Telecasters Are Just Better Than Other Guitars
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The joy of a Telecaster is that in elegance of simplicity, it is exactly enough to allow an artist to express the music in any genre'.
When I was a kid I snubbed the telecaster I thought I don't want some twangy country sounding thang for Jazz and even blues but , 50 years later I own 5 and absolutely love each of them ! They are a Swiss army knife of electric guitars!
They have proven themselves the test of time ! Lightweight, comfortable, and in the right hands can cover alot of ground !!! Imagine Leo designing the first solid body electric guitar back then in 52? Thanks Leo Fender for all the musical inspiration!!
A Telecaster is a real work horse. I got mine about five years ago after watching this channel. No regrets.
I bought my Telecaster 20 years ago. It was a USA Standard. At that time, I was still young and played in bands. There was a vibrant local music scene back then. The guitar looks battered, but to this day, it's still my favorite guitar.
Sometimes "The One" is just that. Nice to have options, but sometimes you just gravitate back to that "one." Nice story, BTW.
My first gigging guitar was a new 1981 Aria Pro II Thor Sound Series TS-400.
My older brother had started a band and one of the guitar players quit.
Dad nudged me to take his place. I did, but was playing an off brand guitar.
Dad bought many used instruments during our childhood and allowed us to explore them. Music was big in our family.
When my debut with the band went well, Dad asked if I wanted to go for a drive. We wound up at a music store where he asked if there were any guitars I liked.
Of course, I opted immediately for the flourescent green, oddly shaped, hair band model on the wall. Quickly seeing it's flaws, I asked to see the Aria.
It felt perfect in my hands. Double cutaway with 24 frets. Dual humbuckers with coil split and phase reverse switches. Hard shell case. I loved it.
Dad bought it and, I believe, paid $240 for it.
I played it for 21 years. When a saddle finally broke I laid it aside and bought a G&L Asat Classic which was essentially a tele.
I've now been performing live for 42 years. I have a few guitars, including my workhorse, my Music Man Cutlass RS HSS. And I still have the Aria.
I recently had the frets polished, replaced the nut, and installed titanium saddles. I also installed a matching set of Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates humbuckers.
Thelma Lou, my name for it, is back on stage again as my backup. I play it from time to time and it WAILS.
And the sticker covered hard shell case is still strong as ever.
My 1994 American Standard Telecaster is now 30yrs old and I proudly refer to it as vintage. I'm the original owner. I've had my fair share of guitars come and go but the one constant is my 94 Tele. I will leave it to my son.
My first electric guitar was a Fender made in Mexico standard Tele that I put a Seymour Duncan Hot Rail in the bridge pick up
Just got my 10th Tele today....an AIO TC4. About what I expected...great set up, perfectly set up frets/fret ends/action/relief, superb playability, full-size pots, ebony fretboard, brass saddles, bone nut, locking tuners....all fine....on a body finish that is not super high QA (but for $390 just fine)...but in today's 'relic' world...how important is a perfect finish? Anyway,...the pups are decent (perhaps a bit better than Rosewell or CV50). Gonna drop in a used set of '51 CS Nocasters... Will it compete with my CS Fender Tele...nope...will I love it just the same? Most likely.
Telecasters just seem to do everything.
My parents bought me an Ephophone Genesis in 1979 at Mannys Music in Manhattan. Still have it..
My 1st guitar was a 2004 Squier affinity with a warped neck. Still have her, new neck alnico 5 single coils and locking tuners. She’s alright.
My first electric guitar was a 1996 Mexican Tele. The choice was based entirely on my love of Radiohead 😂
Two years later in 1998 I got myself an American Tele with a Little '59 in the bridge and a PAF in the neck.
Doesn't matter whatever other guitar I play, the Tele just feels like "home"
My first guitar was an Alvarez acoustic. Played that for a year, then I got an Affinity Squier Strat. Played that for a few years, then I got a '96 American Strat that I've been playing for 20+ years. I wish I had room in my budget for a Tele. It never fails though, whenever I start putting a little money aside for a new guitar toy, something comes along to eat it up.
I built a kit and it's growing on me. It just feels good.
My tele was the first guitar I bought. $100 on Amazon and after the T-Series EMG’s and an additional $300 worth of upgrades later, it’s a workhorse.
