This video proves that every guitar player will appreciate a tele once they reach 40.

@slurpbeats

10 ай бұрын

hey i am 29 😭

@therapist6328

9 ай бұрын

I got mine at 20 and 29 years on, i appreciate it more each time i pick it up.

@Jonathan_Brose

9 ай бұрын

True...

@beefnacos6258

9 ай бұрын

35 and just sold all mine. Hate teles

@erniethered

9 ай бұрын

I got my first of a few Teles when I was in my late 20s/early 30s.

Any guitar can be metal with the right player

@paradigmshiftz7

10 ай бұрын

And the right tone, because that matters too

@gravyblue

10 ай бұрын

​@@paradigmshiftz7. There's no such thing

@tapesyndicate1046

10 ай бұрын

With the right amp

@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power

10 ай бұрын

Don't forget the right strap...oh, and the right shoes.....

@tzctlpc

10 ай бұрын

what about the left one?

Humbuckers are the hammer, single coils are the sword

@clintwilson6380

9 ай бұрын

Luca, I'm gonna steal that line...

@Goldd__

3 ай бұрын

@@clintwilson6380 we will

Single coils are excellent for low tuned metal, because it doesn’t get as muddy as many humbuckers do, and it cuts through the mix way easier imo. Not all humbuckers get muddy, of course, and you can fix poor tone with EQ’s and whatnot, but give single coils or splitting your humbucker a try next time you want a nice, crisp tone for anything lower than drop B.

@Kairuofficial

10 ай бұрын

Exactly! In standard A tuning on a 7 string using dimarzio PAF split is sooo good for recording whenever I really want it to cut through. A band here in Japan called Kiryu has a guitarist that uses a tele style single coil set up on one of his custom 7 strings also. Def great for down tuned stuff.

@dust17111

10 ай бұрын

That I will

@nibras0302

10 ай бұрын

Ahh now i know why Soundgarden used Tele when they play "Mailman" (one of their heaviest tune)

@theeobeastone5068

10 ай бұрын

Not really a single coil but the mini humbuckers on my gibson Firebird sounds awesome in drop c

@naruto199797

10 ай бұрын

Yep you see bands like loathe using 30 inch baritone guitars with single coils and they sound amazing

I never understood why single coils could not be used for metal. Ritchie Blackmore invented classical metal with single coiled Strats, Yngwie Malmsteen uses them as well, and Tony Iommi recorded some of the heaviest riffs known to metalkind with P90's, a sort of single coil.

@simonkormendy849

10 ай бұрын

P90's to my ears sound a bit like half-way between a single-coil and a humbucker, they have elements from both pickup tones in their sound.

@Whizzinby777

10 ай бұрын

Because by modern standards those guys are considered more rock than metal tonally. Sabbath was heavy and dark for their time, but when it comes on the radio now it feels more like classic rock than anything resembling contemporary metal. Which is not a slight on them or an endorsement for modern music, but there is a big difference in the term “metal” between Sabbath and Meshuggah.

@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623

10 ай бұрын

@@Whizzinby777 When I hear Sabbath I can hear most styles of metal. Because that's where most metal bands got their influences from. Whereas Meshuggah just sounds like djenty noise to me. Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath on the album Black Sabbath is still one of the most evil songs in history, almost 54 years after being recorded. Come back with Meshuggah in half of that time if they are still relevant. I think not.

@Whizzinby777

10 ай бұрын

@@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 My post had nothing to do with the merits of any band or era. In fact I specifically mentioned that. The video is about single coils within a contemporary metal context, and you listed bands from 40-50 years ago. Contemporary metal music is significantly different than eras past, which is why you don’t see single coils used nearly as much in those genres.

@Barbro247

10 ай бұрын

Because it sounds,thin and brittle. Its not pleasing to the ears. Atleast not for me

Honestly, a telecaster pickup rules for metal. The brighter voicing accents the attack of notes and naturally tightens up the low end. You don’t even have to use as much gain. If your amp/cab gives you plenty of low end, you can play huge riffs/chugs and still retain some “clean tone” in your signal. Great playing and tones in this one, Ola!

