Just got my first Telecaster after 40 years of playing. Kicking myself for not getting one sooner. The combination of versatility, tone and simplicity doesn't come with any other guitar. My only gripe about it is that it's not the most comfy guitar. But it's still more comfy than a LP or 335. The clarity/beef combination of the bridge pickup was something I'd never really experienced before, either. It's amazing. Regarding light strings...I had 9's on my Tele for a while as an experiment and it actually messed up my hand and I immediately went back to the 10s that I'm used to. 9's are all fine and good if you never play clean and have a light touch, but I don't like them. I need some punch in my clean sound and I want strings that respond when I hit them hard. I can get better action with 10's too. That's how I messed up my hand, I couldn't get the action comfortable with 9's. Lighter strings require higher action and more neck bow.
Mate strings don't affect tone that much. All the music you grew up loving was on super light strings. Iommi played with banjo strings early on for fucks sake. You prefer the feel of 10's, thats all there is to it.
@@StephenGangiYep I feel the same way about 10's, I have them on my Strats and Teles. They bend when I want as you said but it's a personal preference thing in the end.
I play 9’s on all my teles and set my necks up with either very little relief or pretty much straight with no relief and my action is very low. Never have a problem.
Well, your tele sounds rad for one obvious reason - the guitar faces you make when you play - they cannot produce any weak or thin stuff - ever, best stuff Joey!
Your tone 10/10, playing skill 10/10, the music 10/10... are you publishing your music anywhere? I only found the single! Oh, thanks for the video, parallel effects are the solutions in so many cases!
I have to say, I hate the twang of a Stratocaster! But the way you play and setup the tone on that Tele, woah, sounds amazing! And I'm a huge Les Paul double humbucker sounding fan. You have changed my mind now! This is my favorite guitar sound and tone ever! And dude, your playing is pure soul food! As technical as you probably could be, you play with pure feel and a great ear! Love your stuff man. Hopefully, you release a bunch of tracks soon and for ever! Wanna hear more!
Been using a Telecaster with a few of my fuzz pedals and an Orange amp with similar results. Great to see it put so well in this video. And yeah, nines are where it's at. I'm thinking about putting some on my Les Paul as well, just to make life easier for myself.
I have long been a superstrat player ... so bridge humbuckers all the way. Well a few months ago I stumbled across a great deal on a thinline tele with a standard single coil tele bridge and a PAF in the neck and since I'm a cheap MFer I bought it and it's quickly become my favorite axe and I've noticed much of what you've pointed out here. Other than a little 60 cycle hum (which you don't notice the instant the pick hits the strings) it still rocks. And I've noticed that I get a hair more treble cutting through the mix than with the high output HBs I'm used to (makes me think that a pair of P90s would make this rig rock even harder ... makes me think P90s have been ignored for too long, but I digress). The nice advantage of a thinline tele is its also fun to play out on the couch in the living room sans amp (but I'm not gigging with the thing so feedback is a non-issue).
One of the dirty little secrets to beefy guitar tones is that you don't need huge levels of overdrive. Try dialing your amp and/or pedal to the edge of breakup and play around in that area. Many tasty tones there.
Thank you for showing us this. I just began playing guitar in 2020... but I use a Spark 40 modeling amp or the Zoom MRS 8 for all of my effects. So all this info is very interesting and new to me. It sounds awesome!!!
Thank you, it's a good video!! Pararel distortion in another way... 1.Guitar=>distortion pedal=>amp via send-return. 2.Guitar => boss Tu2 (as spliter) => 1 output from TU2 plug to distortion =>Amp A/soundcard input A & another output from TU2 just clean sound plug to amp/input B 3.Guitar=> boss bass overdrive=>amp.
I’ve had a Voodoo Lab sparkle drive forever but never used it. After watching this video I dug it out and sent it to a pedal guru for some upgrades. I now absolutely love my Tele with the parallel drive. Sounds incredible. Thanks for sharing this video. I’m inspired by your awesome skills.