I thought I was a Strat guy until I built my Nashville modded partscaster Tele. Literally the only thing I dislike is the lack of a comfort cut. Sounds so good I don’t care though.
My first electric guitar was a MIM Strat. Now Strats are among my least favorite Fender models to play. It's hard to beat a Tele.
@@leamanc I agree. I’ve found that a Strat is a Strat, regardless of if it’s 300 bucks or 3K. My Tele sounds better than 90% of the Strats I’ve played.
The only fender/Squire thing I own is my second ever guitar which is a Squire Strat (The cheapest version thougj)
Awesome Tele, Landon! My first guitar was an Arbor Strat knockoff. My second was a Fender MIM HSS Strat. I wish I still had that baby.
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I can't remeber exactly what my first electric guitar was, just remember it was a strat style with a 3 tones sunburst. I sold it after a year or two to buy a Vantage 113T that I still have and that I also modded so much that there's only the neck, body and bridge left from the factory (maybe the volume pot but I have a doubt). The first mod was a strat (probably squier) pickup in the middle position (still there). Then it had a humbucker from my Epiphone LP in the bridge position with a wonderfull plywood ring to hold it, then a humbucker sized P90 from GFS with a 3d printed pickguard, and then I made a 3 ply pickguard, and added a Seymour Duncan single coil at the neck position.
There are a couple of videos along the years with that guitar and its evolution on my channel.
One of the earliest videos with it in my engineering school for the end of year show in 2005 : ruclips.net/video/rVI5aCDAxy0/видео.htmlsi=6jHHPoZIQFC5lkYi
A random blues jam with myself when I installed the humbucker : ruclips.net/video/zaMOGujzg2s/видео.htmlsi=E4FtinznbgkVebf7
Seymour duncan on neck position and 3D printed pickguard : ruclips.net/video/PweP8iu-7SU/видео.htmlsi=d-apMYQYjAXis8C9
And probably the most recent video with it (with the P90 and the 3 ply pickguard) : ruclips.net/video/cr22oyYBbm0/видео.htmlsi=G1pI9oawyklcSZrG
I discovered the Telecaster more recently and bought it here in Canada and this is what made me discover your channel because you had a very interesting comparison between 3 Telecaster (Squier classic vibe, Squier bullet I suppose and Fender mexican ? I'm not sure) and I stayed subscribed because I like your reviews and absurd sense of humour.
I love my Teles 😀. There is just something special about a Telecaster. I love your blue Japanese one. My latest is a limited edition Japanese Fender Thinline in Penny with the reverse Fender ‘F’ hole. She’s a real beauty 😀👍🏻
My first electric was a Vantage T style from the mid 90’s. Last year I put a Fender 50’s pickup in the bridge and hooked it straight to the volume pot. Now it’s a one trick poney, but I still enjoy playing it.
cool guitars Landon- Another great vid from my favorite Canuck !
Just bought a Japanese Fender Aerodyne Telecaster. It is pretty nice.
Love at third sight. I thought they were ugly and crude when I got into guitars in my early teens - we all lusted after a Gibson LP. Then, overnight almost, I fell in love. Can't explain it - but I'm 100% certain that most people here experienced the same sudden conversion. Im obsessed with Teles and now im nearing retirement I plan to spend the rest of my days bent over my American Performer - in a good way.
@@jasonloader8149 same here! I’ve been playing for 50 years and just I bought my first Tele last year and became hooked. I’m now modding my second!
@jasonloader8149 I had the same experience. In a cool used guitar shop I'm Maryland. I played a MIJ JD telecaster through a beat-up tweed champ, and It blew me away. I bought the tele... then went back and bought my first tube amp. Killer combination!
I couldn’t agree with you more. Love my “Tele”. It’s a Fender body, All Parts rosewood neck. 3 saddle bridge, Seymour Duncan 1/4 pounder in the neck and a Pearly Gates bridge pup. I’m a lefty, so no you can’t play it. Nice upload Blandon. Cheers. Oh, it does have a 4 way switch from Star guitars here in TX.
No need to put Tele in quotes. The best Teles are the ones modded to their owner's preferences.
