Question, Gibson related: do you know when Gibson, during the 90s, stopped using Brazilian rosewood and started using Indian rosewood, on say the studio models?
Fender forgot to chew up the fretboard, put finish blemishes everywhere, leaving polish compound in the joints, crack the neck pocket, weaken the headstock and figure out the Gibson trademark secret of poor tuning stability. They also forgot to over price it by $1k
The poor tuning stability you speak of comes from the sharp angle on the head stock and the way the strings divide at the headstock. I think it was designed before you bent a lot and when everybody had a wound g
Its called CBS , COLOMBIA BROADCAST STATION , LEO FORGOT NOTHING , NEWS FLASH , LEO FENDER SOLD OUT IN , 1965 , SO BASH CBS , NOT LEO FENDER , PURCHASE 1964 AN BACK , BUT GO TO THE BANK FIRST TO GET A LOAN , LMFAO
Well, it finally happened. One of Trogly’s videos caused me to buy a guitar that I didn’t even know existed! A Tele/Les Paul mashup is my dream combo so I had to get one. I love my Troublemaker!!
This was my favorite from the parallel universe line. I'd like to see them double down on this and make it a semi-permanent thing. I bet a lot of people would buy a cheaper MIM version.
I love these guitars. I think more companies should do this instead of just trying to copy one to one. And fender stays true to their roots with this one.
Hey Trogly, was just wondering if you could make a video where you go through the cleaning and fixing up process when you get an electric guitar in. It'd be interesting to know everything you use and what you do to get a guitar into the excellent condition they end up in. Thanks!
See 'Dave's World of Fun Stuff' … He has a whole series on repairing and fixing up guitars … You can learn everything you need to know there. (Note, the Older Vids will tell you a lot of the details that he skips over to save repetition in the later one's …).
There are far better channels dedicated to that task than Trogly here... He uses wire-wool to clean his fretboards, something no self-respecting lutheir would ever countenance. All those shards of rust-gathering steel strands stuck under the frets... Not forgetting the dust, or miniscule scratches everywhere. . Troglly is cool for 'general information' mostly about Les Pauls', though he does have a good wealth of knowledge on most of the top brands. And is very good at spotting scams and fakes. But when it comes to guitar maintenance/repair, look elsewhere.
Great video. It made me really want one. As a guy who loves the way Les Paul's look but can't get used ti the scale, I am really glad they stuck with the Fender math (scale/radius).
I was always confused why fender sells wide range hum buckers today as wide range even though they aren’t really wide range, they aren’t the CuNiFe magnets anymore they are just wax coated AlNiCo, it’s just really frustrating to me and now you can get the CuNiFe ones from the custom shop which is nice, but I just wish they didn’t just put a regular hum bucker underneath a wide range plate and call it a wide range hum bucker
I think these are standard humbucker-size Shawbuckers, not the larger Wide Range HB's. In any case, Fender is now making real CuNiFe WRHB pickups with the original construction, only for a couple of guitars so far. It was just announced at the NAMM show. They finally were able to source the correct magnets, which they will also be the distributor for.
Last time I looked CuNiFe loaded replica pickups were $500 each, the originals were made for Fender by Lace (although designed by Seth Lover), and they came up with the sensor as CuNiFe magnets were getting hard to source.
I am a Fender guy thru and thru and I absolutely love these Telecasters they look and play so good I would take one over just about any Gibson except for a really nice Gold Top
Thank you for including the both pickups on setting in the tone demo. It’s annoying as hell when players only go back and forth between the bridge and neck and pretend the option of using both doesn’t even exist. It’s even more annoying when they do that when demo-ing a guitar with two volume and two tone nobs, ignoring the tones that can be created by adjusting those when both pickups are on.
These are quite an upgrade from what I remember as the Telecaster Deluxe. I'm glad you demonstrated the differences in this video. But, this is a good faith effort by Fender to put loyal Gibson users in a "comfort" zone. I think that's why you, and other Gibson aficionados like it so much. Nice job on this. Great demo tunes as well. Love it.
