Q & A - Princetons, Tele Body Thickness, and Guthrie Trapp's influence - Ask Zac 91
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2021
- To Support the Channel:
Tip jar: paypal.me/AskZac
Venmo @AskZac
Or check out my store for merch - www.askzac.com
Today I take a long-overdue look at questions that have arisen over the last couple of months. I cover the common questions I get about Princeton Reverb amps, the Tele body thickness question that was repeatedly asked concerning my 57 vs 67 Tele video, and I cover how Guthrie Trapp has influenced my playing, and how one of his exercises influenced the "Ask Zac" theme.
Gear for this video
1957 Fender Esquire with an added neck pickup. Restoration and aging on the body by Dan "Danocaster" Strain. Bridge pickup re-wind by Ron Ellis
Strings:
D'Addario NYXL 10-46
Pick:
Fender Medium
Amp:
1964 Vox JMI AC10 with 12" Celestion Blue Alnico Speaker in a custom cab built by Kyle Bollendorf.
Effects used:
Boss RV-2 on plate setting
9v power via Truetone CS6 amzn.to/3gnJQPW #askzac #guitartech #telecaster 
Видеоклипы
I LOVE the idea of a monthly Q&A!
Wait till you see next weeks episode. You gave me a great title and idea.....
@@AskZac Exciting!! Apologies if I missed this but what would you suggest as the best avenue to submit questions that may be good for video topics?
Hey Keith how's the Deluxe?
Hey Keith & Zak!
Love both your shows obviously and the Q & A’s are my favorite honestly. Many times someone asks questions I’ve either forgot to ask or even better, they’ll ask a question that’s never even dawned on me 🤙
Anyway, thanks! Both of you.
Guthrie Trapp’s album pick peace is one of my favorites ever!
Another thoughtful, entertaining, interesting; and informative episode. A home run.
Great video, Zac! Agreed, periodic Q&A stuff would be really cool!
Thank your for sharing your knowledge and PLEASE, bring back this Q&A format! You provide such interesting information as you share generously to all of us! (Love the opening picking by the way:)
So good to hear the soloing advice.I as well strive to play over each chord
Super fun episode Zac, I really enjoyed it. I had a lot of fun learning your intro part a while back, cool to learn it was in part inspired by Guthrie. I love his approach and style too... his lessons are so practical and musical.
Learning the theme has made me a better player! It’s standard in my warm ups and when trying out new guitars now. So thank you!
Love this! This channel has been so informative and influential for me. Keep going!
Awesome! Thank you!
Love the Q&A format. It is “ask Zac” after all. Thank you!
More to come!
Been watching you for about a year, i finally bought a Fender Deluxe Reverb 65 RI very happy.
You're doing an awesome job! Glad to support the channel monthly. BTW, hello from Kankakee Illinois.
Thank you, Dennis!!
Cool Video Zac….enjoyed it! Like the idea of a recurring q&a video now and again!
That first jam you did was absolutely tops!!!
Its so nice to be able to reach over and grab a Telecaster! Love the Q and A a regular once in a while sounds like a good idea.Im lucky enough to have a real Vintage music store here in St.Louis (Killer Vintage) Love going by there and playing different Telecasters!
Glad to see the right pickguard back on the Esquire again! ;-)
For me, the 50s Vintera tele is dollar for dollar an outstanding Tele if you like vintage specs. I play mine as often as I play my Custom Shop Esquire.
Agreed!! Also, I’ve always been a tele guy, but I decided to get the vintera road worn 50’s strat… and it’s AMAZING. Pretty much a tele with a middle pickup for me 😂
I have the older Classic Series '60s Tele, and just played a Custom Stop Jimmy Page Tele, a week or two before I bought the Mexican Tele. Personally, I like the neck shape better on the '60s Tele. I did change out the pickups to the Fender USA '64 Tele Pickups.
Hi there Zac,
Great channel.
Re Princeton: there wasn’t quite enough gig volume with my 68 reissue,so I’ve put an Eminence red fang in,and it’s easily as loud as I’ll ever need,fantastic!
I was in the same position and swapped the Celestion out for a WHS G10C and now it’s perfect.
