the telecaster/broadcaster design is the most beautiful design Ive ever seen in a guitar, mostly because of its simplicity. That isnt to say I dont absolutely love a PRS wood library, but the tele just looks godlike
What is amazing about this video is the quality of the information but what it proves is that Leo Fender got it right 70 plus years ago and not a whole lot has changed really .
I was fortunate to have a really awesome year at work financially this last year and was able to treat myself to one of these in January. It's the heavy relic version and I have to say it's perfection in my hands. I have 13 other guitars, six of them are Telecasters, most I've owned for a good number of years, this one is the only one I'm playing currently. I thought I'd probably switch the control plate to the Tele version pretty quickly, but honestly, I love the blend knob function and the tones I get using just it and the bridge pickup, I'm going to just leave it as is. The tones of the two neck positions have a lot more contrast then you would think and the small tweaks they added in comparison to the original gives you more versatility than the original dark tone of the forward position. I could go on and on, I'll just say, it's not just another Tele, it has a distinct tone of it's own, and its a freaking awesome instrument, if you can swing it financially. it's worth the price tag!
@@theflamerising1767 It's chunky, but its not like the huge baseball bat necks found on some of the early black guards. My hands are pretty large, but my buddy has smaller hands and he was able to play it comfortably. Hope that helps
My dream is to have a guitar like that, because of Mike Campbell, who plays a lot with his Broadcaster. Only the Fender Custom Shop can make my dream come true, as I can't afford to buy the guitar.
Okay! I bought the guitar and damned if I can put it down!!!!!! I got the Time Capsule one and my God! What a beauty! I thought that I would take the pick guard off and underneath, if you shine the light just so, you can see that it was stamped “RELIC”! Lol I guess I saved it? Anyway, I couldn’t be happier with a guitar! Thank you! I guess mine was a “Team Build” job. Amazing guitar. Light too!
@Arthur Morgan, Formerly 4th Chairman I'm 56 with Diabetes FTR I'm leaving my guitars to a music for the disadvantaged yoots (RIP Fred Gwynne). A personal project I've worked on for 30+ years. Wish me luck on surviving though.
Had a bad breakup after college, sold my '54 Strat for a ticket and a stake, flew to the Virgin Islands with no guitar, tool belt and a knapsack....walkin' around, sitting in a pawn shop window... a nice ol' Esquire.
Simple, it's merely another way to remove money out of saps pockets. If you have a Fullerton guitar, you have a Fender. One of these, you don't. Simples.
The "lip" shown at 4:27 on an original Broadcaster, that little shelf under the neck, is not duplicated in this Broadcaster reissue. That lip was found on Broadcasters and Nocasters, but by the time of the Telecaster it had been evened up so it looked flush.
Hello! I have a 70 th custom shop broadcaster and it does have the lip like the originals. A friend of mine has another custom shop broadcaster and he doesn't have the lip. You know why?
@@nachofeijoo3343 Interesting. I can't account for the difference. I've looked closely at any 70th anniversary Broadcaster video I've seen and if I can catch a glimpse of that area, it has always been without the "lip."
Interestingly enough , Ron Thorn-the principal master builder at the Fender Custom Shop- his number one is a Squier strat. I think that is pretty awesome and a statement regarding gear in general.
My feelings TRUMP your facts People can spend money however they want. I personally think all of these fender retreads are astronomically overpriced, but to each his own.
I don’t know why that tone has been forgotten, because it’s the tone I’ve been looking for. My local store has a heavy relic left, at a major price, and my trigger finger is itching. This could be my forever electric . . .
I ended up getting a 60th anniv. 1959 Custom Shop Les Paul, and at the moment my AV 1964 Tele complements it well. But I am still in love with the tones in this video.
Is this the same colour as the Broadcaster 70 th anniversary not from the custom shop? I played one in my local guitar shop and it was gorgeous. See thru blonde not from the Custom Shop
Correction, radio was the predominant form of entertainment, but television had been in operation since 1928. The ever increasing popularity of TV in the late '40s and early '50s soon overtook radio and was certainly serendipitous as it afforded the latest in electrical transmission jargon, A.K.A. the "Telecast".
