Why Teles Are Special & Why You NEED ONE!
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So should we do more of these? Maybe a Les Paul episode next :)
Yes. please do
Yes yes yes !!
Yeah, i really liked hearing the history behind the guitars. I was thinking strat for the next episode to keep with the fender theme, but a les paul episode would be really cool too
Please!!!
Yes to the guitars players must have + the styles of pickups players need. Humbuckers, P90s.
"Nothing sells more Les Pauls than Jimmy Page's Telecaster"
Why can't you buy a T-style in Afghanistan? Because of the tele ban.
ahahah good one dude !
That's a funny one bro lol
126 ppl are white
@@leamog what is that supposed to mean ?
leamog uh?
Unpopular opinion: the telecaster neck pickup is the juiciest pick up and it’s more versatile than the bridge.
S.A.M. I agree
It's an acquired taste for sure, can't say I agree tho
This is not even unpopular
@@yonathanalvarez5805 true
Idk if thats unpopular or not but all I can say is I'm definitely in love with a tele neck and wouldn't have bothered with a tele if it wasnt for it
You gave us a history of the Tele, but you didn't cover why they were special or why we need one.
Disclaimer: I own more than 1. :-)
I guess I wasn't the only one who thought that.
Like beato just going through the different parts of a song to show why it's great, which he does sometimes, rather than any analysis.
@@theoriginalheartstrummer I think they're alluding to the video title though.
My first Tele is said to arrive tomorrow.
What colors are yours ???
I've been playing through my teles bridge for so long I forgot what my neck sounds like.
Well - when you vomit it sounds something along the lines of "HUUUARRRRRHUHUHAARRRREWWW!"
@@whynottalklikeapirat - **Mic's neck with sm57**
@@sirkayda7205 You might wanna go with two different mics for a luxurious wide ranging palette of tone potential
@@whynottalklikeapirat - Good deal. Gotta capture some Sub "Guuuu" some throaty Mid "uuurrrrrrr" and some High end airy "gggggleeeee"
@@sirkayda7205 It can be a real challenge to faithfully reproduce the authentic, throaty, spitty sound of an open fuzz face. Equipment is one thing but timing is everything. At least they clean up nicely, even with the trademark growl.
Your best video ever!! 😁
Absolutely loved it!
Btw I believe rosewood was added because players hated how gross the worn maple looked on B&W TV :)
Now Fender charges 5k for that look 😂
Thanks, dude and hahaha that's probably true!!! and hilarious!
The Rainforest Eco crowd has driven the Rosewood Price through the roof.
Awww I love the look of a extra worn maple/ lacquered neck!
Relic guitars are a bit of a joke imho. Why would anyone want to look like a fake-ass? 'They became popular recently' is all I need to know about anything and those buying them.
@Argle Bargle
Exactly. That’s how I felt when “distressed” jeans became a thing.
I was looking at some hung on a rack. The holes were all in the exact same place. I pictured wearing them, running into someone with the same freaking wear patterns and holes on their overpriced denim. What?!
Then came the relic guitars. Yay. I sure want my pre-beat up axe to look just like yours AND pay a premium for that privilege.
I got my first guitar today for my birthday and I bought I tele!!
congrats!
Enjoy!
Congrats! You won't regret it.
👍👍👍👍👍
My first electric one will be a T too 😋
Another outstanding video, Mr. Baker. Thank you.
Coming in to my own musical taste in the late ‘70s to early ‘80s, adding Clash and Pretenders albums to the hand-me-down Stones and Springsteen LPs my older sister gave me, when I picked up a tennis racquet to play rock star, I always envisioned a Tele in hand.
Now, a full grown (well, age-wise) adult, I own and play 3-one traditional 2 pickups, a Nashville set-up with 3 pickups and tremolo bar, and a third with P-90s. Getting old isn’t really so bad after all. Peace!
Actually, Robert, Fender does not own Gretsch, it is still owned by the family. Gretsch is distributed by Fender. It's a pretty common misconception.
Building my own tele at this very moment- finishing and polishing before assembly. Can't wait to hear how she sounds. Thanks for this vid to tide me over!
When i first started playing guitar i hated the T shape. But now i have 3 teles and cant get enough of them
That happened to me but with Les Paul shaped guitars lol. I have 2 of them and I'm trying to keep from wanting another and I just can't lol
The tele shape *is* ugly, primitive, uncontoured, uncomfortable... The tele, I think, is awesome *in spite* of its shape - not because of it!
