Josh Smith talks about the magic of the Telecaster

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  • čas přidán 17. 06. 2020
  • Josh Smith is back to give more tips on why the 'Telecaster' guitar is so magical! In this segment, Josh Smith explains exactly why this guitar is essential for players of all genres.
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  • @TheSteakStyles
    @TheSteakStyles Před 3 lety +1400

    The Telecaster is the AK-47 of guitars

  • @92Pantallica
    @92Pantallica Před 2 lety +213

    I literally went out and got a tele after watching this video. No joke. Amazing guitar.

    • @ushnicyuvnikof2748
      @ushnicyuvnikof2748 Před rokem

      MIA?

    • @craigusselman546
      @craigusselman546 Před rokem +8

      When I play my Tele you realise your really playing the orrginal Electric Guitar I love the solidness of it plus its the only guitar that can do a spot on impression of a beeping car alarm at least mine does lol.

    • @eduardoprisbrey9157
      @eduardoprisbrey9157 Před rokem +2

      @@ushnicyuvnikof2748 lmao

    • @stringedaz
      @stringedaz Před rokem +9

      I play teles almost exclusively. I'm not a quarter as good as Josh, but I feel like I made a good choice since he is a tele guy

    • @alexanderhanksx
      @alexanderhanksx Před rokem +5

      The day I bought my first Tele changed everything. It stays in tune better than anything else I've ever laid my hands on.

  • @gryzew
    @gryzew Před 4 lety +666

    Gibson: our electrics will have carved arched tops, multi ply binding, mother of pearl inlays, will be built using centuries old luthiery techniques.
    Leo Fender: just screw a stick to a plank.

    • @bentackett6299
      @bentackett6299 Před 3 lety +5

      Well said!

    • @keesketsers5866
      @keesketsers5866 Před 3 lety +21

      And yet they asks the same price as the more complicated Gibsons :)

    • @royalblue2229
      @royalblue2229 Před 3 lety +80

      @@keesketsers5866 except they don’t

    • @mikekaatman3194
      @mikekaatman3194 Před 3 lety +1

      HahahaAAaaa.

    • @hathaway.1166
      @hathaway.1166 Před 3 lety +26

      @@keesketsers5866 bruh their player series teles cost like half the price of an standard les paul

  • @MichaelCoffin
    @MichaelCoffin Před 4 lety +534

    Minimalist designs that have never been improved upon: the bicycle (2 circles + 2 triangles); Chuck Taylor All-Star shoes (canvas + rubber), and the Telecaster (slab + neck + strings). The Tele is perfectly imperfect.

    • @camilo1455
      @camilo1455 Před 3 lety

      @@0megalul309 put a Les Paul or oval plate on the guitar when the original messes up.

    • @estebanb7166
      @estebanb7166 Před 3 lety +30

      All those things have been drastically improved upon.

    • @Brian_Vallejo
      @Brian_Vallejo Před 3 lety +17

      @@estebanb7166 No, not really. Perhaps some material improvements have come along, but the basic minimalist designs, which was his statement, haven’t changed.

    • @kimholland9316
      @kimholland9316 Před 3 lety +2

      The violin, cello etc

    • @465marko
      @465marko Před 2 lety +4

      Brought to you by Converse.

  • @Jorgestrat
    @Jorgestrat Před 4 lety +280

    The real magic here is in Josh Smith fingers and musical fantastic ideas...

  • @mickmoorhouse9834
    @mickmoorhouse9834 Před rokem +85

    Telecasters are great guitars, but let's hear it for Josh - a truly blinding guitar player!! I absolutely love his playing!!!

  • @dkny02138
    @dkny02138 Před 22 dny +3

    I never heard of Josh Smith, came here looking for info about teles and was blown away by Josh’s playing. Haven’t seen such clean, fast, and musical playing in a long time. He has a fluidity on the instrument that is rare.

  • @SimpleManGuitars1973
    @SimpleManGuitars1973 Před 4 lety +331

    Tele's are the Swiss Army Knife of the musical world. They are awesome.

    • @overtonesnteatime198
      @overtonesnteatime198 Před 4 lety +4

      DuckTalesWooHoo1987 pfft ok boomer

    • @andrewcruz7595
      @andrewcruz7595 Před 3 lety +21

      @@overtonesnteatime198 respect your elders

    • @neelparekh3448
      @neelparekh3448 Před 3 lety +8

      @@overtonesnteatime198 Les Paul fan boy

    • @apophispnw5717
      @apophispnw5717 Před 3 lety +5

      I would say a strat is the swiss army knife. 3 PUs 5 way switch. 2 tone knobs. Any sound you desire.

    • @socialdef3
      @socialdef3 Před 3 lety +9

      @@apophispnw5717 Everyone knows the Strat is probably the WORST guitar you can use to play heavy metal or any of those other things. So not a candidate for the swiss army knife of guitars, by far.
      Honestly, you can't get better than the SG for swiss army knife capabilities. Can do everything the rest can or can't.