I've chosen to build myself one as a homage to Leo. Top notch components (body, my choice of neck carve, frets and radius, all licensed by Fender, pickups, electronics, bridge, saddles, bone nut): my own iteration... with a blender, cap and out of phase position, but without the logo ;-)
Store near me has both a Double Esquire and this Broadcaster. Specs are pretty much the same. Honest question: should there be an expected difference between them? Going to check them out soon...
The 10 k resistor is replacing the 15k correct? And the cap is .05. You said you put a less value cap. What value would it be. Please let me know I want to set up my wiring like this to have the blend.
Dear Fender, With Christmas coming up an' all.. Any chance of us mere mortals getting this special vintage wiring in a Classic Vibe version..? (Well, it was worth a shot...) Love what you guys are producing, major Fender fan here.. Keep it up and take care!
How does the neck compare to the current Fender American Original '50s Telecaster? I've played the '50s and love the neck shape, not too large but bigger than the professional line, but I can't get my hands on the '70s to compare the two. • •
They are quite similar. Maybe a tiny bit smaller than the original 50s, but for sure bigger than the professional line. I had an american professional telecaster, with the deep c neck, and it was around 0.83 at the 1st fret, while my broadcaster is 0.9 at the 1st fret, so it's fairly chunkier but still very comfortable. I eventually sold the Am Pro, but there is no way I'm selling this broadcaster, it's such a great guitar.
Vintage compound neck (grin) ... "not intentionally, but because it was made by hand and it happened to be precisely 7.25-9.5" ... Find me one, sir and I'll believe you!
@@brisson182 My brother, they’ll claim whatever it is in order for you to buy one. A vintage compound neck never existed. Who knows about guitars knows that. We all know they’re never perfect back then. That doesn’t mean it existed. Find me one and I’ll agree with you.
@@brisson182 By the way, 7.25-9.5 is a perfect neck. If that was true, why would take then so long to do it again and after some many other custom brands have already done it?
Man that e will give me issues with the narrow nut. I know this is my lack of experience and or control. It's great until I get into it and vibrato the e fretted notes. I am learning to use upward more motions but ...I still prefer they keep the 42 mm
This is donny Mathis Outkast guitarist who played on Aquaman album and Stankonia and speakerboxxx the love below I play a 72 fender Telecaster on outkast albums
i played one of those and the frets were very high and it had a really weird bass circut on the neck pickup and i didnt want to carry a 2500 dollar guitar around, flying on airlines in an anvil shipping case--alot of guitars came up missing in la guardia and j.k.k--but in 1976-77 that was the price for a broadcaster-- of course know its much more
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Mike was one of the BEST. He will be missed, immensely. ---R.I.P. Brother.
Gretsch drum kit in the back. Very tongue-in-cheek humor there, Fender.
That's cool looking kit.
@wildebest Yes. Mind blown.
wildebest - and they had to change the name from Broadcaster because Gretsch had a line of drums under the Broadkaster name.
exactly, I'm just explaining it further
Wow! Nice catch!
This is an Encyclopedic explanation of the original Broadcaster. Mind blown!
Beautiful release. And the drum kit in the back was a nice touch.
Cheers
Nice catch man!
the telecaster/broadcaster design is the most beautiful design Ive ever seen in a guitar, mostly because of its simplicity. That isnt to say I dont absolutely love a PRS wood library, but the tele just looks godlike
Can't argue with simple artistic beauty.
What is amazing about this video is the quality of the information but what it proves is that Leo Fender got it right 70 plus years ago and not a whole lot has changed really .
The Telecaster is the reigning king of electric guitars.
I could listen to this guy all day.
The guitar sounds great and that blend feature opens up plenty of unique sonic possibilities. Love it!
Why on earth would you get this guitar just to put modern wiring in it??? The vintage Broadcaster circuit is the coolest part about this guitar!!!
I thought that too
Agreed
The Broadcasters have outlived most of their original owners. There isn't many made products you can say that about.
Geez I wish all Teles had this strong of a tone...and the circuitry too. This thing sounds amazing.
That's why Lindy Fralin is around.