It's such a fluke, the telecaster. A happy... not accident, but... Let's just say, it was a fortunate fluke by Leo Fender.
...I don't think he meant to design a guitar with so much 'tude in its tone. It positively bristles and simmers with this funky growl - that, surely was not the intention for what was more a guitar for swing than rock. Cos Rock didn't even exist - not really.
I had the same impression and it took me 15 years to finally give in. It's not my favorite guitar but it shares the 2nd place with my LP. First for me comes a custom made Strat style with special split able hotrods. It's just so versatile.
The chords at the beginning where so breathtakingly beautiful!
Yes! Plus the alternate picking right at the end - sounded a bit like Andy Summers, during his days with The Police.
They are were..
The into and extro were just breathtakingly amazing, yet simple, bits of music. And that, while very possible on other guitars, just feels right on a tele.
The minute you start using the tone control on a Tele...you suddenly realise that you will never need another guitar.
That’s a fact!
The Tele really has never been improved upon.
Eh. I guess you can get by with just a Tele. But gotta have something with humbuckers as well
@@dustinadair7893 and behold, the "freeway" switch is there, turning your Tele into a humbucking guitar too.
I started messing around with the tone control on my Tele & realized I need another guitar. So, I'm getting another Tele.
@@dustinadair7893 There is Teles with humbuckers too,with a split control on the pull up knobs....Artist Guitars, Australian company. Pretty damn good guitars.
The Telecaster Custom is actually the one with the 3 bolt neck, Wide Range humbucker in the neck, single coil in the bridge and the Gibson style control layout....the guitar shown in the picture is the Custom Telecaster.......that Friedman is stunning! Great video btw...
Man that riff around 6:10 was really nice ! Wish ill get a little bit of that in your course !
I have a MIM Tele and it’s one of my favorite guitars ....love it. Made a few upgrades, bone nut, locking tuners and switch plate.
Dave Standiford
If it aint broke....
They are really good
So good that tom morello used it (mim) in the stu !
Thanks! Great history of the early mods/changes!!! LOVE the blend knob!
Awesome video brother thank you I just got a 2021 Fender American performer honeyburst tele last week and I love it
Great video, really liked the clean tone suspended riffs. You could tell a lot of thought went into this.
Cool video. My "Tele" body(curly maple topped one piece prima vera) has a Music Man Special 22 fret neck with a sculpted smooth neck/body joint much like the Charvel T with a pair of Seymour Duncan "P Rails." Very versatile sound palette.
Had that exact same tele! at one time..... Love that blue body. Running a natural wood body and neck custom these days..... Everyone needs a tele in their line-up.
Great history of the Tele, nice job really enjoyed it!!
I've been playing Fender guitars and amps. over 50 years, still my # 1 choice, love my Tele!!!
Thanks for sharing your knolledge!!
whats up Robert! great video man recently i bought a Made in Mexico Tele and its great!! love it
Thanks for the history lesson. Without all the knowledge, I needed a telecaster back in the 80's, to do a Springsteen tribute. I immediately fell in love with the guitar, and it's still my number one choice for playing anything
Good job Robert, thanks! I was born the same year the Telecaster was!
Thanks brother. I have to tell ya, your playing really is amazing! You always surprise me.
Awww you didnt mention my favorite. The Nashville Tele lol probably the most versatile there is! 3 pickups and I've seen them with humbucker AND single coil pickups.
Super interesting Robert! Yes! Please do more of these as you did a wonderful job at it. Strats and Les Pauls would be great! Thank you for making it fun too! :)
The best electric guitar to accompany a singer of any genre
5:58 This lick sounds so goooood :)
I bought two thinlines, a green MIM and a silver mim that I have updated in a lot of ways. That basic tele sound is the best. I run a very modest pedalboard into a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe and the sound is amazing.
Hi Robert! I really enjoy your videos but I'm not sure if you're completely right here. Because I always thought the vintage Tele wiring went like this: Position1: Bridge, Position2: Neck, Position3: "Dark circuit" ( for the neck pickup). And if you wanted to get the two pickups together (the sound we nowadays call the middle position in a Tele) you had to find the right spot with the toggle switch to get it. Kinda the same way positions 2 and 4 worked on a Strat for a long time... Tell me if I'm wrong!
I love that there’s always another tele just subtly sitting in the background… well done Mr Baker.
My MIM Thinline Deluxe is coming in Thursday, can't wait.