  • @EllissDee4you4me
    @EllissDee4you4me Před 4 lety +211

    I’ve had a telecaster for fifteen years. It’s the only electric guitar I’ve ever owned. It can make any sound it want it to and plays like butter. Sometimes I think I want another guitar so I’ll go to the local music store but just end up playing the teles.

    • @georgem5589
      @georgem5589 Před rokem +4

      I have a cheap Epiphone Les Paul Jr. with a bolt on neck with one P90, it's great but not quite a tele.

    • @beejoutbush3322
      @beejoutbush3322 Před rokem

      Yep me too Haha

    • @rainbowbridge4766
      @rainbowbridge4766 Před 9 měsíci +2

      The only guitars i found to really have a different sound are jazzmasters in the middle pickups position. Most guitars are the same food with a little different seasoning/recepy

    • @guitarpicker6844
      @guitarpicker6844 Před 8 měsíci

      Hard to get a Strat sound, unless yours is a Nashville set up.

    • @Ben-tk1hk
      @Ben-tk1hk Před 7 měsíci

      Just because you hate tobacco doesn't mean that everyone has to....

  • @corradomusicstands639
    @corradomusicstands639 Před 3 lety +183

    1975, I was studying and saving hard as a 14 year old could. it was time. “Hey kid, how about this -new this, and new that ?” Answer: How about that used Tele on the wall, the blond one ? “That’s the bass teacher’s, he needs to sell, its a ‘68 and costs as much as This new whatever next to it ?” Answer, “is it original ?” “Yeah kid, What’s a 14 year old kid going to do with that ?” My guitar teacher emerges from his teaching room - , “Tear your ass off is what hell do with that “........ Me, at 14 “I’ll take it.”
    I’m approaching 60 years old now. I still have it - It remains THE standout amongst many of what I own. Smith is correct in this video, as was my beloved guitar teacher - The Tele is a driver.......and will enable you to tear someone’s ass off through their ears........in whatever genre you wish.The Wabasabi of guitars “perfectly flawed”.
    Very Soon, it will be time to let it go now. Hopefully to another promising, hard working, appreciative young person.........The music never stops.........nor should it......
    Wabasabi

    • @andrewschmal6004
      @andrewschmal6004 Před 3 lety +3

      I could could take it off your hands. I'm 17 and wanting to learn the guitar. I'm already learning bass keys and I'm pretty good at drums. Let me know!

    • @JohnCoughlan_JAC
      @JohnCoughlan_JAC Před 3 lety +3

      Man that’s a hell of a story. I bet that Tele looks and sounds even cooler now with all those miles on it. Thanks for sharing!

    • @PeterDad60
      @PeterDad60 Před 3 lety +6

      @@andrewschmal6004 When he passes on. Show respect.

    • @ASM881
      @ASM881 Před 3 lety

      Alas I come to you, great in spirit, poverty of funds. Looking for that spiritual Gandalf of Fender, so that I may carry the torch, knowing that it will never belong to me, but a younger soul. We are all but links in 5e great chain

    • @DougHinVA
      @DougHinVA Před 3 lety

      how about write your own paper and stop the silly preaching about Telecasters ?

  • @striker677
    @striker677 Před 3 lety +252

    I’m pretty sure my tele is broken, it doesn’t sound like that when I play

    • @innitbruv2
      @innitbruv2 Před 3 lety +30

      You just need to buy a more expensive tele and then you'll be able to play like this

    • @sopasopasson5563
      @sopasopasson5563 Před 3 lety

      Not for me neither..it’s broken it’s broken 😂😂

    • @agastyapradnyana2163
      @agastyapradnyana2163 Před 3 lety

      Me too bruh

    • @geekwalker1
      @geekwalker1 Před 3 lety +1

      you need one that weighs 6lbs pickups working properly 0.012" relief treble string height at the 12th 1/8th " Bass 3/32" Pickup Height both pickups when string is depressed on last fret Treble side 1/8" Bass side 3/32" 9- 46 strings all these settings are vital to the correct working of our beloved telecaster. Good luck.

    • @john-zw9rw
      @john-zw9rw Před 3 lety +2

      BEST REPLY EVER.......YOU MAKE PEOPLE SMILE....and Laugh..............

  • @rylieriley
    @rylieriley Před 2 lety +63

    It makes me feel good whenever I see the Telecaster getting some love. I really feel that it deserves all the love and appreciation we can give it. Good old Leo Fender hit it out of the stratosphere (pun intended, hehe) when he created the magical instrument that is our beloved Tele.

    • @0megalul309
      @0megalul309 Před 2 lety +2

      Until your input jack wears out the wooden retainer and you gotta fix it again and again.
      But the tele is getting lot of love for Midwest emo music since looks matter more than functionality

    • @rylieriley
      @rylieriley Před 2 lety +3

      @@0megalul309 Well. yeah, there's that little thing with the jack, but it's a fantastic instrument other than that. I mean it also digs into your ribs because of the shape.... but it sounds amazing and it's super versatile. LOL

    • @mytelecasterworld3336
      @mytelecasterworld3336 Před 2 lety +2

      @@rylieriley here a Telecaster lover....the little issue with the jack, well, nothin' that can't be fixed, and easy and quick job....the ribs???....well, i'm still alive......this year, 2022, it is the Telecaster birthday, 70th anniversary....and the 60th anniversary of the release of love me do, the first official release of the beatles...this is the year...greetings from south queensland, Aus....

