Cooler than the guitar, is the fact that this issue will hopefully remind people of what a monster player Kath was. Few people realize it was in many ways HIS band.
Terry Kath was the best. Good to see him getting a nod from the people at Fender. That "25 or 6 to 4" solo still blows my mind and, the riffs and fills sprinkled throughout those early Chicago tunes are just fantastic. RIP Terry, long live the music you left us.
Chicago and Terry Kath are a big part of the memories of my youth. That cord progression on Make Me Smile is killer!!! Remember that guy singing and playing that was 23. Talk about bringin' it!! Oh yeah..........GO HAWKS!!!
Great Job, and thank you for remembering TK - for me one of the most underrated player of it´s time. He had it all - great soloist, amazing rythmplayer and awsome singer - RIP Terry you where the Man.
That is one cool looking guitar and terry kath is one of the greatest rock guitarists ever, Jimi Hendrix even said he was the best guitarist he ever heard. Worthy tribute to an excellent musician.
Nice story. CTA fan in like '70 and got the 'blue' album a year later for Christmas. Time goes by and rebought it about 10 years ago. Loved Terry. Sq 20th ann Fat Tele here so i'm set.
Hey Jonathan, tasteful playing on that 25 or 6 to 4 rendition. I can see the emotion on your face towards the end of the video. You have done your Dad and Terry Kath proud. That is a fine looking Fender Custom Shop Terry Kath tribute guitar. I have great memories of seeing Terry playing his during the numerous Chicago concerts I've seen during the early 70s. I am glad that you are keeping the flames alive with your playing and that guitar and I hope that you are able to keep it.
Nice Jonathan. Like I've said before , I'd also like to hear Baxter talk about the guitar he plays in a video. You are both very entertaining. Keep up the great work guys!
That guitar is awesome and from an awesome guitar player as well. Jimi Hendrix didn’t give many people his personal guitar, Terry Kath was one of them. If that doesn’t say anything about the man nothing does.
Kath ruled. Always Loved The Blackhawks sticker. I believe Terry Kath was from the Norwood Park neighborhood in Chicago. I was born in that neighborhood. Useless information, haha 🎸🏒😂
Probably my Favorite of the Forgotten Killer Guitarist no one recalls and 25 or 6 to 4 was a Smoking Solo and Song, the guitar went missing for years until his wife found it at Terrys parent house after his Dad passed and Terrys mom told her she had some guitars stashed away , many thought he had gifted it to someone or that after his death someone grabbed it and kept it for themselves, I believe the Story was featured on a Terry Kath Documentary. That Guitar Won't last long
Great video! I didn't know Terry Kath, who was highly regarded by Jimi Hendrix, played a Tele. I knew he played Strats and SG's, but not Tele. Many Tele players, including my high school buddy, put humbucker's on their Tele's. One such person is Andy Summers of the Police, whose Tele already had a humbucker on it.
Jimi was a HUGE CTA(as they were known at that time) fan and it has been speculated that his use of feedback on the first album inspired Hendrix at Woodstock!
Hendrix was inspired by many of the technical players of his day. He mentioned Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield and Terry Kath as those among them. The art of feed-backing guitar is definitely a great tool in any guitarist toolbox and for me is sorely missed in todays contemporary popular music.
I used to think that Chicago under used TK and thought he was probably frustrated that they didn't let him stretch out more, only to find out Terry pretty much ran the show. What restraint!
I saw Chicago AKA CTA in 1969 at the Whiskey A Go Go live I was in the front part of the Dance Floor area best live band I've ever seen and I've seen most of them k a t h came out of the Wings when nobody else was on stage except the Roadie nailing the drum kit to the wooden floor and he was driving around snapping his fingers and playing Octopus's Garden. The other person in the band that really impressed me was Peter Cetera the bass player incredible timing and singing. Anyway back to Kathy was playing through a stack of sun acoustic amps he would utilize the volume knob in a very Dynamic way to increase or decrease the output of sound it would blow his hair around
There is a great Documentary out there where his Daughter if I remember correctly was trying to gather up all his Guitars after he died . I forgot where I saw it but nowadays you can find anything . I saw Chicago at Carnegie Hall in 1971 or 72 he could play his ass off . Great to see he his getting a nod from Fender
I love heavy relic guitars , never liked stickers on guitars …. For who like it congrats. I have a full trust in fender custom shop that its a great tele .