Very informative as always. I loved the lick in the beginning 😎🎙🎸✅
There are always more questions than answers Zac. But you’ve answered a few!
Love the show thanks for all of the great content and attention to detail
Thanks for watching!
Answers are concise and to the point. Excellent 👍🏻😎
Glad you liked it
Great episode Zac - and I’d be one who would welcome more Q&A episodes. Seems like a good way to keep the community up-to-date on further details and clarifications to the main videos.
Noted!
Great episode, Zac. I actually used to be in the "Telecasters begin and end with blackguard..." camp until I started watching Ask Zac.
I put a Celestion Gold 10 in my '76 PR... absolutely lovely!
Interesting you mention Guthrie. I'm about 3 lessons away from finishing his intermediate course and I'm seeing things on the fretboard I didn't see before. Can't wait to see where the expert section will take me!
Fantastic!
Interesting question about the blonde Tone Master. I bought my blonde Tone Master Deluxe Reverb based on your review. It's an awesome-sounding amp, and it's so great to carry into and out of gigs, because of its feather weight. Thanks so much for that review.
It's a great amp
I too picked up a Blond Tone Master a few days ago. Excellent for my home practice rig. I can leave it on forever without wearing out the tubes. I don't play it loud at home and it sounds just like my regular Deluxe Reverb. Very happy.
Loved the intentional solo playing tip. Guthrie Trapp
Thanks Zac. Your Tele looks a lot Happier with it's white guard back on :)
It is!
Hey Zac, have you had a look at the Roland Blues Cube range? I found them a little strange to start with but have tried and bought the 2x12 Artist and the 1x12 Artist. Very weird to start with but I found that the controls actually work - I have got through all the tone capsules and realised that the best one was to use none or the Skunk Baxter clean capsule. Really interesting amp. Guthrie Trapp is such a great teacher and humble human being, just like you! Big love.
You always get great tone from Peavey Special 130 to all the other videos I've watched
The Blackguards and the later 50's Telecasters are really two different beasts in my mind. A good Blackguard is more aggressive, more rock and roll to me, where as the later 50's models have more of the Bakersfield twang that I love.
Well said!
That lead pickup change around ‘55 with the raised pole pieces changed the sound as well as the saddles. They also switched woods depending on the color from ash to alder.
@@vayabroder729 alder sunburst were rarely built in the fifties. Most are ash blonde
Guthrie is a baaaad man. Defintely do one of these per month Zac. Good stuff! 🤘
Fun ep!
I like Weber’s version of the C10Q in old black/silver Princetons. The original speakers in these amps, often low-end CTSes, tend to be weak sounding.
I have the Fender Vintera 50's Mod Tele and Fender Vintera 50's Strat and these sound and feel GREAT!
I agree, I just bought a Vintera 50s Modified Tele-love it!
Thanks Zac. Great insight !!
the celestion gold (10") in my Princeton sounds incredible, never had an issue with the low end on mine!
I’ve got a Celestion Blue in my 65 reissue and it sounds great.
Monthly QA is a great idea. What is your opinion on Tele Customs, Deluxe and Tele Thinline or are those not considered truly Telecasters in your opinion.
Informative as always!🎸🎸
Hey my 61 Princeton plugged into my old Vox 2/12 cabinet (open back) Hard to beat
What was that little ditty at the intro. Wish you went over it at the end,like you usually do .Keep those Q@A videos coming ,good stuff Zac !🎸
I like the way the white guard blends with the finish of that guitar better than the black guard.
Interesting episode! Thanks Zac!
My pleasure!
With my Partscaster Tele I intentionally made it look like a 56 or 57 White Guard Tele, but it has the Fender '52 Reissue Pickups in it. I love the look of the late 50s Teles.
Nice section on Guthrie Trapp and your soloing. Carol Kaye always says that jazz musicians solo over the chords, i.e., purposefully, as you said. I also remember seeing a clinic with Jim Hall at the University of North Texas. He invited on of the students, a very good tenor sax player up on stage to play with him. After a few minutes Jim stopped and said, “I really like the way you suggest the chords for me with the notes you play.”
Big difference between that and just noodling.
.