    • @rylieriley
      @rylieriley Před 2 lety +1

      @@mytelecasterworld3336 I love Telecasters! My number one, go-to guitar is a Tele Custom. I was sort of joking about the rib thing (LOL). Thanks for your comment, I enjoyed it.

    • @maxpeck4154
      @maxpeck4154 Před 2 lety +1

      @@rylieriley I never had a problem with the ribs but the forearm is a different story.

  • @station2station544
    @station2station544 Před 4 lety +142

    1:13 Every single amp, guitar, and pickup review since the dawn of CZcams say this. "If I roll the volume up, it breaks up and if I roll the volume down, it cleans up." As if it's unique to that instrument or amp.

    • @sc3ku
      @sc3ku Před 4 lety +12

      first thing I thought when i heard that

    • @fkorekore265
      @fkorekore265 Před 4 lety +28

      C'mon guys, don't be so superficial and grumpy. I have like 8 different guitars and each one reacts in its own way, alter the dinamics, and none like that Tele. Weaks the signal, changes the dinamycs, bright and twang. It changes, depending of the pickups type, state, values, height, age and the same for pots, not the same range... apart from pedals and amps....and so on, not so minimal differences becomes huge when you are the player.

    • @davegemp
      @davegemp Před 4 lety +6

      Don't forget every overdrive pedal too

    • @bordebomb6631
      @bordebomb6631 Před 4 lety +1

      so true man

    • @blackpillfitness9136
      @blackpillfitness9136 Před 4 lety +1

      Lol

  • @kevincolliss2877
    @kevincolliss2877 Před 3 lety +30

    I can not agree more. had an original '61 my whole life, always looking for "the holy grail" so , went through a couple strats, a Yamaha, drooled over a couple les Paul's. always a little frustrated, fooling around looking for that certain sound . every time I'd go back to my teli , it's like ahhh ...its been here all the time at home. waiting for me...dummy! It's like fooling around on the best woman you ever had....dummy!
    Anyway, went and bought a squire 50's vintage vibe to ease off on my vintage one . it is Awsome! Love the neck pick up that is more usefull than the vintage neck one. you are right ....greatest guitar ever !

  • @MichaelSmith-on1ig
    @MichaelSmith-on1ig Před 2 lety +13

    It took me over 20 years of playing humbucker metal guitars to discover the secrets and charme of a tele. I'm planning a partscaster from Warmoth right now and I'm absolutely stoked about it!

  • @robertprice5039
    @robertprice5039 Před 4 lety +31

    Totally agree! Yes I will switch between my Teles, my Strats, and my Jazzmaster once in a while, but if I was restricted to one guitar it would be a Telecaster.

  • @bighutch73
    @bighutch73 Před 4 lety +39

    I started with a strat and I love it but was always drawn to the tele sound, looks and history...it blows my mind how such a simple guitar can do so much.

  • @alanrrosales1778
    @alanrrosales1778 Před 3 lety +7

    I always certainly thought I was a Strat guy. A month back ordered my first Fender Tele and weeks later sold my strats, The Tele I got fit my needs now. You are right when you said you gotta give a chance to the telecaster at least once in your life! Game changer in the past and nowadays as well!

  • @Cyman666
    @Cyman666 Před 3 lety +71

    After 30 years of playing guitar I bought my first ever Tele.....this thing is AMAZING!!!! Does everything from metal to blues and then has its own unique sound, why did it take me so long!!!!

    • @frankmaeder4358
      @frankmaeder4358 Před 2 lety +7

      i asked myself the same. played strat and 335 for 30+ years, then bought the first tele. then a second, then a third. now the strat and 335 are just my collectors items lol

    • @griswald7156
      @griswald7156 Před 2 lety +2

      The telly has a pedigree, lots of guitars haven’t..the telly has millions of followers for a reason.

    • @griswald7156
      @griswald7156 Před 2 lety

      I think there’ll be a 2051 century edition telly..caster.its that good..lets start to design that model..a model fit for its next century…
      A flying Vee maybe with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and son et lumiere and camera to capture the rapture of the mosh pit…

    • @gururajchadaga
      @gururajchadaga Před 2 lety

      Isn't it uncomfortable? I have never played a Tele but it looks uncomfortable.

    • @paulwatson9217
      @paulwatson9217 Před rokem +2

      @@gururajchadaga yes but it’s part of the charm. It’s just something that can’t be explained. When I was young I hated Telecaster’s they just grow on you with time. Just wish I had accepted how good they are when I was younger.