@Tulio_Fonseca

9 ай бұрын

I couldn't have said it any better. 🎯

@zadtheinhaler

9 ай бұрын

I've got a Squier Baritone Tele, and it makes for a a gnarly base for a metal tone, whether it's B-standard or drop -A.

@Ernesto87

7 ай бұрын

Two words: Jim Root

@sor7en07

6 ай бұрын

@@Ernesto87 I think Jim's teles have emg's though, no? Those guitars look beautiful

@Maddogg-hg5me

4 ай бұрын

​@sor7en07 I'm seriously thinking of dropping the EMG T set in mine. The pickups fit into the single coil slots and I've seen videos that prove that you can get some really crunchy distorted tones from that set but you can also get that classic Tele twang from it.

It sounds so beautiful. Especially the neck singlecoil with the Tubescreamer.

I like single coils especially for low tunings! Gives a lot more clarity than a humbucker, can't explain why/how but it kinda makes it sound like baritone

Actually a noiseless singlecoil, in terms of construction, is practically a humbucker in a narrow format, nothing else. So here we are just exploring the sound of a singlecoil voiced humbucker, and not a singlecoil per se. Tell me if I am wrong, please. Chung on Ola, best content as always +++

@alexcorona

10 ай бұрын

Tom morello uses a stock telecaster pickup for metal, and he uses the neck one at that.

@bassyey

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, these aren't single coil. it's the reason I don't like Fender Ultras, with all those active bullshittery going on.

@darksu6947

10 ай бұрын

You are wrong, please. 😀

@icblundell60

10 ай бұрын

​@@darksu6947 Beat me to it. Well played good sir, I tip my hat to you.

@darksu6947

10 ай бұрын

@@icblundell60 Thank you kind sir. I tip my tip to your tip, but no homo. 😁

I have a squier tele and I use it for death metal and metallic hardcore all the time, I really like that signature twanginess of a tele because it results in extremely clear pick attack when playing high gain giving you super tight and well defined chuggage! Just make sure you have a decent noise gate if you're not using noiseless singles 👍

i've always said that single coils are BRUTAL for metal tone. even for humbuckers i always say the more twangy ones have the best tone imo

The Fender Telecaster (with single coils) perhaps the most versatile guitar in the world and a must have in our collection. For metal it sounds awesome too and this is how I understood Ola's video: actually there are no real guitars that suit better for metal, it is just a matter of taste. Try as many guitars as possible and select those that inspire you.

I like humbucker for metal, but I absolutely love that spanky metal tone. To me, it doesn’t seem to intrude on the bass as much.

I do prefer humbuckers, but for rhythm tones I use parallel wiring. It cleans up the low end and gives more brightness - while still retaining hum cancelling effect. Unlike coil splits or single coils. EDIT: also good way to tame a high output pickup, and give it more range - since parallel wiring lowers the output.

Probably my favorite tones that you've gotten. Thanks 🤘🏻

I have been digging the hell out of my tele. I recorded a heavy rock track with it and the voicing was perfect in the mix. I also had a humbucker track playing the same thing and split it left right. I have a new tele on the way. The game changer for me is the modern C neck profile. Until then, Fender was a guitar I couldn't play. I now have 6 Fenders. I didn't at all expect to ever own Fender.

I love Teles for metal. The switch from neck to bridge is really noticable, and the brightness/clarity of a single-coil is just lovely.

A noiseless “single coil” and humbucker are essentially the same thing, except the two coils are stacked vertically instead of horizontally. They do get moderately better frequency response on the treble end. I often play metal on an actual single coil Tele with a noise gate and they kick ass!

God I love all olas videos .. He answers all questions in someone's head perfectly in his videos. Ty!

I love everything about this tone. The guitar, pickup, amp, cab, mic placement.

Single coils are perfect for metal! Sounds fantastic!. Every metal guitarist should own single coil guitar.

I've been using my teles for metal for awhile now. Even with a normal bridge pup with the right over drive and amp they can easily djent or do doom/sludge and they can still do all the tele stuff that I originally bought them for. You can even make the neck pup do yngwie if you want. In summation, teles are cool and this video is cool

It’s nice to see you broaden your horizon

Perfect timing. I just picked up a telecaster last week and have been experimenting with some high gain tones.

