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 .
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 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.
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."
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.
@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.
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.
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.
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 ;-)
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!
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.
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.
Really like this one. The time and thought Went into building and selecting the pick ups Really make this Tele shine! I'll take mine shiny and new. Don't really care for the relic trend. Still a very very! nice Telecaster. Go Fender!🍕🍺🏆
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".
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.
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!
Mike was one of the BEST. He will be missed, immensely. ---R.I.P. Brother.
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 .
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!
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! 🤘
I just love to hear Mike play. To me, that’s the real deal.
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.
Man... I really like that blend knob. Super cool. Great story, too.
I think thats quite amazing that you could blend in the kneck pick up like that. Leo was a damn genius!!
I love this Mike louis I hadn’t realized he had passed RIP
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 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
The Telecaster is the reigning king of electric guitars.
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.
Wooonderfull explained and played!!!
Thank you very much!!!
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!
That Gretsch drum set looks very cool. I want it. That was a nice little easter egg.
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
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?
The Broadcasters have outlived most of their original owners. There isn't many made products you can say that about.
One of the best rewievs on youtube for sure! Great!
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!
The original and best. Now if only I could afford it...
Innes MacK ikr
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!
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.
Been looking at these all week.... god damn it haha
Almost 3 years later I’ve bought a time capsule broadcaster. Ludicrously good instrument
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 🤩
Those sounds are lovely! Some day, some day indeed...
#Goals 🤘
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.
Fender has the best custom shop.
I want this guitar.
1. Guitar sounds incredible
2. Didn’t know Buddy’s dad in Elf even worked for Fender
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.
Ironically without this fender id never had heard of the gretsch drumkit
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
Man that tone
I want it 😍
🤘🎸
I think I will MASTERBUILD my own for about $700 or less. lol It does sound killer!!!!
BWAHAHHAHAA THE GRETSCH IN THE BACK!!! 🤣🤣🤣
YES! Love that blackguard sound!
Sounds awesome!!
🤘
The last Fender Broadcaster before the Nocasters is for sale at Carter Guitars as of 15April23
Great tone on this one. Really like it.
❤️🤘
Mike Lewis know's what he is talking about ladies and gent's FACT...
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.
Best Tele I’ve ever heard 😳
I’ll take 12
Great presentation my friend
Bring that to 🇵🇭
12 months installment!!
Love mine!
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.
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
Get me that guitar
Wow
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 ;-)
Thats the tone.
Now that you mentioned it, I miss the American Vintage series... 😢
That "2 piece ash body" flashed up there suspiciously quick. lol This sounds great!
That sounds NICE!!!!
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!
Has the twang with some killer bass to boot! And infinite adjustment options with the blending! Sweet axe! P[>
James Caan really went heavy on the Tats after Efl.
Great demo of the tones, just what we purists want to hear but seldom get.
Awesome, who would not want one.... ????????????
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!
Enjoyed your video
I can only hope this means we will finally get a blackguard, butterscotch blonde Esquire at Summer NAMM.
Wish they gave neck parameter options on these. Neck just a bit to small. Beautiful sound.
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.
it sounds pretty good!
Love it, would be nice to know amp/signal chain if possible.
Great review!!
Really like this one.
The time and thought
Went into building and selecting the pick ups
Really make this Tele shine!
I'll take mine shiny and new. Don't really care for the relic trend. Still a very very! nice Telecaster.
Go Fender!🍕🍺🏆
OK, Fender, how about a NOS stock Esquire similar to the Jeff Beck played with the Yardbirds.
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.
Fantastic!
😍
I love my Butterscotch Blonde American Special Telecaster
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
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".
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.
@Fender
Is the body satin or glossy?
I want one more than anything
Sweet
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.
I just bought this guitar and it came with modern wiring... I’m confused, is there different models of this anniversary release?
Are you going to make them left handed?
WOW!
I can't seem to find if that compound radius is on all the 70th's or only on the customshop ones.. Fender?
Bokke Rypma just on custom shop. Standard production job is 7.25 all the way up the neck.
Amazing!!!!!!
Appreciate that! 🤘🎸
Is this wiring configuration ONLY in the Custom Shop guitar?
cool
Nice, thanks..
😍🎸
@@fender what amp is he playing through and are there any pedals involved?
Pretty nice very solid guitar! I would like to see the wiring diagram.