In my old punky heavy blues band, I ran a standard Tele through a Marshall JMP-1 preamp into an old Vox AC50 -head going out of a 1960 cab w stock T75 speakers. It just sounded bad ass…defined, tight and aggressive AND pretty heavy, so I recorded our album with that sound. I usually use humbucker guitars, but that was one of the best tones I’ve achieved and just fit like a glove in that particular context. Teles definitely deliver the punch and gnarly tones.
Wow, Nice mix. I'd love to hear the result. Is it online? I agree. I had a gibson SG but I found that I needed a bryte tone, and thats why I land on a Tele. And I do love that punchy sounds you can get on heavy genres.
The main problem with dealing metal tone is fact about lazniess of people to creat thier onw sound. Most of people try to recreat tone of guitaris form popular bands. Amazing video, i like that type of content when someone try to do metal tone( or other type of tone) with thier own idea.
Thank you for the comment. I’m always on the pursuit of finding my one tone. I love bands that have a specific sound, or guitar players with a characteristic tone.
Nice playing, great sound and well presented! I have 3 teles, 2 of which come with humbuckers of sorts! Jonny Greenwood and Rod Jones set me on my tele adventures long ago 😅
What??!!! Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead? 😅 Amazing! Now you have to tell the Story 😅 I just have this tele, so I have to find ways to diversify tones. And thanks. It means a lot to have some feedback 🙏🏼
@@jorge_albuquerque not that I have their guitars, just the look of them from those 2 guitarists inspired my love of them! My first being a squier then I got a Jon 5 mexican Tele and recently the gold foil blonde Tele released last year. You're very welcome. keep up the vids, you come across very naturally as a presenter, kudos!
oh. For some moments I though it was his guitar. I know the Jon 5 one. A friend of my band has a mexican one and it sounds great. I just love Fender Telecaster, single coil or humbuckers. I'm hoping to get another one in the near future. will see. Glad to know! I will keep posting.
With teles or strats I've taken to rolling the tone knob back to around 6 or 7...takes away the harsh brightness and tames the attack to feel more like a humbucker. Still a single coil but it helps.
I love my Tele too! I play in an agitrock band and need versatile sounds from clean, grunch to heavy. The amp runs at full throttle and I do the rest with the volume control! I really like your video! Could you tell me which songs you play? That would be super nice! Best regards!
Hi. Thank for the feedback. I usually also like to play from clean to heavy sounds. And love the tele for that. The songs I’m playing in the video are: Stockholm Syndrome from MUSE, Schism from Tool and My Own Summer from DEFTONES. Do you have songs online?
I got no caster 51 pus and 11's strings on mine and its heavy af. Only problem is thé noise, but pulling down the volume when not playing solve it. Also for parallel distorsion, there is more simple option like signal blender pedals (EHX or old blood noise endeavors).
yes i totally choose those two other Guitars (LESPAUL/PRS) over telecaster any day of the century on Drop A but yeah i do have appreciation for the good black Deluxe Twin buckers telecaster
Well I do miss a Les Paul too. And I do like the PRS for some songs. If I could I would have it all. But this one its so versatile. That Deluxe its a good one too.
A telecaster has a very aggressive tone without any mods and even clean so that aggressive tone can translate to heavy really fast , the tele has a unique response to high gain
Great video! I'm thinking of buying that parallel distortion pedal, love the sound you get from it! Just one question... How do you deal with the singlecoil hum? My tele makes a lot of noise, specially whith high gain pedals...
Hi! Its a great pedal to use with a TELE 💪🏼 I don’t have hum on my guitar. But usually is because of the shielding. I put my guitar on a Luthier so he changed the single coil and all the inside cables and that solves the hum problem.
I have a cheap guitar and a pedal that, interestingly, cost the same as the guitar... when I heard you play, I immediately realized that your 'girl' was special (expensive), especially when paired with your pedal (also expensive, not to mention the amplifiers), which makes everything more distinctive, special and professional. I love hearing a good rock sound on the guitar. By the way, what's your guitar's name?
In truth this guitar was not that expensive, I just got a good deal in second hand. There are some business oportunities out there. About the rest of the gear I understand it's allways an investment. But almost all of my gear is in second hand. I just call my guitar "Tell" (as if telling stories) ahaha
@@jorge_albuquerque, laughing! Based on what you told me, the name "Melody" came to mind... it represents the essence of music and the stories it tells through its strings...But for an electric guitar, it's a very cute name... Ahahah!
I am sorry BUT Telecaster IS NOT for Heavy Metal at all . Keep the Respect for this model and durty it with METAL . You have a lot of others kind of Guitars for that kind of music noisy . Cheers . Say this to Keith Richards and you will hear something very ugly and hard words coming from his mouth .
Uma coisa é tornar uma tele mais pesada outra coisa é ter um som para metal. Isso nao é propriamente o som de "metal". Anyway... a tele nao é uma guitarra magica com carasteristicas proprias, é feita de madeira como as outras. Com os pickups certos toca a que for preciso.