Jari Mäenpää rocked with his tokai telecaster plugged into a mesa triaxis, I think in at least 4 songs of his Wintersun debut album, and it sounded absolutely amazing. Listen to the songs Sleeping Stars or Beautiful Death

@TomMorello725

10 ай бұрын

You are a man with culture! I love that album. The sound is crazy.

@theman4543

10 ай бұрын

Yes! The twang on Beautiful Death is just too satisfying

@georgeaslanidis4789

4 ай бұрын

An overlooked metal album but definitely a memorable one. I love the album cover as well, but the guitar tone is soooo good!!!

Its worth noting that the American Ultra Tele has " noiseless" single coils which are actually stacked magnets to cancel noise. Similar to Yngwie's pickups.

@lenduckworth99

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, I had the strat. They are good pickups for all styles TBH

Actually really shows how the type of guitar and its natural voicing makes a player lean into the type of music it calls for. Lovely video!

Duuuude for sure what you said "the string separation" is that magic. Those 6 string chords just sound so clear, and under high gain it stays so beautiful and crunchy and crisp and it's so Moldable. I LOVED my friends Schecter PT which is a télé type with high outpout pickups, and that thing chugged and shredded. I loved it.

Been using P90's and singles for my band forever! I love how they cut through and the definition they bring really helps on my 8 strings

Is nobody going to point out the fact that fender’s noiseless single-coils aren’t single-coils at all? They’re just humbuckers where the two pickups are stacked on top if each other instead of side by side…

Its different but still great ! Love the video and the sound of that tele!

I think Ola really enjoyed that test :D Beautiful guitar that one

Awesome playing as always man! Can you try P90s on metal as well?

@friedrudibega6384

10 ай бұрын

Tony Iomi had p90s at the beginning of Sabbath.

@broucus

10 ай бұрын

Carcass 🤘

@kunfajarudinwibowo

10 ай бұрын

Second to thiis

@rolandolimon2260

10 ай бұрын

Just ask PhilX

@garylastchatcraft7357

10 ай бұрын

Yes ..even more heavy!

I have those pickups on my telecaster baritone, sounds brutal, awesome note separation with low tunings and distortion

So right about the string separation on single coil.. you can hear individual notes in a chord much more than a humbucker. Great content!

This is awesome. I gotta try this on my 3 coil tele.

The phenomenom that you are experiencing and realising Sir Ola is the funkey spank monkey at 07:05. You even got your groove on and it was a joy to watch as it has happened to me in the past when I plug in an odd combination of funky guitar, metal amp and OD pedals (Strats, Teles etc). We should all embrace this. Funky Djent/Chug anyone? :)

@iLLuzion1st

10 ай бұрын

Please make it real

don't quote me on that, but I thought that Yngwie uses stacked humbuckers that look like single coils. I'm not sure about his early days though, those ones were probably true single coils

@ryryshredder148

10 ай бұрын

Correct. He uses his signature Seymour Duncan Fury stacked humbuckers

@alexcorona

10 ай бұрын

The ones in this vid are stacked also

It looks absolutely gorgeous tbf

Sounds great. Raven were one of the heaviest bands ever in the early 80s and used single coils. Thanks for making the video

Jari Mäenpää (from Wintersun) used a telecaster with single coils to record the debut album songs in Standard D and Drop C tunings. It sounds great (just listen to the song Beautiful Death).

@TheKeyOfAnarkh

10 ай бұрын

Literally was just about to put this. 🤣 one of the most incredible metal albums ever made, and it was from a TELE.🤘

With any single coil, utilize that tone knob to smooth the top end. You will get amazing results.

@smoreshaunted

10 ай бұрын

No playing with the tone knob at all?! I demand a part 2! :3

@Ottophil

10 ай бұрын

@@smoreshauntedi remove the tone caps and EQ on the amp

@Healcraft

10 ай бұрын

for cleans yeah, but just having a tone knob in the circuit in the first place does that, and for distorted it just makes wool

@smoreshaunted

10 ай бұрын

Amp eq won't affect the dynamics of the pickup. You tame harsh single coil dynamics/pick attack at the source, with your tone knob. You learn this by watching professional guitar players in action.

