I just noticed that he has his amp cranked so loud that he wears hearing protection while practicing in his living room. I knew I liked this guy, even if his neighbors don't.
Thank you so very, very much MATT. My wife and I watched the vid together. Towards end I was bawling like a baby !!!! SO many emotions. Almost to much!! JEFF
That guitar was so loved. I can't believe the condition and every bit of work put into it was done with love and care. He made a good decision selling to you. It's the best place a vintage guitar could end up.
Why do so many rural communities in America have such a thriving musical scene? Is it about population density? You can play loud without bothering the neighbours? Or is it about playing in church on Sunday? Or is it possible to go to a bar and play with others? Or do folk meet up in each other's houses and make music?
The cool thing about not having neighbors is we could rent the biggest PA system and have bands play till 5 am at parties because nobody is around to complain. My best shows were for 100 people in my own back yard
My favorite part of these videos is when you have a really cool story about the history of the guitar man! Great video, and as always that tone is just insane and unmatched.
Interesting guitar!!! The honeying of that neck and headstock looks amazing! The birdseye is gorgeous! That engraved humbucker was a one year only item, I believe. They command quite a price all by themselves! All of those pickups sound fantastic! That's a nice guitar, and infinitely versatile with that HSS setup! Thank you for sharing it with us! Playing, as always was great!
How understated, you got lost, didn’t you? We know when we find that ‘thing’ and then we’re not really playing, just along for the ride don’t we? Amazing, your friend found a good home for his baby, and at best it shows we are only stewards for a relatively short time for that hunk of wood we found and choose to take with us possibly for a life time…
Way cool find & score Matthew 👍👍. Even though that Tele hasn’t got a lot of “ Road-wear “ on it I’ll bet if it could talk it would have some cool stories to tell. Thanks Jeff for letting Matthew have it , & Thanks for sharing this one with us Mr.Scott… played fantastic as always . Killer tone & nice Sustain . Didn’t seem to be out of tune much , if at all while using Bigsby …. I think you found another “ Keeper “ here with this one . 😉
Great playing, man! I love the sound of Fenders with humbuckers installed. I play a maple neck Stratocaster with a pair of PAFs (fore & aft). Best sounding guitar I've ever had. There's something about that Fender scale-length coupled with humbuckers, I tells ya!
That guitar sounds KILLER!!!! Not sure what pedal you hit for the overdrive, but man, it howled feedback on que over and over! And that Birdseye maple neck! And the Gibson neck pickup?! What a find! Another great video from Mr. Scott!
Ive got an early Schecter Tele with a birdseye maple neck. It was one of the "kit guitars" that Rudy's used to sell in NYC back in the lawsuit era days. The birdseye on that neck is literally covered in the eyes. Just like yours! It IS a rare thing to find.
That's cool! I always wanted to have a '67 Telecaster, because it's my year of birth. 20 years ago, these original '67s were already quite pricey, but the ones with a Bigsby (even an original) were still relatively cheap and easy to find. I understood. I didn't like 'em then. It's only in these last couple of years that I started to realize that I missed out on something great. O well...
That is one of those vintage guitars, whose story is so interesting, that I just makes no sense to try to make it look/feel like a stock vintage. If a buyer cannot appreciate the history, it doesn't deserve it.
VERY cool Telecaster! I built a Telecaster around the end of 1970, beginning of 1971 (I think it was) with a solid mahogany body, TWO Gibson SG Standard pickups and the standard Fender bridge pickup ... a very early on custom shop version, I guess! Keep that neck nut lubed and it will stay in tune! This one sounds fabulous!
As both a guitar and longrifle collector, I have to say that your friend's "Leman"-ish longrifle in the pic with the Tele is essentially equal to or of more interest than the Tele. Love the video... but I need to ask your friend about that longrifle!
Thanks for the demo! You play awesome! I had a Tele that looked like this one but it was a few years newer. When I bought it, the person who traded it in to the Guitar store had routed out the bridge pickup and put in a Gibson humbucker which didn't align too well with the strings and the first string was never as hot as the others! I loved playing that guitar and it sounded great but I traded it in and bought a Floyd Rose Kramer Focus 3000 back in the 80's which was great too! Wish I had them both now!
