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When I was younger I used to think the telecaster was super ugly and uncool. Then I bought one because it was a good deal and I figured I could sell it for more later but it turned out that it was the best guitar I ever played and ever since then I have been in love with them. Its such an amazing guitar in so many ways.
Connor O'Halloran I used to play a Strat exclusively, and was given a Tele as a gift. For a while I didn't really know what to do with it, but it didn't take long to become my go to guitar. I can't imagine using anything else now.
same here - was a Strat fan as a kid, went through a metal phase with Jackson and now I've got a Tele that I'll probably never sell
I have only played acoustic guitar but I’m going to buy an electric guitar ¿is the telecaster more versatile than the Les Paul?
clandtm I think a LP is more 'versatile' as far as being more suited for harder rock, punk, even metal while still having the ability to sound decently 'authentic' in clean situations for jazz, light rock, pop. it's a crisper, cleaner acoustic sound, which translates to chunkier heavier dirty sound. you can get lots of different tones out of them and it's a pretty wide range. So depending on what you play, yeah I would say the Les Paul is more _versatile_ .. The tele is also versatile, but not really great for high-output chunky, heavy music. at least not without drastically changing the pickups.
*BUT!* -- if you want to play some spanky fuckin' blues, especially - (as all dedicated guitar players *eventually* do) , or western, all types of country, bluegrass, or stuff like southern rock, or vintage/early rock and roll, then you're gonna want to get yourself a Tele. There ain't no twang like a Tele twang. and they're very low-tension which makes playing them really loose and fun. especially if you've only really played acoustic, the strings will feel very loose comparitively and you can bend them much further, and fretting notes feels effortless. (if its set up right anyway) there's a few different neck profiles, you just gotta find the one you like. but yeah they just have that vintage tone to them, and the twang can be tweaked with all sorts of different tele options from different models over the years.. They're fun to play, fun to modify, and they sound awesome.
also if you want to make your own solid body guitar, a tele is one of the easiest shapes to cut out for a beginner with dodgy tools. I highly recommend the tele.
..plus Les Pauls are super heavy and the shape is awkward for sitting down to play.
same exact story for me too! I INSTANTLY fell in love with the smooth glassy sound of the neck pickup.
#6 You can play anything on a Telecaster.
What even catholic automatic ford focus auto correct salad drone jazz/obama handgun kidney-tablet boris johnson sperm fridge hip hop banter djent fusion
+Duke Ukulele especially that
Truth. I actually bought my Strat first because I thought that with 5 pickup selections it would be more versatile. The Strat is great, but the Tele is a workhorse. I also argue that the middle position on the Tele is one of the best guitar tones anywhere.
agreed.
i play a '75 tele delux. although it's CBS era, the humbuckers give it a rippin' sound. played thru my GT8 into my fender reverb delux on one side, and the line 6 spyder on the other, i get a tone that can't be beat. works well with so many genres of music, too!
Fun fact: The Telecaster Jimmy Page uses for the Stairway solo was given to him by Jeff Beck back in The Yardbirds days.
MonkyMonk729 dude pulled up in a corvette stingray and just gave the dude his tele. Epic way to be given a guitar.
ah, now that explains why my playing "Stairway" doesn't sound quite right. (I'll try it on my tele.)
Here is another item; the shape of the headstock was specifically made so the neck would fit in a shipping tube. This was because the Leo designed it to have a replaceable neck and the replacement neck would need to be shipped. This didn't happen often, thus the larger shape of the Strat headstock in 1954.
Here's one that I learned about the Tele awhile ago. The neck pickup is placed at the spot where the 24th fret would be. That is why that pickup sounds so warm, it's right where the 2nd harmonic is.
In fact, I've recorded a song on my Tele where I fretted the neck pickup because I wanted to hit a note that I couldn't play on the neck. Because the string presses down at the back of the pickup, and the center is where the 24th fret would be, I had to bend the string a little to get the not in tune.
So is a Strat.
That's a very common pup position for electric guitars😎
I did not know any of that. Thanks for sharing that info. Here's 2 more facts for you: 1 I bought a Fender Deluxe Tele last week. 2 I love how it plays and sounds.