My main axe has one pickup position only: humbucker bridge. The humbucker is slanted, EVH style. What I've had in there (for 13 years?) is a DiMarzio DP-156 "Humbucker From Hell". But, for most of that time, until about a year ago, I didn't know that it was backwards. The DP-156's hotter coil was closer to the neck. That made a negative impact on the pinch harmonics and chunk. When I got a clue and realized the pickup was wrong and turned it around, it was a big difference. So yes, I feel that remark Ola made about the slanted pickup. The DP-156 is amazing. Wired in series, it has only 5.7 KOhm resistance. It has crystal clear highs like a single coil, even in that configuration: no split coil, no parallel, just series. To avoid using a tone shaping pedal, I put a switch into the guitar which can kick in a 1 nF or 2 nF capacitance across the pickup to change the resonant peak and cut highs. With the switch disengaged I get the glassy single-like tone. With 1 nF, it's sort of "PAF like", and then with 2 nF, a bit closer to a distortion pickup. I use 2 nF for the high gain stuff. 1 for jazzy cleans. Off for total cleans.

I always think that I can tell exactly how you feel by your facial expressions. I appreciate your very understanding comments and expressions.

I have been such a "no Tele" guy for a long time, I just recently got an HH which I have now paired with the Dimarzio Crunch Lab and Liquifire and have enjoyed ever since. It's been quite a while that the thought of having an S-S Tele has been chasing and haunting me. Plus I have seen all this "Tele is all you need", "the most versatil guitar ever" and so on videos...that I am really considering one, it´s been good to see your video. And also, it surprised me to see that metalheads also agree with this statement, it has almost made me decide to get a regular Tele at some point...maybe end of this year...yeahh

@andrewpardue3324

10 ай бұрын

You definitely should get one 👍🏻I’ve had a Mexican telecaster that I bought for $200- 32 years ago and it is actually a really well built guitar that plays extremely smoothly and sounds great all around through almost any amp I have Marshall’s , Peavy , Laney and a few others . I own 13 different guitars and even though some of them are way more expensive and look a good deal cooler that telecaster has always been about 5 feet away from my couch all those years and I do play it all the time. Definitely consider getting even an older used Mexican model if you can’t get a USA right now because of the cost, for the price I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.

@sid35gb

10 ай бұрын

The Tele has got a thing and you need to google tele tricks because there’s a lot of moves you can make to get different sounds out of it.

Single coil + Fuzz + Distortion = Ultimate Sludge, Doom tones

@paulanderson771

10 ай бұрын

Yup! My old school Malmsteen Strat, Black Arts Pharoah Supreme, with a Boss SD-1 boosting and tightening everything up is a crushing tone and the harmonics are gorgeous.

Absolutely. In fact, I prefer it - especially for lower-tuned and extended range stuff. Gives it more chunk and clarity.

Thanks for making this Video...!🤘

Love the RHCP “shallow be thy game” riffing… such an underrated song from an underrated record

@r92king

9 ай бұрын

He likes to play that riff when he does single coil testing. Dave Navarro rules.

Yngwie Malmsteen tone is one of my favorite tones. He may not be considered modern metal, but his single coil tone would work well on a modern metal album.

@internetselling

9 ай бұрын

Yngwie doesn’t use single coil pickups. He uses stacked, one vertically stacked on top of another humbucker pickups…

@mattwarren6116

9 ай бұрын

@@internetselling let me rephrase, single stack. The single stack is what makes the difference in the tone. It shortens the magnetic window. This is what I am referring to.

I have used my tele for over 10 years with my edm metal band in drop c. Fits perfectly in the mix.

I don't want to be picky, but "noiseless single-coils" are actually humbuckers. I have some Duncans of that sort in my Strat. They sound like single coils, so, whatever. Just saying... 🙂 Doesn't make a difference for the points made, though. Of course, you can use single coils for metal. Why not? Just a matter of personal taste.

@alexcorona

10 ай бұрын

Tom Morello has been using a stock tele neck for 30+ years… and his tone is great with his JCM800.