You kill it. You always seem to make these sound unbelievably good. Ive got a 65 Princeton Reverb, bought for $200cad a few months ago at a pawn shop, but beat to hell. It had a pile of tools on it, and a ladder through the grille cloth. All tubes are good, and cosmetics aside, just needa a power cable. I left it in to get cleaned up and running nice, bit im pretty worried im going to catch the vintage bug after.
Cool video! It was pretty common back in the 60s & 70s to see a Telecaster with a humbucker added. I think people liked to have the gibson sound with the play-ability of a tele.
It blows my mind Matt that some of the stuff I grew up playing in the late '70s and early '80s is worth so much money today for the equipment that I paid so little for
This thing is a keeper! Exactly the kind of weird cool Tele I'd love to find. I've got a Strat with a Tele neck pickup in the middle and I love it more than I should!
Love it! Nothing I love more than a Tele with a Bigsby and a Humbucker (or a P90) in the neck position. BUT....There's still room for one more mod! Maybe even two! Reverse the control plate so that the pickup selector switch is in the back (closer to the bridge/Bigsby) then swap the tone and volume controls so that the volume is in the front, tone in the middle. Easier to do volume swells and keeps your hand from hitting that sharp pickup selector when you're playing rhythm. Plus that plastic knob is going to go missing eventually and that pickup selector becomes a cheese knife. Better to get it out of the way. Then, if you're feeling really saucy, make either your tone or volume a push/pull pot and wire it to that middle pickup...so you can use the controls as original but add in that middle pickup any time you want by pulling out the knob.
Years ago when I had my eye out for an old Fender Telecaster, at some shop I ran into a modded super early maple neck Tele. Some kid had taken this beautiful, naturally-reliced instrument, and had hacked up it's original black pickguard and body to install a P-90 pickup in the neck position. It was a crying shame what this clueless kid had done to an otherwise all original parts beautiful heritage piece! Because it had been modded, the store had it reasonably priced. I so wanted to buy it, and have it restored to as close to it's original state as possible. Though I had limited funds, & held out from buying it, part of me still feels guilt after all these years, for not having rescued it!
I own the unmodified cousin to this one. Ordered it in October 1967, delivered January 1968. Date of manufacture is January 3, 1968. That date is found on the butt end of the neck. Playability is still good. I did however have to replace the bridge pup. I used noiseless Fenders. Very little hum. Have fun.
I also just picked up a 76 bronco that someone put a humbucker in on the neck position. I will be removing it but it doesn't sound that bad. Thanks for the video.
That guitar sounds amazing. The bridge pup gives you the twang and that Gibson pup almost gives it a stratty sound a little dirty. I probably wouldn't use the bigsby or the middle pup, but I totally understand why he hung onto it for 50 years.
John Lennon had the "Gibson" branded humbucker on his black tele, but it was a bridge one. He had that installed in New York; maybe they came from the same guitar!😄
Excellent as ever! I guess these birds eye veneers on these caps (they must be quite thin) survive the years because people switched to the more popular standard models, I mean if you wanted a Tele then you assumed it would not have a trem, otherwise you'd have a Strat.. I like the way this guitar is so keen to latch on to the upper octave in the overtones.. Well worth giving it a voice on stage if there's room for it, for some of that high octane octavey attitude! Peace and max respect, Matthew. 🌟🎶
I bought my first real electric In 1970 and it was a blond tele I got it brand new at Manny's in NYC for $170. I sold it a couple of years later to buy a Les Paul.
