The First Telecasters: the Blackguards, A Short History
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I've been haunted by the look and sound of blackguard telecasters since college. Mike Campbell's playing with Tom Petty cemented the idea that you can do it all with a Telecaster and as he uses a '51 "Nocaster" that's the image that has always stuck with me.
I've chased that down in my own guitars with a butterscotch Strandberg Sälen, modded to a have flat black guard. The combination of blackguard styling along with the amazing ergonomics of the Strandbergs is the perfect combination for me. But honestly, it's the invocation of those earliest Fender guitars that lights me up, just seeing it on the stand next to my writing station makes me smile.
It's very hard to squeeze a "more than a sketch but less than a collector's view" into a 30 minute video, but that's what I try to do with the Short History videos. See the live stream on this subject to talk about the stuff that didn't fit...or...God forbid...the stuff the references, and then I got wrong. :)
Thanks for watching.
Keith
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No matter what you play, if you can’t make a telecaster sound good, the problem isn’t the telecaster. If I had to have only one guitar and no more, it would be a tele. Legendary guitar.
Cow to play stood up, but I can’t stop taking one as my main live guitar!!
you arent wrong but an SG still sounds better
I didn't find my perfect telecasters till 2015. Id been looking since 1996 aha.
(with a Bigsby though...just in case)
Thankfully we don't have only 1 choice. I love my Tele, Les Paul, Strat, PRS.. :)
At Sam Ash in NYC, I asked a Fender rep about the guitar that Keith Richards plays. His eyes lit up, he pulled out a tweed case, handed me a '52 Reissue, and I was hooked immediately. I didn't intend to spend that kind of $ that day, but I eventually had to do it. Still love it today, almost 18 years later.
was it the legendary sam ash on west 48 street??
I had to choose earlier this year between a 52 Reissue and an Original 50s for my first "really nice" electric guitar. I chose the Original for its pickups and fat neck, but both played beautifully. The 52 disappeared from the shop within a couple months and is probably doing good work right now
Our guitarist suffered a catastrophic guitar wiring failure when recording our recent ep. His hollow body just gave up and he had to play the studio sessions with a borrowed black guard (not original 50s though). It didn't take long when he bought a reissue blackguard and now mostly plays that guitar. Truly a versatile instrument and pairs really well with a Fender tweed deluxe.
Forrest White was one of my closest friends in the early 1980's. We used have lunch
on Fridays, and he would tell stories of when he met Leo, and the early production woes.
He and Leo would have LOVED this video, and your detailed work is greatly appreciated!!!
THAT is excellent.
How interesting! I've loved learning Fender history since that time, an era long before the Internet and long before the deeply researched history books on Fender were published. There was very little solid information available back then for an outside observer. Forrest's book of the 1990s really opened my eyes, and even though it clearly was written from a very strongly personal perspective, I started putting together more of the dates and the names and happenings. He was taken too soon, if I recall, and you were lucky to have had such a good friend!
Man u have this knack for dropping these right when I seem to have that few minutes to give it my attention...just walked into the "studio" and low and behold... 😂...these have become a bright spot in my world Kieth as some of us just crave this kinda brain food..can't get enough... great topics beautifully done...much respect for your work and friendly nature...I hope kind words bring u the same feeling your channel brings me...ty brother
Thanks Eric! Great to have you in five watt world.
Funny, I have many Les Pauls, but when I’m playing Sabbath, I use a Tele with 9’s in C# tuning. Works perfectly!
✌️🤪🎸🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
About 45 years ago a friend asked me to babysit his Telecaster for a couple of weeks while he was out of town. I wasn't into electrics at the time and always preferred the look of a Strat. Nevertheless, thinking back on that heavily worn slab of ash with it's black guard I wonder what kind of treasure I'd been so dismissive of. Thank you, Keith, for your unique knack of making these pocket histories absolutely fascinating.