I have a G&L ASAT, that I changed the pickups to Fender Custom Shop Tele pickup, upgrades the tuners, to Schaller Locking tuners, then for fun, threw a Fender Neck Plate on it, to show it is kinda the best of both worlds. I preferred the G&L Neck to the fenders I tried, so it is perfect for me!
G&L pickups are better than fenders though
Bro, loved the video! PLEASE keep this series going! I bought a Friedman Vintage T, with p-90's, because of seeing yours as well as the man himself, Grover! He is an unbelievable luthier and I just had to get one, especially seeing yours and the pure talent that you poses when you play it. Again, please keep this train a going and Rock on Homie!
Just bought my first tele two months ago and it quickly became my favorite guitar. One other version is the Tele Plus from the 90s.
I recently bought a 2013 Fender modern player Telecaster from my father in law and it’s easily my favorite Guitar I have at the moment. It does it all, I can play anything from Country to Metal on it and it has all the sounds I need. It’s a great quality Guitar.
Keith Richards's Mccawber? That was different & transformational.
I've noticed that PAFs sound "better" when used with a longer scale neck (25.5 vs 24.75). The mud goes away. I noticed this when I bought my first Gibson Johnny A.
Great vid! Thanks.
Why PRS's are special next! Great video my man! I would love a Tele, and I'll know I get one eventually!
Good for you that you chase your dreams!👍
@@danielkhirman179 Ahh why thank ye man 👍
He kind of just did one. In fact, two:
"Do PRS Guitars Sound Unique?" th-cam.com/video/tJtvUScZasg/w-d-xo.html
"The Guitar I Didn't Know I'd Love So Much" th-cam.com/video/EjamFv1lYFg/w-d-xo.html
He just did a great prs video, man. Worth a look, it bumped me over the edge to pull the trigger on one. (sitting on my lap right now 👍)
The video is called something like, "Do PRS's have a distict/unique voice?" I recommend it.
Why PRS´s are special ?
Why?
They´re not.
"When Leo designed the Tele he knocked it out of the park" - Lou Reed
Fynny we both have birthdays this month 19th is my 54th gah so I got my first real fender american elite ash. Under 7lbs so much versatility. Made myself get goosebumps as my wigmfe gave me a marshall dsl20 new one with celestion 7080 its a great match. Great video. I was always les paul or pound sand but now as having a more refined and developed ear. I get it. Those 2 things together are Rock and Roll.
I got my first tele recently, a '91 USA Standard, it's got a slab body with no belly or arm contour and it's taking a bit of getting used to tbh. I do like it though. This was a great watch man.
First time watching your channel and impressed what a great run down of the Telecaster brand. I haven’t decided what to do my channel on but you’ve inspired me to do one regardless of what I do. Cheers brother ✊✊
Well done bake. Covered alot of good useful interesting info. I for one would like to see you keep doing this type thang with other gits. Giddyup!
I played a Telecaster for the first time 5 years ago at Guitar Center; it was a Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster w/Jazzmaster neck pickup & headstock that wasn't set up properly so it was just another guitar to me. Now the second time i played one was 3yrs later at another GC location; it was Fender's Classic 50s Telecaster straight in a 60-watt 2x12 Hot Rod Deville (volume on 3!) and that 50-minute experience did it to me damn good in all three position though i always gravitated to that twangy bridge PU. The second Telecaster I played that day (overall 3rd!) was a Nashville Deluxe that had noiseless pickups (a Strat middle PU and a 5-way switch); i enjoyed the bridge & neck pickups individually but woulda enjoyed it much better if I could have got them together but that's another story. Two months later after the blond white Classic 50s was sold the next day, I took a trip to a local pawn shop where a black Tradition CAB10 Tele was practically calling my name in the midst of Strat copies around it. I played it unplugged with my left ear on the upper bout finger-picking while feeling it and hearing it resonate through the alder body. I already knew what it was sound like electrically and was more convinced when I plugged it in for the first time after I brought it home to swap out the guts for a better wiring kit that came with a 4 way switch and my 2nd Tele came from the same local pawn shop in the form of a used DIY kit with a few minor imperfections that I now remedied before i turned it into my own personal Esquire; they're both 100% better than they were!
This video was great!!! You should continue the series. I think you should cover these guitars:
Stratocaster
Jaguar and Jazzmaster
Les Paul
SG
ES-335/339
Maybe Explorers and Vs and PRS eventually
@gheddi My strat is easily my favorite
Great video! More like this one would definitely be cool. Thanks Robert.
