Is The Richie Kotzen Tele Worth It?
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I commented on here earlier but one other thing I really liked about this guitar is the fact that Richie actually uses it… a lot. If you see Richie play live or in his videos there’s a 75% chance he’s using this guitar. You’ve got guys like Bonamassa with a dozen “signature” models but in real life he’s using vintage gear nobody could afford. Richie didn’t just sign a deal for Fender to use his name, he designed the guitar for himself and his guitar is literally an off the shelf model.
And when he is not using his tele, his using his stratocaster signature model. To reinforce what you just said, this say a lot!
Just ordered myself one for my 12th year sober anniversary! This video sealed the deal for me. Thanks..
Congrats on both accounts!
Congrats man!!
Good for you my man, we all struggle with something. keep it up
congratulations hang in there
Sounds like a great way to save money for guitars!
I mean besides overcoming the darkness of addiction, a kudos.
Just watched Winery dogs play in Nashville. Front row and met them all before the show. It was amazing
Such a genuinely beautiful telecaster! Usually "beautiful tele" means "cool looking, but still ugly, guitar ". But this one is both cool AND beautiful! Ha! Want it.
I couldn’t disagree more. It sounds great and I love a big neck but I hate the flame and gold hardware.
I saw them live in Dallas! Front row but didn't get to meet them before hand :( really wish I could've though. It was probably my favorite concert to date
@@joseph_lacy It was awesome man. They're all cool down to earth guys. I actually met them on accident.
@@joseph_lacy long story lol
I purchased one a couple months ago. Took me a couple weeks to get used to the softball bat sized neck. I have found myself playing ikon the neck position 90 percent of the time. The twang king sounds phenomenal through my VOX AC30 amp. Craftsmanship was spot on and couldn’t be happier with my purchase. Well done Fender
Is yours neck-heavy? I've heard some were and its something that's stopping me from getting one.
This makes me want to buy this guitar. Richie is my favorite musician of all time but you showed the guitar off so well..
This is one of the best looking Tele's i've ever seen and it also sounds great, a rock machine!
I believe I’m learning that you buy a Strat for the neck pickup (and the quack) and a Tele for the bridge pickup. Oh yeah, and a Jazzmaster and a Jaguar and a Mustang… 🤑
And you never ever convince yourself that a Nashville Tele can replace both. They just don't. They're their own thing.
They had one in my local guitar center and I played it on multiple trips. I was so close to pulling the trigger. Never knew who Richie Kotzen was nor had I heard Winery Dogs before. I'm now a fan of both.
Your growth as a player is noticeable. I don’t often watch your videos but I was pleasantly surprised with this one.
Stoked for you man. You know me, I love Teles and Dimarzios haha. You get great sounds with that.
That's the best sounding Tele I've ever heard,I bought 1,2 years ago,and through a Peavy Valve King with just the natural drive from the amp,it's the perfect blues rig.
I’ve had this guitar for about 4 years now. It’s also my go to guitar, and my personal favorite. It sounds and feels so incredible.
That is without a doubt a really pristine looking tele compared to the more traditional models. Also really blues and rocking sounding when in the hands of a skilled player indeed. I would get one if I had the funds honestly, already now owning a normal tele! Great video my man!
I bought this guitar about 6 months ago....unreal piece of art and sound. I get tons of compliments on its look, tone and twang
Well worth the money...a keeper
I've had one for 18mths and the hardware still looks new. Love it. Build quality is custom shop level.
The biggest neck I have is an Epiphone Dot. Feels great, I would love a Tele with one like that. That Kotzen Tele is a thing of beauty man. Congrats!
For what it's worth, I've seen Richie's Tele up close, and he has both pickups set very low height-wise, almost flush with the pickguard, so you were right to drop the pickup height.
Going to see Richie and the Dogs tonight. I have a RK tele and love it as well.
Oh I have that too it’s a beast very versatile!🤘🔥🤘
Sounds very similar to my 91 American Tele; I replaced the standard rear pickup with a SD Hotrail version in the bridge years ago, flipped the control plate and pots so I could swell the volume easier and never looked back. I love the body cutaway in this guitar though....
Amazing. I have a tele and I was on the fence about hot rodding it. But, after hearing that ; it's on......Great vid and nice playing . BTW I love that semi- vintage Kotzen riff.