  • @cubuffdoc
    @cubuffdoc Před 2 lety +10

    I have played acoustic for 10 years, and just got my first Tele this weekend. Love at first strum! Fender broke the mold when they made this guitar.

  • @janglingjack
    @janglingjack Před 4 lety +475

    "like you can play jazz with this guitar" ...well he can

  • @nickf2170
    @nickf2170 Před 8 měsíci +3

    There is something utterly captivating about the basic simplicity, ergonomic ruggedness, and spine tingling sonic experience of a Telecaster. Once you become hooked on one, the relationship is similar the bond of a cowboy to his horse.

  • @timothybladon9958
    @timothybladon9958 Před 11 měsíci +2

    I have a Squier Tele and I love it. So much versatility for such a simple instrument.

  • @Learnguitarwithcharlie
    @Learnguitarwithcharlie Před 3 lety +41

    He really is just an absolutely outstanding player, wonderful stuff.

  • @stringedaz
    @stringedaz Před rokem +7

    This guy is such a monster player. Unbelievably good.

  • @MonotoneCreeper
    @MonotoneCreeper Před 3 lety +164

    The way this guy slides effortless through styles makes me want to throw away all my guitars

    • @namosamueldanladi5229
      @namosamueldanladi5229 Před 3 lety +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @asc95
      @asc95 Před 3 lety +20

      It should make you want to practice 🤪

    • @miksilplik
      @miksilplik Před 3 lety +2

      couldn't have said it better myself 😂

    • @VoodooApex
      @VoodooApex Před 3 lety +4

      Monotone Lol it should make you get a Tele. He’s a great player tho

    • @smeagolmazurenko5238
      @smeagolmazurenko5238 Před 2 lety +1

      This dude is fucking amazing.

  • @paxonearth
    @paxonearth Před rokem +1

    Jesus, there are seemingly a million and one absolutely amazing guitar players! Everywhere I turn are jaw-droppingly great guitarists. This dude rocks.

  • @thataussieblokemusicandmovies

    What an amazing demo for the Telecaster guitar - add the versatility of the guitar and the versatility of the player - you can't go far wrong. Well done Josh !

  • @Wolfythereviewer
    @Wolfythereviewer Před 3 lety +8

    I love me a telecaster, but my go to is a LP w/ P90s. I just love the spank on the mids and the sound of the rhythm position.

  • @markaochoa2017
    @markaochoa2017 Před 4 lety +204

    Pretty sure he could make a potato with a neck sound great.

  • @rodneysettle8106
    @rodneysettle8106 Před 3 lety +9

    I just think they’re aesthetically beautiful with a simple design.

  • @JohnnySnappleseed
    @JohnnySnappleseed Před 4 lety +27

    So many people pick up a tele and leave the knobs on ten and say, "Oh. That's what this guitar sounds like." The tele has some of the most responsive controls I've ever heard. I still think the bridge pickup with the tone rolled off slightly and some strong overdrive thrown on is one of my favorite sounds in the guitar world.
    Use your knobs, people!
    I also think the tele neck pup is one of the most underappreciated sounds in the industry. So smooth all the time.

    • @teleguy5699
      @teleguy5699 Před 3 lety +2

      OK! I'll use my knob. 😜

    • @TheBoomtown4
      @TheBoomtown4 Před 3 lety +2

      Totally, gain it up and roll it back. And I love the neck pickup on mine. Agree.

    • @linleylatu9823
      @linleylatu9823 Před 3 lety +2

      Can't agree with you more! Strat guy through and through for nearly 4 decades who always had volume at 10 and on a whim bought a Chinese Modern Player Thinline 3yrs ago which I had a love hate relationship with, until I got it set up by a pro and started experimenting with the volume and tone knobs and overdrive nuances on the Vox. Wowsers!!!! SO responsive! I knew something was up when the guitar builder who did the set up said he was a straight Tele guy who only played the neck pick-up told me he'd buy it from me if ever I sold. Agree, people are missing the point about the responsiveness this guitar has to slight volume and tonal adjustments.

  • @johno7617
    @johno7617 Před 4 lety +14

    Great video. Great guitar. Josh is a monster player. Always awesome to see him play and demo anything

  • @stephanvenner2939
    @stephanvenner2939 Před 4 lety +7

    I have two Player Series and one old Standard. The six saddle bridge makes them even more great. I have also two Strats but I always come back to the Telecasters because they are easier to handle. The simple set up has all I need.

  • @rudymiick4208
    @rudymiick4208 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Such a great video! Thanks for your overview and modeling Josh!

  • @zooesque
    @zooesque Před 4 lety +14

    I dig how the automatic subtitling says "applause" when he plays some slick lick.

  • @telebob5983
    @telebob5983 Před 4 lety +8

    Well stated, and well played! I still lust for a Les Paul with P-90s, not to mention other Gibsons that may have humbuckers, but Mr. Smith is correct in asserting that no other solid body electric does so many things so well.

  • @donaldscheer5206
    @donaldscheer5206 Před 4 lety +3

    I agree! Simple Yet Complex in it's ability to Play so many different styles!

