5 of the BEST Teles EVER Made!! - Which One Should You Get?
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Don't forget G&L, they are still Leo Fender designed. I own 3 G&LS and two Squiers T-types and my favorite is the G&L Tribute ASAT Special with Leo's Jumbo MFD pickups. Fantastic guitars in the $500US range.
Yes! Funny, I also have three G&Ls. Bought one, really liked it, then the next thing I knew it multiplied into three G&Ls. All really good.
Imo the harley benton te20, harley benton hh20bk, harley benton te62,
Ridiculously underrated guitars! I have only two of them: the one you described, and an S500 Tribute. I love MFDs.
Tokai, Fujigen, those have great quality on their classic category T copy.
Yep!! I have a G&L tele too and it is awesome!
From Leo: Hard to go wrong with a Telecaster in your collection. An Alnico 2 Strat pickup in the neck of a telecaster is a cheap way to get the better neck sounds while keeping the twang available. Adding a 4 way selector switch works out great too.
I bought a Baja Tele in 2017. I can say without a doubt that is the best guitar I ever played. So versatile with 4 - position switch and S-1 selector for setting the 2 pickups out of phase. You can play everything with only one guitar!
And custom shop pickups and beautiful soft v neck which only comes on premium guitars, and an light ash body that seems to be getting phased out cause of the cost. I would never sell mine.
My favorite also
Glad you mentioned the Baja. Love my 08 Baja, 1st Tele I’ve owned and probably the best electric I’ve played. Converted me to Teles.
I have a Baja as my main! Been playing it for years. So good!
My favorite Tele is my Fender American Pro 1, 3 tone sunburst. But while I was on vacation last week I found a Baja butterscotch Tele for $450. Just cleaned it, changed the strings and set it up. This may become my favorite- I love that out of phase tone with the s1 switch! As always, great video, DB!
Great find!
The Baja was part of a line of guitars built in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico from 2007 to 2018 and designed by Custom Shop master builders Dennis Galuzka, Gregory Fessler, and Chris Fleming. The neck is a soft V profile 9.25 radius with 21 medium jumbo frets, and it has a Custom Shop Vintage Broadcaster pickup in the bridge with a Custom Shop Twisted Tele at the neck. It also has an S-1 switch with a 4-way selector that gives the following combinations, S-1 up and down position 1 bridge, position 3 neck, S-1 up position 2 bridge and neck pickups (in parallel), position 4 neck and bridge pickups (in series) (fatter tone than Position 2 and more output than Position 1, 2, or 3), S-1 down position 2 bridge and neck pickups (in parallel) out of phase, position 4 neck and bridge pickups (in series) out of phase. Just a few years ago you could find these used for around $600 which you still can if you look hard, but they average around $800 to $1000 which is still a great deal for what is as close to a Custom Shop Tele that you can get at that price.
I just got a Baja for £500, about $600+, this is in perfect condition, like new.
This is not only a standard Telecaster, it is much more interesting due to the custom electrics.
@@charlesflint9048I’m going to get one on eBay just found one in pretty much perfect condition and tying up the serial number found it was from 2007 for £550 I’ll get it
I love my mom's 1960's Fender Placid Blue Telecaster made in Japan.
Tone wise, I think your ultimate Telecaster build from 3 years ago (P-90/single) sounded fantastic and deserves an Honorable Mention (at the very least)!
I agree - my FMT Tele from Indonesia is my favorite guitar. Those SD pickups clean up nice and rock the heck out without effort. I got the red to black burst and it draws the eyes away from the guitars around it. Its also super light and has very useful curves that make playing it comfortable in all positions.
Just ordered the same one… hoping it can take the place of the Les Paul’s that I love to hate!!! 🤣
I have a 1975 Tele Deluxe that I played onstage an estimated 15,000 hours. What a great guitar, it does everything I need a solid body guitar to do. I bought it in '76 from a guy at The Jockey Club in St. Paul for $225 with a HSC.
So cool to see the “flame caster” again! Great video as always!
She's a beauty thanks to you!