I’ve got a Telecaster with a factory Bigsby. People like to say bad things about the Bigsby without understanding why a guitar really goes out of tune with a Bigsby. I promise you, it is not the Bigsby by itself that is the problem. (At least not the American made Bigsbys; I understand there might be problems with the other ones but in any case, the “F” Bigsbys are indeed American.) I had my bridge replaced with a Mastery bridge, the nut replaced with a Black Tusq Teflon nut, and the tuners replaced with locking tuners. Now if I push down on the Bigsby and release it it returns to tune without having to shake the handle. The same is true if I pull up on that Bigsby and release it. And the Mastery bridge really seems to make it sound better. For a guitar with a Bigsby and Tune-o-matic bridge just get a TonePros bridge with roller saddles, and replace the nut with Black Tusq Teflon and use locking tuners. These aren’t changes that will change the look of the guitar much, it won’t change the sound for the worse, and the stability will be as good as or better than (that’s right, I said better than) the stability of a similar guitar without the Bigsby. If you don’t like how the black nuts look you can try the other Tusq nuts but it’s been my understanding that Black Tusq has always had the Teflon. I mean, sheesh guys, it’s 2022; the problem has been solved and it didn’t take rocket science. If you’re going to re-fret it just go ahead and use (gasp!) stainless steel frets or at least those cryogenically treated frets. For some reason people think of stabilizing older guitars as some kind of crime, like it’ll just ruin the sound, even if the guitar has already been previously modified. The only thing stability will do is give you a guitar you can rely on.
I just noticed that he has his amp cranked so loud that he wears hearing protection while practicing in his living room. I knew I liked this guy, even if his neighbors don't.
I want to be his neighbour .
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Thank you so very, very much MATT. My wife and I watched the vid together. Towards end I was bawling like a baby !!!! SO many emotions. Almost to much!! JEFF
Jeff! Cool Tele man. We’d love to hear some of your stories and experiences with your guitar. Peace and good health to you ✌🏼
Hey, thank you so much for taking care of it, and for letting Matt, to share it with us. It sounds and look amazing
Amazing guitar. God bless Jeff and Matthew
Rejoice, Jeff -- it's like giving a puppy to a loving home with a giant backyard! 😊
@@bevo65 What a Very nice thing to write !!!!!!!!!!!!!Jeff
That might be the best tele bridge pickup I've ever heard. You really make that guitar sing Matthew!
That guitar was so loved. I can't believe the condition and every bit of work put into it was done with love and care. He made a good decision selling to you. It's the best place a vintage guitar could end up.
It's nice to hear something that's not the usual pentatonic stuff. Very cool opening jam.
The Fender Custom Shop ought to make a copy of this one! Masterbuilt!
We need an updated guitar collection video! 🤘🏻
Why do so many rural communities in America have such a thriving musical scene? Is it about population density? You can play loud without bothering the neighbours? Or is it about playing in church on Sunday? Or is it possible to go to a bar and play with others? Or do folk meet up in each other's houses and make music?
Yes to all those. Being a hick doesn't mean you stop being sophisticated about any art.
The cool thing about not having neighbors is we could rent the biggest PA system and have bands play till 5 am at parties because nobody is around to complain. My best shows were for 100 people in my own back yard
@@Ottophil that must be amazing
@@zippy-zappa-zeppo-zorba-etc with the internet the brightest and best are available to view no matter where you are
Being from a country with the highest population density in the world i am jelous
Stunning guitar, stunning sound, stunning playing.
Thnx Matthew for your videos. Awesome playing. Looks like my 70s.
My favorite part of these videos is when you have a really cool story about the history of the guitar man! Great video, and as always that tone is just insane and unmatched.
The stories are part of any good guitar!
Thanks for the share, Matthew!! And thank Jeff for the find for us!!!
08:27 I use to download the audio of your videos just to cut this Licks for enjoying the rest of my days every time i want. Amazing tone and playing.
Interesting guitar!!! The honeying of that neck and headstock looks amazing! The birdseye is gorgeous! That engraved humbucker was a one year only item, I believe. They command quite a price all by themselves! All of those pickups sound fantastic! That's a nice guitar, and infinitely versatile with that HSS setup! Thank you for sharing it with us! Playing, as always was great!
SSH!
Mathew, your playing is always a treat to hear.
How understated, you got lost, didn’t you? We know when we find that ‘thing’ and then we’re not really playing, just along for the ride don’t we? Amazing, your friend found a good home for his baby, and at best it shows we are only stewards for a relatively short time for that hunk of wood we found and choose to take with us possibly for a life time…
Matthew, your playing is hypnotic and never fails to amaze!
It reminds me of the '70s Telecaster you previously had also with a Bigsby but this one twangs real hard... great score and great video Matt!