Had a ‘65 Tele and alway hod the toggle set between the high and mid position which gave it a fat stat tone
Sure it is a fact. Just not one we care about. I think this video would be more appropriate if it had the word 'History' in the title.
the telecaster is the AK47 of all electric guitars
Alex--that is an excellent analogy! Good call. I am going to plagiarize you whenever I tell friends about my new Telecaster, and tell them it's the AK-47 of all electric guitars. Thanks! Have a great holiday. Cheers.
Gets. The. Task at Hand. Done
Exactly! It's Mak-90 of guitars!
More like the gewher 98.
What about the Stratocaster?
A home without a telecaster, is not a home.
Does a Telecaster copy count? Otherwise, I guess it's time to go shopping.
It's _always_ time to go guitar shopping.
Home Sweat Home.
agreed
Dean Evangelista By the way, yes, a Telecaster copy counts. On the other hand, my house is a great home without even a Telecaster copy right now, because my Wilshire does everything a Tele does, and everybody and their momma doesn't have one. A lipstick in the neck, a splitting bucker at the bridge tilted to about 30 degrees, and a bonus middle single coil just for extra flavor.
The fact that Page used this exclusively (for electric) on the first Zeppelin album speaks to its versatility and power.
The simplicity of my Telecaster is what I love the most about it!
I just wanted to say thank you for doing these videos. You really add alot of good gear knowledge without wasting time on frivolous things. Your pedal layout video really helped alot and was the best one I watched on the topic. Your neighborhood is lucky to have your shop.
another fact: George Harrisons Rosewood Telecaster is the best looking guitar ever.
it is oretty sweer
@@bigfootsburneraccount9160 Past 2 of that fact: To buy a replica of that guitar costs a small fortune...LOL
Yeah it is quite something. I've gotta classic looking Tele. Black guard, maple fingerboard etc. I love the 'classic' look. But that Rosewood Tele looks fantastic. I heard it is real heavy.
Jimmy used a Tele to record Zep's entire first album. _Many_ purported Led Zeppelin fans do not know that.
John B wasn't it that way with Zepp ll as well?
James Florin It may well have been. I know at some point around that time he was using a Les Paul also.
Both the first and second were done primarily with the Tele. There was 1 song done with a Flying V [which Jimmy was testing, but couldn't afford] and 1 other guitar -- according to his writings. The Tele sound was manipulated quite a bit during recording/mixing. It was not as though he simply plugged the guitar into an amp and got the tones on the album though. His writing on the subject is really interesting. I had no idea he was the creative brain behind most of the music.
John B Jimmy Page's now famous sunburst les paul was gifted to him by Joe Walsh. As JW recounts it 'I had two Les Pauls & thought that they would suit his (JP) sound, so I kept the one I liked better & gave him the other one. That was late '72 if I remember right'. So JP can thank JW for an integral aspect to his 'later look' & sound.
northof50now After working as a session player for years JP had a wealth of knowledge of how a studio worked, the sound he wanted & how to get it. During the solo for Heartbreaker JP was arguing with the 'so called engineer' about cutting a section of tape, reversing it & using that sound (you'll know the part I'm talking of). The 'engineer' told JP it wasn't possible & after some escalating argument was eventually removed, the solo 'cut & pasted' and all production credits (as you'd know) have JP's name.He knew what he wanted before starting the band, how to get it & after the first album exploded no one was to get in his way.
When I think of Gibson Les Pauls, the first person I think of is Les Paul.
Tim Mcdonald And Mary Ford.
LOL
i heard the first les pauls were actually epiphones as well.
well i was told before les paul was with gibson i know he had been working with epiphone on a number of guitars, didnt know he was employed by them, then when the electric thing blew up gibson grabbed him and offered him a contract before epiphone officially endorsed him. i was told that the prototypes for the les paul were epiphones he brought with him. and i have heard that he had a buttload of input on the gibson 335 so i guess it likely couldve been a mix up on their part, as you mentioned.
interesting bit of history thanks.
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angus young
I've messed around with guitars for years, but never really gotten serious about learning some lead licks. Fast forward to my late 40's, and I'm getting started learning scales and such. It's confusing, but when the light bulb comes on, there's no feeling like it. My "weapon of choice" is a black MIM Telecaster with Texas Special pickups and a white pearl pickguard (really nice looking!). Watching James Burton play behind Elvis when I was younger, and loving that "Hello Mary Lou" solo of his, the Telecaster was a natural choice for me. Couple that with a love of Vince Gill and Brent Mason's work, and there's no other for me. Hopefully I'll get better before too long, but it's a lot of fun for this old dude!!