To put that large headstock in perspective with the times just watch a few old Partridge Family reruns. Wide ties and extremely large shirt and jacket collars were the norm. Elvis's costumes of the same period also sported the huge oversized collars to go with his 70's period long and wide side burns. Eyeglasses from the 70's were also oversized frames. Elvis, Elton John and John Denver all wore big 70's style eye wear. Perfectly in tune with the large wide headstock's of the day.
You are actually somewhat incorrect about the poker chip. It does not come installed on the guitar. Much like how the mirrors don't come installed on the Jimmy Page tele. It also only came with the iced tea burst one. It was not included with the ice blue one.
krose2506 - I acquired the ice blue metallic troublemaker from Wildwood guitars the day they received it from Fender. It came with the pocker chip as part of the case candy but was not installed on the guitar.
@@thehighadvisor5731 Nice to meet another troublemaker owner. I thought they were going with a different vibe with the ice blue one because of the different stained back. Why I chose the iced tea finish over it.
Hey Austin. Love the TH-cam family collaboration lately. You've more than earned your place this last couple of months. Well... I always watch anyhow but it's gotta be said brother. Good on ya. Samick made Epiphones will have the 3 adjustment humbuckers. My 1993 g310b had those on the batwing pickguard. Actually.. An SG pickguard would have been sick on this
I’m happy to say I own an original 73 Tele Deluxe in Mocha finish and have had it almost since new. I like this new version but when I want to see a flame top I take out my 59 Ri Les Paul. These two guitars are totally different. BTW the original Seth Lover Humbuckers sound much better than these new pups IMO. 😎🎶 Love my Fender but my Gibson is a true piece of art and superb function.
I don't usually comment on your content as you are really busy, but your comments have inspired me to to make one I've a 69 tele to build next as it's my birth year, but I have the design in my head now, thanks. 👍
I'm mostly a Gibson guy, but I'm glad that Fender kept this closer to being a Fender than a Gibson. Besides, if it was a set neck, that probably would've added to the production cost and MSRP, and they may have wanted to keep this at a certain price-point.
I really like the Fender Toronado as a Gibson-y Fender. You get the 2 humbuckers, 2 volumes, 2 tones, & 24.75 inch scale but with the bolt-on neck & Fender headstock. For me, that’s pretty close to a “best of both worlds” design.
This is beautiful but honestly still sounds like a Fender. I would never buy a Fender wanting a Gibson tone but i'm sure there are people who love Les Paul and SG tones but love Fenders shapes. I don't think this quite ticks the small markets boxes. Never the less, I love this thing.
I they did have a carved top Tele the “Special Edition FMT”... it was odd as it came with black chrome hardware (not the same as black) and it did have two humbuckers, but only master volume and tone with a switch... more like a PRS style as the knobs were slightly inset into the top. The Black Cherry Burst was a cool color.
People didn't know what to make of these in the 70s and they've been mostly ignored since, but since about 2005 people are starting to figure them out. I have 20 guitars some in the five digits and my '75 Tele Deluxe is probably my favorite. I love the sound and feel, not so much the looks, and wish I could put this pickguard on the one I already have.
Based on looks alone, I wouldn’t be the least bit interested but the tones you got out of that thing were just delicious. It retains some of the sparkly, chiming sound typical of Fenders but with greater warmth and thickness especially in the midrange. I think the combination sounds absolutely gorgeous and would be very gratifying to play.
Wow, this is such a beautiful guitar and a such a great idea for a custom guitar. It would be interesting to also see a Fender SG-Jaguar... ...Or a Gibson Jaguar-SG... :-)
I have an all Warmouth Tele, gorgeous figured maple cap over mahogany body, with SD Tele Antiquities. The LP style body in Tele format adds a certain versatility and richness, plus killer sustain.
This is one of the most gorgeous looking guitars I've ever seen, damn. And I much prefer the fretboards and scale lengths of fenders to Gibsons as I learnt the guitar on a fender strat, so it'd have the playability of that with the sound and look of a les Paul.
I agree but I'm a Tele fanboy so I think they all look good. My favorite Tele is a 2018 Parallel Universe Thinline Tele Super Deluxe. Those inlays and binding on the neck plus that sparkly pickguard make it beautiful in my opinion. Some people hate it but it's on my dream list.
i love it! Great review. IMHO, it would look even sexier without that scratch plate & different knobs. I'm a bit of a trouble-maker myself, so I dig it.