We recorded all of our upcoming songs with a tele with single coils, even mostly with the split neck pickup, and it sounds brutal "manly" in drop Ab! 🤟🏼

I’ve used my Nashville telecaster on multiple recordings and it gets plenty of “heavy” it has all the fundamental tones that pair well with bass tones like a precision or something with a humbucker type set up to supply the beef, I love that kind of mix. Dynamic and plenty of space for the guitars to do what they do! some of my heaviest mixes were done with low-medium output pickups. I think every “metal” guitar player needs a guitar that’s low output to medium. It’s important to be aware of the feel of the instrument, to be able to hear how YOU sound. Sometimes super heavy metal guitars can get in the way of anything short of mosh pit inducing crunch

I love a Telecaster !!! Such a clean pure sound. I also love vintage DeArmond single coil pickups (the OG rock pickup) on an arch-top hollowbody guitar.

That Amp sounds sensational, so good with single coils . Awesome video

RATM may not have been considered a “metal” band in the 90’s but Tom Morello came up with some of the heaviest riffs of that decade with the neck pickup of an American Standard Tele through a Marshall.. anything is possible. I love the slinky sound of a Tele neck pickup going thru some high gain

@weareeversis

9 ай бұрын

Tom Morello is such a god. holy fuck

@user-qe4rs4gy9i

9 ай бұрын

Can't say I like his tone though

This is literally the best tones out of all the Ola videos.

I honestly love the tone of that Tele 👏🏻

Silly Ola, this isn't a true single-coil, its a single-coil stacked humbucker!! I demand you obtain a high quality 'true' single coil bridge pickup to satisfy me. Love the video concept. I'm all about single coils for hard rock and metal. Ola you're the best!

I actually like single coil more in metal than the humbucker sound, it's more focused and stands better in the mix

@GregFirehawk

9 ай бұрын

My main guitar has Z coils. It's pretty close to a single coil sound, but still bucks that hum.

I actually realized this the other day as well. I was jamming on my King V with a Seymour JB in the bridge and I switched over to a single coil tele that I have with high gain and I was really surprised at how good it sounded!

Love the “clincky” sound ❤ you can hear the wires!

It sounds incredible tbh, even better than some of the other guitars you demo sometimes lol. Sure the gear makes the most of it but singles do sound amazing.

I use a mix of single coil and humbuckers in my setup but when I use single coils, typically I use fuzzes into a boost to take the trebles off rather than distortion which tends to highlight too much of that treble. You also compensate a lot of the low end and you get all of the "nasty" single coil mids and attack. Another trick is having an E standard setup and downtuning the E to a low A because the single coils again compensate the low tuning making them sound a lot more chunky. I've written some of my fave post-metal type riffs with that setup!

Still got the Ultra Tele! I ended up getting this same model and finish in 2020. ...and now i have the same model in white coming. Ended up loving it so much i had to have two!

Cool! Almost everybody else that does this uses a thinline tele with the humbucker. That tone you got was amazing. Imagine that with a gritty p-bass down low. And a soundgarden style drum tone.

Tommy Iommi started it all with P90s in his SG. Maybe try a guitar with those too! Personally I would love a pickup with the tightness a singlecoil gives at high gain without the hum!

im a fan of singles. I like that Fender sound. Those iconic glassy "cleans". Narrow aperture singles, specifically.

I've been using a Tele for everything I play in standard tuning for the past 6-7 years now and I love it.

Watching this with my new chug life miami mug full of coffee is the best way to start my day. 🤘

Always thought a noiseless single coil pickup might be a great solution to better cut through with heavily downtuned stuff

@d1slexycpengu1n

10 ай бұрын

Noiseless single are stacked humbuckers but since they are narrower it has a bit different sound than your avarage p.a.f.

I remember being crazy about John 5's Fender Bigsby with single coil Hotrail pickups. He used that for Marilyn Manson's Golden Age of Grotesque album and the tone was amazing. I wish I could get a 7 string with single coil style hot rail pick up.

Absolutely yes !

I love Telecaster bridge pickups for everything. They cut really well

humbucker in single coil format is a great option here, no need to destroy your guitar. i have the duncan distortion in single coil format in some older strat style guitars and i just love it! cheers 🎸🎸

@d1slexycpengu1n

10 ай бұрын

The pickup his tele has is already a humbucker since a "noiseless single" is just a stacked humbucker

@Turbo-D

10 ай бұрын

@@d1slexycpengu1n not near the output of a high gain humbucker like the duncan distortion for example..