  • @bobneaves3797
    @bobneaves3797 Před 4 měsíci

    Well done Josh! You prove that there is no such thing as a pure 'jazz' guitar, wether its a solid or hollowbody guitar. The STYLE of the mujsic is in the PLAYER.

  • @nicolosmoffitt
    @nicolosmoffitt Před 2 lety +13

    I honestly feel he’s the modern day SRV. so much feeling in every single note . I’m blown away, and I play jazz

  • @robt5818
    @robt5818 Před 4 lety +44

    Sometimes the original is the best.

  • @AndyDion
    @AndyDion Před 4 lety +17

    Agree! Use my G&L ASAT ( Tele) for everything - blues, jazz, rock, and even metal. Can’t go wrong it.

    • @john-zw9rw
      @john-zw9rw Před 4 lety

      It's OK...We won't hold it against Ya !!!!!! just kidding......

  • @philovance1940
    @philovance1940 Před 5 dny

    Yes the Telecaster has always been in my little guitar arsenal. At one point it was my only guitar. My goes Telecaster goes to every gig, rehearsal, jam etc. Leo Fender got it right the first time - Genius!

  • @thomasfarmer1730
    @thomasfarmer1730 Před 4 lety +4

    The sound of a Fender Tele inspires you to learn/write/play a song as you hear it in so many hit songs.

  • @scottyecora
    @scottyecora Před 4 lety +10

    When I started playing guitar 30 years ago, I really did not like the Telecaster at all. But today, while I consider myself a Strat guy, I am more an more attracted to the simple design of the Telecaster.

    • @davidsisto7694
      @davidsisto7694 Před 3 lety +2

      I swear I could write the same thing...been playing since the late '80s, never liked the Tele and thought it was always too "ice-picky". I've been a Strat guy the whole time, started adding more guitars for tonal reasons (Gretsches for my Rockabilly tones), a few LPs for tone and the love of the full neck. Even a Gibson Firebird but still no Tele. Well, I can't justify spending $1,800 on one when so many tell me I can get a quality model in the $600 - $850 range but I have really heard specific tones played clean that I am looking for that only a Tele, or some Tele clones, can deliver......especially that "bluesy chime" of just the neck pickup.

  • @carlmontney7916
    @carlmontney7916 Před 4 lety +27

    Great demo video and great picking. The Tele has everything you need and nothing you don't. It's simplicity and solid design are it's strong points. I'm a bassist and feel the same exact way about the Precision bass. Is it the best bass? Who knows but it will solidly cover any gig you ask it to. Another design Leo got right.

    • @BrutishYetDelightful
      @BrutishYetDelightful Před 2 lety

      My favorite bass is, weirdly enough, the Univox Hi-Flyer. I got one in a horse-trade years ago - it was in a Walmart sack when I got it, so as you can guess, it needed a lot of love to get it up and running. The kid I got it from had stripped the body and tried to spray clear poly on it, but he let it dry for about 10 minutes before he started handling it, so it was full of fingerprints and cat hair and whatnot. I refinished the body in antique gold. The bridge pickup that still worked kicked 11.75 ohms(!), and I built another pickup for the neck position at a more sedate 6.5 ohms. I wired it up like a jazz bass with a coil-cut for the bridge pickup where the selector used to be. Totally shielded the cavity with metal tape. You can plug that thing in under the buzziest of fluorescent lighting and it will make no sound whatsoever - until you hit a string.

  • @markjohnson8352
    @markjohnson8352 Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you, Josh. Awsome as ever. ❤

  • @thejumpcat
    @thejumpcat Před rokem +1

    Had a five-way switch put in mine, and now it can even get pretty close to those positions 2 and 4 of a Strat. VERY versatile guitars.

  • @YQN2149
    @YQN2149 Před 4 lety +6

    1st thing I noticed when I got mine is how it induces nuances in the playing. There is so much contrast between a heavy and a light touch in this guitar, it actually made me a better guitarist, even if I'm still not good :) what a pleasure anyway

    • @DixyRae
      @DixyRae Před 3 lety +2

      Absolute guitar beginner (outside of a very basic understanding of fretboard logic from the ukulele) and learning on a Squire Tele has been a blast but that dynamic range of sound is also what makes it feel very unforgiving of any little mistake. Like I'm skipping the training wheels or something. Not that I dislike that. It reminds me of when I was an art student and how the years i made the most progress in terms of accuracy and confidence was when i stored away my erasers and only drew in ink.
      My favorite bit of technique I've picked up from a Jazz Tele player on youtube: using middle position and getting a twangy-er or mellower sound based on how close you pick to either the bridge or neck pickup.

    • @MrSmiley1964
      @MrSmiley1964 Před 3 lety +1

      @@DixyRae You should try an Esquire. One pickup, three position switch. The magic comes from where and how you hit the string. I own 3 Teles and an Esquire, the Esquire made me the player I am.