Just watched a vid explaining how the newer wide range pups are nothing like the originals. That would probably sound better with Gibson pickups in it.
The Tele FMT HH is pretty similar too, minus the tailpiece, the fact that it comes with Seymour Duncan humbuckers, and that it’s made in Korea. Mahogany body with a real flame maple cap and a mahogany set neck with rosewood board. It’s also got some cool beveling on the face of the guitar rather than the traditionally flat slab body. Easily one of my favorite guitars that I own.
I love this thing; how cool. Thanks to the guy who supplied it and to you for showing it to us. That scratch plate has got to go, lol. And speed knobs would be an upgrade.
Im in love with those Meteora's! They are the most awesome looking electric guitars ever made imho. Too bad they cost more than i have in my piggy bank. Lol
also seems to incorporate some elements of the 80s Elite Telecasters, especially that style pickguard and electronics lay out (different pickups though)
The gigantic pick guard on the Tele Deluxe, totally ruins it for me. I’ve never understood that design decision. This thing, on the other hand, is awesome! Very cool, I love it.
I think you miss the point, Fender isn't trying to copy a Les Paul exactly. It's more of Fender's take on a Les Paul. All your complaints are about the differences you would like to see. Set neck and tilted head stock come with their own issues. How the controls and control plates are lined up is also pretty petty. Only thing I would like to see with this is a bound neck and block inlays. Being a Tele lover here I think this guitar looks great.
Awesome. Love the mahogany neck. As the owner of a Les Paul & a Tele , I really like this . Les Pauls sound great ,but it's hard work playing an unergonomic , poorly balanced boat anchor.
I think the FMT tele is a somewhat better mashup between the two since it has the set neck construction, mahogany body and neck, maple cap, and humbuckers. It's missing the dual volume and tone knobs as well as the selector up top that this one has. It is an import though, originally made in Korea and now in Indonesia, I think. Top it off with the Seymour Duncans Pearly Gates and 59 that it comes with and, I think, it adds up to quite a bargain. Nice vid.
the oblong back cover pays homage to the telecaster switch and knob plate from the front which was lost by the install of the gibson style front layout
The white knobs make it look like something from a 60's Sears catalog. I didn't like them on my 66 Strat back then and switched to Tele knobs. Still have the Strat and put the stock ones back on to keep collectable.
🔴Reverb: reverb.com/item/30664732-fender-troublemaker-telecaster-2017-ice-tea?_aid=growsumo&gs_partner=Trogly
🐕 Episode Guide:
0:17 - Parallel Universe '18
0:41 - Trouble Maker Tele Make-Up
3:11 - Finish Options
3:54 - Inside Look / Specs
12:49 - Tone Demo
16:02 - Final Thoughts
18:01 - Blacklight Test
18:19 - Case / Candy
📹 Mentioned Videos:
Strat Tele Hybrid: th-cam.com/video/1aRV7V1hS7o/w-d-xo.html
Jaguar Strat: th-cam.com/video/H7iWFv7RG1s/w-d-xo.html
Jazz Tele: th-cam.com/video/ubvRaoK8DHU/w-d-xo.html
Fender Meteora: th-cam.com/video/yTckIFhNanc/w-d-xo.html
Tele Deluxe: th-cam.com/video/WIra_FdAcmU/w-d-xo.html
Cabronita Tele: th-cam.com/video/XyYkdSh5bwY/w-d-xo.html
70s Strats: th-cam.com/video/j0HvH1BSKxA/w-d-xo.html
I'd like to see a '54 trouble maker. Gold top with p90s
Cool to see you playing (an interpretation of) Lateralus!
The Trogly's Guitar Show, I don’t think that Fender places the poker chip on the guitar. Is it possible that the previous owner placed it on there?
Question, Gibson related: do you know when Gibson, during the 90s, stopped using Brazilian rosewood and started using Indian rosewood, on say the studio models?
Any chance you could check out an Epiphone Genesis? You could compare an OG (late 70's early 80's) with the reissues.