My favorite Tele was mentioned in your list. A 2011 butterscotch blackguard Baja! 6 tones, Ash body, soft V neck, and weighs less that 7 pounds. Sounds amazing and i play it daily!
Baja's are great
Darrel, thanks so much for always being such a positive, transparent, encouraging, and anti-snob conte t creator with your reviews. In a market and culture so full of elitism and mysticism that potentially shrouds the fun of creating art and music, you’re a bright light.
Keep creating amazing videos.
I absolutely love my 2012 American Vintage ‘52 but I also would like to own a Deluxe someday.
I have a 57 telecaster blonde/white,excellent to mint & completely original..Very happy with it!!
I own both Squier 50's CV Butterscotch and 70's Deluxe version of the Telecaster. Both are ridiculous values for the money! Totally gig worthy in factory spec. Quality fit and finish and great sounding pickups for standard Tele tones right out of the box.
My favorite Tele-style guitar is a G&L Fullerton Deluxe ASAT Special.
I have the 70’s reissue deluxe in black that was made in 04-09. I absolutely love it.
I have a 2004 Highway One Tele, sunburst with maple fretboard, and a 2013 American Standard Tele in Jade Green Metallic with rosewood board. Love them both!
I have a 2008 Nashville Tele with B-bender. Made in Corona, CA, and just outta sight.
That black 60s Tele with the gold hardware looks awesome. It goes great with the rosewood fingerboard.
My first Tele was the Vintera 70s Custom in fiesta red, definitely the first guitar I ever bought that I knew I'd never get rid of no matter what! The only thing I've changed on it is the bridge, put a stetsbar on it and it's absolutely killer! I love the pickups so much too, of any Tele I've played since the bridge sounds especially hot and the wide range neck pickup is buttery smooth! I don't plan to swap the pickups out any time soon, it literally sounds perfect.
Still own my 1993 Fender American 52 Reissue, bought new from Guitar Center for $800 or so. It’s 30 years old and still in mint condition. For $100 more I bought a vintage Fender tweed case. The guitar came will all original materials, identical to those from 1952. Even the wiring was per the original, though it did come with add’l pot and cap to rewire to modern tones. I have my luthier perform that mod about 20 years back, but still have the original parts and wiring schematics.
I have two Tele’s a Mexican Standard, and a Jim Root Squier. I love them both! Telecasters are definitely my favorite guitars to play, right next to PRS.
Darrell , last year I picked up a Monoprice Idio tele style and put Fender Tex-Mex telepickup set and that guitar plays and sounds phenomenal , so for right around $ 200 bucks I added a tele to my collection .That guitar came out of the box with a really good set up ,I did lower the strings a little bit , but that's it .I am so happy with it , because , frankly , I wasn't sure I would really like the tele sound since I play mostly classic rock and old school metal , but yeah I'm lovin it . PS You always playing teles made me want one , so a huge THANK YOU DARRELL !
The 60's Baja Tele is it for me. I own two and I am getting most of my tele's necks to mirror that neck. I am looking for the 50's Baja and plan to have that neck reshaped to the 60's Baja. I am hooked on it. Chris Flemming got it perfect. Good video.
Yep, I have a G&L with the heavier non ashtray bridge and MFDs… I added a Freeway 6 way switch for extra tones… it’s great!
I am not a Tele fan, but I only thought it fair to give it a try, so I am building one modeled after Terry Kath's axe, in its wiring.
I really enjoyed this video. There are many telecaster model's that i really like. I owned a 90's custom telecaster that I really loved and I have a 1994 telecaster in sunburst with a maple fingerboard that is just a fun guitar to play. The recent custom with Seymour Duncan's looks like a winner, too! Thanks Darrell.
EART makes an awesome playing instrument at a very affordable price. Beautiful guitar with compound radius, amazing fretwork with a compound back neck shape. Love the channel.🎸👍
I agree with Mr Fender regarding the maple fingerboards. I realize many people love the maple, but the rosewood feels and looks much better to me. It is good to have options.
I have a 70's Telecaster. sound so sweet. I love it!!
AMEN EH! Lol... sorry about the Canadian thing... I bet you're sick of it...