Five Watt World is where history buffs, and gear nerds meet. Love these dives into guitar history
Regarding Mike Campbell and Tom Petty, a favorite moment of mine from TV was when the Heartbreakers were on VH1 Storytellers the day their 1999 album *Echo* was released. During their performance of "You Don't Know How it feels", Mike was playing his Broadcaster while Tom was playing his '57. The lineup of those 2 with Howie Epstein and Scott Thurston with their respective bass and Stratocaster looked to me like the most awesome allotment of classic Fender instruments during the 90s.
When I started playing electric, it was all about Strats and LPs. That's what my heroes played (so I thought). I didn't know at the time that Jimmy Page played tele on the first Zep albums. I then spotted a nice '62 reissue tele in my local store and had to try it out. Ten minutes later, it was mine. I've since bought and sold other teles, and built my own tele-partscaster, which I'd never sell. For such a simple design, teles sound and feel so good, and they really are a lot more versatile than I used to imagine. Good video as always. Now excuse me while I go give my tele some love.
Currently enjoying a 2009 Squier Affinity Tele "'52 Butterscotch Blackguard" look-a-like, with its 1.5" thick body and top-loader hardtail six-saddle bridge. Best $50.00 I ever spent! (By the way, I'm 46 and just started learning, that's why I opt for such inexpensive instruments.)
I am a pro, been playing 50 years, and that’s what I use. Paid $100 for it though.
The Ken Burns of Guitar-Tube strikes again! Excellent work Keith, loved every minute of it. I started my Telecaster / Country Guitar Journey in 2019 (25 yrs into the hobby) and I haven’t looked back. Being a Nashville native, I grew up with the sound, but rebelled against it in my youth. Now, I love the Telecaster more than anything and have gained more fretboard knowledge on this path than I could imagine. It was the missing link in my music-mind that has allowed me to play through the changes, anywhere on the fretboard. Thanks 🙏🏻 Again!
"Ken Burns of guitar..." Man, that's excellent, wish I'd thought of that!
That’s perfect! I guess he just needs to include slow zooming/pans of old grainy black and white photos, accompanied by a sad, sorrowful single fiddle soundtrack.
I purposefully avoid the “Ken Burns” photo effect. Some things are sacred.
@@fivewattworld LOL! Understood.
Unexpected but very welcome inclusion of my childhood friend as a Tele user. Jules started with a bunch of big hollowbody jazzboxes but the fact that he can get such sweet warm tones out of almost the same guitar I play brash blues and punk rock with says a lot about the Telecaster's versatility.
Nothing beats a tele. I bought a strat because I needed that Stevie ray / Hendrix sound but I always find myself just playing my tele anyways while the new strat collects dust
Wow! This should be the definitive history of the early Telecasters. So much detail, it just can't be absorbed in 1 or 2 viewings. Thanks Keith.
Seriously. Same can be said of his entire series of 'Short History' vids. I've watched them all multiple times and I still learn new stuff every time I watch em 👍
TBH, Keith had a part in me deciding to even learn to play guitar. If it wasn't for me finding his channel(and a few others) and being enamored by all of the awesome guitars, I likely wouldn't have ever bought one.
I always say that my inspiration to learn to play is solely Duane Allman's doing. He inspires me more than any other. Along with that, it was the guitar channels that really gave me the confidence to go for it.
And TBH, it's one of the BEST decisions of my entire life. It's too much to write here but learning to play guitar changed my life for the better. Keeping it short, after the death of my only child in 2014, I didn't expect to ever genuinely feel joyful ever again. 5.5 years later, I buy my first guitar and learn that yes, I can still genuinely feel joy. First time since my daughters been gone. Today, I absolutely love my guitars and love playing guitar. It really did change my life.
@@blazer6248 I agree 100% and have had similar experiences since picking up my first guitar. Keith also inspired me to start my own TH-cam channel.
I have actually watched this video 49 times in the two hours it has been uploaded, and I still havn't absorbed most of the information. I guess watching it for a 50th time can't hurt.
Greetings from Nashville north, Louisville, Ky. Keith, you could read the phonebook and somehow I would find it interesting. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your hard work. It is obvious you spend a lot of time preparing for for each program.
