any other point in my life and more a more I became dissatisfied with my Strat tone. I started changing pedals and amp settings. Then it hit me, I need a Tele. Now I still never played one. I just had it in my head that it was the right tone that I needed at that time. So I went out and played one at Guitar Center and I couldn't stop playing it. I was there for 3 hours. During that time I only played about 3 different Teles. Decided on the Elite because I loved the feel of the neck more than the others. Never in my wildest dreams did I think it would be as versatile as it was. And what you said about how it sits in the mix was spot on. The bass player I play with was ecstatic! Suddenly, the muddiness was gone and everything was crystal clear. Needless to say, I'm fully converted. 100% Tele guy. Best guitar ever.

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

Steven Melamed cool story! Thanks for sharing.

@jasonbennett733

3 жыл бұрын

I, too, converted several years ago from a lifelong strat player. The tele is a refined instrument, even in its simplicity. I've hunted a certain tone for years. The strat didn't have it. The tele is spot on. Everything that I could want, especially with a HS combo.

@federicopineda9603

2 жыл бұрын

Similar story here. I'm joining this club of strat converted guys

Despite it having two pickups, the Telecaster's tonal versatility spans so many genres. It's mind-blowing that each of its three pickup configurations have generated signature sounds for so many disparate musical styles. For example, bridge pickup yields the Tele's signature twang found so often in country and blues. Bridge & neck gives you these beautiful glassy cleans that have defined math rock and twinkly Midwest emo styles, and the neck pickup with the tone rolled down gives you a mellow sound largely devoid of overtones that work great in modern jazz. All hail the mighty Tele!

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

Phantasmagora all hail the mighty tele! Well said.

@iagobroxado

4 жыл бұрын

I also love the middle position for funky stuff.

Dude, PLEASE lock your focus!

@Thomasdgolden

4 жыл бұрын

Hahah feels like I’m drinking.

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

Eric Buckley yea I had issues lol

@matthewg.garcia9415

4 жыл бұрын

@@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891 Panasonic? lol

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

Matthew G. Garcia actually yes! Haha

@matthewg.garcia9415

4 жыл бұрын

@@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891 LOL!

When I had the money to really buy a good guitar I kept looking at different stuff and my teacher kept whispering the legends of the tele in my ear. We ended up going on a tour together where I played rhythm for him in a country band. By the end of that I had to have it. They don't seem immediately cool when your a kid but once you understand what they are all about they become like mystical artifacts and their greatness comes from another plane of existence. I stare at my tele every once in a while in silent awe of how amazing it is to me. One thing I love about it is it keeps you honest. you cant hide in the swamp like you can on other guitars. each pick hits like a hi hat. There have been several times I start a gig and notice my playing isn't all there that night. I start getting self conscious and I want to throw on the neck pickup to try hiding. That's when I flip to the bridge pup and play like I'm responsible for every note. It makes you get in the right headspace where you have to be proud of your choices good and bad. Pure honesty. I'm gonna play my tele now.

@friscokid21

4 жыл бұрын

Caleb Hurlbert I couldn't agree more. I don't play on tour, I'm usually just in the studio with my buddies either helping lay down some ideas or just having fun during a jam session, but more than any other guitar, as you said so accurately, my tele requires a "deliberate honesty" in my playing. The tone stands on its own, no matter what settings I have it set to, yet compliments, if played in such a manner, the music from the rest of the group. There is no hiding. If I play something slightly off on my tele, it will disrupt the WHOLE groove, where as with my les paul, if I'm slightly off, I can blend into the background until i figure out exactly what is off. My tele demands me being mindful and focused. It's one of my favorite things about it. Also, playing it unplugged, it rings like a bell and each note shines brilliantly. I would highly suggest having a telecaster to play even if just as a practice guitar around the house or in your home studio.

@kslim1657

3 жыл бұрын

Caleb Hurlbert Church

@jasonbennett733

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. It forces you to play better. You nailed it.