YES
DIY Teles are awesome and fairly easy to put together
Hey Zac. I’m in the Tulsa area and I’m gonna come check you out at both shows. I’ll email you tomorrow. Great show as always. I’ll hit you up tomorrow.
Please zac(at)askzac.com
Great job as always Zac!
I appreciate that
The thing I like about Guthrie is that his approach is broad enough that it applies across multiple genres.
Excellent Zac
Thanks for the fun video, Zac. I like the white guard on those see through blonde finished Teles. The blacks belong on the butterscotch models.
The pickguard on the 67 is a 3 ply, giving an illusion of it being a larger guitar.
I think you are right
@@AskZac Shit, I thought it was this Super Lemon Haze.
Thank you for making me a well rounded Teleplayer!
Sure wish you'd cover Asat Classic and Special.
Good idea to have a monthly Q&A episode. As for Guthrie Trapp I love Guthrie's playing. Love watching Guthrie build a solo and I always try to watch his posts. He is definitely one of THE guys in Nashville now along with the well established players such as Brent Mason. Enjoyed as always. Cheers.
Glad you enjoy it!
The black deluxe reverb tonemaster can be updated with the same firmware that comes with the blonde one. It gets rid of the bright cap sound. Then the only difference in the black & blonde is the speaker.
Yes. It is a big improvement.
Just subscribed because of this video. Great stuff!
Welcome aboard!
The Reverend Eastsider and the Reverend Gristlemaster as well as the G&L ASAT are worth looking at.
I have an Eastsider and it is a great, well made guitar. Lot of bang for your buck.
Don’t forget the Buckshot. It’s like a quirky first cuz of tele family. I’ve deployed one for years.
@@chrislestermusic i have an eastsider S, and it is Amazing! Brighter and "ringier" than any of my tele's. First time I've ever rolled off the tone knob...
Zac, new subscriber here and love your videos.. keep it up and remember us out here on the East Coast....
Thank you so much, Vern.
Heyo Zac... Yea, master Trapp is great and obviously a sweet guy as well.
My Baja Tele is a black guard but since I put on a pale 'mint green' scratch plate
I've never looked back... I wanna put a 12" in me Princeton but I've mixed feelings
about swapping the baffle... It's prolly just G.A.S. Cheerios (not the cereal)
Zac, great video/channel. Any thoughts on the Vintera 50s Modified? Have you mentioned them in previous videos/review? Thanks!
Never played one. I need to get out more
I could stare at that blonde telecaster all day. You have some beautiful guitars. 🎸
Thanks! 😃
Great video, Zac, I always enjoy the Q&A format. Have you ever considered doing a monthly 1 hour or 90 minute live stream hangout for regular viewers? That could be a lot of fun.
I am pondering that.
I got Super Reverb 1968 blackface circuit.... best sound ever
I had went back and forth between a silver face 68 Princeton 10 inch speaker, 64/65 black face with a 10 inch, and a black face 64/65 special edition with 12 inch Jenson, got the 64/65 special edition one and tone wise was superior to me than the 10 inch speaker other ones. I agree with you Zack, low string twangy licks on the 10 inch just caves.
How difficult is it to change that baffling out for a 12?
I have a 65 Vox AC15; it has seven tubes plus a tube rectifier, and a gold-label Bulldog speaker. A friend has a 63 with a Bulldog speaker. In fact, all the early to mid-sixties Vox amps I've seen have Bulldog speakers, with the gold label. For some reason, most sites dealing with Vox amps never mention the Bulldog speakers (as in my picture).