I'm in my late 50's. A moderate bass player with 8 or so guitars. I'm just getting into lead licks but I'm afraid I'll have to stop playing before 'my' light bulb comes on. My musician buddies said it;ll take some patience. Oh, how I love the sound of any guitar!
I have the same story. I look at scales and think I know I must learn them but I don’t know why or where to start.
The real purpose of the bridge "ashtray" pickup cover was to help quiet that annoying 60 cycle hum that early single coils made incase of poor or no electrical grounding, lack thereof or radio/neon/appliance transmission and interference. The same goes for those early P and Jazz bass pickup covers which meant to be more functional than a styling feature since noise cancelling wasn't conquered as of yet. But most musicians took them off anyway. The "hum" issue was noticeably most prominent in the factory than the outside customer base and Leo Fender had to address it before any shipment or sales. You also have to remember that this was conceived in an era before reverse wiring, split or hum cancelling or humbucking techniques, 3 prong ground plugs and sockets in which what is now part of our current electrical code. Everyone be careful out there..
I like how the "5 things about telecaster" video talked about the history behind it yet the strat video had to focus on how to solve the abundant problems that come with it. Sort of shows which is the better design
The body of the Stratocaster always reminded me of a pulled tooth. Plus, the center pickup snagged my pick. Strats sound like wheedely-deedely keyboards. Teles soun like guitars.
I used to have a strat and always hit the pickup switch mid song. real annoying. recently bought one of the pawn shop series strats that have a tele neck and controls. problem solved.
Art Knight you’ve never heard stevie ray vaughn play then lol
Westin Vines or Hendrix, Kath, Clapton...
ehh the newer teles starting with the american deluxe series from 2006 to 2014 have had body contours and heel contours as well. There were some inbetween models with contours too.
Teles are the bomb.
2 years ago I picked my first Fender, a "Tele" (3 saddle bridge) after playing Gibsons (335s) for nearly 50 years. I have increased my Fender stable by 6 and I'm learning something new all the time about Fenders. Your video did increase my knowledge base and I appreciate you making it. Rock-on my brother. John (SoCal)
Please keep doing these! You are always very straightforward, objective, and you seem to really know what you are talking about :)
Cheers from Portugal!
While Tele's are now known for their twang and high end clarity, the originals had a "dark circuit" that actually made them one of the most "low end heavy, almost zero high frequency" guitars you could get at the time. Some folks in bands adopted the Tele to cover lines what would later be played on the electric bass.
You can play all the electric guitars you want , but nothing is as raw as a Telecaster . The ultimate rock 'n roll machine .🎼👍🇺🇸😜
Phillip love your stuff...you're a good teacher! The research you do and share is appreciated.
Just got my first tele. Whole new sound! Nice to get some background on this great instrument. Thank you!
1. It's awesome
2. It's awesome
3. It's awesome
4. It's awesome
5. It's incredible
Here's a fact I know. The Tele is the most used studio recording guitar for more major TV and Movie theme songs than any other guitar, and here's why. Tommy Tedesco, (God rest his soul) is considered by many to be the most successful studio guitarist of all time. His primary axe for guitar work was an ash telecaster with a cigarette burn in it, presumably because the ashtray bridge cover was lost, heheh. Every Hard Rock Cafe has a large, awesome book with many guitarist's photos and bios. While most guitar stars have one page of info, only a few have 2 pages. Tedesco has two or three, because they listed a bunch of TV shows and Movies which have his playing in the theme songs. His recording credits were so massive it took extra pages to partially list them... lol! I met Tedesco, some of his common sense advice to aspiring studio guitarists: play idiomatically to match the style of the music/song and use an instrument you are familiar with. Thanks Mr. McKnight, as always, you are awesome too! you sort of remind me of Tedesco, lol!
Do you know if that one on the video is an American or Mexican Telecaster?? Thanks!
The Shawngeetar...Right you are. I worked some sessions, out in L.A., with the late Tommy Tedesco and he could get everything from Rock 'n' Roll sounds to warm mellow jazz tones out of a Tele. The man was a wizard,, bless his warm, wonderful heart.
interestingly, he played on zappa's lumpy gravy album and apparently mocked zappa at first, in the mistaken idea that he had no clue what he was doing. Only to go on to befriend him after being convinced of his talent.