THAT'S A GREAT TELE!
Thanks for sharing brother!
Well!!!!! I’m picking one up today, and can’t wait, great video and of course great playing thanks 👍🏻
Awesome vid! You convinced me man!
Please do some Richie style lessons! You do a great job emulating him
Been wanting one of those for a while now. Thought about just buying the pickups and dropping them in a Slick SL50, but would rather have the real thing.
Love mine! Had it a couple years now and gold plating on bridge plate has worn. I changed bridge pu to SD Pearly Gates awhile back and absolutely kills. Nothing at all wrong with chopper T just always been a Pearly Gates fan.
Love your playing mate!
Can you tell us what gear you are playing the Richie Tele thru? Thanks for the review, looking at one of these now, I have an US Made Elite Tele with a Seymour Duncan Hot Rail PU in the bridge and a Seymour Duncan double stack in the neck and absolutely love it thru my rig, I am certain this axe won't be much different - Cheers
Thanks for sharing , love this guitar. Been looking for a tele but also interested in that Friedman T ...they’re priced differently though. Love the thick neck , big hands here.
Any recomendation?
Thanks for this video. Been debating getting one of these. One in my Guitar Center. Think I will pull the trigger.
The Japanese guitars are insane! Their factories run like the most well oiled machine ever. Japan is where lean 6 sigma was invented after all.
Great video man. Made my decision to get one much easier. Well “played” lol.
Tried one of these a couple weeks ago. Love the look, neck way too thick imo (and I have a bunch of different guitars and size necks). Not sure if it was supposed to be this way, but the pickup selector went opposite (forward was the bridge). Tones were decent though. Also loved the arm contour idea, more fender teles should have that.
Yes it's worth it's my favorite looking guitar like seriously and the tone is fantastic I want this guitar as my secondary yes secondary because I still want a strat as my main
Hi there. I'm new to your channel but just wanted to say that this was awesome. I really dig Richie Kotzen's playing and this guitar is beautiful indeed. Your playing was great too!
I loved playing that guitar too and yes the neck really is a hand full.
Such a sexy guitar, i've always wanted one, seeing this hasn't helped that matter! haha
Hi. Would like to know if you had any issues with the bridge pickup on your Ritchie Kotzen Tele? Went to collect mine couple of days ago and it was buzzing and humming like a nest of angry bees. Hope its just a defective piece and not the norm. Your feedback on yours will be appreciated. Thanks!
Sounds amazing. Played one of these a while back and really loved it. If I had the money for a new guitar this would probably be my first choice for a Tele, although I'm not sure if I could get along with the thickness of the neck.
I got one in November for a smoking deal(900 Canadian) but it needed some TLC. It was missing the gold hardware and had been rewired improperly. It had a 4 way switch that only had two settings. I stuck with the 4 way and changed the switch plate to have the volume in front and the switch at the back. I am gonna put gold hardware back down the road. But I love the neck and I love the pick ups. I set the pickup height to factory and put on pure nickel strings and it is perfect. I ,play it into a Traynor YCS90 and it is heaven on the clean channel for music that is country leaning.
Love the outro! any chance of doing a video on that? :D
I have one but replaced the pickups with a set of Lollars. I also swapped the three way for a four way and added a tone control
Good to know about the neck profiles, as a dude with larger mitts I have the same issue. I was thinking either a Dave Friedman or a Warmoth replacement neck. But these are super cool.
Great video Thanks , Answered my questions about this guitar and pickups , Sounds frikkin great , what amp were you plugged into ,, if you dont mind me asking , sounded badass
I heard some great Eric Johnson riffs and tones between 3:05 and 3:24, plus really touch sensitive, too.
I own one myself, and I have small hands and my palm is longer than my fingers. But it still feels amazing to play once i bought it i played it non stop. I would recomend it, if you have the money for it of course ;) Felt like i had to buy one when Richie Kotzen is my favorite guitarist and one of my biggest influences
Dude same. For how big I am I have small hands, but I honestly don’t know what people are on about with this tele. It’s a dream to play. If I can play it and if Tash Sultana who’s all of 5 feet tall can shred on it then the neck isn’t a problem for small hands.