For years and years I thought I didn't like Teles. Now I have seven of them in various configurations, and I'm building another one! The Telecaster is the king of all guitars. I liked the video and your presentation, but I have one small critique... the constant refocusing made it a little hard to watch. I almost bailed half-way through. Otherwise, I enjoyed it.

@mrchrisbeaver

4 жыл бұрын

Same here, it could be because we're all getting older

@adamimberti6948

4 жыл бұрын

This is me.... thought I needed a good strat, i thought I needed a good les paul, i thought I needed a prs.... all of them left me wanting more.... bought a good telecaster on a whim and have been obsessed ever since. Also, the rumours are untrue.... the neck pickup is great.

@dexterdegeaut8625

3 жыл бұрын

@@Neptonic101 False. The Tele is the best guitar.

@Neptonic101

3 жыл бұрын

@@dexterdegeaut8625 I change my mind I think tele is the best now

I started playing a Telecaster in 1972 and clearly it was either the guitars used in all the hit records or it could sound like what was being used. And as I continued to play other musicians and guitarist kept saying: "YOU SOUND JUST LIKE THE RECORD". And I learned that even at Detroit's Motown the Telecaster Axe was the weapon of choice in the music industry. So yes Leo got it right, very right.

@adriennekulcsar7734

Жыл бұрын

Steve Cropper and Matt "Guitar" Murphy........

I personally LOVE the tele design, it just looks so classy and timeless. Most people think Strat when someone says “electric guitar” but I instantly think Tele.

When playing sitting down, the tele is the most comfortable. Strats are always slipping off my lap. Also much lighter than a Les Paul. A Les Paul will cut off the circulation in your leg when sitting. Standing with one will give you shoulder problems!

After playing gibsons and strats, I finally got a new butterscotch telecaster, now it expresses my music like no other guitar!!!! Thanks for the video, it inspired me to get one!

Simplicity is underrated.

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

Gus Armstrong well said! That should be a T shirt lol.

I got a telecaster as my first guitar and I’m 16 I just fell in love with the look of it so simple yet so versatile

Just bought a Telecaster player series. After years of thinking they were the most boring uninspiring guitar ever. Then I played one. Lumps of wood and metal magic.

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

I'm with ya!

@vapeymcvape5000

4 жыл бұрын

Recently got the HH Player Tele after 15 years of being a Strat guy. Never known a more versatile guitar.

@bradlaue1718

4 жыл бұрын

If you think about it, the tele is really just that piece of two by four that Jack White cobbles together at the beginning of 'This Could Get Loud'. Like most things created by Leo the magic comes from the pure simple mechanics of the thing.

For some reason, the sound of a Telecaster is pure magic. You can’t beat a tele, they can do it all!! Fender for life!

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

Baby Showers amen!

I'm mainly a bassist, but I've always kept a guitar around the house as well. I've had many, but I always end up going to back to the telecaster - I just love them!

Yeah, just bought my first Tele on whim about a month ago. Why did I not do this 20 years ago? It's freaking amazing. No drama. Great tones. Almost bullet proof.

One of the best and most passionate videos out there... And I'll get a Tele for my first e guitar now... Thank you!

Is anyone getting John Krasinski?

@jakejerome6949

4 жыл бұрын

Big time

@DoktorRS66

4 жыл бұрын

IDENTIFY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE JIM

@neilvante5144

4 жыл бұрын

thank youuuu

@NegdoshaManido

4 жыл бұрын

Haha! I was trying to figure out who he reminded me of!

@kslim1657

3 жыл бұрын

Cassidy Z MICHAEL!!!

Soooo spot on. Tele is such a special instrument. I think its often at the end of a long gear journey the Tele suddenly shows its no nonsense face. Amazing how such a simple guitar can make such a big difference. Its so good to know that such an old design still work. Leo did a great job :-)

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

Gos wo well said sir!

After 20 years I’ve finally landed on a telecaster. I am in awe.

Just like the Martin d18, understated looks and it's beauty comes from it's sheer simplicity

I only played gretsch for the last couple years but recently became obsessed with the Telecaster. I have a Fender Player series Telecaster at home. Great video thanks.