My first guitar was my Dad's '73 Tele Deluxe. Loved that guitar and luckily for me, almost 40 years later I still have it.
dang thats so cool!
@@RobertBakerGuitar Thanks!!!
Great video, love the telecaster!
Just a small point to add. Jimmy Page’s dragon tele and the mirror tele are the same guitar. That’s the one Jeff Beck gave him back in the Yardbird days. Jimmy just dressed it up so it would look cooler on stage. Good video though, I’d check out more!
Love it. Should definitely do some more. None of this was “news” to me because I’m a freak loser that binges old mark agnesi guitar of the days and the all guitar network lol but I just love your videos so I had to watch it. You do a great job and my favorite guitar personality on the tubez brah. Most like me at least lol. Young kids, family, normal dude. Keep it coming man. Glad this is working out for you!
I've been playing since 93 on a 1990 MIM strat. treated myself to a Korean Custom 24 PRS 3 years ago which i played for 2 weeks then put in the corner of the room ever since, and bought used MIM Tele last week and i knew within 15 mins of getting it home that it was the guitar I should have been playing for the last 30 years. As playable as the PRS or even more so. Feels like putty in my hands and produces the tones i always admired most in guitar music. Kicking myself, but also delighted.
What a lovely collection of Teles!
Every time I work on a song with electric guitar, I shootout a tele vs a strat and the tele wins 9/10, regardless of genre. More bite that cuts through the mix, stays out of the way of fundamental vocal frequencies with most singers, and way more personality than any other guitar.
Teles are in my opinion, the best guitar
Nice sounds - good stuff. Thanks
In the past, I was not a tele person because of the shape and looking just not quite right to me. However, after listening to Richie Kotzen’s playing which totally changes my mind about the Telecaster. Now I have a 2018 player series telecaster, it sounds great with clean and dirty tone🎸🎸🎸
One of my favorite guitar tones ever is from a New York garage noise rock band called UNSANE.
Old Tele into a MXR fuzz pedal. I believe he used a old Marshall amp as well. The crunch and string clarity is awesome. And he uses that same setup for all the music, as far as I know.
Long live the Tele!
Rob, I must say I did like you Tele spot, and now you have me thinking about Teles. Rob, how about doing a Nashville Tele.
I own a few teles, and believe it or not the one i play more than any of them is my squire classic vibe custom i bought as a backup!! it plays and sound perfect!
The CVC is also a beautiful looking guitar.
Tele with a Seymour Duncan 1/4 lb pickup. Sounds very nice.
Both of your teles are exceptional examples.
I'm getting my first electric guitar in the next week or so and it's a Tele type Decca. This has now made me even more excited!
Gotta Love a Tele. I recently picked up one of Fender's '72 Thinline Telecaster reissues and I am very happy with it. Sounds great!
That Friedman of yours sounds awesome too. Does it come in a non-relic version? And what were you playing the guitars through? Thanks. Nice job on the video.
I like that one w/ the p90s u had.. I have a two thinlines.. one has (fenders modified) p90s and the other is that 72 deluxe style you showed a picture of.. fender reissue wide range buckers (which are just shawbuckers in a wide range style I think?)
Anyway cool vid thanks
I love that a Tele can get dinged and scratched and battered and keeps looking better.
My friends kid accidentally knocked my Tele over onto concrete at a bbq and the poor kids parents couldnt understand that I didn't care and was actually very pleased with the brand new scuff.
I have a Squire Affinity Telecaster. I put the EMG t-system pups in it and it's pretty decent for a cheapo. I bought the entry level Tele because I wasnt sure if I'd like it for whatever reason. Now I'm on the lookout for a little more higher end model. So yeah I like Teles.
Super well done... thanks!
Love it Robert. Love the stories behind these iconic instruments. Les Paul next please, obvious I know. See ya!
I have a Dragon Tele on the way! I can't wait to play on that beast of a tele!
My first guitar that I bought a few months ago - An ‘05 Squier Affinity Tele. For $200, one of the best first guitars I could’ve got.
Had a jazzmaster, also incredibly versatile tones like the P90 pickups.
Jazzmasters don't have P90s.
Mosstone right, I said “like” p90’s. I feel that jazzmaster pickups were very versatile. Great lead sound, great rhythm, it took all my pedals well.
Fender did make a deluxe with p90s called the Black Dove. It was an MIM model. I have one of them.
Love your channel Robert. Great content. Thank you!
Great video, as always. From "The Fender Telecaster" by A.R. Duchoossoir, the rosewood board was requested by musicians because it did not show wear as much as the maple fretboards.