Would you send me some pictures? zac (at) askzac.com
The old blue bulldogs are the best. A secret weapon
Great episode! When you are learning new tunes for gigs or one of your episodes do you use something to slow the tune down and learn by ear or do you find som tabs or something? Or maybe you have some other way of doing it? What approach do you think is the best? Love the show, keep it up! 😊
I am going to do an entire episode on this
@@AskZac Oh very nice! Looking forward to it😊
I Started as a Strat Guy, moved towards Les Paul's happily, but somehow Telecaster always seemed to Fit better, play better and easier and stumbled on a Telecaster Prototype by a well known Luthier who worked for Taylor & Alembic and now has Jasper guitars in Green Bay. After playing his T-35 prototype semi hollow body it might replace the LP and Strat as my #1 because of how it Looks, Sounds and PLAYS
Yo zac
I baught a Mexican standard tele swapped out the pickups with mojotone clone broadcaster pickups and swapped out the t-saddles and plate for brass saddle and plate made by armadillo in Texas .In my opinion the plate is optional but helps the guitar sing slightly better unfortunately the plate does ad a bit of weight. However for way under a 1000 dollars you can have an awesome telecaster. Btw Duncan broadcaster and the 54 pickups also sound very good they have a more Keith Richards sound to them also worth mentioning the mojotone clone52 pickups sound dead on classic tele.
Tele thickness differences: I have a 2006 Highway One Tele that's 1 3/4" thick and a Chinese made Squier Tele that's just over 1 1/2" thick. The Squier is lighter by about a pound (seven pounds total). They no doubt shaved off the quarter inch to save money by using less wood. The body is also three, maybe four pieces of wood in total. I know there may be some Telecaster aficionados out there who are clutching their pearls about the Chinese made Squier, but I needed a knock-around inexpensive guitar for the office and, shockingly, it's a fun guitar to play! Great show, I love the Q & A idea.
Thx for the videos, they're great!!! I have a question about your Tele/Vox setup, just curious about where you set the treble on the amp? I know and understand every guitar and amp are different, and I know all about the guitar's tone knob, and yada yada yada... just curious. Thx.
The amp has a single tone control that is a cut, and I set it pretty high, as it is a bright amp.
@@AskZac thank you!
Watching from northern Alberta Canada !
Great video! I was hired by ArtistWorks to transcribe 100 of the Guthrie Trapp video lessons to pdf for his course. Great course! Guthrie is great.
Nice work!
Thank you for correcting yourself on the fender F logo that it’s not a backwards F it is a Krysta fifth it’s been that way for a long time I guess people it’s easier for them to see that it looks like a backwards F but thank you so much for correcting that it was bugging me up a while and you Zack being you I really thought you knew that already and was just trying to be kind to those new beginners into the fender telecaster series but anyways laugh out loud thanks again love the work love the channel teles are my favorite
The Les Paul Studio body is not as thick as the others. With Teles different necks, woods, pickups I say get one of each.
BTW I do enjoy your vids... Do you ever come out to lovely Los Angeles?)
Have not been out in a couple of years.
I wonder if a removable back plate on the back of the Princeton would give the desired tonal changes. It wouldn’t eliminate all the twang, but it would clean up the attack and maybe make it a little punchier. It might not be original, but it wouldn’t be hard to measure and make as a DIY project.
I’d also love to see you review the new Quilter Superblock US, with the ability to switch between the brownface and blackface sounds.
I need to research that.
Original Jazzmaster bodies are thinner than later ones. I would buy an Affinity Tele to get the thinner body, Affinities are thinner too.
Great video as always! I see a common mod for Princeton's is to swap in a Deluxe Reverb Power Transformer. Do you know what the advantage of this is? Does this increase the wattage of the Princeton?
It does, and gives it a wider sound.
10:13 In my opinion a good new Tele around 1000 bucks is the Fender Tele American Performer. Check it out and good luck. ✌🏼
SICK INTRO!
So Zac , I would like to hear your thoughts on head and cabinet set ups vs. combo amps.I generally gravitate to combos ,have an AC30C2 and a Deluxe Reverb reissue but a head and cab really looks cool.I had a solid state Fender stage 100 with a 4 x10 cabinet configuration that I traded to the underground Bing studio in Columbia S.C.I currently have a Kustom upholstered head and two Column 4x10 upholstered Kustom speakers .just wondering what your thoughts are as someone who's opinion is based on knowledge experience and facts.
Head and cabs are better for the life of the tubes. Less vibration. I like the setup, but hate have more pieces.
@@AskZac Thanks
I got myself an Epiphone les Paul ( Top o Range Jared GoldGlory) recently.
I´m apparently just NOT a LP guy -- so it´s getting Flipped & a MIJ Telecaster shall be no order Pink Paisley i reckon!