@@leamanc - Fender used to put 'Telecaster' in quotations themselves in their early models' decals! 😁
I own a Reverend Eastsider and it is an excellent Telecaster option. If you ever get a chance to do a review - I’d love to see what you think.
Reverend's Greg Koch models are mighty fine too.
Definitely the Tele I have is the one I built that years later I found out was very similar to all the features on my Tele Ultra (also in Cobra Blue Mr. Landon!)
I got my first one a couple of months ago. Been playing for almost 40 years and it’s the first time that I ever even held one in my hands. I’m a fan now. 😂👍
I’m put a set of EMG TX pickups in it and instead of a tone knob I added the SPC control, like from the Gilmour pickup set. Turn it up and you get a humbucker like power. Roll it back off and you get your single coil twang.
I love Teles as well and have 4 of them. I even have a LP Junior with a twisted tele neck PU added. The single tone and volume is the best choice for a basic gig guitar.
My first guitar was a 1992 Squier Stratocaster. I still have it, but I haven’t touched it in decades.
Love the red MIJ. I've got a weird obsession with anything tele shaped, started learning on a Zenta copy many years ago, I presume that's why 🤔
That blue one is a thing of beauty! 😍
When I was a drummer for years I just loved the lp tone. Easy to grove along with. Telecaster was my least favorite to play next to. Now I play guitar and the telecaster is my all time favorite.
I started with a Squier Affinity Telecaster. After becoming obsessed with playing guitar and acquiring better models of other types, a 335, a Strat, a Les Paul, and an acoustic, I pulled the trigger on a better model of my favorite type, a 50s JV Modified Tele. It's perfect, my go-to, and I wouldn't change a thing on it. While the others are good and have their place, ensuring they don't gather dust, that MiJ Tele gets played more than the rest combined.
I've got that pickup setup in my thinline, can't say enough good things about Lace Sensor. Yours looks great Landon
My first guitar was a Squier 2002 Strat Affinity - 20th Anniversary Edition. It's now 22yrs old, and still plays wonderfully. I've modded it with Vince Gill EMGs, and some new tuners. Otherwise, everything else is stock. And I kid you not: it plays as nicely as a 2017 Fender Player Strat I just added to my collection. Never getting rid of the Squier.
Recently, I bought a Vintage V52 reissue tele, and now I'm addicted to these things.
Today is the 38th anniversary of the acquisition of my first Telecaster. Used ('85?) Made in Japan Contemporary. Still my favorite after all these years. I have two other T-style models, and have bought and sold two lower-end Telecasters. So, in my case, this Telecaster IS better than my others!
I have a couple of strats loaded with Lace Sensors... so nice.
My 1st instrument was a 1971 Fender Telecaster Bass passed down to me from my oldest brother
Just recently bought my first Fender. A '91 American Standard Tele that I found a good deal on in a pawn shop. Looks good and sounds great.
The first guitar I bought was a 1970 Telecaster in 1981 when I was 13, for $275. Still have it!
My first guitar was an Epiphone Sheraton II in natural finish. It’s one of the Korean made Epiphones and has always played way above its price point. I kept it stock for almost two decades before just this year modding it with upgraded pickups, a bone nut, new pots, and a few cosmetic changes. I’ll always love this guitar and will never sell it!
Incidentally, I also purchased a Kingfish Tele Deluxe about two years ago and adore it. While it may not be a “traditional” tele, it’s still a workhorse and blues-rock machine. I’d love to see you review it on your channel!
Just got my first Telecaster a few weeks ago. A Squier Classic Vibe 60’s Thinline. Unbelievable quality and value for the money.,
The first one.. the vintage black.. sweet piece bro.. love it 🤘
@UCScYEUXS9iEfSxu-hCToO9w hmm.. ok.. What exactly does that mean now? 🤔
Tele & Strat plus. Most versatile & capable all time. Lace Sensors. Clapton. Jeff Beck.
I have currently 5 telecasters one 1967 original with Brazilian rosewood fingerboard board and it’s an awesome guitar i also have 2 fender custom shop telecasters one is a 52 and the other a 58 ,then there is the 2001 tele custom double bound 62 vintage series with the last being a custom made for me 1997 three pick up tele , i love them all like kids they all bring something different to the table .