The Telecaster was never the "underdog". It is the Grand Daddy of all electric guitars be they Gibson or other Fenders (forget all of the other later countless 'also rans'). It was my first electric guitar and even though I have a LP, and SG (and have owned consecutively every Gibson or Fender ever made) I still gravitate to Teles. It is the one guitar that allows the player to be "stylistically naked". It is just you, your fingers and the Tele.

Thanks for the great vid and I'm all the happier that I have one on the way now thanks to you and all of your experiences

Always a gibson player. Got a chance to play a deluxe tele when I broke a string. Life has never been the same. Still love my gibson. Can't live without my tele.

This is the guitar in which all others are measured. I just bought one. I also have a Gibson Sg. Both incredible and different. The Gibson does many things well. The Tele does everything well. Best instrument ever made.

I’ve definitely gone through a similar journey. I’ve played countless epiphones, a Gibson sg, and even some hollow bodies. But there’s just something about the tele that makes you play your hardest and your most sincere. The only other guitars I really pickup as frequently is my MIK casino, or my acoustic.

I really enjoyed your presentation. Nice balance of information, smiles and touches of sounds ... well explained😊

I fell in love with Teles around 1972 when I bought a Roy Buchanan album. I just bought my fifth today.

I started out playing with a Telecaster because I'm left handed. 25 years ago, Fender was the only company regularly making lefty guitars outside of some exorbitant custom jobs. It's very slightly better today, but not much. I guarantee if you walk into most guitar stores they'll most likely have only one lefty guitar (despite lefties being 10% of the population) and it'll likely be a Telecaster or a Stratocaster.

@thebenefactor6744

11 ай бұрын

And it'll be black.

@koreanname

9 ай бұрын

I am a leftie but play with my right hand for this exact reason. I'm glad I did

Great piece. I agree. Tele's do it all. It's my preferred guitar now too.

I agree, one of the best Tele videos I've seen!! Good work!

Roy B, Danny Gatton, Arlen Roth... There are sooo many great tele players ! I have 2. A standard & a Nashville. Love 'em

Im 14 and my first guitar I got a few weeks ago is a fender telecaster. i really liked the glassy sound I get with it and i was really inspired by San Holo who is a great guitarist.

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

Fionn great choice for your first guitar! You are wise beyond your years 🤘🏻

Roy Buchanan took the Fender Telecaster to its absolute limits.

@kitano0

4 жыл бұрын

I much prefer Danny Gatton and Greg Koch...Buchanan was an innovator, but personally his tone just makes my skin crawl.

@wheatonna

4 жыл бұрын

So did Terry Kath.

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

sharktroubles definitely. All hail Roy!

@mytelecasterworld3336

4 жыл бұрын

@@kitano0 we could name jerry donahue and steve morse (his dixie dreggs period) as well...by the way, i never found interest in roy buchanan, i actually think he's being a bit overrated,,,his so well known version of the mesiah will come is quite a crucifixion

@ParFive

4 жыл бұрын

Roy Buchanan live was another trip altogether. He played the audience like they were in the palm of his hand. This was never captured on records, only bootleg tapes of his live performances. I saw him many times, as many as I could, in the early '70s in DC and around there. A very big influence on me.

The Telecaster is THE Guitar for me!...played them all my life!..in my 60s now!..🎶🎸✨ It’s a no gimmick,..straight up Funky,..Jazz,..Rock & Rollin’..Guitar with a fascinating history of featured recorded hits in all genres!..🎶✨🎉’🎸..’been winning hearts since the 50s!!...and still killin’ it!!..👍🏾..just love all 4 of my different types of .. ✨🎸Telecasters!!✨👏🏾💞

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

FlamesAt1000ft amen brother!

Thanks , I had bought one prior to this viewing of ur vid . And really put my curiosity into stone as a good choice . Well done 👍

The guy said it all. If I didn't already have a fifty two reissue, I would have to go out and get one. Bottom line - A tele can sound like a lot of other guitars. But those other guitars can't sound like a tele. I love mine.

@martinfederico7269

4 жыл бұрын

Crunch Hardtack totally

I started playing in 1963. Been through hundreds of guitars. But I have always had a telecaster. Pure simplicity, makes you be more creative and I think it makes you a better player.