That's funny. I remember those days. My new Ford Pinto did not have a 8 track player so I mounted my Radio Shack 8 track to the dashboard with velcro. I cut panels in the rear trunk and mounted 10" speakers on each side and would lay the folded back seat down and lift the hatchback up and listen to the best music in the world. That was one Pimped Out Pinto.
I love when Baxter will throw out some theory knowledge and Jonathan will be like yeah that’s what I do, and Baxter will be like, I don’t think you’re doing that are you? Jonathan, yeah totally. lol
I like the Maico sticker. I'll explain, as this is a guitar site, not a vintage German motocross motorcycle site. The Maico was a German motocross bike, back from the glory days of the first invasion of the USA by the sport.
Awesome Jon《☆》RIP Terry👍✔As cool as it is I would take a regular Custom or Thinline Tele with WRHBs over the PAF. Nice history of Chicago. It's pretty Cool that the Leader of a Big Horn Band was a Kickass Guitarista🖖🤓🏈
I remember playing that chord progression endlessly when it first came out and I was a newbie. It was a great song to jam on. Terry Kath was another in a long line of musical tragic losses. Don't do drugs kids. That being said this is strictly a collectors piece. The price is ridiculous.
In all reality, most fans can’t afford 20k of any artists name. If a fan can all good. These guitars will be on walls of the rich. Sad if you ask me. I thought I spent a lot of money on a Gibson R8 custom shop lol. At over 5k it is but it’s not 20k. 5k for the Terry Kath would’ve been more reachable to fans. A lot of money still, but can be had for a quarter of the price asking.
The stickers really turn me off on this one, but I love that neck which brings up a question...when they relic a neck like that, are those "relic'ed" spots of the fretboard actually worn down lower than the rest of the fretboard by a significant margin, or is it just visual effect? I am sure this will seem like a stupid question, and thats ok, its just that I really liked that neck and wanted to know!
I remember my mom bringing home( from her friends record store) Chicago known as CTA ,Chicago Transit Authority.They dropped the Transit Authority after their first album.I was 8-9 and wore those 1st 2 albums out, I remember those were the days were horns were incorporated in rock and roll; Ides of March, Chase.Hendrix heard Terry Kath play at a venue and said" he's better than me"! He said the same thing about Billy Gibbons too, like he had low self esteem.Yes maybe Terry Kath would have been better he was great until his tragic demise( which there is a lot of speculation).In my honest opinion Chicago( a dbl album) and Chicago Transit Authority( a dbl album) both had Terry Kath and after there 1st 2 albums their music sucked, it became too "Top 10" AM radio crap! Listen to ' Free Form Guitar' or ' I'm a man' cover song EXCELLENT! Yes from my hometown so they were #1.
The Tele really didn't come around 'til about Chicago 6. It's fairly well documented 25 or 6 to 4 was played on a Gibson SG. Still would love to have one of those Teles, but would have to mortgage my house. Ridiculous.
Really great playing...and I get the whole history thing, Chicago had some iconic tunes...but that guitar looks like something you’d see under the bed of a 12 year old....Jonathan made it sound incredible, but paying custom shop prices for something decorated as such is only going to appeal to a very small group....Fender might be a little late with this one
Sand on a tele, put some stickers on it and charge $15,000, this goes to show the world’s going nuts, Terry is right now laughing 😂 his ass off at this sham.
while that guitar costs more than all my gear combined, I don't like the attack I was hearing from it. Maybe just Jon's strumming, but I don't think so... maybe it's just my quest for my own tone?
YUCK.. Miss Me with that. It looks horrid. I just don't understand the allure of guitars that are made to look like junk. If I had to choose between 100 Fender Teles, this model would be #9999
Just about anyone who loves guitars and great guitarists. Kath was one of the greatest. He was severely underrated but those in the know understand Kath's contributions were, even though he died too young. For those of you who don't know about Kath, check out the documentary The Terry Kath Experience by his daughter Michelle Kath Sinclair. Some of rock's most esteemed guitarists appear in the documentary. One named Joe Walsh.
Cooler than the guitar, is the fact that this issue will hopefully remind people of what a monster player Kath was. Few people realize it was in many ways HIS band.