Seriously Darrell, I have to thank you and bless you a thousand times! As per your review on "THAT PARTICULAR GUITAR" I pulled the trigger and got one. I'M SOOOOO HAPPY THAT I DID! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!
Thank you for all of your good advice over the years and THANK YOU FOR NEVER TALKING "DOWN" TO YOUR VIEWERS like so very many "6-string commandos" do. YOU'RE THE BEST!
Keep the faith, keep fighting the good fight, and KEEP-ON-A-ROCKIN'
God bless and take care...
I love that black 60s tele. Beautiful.
I once had a MIJ 62 Custom and foolishly let it go. Got the Classic Vibe 60s Tele a couple of months ago and absolutely love it! I also got the Baja Tele right before they went out of production. Why they quit making them is beyond me because it’s one of the most versatile Teles ever made.
The 60s Telecasters were also the first Telecasters with double bound bodies. When they were first introduced in 1959 - 1960 they were called the Telecaster Custom. I always wanted one so in 2021 I bought a Squier Classic Vibe 3 color vintage sunburst Telecaster. I had the pickguard, pickup cavities and control cavities grounded and shielded. Next I had the control pots changed to the Fender CTS ones and the pickup selector switch. Lastly I had a set of Fender "64 Telecaster pickups put in it. Now it looks, plays and sound like it should.
Fantastic video !!! Excellent job....as always
Just got a Sire T7 with roasted maple neck & fretboard, locking tuners, etc. Pickups are great Highly recommend.
I have the newer version the roadworn tele and it really is phenomenal. It feels like an American tele that someone really played for 30 years. So comfortable. When I showed my guitar teacher, he had no idea whatsoever it wasn't an old guitar.
This was SO helpful to me. Thanks!
My favorite “Tele” I’ve ever seen is Andy Wood’s signature Suhr Modern T. It’s got 24 frets and silent single coils but damn if it doesn’t sound the part. I’m a sucker for the custom colors and anodized pickguards and it helps that Andy plays them like a friggin’ demon.
Thanks again Darrell for an excellent tutorial… I feel that the Tele with the humbucker at the neck and single coil at the bridge, I personally refer that as the TK or Terry Kath… his own modified Tele
Another cool thing Terry Kath did to his Telecaster was to reverse the control knobs so that the volume knob is where the switch is on a standard Tele. You can buy a Fender Custom Shop replica of the TK Tele for a mere $20,000.
I have a Fender Vintera 70’s Tele Custom and I absolutely love it. It has become my main guitar. I do love that 60’s double bound model you have. It just looks classy. Might go for a Thinline next.
Thank you for this honest demonstration of the TELEs. I own two G&Ls (that last Leo Fender did)... Like the way you promote these 'foreign made' Teles.
Thank you for this.
I bought a Glarry Thinline and modified it a bit. Kind of the same one featured here before but the Natural finish version. Really enjoying the play and feel of it.
Thanks for another awesome video👍👍
Bought the FMT on your recommendation mainly. Managed to get one before the price went up. Fantastic guitar. Used mainly for Worship but it can do anything well.
My main Tele is the Squier CV 60s, to which I changed the bridge to a flat six-saddle style, and Wilkinson tuners. While you're right in general about Tele neck pickups, the one in the CV sounds marvelous.
One of Squier's best sleeper guitars was the Tele Custom II, which was a Custom but with two Duncan-designed P-90s instead of the humbuckers. I have a black one, and love the thing, snarls with distortion but also is great for jazz playing. This particular Tele has a following. Why Fender discontinued it is a head-scratcher.
I'd also mention the John 5 Signature, which is great. More modern neck, great-sounding humbuckers. Maybe not the Fender version with the hockey-stick headstock.
Last year, I bought a Squier Thinline Tele from CME. It was a special run that only was sold by CME and Anderton's. Black with a silver anodized pick guard, it looks and plays great! I've seen a couple on resale sites, listed as Classic Vibe. I also have a seafoam green Fender with dual humbuckers, so two of your five are in my music room. Thanks for a great video!
Is this legit?