My first guitar? A Conn (yes like the trumpets and trombones) accoustic my parents bought me for Christmas when I was 16. Played that for 30someodd years. Now I have too many guitars. Many of them "T-Style." A Yamaha Pacifica T-style (Heavily modded) was a permanent loan from a friend. Then I discovered G&L. I have an ASAT Classic, Bluesboy, and a Special. I have a Fender JA-90 that is a fantastic guitar. I also own a Squier Paranormal Thinline that I am modding. So yeah, T-Style guitars rock.
Nice. I didn't know Conn made a guitar. I have an old 1965 Conn tube organ that sounds awesome.
I have an oxblood Telecaster with an ebony fretboard. It's pretty cool. Your LPB and your all-black are cool, too, though.
My first really guitar was a Japanese clone of a butterscotch Tele. I recently modded it to esquire specs.
The concept of an Ultra Luxe tele amuses me
The MIJ "hybrid" were a mashup of vintage and modern specs, but dont ask me which ones. The Pro II and Ultra are already that mashup too to me. But thats marketing departments for you, gotta give it a label.
My first electric guitar was a japanese Greco LP back in 1974, so you can tell that I myself am vintage. However, over the years, and I’m 66 and retired, telemania hit me😂 and I now own an American Elite, a Fender MIJ Paisley and two Tokai Breezysound TL guitars.
I have several Telecaster guitars, made in Indonesia, China, Mexico, Japan and the USA. all of them have their own super "personality".
Landon, is the Squier Esquire they are selling now with the ceramic Humbucker in the Strat style HT string bridge loading ( not string through the body like the should be) any good? Is the C neck really thin ? I d have the bridge Almico 5 put in that Cathy wound. I can’t use a router or solder any more. I’d really rather have the neck Humbucker put in too, but the Esquires I’ve seen don’t even have a single coil rout. If I came across a used one and just put the Almico 5, in and wired it to the Volume and Tone sound good? It sounds like you were talking like you had one like that. I have the pickups already. I could have him wire in a coil split for a single coil tone, but a router and a 5 way switch to have a position to make 2 split as single coils and a position for HS would be nice. What do you think? Have you got a Esq/ Tele experiment for HH and the Strat HT bridge body you want to sell cheap? Thanks man, rock on, Teles and Esq are my favorites and the 7.25 radius are my favorites!
I learned on a Telecaster. My first guitar purchase was a Telecaster. 40 years later, even though owning many more pricy instruments from Fender, PRS and Gibson, my main is still a Tele. Telecasters just have that essential classic rock tone and clarity that fits in any mix. Out of yours, I really would like to give that Hybrid Red Beryl a go. Gorgeous instrument!
Very cool collection. What do you think of G&Ls?
Hi Landon, the Telecaster is my all time favorite electric guitar. My Tele’s consists of 6 partscaster and one ‘73 USA. I can feel and hear that each one has its own character when I play them. That said, yet they all share similar feel, sound and comfort. Each one of them are configured with different electronics, pickups and hardware. In the end, no two are the same and I feel very comfortable and IMO I’m a better guitarist with these than other type I have ever played.
I prefer these features: vintage split shaft tuners, ss pickups with 3 way, 9.5 radius, and absolutely “no” body carves. The Telecaster’s square body feels the best to me.
Body & neck contours, tune-o-magic bridges and 2T2V are of no particular interest to me. Every other config I’d want in multiples!
My first was a squier affinity tele. Recently upgraded to a squier cv 50 tele.
My first guitar was a 1967 Gibson SG 100, but I love my teles I have a 1972 Telecaster Deluxe
So. My first guitar was a Gibson SG. But now I don’t even own a Gibson (after many Les Paul and SG attempts) and my love for Telecasters has grown ridiculously in the past few years. Still have a couple Strats but…for all their “Stratyness” (which is wonderful) I’m always picking up the Teles. They just feel and sound proper to me for so many different styles. Great video as always Landon!
My first guitar was also an '04 MIM Tele. Though it's "midnight wine", not black. I have also modded the hell out of it. Started with a standard single in the neck, then dropped a Kent Armstrong humbucker in it, and finally here a few months ago, I took the humbucker out, and put in a firebird pickup in the neck.
nice! pretty much the same original guitar!