I have small hands and I'm unsure whether to buy it
Still loving my RK Sig Tele, I had to make a few changes. American wiring Heavy duty 3 way switch, Replaced the Twain king neck pickup with the Dimarzio Area T a true double stack. The Area T and the Chopper T go together
Very helpful thank you Robert
that is most definitely the best Tele I've ever heard. It also really helps that Robert is an awesome guitarist.
Hi I have an American deluxe 2014 (corona California) I have been looking at the richie Tele, how different is the neck mine is a modern neck!
man that od tone was killer!
By winding the pickup down do you mean lowering it in the pickguard or actually unwinding some of the coils on the pickup?
Moon Child he means lower the pickup height so it’s farther away from the strings.
Best teles ever!!! I have 3 of them.
Where is the 7th drop D tuner as Ritchie has on his or do they have them and they are too expensive .?
Anyone knows what he meant by wounding the neck pickup down for it to be warmer? I'd really appreciate the info, cheers!
The jumbo frets and baseball bat neck inspired me when I played it at GC. I dont need it. But its what I'll buy if I decide to get another guitar. It is different and the build is so solid!
Beautiful guitar. Just wondering how the Dimarzio chopper compares to the Seymour Duncan hot rails.
I got one like 14 years ago and never changed guitar ever since and I played all kind of genre with it. The thing that kept bothering me through the years is the weight in live situations. It's the heaviest guitar I've ever played and jumping/moving on stage while keeping the fingers where they need to be is like trying to drink a cup of tea on a roller-coaster
But otherwise this guitar is heavenly
Is it heavier than a les paul?
I have one, and it is my go to guitar currently. The neck is the best feeling neck to me and the sound is killer
I hav e been playing this tele for years and agree with you 100%. But you let the secret out!! I had a kotzen strat and the neck is NOT the same, sadly. The strat neck much thinner but it had the 12 radius like the tele. ITs also a heavy stretch like this tele is although the one I have, after going through about 4 of them is under 8 lbs and will never be sold!!! Great vid, thanks
Have you gotten use to the neck? I had to sell my RK Tele due to the fact that I could just never bond with it. My dream tele now is a RK spec'd guitar with an elite neck and an actual tone knob.
Robert..I loved tge guitar when I played it. Except 1 thing. The neck is a little too big for my hands. Can you recommend another Tele close to this .
Hey Robert. I just found a strat pickguard loaded with Richie Kotzen dimarzio's at guitar center- via Google.
Maybe you can build your own RK strat
I adore the guitar and the player from the start of his Carreer from 1989.
Electric Joy is my fav album and Slow Blues is my fav song 👍
Fever Dream and MHFR are my favorites, discovered him just around that time. I love the style he played on those albums! Totally unique and beautiful.
The best Tele Fender has in their lineup right now for less than 2k. Richie Kotzen is a monster player, he and Fender designed an amazing guitar
It is nice. I like the parallel universe American Elite also. .so versatile..
Got my RK for $1200 on Reverb. Spent $60 on setup which included grinding down those infernal Fender saddle height adjuster screws aka palm bleeders. Plays like a dream now.
Robert, the neck is a deep C like a '59 burst rather than the really deep U. I find the Tele's neck more inspirational but really like the RK Strat neck also. If you have tried a Fender Ed O'Brien Strat, the RK is similar but maybe a mm or two thinner.
Bought that guitar last month. And i must say. The neck is thick but coming from an ibanez user and ltds. It feels weird because i feel more comfortable with my RK tele. I have more to grab on. I bought it because its beautiful. But now i love it because it is my best guitar so far. I love everything on this guitar.
is the chopper t produce a hum on a high gain settings without using gate? thanks in advance!
The first five seconds you played, I said: it's a winner!
I love that GUITAR....
I just got one, it's got some really unique quirks to it imo. I like it more than an ESP Ronnie Wood I've had. I'm a huge tele fan and my other tele is a super modern Aristides t/0 and they compliment each other really well in that neither sound like traditional teles but the Kotzen is so muscular sounding.
What a killer tone! Which amp/effects are you going through?
Besides everything you said, it is gorgeous!!!! its way too beautiful
Nice playin! Great tele! Subs!
Mine arrives tomorrow.....can't wait
Love the outro bit ... tasty.