Great choices.
I almost bought a Squier Classic Vibe 50's, but being such a Strat guy, I went with the Fender Player Plus Nashville Tele in Butterscotch/black guard finish.
Just got it about a week ago. What a great guitar!!! Great modern neck.
I thought you would include some Nashville model in your list.
I also have a Vintage (brand) JD-58 Jerry Donahue signature, a very versatile (with a Strat neck pick-up and an interesting wiring) and very affordable guitar, but I'm not a big fan of the chunky neck.
Cheers from Brazil.
I've recently become a huge fan of Kiesel guitars (I ordered a 6 string bass and LP-style guitar). They have the Solo and Retro Solo to fit the T-style flavor. They're not "cheap' but a great value for a custom spec USA made guitar
Picked up a new FGN Tele from Japan (Fujigen plant) couple months ago....excellent with Seymour Duncans, barrel saddles, 4-way switch, innovative frets (called C.F.S.), masterfully built...under $1000...made an offer which they took for $850. An American G&L tele with MFD's is also a great choice...mine has a 50's neck. Rocks.
Currently playing my first Fender, an American Performer with a humbucker neck pickup (with coil tap). Absolutely love this guitar and it was just under $1500 Cdn. Price at L&M is now around $1900 Cdn. It was worth every penny
Hi Darrell, I've been a subscriber for a few months and love your channel. I purchased a '74 Tele, new (at Manny's Music in NYC, that was fun) and a few years ago bought the Special Edition (this one with a spalted maple top). What a revelation compared to the '74... lighter, thinner neck (which I find easier to play), great tones. I also cannot recommend it highly enough.
My favorite Fender tele is the Parallel Universe Elite Nashville model. I do own a 2016 Fender American Standard Tele as well. For a non-Fender tele my favorite is the Friedman Vintage T.
Fantastic video and topic !!! 👏 !! Always was a Gibson Les Paul Fan but when I saw Prince play a Tele live I was totally Blown away and And Amazed 👏 😳 !! So I have 2 electric guitar now but if I ever buy a Third it will have to be a Tele !!!
Great video as always Darryl and you get my blood pumping I am going to start looking for a Roadworn. I will have to look for a used probably but that’s fine. Thanks again always enjoy your channel
My dream guitar. Hopefully I will own one one fine day.
Albert Collins, the Ice Man, made me a fan of that guitar.
Great episode. My tele is a bit left field - it's a Palir gold top, with beautiful checking in the finish, 2 X Porter silent p90's which sound killer, stainless frets, flame maple neck, Gibsons scale length and only 6.5lbs. Bought it used and sight unseen - it's now one of my favourites. Check out Palir, small builder making really unique and cool guitars. I'm not affiliated with them at all, just a fan of my own Palir
wow, that 60s reissued MIJ is a beauty, would love to make my next guitar.
Hey Darrell check out the Fender Vintera 50’s telecaster modified. It’s basically a rebranded Baja telecaster with a new name and a few new colors. Big price tag also 🫤
Very cool, love the info.
Based in part on your review of the Schecter SLS superstrat, I bought the PT SLS version sight unseen during lockdown. Swapped the Fluence Moderns (djent-leaning humbuckers) for Classics (PAF-inspired, easy to voice the coil splits) and voila, a Deluxe that sounds great and converts to something very close to a classic tele by pulling 2 pots. 24 SS frets, compound radius, great hardware, ebony board, it's a great axe. (Also the Fishmans are solderless so the swap literally took 5 minutes)
Should have mentioned the Charvel Tele you did a video on. I have one too, and it's amazing. It's one of my two "daily drivers." Thanks for another great video!
Darrell, Another well done video. I am a BIG fan of the Classic Vibe series. I think it is the best bang for the buck. I have a 2015 American standard Tele and the 60's Squire CV thin line. I play the CV 95% more. With me , its all about the neck. If it doesn't feel right ,I put it down. As I have hands on the smaller side ( I think) the 60's CV feels amazing. I think it would be a good choice for a beginner also. jeff
Great choices!