Great tips dude! I myself play a Telecaster and heavy music with my band. I have a Marshall Silber Jubilee which is a darker sounding amplifier and the combination of those two is twangy yet thick as hell! Keep up the Tely love 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Hey Joey im so glad I’ve found your channel. Love your Playstyle and Agility….you deserved definitely more subs 🎉 Exited to listen to your new Single tomorrow. ❤️
Jeff Beck could always make a Tele sound extremely heavy not just distorted but "clean" as well. The Guitar shop album has some great rocking tele (and strat tones).
Nice video mate! Rather timely for me as I am just getting started with Telecasters and my single coil fling since I got a LP Jr with a P90 and then I knew I had to have a Tele. (even though I still have a baritone that I am trying figure out too.) So I just got the tele last week and I am definitely shopping around for sounds to make with it. It's a glass cannon and I love the jangle and I just don't like to turn it into mud with pedals. I've had fair results, but nothing over the top. The parallel distortion hit home. I have a few fuzz box/distortion pedals, but not with a clean mix channel. So thanks for that one especially. Good playing too btw. Comfortable fun. :)
Dude you just got something that's out of sight man I really loved it really really love it there's a moonshine pedal sitting in my local shop I'm getting ready to go snatch it up
OMG. It's finally the best video about this subjet around youtube. Really man. Thx! One question : I'll gonna take one tele to play metal in drop B tunning. The Baritone telecaster seem to be one good choise, notably to put thin string. What do you think about that ?
Jimi hendrix used to do a similar thing sometimes in the studio ,one feed from amp speaker with fuzz by mic and one clean feed straight from guitar and mixed like you do ....
Wow. Great tone and playing. Thanks for the tips. I will try these out - certainly 1 & 2. I have a Quad Cortex, so will look for the darker sounding amps… and for the parallel distortion, I assume I can create a side chain with the Distortion on it… thanks.
Singer and guitar designer. Not a player. Want to learn, this year, just for the sake of it. What was the opening jam tuned to? That was awesome. Had some "Hail Mary" era Dark New Day in there. Just... yes
great video and playing, so I imagine you are using the "AMP" from your Kemper, so which Amps are you using in this video? thanks all make sense, I thought you were using a clone
Tele through a jcm800 is one of the best sounds of all time, you just need a speaker or IR that cuts out the treble frequencies above 8k hz. Speakers/IRs are the most influential part of guitar tone.
Great tips. I never heard about the parallel pedals before. I think a good analogic distortion pedal will work well as well. I have the Fire Ultimate Distortion that sounds KILLER with single coils. A cheap pedal. Unlike the Fire pedal, the Boss DS-2 don't sounds great with my tele, because the clean signal is just killed by the pedal.
Good video dude find me somebody made a good video about how awesome the telecasters are I've been playing a semi Halo player and it's completely badass through a 5150 pedal and a 6 banned EQ
Hello, Joey, I like your video. When you speek about the strings too loud, whitch sort do you use ? 9-42 or 9-46 ? I've a Marshall Origin 20,a Rustic Ash Tele, what kind of pedal can I use for blues & hard rock and even metal ?. Thanks for your answer.
Amazing video 👌 will definitely try these tips…. Which sets of pickups are best for telecaster. I have affinity series of tele and thinking to upgrade pickups
I’ve been experimenting with parallel distortion for the past few days. What are you using for your amp? It sounds like you have it just at edge of breakup and the moonshine pushes it over the edge. Is that the case?
Just got my first Telecaster after 40 years of playing. Kicking myself for not getting one sooner. The combination of versatility, tone and simplicity doesn't come with any other guitar. My only gripe about it is that it's not the most comfy guitar. But it's still more comfy than a LP or 335. The clarity/beef combination of the bridge pickup was something I'd never really experienced before, either. It's amazing.
Regarding light strings...I had 9's on my Tele for a while as an experiment and it actually messed up my hand and I immediately went back to the 10s that I'm used to. 9's are all fine and good if you never play clean and have a light touch, but I don't like them. I need some punch in my clean sound and I want strings that respond when I hit them hard. I can get better action with 10's too. That's how I messed up my hand, I couldn't get the action comfortable with 9's. Lighter strings require higher action and more neck bow.
Mate strings don't affect tone that much. All the music you grew up loving was on super light strings. Iommi played with banjo strings early on for fucks sake.