Way cool find & score Matthew 👍👍. Even though that Tele hasn’t got a lot of “ Road-wear “ on it I’ll bet if it could talk it would have some cool stories to tell. Thanks Jeff for letting Matthew have it , & Thanks for sharing this one with us Mr.Scott… played fantastic as always . Killer tone & nice Sustain . Didn’t seem to be out of tune much , if at all while using Bigsby …. I think you found another “ Keeper “ here with this one . 😉
I have a new-ish tele modded almost the same way (Cunife WR in neck, tele 64 neck in middle, tele 64 bridge) and I absolutely love it
Very cool and unique Tele. I was skeptical when I saw the pickup configuration, but the guitar sounds incredible. Your playing was phenomenal Matthew!
That is the coolest sounding and looking tele I’ve ever seen. Please don’t change it back to original, the story is better this way!
Super cool! I have a 1970 Tele, missed out on a maple cap barely, but I really dig this era! Thanks for sharing with us!
Great story behind the tele. Great looking guitar. Sounds great too. Love the sounds you squeezed out that telecaster. Thanks for sharing!!
Fender should do a special Custom Shop run of this guitar. Would be a really cool FSR.
That's a great looking and sounding Tele. great find
Awesome Matt《☆》Nice demo & story👍🔥Pretty Kool Gibson humbucker on a Tele🖖😎☮
Love this so much! Shoutout to Jeff and to you for the killer playing and content as always 🔥✨
That is one righteous looking Telecaster with a cool history. Thank you for sharing this Matthew and for giving that old warhorse a good home.
Great playing, man! I love the sound of Fenders with humbuckers installed. I play a maple neck Stratocaster with a pair of PAFs (fore & aft). Best sounding guitar I've ever had. There's something about that Fender scale-length coupled with humbuckers, I tells ya!
If it sounds like that after all those mods, I'm all for it. Sounds like a real working-musician's axe, very versatile with a nice inherent tone.
That guitar has a lot of honk, and sounds particularly good on the cleaner tones. Bet it would be good on old time blues. Thanks
Matthew the intro was great with the acoustic accompaniment, please do more like this. Fantastic playing mate and please call the guitar Jeff.. LOL.
That guitar has some of the best tone and sustain I've heard in a vintage guitar. Seems weird saying vintage when it's only 3 years older then me lol.
That thing is badass! The neck position is lovely! Don’t let Keith near it.
That guitar sounds KILLER!!!! Not sure what pedal you hit for the overdrive, but man, it howled feedback on que over and over! And that Birdseye maple neck! And the Gibson neck pickup?! What a find! Another great video from Mr. Scott!
I think Matthew uses a TS9. Dunno which reference though.
Ive got an early Schecter Tele with a birdseye maple neck. It was one of the "kit guitars" that Rudy's used to sell in NYC back in the lawsuit era days. The birdseye on that neck is literally covered in the eyes. Just like yours! It IS a rare thing to find.
That's cool! I always wanted to have a '67 Telecaster, because it's my year of birth. 20 years ago, these original '67s were already quite pricey, but the ones with a Bigsby (even an original) were still relatively cheap and easy to find. I understood. I didn't like 'em then. It's only in these last couple of years that I started to realize that I missed out on something great. O well...
proper player grade, the player needed more versatility, they made that the case
matthew we need a tone video, just a run down of what pedals you have/mics that you capture this crazy tone with
Sounds fantastic! It’s great that you know most of the backstory on this guitar.
That neck is gorgeous, love the vintage pic of the guitar with the old Kentucky long rifle with the flame maple stock.
That is one of those vintage guitars, whose story is so interesting, that I just makes no sense to try to make it look/feel like a stock vintage. If a buyer cannot appreciate the history, it doesn't deserve it.
that bridge pup...wow man...and the placement of the OG neck pup is amazing...
VERY cool Telecaster! I built a Telecaster around the end of 1970, beginning of 1971 (I think it was) with a solid mahogany body, TWO Gibson SG Standard pickups and the standard Fender bridge pickup ... a very early on custom shop version, I guess! Keep that neck nut lubed and it will stay in tune! This one sounds fabulous!
Its always a "better" find when theres a story behind the instrument! Thanks for sharing!