Lots of budget options out there as well, especially if one is inclined to dive in and tweak/upgrade themselves.
Been on the fence as to which budget brand I want to buy, and upgrade the pups, bridge, and add a 4-way switch.
Have the parts picked out, just need to find the right "victim" to put under the knife!
What an excellent array of choices for some of the more notable telecaster styles. I’ve never been much of a fan of the telecaster guitar until recent years. I purchased a Carparelli Classico. It is a hollow body telecaster with a Bigsby. Based on one of your earlier shows, I did an upgrade of the HH stock Filtertron for SD P-Rails and switching. Based on your general description the Carparelli falls in 60’s/70’s neck profile/design. I like the way it feels, plays and the tone options are very impressive. It’s one of my four go to’s
Keep up the great work. I look forward to your next CZcams segment…
Cheers!
Just put a Strat single coil on the neck of the Tele. That's what I would do. I think it's sacrilege to have humbuckers in a Tele. It just loses that twang.
That must look weird though. You don’t like any of the neck single coil options?
I have the fender 70’s Mexican vintera thinline with the wide range humbuckers, came in on offer for just under £1,000 and in shell pink! It’s a beauty!
Thx for this video explanation very usefull about the different tele models.
I own the Indonesia made fender custom telecaster, I bought it from sweetwater but returned the first one because the nut was cut wrong, but the second one I got was perfect. I love how it plays and how it sounds. I highly recommend this guitar for anyone that wants a les paul vibe and a classic telecaster sounding guitar, it got the best of both worlds. The fret board is flatter than most telecasters and built for speed.
Plus one for the Baja. Love the super fat neck and killer pickups
i love my thinline tele, i just refently got mine its a 2000 reissue of the 72 vintage models and has original seth love wide range humbuckers
Have one of those Indonesian FMT HH in black Cherry burst It’s a pretty Hot Tele and a Fender Rarity Red Mahogany top, stock with Twisted neck pickup and 50’s bridge - fantastic Tele. Liked all your recommendations
Fantastic buyer's guide!
I am a Tele man. I just ordered a FMT because I hate LP necks but need the sound. I also ordered it because of you… so I hope you’re right on this one!!! No pressure brother! 🤣
I was literally re-stringing my Tele Deluxe 70’s Reissue Road Worn in White watching your video. I was thinking to myself seriously why doesn’t this make the list and then you mentioned my exact guitar at the end on your personal list. I nearly fell over. Thank you that 70’s Deluxe with the dual humbuckers gives any Gibson a run for its money with lots of dirt added. Then somehow still gets a Tele twang on the bridge pickup. I know it’s not that Tele traditional but boy I love that guitar.
I have a Squier Double Fat Telecaster. Humbuckers and coil tap. Made in Korea. Mahogany body and neck. Rosewood fretboard. Carved top. The best part.....it plays and sounds great!
The 70’s deluxe remains one of the best guitars I ever played. It was already perfectly setup (to my liking) straight from the factory.
i have a fender american pro 2 and its become my favorite guitar i own. i use it pretty much every day
I like the recommendations. I would also add a Nashville telecaster on that list somewhere.
I have a mij fender telecaster with a single coil in the bridge and a P90 in the neck. Plays great and gives a totally different tonal combinations. It needs to be part of any telecaster collection.
I didn't know about this model, but it would be close to perfect for my taste! My choice amongst guitars that are currently produced would be the Schecter PT Special with pretty much the same specs. Fender currently doesn't have something like your P90-equipped Tele in their lineup. You can't go wrong with an MIJ Fender!
As usual amazing guitars
I'm primarily a Strat fan. I have two Strats. But I recently got a Squier Affinity Tele. I pondered for years whether or not I wanted a Tele in my arsenal. But I've seen several videos about guitars every guitarist should have and both the Strat and Tele have made those list. So I thought what the heck, I'll get one. So I chose a Squier simply to avoid biting the bullet. And I like it
My Fender substitute was a Glarry GTL in "Burleywood." I put a DiMarzio "Hot T" in the bridge, and my guitar tech did a superb fret job (polish and smooth the ends). Looked good, sounded great, played great, and only weighed 5.7 lbs.