I stuck a Epiphone neck onto my Telecaster - I call it the TELEPHONE! 🙂👍
Hahaha
Now that is fucking funny , all bull shit aside , i like , i like lol
Do that but as an inlay neck with seymour duncan humbuckers, then it will be the FMT Telephone
Hardy Har har
HA!
"They forgot to add binding and chew up the fretboard with tool marks." lol!
That had me dead 😂
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Mind you, that Fretboard looks pretty ropey at the body end … so, maybe they did try to emulate Gibson !
It has binding
That hurts. I just the SG 61 reissue and yep, the binding on the fret board looks all hacked up.
Gibson should respond with a strat knockoff called The Treblemaker
Just go back some 30 odd years and you have a Gibson 1:1 Soloist lol
Treblemaker
With the SG body
@@nateofnazareth7785 An SG with an SSS configuration would be interesting
They already did, look up the Jimi Hendrix Gibson Edit: spelling
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Got my Fix
All but what I want know fretboard radius.
Would be cool if Fender and Gibson teamed up and did alternate reality guitars and do each other's famous guitars in their own shapes!
Fender forgot to chew up the fretboard, put finish blemishes everywhere, leaving polish compound in the joints, crack the neck pocket, weaken the headstock and figure out the Gibson trademark secret of poor tuning stability. They also forgot to over price it by $1k
The poor tuning stability you speak of comes from the sharp angle on the head stock and the way the strings divide at the headstock. I think it was designed before you bent a lot and when everybody had a wound g
Its called CBS , COLOMBIA BROADCAST STATION , LEO FORGOT NOTHING , NEWS FLASH , LEO FENDER SOLD OUT IN , 1965 , SO BASH CBS , NOT LEO FENDER , PURCHASE 1964 AN BACK , BUT GO TO THE BANK FIRST TO GET A LOAN , LMFAO
@@user-sz5xs7dm4u CBS hasn't owned Fender since about 1985.
@@user-sz5xs7dm4u they said fender, not leo
Fender was trolling real hard and that's why I love them.
Well, it finally happened. One of Trogly’s videos caused me to buy a guitar that I didn’t even know existed! A Tele/Les Paul mashup is my dream combo so I had to get one. I love my Troublemaker!!
Nice. Personally I would have bought the ja-90 but they're both awesome guitars
This was my favorite from the parallel universe line. I'd like to see them double down on this and make it a semi-permanent thing. I bet a lot of people would buy a cheaper MIM version.
They forgot The huge ding under the pick guard, lmao.
ShesAHandsomeBeebo hahaha. Yeah, that is the worst feeling. Looking under and seeing the damaged
@Harry. B. Renner. jr. Are you some like internet sales rep cause I see you spamming this everywhere.
I love these guitars. I think more companies should do this instead of just trying to copy one to one. And fender stays true to their roots with this one.
It still came out to be a unique guitar. As a standalone without any comparison to the LP, it's pretty sick.
Whole-heartedly agreed!
Hey Trogly, was just wondering if you could make a video where you go through the cleaning and fixing up process when you get an electric guitar in. It'd be interesting to know everything you use and what you do to get a guitar into the excellent condition they end up in.
Thanks!
you just explained it to yourself
See 'Dave's World of Fun Stuff' … He has a whole series on repairing and fixing up guitars … You can learn everything you need to know there. (Note, the Older Vids will tell you a lot of the details that he skips over to save repetition in the later one's …).
There are far better channels dedicated to that task than Trogly here... He uses wire-wool to clean his fretboards, something no self-respecting lutheir would ever countenance. All those shards of rust-gathering steel strands stuck under the frets... Not forgetting the dust, or miniscule scratches everywhere.
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Troglly is cool for 'general information' mostly about Les Pauls', though he does have a good wealth of knowledge on most of the top brands. And is very good at spotting scams and fakes. But when it comes to guitar maintenance/repair, look elsewhere.
Great video. It made me really want one. As a guy who loves the way Les Paul's look but can't get used ti the scale, I am really glad they stuck with the Fender math (scale/radius).