The mods sound great. And that fretboard! B a great addition to your arsenal
As both a guitar and longrifle collector, I have to say that your friend's "Leman"-ish longrifle in the pic with the Tele is essentially equal to or of more interest than the Tele. Love the video... but I need to ask your friend about that longrifle!
Thanks for the demo! You play awesome! I had a Tele that looked like this one but it was a few years newer. When I bought it, the person who traded it in to the Guitar store had routed out the bridge pickup and put in a Gibson humbucker which didn't align too well with the strings and the first string was never as hot as the others! I loved playing that guitar and it sounded great but I traded it in and bought a Floyd Rose Kramer Focus 3000 back in the 80's which was great too! Wish I had them both now!
It sounded great ..! Great emotional playing too***
You kill it. You always seem to make these sound unbelievably good. Ive got a 65 Princeton Reverb, bought for $200cad a few months ago at a pawn shop, but beat to hell. It had a pile of tools on it, and a ladder through the grille cloth. All tubes are good, and cosmetics aside, just needa a power cable. I left it in to get cleaned up and running nice, bit im pretty worried im going to catch the vintage bug after.
Something magical about bigsby on a tele I tried over the years, it gives a different attack that envelopes in a unique way.
More or less a classic Brent Mason Tele, also a 67 model!
Congrats for the guitar!
Cool video! It was pretty common back in the 60s & 70s to see a Telecaster with a humbucker added. I think people liked to have the gibson sound with the play-ability of a tele.
It blows my mind Matt that some of the stuff I grew up playing in the late '70s and early '80s is worth so much money today for the equipment that I paid so little for
That is one beast of a telecaster 🤘🏻 I hope don’t change a thing on it.
Matt your opening sounds fantastic, so good man! Thanks to Jeff for keeping his guitar up like he did.
Man, that maple cap is stunning!!! 😍😍😍 What a find! 👍👍👍
I got goosebumps listening to you playing that Fender. Longt time that this happened to me. 🥰
This thing is a keeper! Exactly the kind of weird cool Tele I'd love to find. I've got a Strat with a Tele neck pickup in the middle and I love it more than I should!
Wow.. that’s the “one”.. modded or not!! Pure singing Tele!! Your playing ..yeah your right on top of it Matt!! ✅
Love it! Nothing I love more than a Tele with a Bigsby and a Humbucker (or a P90) in the neck position. BUT....There's still room for one more mod! Maybe even two! Reverse the control plate so that the pickup selector switch is in the back (closer to the bridge/Bigsby) then swap the tone and volume controls so that the volume is in the front, tone in the middle. Easier to do volume swells and keeps your hand from hitting that sharp pickup selector when you're playing rhythm. Plus that plastic knob is going to go missing eventually and that pickup selector becomes a cheese knife. Better to get it out of the way. Then, if you're feeling really saucy, make either your tone or volume a push/pull pot and wire it to that middle pickup...so you can use the controls as original but add in that middle pickup any time you want by pulling out the knob.
That thing sounds AMAZING!!!
What more can I say, simply awesome !!!
Great sounding Tele! You are a master Matthew. Keep up the good work. Some hints of funk 49 there, I think.
Years ago when I had my eye out for an old Fender Telecaster, at some shop I ran into a modded super early maple neck Tele.
Some kid had taken this beautiful, naturally-reliced instrument, and had hacked up it's original black pickguard and body to install a P-90 pickup in the neck position. It was a crying shame what this clueless kid had done to an otherwise all original parts beautiful heritage piece! Because it had been modded, the store had it reasonably priced.
I so wanted to buy it, and have it restored to as close to it's original state as possible. Though I had limited funds, & held out from buying it, part of me still feels guilt after all these years, for not having rescued it!
keep bringing it on home
I own the unmodified cousin to this one. Ordered it in October 1967, delivered January 1968. Date of manufacture is January 3, 1968. That date is found on the butt end of the neck. Playability is still good. I did however have to replace the bridge pup. I used noiseless Fenders. Very little hum. Have fun.
Nice!! another great find Matthew you seem to have the midas touch for finding these rare ones
Matt, steady scaring up the cool guitars! Great find, congrats. Jeff bequeathed her properly.