I just love to hear Mike play. To me, that’s the real deal.
I was fortunate to have a really awesome year at work financially this last year and was able to treat myself to one of these in January. It's the heavy relic version and I have to say it's perfection in my hands. I have 13 other guitars, six of them are Telecasters, most I've owned for a good number of years, this one is the only one I'm playing currently. I thought I'd probably switch the control plate to the Tele version pretty quickly, but honestly, I love the blend knob function and the tones I get using just it and the bridge pickup, I'm going to just leave it as is. The tones of the two neck positions have a lot more contrast then you would think and the small tweaks they added in comparison to the original gives you more versatility than the original dark tone of the forward position. I could go on and on, I'll just say, it's not just another Tele, it has a distinct tone of it's own, and its a freaking awesome instrument, if you can swing it financially. it's worth the price tag!
How fat is the neck? I’ve got medium size hands.
@@theflamerising1767 It's chunky, but its not like the huge baseball bat necks found on some of the early black guards. My hands are pretty large, but my buddy has smaller hands and he was able to play it comfortably. Hope that helps
Funny the Gretch drums are in the back since they sued fender over the broadcaster name
SanDanV ya I guess buying them out wasn’t the “last laugh” they were looking for lol
The lawsuit never happened.. Fender was told to stop using the name and fender obliged
@@Tim.Pierce this is the way I understand it as well.
"Now" who's laughing.
Also funny, doesn't Fender own Gretch now?
i love the off-script of this -- just a guy telling a story.
He should’ve stuck to the script he’s making stuff up!
I love this Mike louis I hadn’t realized he had passed RIP
Very well presented Fender. And that tone is amazing. Really helps when you have someone who can play doing the demo
Thanks for the feedback! 🤘
Fender has the best custom shop.
I think thats quite amazing that you could blend in the kneck pick up like that. Leo was a damn genius!!
The original and best. Now if only I could afford it...
Innes MacK ikr
My dream is to have a guitar like that, because of Mike Campbell, who plays a lot with his Broadcaster. Only the Fender Custom Shop can make my dream come true, as I can't afford to buy the guitar.
Man... I really like that blend knob. Super cool. Great story, too.
All you need is one type of electric guitar - a Telecaster. It plays everything. I personally have three! :D
If one plays everything, why do you need three? :D
@@kaiserthegreat Cause they’re pretty 🤩
Okay! I bought the guitar and damned if I can put it down!!!!!! I got the Time Capsule one and my God! What a beauty! I thought that I would take the pick guard off and underneath, if you shine the light just so, you can see that it was stamped “RELIC”! Lol I guess I saved it? Anyway, I couldn’t be happier with a guitar! Thank you! I guess mine was a “Team Build” job. Amazing guitar. Light too!
I'm putting money back and selling a few guitars and pedals I don't use. This guitar will be mine! And then a Tweed Deluxe by Christmas!
If we make it to Christmas
@Arthur Morgan, Formerly 4th Chairman I'm 56 with Diabetes FTR I'm leaving my guitars to a music for the disadvantaged yoots (RIP Fred Gwynne). A personal project I've worked on for 30+ years. Wish me luck on surviving though.
A Fender Custom Shop guitar is a must have for any serious guitar owner.
Unless you play literally any other genre than blues or country.
Had a bad breakup after college, sold my '54 Strat for a ticket and a stake, flew to the Virgin Islands with no guitar, tool belt and a knapsack....walkin' around, sitting in a pawn shop window... a nice ol' Esquire.
Mike Lewis know's what he is talking about ladies and gent's FACT...
I’ll take 12
Wooonderfull explained and played!!!
Thank you very much!!!
That Gretsch drum set looks very cool. I want it. That was a nice little easter egg.
How much does this differ from the Time Machine Custom Shop 1951 NoCaster (I have one of these)
Sounds thinner to my ears. 51 is the best to me.
Simple, it's merely another way to remove money out of saps pockets. If you have a Fullerton guitar, you have a Fender. One of these, you don't. Simples.