Without a doubt my most used guitar, love it
Awesome vid 👍🔥🎸🦅
That's a great sounding guitar fo sho!
Hi Mr. Baker and God bless. I have a question. If the neck pickup was to bright, how wounding it down fixed the issue? Don’t pickups get brighter the les wounds they have?
The pickups further from the string means that there’s less output 👍
The neck pickup sounds killer now. The Chopper T sounds great too. It's clear & percussive yet very thick sounding. I would love a RK Tele I just know I'd have to change the neck. I have big hands but I still don't like fat necks. Modern C is my bag.
Hey Robert thanks for your fantastic demo even though I'm already a RK telecaster owner & " true believer " it Really IS a Badass Do-it-all Tele !! I'd Love to know what your running through to achieve your awesome Badass Juicy Tone !!! obviously your fantastic playing & great Hands tone are a big part of it but I'd Love to know your signal path ta & the Kotzen Tele is a big Go-To guitar in my live & studio work $ I did actually my guitar Tech did swap out the rotary series-parallel switch & we put in a CTS 250k tone pot & a little upspec rewire & it gives the guitar a whole Lotta Love in the tonal flexibility dept & found I could balance the Neck pickup a little better with the Bridge & just round off the note & get that cool subtle "squish' on the nose of the note for great Blues tones !! look forward to more brother all the best cheers from Downunder ChrisDBlues
I know this is 3 years old. But, Fender does make the RK Strat. They have them in a store here in Singapore. The neck is similar if a little more comfortable. I want one of these Teles. I played one in the store and fell in love with the neck.
Hey Robert, you have so many posts I don’t catch them all, but I understand you no longer have this telecaster (I think I have that correct), what made you give this one up?
I'll take 2 please. One for work and one for home.. love watching your vids bro 🎸 🎸. Keep rocking 💪
Killer tone. What are you playing it through? Thanks
Great sound...
Here's some of the guitars I have
Ibanez JS1000
Washburn N4 Paduak
59 Kossoff VOS Les Paul
Eric Johnson Strat from 2005
Kotzen Tele
John Mayer Strat
I have a few more but I can tell you this without a doubt, if my house was on fire I'd grab the Tele first and the EJ strat second
Even though I don't have giant hands but the neck on this just feels so organic that you cant help but play without a pick. I would recommend it to ANYONE.
Just replace the neck pickup with a tele-sized mini-humbucker and, voila! 😃
Great playing btw!
great video!!!
"So rich, so full"....you sir have a great ear!
Loved this video, would love to see a comparison with the Brad Paisley Tele
It sounds absolutely killer!
What are you using for your amp, FX, etc.? Your overdriven sound is fantastic!
Would also love to know.
This year, I decided to purchase a Fender Telecaster and sold all the rest of my guitars (Vigier GV, Musicman Reflex, PRS CE24). I bought this model and believe me, even if I am a huge fan of Richie Kotzen, this is not the reason I bought this guitar. The neck is just perfect ! I am so tired of those narrow slim neck profiles which are supposed to make you play faster ! this one is not as big as I would have liked, but this is a godsend ! a nice wide and big piece of maple ! the electronic is just so versatile. You can play very nice clean stuff, very powerful lead tones and to play the blues, it sound just perfect. I was hesitating between this model and the Reverend Gristlemaster, but since this brand is no longer available in my country ... the choice was obvious. This is the only one guitar I own now and I can play all the stuff I want.
Robert, if ya check eBay as of 5/14, there's a used Kotzen Strat direct from Japan for under $1100.
Is that the way the bridge pickup sounds naturally without any pedals and amp settings?
Dimarzio Area Tele neck pickup is the best I've tried.
Silent and clear. No mud.
I love the neck pickup on the RK Tele... really squishy and lush. Switch to middle position and instant gain boost mid range bark. Really versatile axe and gorgeous. MIJ is no hype!
I couldn't buy that guitar, so I bought a 2tsb US tele and have systematically converted it in to something similar. Same pickups, new saddles, 12" radius neck, locking tuners. Hell yeah. I put a push/push pot in the volume position that is also a series/parallel, so I still have that no-load tone pot. I wasn't aware of the arm contour though, that's rad.
Jeff Loomis recently posted that this is the guitar he's been playing a lot lately