@leoogonsales

2 жыл бұрын

Why?

Really love this video. So honest and open. Thank you

When I first started playing 40 odd years ago, I watched that Crossroads film and kinda knew inside I needed a Telecaster, but as I learned my craft, I wanted more expensive, blingy Les Paul's and SGs. Hundreds of guitars and 40 years later, I bought that Telecaster, and can honestly say it instantly changed how I play, connected me to something greater and definitely improved my tone and overall sound. Moral of my story is if I'd listened to my gut instinct and followed my initial intuition, I'd be sat in my mansion now writing my sixth double platinum Album sipping Jack D from a Gold chalis 🤣 Who knows? Don't risk it kids Get yourself a Tele and change The World!!!

I love that! I was looking at ES 335's before I was enlightened to Telemania! I bought my Tele today, this very day!!!

@sprucefan4379

4 жыл бұрын

Great choice and generally a lot cheaper too

@roberthoule9693

4 жыл бұрын

@@sprucefan4379 not a lot cheaper, less expensive, yes. the Tele has more to offer now, there are several models to choose from. the top of the line Tele is comperable to the ES-339 I was looking at, just a few hundred dollars less. do you want to buy a Martin?

I went through the same maturation, only a few decades earlier :) A room full of guitars and yet ÷/- 60% of my recordings and live play are Tele's; go figure. The neck pup does great Jazz. Using both pups are my favorite place. Teles do everything well.

I grew up reading Hesse, Dickens and so on. I appreciate someone who can tell a story and Mr. you are good, you can tell a story. I hope someday you become a writer.

My first electric was a Telecaster concerto, I am in the final stages of upgrading it now. My guitar teacher's was a buttercream Fender Telecaster, and when I got to play it once at lessons I thought I died and went to Heaven!!

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

DragonofLimerick sounds like a beaut!

First electric guitar I had, and as a Metalhead I always thought it was a bit lame (was still psyched to get an electric guitar, truly) but man I am starting to realize the gem I have.

@CHlEFFIN

9 ай бұрын

You have the ultimate axe within your hands. It will take you anywhere you can imagine

Liked and subscribed. I like to think of the tele as the “working man’s “ guitar

One word to describe this guitar: TWANG I've watched a ton of these trying to understand the Tele craze but I'm just a 335 man at heart

I have a similar story, I was into Les Pauls all my life and never gave the tele a chance but one day I tried a few and fell in love, ended up buying a Baja :)

My only electric is a Tele. It’s all I really need. I had a Strat for ages and never really loved it. For me I can get closer to the Strat sound with the Tele neck than I can get to the Tele sound with the Strat bridge, if you know what I mean.

You're great on the guitar man. Maybe take a little time and study when to use your various focus settings. I wouldn't have posted this as is. Super hard on the eyes. Not trying to be a jerk. Love what you have to say about the Tele!

Been a Les Paul guy for a long long time. Bought a Squire Classic Vibe Tele a few years back and it has really grown on me. I play it as much as my Les Paul. As great as the Les Paul is for my rock stuff, I really enjoy the nuances of a Tele. There's a lot to explore especially with pedals and amps. I also tend to gravitate toward simple guitars. Great video!

I agree 100%. I have a Strat, a Mayone, 2 Les Paul's, 2 PRS's, a 335 and a Tele with active double humbuckers. The more I play and write, the more I come to the conclusion that the Tele is my sound ( or sounds). I have two more arriving soon, a semi-hollow with P90's and a standard style. Like you, I never really considered the Tele until recently. Now I can't imagine myself without one( or 10).

Very cool . I too wasn’t a tele person for years. I played a strat and super strat guitars. Then switched to a epiphone les Paul then prs now I’m a telecaster nut

Thanks man, that's all I wanted to know!

Great vid Mike. Bought my first Tele in '90 - a mahogany Japanese Thinline. Then a US Standard Vintage Blonde in '95. Mid life crisis had me buying a beautiful Deluxe Strat to see what I was missing. Guess what? Returned to my '95 Tele & the tone is even better now. Nothing can beat it.