Great Video! Next time you could mention the t style saddles, brass, steel, compensated, with grooves, without... Specially the twin saddles.
I've always been a strat type body with humbuckers type of player, but I recently put together my own tele. I got the body from a shop, has an f hole and a nice dark finish to it with some kind of mahogany body for 100 bucks. I found out the reason it was so cheap was they messed up the pick guard,and messed up the bridge and pickup placement. I fixed those, put a reverse headstock strat type neck without fret dots(but a 12th fret marker) for a little over 100 bucks, replaced the neck pickup because it was too weak with the middle single coil from my Godin that I took out (to make the godin HH). Put new pots and switch, put a treble bleed cap on the volume, 500k pots actually (with a shunt resistor on the bridge pickup to warm it up a bit) and now it's one of my favorite guitars.
There's something really cool about how simple it is. My other guitars have more tone options since modding them, but I really dig the simplicity of the tele. And it's nice to have a single coil option as a humbucker player. The new neck pickup actually sounds amazing now. It was just going to be a place holder till I got a better tele neck pickup, but I really like it. Has a great hendrix/SRV type tone to it. The bridge has bite and twang, but it's got a nice low end beef to it as well (pickup came with the guitar). The middle selection is funk town. I love it. For a little over 200 bucks and some time and effort on my part, it's an amazing guitar. It's becoming one of my go to guitars in the studio and for jamming. It can pretty much do anything.
It would have been nice to have hear one of the telecaster making the telecaster sound - that ringing tone I always associate them with.
I really dig Teles, had a couple of them, but... my man... if/when you do a Les Paul version of this vid... mannn, it'd be awesome!!! Cheers from Brazil.
I don't know if anyone has commented on the riff you are playing at the end , if you wrote that man it's bad ass... Definitely develop it if you haven't already or if it's not a cover , I think it's dope
I got a used Squier Tele and I really like it, maybe I'll buy a Fender someday but I don't really need it since I love the one I got.
Hey Robert I'm a tele player and I'm looking to change my bridge pick up. My tele only has a bridge pup and i like the classic rock to dirty rock blues sound. What would you suggest? Single coil? P90? Split wide range humbucker?
I have a Squier CV 50's tele made in China and it has a beautiful sound that is all its own that Fender just doesn't seem to have.
A tele is a guitar that tests your abilities, no 5 way switches, tremolo. Makes you use all your skills to make it sing. I put Twisted Tele pickups on my MIM tele and it sounds huge.
have 3 tele's but you hit on a point the f hole and the hollow body. can't find the original but the squier starcaster is an animal that gives you the fender neck wit twin humbuckers i love it my pro 2 is pissed cause i play the starcaster more.
Gretsch currently makes the Broadkaster drums (I think they went away and were brought back again) but Fender does not own the Gretsch drum company; it owns the guitar business. The Drum Workshop (DW) owns Gretsch Drums. (DW are based in California but Gretsch drums are made in South Carolina.)
@RobertBakerGuitar Love this video! What is that chord progression at the end that you play clean? Thanks brother!
Didn’t know my guitar was a “thin line”.
Woodvibes w/F-hole.
Gorgeous & light.
Easy to muscle, for extreme bends.💡
Was at the guitar store last week. Played a bunch of guitars, even signature guitars. I think my tele at home still feels the best of all the guitars I played there.
Agree 100% on versatility of the telecaster!
I love my mim butterscotch tele. I’d like to change the bridge pickup to a mini humbucker , just not sure which one. For hard rock, hardcore, some metal. Any tips?
Stick with the Telecaster .... go deep .... you could devote an entire channel to it's models , transformations , wiring , mods , pricelists past and present , American vs Japanese vs Mexican , best copies , famous songs it was used on , famous players interviews etc etc.
Good video , but it makes me hungry for more :)
Nice playing at the end dude. 👍
I was always a Gibson player, until I bought my first tele, it was a Japanese paisley. Next was a Mexican tele and then a ritchie kotzen edition. Looking at a US made thinline next
That blue Tele is an gorgeous colour, what colour is it exactly different to LPB I think if anyone could point it out that would great. Thinking of building a Tele....
I would love that original wiring with blend knob but with 2 bridge voicings and a middle position for blend
Love ya Robert. Always awesome content.
If I could only have one Fender Telecaster, then it would be a HS... A neck humbucker Telecaster like the Fender Custom Shop one that Keith Richards ordered and used on the 2014 On Fire Tour. It Rocks!