You'll have to have noiseless single coils the rest just comes to preference as far as which pickup is voiced

So funny you posted this, I just picked up an American Ultra Tele and played with Friedman with HotMod and very surprised how it takes gain! It chugs!

The fact that ola makes every amp and guitar sound the same

Full disclosure, I am a tele guy. Seeing you playing a tele through a Bad Cat for that tone would explode some heads 10 or 20 years ago. Love this!

u just taught me a valueable lesson... its not about the guitar as much as i thought it was... its the amp and your fingers...

I was playing in metal band in 1993 where my main guitar was a stock telecaster. I only ever got compliments on my sound. It was more open with better string separation and a more immediate attack. It was bright but not ice pick bright, and cut through the band mix so well. The other guitarist used a regular superstrat style guitar with a humbucker in the bridge and we complimented each other perfectly.

I dont know why, but hearing you play metal in standard tuning was refreshing! Rock on!

That intro was on 🔥

First time commenter, long time casual watcher. Just felt I should let yall know that the Fender Noiseless Single-Coil is actually, in fact, just a stacked humbucker designed to fit into a single coil slot. Shocking, I know. Sincerely, A professional electromagnetic technician

Metal through a jazzbox ! love your content !

I play this exact model and it's definitely my "metal tone" at this point. It cuts through a mix like no one's business. Layering this with one of my PRS guitars is just MASSIVE sounding.

Sounds awesome. Clarity.

I riff di Ola spaccano Er cu!!! Quanto cazzo sei forte ola! 💪💪💪

To be fair, a noiseless single coil (and single coils like Yngwie uses) are actually more or less humbuckers in a single coil housing. They are either stacked or side by side coils. Still, I think the narrower pickup magnet field of a single coil shape does affect tone somewhat. A Seymour Duncan Hot Rails is pretty much the standard for single coil metal tones from the bridge. As far as I know, Trevor Peres of Obituary has used humbuckers in a single coil housing in a Fender Strat for most of his career. I think if one used a true single coil like a Seymour Duncan SSL1 in this demo on high gain, the first thing you would notice is hiss and hum that would have to be controlled with a noise gate. Edit: Ola's opening talk about pickups vs. preamps vs. power amps and where tone comes from in the chain is also one of taste. Some players prefer their output and grit from their pickups. Others prefer it from later in the signal chain. I tend to agree with Ola that, for modern metal, flatter sounding pickups with the preamp doing most of the distortion is best. High output pickups were designed in the 1970s and 80s as a way to overdrive the front of amps like Plexis at a time when a Plexi or Marshall JCM 800 was as distorted as you could get and a Tube Screamer was needed for an additional boost. With today's world of infinite gain, you could play death metal with 50s spec pickups. It might not be ideal, but you're going to dial in your tone to compensate later in the chain. Of course, in modern recording we now also have impulse responses which add yet another variable to the tone chase. Aaron

fantastic demonstration Ola, should be very eye(ear?)-opening for many metal guitarists

There used to be a hardcore band from Nashville called With Hell At Our Backs, they used all Fender Teles and Jazz Basses and they were the shit. Honestly one of the best recorded high gain rhythm sounds I've ever heard.

One thing that did surprise me, was the clear note separation while at high gain. I need to experiment more with this.

actually those Tele bridge pups sounds awesome !!🔥🔥

Baroness is another great one!

Crazy this video popped up. I just played Laid to Rest on my Tele Player earlier today and it actually sounded pretty insane.

The best metal guitar I ever had was a Fender Tele, and I was going through a Fender Princeton 65 or the G-DEC. Unfortunately I had to sell it because we were worrying about the new baby having something to eat (during the Great Recession in 2008/09) and we had no idea my wife's job would recall her in 2 weeks. No regrets! Now I play my daughter's Squire Tele and it's still a hoot!

Maaaan I play rock/metal/industrial with the phat cats on a supro…this video just make me happy…you said it is only a matter of taste and this?? I LOVE IT!!!

Man, when you drop tuned it, instantly brought RATM and Unsane to mind.

I had a guitarist in my band for a number of years that played a 1991 fender strat plus with Lace red sensor in his bridge position and he had huge metal tone.