I've got one if your interested let me know. Thanks.
therapist: the LP caster doesn't exist it can't hurt you
LP caster:
Nice! Lateralus, i love that clean riff. I could play it for hours
I was always confused why fender sells wide range hum buckers today as wide range even though they aren’t really wide range, they aren’t the CuNiFe magnets anymore they are just wax coated AlNiCo, it’s just really frustrating to me and now you can get the CuNiFe ones from the custom shop which is nice, but I just wish they didn’t just put a regular hum bucker underneath a wide range plate and call it a wide range hum bucker
I think these are standard humbucker-size Shawbuckers, not the larger Wide Range HB's. In any case, Fender is now making real CuNiFe WRHB pickups with the original construction, only for a couple of guitars so far. It was just announced at the NAMM show. They finally were able to source the correct magnets, which they will also be the distributor for.
Last time I looked CuNiFe loaded replica pickups were $500 each, the originals were made for Fender by Lace (although designed by Seth Lover), and they came up with the sensor as CuNiFe magnets were getting hard to source.
They are using CuNiFe WRHBs on the new American Original 70s Tele customs
Alan Thompson oh sweet I didn’t even hear that! Thanks!
@@bobmorris5386 innit haha, so excited to try them
@ 6:46 "Oh Fender, I love you for that!" Haha! That was perfect..LOL. you troublemaker!
Another Unique review--.> Trogly's style!
man that thing sounds GOOD
I am a Fender guy thru and thru and I absolutely love these Telecasters they look and play so good I would take one over just about any Gibson except for a really nice Gold Top
great camerawork again during tha player demo and loved the TOOL nod. That riff is what made me want to play guitar.
Thank you for including the both pickups on setting in the tone demo. It’s annoying as hell when players only go back and forth between the bridge and neck and pretend the option of using both doesn’t even exist. It’s even more annoying when they do that when demo-ing a guitar with two volume and two tone nobs, ignoring the tones that can be created by adjusting those when both pickups are on.
These are quite an upgrade from what I remember as the Telecaster Deluxe. I'm glad you demonstrated the differences in this video. But, this is a good faith effort by Fender to put loyal Gibson users in a "comfort" zone. I think that's why you, and other Gibson aficionados like it so much. Nice job on this. Great demo tunes as well. Love it.
Cool video stuff during your playing near the end! Great video!
The parallel universe with the block inlays needs to be reviewed for sure ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️❗️ 🚬😎👍🏼
Both pickups together sound outstandingly sweet.
To put that large headstock in perspective with the times just watch a few old Partridge Family reruns. Wide ties and extremely large shirt and jacket collars were the norm. Elvis's costumes of the same period also sported the huge oversized collars to go with his 70's period long and wide side burns. Eyeglasses from the 70's were also oversized frames. Elvis, Elton John and John Denver all wore big 70's style eye wear. Perfectly in tune with the large wide headstock's of the day.
I dig the new style of the playing demo with the guitar in the background
Yep, that looks nice
love the tone demos over the b-roll!
FYI - the blue color on the other Troublemaker Tele is “Ice Blue Metallic” not Pelham Blue. Also the poker chip does not come installed on the guitar.
Thank you for the corrections! That explains a lot on the poker chip
You are actually somewhat incorrect about the poker chip. It does not come installed on the guitar. Much like how the mirrors don't come installed on the Jimmy Page tele. It also only came with the iced tea burst one. It was not included with the ice blue one.
krose2506 - I acquired the ice blue metallic troublemaker from Wildwood guitars the day they received it from Fender. It came with the pocker chip as part of the case candy but was not installed on the guitar.
@@thehighadvisor5731 Nice to meet another troublemaker owner. I thought they were going with a different vibe with the ice blue one because of the different stained back. Why I chose the iced tea finish over it.
Hey Austin. Love the TH-cam family collaboration lately. You've more than earned your place this last couple of months. Well... I always watch anyhow but it's gotta be said brother. Good on ya.
Samick made Epiphones will have the 3 adjustment humbuckers. My 1993 g310b had those on the batwing pickguard.
Actually.. An SG pickguard would have been sick on this
Love the playing!! Sounds great!