I guess the mod costs were twice that of the purchase?
@@fritsvanzanten3573 Pretty much, and that's what I bought it for - a mod platform. The light weight was an unexpected bonus.
Does the light weight make it neck heavy?
@@geespar1 I thought it was pretty balanced.
Sounds like you ended up with a really nice guitar :)
Probably hard to get in Canada, but Dunamiz is a Brazilian guitar brand that makes vintage inspired and relic guitars. I’ve had fender custom shop which was great but my Dunamiz tele is something else. Absolutely amazing
Great round up. I have a Korean FMTHH (5th one) in cherry red. I totally agree with your comments regarding playability, I always gravitate to this tele over several more expensive and good guitars I own. Its comfortable to play either sitting standing and the Semore Duncan pu sound superb. I've gigged it for ten years in several cover bands, it's just so versatile and takes a beating when used in (PUNK) anger.
I have one of those. I was looking for a traditional hardcore Telle, and found that one. Mine's amber. It is my favorite guitar. I did find my traditional Telle. H/Bs TE-25 anaversary Telecaster. It will be here Monday.
Have the Squier Classic Vibe Butterscotch Tele with the brass saddles and Tone Rider pups from 2013 and a 1993 Mexican Tele in Lake Placid Blue that I put in the Vintage Noiseless pups. Great necks on both of those guitars.
I have an original 72 Thinline with the Seth Lover pups and recently got a 60’s Squier Custom double bound/burst Tele. I’ve owned the 72 since 1980 and those pickups have some serious spank to them and it plays like a dream. I was really impressed with the Squier build quality and the neck is beautiful, bone nut and stock pups are pretty good and an awesome price but that NATO body is surprisingly heavy… but it sounds and plays great. I’ve enjoyed your channel for some time now and I love that you’re a Canuck like me! Thanks eh!
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Your past review of the Schecter PT Special was the final reason of resulting to fatten up my Tele with a P90 neck pickup and of over 5yrs of upgrading, that was the best one next to installing a 4-way switch.
I have a hard time deciding for a particular Fender, but I like the 50s for being the essence of an electric guitar, the Nashville for versatility, and Thinline and the Custom, both with CuNiFe humbuckers, for being something special and really cool. Outside of Fender, I'd probably go for a Schecter PT Special! While keeping the essence of a Tele, it improves on a lot of its quirks: Contoured body, P-90 in the neck, better control layout, and some unique touches, paired with a really nice quality.
Hey great video Darrell!
Awesome. I might add an ultra to the list.
I recently built a kit tele. Had no idea until this that it had deluxe style double h's, 60s style switches and pickguard, and i chose to do it in 70s seafoam green! Haha
I bought a MIM deluxe Nashville about 10 or maybe more years ago and it's a great guitar. 5 position with a strat pick up in the middle. It's a very versatile guitar. I did have problems with one saddle popping D strings and it requires a bit filing to correct it and that was truly the only problem. It does have a rose wood finger board and I prefer that. I bought it for a club guitar because it does cover a lot of bases. Rock, county, southern rock, blues. Perfect for a bar band if you only want to take one guitar and your song list has rock and country in it. Middle pick up is good for bluesy. I paid 350 for it used but it was pretty much brand new. Not a scratch on it. That same model used goes for 800 today used because that [particular version s not made anymore. . It would be nice to have a bucker but how much can ask one guitar to do? It actually does ACDC well.
I have a GrassRoots GTE50 by ESP. It has been modded into an Esquire style, and it also has been CNC-ed to be chambered behind (similar like a B-bender Tele cavity). And I also still looking forward to have the latest version Schecter PT Fastback.
I'd really love if Tele Custom Thinlines were more available. But I agree on all your picks too
I have a Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele and love it. Be wary though, the weight of them can differ greatly between examples. The store I bought mine from had two - the one on the shelf was a good pound or two heavier than the one they had in the back - which I ultimately bought. Great feeling, great sounding guitar otherwise!
Great guitars the Squier CV 50's. I love mine anyways. Great review