  • @frankspikes7858
    @frankspikes7858 Před 2 lety +3

    Great playing josh. Truly a tele is versatile. After watching John 5 videos and this one you make a great point. Famous players that used a tele:
    Prince
    Bruce Springsteen
    Keith Richards
    Jimmy Page
    Brad Paisley. That's all the people that I can think of.

  • @gerrygregg
    @gerrygregg Před rokem +1

    A testament to the point Josh makes about the Tele's application to Jazz is one of the great all-time Jazz guitarists...Ed Bickert. I think Ed always played a Tele. If you don't know Ed's playing, check it out!...lots to find on CZcams.

  • @garlandlabat4922
    @garlandlabat4922 Před 2 měsíci

    In 1957 I bought my first Fender guitar, a 1957 Strat. In subsequent years I have owned "many" Fender guitars, from the "top of the line" to the least. Now, 67 years later, I own "one" Fender guitar (along with a PRS, a D'Angelico, a Taylor, a Spector). That Fender is a Telecaster.

  • @aaroncorr486
    @aaroncorr486 Před 3 lety +9

    It’s true, the Tele is the only guitar I’ve come across that is competent in most genres, just with stock pickups and gets better depending on how you want to mod it. The best mass produced all round, pound for pound electric guitar ever designed imo.

  • @mikedenson1589
    @mikedenson1589 Před rokem +3

    Always loved the rigid neck, way forgiving in all styles. Would be the one to keep if I had to pick one. Love the quick range of sounds.

  • @Plutonic_Blue
    @Plutonic_Blue Před 10 dny

    I love the telecaster because of its versatility; it can play literally any genre of music perfectly and the look of it. It’s so..basic, yet badass. It doesn’t have the flashiness of a les Paul or Stratocaster, it’s raw as hell. It’s my favorite guitar

  • @highcorp9678
    @highcorp9678 Před 6 měsíci +1

    I have a telecaster made in japan and for me is a magic guitar, I like to thing telecaster guitars are like axes, like plug and play instruments, useful in every genre, mine has an amazing country rock tone but also a very sweet and bluesy upper pickup, such a gem.

  • @jbert7289
    @jbert7289 Před 4 lety +3

    I understand the love for a telecaster. I have a 87 MIJ squier tele. I love it. It’s hard for me to own another guitar because the necks don’t feel like my tele. Cheers.

  • @MrGibsn1960
    @MrGibsn1960 Před 3 lety +11

    I think the tele fits that role well but specifically the early to mid 60s teles. A close second for me is a good 335. Between those two guitars, you have a lot of ground covered.

  • @dannywoody5497
    @dannywoody5497 Před rokem

    Love, love your enthusiasm for the Telecaster

  • @MyName-ez9lv
    @MyName-ez9lv Před 4 lety +2

    Josh...you are killing it.

  • @alvinmarcus5780
    @alvinmarcus5780 Před 3 lety +3

    I don't even play guitar but this makes me want a Tele.

  • @SpikeMeUp14
    @SpikeMeUp14 Před 4 lety +13

    Telecasters really do have a place in every genre..Josh is right! 🤘🔥

  • @antman6495
    @antman6495 Před rokem

    At 66 I paused 55 years of drum percussion, always wanted a Telecaster
    On stage in the back, I fell in love with many gifted guitarists, Chewy, ( Joe) was my best lead,
    " Silas, Green" Florida space coast, well he played them all but showed me the beauty of the Telecaster.
    Into it month 2 AMAZING

  • @paulward9936
    @paulward9936 Před rokem +1

    First time hearing this dude. Speechless. Dude can pick.

  • @maddogsblues9206
    @maddogsblues9206 Před 4 lety +24

    Jimmy Page played a Tele in Led Zeppelin's first album even though he is famous for the Les Paul. Tele's are a top 5 guitar to own for sure.

    • @shanewalton8888
      @shanewalton8888 Před 4 lety +8

      He only really switched to LP cause his Tele broke. The Stairway solo is a Tele

    • @iagobroxado
      @iagobroxado Před 4 lety +2

      @@shanewalton8888 Not really, the Tele was still ok when he made the switch to the LP Standard in early May 1969. Page hd been thinking about doing the move but was "looking for a really good one" until he bought Joe Walsh's.

    • @ResidentSmith78
      @ResidentSmith78 Před 4 lety +2

      And unfortunately for every budding guitarist who saw the iconic pics of him with his LP (like me) went and bought one ..and then played it and said ..”wait , that doesn’t sound right..it’s all woofy and muddy and weighs a ton”
      And eventually after much money spent discovered the Tele sounds more like Jimmy Page ...well except for heartbreaker mainly 😄🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @ResidentSmith78
      @ResidentSmith78 Před 4 lety +2

      @fattphilosopher
      I believe he played an LP live mostly cos of the hum cancelling pups and the higher signal into the wall of amp stacks.🤓
      no pa’s in those days it was all raw power and big volume out to the audience..I wonder if he has tinnitus like the other guitar hero’s of the day?
      Plus it looked cool as f#ck hanging down by his knees 😄😎

    • @nelsong4719
      @nelsong4719 Před 3 lety

      Iago B that may be but Joe Walsh uses a Tele on the Hotel California solo and not surprisingly Billy Gibbons uses a Tele on his Netflix special. They eventually convert.