The "lip" shown at 4:27 on an original Broadcaster, that little shelf under the neck, is not duplicated in this Broadcaster reissue. That lip was found on Broadcasters and Nocasters, but by the time of the Telecaster it had been evened up so it looked flush.
Hello!
I have a 70 th custom shop broadcaster and it does have the lip like the originals. A friend of mine has another custom shop broadcaster and he doesn't have the lip. You know why?
@@nachofeijoo3343 Interesting. I can't account for the difference. I've looked closely at any 70th anniversary Broadcaster video I've seen and if I can catch a glimpse of that area, it has always been without the "lip."
what amp is he using in the video?
Really love the Tele -ness of this guitar!
Interestingly enough , Ron Thorn-the principal master builder at the Fender Custom Shop- his number one is a Squier strat. I think that is pretty awesome and a statement regarding gear in general.
1. Guitar sounds incredible
2. Didn’t know Buddy’s dad in Elf even worked for Fender
One of the best rewievs on youtube for sure! Great!
I love the guitar but I sprung for the Blonde Tele from the American Ultra series...Is it greedy to want a broadcaster too???
no
metalmover 1974 No, if you can get it, get it.
Yes, why you need 2 almost the same guitars, buy something different ffs
My feelings TRUMP your facts People can spend money however they want. I personally think all of these fender retreads are astronomically overpriced, but to each his own.
Hell no!
Has the twang with some killer bass to boot! And infinite adjustment options with the blending! Sweet axe! P[>
Adding extra electronics as an option for modern or vintage controls is really nice. At least if you dont like it, just swap it out easily
Those sounds are lovely! Some day, some day indeed...
#Goals 🤘
I think I will MASTERBUILD my own for about $700 or less. lol It does sound killer!!!!
I don’t know why that tone has been forgotten, because it’s the tone I’ve been looking for. My local store has a heavy relic left, at a major price, and my trigger finger is itching. This could be my forever electric . . .
Did you end up getting it?
I ended up getting a 60th anniv. 1959 Custom Shop Les Paul, and at the moment my AV 1964 Tele complements it well. But I am still in love with the tones in this video.
Get me that guitar
Been looking at these all week.... god damn it haha
Almost 3 years later I’ve bought a time capsule broadcaster. Ludicrously good instrument
YES! Love that blackguard sound!
The best part is that I'll only have to sell one kidney to afford this.
You can pay it monthly on sweetwater.. hahaha
And if you wanted a real vintage broadcaster, you’d have to sell both!
Boohoo
@@amritjanardhanan And part of the liver and an eye
And still cheaper than a standard les Paul
Sounds awesome!!
🤘
Thanks a lot for giving us a background to the instrument. Where 'm not able to grasp all of the info but it was so good to hear the story!
The last Fender Broadcaster before the Nocasters is for sale at Carter Guitars as of 15April23
Ironically without this fender id never had heard of the gretsch drumkit
I want this guitar.
Man that tone
Now that you mentioned it, I miss the American Vintage series... 😢
Is this the same colour as the Broadcaster 70 th anniversary not from the custom shop? I played one in my local guitar shop and it was gorgeous. See thru blonde not from the Custom Shop
I want it 😍
🤘🎸
Wow
OK, Fender, how about a NOS stock Esquire similar to the Jeff Beck played with the Yardbirds.
Bring that to 🇵🇭
12 months installment!!
Wish they gave neck parameter options on these. Neck just a bit to small. Beautiful sound.
Thats the tone.
BWAHAHHAHAA THE GRETSCH IN THE BACK!!! 🤣🤣🤣
I can only hope this means we will finally get a blackguard, butterscotch blonde Esquire at Summer NAMM.
Correction, radio was the predominant form of entertainment, but television had been in operation since 1928. The ever increasing popularity of TV in the late '40s and early '50s soon overtook radio and was certainly serendipitous as it afforded the latest in electrical transmission jargon, A.K.A. the "Telecast".
Love it, would be nice to know amp/signal chain if possible.
I've chosen to build myself one as a homage to Leo. Top notch components (body, my choice of neck carve, frets and radius, all licensed by Fender, pickups, electronics, bridge, saddles, bone nut): my own iteration... with a blender, cap and out of phase position, but without the logo ;-)
Best Tele I’ve ever heard 😳
James Caan really went heavy on the Tats after Efl.