Sir Tristen One of Australia’s best session musos , James Black, who also plays guitar on the SBS music show called Rockwiz which cover everything from rockabilly to Metal, all on a Tele.
Just bought my first tele. A 2001 American Standard. I knew all of these facts except for the one about different outputs on the pickups. I noticed a difference but always thought that was just the distance from the strings. Also, I just found your channel a couple of weeks ago and I love it. Very informative videos!
Tele was my first electric. Now I've got two. I would happily watch a longer video. Thanks for these!
i prefer the maple fretboard
Same
Same. The playability isn't that different to me anymore, but I prefer the maple because the lacquer keeps all the oils and gunk away from the wood. Cleaning a soiled rosewood board with steel wool is a pain in the ass.
I do, too, but only because I feel like a rosewood fingerboard on a Tele just looks kinda 'wrong'.
bandr Actually, it seems as though it is you who is wrong...
Same
The only thing I know about Teles is that they're great. :)
Another great video, Phil. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm with us!
its amazing how one man knows so much about guitars. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, mr. McK!
you're a great guy!
the first tele's were actually made of pine.. little does anyone know..
Really I didn't know that thanks
well yanno, the bodies were pine rather.. pine would never hold up as a neck.. either way, glad to know you learned something..
There are quite a bunch of things slightly off in the ameteur video,and as many left out.Better than no information at all,but not to be taken as the final word. I relly liked the part where Univox was making solid body guitars in the same era that the Tele made it's debut.
Literally thought I was the only one with that knowledge! Lol. I missed a pinecaster deal due to being cheap. Man what a stupid move.
Addie B. First tele ever made was made entirely from pine. Didn't have a truss rod. Glad you learned something.
1:13 glad to see someone who knows the truth. Pretty much all of LZ1 was recorded on a tele. David Gilmour also did about 90% of animals on his sunburst tele.
Never knew the "Stairway" solo was done on a Tele. You learn something ever day. Nice video.
I knew those things already but it is still fun to hear them again! Nothing wrong with guitar talk.
love that color!
Didn't know about a Tele used on the solo for Stairway to Heaven but knew a Tele was used extensively on Led Zep I. Thumbs up!
It was fairly obvious tho.
one and two actually.
Page used a tele and a vox amp for the early years.
+David Salt and after he found a serius guitar......
thought it was a small Valco or Supro amp?
I knew most of them but not all. I just bought my first Tele and it's a 2017 American Professional. I love it! It's the best guitar I've ever played and I'm now tele obsessed! I just put up my unboxing video of it earlier today! Love your channel and all you do man. Keep it coming!
I have just one telecaster, when i decided i was going to buy one i bought a USA Deluxe, and its been my number one...It plays great and sounds great, i play classic rock and it is perfect..
Beautiful color Tele. What guitar and color is this?
best episode of Sesame Street ever!
Love this channel. Explains things simply and well.
I have owned Strats for years as well as Gibsons,
I never thought that I was a Tele guy, until now.
I just bought my 1st Tele and I love it-I just found out what I've been missing.
It is so awesome, i can't put it down!
Knew them all, but then I have one , with the Bill Kirchen switchplate mod.
I went to my local big box store a few years ago and got a Strat, shoulda got a Tele, love them so much!
***** Haha, nah I think the Americans are a waste of money. Mexican all day, than up grade the pick ups :)
I just wish the bridged was fixed (without any kind of modding) and I love the bridge and neck pick up blended on the Tele.
+oops101 You just had to come to a nice, peaceful post and be a douchetard, didn't you? Congratulations, you are officially what's wrong with the world. Suck it.
Get a MIM Classic Series '50. The truest of them all.
strats are just as awesome ( actually more so) but in a different way.
The great thing about a Tele is that you don't have to spend a lot to get a lot. The Classic Vibe Tele is awesome, as are the FSR runs done for various big-box stores, and the MIM versions. The greatest thing about the Tele is its simplicity...which is why you don't have to spend a lot.
I didn't know any of it. The Stairway solo was a real eye opener, and now it makes sence because of the brightness of the tone on the solo. I'm new to the Tele family so I'm studying up on the history and possible modifications for string buzz etc. What a fun , comfortable guitar to play as a change from the Charvels and the Kramer hot rods that I always have around. Love your channel. I always learn something. Mahalo from Hawaii.