  • @maxmilligan8734
    @maxmilligan8734 Před 4 lety +4

    I got my 67' Tele used in around !974 and I will never sell it. £180 well spent.1000's of gig later still going strong and signed by Steve Cropper :)

  • @tupelokid11
    @tupelokid11 Před rokem

    I’ve purchased many different guitars over the years and THIS is the one I’ve settled on.
    Love it!

  • @jackcovell3779
    @jackcovell3779 Před 7 měsíci

    So true Josh.
    Been a Tele guy forever.
    Great seeing you my friend.

  • @marcoprins4880
    @marcoprins4880 Před 2 lety +26

    It's notable how the simplest guitar, with the fewest pickups and controls is also the most versatile

  • @fendercustom6990
    @fendercustom6990 Před 3 lety +9

    You make everything with strings sound just great. So tele or strat or even gibson is no Mach for you. You are just great 👍

  • @FoardenotFord
    @FoardenotFord Před 7 měsíci +2

    Love the Telecaster, and Josh Smith is a monster guitar player

  • @victorformosa228
    @victorformosa228 Před 2 měsíci

    I love the simplicity of a Tele, excellent playing by the way.

  • @ejbgunny1
    @ejbgunny1 Před 4 lety +3

    Josh is right, you can do damn near anything with a tele. It is truly a wonderful guitar to have in the arsenal. It also makes a good skull crushing home defense weapon.

  • @mark5150ty
    @mark5150ty Před 4 lety +29

    I've been playing guitar for 26 years I never owned a Telly until about 5 years ago... Warning... Now I don't play my other guitars. The only time I ever put the Telly down is if I need a tremolo.

    • @MrJackal43
      @MrJackal43 Před 4 lety +1

      GAMES AND GUITARS * tele

    • @mark5150ty
      @mark5150ty Před 4 lety +5

      @@MrJackal43 auto correct bro... Nobody likes a smart ass... And I'm not going to edit it.

    • @MrJackal43
      @MrJackal43 Před 4 lety +1

      GAMES AND GUITARS sp chk? Lol..... 👎

    • @mark5150ty
      @mark5150ty Před 4 lety +3

      @@MrJackal43 more like Supreme douchebag of your mother's basement

    • @stephendouglas6106
      @stephendouglas6106 Před 4 lety

      czcams.com/video/Xa--6LNokfE/video.html

  • @thebenderbunker
    @thebenderbunker Před 4 lety +1

    Great summary by Josh on why Tele's are so great. Couldn't agree more - well said!

  • @azt3ca
    @azt3ca Před 4 lety +2

    Great video, amazing playing as well!

  • @ostry5534
    @ostry5534 Před 4 lety +5

    Josh is a monster ,great guitar player

  • @SuperJayfive
    @SuperJayfive Před 4 lety +5

    It's less 'what' you play as it is 'how' you play.. And you play pretty damn good !!

  • @mikeburstein1146
    @mikeburstein1146 Před 4 lety

    I just bought my 1st nice tele 2 weeks ago. LOVE IT !!!

  • @spchaledonnj68
    @spchaledonnj68 Před 3 lety

    this video was awesome, I really enjoyed it. Thanks Josh

  • @adolph4776
    @adolph4776 Před 3 lety +3

    Just got mine an i feel the magic.

  • @christophertibbetts7955
    @christophertibbetts7955 Před 3 lety +5

    I play every thing on my tele, even metal core stuff with the stereotypical 0s and 1s breakdowns and high gain. Nothing beats a telecaster.

  • @vikingmike8139
    @vikingmike8139 Před 6 měsíci +1

    God bless Leo Fender for bringing [us] the Telecaster. Thanks, Josh Smith, for showcasing what is the most powerful, expressive and versatile electric guitar ever created. Cheers!

  • @BeauJames59
    @BeauJames59 Před 3 lety

    Your knowledge n experience come through with honesty ...

  • @ericheine2414
    @ericheine2414 Před 3 lety +13

    I love my Telecaster. It was my 17th electric and I got it when I was 17 years old. I like the square edges on it because you can lock into that guitar. I've had all sorts of guitars. A friend of mine gave me a Les Paul. It felt like I was with somebody else's girlfriend.
    I like the Telecaster because it's a fixed bridge guitar. There's the stability in the Telecaster that you just don't have in a strat.
    The Stratocaster is too slippery.
    The Les Paul's heavy. The Gibson ES-335 you can bend it. The Travis Bean it's cold when you pick it.
    The SG is too thin. The PRS well that's just a better Gibson and it feels like you're playing a piece of furniture. Don't scratch it.
    Telecasters sound good over a Gibson mid-range.
    Part of the reason I love the Telecaster has to do with the fact I cut my teeth on it. I think I'm going to get another one. It's a lot of guitar for the money.