Five Watt World is the “gold standard” for TH-cam programming!!!!!
Keep it up brother!!! Thanks again.
Agreed 👍....and furthermore seems to be a first class human being...the most important attribute in us all...while I love the history more than most I'd like to hear him play more often....but he's not another gear demo guy so it's not about his guitar playing...so I get it...just curious of his tone
I’ve never heard Louisville referred to as Nashville north. Is this actually a thing? If so for what reason? Proximity? Music scene?
Yep, I have to agree also. Keith's delivery comes across like he has known you since Kindergarten, and I really enjoy these videos.
@@johnlongdick9569
Hey John, Louisville was actually offered the grand old Opry before Nashville. In the early 1900s it was offered to WHAS radio in Louisville. WHAS replied to their offer saying they didn’t want honky-tonk music on their station. Also, the blue grass festival, it is held here and apparently some of the best bluegrass players in the world live here.
As for me (a guitar collector/player) it’s proximity. Nashville is two hours south with excellent guitar shops, you have Willcutt guitars in Lexington Kentucky (1-1/2 hour drive) Cincinnati has one of the best shops in the country and it is a 1 Hour Dr., Indianapolis at an hour and 45 minutes, last but not least Chicago, about a 4 Hour Dr.
I also think it is neat to see where some of these comments come from. I hope you found it interesting LOL.
@@mikepfeifer3687 thanks for your excellent reply! Makes me think of Jacksonville Fl being approached by Disney to build Disney World. The powers in Jax didn’t think it was a good idea.haha again thank you for your comment
Damn if it didn't happen again ... started getting emotional during the thank you outro. Call me an emotional sap but by the time you get to " ... and thank you for being a part of the Five Watt World", I'm fighting back tears. No other musical content (hell, no other content period) produces such a welling of emotion. Is it your delivery? The script? The heart felt thank yous? The clear passion for the gear that makes the music we love? Don't know but it has become a bit of a test to see whether it will happen when I tune in to the latest Five Watt World content. So far its happens every time.
Thanks for joining the Patreon David. Good to have you along for the ride.
At 10:22 in the video I misheard "New Telecaster" as "Nutellacaster"
That guitar would be delicious 😄
That's 'cause Tele Tone can be spread across damn near anything and still be tasty.......
That clip of Guthrie flattens me every time. Great video Amigo!
youre better then him
Life's a bowl of jelly with a Tele on my belly! Good stuff 5 Watt!!
So cool to find out about how those early solid bodies have a hand built feel. All through my youth we thought of Fender guitars as being factory products cranked out impersonally on an assembly line. Thank you as always for another excellent and informative video.
I’ve been waiting for this one. I got turned on to the Telecater back in the early 1980s when I went to work with the guitar legend Jerry Reed.
Happy to be a channel member Keith.
All I can say is.............SON!
Another great presentation. Informative and fun to watch. I have owned a '51 and '52 telecaster but my favorite is still my leather decorated '54 white guard. The thermometer cases are cool but you just can't beat a red lined tweed case. Thanks Keith.
Keith you found your calling in life! These videos should be part of American history! SO well made!
The Fender Telecaster is the greatest solid body electric of all time. The sound is so sweet its heavenly
It’s definitely the most utilitarian. But some Les Paul players might have something to say about the whole “greatest solid body” thing…
Keith, I truly admire your work and your detail-oriented production philosophy. one of the best channels on the platform. keep it up, and stay well.
I needed this video this morning. With the world falling apart (well Canada) this just brightened my day. I enjoyed a bit of normal. Thanks. Also the only guitar I regret selling and I've sold lots is my MIA tele. Vintage yellow with white pickguard and a Rosewood neck. I made my own Tele from scratch about 15 years ago. It will never be sold 😄
The US isnt too far behind you I'm afraid.
Merci for this video explaining what I've been listening to all my life.
I finally got my first Telecaster. I'm hooked.