You prefer the feel of 10's, thats all there is to it.
@@sercastamere9853 This. I use 10's for the feel, and so they won't bend until I want them to.
@@StephenGangiYep I feel the same way about 10's, I have them on my Strats and Teles. They bend when I want as you said but it's a personal preference thing in the end.
I play 9’s on all my teles and set my necks up with either very little relief or pretty much straight with no relief and my action is very low. Never have a problem.
Well, your tele sounds rad for one obvious reason - the guitar faces you make when you play - they cannot produce any weak or thin stuff - ever, best stuff Joey!
you can't get to 11 without the face
@@27JASKO exactly
What pickups are in that beast of a Tele?
That was one of the most monster sounds I've ever heard from a Tele. VERY impressive.
How you found this tone is just incredible. It sounds heavy and clear at the same time. It's massive.
Hey, Joey! You're one of the best out there! You're playing is on another level! Great tips, too!
Thank you 🙏🏻
I have no clue about technical stuff but I love your sense of melody
Killer tone as always.
Your tone 10/10, playing skill 10/10, the music 10/10... are you publishing your music anywhere? I only found the single! Oh, thanks for the video, parallel effects are the solutions in so many cases!
Very best tone!!! The two songs in this video are very good. I search the tab in your shop.
Don't forget tinkering with the guitar's tone knob! I'll take note of these tips. Great video 🤘🏻
I have to say, I hate the twang of a Stratocaster! But the way you play and setup the tone on that Tele, woah, sounds amazing! And I'm a huge Les Paul double humbucker sounding fan. You have changed my mind now! This is my favorite guitar sound and tone ever! And dude, your playing is pure soul food! As technical as you probably could be, you play with pure feel and a great ear! Love your stuff man. Hopefully, you release a bunch of tracks soon and for ever! Wanna hear more!
Been using a Telecaster with a few of my fuzz pedals and an Orange amp with similar results. Great to see it put so well in this video. And yeah, nines are where it's at. I'm thinking about putting some on my Les Paul as well, just to make life easier for myself.
2:22 you are just killing us with these faces, man! Solid playing!
I have long been a superstrat player ... so bridge humbuckers all the way. Well a few months ago I stumbled across a great deal on a thinline tele with a standard single coil tele bridge and a PAF in the neck and since I'm a cheap MFer I bought it and it's quickly become my favorite axe and I've noticed much of what you've pointed out here.
Other than a little 60 cycle hum (which you don't notice the instant the pick hits the strings) it still rocks. And I've noticed that I get a hair more treble cutting through the mix than with the high output HBs I'm used to (makes me think that a pair of P90s would make this rig rock even harder ... makes me think P90s have been ignored for too long, but I digress). The nice advantage of a thinline tele is its also fun to play out on the couch in the living room sans amp (but I'm not gigging with the thing so feedback is a non-issue).
agree!
One of the dirty little secrets to beefy guitar tones is that you don't need huge levels of overdrive. Try dialing your amp and/or pedal to the edge of breakup and play around in that area. Many tasty tones there.
Tele + TS pedal + Mesa Rectifier (raw or vintage mode) - surprisely great tone, in my opinion
What playing, what sound! Thx Joey!
I've heard some recordings do this and didnt know what was going on. So, cheers
Thank you for showing us this. I just began playing guitar in 2020... but I use a Spark 40 modeling amp or the Zoom MRS 8 for all of my effects. So all this info is very interesting and new to me. It sounds awesome!!!
Merci bien Joey !
Depuis le temps que j’attendais ça 😅
J’adore ton jeux et t’as façon de produire en MAO 🤘🏻👌🏻
Great suggestion re parallel compression! So easy to do on my Helix.
Thank you, it's a good video!!
Pararel distortion in another way...
1.Guitar=>distortion pedal=>amp via send-return.
2.Guitar => boss Tu2 (as spliter) => 1 output from TU2 plug to distortion =>Amp A/soundcard input A
& another output from TU2 just clean sound plug to amp/input B
3.Guitar=> boss bass overdrive=>amp.
man, guitar and pedals aside, let me say I love your playing! such a punch, creative riffs, you`re born to sound heavy! congratulations!