I also just picked up a 76 bronco that someone put a humbucker in on the neck position. I will be removing it but it doesn't sound that bad. Thanks for the video.
tele is such a classic shape. Great for mods
What incredible tone! and sustain
Love the last fret!! Sounds great.
That guitar sounds amazing. The bridge pup gives you the twang and that Gibson pup almost gives it a stratty sound a little dirty. I probably wouldn't use the bigsby or the middle pup, but I totally understand why he hung onto it for 50 years.
Love the guitar, and love the story. Keep em coming, Matthew!
Glad to see your hair is a bit longer again😊👍
Love the birdseye on the fretboard!
Awesome playing as always cool tele for sure I'm curious about its playability hard to tell because you make them all look easy 🤘
Pure admiration and love for the instruments.
You're an inspiration as an artist and collector.
Pickups sound great! But maybe only with a great player. Love to hear you improvise.
Very cool guitar. I'm betting Jeff felt it was time to let it go because the right person to get it came along.
man this guitar have a cool vibe with the rare gibson labeled pickup so cool
Very cool piece and sounds killer.
epic guitar, perfect for you and sounds killer bro! congratiolations
Love hearing you play. Cool tele. Thanks.
OMG freaking amazing tone … and superbly played as usual 😮
This channel has healing vibes I guess. I feel like in the nature or sth.
I'm sure Jeff was happy to see it go into such capable hands!
that ia a bad ass guitar. what a sound.
Sounds awesome. Jeff did that guitar right!!
Thank you for sharing this guitar, story and such great playing.
John Lennon had the "Gibson" branded humbucker on his black tele, but it was a bridge one. He had that installed in New York; maybe they came from the same guitar!😄
Whatcha got for us today MS! You're the best!
Beautiful tone!
Man, I hear a lot of Black Crowes influence in your playing! Sounds glorious!
Excellent as ever! I guess these birds eye veneers on these caps (they must be quite thin) survive the years because people switched to the more popular standard models, I mean if you wanted a Tele then you assumed it would not have a trem, otherwise you'd have a Strat.. I like the way this guitar is so keen to latch on to the upper octave in the overtones.. Well worth giving it a voice on stage if there's room for it, for some of that high octane octavey attitude! Peace and max respect, Matthew. 🌟🎶
seems like a amazing GIT-TAR, sure sounds good!
I bought my first real electric In 1970 and it was a blond tele I got it brand new at Manny's in NYC for $170. I sold it a couple of years later to buy a Les Paul.
I’ve got a Telecaster with a factory Bigsby. People like to say bad things about the Bigsby without understanding why a guitar really goes out of tune with a Bigsby. I promise you, it is not the Bigsby by itself that is the problem. (At least not the American made Bigsbys; I understand there might be problems with the other ones but in any case, the “F” Bigsbys are indeed American.) I had my bridge replaced with a Mastery bridge, the nut replaced with a Black Tusq Teflon nut, and the tuners replaced with locking tuners. Now if I push down on the Bigsby and release it it returns to tune without having to shake the handle. The same is true if I pull up on that Bigsby and release it. And the Mastery bridge really seems to make it sound better.
For a guitar with a Bigsby and Tune-o-matic bridge just get a TonePros bridge with roller saddles, and replace the nut with Black Tusq Teflon and use locking tuners. These aren’t changes that will change the look of the guitar much, it won’t change the sound for the worse, and the stability will be as good as or better than (that’s right, I said better than) the stability of a similar guitar without the Bigsby. If you don’t like how the black nuts look you can try the other Tusq nuts but it’s been my understanding that Black Tusq has always had the Teflon. I mean, sheesh guys, it’s 2022; the problem has been solved and it didn’t take rocket science. If you’re going to re-fret it just go ahead and use (gasp!) stainless steel frets or at least those cryogenically treated frets. For some reason people think of stabilizing older guitars as some kind of crime, like it’ll just ruin the sound, even if the guitar has already been previously modified. The only thing stability will do is give you a guitar you can rely on.
Bigsbys are great if the guitar is set up correctly. Most folks that knock them are unaware of this fact.