Great humor and awesome video quality and content with only 186 suscribers !!! Keep up the good work my man. just suscribed !
Hey! Thank you for the comment. Doing my best. I’ll keep going for sure 💪🏼
In my old punky heavy blues band, I ran a standard Tele through a Marshall JMP-1 preamp into an old Vox AC50 -head going out of a 1960 cab w stock T75 speakers. It just sounded bad ass…defined, tight and aggressive AND pretty heavy, so I recorded our album with that sound. I usually use humbucker guitars, but that was one of the best tones I’ve achieved and just fit like a glove in that particular context. Teles definitely deliver the punch and gnarly tones.
Wow, Nice mix. I'd love to hear the result. Is it online?
I agree. I had a gibson SG but I found that I needed a bryte tone, and thats why I land on a Tele. And I do love that punchy sounds you can get on heavy genres.
@@jorge_albuquerque Yes, its on all streaming platforms.
Band: The Corporation
Title: The Haywire Gospels
The main problem with dealing metal tone is fact about lazniess of people to creat thier onw sound. Most of people try to recreat tone of guitaris form popular bands. Amazing video, i like that type of content when someone try to do metal tone( or other type of tone) with thier own idea.
Thank you for the comment. I’m always on the pursuit of finding my one tone. I love bands that have a specific sound, or guitar players with a characteristic tone.
Nothing sold more Les Pauls than a Jimmy Page's Esquire from the first Led Zeppelin record
So you’re a Les Paul fan. Well, my first guitar was a Les Paul esquire 😅
WTF… an esquire is no Gibson Bro… it’s a fender 😂
@@manuu3246 😂 was the closest I could have in the beginning. But I played with the real ones of course. Don’t get me wrong I like them too. 🤘
Amazing video thanks a lot!!
And I thank you for the feedback Kirk!
Já merecias mais subscritores... pelo menos um novo aqui!
Nuno, obrigado. Espreitei o teu canal. Não conhecia. Boa onda. Subscrevi também. E obrigado pelo apoio.
You deserve more viewers sir. You got a good news I am now a subscriber
Hi. Thank you for the words. Happy to have your feedback. And welcome Mohsen!
Nice playing, great sound and well presented!
I have 3 teles, 2 of which come with humbuckers of sorts! Jonny Greenwood and Rod Jones set me on my tele adventures long ago 😅
What??!!! Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead? 😅 Amazing! Now you have to tell the Story 😅
I just have this tele, so I have to find ways to diversify tones.
And thanks. It means a lot to have some feedback 🙏🏼
@@jorge_albuquerque not that I have their guitars, just the look of them from those 2 guitarists inspired my love of them! My first being a squier then I got a Jon 5 mexican Tele and recently the gold foil blonde Tele released last year. You're very welcome. keep up the vids, you come across very naturally as a presenter, kudos!
oh. For some moments I though it was his guitar. I know the Jon 5 one. A friend of my band has a mexican one and it sounds great. I just love Fender Telecaster, single coil or humbuckers. I'm hoping to get another one in the near future. will see.
Glad to know! I will keep posting.
With teles or strats I've taken to rolling the tone knob back to around 6 or 7...takes away the harsh brightness and tames the attack to feel more like a humbucker. Still a single coil but it helps.
Oh thats right.That’s good one too! Out of curiosity, What tele you have?
@@jorge_albuquerque I have an American standard tele.
@@LS-wc6mr nice. Is the best one.
I love my Tele too! I play in an agitrock band and need versatile sounds from clean, grunch to heavy. The amp runs at full throttle and I do the rest with the volume control! I really like your video! Could you tell me which songs you play? That would be super nice! Best regards!
Hi. Thank for the feedback. I usually also like to play from clean to heavy sounds. And love the tele for that. The songs I’m playing in the video are: Stockholm Syndrome from MUSE, Schism from Tool and My Own Summer from DEFTONES.
Do you have songs online?
Graham coxon does a really good heavy telecaster tone
Yes he does. And I love it. A fuzz helps a lot to.
I got no caster 51 pus and 11's strings on mine and its heavy af. Only problem is thé noise, but pulling down the volume when not playing solve it.
Also for parallel distorsion, there is more simple option like signal blender pedals (EHX or old blood noise endeavors).
Yes for the parallel distortion there are some pedals. And it’s more affordable as well. About the noise, why not a noise gate?
@jorge_albuquerque noise gate remove too much of the sound for me. I love the way it sounds without artifices. Raw and grit :)
@@Choupifr some times it does. So hand work on the volume nob solves it all 😅
Always preferred my Tele with a Marshall to a Fender amp. Just sounds beefier.
So you agree. For versatility I think it's the best combination.
yes i totally choose those two other Guitars (LESPAUL/PRS) over telecaster any day of the century
on Drop A
but yeah i do have appreciation for the good black Deluxe Twin buckers telecaster
Well I do miss a Les Paul too. And I do like the PRS for some songs. If I could I would have it all. But this one its so versatile. That Deluxe its a good one too.