I’ve had a Voodoo Lab sparkle drive forever but never used it. After watching this video I dug it out and sent it to a pedal guru for some upgrades. I now absolutely love my Tele with the parallel drive. Sounds incredible. Thanks for sharing this video. I’m inspired by your awesome skills.
Great tips dude! I myself play a Telecaster and heavy music with my band.
I have a Marshall Silber Jubilee which is a darker sounding amplifier and the combination of those two is twangy yet thick as hell!
Keep up the Tely love 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Hey Joey im so glad I’ve found your channel.
Love your Playstyle and Agility….you deserved definitely more subs 🎉
Exited to listen to your new Single tomorrow. ❤️
Welcome aboard!
Wow! Nice tones.
Jeff Beck could always make a Tele sound extremely heavy not just distorted but "clean" as well. The Guitar shop album has some great rocking tele (and strat tones).
This is why a Tele is my favorite guitar for heavy riffs. It has a metallic bite and snap that traditional "riff" guitars lack.
That telecaster sounds massive indeed. Great tips, thanks for the video!
Nice video mate! Rather timely for me as I am just getting started with Telecasters and my single coil fling since I got a LP Jr with a P90 and then I knew I had to have a Tele. (even though I still have a baritone that I am trying figure out too.) So I just got the tele last week and I am definitely shopping around for sounds to make with it. It's a glass cannon and I love the jangle and I just don't like to turn it into mud with pedals. I've had fair results, but nothing over the top. The parallel distortion hit home. I have a few fuzz box/distortion pedals, but not with a clean mix channel. So thanks for that one especially. Good playing too btw. Comfortable fun. :)
thanks!
Yeah, light strings are the way to go for a heavy single coil sound. Tony Iommi used 'em in Sabbath!👍
Good playing, nice sound demo and good explanation....You got me subscribed.
Dude you just got something that's out of sight man I really loved it really really love it there's a moonshine pedal sitting in my local shop I'm getting ready to go snatch it up
OMG. It's finally the best video about this subjet around youtube. Really man. Thx!
One question : I'll gonna take one tele to play metal in drop B tunning. The Baritone telecaster seem to be one good choise, notably to put thin string. What do you think about that ?
Your awesome...your guitar faces are the best
I just love the sound of that intro riff. ❤
You can put like a Xotic EP boost in front it thickens your sound also.
Absolutely!
Jeez man that is just awesome .. you rock ! Thanks for the tips .. incredible player !
Sounds awesome!
Nice chops Joey!
Instant subscription after some of those riffs.
Sick riff and great playing! Really awesome tips 👏🏻
Wow so awesome 🤩 perfect sound
10-46, Klon type or Rat type, and an EVH amp sim. Never occured to me that this were good combinations.
Klons have a much bigger amount of gain on tap than most people realize
Awesome friend..Thanks for de tips...
If your Tele has '50s style wiring, that can make for a thicker/darker bridge tone. Monster tones!
Cool tips, cool riff, Joey! Compressor with tube screamer works well with singles as well. Teach me how to do the solo runs like 0:50 or 2:30 or 10:10
There are currently plans to add some educational products to my shop. I'll keep you posted. ;)
Hey man, update! I have launched a soloing course a couple weeks ago. Check the link in the description. I teach a lot of my signature licks there.
Sounds amazing
Killer demo, playing and tone!
I am a right handed guitarist like most people and I love watching left handed guitarists play
Great content!! Perhaps one more of the secrets in recording with a double track
It really has a honking back pickup and I just can't wait to mix in some clean tone with the distortion
Awesomeness Joey! ❤🤘✌️
the sparkle Drive (overdrive) was offering that too
Jimi hendrix used to do a similar thing sometimes in the studio ,one feed from amp speaker with fuzz by mic and one clean feed straight from guitar and mixed like you do ....
Turn up the amp mids, turn down the gain, up the volume after you raise the pickup heights.
RAWK.
Super cool vidéo ! Super bon jeu 😮✨️
Wow. Great tone and playing. Thanks for the tips. I will try these out - certainly 1 & 2. I have a Quad Cortex, so will look for the darker sounding amps… and for the parallel distortion, I assume I can create a side chain with the Distortion on it… thanks.
yup, you can! ;) have fun experimenting!