Very interesting and informative. I bought my 1967 telecaster in 1967 . I was 17 years old. I still own and play the guitar. It is the most durable and tough workhorse guitar.
I certainly appreciate the research that you have done.
The bridge pickup was slanted to increase the bass response.
Lost my ash tray long before my guitar! Always dirty! Also had cig burn on headstock , cuz it was cool to put ur smoke up there
I always put my cig up there back in the day
First one I saw was in 74 when Lenny introduced me to Bobby Boris Picket in Fort Bragg. I bought a 130 USD Bullet surf green in 2019 and I just love the neck. Needed some work, but watching you, I could handle the bridge/align/neck issue.
Just discovered Don Rich and how great a Tele is at the same time. Love your videos, man.
How about a "Part 2" for the additional information you know about Teles? (I'd be interested)
I can prove to anyone that a vintage 3-saddle telecaster bridge (without compensated saddles) can be intonated very well. It may not be as easy, but once intonated it will last a lifetime as long as you don't change string gauge or mess with it. In fact my Telecaster has almost perfect intonation with the old three saddles.
Thanks,Rafasounds. The 3 saddle bridge was more than adequate for the string guages used when the Tele was designed.Even with the light guages used,today,mt Tele intonates just fine
I've never had any intonation problems with my 3-barrel Tele, even on changing the barrels. I used to play Gibson, and at first I was concerned, but nah! Maybe, just maybe, an experienced player unconsciously compensates when the/she is playing, by pressing a little harder here and there if a note sounds a little flat, even in a chord. If you're soling, the power of tuning is always in your fingers!
Thanks for the refresh, I've forgotten most of those cool things about the Tele. you brought back some great memories!
I love your videos Phillip, learning new stuff everytime. Cheers from the Netherlands.
If you can't play a particular style of music on a Telecaster then that style of music must suck.
@Fraxinus! Hey latin guy, slightly behind your time, eh? Check out Hendrix.
Rick Beato did Djent on one in his "what makes this song great" series
Surprised you didn't mention that the original pick-up selector switch wasn't the typically modern B, B+N, N configuration.
No it was still a 3 way but it selected bridge or neck or neck with treble cut. You couldn't have neck and bridge at the same time
Not quite. It was neck, neck with treble cut, or both. There was no option for bridge pick-up on its own, however you could adjust the mix of the two pick-ups with the tone knob.
That was on the very early 1950 - 52 models. From '53 to '67, the configuration was as I said.
1950 was before 1953. Therefore the configuration you gave wasn't the original.
Fair enough! All I meant in reply to noahporter95 was that no, it always had a 3 way switch
Phillip I love your channel man! THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COOL INFO! \m/
Got myself a MIJ 98' vintage blonde telecaster and Ive never been happier :)
The Stairway to heaven solo-I didn't know lol
Ben Knudsen. it’s done on a tele friend!
TigR 5hark ..it’s scary..been 3 years since I made this comment,,also changed name lol...thanks for info 👍
Try harmonics on the neck pick up see what happens
Next time I plug in, that's exactly what I intend to do. I read elsewhere on this thread that the neck pickup is positioned where the 24th fret would have been. That was an eye-opening revelation to me. I've been playing for slightly more than 50 years and that was never brought to my attention. There's another dude who said he fretted the pickup - another exciting (and damned innovative) possibility. I mean, why not? I have been tempted many times to "play" it when searching for a note that existed only in my mind's ear. Man, you'd have to be brain-dead to actually stop learning in this business.
A video that goes straight to the point! A rare gem
Thanks Philip. I have a No-caster and you told me some stuff I never knew!
Didn't know that about Jimmy Page's solo on Stairway. I wonder why he stopped using it live (?)
The Tele is really twangy for the acoustic parts of Stairway. The Gibson SG was a better choice because of how direct the clean sound was
Jimmy's luthier buddy refinished that tele, as a favor, without asking him first. Jimmy said it didn't sound the same after he had worked on it, and never really used it the same afterwards.
If you aren't using the original 3-barrel brass saddles (2:39) then you don't know what the guitar is capable of. Good guitar players don't have any intonation issues with them either.