Thank you Keith! Such great content! I'm always a bit disappointed that it has to end.
So I woke up this morning with a heavy drag on my mind. I’ve been thinking about selling a Fender American Pro butterscotch blonde with black guard I picked up on Craigslist a few years ago. I haven’t played it much lately because I have a Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele that I’m in love with with the exception of its weight (8 lbs 9 oz). My American Pro is lighter and more balanced. First video I see this morning is this Tele masterpiece you put together. Well the last 3 hours I’ve been engulfed in my American Pro plugged into my newly acquired Fender Twin Reverb Tone Master I also picked up second hand. The American Pro is going nowhere and I promised him I will spend more time with him. I put my Classic Vibe in her tweed thermometer case and told her it’s time to rest. I needed this video more than I realized. THANK YOU. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your videos. My order for a shirt is in the works.
Thanks Mike. I spent a bunch of time playing my tele style Strandberg today. I know ho you feel.
Another great history lesson, Keith. Always a treat to open up TH-cam and see a new five watt world video. I appreciate all the work that goes into these history lessons. Thank you!
I've been a massive Tele fan ever since i first heard Greg Koch perform his wizardry on a Tele. You can do literally anything on a Tele. Thanks Keith.
Oh man, how good is this! Yet again, thanks Keith - bloody brilliant.
Always look forward to 5WW short histories!
What a wonderful way to start this morning. Thank you for all your work and great content!
Keith, I absolutely loved this videos. Keep rocking it man. Some of the best content on the platform.
I lived my life as a Strat guy beginning with my first - a Japanese in 1985. I thought of Teles as inferior. I joined a band with two Strat players in 2009, so I decided to buy a Tele for contrast. I became a Tele guy at that point. There are more Teles in my current collection and in my future plans, Teles outnumber Strats. I love Strats, but from my first Tele, I became a Tele guy. Great video. Thx!
Excellent treatment of the blackguard- manufacturing, tone evolution, name changes, and formative players. I’ll be watching this cultural treasure a few times to absorb all the detail!
Hi Keith, thanks again for your efforts in educating us all.
What an outstandingly nerdy brilliant episode. Brilliant levels of detail! Superlative!
Thanks Keith, you sure have a way of giving the history. You bring the fastinating out to see. Thanks.
Thank so much for your short history’s they’re always informative. I especially enjoyed this one. The Telecaster is my favorite guitar.
Didn’t realize 25 minutes could go by so fast. Thanks again, Keith!
Thanks for another outstanding and enlightening edition of Five Watt!
Your work is so important and I'm glad I've found it. Thank you for keeping the history straight and sharing it.
Nice cover of the Fender blackguards, and thanks for rightly giving Forrest White the credit he deserves for moving Fender into a modern production facility.
Yes, Forrest was sort of glossed over until his own book was published. in the 1990s. You can really tell in that book that there were some grudges there, but subsequent deeply researched coffee table-style books about Fender history from other authors definitely give him the proper credit.
well my wife left with my dog, my mom got hit by a train in my truck but at least there's a new 5ww episode about the first telecasters.
Once again, Keith gives a fascinating and informative history that flies by. I really appreciate all you do, Keith. Thank you.
Awesomeness! I was just at Carter this last weekend, very cool to see them get in this. Excellent, as always, Keith!
Another great one Keith. Thanks.
Only Keith could tell me things about the Tele that I didn’t know. This video prompted me to review my book titled the fender telecaster by A.R. Duchossoir. Forwards by James Burton and Albert Lee. Thanks Keith👍🏻
Another fantastic video, Keith! Thank you so much!!
As always great content Keith. I have a soft spot in my heart for Tele based guitars and hoped you would do a short history on them. Thanks!!
Thanks Keith! I loved it!
The most important electric guitars! Always great videos Keith! Would love to see a short history of Larrivee guitars!
Fantastic, Keith. The history on the Tele is inspiring!
Another awesome Short History---thanks a lot!!
Great work again Keith! Love my blackguard, they are simply amazing!