He was a fuggin boss. 23 when he recorded that first album.
Damn Right! Terry Kath was an AMAZING Player with an even more incredible voice. Such a shame he died so young. 😔👎
He truly is the most underrated guitar player of the passes 60 years.
I was lucky enough to see Terry play his famed telecaster many times from the first couple of rows. He truly was the maestro.
Terry Kath was the best. Good to see him getting a nod from the people at Fender. That "25 or 6 to 4" solo still blows my mind and, the riffs and fills sprinkled throughout those early Chicago tunes are just fantastic. RIP Terry, long live the music you left us.
Terry Kath was the man!! Awesome player!!
totally agree. Also had an awesome voice.
Beyond awesome.
Chicago and Terry Kath are a big part of the memories of my youth. That cord progression on Make Me Smile is killer!!! Remember that guy singing and playing that was 23. Talk about bringin' it!! Oh yeah..........GO HAWKS!!!
Great Job, and thank you for remembering TK - for me one of the most underrated player of it´s time. He had it all - great soloist, amazing rythmplayer and awsome singer - RIP Terry you where the Man.
I was in middle school when I first heard CTA . Chicago’s double gray album is amazing!
That is one cool looking guitar and terry kath is one of the greatest rock guitarists ever, Jimi Hendrix even said he was the best guitarist he ever heard. Worthy tribute to an excellent musician.
The right man to show us this guitar. Thank you Jonathan!
🙏
I loved 25 or 6 to 4 when I was a kid. It wasn't until later I realized how great this dude was.
Right on nice playing johnathin. I'm glad to see you getting to play with the new toys as well !
Awesome to see Jonathan play in one of these videos, fantastic and what a great instrument!
Thanks for watching!
Nice story.
CTA fan in like '70 and got the 'blue' album a year later for Christmas.
Time goes by and rebought it about 10 years ago.
Loved Terry. Sq 20th ann Fat Tele here so i'm set.
I really enjoyed your playin' on this one! Fantastic. And that is a gorgeous guitar. Such a killer sound.
That guitar is you, Johnathan!! Terry Kath is one of my favorite guitarists. Listen to the solo on Dialogue (pt 1&2).
Hey Jonathan, tasteful playing on that 25 or 6 to 4 rendition. I can see the emotion on your face towards the end of the video. You have done your Dad and Terry Kath proud. That is a fine looking Fender Custom Shop Terry Kath tribute guitar. I have great memories of seeing Terry playing his during the numerous Chicago concerts I've seen during the early 70s. I am glad that you are keeping the flames alive with your playing and that guitar and I hope that you are able to keep it.
Thank you!
Nice Jonathan. Like I've said before , I'd also like to hear Baxter talk about the guitar he plays in a video. You are both very entertaining. Keep up the great work guys!
Thanks so much!
Great playing as always, and awesome guitar!
Saw "Terry Kath" and smashed that 👍
That guitar is awesome and from an awesome guitar player as well. Jimi Hendrix didn’t give many people his personal guitar, Terry Kath was one of them. If that doesn’t say anything about the man nothing does.
That copy costs a boatload of bucks. TK, always a fave.
fantastic playing!!!
Thanks!
So, Baxter finally let's you do a test-drive!
Finally! lol
Terry Kath.
All anyone needs to know. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Hell yeah.
Kath ruled. Always Loved The Blackhawks sticker. I believe Terry Kath was from the Norwood Park neighborhood in Chicago. I was born in that neighborhood. Useless information, haha 🎸🏒😂
That thing is badass!
Probably my Favorite of the Forgotten Killer Guitarist no one recalls and 25 or 6 to 4 was a Smoking Solo and Song, the guitar went missing for years until his wife found it at Terrys parent house after his Dad passed and Terrys mom told her she had some guitars stashed away , many thought he had gifted it to someone or that after his death someone grabbed it and kept it for themselves, I believe the Story was featured on a Terry Kath Documentary. That Guitar Won't last long
As usual, JR on a Tele is magic. This one in particular dynomiiiiiite
Great to see JR playing. I enjoyed the dialogue too. Nice video.
Thanks!