My first, and currently only, electric is a Player HSS Strat I bought in May ‘23. I’m looking at Tele’s but won’t get one for at least another year.
Thanks for the video. The Am Pro II Tele I have is great. Set up and neck feel out of the box was near perfect. And IIRC I got a deal on it as a floor/blem model but looked new to me. PUPs are great. 4-way is useful but wish it were on the switch and not the tone pot. Probably will change that some day. Tried an Ultra. PUPs sounded dull. Neck felt just ok. Didn't keep it. Also have a MIM. Good guitar but needed neck work to get it to feel nice. PUPs are just ok - kind of dull sounding. Might change them out. Its had a few fret jobs and I might just buy a whole new neck.
The bridge sound of the dually red Lace Sensor seems to be very nice to me!!! Do you use a normal or special wiring for it? Nice guitar! Best regards from Germany!
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1st Guitar was an Aria Pro xr series. I really like that Tele ultra. Aside from its quality that color combination looks amazing. Now my fave guitars are strats and superstrats but dont mind teles
I agree, the Tele is my favorite shape, too. What your collection is missing: Cabronita, Dual P90 and semi hollow. The Deluxe with those extra wide humbuckers is sweet, too, but I feel it‘s more of a style/fashion choice than tonally a must-have.
What did you do with your rosewood George Harrison Limited Edition Tele, Landon?
My first guitar was a Washburn N2 circa 1992. Wish I still had it.
I have one, I'm just not into it as much as other guitars out there. I like the feel of a strat shaped body more. I hate the plates on Teles of being a piss poor design for the classic tele with the switch being so close to the volume and tone knobs. Now I pretty much had to do some upgrades to mine also getting rid of those horrid design 3 pos brass saddles for a bridge with 6 independent saddles. I also had to reshape the baseball neck sanding it down to a more comfortable shape thats easier to play on. They're also too light for me. I like my guitar, but still prefer the strat HSS super strats more. To each their own though.
5:51 Natural Thinline Tele warms my heart whenever I see it.
A lot of possibilities for sound on your tele’s L. I love comfort cuts. I’ve never owned a tele or a tele copy but I would like to. If I could have a custom tele, I would like all the body contours of a strat, and only one pickup like the Esquire, and not sure about pickup type or body colour, but with a maple board. My first guitar was a black raven P bass(1970’s)
I have a Vintera 50s reissue with the U neck 7.25 radius Tim Shaw Almico 2 neck and Almico 3 in the bridge. I want the Tele U neck string through but with the flat bridge and a pair of Humbuckers made by Cathy from Scarmy Pickups. Really good. But the 2 Cathybuckers are really good. I just need a good Tele that was routed for twin H and a good string through bridge with the 6 saddles . I want a chunky 7.25 neck, but it seems like I’m going to have to gather a bunch of parts and have someone put it together for me as I am blind now.
Technically my first guitar was way back when I was 13 and my dad got me a black starcaster but I only played it for about a week before I put it in the closet forever.
Started playing guitar in December of 2022 when I got a marked down Mitchell acoustic for $150. First electric was a Yamaha Pacifica 612 in mystic aqua or whatever the name of the color was. Still regret selling it but I had a hankering for a Les Paul and didn’t have the money to buy one outright. Amazing guitar for sure!
Never had a tele, but everytime I played one, it was a good experience.
Telecasters Are Just Better Than Other Guitars. In fact, I think I will go out to the garage right now, open the door and fire it up. Nothing like a 100 degree day here in Dallas Texas and go cool off with a tall glass of Ice Tea, a Tele, and a tube amp, both turned ALL the Way UP.
I've had my Tele for 6 years and it still looks brand new.
NO SGs are and since this is my opinion it is the only valid one 😁 Seriously, my only complaint is fretwire size and neck contour that is too small on almost all Teles that you don't need to sell a kidney for ... not my cup of tea, I like bigger frets and bigger necks.