    • @richardnish6469
      @richardnish6469 Před 2 lety +2

      Well stated! Before I got mine, they always turned my head to see where that exceptional sound was coming from. I finally wised up..Solid guitar.. "Everything I need and nothin that I don't"

  • @istvandejesus
    @istvandejesus Před 4 lety +7

    I try to hate my Telecaster so that I can have an excuse to by something else but just can’t seem to stop loving that simplicity.

  • @LeonardoMagnelli
    @LeonardoMagnelli Před 9 měsíci

    Superb guitar playing and a great insight on the magical Telecaster. Thank you!

  • @m8en879
    @m8en879 Před rokem

    I been playing for 3 months on an starter kit and today is the day i go buy my new tele so excited

  • @TenMinuteDrumSolo
    @TenMinuteDrumSolo Před 2 lety +5

    I "picked one up" around 1985, bought it off some kid for $200 bucks. It's the most amazing guitar I've ever played, when it's plugged in it starts to sing when I get within ten feet of it, and I swear that playing it feels like a religious experience. In fact, it so moved me that I began wondering about it's provenance. I took it apart and dated every single piece of it - electrics, hardware - everything that had a serial number on it. Turned out, much to my surprise and absolute joy, that it's an all original 1959 Tele. I still have it and, despite being slightly tempted to cash in on it over the years, I will never part with it.

  • @mehulshukla04
    @mehulshukla04 Před 2 lety +3

    Theres something about the neck and string tension as well on the tele, it's perfect. I can do things with much more ease on a tele. I have an sg, strat and a lp. The tele is my go to guitar now , it's just so unique and perfect and so simple. Uncomplicated so I can focus on playing , Leo fender got it right and here we are.

    • @brosettastone7520
      @brosettastone7520 Před 2 lety +2

      same here man. I didnt realize how much I would love a maple neck as well (my tele has a maple glossy fretboard and it was the first time I had tried anything different than rosewood) my fingernails would tend to dig into the rosewood grain and it would distract me sometimes where my glossy smooth maple fretboard does not give this problem and I can focus with more confidence in my playing. Teles rock

  • @SouthpawSatch
    @SouthpawSatch Před 4 lety +2

    Incredible playing 🙌

  • @franklinmulebluesband8572

    Hi Jhosc, always follow your masters with great pleasure I love your style and your sound I find them innovative and classic at the same time, I follow you from Italy and I hope to be hear you soon in our country

  • @innitbruv2
    @innitbruv2 Před 4 lety +26

    1:35 "you can even play jazz with this guitar" hmmm Josh maybe you can but I can't haha

    • @UmVtCg
      @UmVtCg Před 3 lety +1

      I'm sure you can play 3 chords

    • @innitbruv2
      @innitbruv2 Před 3 lety

      @@UmVtCg yes I'm getting into learning how to successfully play a 251 ;)

  • @jegr3398
    @jegr3398 Před 4 lety +4

    I never really could bond with a tele. I've owned a couple pretty nice ones. I still have one with a Glazer B bender. It's pretty cool. I did play one Tele at a guitar store years ago that just had that kind of certain magic that some guitars have. But it was expensive and I couldn't afford it at the time. Anyway, I dig the sound of a Tele. But I'm definitely a Strat guy.

    • @TheBoomtown4
      @TheBoomtown4 Před 3 lety

      Is it the neck, frets maybe that make you uncomfortable or the same as your strat?

  • @fabrizioluccitti6960
    @fabrizioluccitti6960 Před 3 lety

    What a player...just love your attitude with the guitar, simple and funny

  • @promoted738
    @promoted738 Před 4 lety +2

    Totally agree. I feel the same about my Ric 360. It can take you to alot of places tonally.

  • @AnonyMous-rr1rv
    @AnonyMous-rr1rv Před 4 lety +3

    Every time I see this man play I make plans to sell my gear and take up knitting.

  • @bradhardisty1652
    @bradhardisty1652 Před 4 lety +14

    A have a Fender 60s Classic Telecaster, bought used in 05..looks like same exact finish and set up. It had been modded with Seymour Duncan Hot For Tele pickups..i changed out pickguard to that bowling ball Black on black. I love it. I hope to never part with it.

    • @AmpAHolic-wn6mr
      @AmpAHolic-wn6mr Před 4 lety

      Kevin James
      Only a Douch bag would say that.

    • @Lowtech14
      @Lowtech14 Před 4 lety

      I had that guitar. Stock it had amazing clean and mildly driven tones. But the stock pickups can’t handle even moderate gain.

  • @fairexchange1481
    @fairexchange1481 Před 2 lety

    I saved my pennies and bought a new Tele in 1967. I began playing in bar bands. It's now 55 years later and I still play in bar bands and I still play Teles. They are the perfect guitar for me and my music.

  • @waynemichaud5143
    @waynemichaud5143 Před 3 lety +1

    You are 1000% right about everything you said! The only thing a person needs to do is pick the right amp for their sound, because its limitless.