Aloha! I never noticed the Maico motorcycle sticker. West German dirt bikes won World Motocross championship in the seventies
Great video! I didn't know Terry Kath, who was highly regarded by Jimi Hendrix, played a Tele. I knew he played Strats and SG's, but not Tele. Many Tele players, including my high school buddy, put humbucker's on their Tele's. One such person is Andy Summers of the Police, whose Tele already had a humbucker on it.
I'm not usually into this kind of thing, but this is a badass guitar, and Kath was one of the best.
It's a joke to see a greatest guitar player list with no Terry Kath. He definitely was one of the greats! 🎸
Jimi was a HUGE CTA(as they were known at that time) fan and it has been speculated that his use of feedback on the first album inspired Hendrix at Woodstock!
Hendrix was inspired by many of the technical players of his day. He mentioned Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield and Terry Kath as those among them. The art of feed-backing guitar is definitely a great tool in any guitarist toolbox and for me is sorely missed in todays contemporary popular music.
I love telecaster’s
I used to think that Chicago under used TK and thought he was probably frustrated that they didn't let him stretch out more, only to find out Terry pretty much ran the show. What restraint!
Nice jam bro.
I saw Chicago AKA CTA in 1969 at the Whiskey A Go Go live I was in the front part of the Dance Floor area best live band I've ever seen and I've seen most of them k a t h came out of the Wings when nobody else was on stage except the Roadie nailing the drum kit to the wooden floor and he was driving around snapping his fingers and playing Octopus's Garden. The other person in the band that really impressed me was Peter Cetera the bass player incredible timing and singing. Anyway back to Kathy was playing through a stack of sun acoustic amps he would utilize the volume knob in a very Dynamic way to increase or decrease the output of sound it would blow his hair around
There is a great Documentary out there where his Daughter if I remember correctly was trying to gather up all his Guitars after he died . I forgot where I saw it but nowadays you can find anything . I saw Chicago at Carnegie Hall in 1971 or 72 he could play his ass off . Great to see he his getting a nod from Fender
Very nice Jonathan!
Thanks!
I love heavy relic guitars , never liked stickers on guitars …. For who like it congrats. I have a full trust in fender custom shop that its a great tele .
Terry Kath is easily in my top 5 best guitar players of all time. Use the power of You Tube and you'll see why.
My first car had a 8 track player -- cassettes was an upgrade - now i am feeling old.
That's funny. I remember those days. My new Ford Pinto did not have a 8 track player so I mounted my Radio Shack 8 track to the dashboard with velcro. I cut panels in the rear trunk and mounted 10" speakers on each side and would lay the folded back seat down and lift the hatchback up and listen to the best music in the world. That was one Pimped Out Pinto.
Little tip here - The smaller axle side of a 'T' skate tool is perfect for tightening the output jack nut on a Tele.
Sweet!
I love when Baxter will throw out some theory knowledge and Jonathan will be like yeah that’s what I do, and Baxter will be like, I don’t think you’re doing that are you? Jonathan, yeah totally. lol
🤷🏻♂️😂
Sounds great and all, but a work of art…it’s a tele with stickers! Also, Jesus it’s $20k for a tele with stickers😀
Love Me a Telecaster. So many different variations! Single coil, Humbucker, Hybrid 2, P90, Noventa, Thinline... Where does one draw the line?
I like the Maico sticker. I'll explain, as this is a guitar site, not a vintage German motocross motorcycle site. The Maico was a German motocross bike, back from the glory days of the first invasion of the USA by the sport.
Please let Jonathan perform all the guitar demos.
Terry is so under rated its not even funny.....he and Randy Rhoades are my heros
Was I the only one wondering why Jonathan was playing In Bloom?!? 🤣😂🤣
Awesome Jon《☆》RIP Terry👍✔As cool as it is I would take a regular Custom or Thinline Tele with WRHBs over the PAF. Nice history of Chicago. It's pretty Cool that the Leader of a Big Horn Band was a Kickass Guitarista🖖🤓🏈
I''d like one of these :) But ya gotta put a phaser effect on it to get Kath's true live sound.
I remember playing that chord progression endlessly when it first came out and I was a newbie. It was a great song to jam on. Terry Kath was another in a long line of musical tragic losses. Don't do drugs kids. That being said this is strictly a collectors piece. The price is ridiculous.