Totally agree. That's exactly why modern made American Teles sound so bad while the cheaper Squier Classic Vibe Teles sound so good.
Redd Volkaert, Greg Koch, Brad Paisley, Vince Gill, Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan, Jerry Donahue, Guthrie Trapp, Brent Mason, Mike Bloomfield, Muddy Waters, George Harrison, Clarence White, Jimmy Bryant, and Steve Cropper all used the original brass saddles.
From Jerry Donahue: "You needn't resort to six individual bridge saddles to improve your intonation. The original Broadcaster design called for three brass saddles: and that's still the best design today. The larger saddles mean more mass, providing greater output, sustain and tone."
rogers53108 I should probably also point out that at least 80% of all acoustic guitars use a single slanted saddle for all six strings that provides nowhere near perfect intonation, and everybody from Norman Blake to Tony Rice plays them with absolutely no intonation problems. 99% of the time you hear somebody crying about a guitar's intonation, it's a beginner guitarist who simply applies too much finger pressure here and there, and throws it out of tune.
probably more to do with the action and the gauge of strings being used...lighter gauges and lower action means tricky intonation!
I knew all of these and knew I would but I love Telecasters so I am sucker for Tele videos! Good quick video!
Hey Phil I learn so much off you videos you explain things very clearly, can't wait for your next video
well ..telecasters are not.designed for.high gain. But its totally perfect for light to medium.drive. Its.the perfect rock n roll machine :)
On that same thought, I tell everybody to try turning your gain down and playing. If you have some nice pickups, you may be surprised how little gain you actually need.
+Zach Felps Yeah sure! My personal guitar sound revolution began when I found the low gain on the overdrive. Now I play lots of Joe Perry riffs and I swear... he nailed the dream sound!!!!
thats funny to hear. My Nocaster bridge pickup makes even clean amps sit up and bark, and it's from 1951. Turn the amp past noon, and it crunches like Rosie O'Donnell and Michael Moore trapped in a Cheetoes factory. Turn it higher, and It sings. Not for high gain? my big ol' butt! Someone tell that to Jeff Beck. He didn't know it :-)
If your Tele is "not for high gain", its broken, or you're doing it wrong
+Sam Roney Not quite sure. About 98% of metal guitar players use humbuckers to.define their high gain sound. Single coil pups are not suitable for thick high gain sound by definition. And by high gain I mean sound like Dimebag Darrel, not like Jeff Beck's
Kristian Torlakov You ever try a P90 in the neck position? Noisey, but if you're shreddin' like imebag, it shouldn't be a problem.
I Can't Telecaster From A Fender !!! :)
That was damn fun
I always overlooked the tele until I got one. I saw my local shop was selling a MIJ 62 reissue, so I went and tried it and immediately fell in love with it. Amongst other great things, it plays like a dream and sounds amazing. The best clean sounding guitar out of the nine that I currently own. I then went on to get a tele black top and that is just amazing too, especially with a bit of gain.
I can now understand why they are known as 'the workhorse' and loved by working guitarists everywhere.
P.S. My 62 reissue has the old style three piece brass bridge and it works fine. Stays in tune and no intonation problems.
The telecaster is my favorite guitar so I knew all these things.. Thanks for the vid phillip.. I really enjoy them
This is urgent!! Is this an American or Mexican Telecaster?
Thanks!!!
Made in USA
thanks buddy, nice vid too
I have a gorgeous customized Suzuki cruiser. People shout to me "Nice Harley!" I was shamed into spending a thousand dollars on an American HS Telecaster. I would go with the Mexican. The USA one is made in Corona, CA by Mexicans, the Mexican one is made 150 miles south, by Mexicans.
thats funny right there!
Frankly, the Telecaster is so iconic that all 5 of these facts are common knowledge.
"Common knowledge" is a subjective term.
As my dad used to say, "The problem with common sense is that it's not that common."
Yea! Just because YOU (or I) know something, it doesn't mean that we keep it to ourselves. After all, how did we learn these things? Thanks for the video!
I been a Fender bass player 60 years and the 51 and early Telecaster genre, well lets just say I love them! Jimmy Page and I played in a same places and we are/were only 0ne year apart and toted our music around the same parts of London and Southern UK. It was a privilege being a son of the 50's 60's! The rest was nectar to hear and as I am just rebuilding my grandsons Telecaster I got more info to bore him with, cool! Malaga Spain.