Singer and guitar designer. Not a player. Want to learn, this year, just for the sake of it. What was the opening jam tuned to? That was awesome. Had some "Hail Mary" era Dark New Day in there. Just... yes
I dropped a Tele Hot Rail bridge pickup in mine so that along with your suggestions should really give me the crunch I want! 🎶😁🔊👍🏽
great video and playing, so I imagine you are using the "AMP" from your Kemper, so which Amps are you using in this video? thanks all make sense, I thought you were using a clone
Rockin brother very impressed
i want to buy the BT and the TAB in this video. i clicked the link i the description but dont know what the title
pal mute on that has to be hard, but man, you made your guitar sound so beautiful, well played.
Holy shit, this is what I needed so bad, thank you!
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day Joey ❤😊
Tele through a jcm800 is one of the best sounds of all time, you just need a speaker or IR that cuts out the treble frequencies above 8k hz. Speakers/IRs are the most influential part of guitar tone.
Dimarzio Super Distortion tele humbucker that fits in the stock single coil hole..... add a 5150/6505, ts9, and drop D...done!
Great Sound! The bigger Problem is fighting the feedback. Not in a Studio but in a rehearsal room or on stage.
Any guitar can sound heavy. Just crank the dirt and ask your bass player to double everything you play.
Your "clean" sound at 5:50 is pretty awesome too!!! What profile is that? What amp/cab? Thanks! :)
I play a the J Mascis Tele primarily, if you can play it, you are really good. Love it.
|Man thats awesome!!! Any additional setup needed to tune that low?
would love to learn that cascading lick that starts about a .50 seconds
Hey Joey, what song did you play at 10 minutes. Sounded absolutely insane.
Joey!! HUGE fan. You’re a ripper. QUESTION; can you achieve the same tone using OD instead?? Thanks!!
Hey can you suggest such pedals with a clean knob? Is there a name to such pedals?? Thanks
Massive intro jam
Reminds me of Pelican. Love it
Thanks!
Great tips. I never heard about the parallel pedals before. I think a good analogic distortion pedal will work well as well. I have the Fire Ultimate Distortion that sounds KILLER with single coils. A cheap pedal. Unlike the Fire pedal, the Boss DS-2 don't sounds great with my tele, because the clean signal is just killed by the pedal.
Hey, can you achieve the same sound through the JHS Double Barrel?
I want to buy a Tele now. That tone is awesome!
Good video dude find me somebody made a good video about how awesome the telecasters are I've been playing a semi Halo player and it's completely badass through a 5150 pedal and a 6 banned EQ
Hello, Joey, I like your video. When you speek about the strings too loud, whitch sort do you use ? 9-42 or 9-46 ? I've a Marshall Origin 20,a Rustic Ash Tele, what kind of pedal can I use for blues & hard rock and even metal ?. Thanks for your answer.
It sounds killer indeed, but I wonder how many decibels do need to create that massive sound when using a tube amp?
Amazing video 👌 will definitely try these tips…. Which sets of pickups are best for telecaster. I have affinity series of tele and thinking to upgrade pickups
Well, you can certainly play! Good tips.
Try EQD Blumes with your tele, designed for bass, perfect for heavy tele sounds :)
Amazing tone i would love to see you do the same with a strat
Which string size do you use for Drop B?
9:52 what song is this? That’s one hell of a riff
Great video Thnx. But...what IS the 6l6 amp you used and what IS that white pedal that you showed second, please ? Remarkable sounds all around.
I’ve been experimenting with parallel distortion for the past few days. What are you using for your amp? It sounds like you have it just at edge of breakup and the moonshine pushes it over the edge. Is that the case?
yes when it tips over
Don't have a real Telly but I've got an Ibanez t-style guitar with pickups like a telly
Sick tone and playing, but what chair are you using? Ahah.
What do you think of a big muff pedal? It doesn't have a clean knob.
I've been playing too much Baldur's Gate 3
I'm seeing that pendant and thinking here we have a Cult of the Absolute acolyte!