In all reality, most fans can’t afford 20k of any artists name. If a fan can all good. These guitars will be on walls of the rich. Sad if you ask me. I thought I spent a lot of money on a Gibson R8 custom shop lol. At over 5k it is but it’s not 20k. 5k for the Terry Kath would’ve been more reachable to fans. A lot of money still, but can be had for a quarter of the price asking.
It’s amazing everyone reviewing this guitar mentions 25 but that’s not what he played on it.
Omg! They are currently $20,000 😱
My generation!
GASP!
It freaks me- this guitar sounds better than original- like the Nile guitar
The stickers really turn me off on this one, but I love that neck which brings up a question...when they relic a neck like that, are those "relic'ed" spots of the fretboard actually worn down lower than the rest of the fretboard by a significant margin, or is it just visual effect? I am sure this will seem like a stupid question, and thats ok, its just that I really liked that neck and wanted to know!
I remember my mom bringing home( from her friends record store) Chicago known as CTA ,Chicago Transit Authority.They dropped the Transit Authority after their first album.I was 8-9 and wore those 1st 2 albums out, I remember those were the days were horns were incorporated in rock and roll; Ides of March, Chase.Hendrix heard Terry Kath play at a venue and said" he's better than me"! He said the same thing about Billy Gibbons too, like he had low self esteem.Yes maybe Terry Kath would have been better he was great until his tragic demise( which there is a lot of speculation).In my honest opinion Chicago( a dbl album) and Chicago Transit Authority( a dbl album) both had Terry Kath and after there 1st 2 albums their music sucked, it became too "Top 10" AM radio crap! Listen to ' Free Form Guitar' or ' I'm a man' cover song EXCELLENT! Yes from my hometown so they were #1.
String tree on the E & A strings?
They should’ve just called it what it is - the TeleKathter
Terry created those sounds with a sg and a stratocaster, the telecaster came much later
The Tele really didn't come around 'til about Chicago 6. It's fairly well documented 25 or 6 to 4 was played on a Gibson SG. Still would love to have one of those Teles, but would have to mortgage my house. Ridiculous.
Really great playing...and I get the whole history thing, Chicago had some iconic tunes...but that guitar looks like something you’d see under the bed of a 12 year old....Jonathan made it sound incredible, but paying custom shop prices for something decorated as such is only going to appeal to a very small group....Fender might be a little late with this one
Terry Kath was a fine guitar player and musician.... But how did he die...? What just happened in our country .?... READ THE ROOM CASINO......
Accidental shooting.
Sand on a tele, put some stickers on it and charge $15,000, this goes to show the world’s going nuts, Terry is right now laughing 😂 his ass off at this sham.
while that guitar costs more than all my gear combined, I don't like the attack I was hearing from it. Maybe just Jon's strumming, but I don't think so... maybe it's just my quest for my own tone?
three string trees? Ok them I guess.
Most expensive duck tape ever.
Terry was a great guitar player but that guitar a work of art all he did was put stickers on it .It looks like shit
Jonathan, I love you.
Mail it to me, you have my address. Thanks
It’ll be in the mail.
@@guitarjonathan great, so is the check 💰
Yep, no problem. All I have to do is sell my jeep, and my car, and perhaps another $10,000 on top of that and I'll be all set.
$20K
5;36 minutes worth of nothing but dribble. No specs, no information whatsoever about the guitar thanks for nothing!
You’re welcome!
£18,000 for a guitar fools are easily parted with their money.....there's no guitar no matter who built it worth £18,000 pounds....
YUCK.. Miss Me with that. It looks horrid. I just don't understand the allure of guitars that are made to look like junk. If I had to choose between 100 Fender Teles, this model would be #9999
guitar sounds great; but it looks like SHIT with those stickers
feels like Fender is scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one. Sorry, but who really wants a Terry Kath Tele???
Me Fool! And a Jimi Hendrix Monterey Strat and that purple metal flake Tele that Steve Miller played.
Just about anyone who loves guitars and great guitarists. Kath was one of the greatest. He was severely underrated but those in the know understand Kath's contributions were, even though he died too young. For those of you who don't know about Kath, check out the documentary The Terry Kath Experience by his daughter Michelle Kath Sinclair. Some of rock's most esteemed guitarists appear in the documentary. One named Joe Walsh.