Hey trogly, your playing is getting noticeably better! Keep up the great content and hard work sir. 👍
I’m happy to say I own an original 73 Tele Deluxe in Mocha finish and have had it almost since new. I like this new version but when I want to see a flame top I take out my 59 Ri Les Paul. These two guitars are totally different. BTW the original Seth Lover Humbuckers sound much better than these new pups IMO. 😎🎶 Love my Fender but my Gibson is a true piece of art and superb function.
I love the sound of that guitar. Great playing.
I really like the clean tones this guitar has. I could see a lot of potential using it live.
Critiquing the kerning between characters in the font on the poker chip, now that's a person with an eye for detail, well done.
Wish I could afford that one!, beautiful coloring on it especially!!!
That thing screams Doom/Stoner metal. I need one
Tele Deluxe's are one of my all-time favs. They are true workhorse guitars.
I don't usually comment on your content as you are really busy, but your comments have inspired me to to make one I've a 69 tele to build next as it's my birth year, but I have the design in my head now, thanks. 👍
Gibson: Play authentic!
*internet explodes*
Fender: Hi
I'm mostly a Gibson guy, but I'm glad that Fender kept this closer to being a Fender than a Gibson. Besides, if it was a set neck, that probably would've added to the production cost and MSRP, and they may have wanted to keep this at a certain price-point.
I have a Fat Tell thats pretty much built like a LP Jr except for headstock and string through
Just when I thought I had all the guitars I needed, here comes along this video.
The guitar sounds great. Looks great too.
Don Grosh made a "T" style carved maple cap on a mahogany body with a bolt-on mahogany neck with Tom Holmes PAF's at 24.75". Thing screamed!
Great video man keep up the good work Trogly
Rocking the Tool, nice job Trogly!
I really like the Fender Toronado as a Gibson-y Fender. You get the 2 humbuckers, 2 volumes, 2 tones, & 24.75 inch scale but with the bolt-on neck & Fender headstock. For me, that’s pretty close to a “best of both worlds” design.
I came for the tele, and stayed for the copyright free rendition of Lateralus
It would be cool to see one of these with a single p90 and wrap around bridge!!
This is beautiful but honestly still sounds like a Fender. I would never buy a Fender wanting a Gibson tone but i'm sure there are people who love Les Paul and SG tones but love Fenders shapes. I don't think this quite ticks the small markets boxes.
Never the less, I love this thing.
I they did have a carved top Tele the “Special Edition FMT”... it was odd as it came with black chrome hardware (not the same as black) and it did have two humbuckers, but only master volume and tone with a switch... more like a PRS style as the knobs were slightly inset into the top. The Black Cherry Burst was a cool color.
People didn't know what to make of these in the 70s and they've been mostly ignored since, but since about 2005 people are starting to figure them out. I have 20 guitars some in the five digits and my '75 Tele Deluxe is probably my favorite. I love the sound and feel, not so much the looks, and wish I could put this pickguard on the one I already have.
I’m starting to love the reissues Fender is doing this year
btw that headstock is called shark fin. I love when Fender uses that style.
Based on looks alone, I wouldn’t be the least bit interested but the tones you got out of that thing were just delicious. It retains some of the sparkly, chiming sound typical of Fenders but with greater warmth and thickness especially in the midrange. I think the combination sounds absolutely gorgeous and would be very gratifying to play.
Well Gibson did start it with that beautiful three single-coil pup SG.
Thanks for the commentary and demo. I've been on the fence about pulling the trigger on a tribute guitar and this was helpful. All the best.
It sounds KILLER! Dang Fender's humbuckers are the real trouble makers!!
Wow, this is such a beautiful guitar and a such a great idea for a custom guitar.
It would be interesting to also see a Fender SG-Jaguar...
...Or a Gibson Jaguar-SG... :-)
I have an all Warmouth Tele, gorgeous figured maple cap over mahogany body, with SD Tele Antiquities. The LP style body in Tele format adds a certain versatility and richness, plus killer sustain.
That is why I love your show Trogley! Love this guitar! Thanks for the review.
This is one of the most gorgeous looking guitars I've ever seen, damn. And I much prefer the fretboards and scale lengths of fenders to Gibsons as I learnt the guitar on a fender strat, so it'd have the playability of that with the sound and look of a les Paul.