Welcome to the family! Teles forever. - I love when I get a call for a 335 gig... a job where the 335 is the best choice. I can't wait to get all the sweet tones I have learned to coax out of my blond 335. But that's just it. If the leader calls a surprise tune in a different genre, I might struggle a little. If I can bring more guitars to the gig, great. If I can only bring one guitar, Telecaster. Most reasonable Asian, Mexican and US Telecasters do the job fine after I put my favorite pots wires and at least one pickup in. When I finally got my first PRE_CBS Fender Telecaster, that changed my life. It's just me and the knobs getting every tone there is and they are all great. The guitar became a part of my body. I still love my 335, but it can't do what my pre-cbs telecaster does. Maybe if I had a pre-1965 335 - Pre-T-Top pickups are much more clear and open sounding.. but... I don't want to hire a bodyguard for that. I have built more Telecasters since. One is basically a hard tail Strat... it's better than my actual custom shop strat. If you want the pre-cbs experience but want to save 30 grand, check out Danocaster. He nails it.

I have a 40 year old Thinline Telecaster. It looks like it came from a dump ,but it sounds amazing.

Occasionally i build partscasters for people and i just love it when they say they want a Tele...

This is a lovely helpful video about the guitar I like the most and I have to get one, thank you.

I don't understand how people don't like the way a tele looks. It's the coolest looking guitar ever made! I think the best part is the chrome pickup, and the way the control plate mimics the shape and color of it.

My journey was reverse of yours... My first guitar was (Still have it) a 76 Tele Custom I bought in 78 at a pawn shop. Absolutely love it!! Changed the bridge pickup several times over the years but that old neck Fender original humbucker is still amazing... I have a few others guitars like a Strat Plus, Reverend, PRS DGT, but I am always grabbing that Tele because it has "IT" and it's actually a big part of me and my playing past/future.

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

TrickyGomez thanks for sharing!

Tele & Tube Amp = HEAVEN!

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

mmmm

I bought a pre owned Baja Telecaster with the 4 position selector and S button. This is now my go to guitar; a guitar for all seasons.

Got my first telecaster the Nashville with three pickups, it sounds better than my strat and my Gibson , to my ears ! I love it, you are so right about it’s versatility.... great video...

love my tele's too. every time I try to get into my strat or a les Paul etc .I pick up my Tele and get what I want out of it almost instantly without dialing and dialing an tweeking for an hour etc. 🙂ahh!

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

Kevin Colliss well said sir! Same for me.

@jamesfrederick99

3 жыл бұрын

Could have just clicked the like button.

You did a great job of describing all the advantages of a telecaster and I could tell that it was heartfelt and genuine. The telecaster was my first guitar and was the one I used in my bands back in my gigging days. Then I mostly quit playing for about 30 years and I’ve started playing again and frankly I’ve become more of a Strat guy. But I realized I missed my tele recently and bought a super cheap squire affinity and it plays great, feels great, and sounds just like the more expensive telecasters I used to play from fender. And by the way, the affinity is a Toploader rather than a string through and it still has the same great sound. As you noted there’s something About these guitars that makes you want to say forget all the fancy crap I just want to hear how well I can play and you sit down and play a song that normally is played with a Les Paul or a Stratocaster and you can still make it sound right and that’s an amazing thing.

@nazmoking3171

4 жыл бұрын

@Jay McDanieL Haha, custom shop - that's great. My guitar came set up great, plays great, sounds great. The Squier Affinity pickups sound on the mark for a Tele and all I did was some simple height adjustment on mine to tune in the sound I wanted. How do you like the Mexican neck by comparison?

@nazmoking3171

4 жыл бұрын

@Jay McDanieL Let me know what you think on the pots as I have seen a couple videos of the electronics and I believe they are using full size pots on these. Mine are very smooth and effective. Can always be improved of course.

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

Nazmo King thanks for sharing!