I just bought this guitar and it came with modern wiring... I’m confused, is there different models of this anniversary release?
Store near me has both a Double Esquire and this Broadcaster. Specs are pretty much the same. Honest question: should there be an expected difference between them? Going to check them out soon...
Well ??? Is and if so what exactly ??
Great tone on this one. Really like it.
❤️🤘
Awesome, who would not want one.... ????????????
That sounds NICE!!!!
So...when the switch is in the middle position and it's on the neck pickup, what does the blend knob do in that situation?
Bugger all
The 10 k resistor is replacing the 15k correct? And the cap is .05. You said you put a less value cap. What value would it be. Please let me know I want to set up my wiring like this to have the blend.
Are you going to make them left handed?
Great demo of the tones, just what we purists want to hear but seldom get.
Telecaster very top guitar ❤️❤️❤️
Are the 50-51 pickups available on their own? I haven't been able to find them unless they've been removed from the guitar.
Dear Fender,
With Christmas coming up an' all..
Any chance of us mere mortals getting this special vintage wiring in a Classic Vibe version..?
(Well, it was worth a shot...)
Love what you guys are producing, major Fender fan here..
Keep it up and take care!
That "2 piece ash body" flashed up there suspiciously quick. lol This sounds great!
I love my Butterscotch Blonde American Special Telecaster
How does the neck compare to the current Fender American Original '50s Telecaster? I've played the '50s and love the neck shape, not too large but bigger than the professional line, but I can't get my hands on the '70s to compare the two.
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They are quite similar. Maybe a tiny bit smaller than the original 50s, but for sure bigger than the professional line. I had an american professional telecaster, with the deep c neck, and it was around 0.83 at the 1st fret, while my broadcaster is 0.9 at the 1st fret, so it's fairly chunkier but still very comfortable. I eventually sold the Am Pro, but there is no way I'm selling this broadcaster, it's such a great guitar.
Great presentation my friend
Gretsch also came out with a Broadcaster guitar. Get both, and become The Ultimate Broadcaster.
Vintage compound neck (grin) ... "not intentionally, but because it was made by hand and it happened to be precisely 7.25-9.5" ... Find me one, sir and I'll believe you!
He said that’s what they went with for this guitar but the old ones were never perfect
@@brisson182 My brother, they’ll claim whatever it is in order for you to buy one. A vintage compound neck never existed. Who knows about guitars knows that. We all know they’re never perfect back then. That doesn’t mean it existed. Find me one and I’ll agree with you.
@@brisson182 By the way, 7.25-9.5 is a perfect neck. If that was true, why would take then so long to do it again and after some many other custom brands have already done it?
it sounds pretty good!
Fantastic!
😍
Man that e will give me issues with the narrow nut. I know this is my lack of experience and or control. It's great until I get into it and vibrato the e fretted notes. I am learning to use upward more motions but ...I still prefer they keep the 42 mm
Just got mine and instead of a complete extra control pannel I got a bag with a tiny resister in it.
Pretty nice very solid guitar! I would like to see the wiring diagram.
WOW!
Where can i buy these pickups are they sold separately.
SD Stl1-B
@@keithclark486 I ended up buying the guitar.
like playing all sorts apart from heavy metal. my favourite tele has to be my custom all rosewood tele.
This is donny Mathis Outkast guitarist who played on Aquaman album and Stankonia and speakerboxxx the love below I play a 72 fender Telecaster on outkast albums
Thanks I wish I still had her
Amazing!!!!!!
Appreciate that! 🤘🎸
Is this wiring configuration ONLY in the Custom Shop guitar?
@Fender
Is the body satin or glossy?
I want one more than anything
i played one of those and the frets were very high and it had a really weird bass circut on the neck pickup and i didnt want to carry a 2500 dollar guitar around, flying on airlines in an anvil shipping case--alot of guitars came up missing in la guardia and j.k.k--but in 1976-77 that was the price for a broadcaster-- of course know its much more
So it’s not a good guitar?