Another great video Keith, many thanks.
I just can’t thank you enough for this amount of information
Once again, thank you for this video. I really like what you do. Always a formative insight into the history of guitars. Great stuff.
Very entertaining and informative. Ty all for your quality and efforts. 👍
Thank you so very much for this episode. I was having a stressful day and watching this was like a deep meditation. I got to spend time in the universe of my favorite thing: the black guard Fender Spanish style guitar. It was like visiting heaven. So again, thank you
Amazing as always - thanks!
Thanks again Keith, somehow these short histories cover all the guitar stuff that interests me. My Telecaster version is a G&L Classic S with a middle pickup. I always seem to come back to it even though I have a few other nice guitars. My dream would be to own an actual black guard though. By the way, any video with both Mike Campbell and the incredible Guthrie Trapp is an automatic winner! Thanks again...
Thanks for another great video! The Telecaster is my favorite and I so enjoy the detail you provide. By the way Vince Gill picked up his 53 for $400 years ago and still uses it today.
Another top notch video! Really impressed that fender was very receptive and helpful in the making of this video
As always - soooo inspiring and informative. Thanks.
Never fails...Movie paused. five watt world casted to TV! Love these videos! Great job, Keith!
I love your delivery!!!
I have a few of Jason Loughlins TrueFire courses and they do not disappoint!
Loving your channel, perfectly pitched , thank you
This was the best yet and has me grabbing me Tele...
Beautifully done. I actually watched it 2 1/2 times!
I've said this many times, how do I say the same thing over again? Informative, entertaining and concise history. Even for a bass player, I really enjoy these video essays. My favourite guitars to play along with have always been the Tele and the LP Junior. Top stuff as always Keith. 👌
good morning keith thank you for blessing my day with this telecaster goodness
straight to business mentioning Mike Campbell, I'm loving it! What a totally amazing player
Possibly one of the coolest videos ever made!!!! Thank you for sharing about the history of Teles!
I saw Julian play his telecaster a few years ago. Simply incredible!
Nicely presented. Thank you.
Another great episode! There definitely is something magical about a blackguard tele.
Thanks again for the knowledge!
Been saving this one. The amount of info you pack into 24:59 is astounding! Thanks, Keith.
Thanks Pete
A delight, Keith. The SH get better and better. Thanks.
Thanks for another great video Keith, and I have to say the audio is massively improved and sounds great!
Excellent video!
Incredibly interesting and informative.
Thank you.
As Always, Great work!
Thank you Keith and 5WW. Although I'll never be able to afford those beautiful vintage tele's, it's fascinating to learn about them. 🤘
James Burton played his famous Tele on one of my favorite albums, Masa Takagi's Take a Ten album from 1974. His amazing playing is all over it and it stands out the most
I really like your videos Keith. They are very informative and well put together. I always learn something.
Great Job.
I played a gig just this past Saturday with a guy who had a Custom Shop Nocaster reissue.
The instrument sounded beautiful, indeed!
Thanks again for the great history lesson!
I look forward to your next video regardless of the subject!
Have a restful Labor Day Weekend!
I picked up a Custom shop 52 No caster back in 06 and it’s been my go to for everything electric guitar ,
Thank you Leo , and thank you Kieth
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Again Kieth, very interesting as well as informative on this iconic guitar, much appreciated.
Good stuff, Keith! I love you, brother. Stay strong!
Tremendous instructional video Keith! Telecasters are pure magic 🤠
My favorite TH-cam channel covering my favorite guitars. Thank you!
This is great! Love these details history lessons. Thank you very much!
Wow! Your videos are getting better and better! Really good video, I've always wanted to know about the first telecasters
Excellent video as always!
I'm a big fan of all things Telecaster. My main instrument has been a 1993 MIM Tele with an EMG 81/85 set for years and years. The tone is modern and metal, but the feel is true Tele. It was my first new guitar purchase as a teenager and it will be buried with me.
Thanks for the great video Keith!
Thank You for the info Keith