Good to see a Fender Urge bass in the background. Possibly the most underrated bass Fender has ever put out!
The color of that tele is amazing! I love it!
I didn't know the Esquier didn't have a truss rod. You see, One can learn a new thing every day. Thanks mate!!!
i really like your videos. i play a '75 tele delux, so of course, i had to watch this vid. i also play an epiphone les paul, and that vid you did comparing the gibson and the epi was very informative. you present well, too. as you said, keeping it short for my feeble little mind works great! keep it up, my friend!
Thank you for the facts. As time goes by, experts should not take it for granted that folks know the obvious. Share your history, no matter how mundane it might seem to you.
Nice short vid, Phil.....nothing I personally didn't know but great to see your enthusiasm for these great guitars...
Just because of that now I'm a fan of yours website I just subscribed to it thanks dude
I love the color and the rosewood of that telecaster… beautiful
I tested two white Teles during my Guitar Center visit...spent almost an hour on a Classic 50s Tele whose overall 'classic vibe' impressed me the most and I only loved the Noiseless pickups in the Nashville Tele I played less than 10 minutes, both through a 2x12 Hot Rod Deville. I swear to God i left refreshed than I did going in. Unfortunately the Classic 50s Tele was sold the next day but that experience stayed with me when I made a local pawn shop visit and found a black Tele that wasn't a Fender but it has a classic vibe of its own that made my experience pay off big time(!); it's a Tradition CAB10 from '02 and built in the USA by way of Burleson TX...LUVIT
Now almost a year later i found another Tele in a second-hand DIY kit form three weeks ago in the same pawn shop reforming it to my liking and so far I'm on my way; oh and by the way I knew those facts already so it's all good.
I have been in love with Telecasters from the 1970s to the day I go completely crazy. I have 5 Strats and one very old rose wood Telecaster. It is too heavy for everyday use, especially in the summer when we play fairs and art festivals. I saw your green Telecaster that turns blue. I bought one like it but I put 1/4 pound pups on it and the Strat bridge like yours went in the dust bin. I dig the brass and I love the blue mirror pick guard and wiring cover. I did the wiring to the old Black Guard from the early days of those lovely guitars.
Thanks Phil! appreciate the effort. Keep up the good work.
I had an early Sunburst Telecaster in the mid 60s, it was spectacular and after supporting the Who I started throwing it around (carefully🤣). Supported the Small Faces and Steve Marriot loved its beaten up look, not a fashion in the 60s.....its on many youtube vids and easily recognizable by the 3 holes i drilled in the headstock to fit xtra strings. I swapped it for his pink LesPaul. Nice to know he played it on some legendary tracks👍🇬🇧
Cool video Phil- only knew the jimmy page part and the nocaster part- learned 3 new things! Just got my shirt by the way and loving it- wearing it this weekend at a high profile gig here in Cincinnati--- I hope to give you a bunch of new subscribers by all of the questions I get! Rock on!
I have a pair of 1971 Fenders, a thinline tele and a deluxe reverb, I love the teles . I own several styles of guitars and and love how you can play the same song with them all and each style forces you to play a different way because each has its own personality. that's the magic of music I suppose
I knew about the different bridges and the cover for it. The rest was new to me. Good video!
Thanks Philip I put the Wilkinson compensated brass saddles on my Tele The work perfectly.
Didn't know any of those facts but I am enjoying all of these videos, thanks!
I really like this. I learned some new things today. I love my Telecaster
Thanks for that summary on the Telecaster, did not know the history of them, very cool.
I just bought a new Tele yesterday. Cool info. Thanks!
Great video and info Phillip! What I didn’t know was the Esquire model, first to wind pickups w/2 diff outputs, and why the cover was initially on it.
love these types of vids from you. didn't know any of these things, very cool.
I have a couple of Teles... however I changed mine to Babicz telecaster bridge, it is a very cool design, sounds great and it truly looks beautiful.
I didn't know any of these things (except the part about being called the Broadcaster, but didn't't know why Fender changed it.).
Thank you for sharing !
Cool info! I have wanted a Telecaster the same color as yours forever!! Love it! A Fender Telecaster was my first professional guitar I owned. Bought a used one when I was 16 in the mid 70's for $225. A mid 60's model with a rosewood neck. I want it back! 😳