My first electric was a Strat. I have done many Mods on it. I probably would have purchased a Tele if I had known at the time how many songs I liked were actually played on a Tele. 😉
My first guitar was an early model 1986 G&L ASAT 3T Sunburst (it has "by Leo Fender", his whole name, not like the newer G&L's that just say "Guitars by Leo", due to FMIC being horrible people.) with an ebony fretboard with medium-jumbo frets, luckily I still have that guitar. The T-type guitars will always be my first love of guitar, I mostly play a Strat/S-type guitar because I am a huge Jimi Hendrix fan, along with most of my other guitar hero's playing Strat's but funny that they play Strat's also because of Hendrix: Blackmore, Clapton, Frusciante, Curtis Mayfield, Mark Knopfler. Only guitar hero of mine that doesn't play a Strat was the late great Ron Ashton. I am slowly warming up to my Strat after a decade or more, and I see it's advantages and it's great flexibility and versatility. That said, I am just as happy playing my G&L ASAT. Also, the only two reason I didn't get a G&L Comanche was that everyone told me that to get a sound closer to Hendrix and everyone else I liked, I needed a Fender Strat. So I got one, with vintage style pickups, and it happened to be the actual 2006 Fender 60th Anniversary American Strat Model, the one with the little diamond medallion and cubic zirconia with a banner that says "Sixty Years" on it. The whole year in 2006 Fender guitars all had a diamond base-plate, so they are often mistaken as the 60th Anniversary model. There also a model for the 60th year of just the Strat, and now a 70th Year of the Strat. That being said, I will never buy another Fender guitar new, except maybe a Squire. My experience with FMIC has been just awful. And that was back in the mid-2000's and I have heard they have gotten worse. Hard to believe that can happen. Fender is lucky if I buy their guitar picks and guitar cables, the only two products that are worth it, if you ask me. Ahh, but I am getting old and crotchety.
Well this is timely considering I just ordered my first tele about 10 hours ago lol
Great video!
Thanks!
I have a squier tele that after basic mods...tuners, cts pots and fret level, kicks ass. I thought I would change pickups but , I really didn't need to, the stock sound fine. Love it.
The red MIJ is sick. 😻
Live the Tele! Have a few.
One improvement would be a forearm contour. Otherwise...schweet!
This is true. If it's good enough for Keef, its good enoughfor me. I have a goldfoil tele with mini humbucker's. Tome monster. Highly recommended. Thanks for the video.
I'm with you Landon!! Telecaster are straight 🔥🔥🔥 🤘🏾
I like the partscaster the best.
Love the Berle. A top loader. Or was I mistaken?
My first guitar was a Strat, but I like the Tele sound better, yet I like Les Paul and ES-335 as much as the Tele. If I were to keep one guitar only, it would be the ES-335 semi-hollow which is a more versatile guitar overall, for my music taste.
When I walked into my local guitar store to buy my first electric in the summer of 1983, there actually was a 1958 Telecaster hanging from a peg for what I recall was around $1400. I took one look at it with its grimy chewed up maple fretboard and I laughed and said "who'd pay a grand for that POS". The owner said, "don't worry about it kid", as he proceeded to sell me a shiny brand new Ibanez Roadstar 2 for less than half of that beat up Tele on the wall. What I wouldn't do for a time machine sometimes.
The red Japanese Tele sounded the best. Both plugged in and acoustic, clear winner.
When someone asks me to play them a song and are planning on handing me a random guitar I've no knowledge of I always hope its a Tele. This is with 40 years of experience playing all genres of music.
My Tele is one of my favorites. I was inspired by the movie Crossroads which is why mine is cream colored.
I have around 30 guitars but 5 of them are Teles and that’s what I gig with because they are so reliable and have the best tone for me. I’d rather buy another Telecaster than spend money on fret replacements. Collect them all!
What happened to your American professional 11 dark night Tele?
I sold it last summer :)
I've always been a Vintage White or Translucent Cherry guitar guy, but I bought a Daphne Blue Tele to ease my way into the deep end of the color spectrum. Maybe someday I'll be ready for Lake Placid or Dark Knight🤣🤘
The bridge pickup is killer
Love my G & L bluesboy tele
I never liked Telecasters, they always seemed so basic and uncomfortable to me, probably because my first guitar was Squier Jaguar. I was mostly an offset guy, but then I have ordered Harley Benton TE-62CC out of curiosity and it straight away became my most picked up guitar. Now I’m in the process of building my first vintage style partscaster. Before, if you would have asked me which guitar to get if you can only have one, I would said Jazzmaster without any hesitation. Now that answer has changed to Telecaster.