A telecaster has a very aggressive tone without any mods and even clean so that aggressive tone can translate to heavy really fast , the tele has a unique response to high gain
I agree. It's very versatile guitar. Thats why I love it.
Great video! I'm thinking of buying that parallel distortion pedal, love the sound you get from it! Just one question... How do you deal with the singlecoil hum? My tele makes a lot of noise, specially whith high gain pedals...
Hi! Its a great pedal to use with a TELE 💪🏼 I don’t have hum on my guitar. But usually is because of the shielding. I put my guitar on a Luthier so he changed the single coil and all the inside cables and that solves the hum problem.
@@jorge_albuquerquenice! I'll try that! Thankssss
Its an investment but it makes the diference.
i agree
💪🏼
a band called KEN mode uses teles and its awesome
Hey. I don’t know them. Ill check it fir . Thanks for the input!
I just watched and of course they are using Orange amplifiers. I love that match.
I have a cheap guitar and a pedal that, interestingly, cost the same as the guitar... when I heard you play, I immediately realized that your 'girl' was special (expensive), especially when paired with your pedal (also expensive, not to mention the amplifiers), which makes everything more distinctive, special and professional. I love hearing a good rock sound on the guitar. By the way, what's your guitar's name?
In truth this guitar was not that expensive, I just got a good deal in second hand. There are some business oportunities out there. About the rest of the gear I understand it's allways an investment. But almost all of my gear is in second hand. I just call my guitar "Tell" (as if telling stories) ahaha
@@jorge_albuquerque, laughing! Based on what you told me, the name "Melody" came to mind... it represents the essence of music and the stories it tells through its strings...But for an electric guitar, it's a very cute name... Ahahah!
Oh "Melody" sounds nice too. Or "Mel" ahaha
That's right! "Mel" is perfect...
I have a telecaster with Texas specials and it sounds heavy af.
I'd love to hear. Can I find it any where? The specials are part of that model?
@@jorge_albuquerque Yes the american special series from 2010-11 th-cam.com/video/reX8jh9Unc8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=UXLE0SY1BBZZT4is
American Special has them built in. I got one too. Amazing guitar.
@@trolololo8000 oh the American Special of course. They are great.
@@jorge_albuquerque Sorry I thought I had responded. The American Special model. They sound killer.
Muito bom. Não conhecia o truque da distorção paralela!!!
Obrigado pelas dicas é muito sucesso.
Bom saber que ajudou 🙏 sucesso desse lado também! Fiquei curioso com o teu canal e segui.
Gina Gleason from Baroness plays a tele.
Just love the Tele’s. Ill Watch it. Thank you
What metal pick ups do u suggest for telecaster?
For the Tele I like the DUNLOP Max Grip Jazz III. But if you like even more thick you can go for DUNLOP Max Grip 1.0
@@jorge_albuquerque for metal and hard rock?
@@rocklandrevolution2139 yes for both. They are thick enough to pull some tones of your guitar and for fast pick too.
Hambucker for tasty tone
Indeed!
"just change a pickup and buy a new amp" 😅 Great video though, thanks for making it!
Thanks for watching! So your good to go heavy than 💪🏼
My Tele has SD Quarter Pounders!
Seymor Duncan. Must have some high gain!
@@jorge_albuquerque I use it for punk rock and metal 🤘
I love Tele. Just some tweaks and all changes.
Heavy gauge strings
Plus the strings of course. I usually like the tension 10. To be versatile.
I am sorry BUT Telecaster IS NOT for Heavy Metal at all . Keep the Respect for this model and durty it with METAL . You have a lot of others kind of Guitars for that kind of music noisy . Cheers . Say this to Keith Richards and you will hear something very ugly and hard words coming from his mouth .
And so...Pianos are not for pop....and Synths are not for Nu Metal.
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ Why should I not use an instrument to MAKE MUSIC???
Thank you!!!
I understand if you don't like it. I'm not waiting for all to like it. And that's the beauty about freedom of speech. And thanks for the comment!
Gunsmoke - Texas hippie coalition....watch that and then tell me teles can't be heavy
Uma coisa é tornar uma tele mais pesada outra coisa é ter um som para metal. Isso nao é propriamente o som de "metal".
Anyway... a tele nao é uma guitarra magica com carasteristicas proprias, é feita de madeira como as outras. Com os pickups certos toca a que for preciso.
Claro. A ideia nunca seria substituir as outras mais apropriadas para metal. A ideia é só tornar a tele o mais versátil possível.
@@jorge_albuquerque Mas ficou bom.
@@ricardopereira9262 obrigado Ricardo. Já agora que guitarra usas? Tocas metal?
@@jorge_albuquerque Tenho muitas...
Toco um pouco de tudo e muito de nada ;)