Well since you talked about guitar Journeys. Mine was not that long, I never had the means to own a lot of guitars. However I did start with a cheap squier strat, then went on to a Jackson which I owned for a lot of time. For many years I thought that my end game was a Gibson Les Paul, so I'm into humbuckers as you can see. After a lot of time spent on my jackson I went on to a PRS, which I help for just months and I sold it to get my first American instrument a SSS standard strat with texas specials and maple neck. I instantly fell in love with the instrument and the fender idea in general. It's like I was wandering for years through guitars (and through music genres of course) and I finally saw it. A guitar designed by Fender more than half a century ago was what I needed. Without saying anything more my end game is not a Gibson Les Paul now, but my strat and an American ash/maple tele. And yes a tele comes with coollness and street credit, because nobody just buys a tele. They will either buy a metal guitar, a strat or a gibson (or the copies of those) but never a tele. Except when they REALLY need one

Never could bond with single coil, Strat/Teles in my mature years....bought/sold several of each...then this past year, learning jazz/classic blues/Mayer.....I began to bond with single coils, to really embraced the Tele in particular...what I played in college in the 80's....I'm 61 now. Viva la Tele!

I bought the most beautiful guitar I've ever seen, a pink paisley tele Love the look and tone so much

@thewonderfulworldofguitar9891

4 жыл бұрын

minethotho love those!

Tele feels good, looks good, and sounds good. I don't need no other guitar 🎯

Tele and a Princeton reverb add OD pedal to taste. I have a king of tone that I use just the clean side mostly and crank the volume and use my volume knob on my tele to control the crunch. I’ve had a ton of gear and that rig has been my go to for years now. The best part is the tele is so sensitive to your playing it forces you to really consider how you pick and where because with the tele there’s no where to hide if you have sloppy technique.

Man this is almost exactly what I went through. I was a Strat and Les Paul player for years. Was always chasing a little more bottom end out of my strats, and couldn’t get enough clarity for the very ethereal stuff I do with the Les Paul’s. I play ambient stuff, but also play high gain Riff Rock/Alternative/Metal. Anyways, I spent a lot of bread trying to find my number one that was versatile to do it all. I got Strats with HH configuration, and just tried so many types of guitars. The telecaster was really one of the last things I was considering. Well Christmas 2017 my family got an incredible deal on an American Special Tele, and they got it for me for Christmas. I really liked it, but it was a long time before the loved developed where I realized all the tone I craved was in the guitar I already had! Now it’s become my number one, and my go to guitar. I’m considering buying a second one now to keep the American Special original, so I can mod the other one a bit for fun. As I really lack nothing that the American Special Tele doesn’t give me. It’s all there, The ethereal beautiful ambient stuff I play for my original songs, as well as the heavy riffing Metal stuff I play for fun. Not to mention it’s amazing at the in between Alternative, and Post Rock stuff as well. I mean there’s nothing that a good Tele can’t do. It’s the most versatile guitar I’ve ever come across, and I’ve played everything over the course of 18 years. Tele’s are just so underrated, and an underdog compared to the Stratocaster. I kinda like it that way though. Don’t get me wrong I love my Strat’s still. It’s just if I had only one guitar it be the Tele for sure. Great video man! I can tell you have slowly fallen in love with it over time too!

"Telecasters have a good sound, and a bad" Jimi Hendrix said it all

@taint2684

4 жыл бұрын

maxime hedin is that where the quote ends or?

@maximehedin7143

4 жыл бұрын

@@taint2684 I don't understand your question

@taint2684

4 жыл бұрын

Oh I’m sorry I was reading it incorrectly I understand now

@wildbillhackett

4 жыл бұрын

@@taint2684 Missing period after "bad."

@jameskrys5286

4 жыл бұрын

Until someone came up with the 4 way switch.

I have an affinity series squire tele and I love it.

Teles are magic something about them just inspires creativity

Since I‘ve listen to Vince Gill playing his Tele !!! One of the most beautiful guitar tones I‘ve ever heard, especially his clean tone is stunning

0:01 Jimmy Kimmel breaks it down. Ive always been drawn to the minimalistic look and (potentially minimalistic) sound of teles. Sometimes, less _can_ be more.