Cheers from madrid
Hi Zac,
I have some questions regarding the Glaser string bender system for your next Q & A.
Firstly, I play almost exclusively sitting down. Is the system adaptable to playing while seated? I saw you playing that way in a video, but is it a pain in the butt to pull off those bends while seated?
Also, I own a 1974 CBS-era Telecaster, but there is no way in hell I'm having surgery performed on him. He means way too much to me. So I thought I could purchase a decent telecaster at a music store and then get the system installed on a guitar that I'm not too attached to. My question is this, being a Canadian, what would be the best way to go about that? Would I have to get the neck taken off here in Canada and then ship the body to the States? Is that even an option?
Thanks, I dig your videos and frequently check out your listening suggestions.
It’s easy to use the bender sitting down you just want to you set it for a short throw. It can be set for long, medium or short throw and you can set the tension. it works very well while you’re seated. I would get a less expensive non-vintage guitar may be a road worn or some other Guitar that’s a little less expensive to put a Bender in and yes you can send just the body to him and then you can have someone put the neck back on in Canada
Good info Im. Still Dragon along. Trying to get this arm and fingers to working.so I play that Forest Jr. Tele. I got I still have Hope .
Keep up the hard work!
@@AskZac Im tryin. Bud.
In this place .ICan only do. What Ican
I am not in therope. I cant spell that word .
I love Princeton's but it seems that they are so thin in the midrange. The Celestion Green Back might be a great answer for that.
I put a Celestion alnico blue in mine and to me it made it sound a lot better, it brings out the mids better.
Awesome
Speaking of Princetons, what size speaker does Kenny Vaughan use? I've never heard anybody get so many great tones out of a Princeton like he does.
I don’t know the answer to this but I am curious about it myself. Kenny is an Eminence artist.
“I’m still an amplifier guy, and I’ve found that Eminence speakers are the very best. Any time you see or hear me, it’s an Eminence.” - Kenny Vaughan
Kenny has a 10" Celestion gold in his main Princeton. He has another that has a 12" in it.
Thanks! Mystery solved!
Ash bodied Teles are becoming a rarity!
What's your opinion on "Nashville" style teles?
Love them!
It would be awesome to see an episode on Mike Bloomfield
Great idea!
Hey Zac, I wanted to know your opinion about the American Pro I series, do you think it would work well to play funk. Does the V mod pups stray too far from this vintage sound?
I have not played them yet. I did play a Jazzmaster from that series, and it was great.
I always wonder if its worth sending my telecaster to get chambered? is this done often, and if you got it REALLY chambered, would it affect tone much?
Nobody chambers already built guitars. If you did, it would be a mess
@@AskZac glad i didn't then
Ed Bickert would be a bit different in terms of analysis what do you think, viable? UK.
Viable!
Ha! Sorry for being pedantic about the F, Zac!!! My bad. (Gave me a chuckle to hear you bring that up, though.)
All good!
My last name starts with the letter F. When I sign my name, the F looks like the fender F, and I am way more backwards that it.
Woah! Is that a Jerry Jones twelve string in the background?
Ha! Yes it is.
@@AskZac Sweet! Would love to hear you play it in a video. Stay safe!
Hey, Zac! I love the Ask Zac theme song. It's funny that such a great little tune started off merely as a finger exercise. I liked it so much that I sat down to learn it as soon as I heard it. Of course I'm terribly lazy (as some of us guitar players are), so I learned to play it in a manner that AVOIDS using the pinky as much as possible. My bad...
I learnt it too.
Are there any existing YT videos of you playing a gig?
Not with a full band. There is a live feed of me playing as a duo, and maybe some old clips of me playing on the Opry with Paisley. I am going to try and film some future shows.
Where would I find a top load shot bridge for a 7.25 radius neck 🤔
Top loader bridge?
Strat solid body. 7.25 Malibu neck. Need a bridge like the one on your Tele that loads the string through the top and will match the 7.25 raidus neck
@@charleswallace5818 My 57 is not a top loader. I can't find any for sale right now, but this is what you want. reverb.com/item/36187999-fender-jimmy-page-telecaster-tele-bridge-guitar-chrome-steel-3-saddle
@@AskZac thank you so much