I agree but I'm a Tele fanboy so I think they all look good.
My favorite Tele is a 2018 Parallel Universe Thinline Tele Super Deluxe. Those inlays and binding on the neck plus that sparkly pickguard make it beautiful in my opinion. Some people hate it but it's on my dream list.
This one stands out for sure in both looks and sound. And that neck!
You should get a mischief maker on here!
i love it! Great review. IMHO, it would look even sexier without that scratch plate & different knobs. I'm a bit of a trouble-maker myself, so I dig it.
Fender class act. They respected and will be in return.
Just watched a vid explaining how the newer wide range pups are nothing like the originals. That would probably sound better with Gibson pickups in it.
There's also the Fender American Standard Telecaster - Ocean Blue -2015 with 2 humbuckers.
The Tele FMT HH is pretty similar too, minus the tailpiece, the fact that it comes with Seymour Duncan humbuckers, and that it’s made in Korea. Mahogany body with a real flame maple cap and a mahogany set neck with rosewood board. It’s also got some cool beveling on the face of the guitar rather than the traditionally flat slab body. Easily one of my favorite guitars that I own.
That Tool riff sounded so nice. 👍
Finally a tele that doesnt suck
I love this thing; how cool. Thanks to the guy who supplied it and to you for showing it to us. That scratch plate has got to go, lol. And speed knobs would be an upgrade.
Im in love with those Meteora's! They are the most awesome looking electric guitars ever made imho. Too bad they cost more than i have in my piggy bank. Lol
That pick guard is definitely modeling off the les Paul
Looks more like a Cabronita guard .
Those tool riffs in the demo! Great review as always
That’s one of the best sounding guitars in my opinion
I like it the Tele versatility added to the lineup
also seems to incorporate some elements of the 80s Elite Telecasters, especially that style pickguard and electronics lay out (different pickups though)
The gigantic pick guard on the Tele Deluxe, totally ruins it for me. I’ve never understood that design decision. This thing, on the other hand, is awesome! Very cool, I love it.
I think you miss the point, Fender isn't trying to copy a Les Paul exactly. It's more of Fender's take on a Les Paul. All your complaints are about the differences you would like to see. Set neck and tilted head stock come with their own issues. How the controls and control plates are lined up is also pretty petty. Only thing I would like to see with this is a bound neck and block inlays. Being a Tele lover here I think this guitar looks great.
This guy must love Les Pauls. His words keep putting down Fender designs.
They should have done binding on the fretboard of the Les Paul tele
Cant wait for the black beauty troublemaker review!!
Awesome. Love the mahogany neck. As the owner of a Les Paul & a Tele , I really like this . Les Pauls sound great ,but it's hard work playing an unergonomic , poorly balanced boat anchor.
1966 isn’t really the Late 60’s per headstock. Love your channel
As a Gibson player, I want one of the new 2020 models! These are cool!
My older guild has that 3 adjustment screws on the pickups. Its pretty nice
Until you want to swap pickups and realize literally only one company offers aftermarket pickups with the three screw base
I think the FMT tele is a somewhat better mashup between the two since it has the set neck construction, mahogany body and neck, maple cap, and humbuckers. It's missing the dual volume and tone knobs as well as the selector up top that this one has. It is an import though, originally made in Korea and now in Indonesia, I think. Top it off with the Seymour Duncans Pearly Gates and 59 that it comes with and, I think, it adds up to quite a bargain. Nice vid.
Ah man, I'm stoked that Tool made its way into this!
That lead tone is pretty cool
Austin,
Your playing is coming along and your Voiceing will start to come through😉
the oblong back cover pays homage to the telecaster switch and knob plate from the front which was lost by the install of the gibson style front layout
I freaking love that thing.
Self proclaimed Les Paul expert!!!
The white knobs make it look like something from a 60's Sears catalog. I didn't like them on my 66 Strat back then and switched to Tele knobs. Still have the Strat and put the stock ones back on to keep collectable.
Dig it WITHOUT the pickguard! Great for a production run. Carved top & binding on the custom shop version👍🏽.
The new 3-pickup PU Tele with the Bigsby is just nuts. 🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤
LES-CASTER I would rock it!!