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!
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).
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!
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!!!
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!
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.
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 ....
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’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 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
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
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. ❤️
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.
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 ?
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.
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.
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
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?
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.
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
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 video & awesome for me since I just bought one! I’d love to see something on how you record these tones… plug ins & amp sims or micing cabs etc.? Maybe you already made one and I just don’t know?
Yes man I would like to also know! I'm at the point where I need either buy a new amp or do I use plug ins. I just found this channel and really am motivated by Joey's playing. I guess I'll have to search his videos to find out. I wish I could contact Joey directly to get some advice.
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).
Great playing. I want to buy my first guitar. And I cannot decide between a strat or a take for my first guitar. I like music more like this if that helps. lol.
Right For instance Soldano SLO- 100 has always clean chanel in the chain even though you switched to high gain Btw on the same page about 9th Peace out ✌️
Yes, I play mine straight into a Marshall tube with no pedals and can set the amp up to make the tele sound ready for a Metallica gig. A guitar is a guitar at the end of the day. Also, the really heavy stuff doesn’t always have super heavy distortion, it’s how it’s mixed w the other tracks that makes it sound yuge.
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.
That was one of the most monster sounds I've ever heard from a Tele. VERY impressive.
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?
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
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).
agree!
Very best tone!!! The two songs in this video are very good. I search the tab in your shop.
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!
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!!!
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!
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 heard some recordings do this and didnt know what was going on. So, cheers
Tele + TS pedal + Mesa Rectifier (raw or vintage mode) - surprisely great tone, in my opinion
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.
Killer tone as always.
2:22 you are just killing us with these faces, man! Solid playing!
You can put like a Xotic EP boost in front it thickens your sound also.
Absolutely!
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.
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 ....
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’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 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
What playing, what sound! Thx Joey!
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!
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
That telecaster sounds massive indeed. Great tips, thanks for the video!
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!
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
It really has a honking back pickup and I just can't wait to mix in some clean tone with the distortion
Good playing, nice sound demo and good explanation....You got me subscribed.
Wow! Nice 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.
Instant subscription after some of those riffs.
This is why a Tele is my favorite guitar for heavy riffs. It has a metallic bite and snap that traditional "riff" guitars lack.
Great content!! Perhaps one more of the secrets in recording with a double track
Yeah, light strings are the way to go for a heavy single coil sound. Tony Iommi used 'em in Sabbath!👍
I just love the sound of that intro riff. ❤
Nice chops Joey!
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.
I dropped a Tele Hot Rail bridge pickup in mine so that along with your suggestions should really give me the crunch I want! 🎶😁🔊👍🏽
Sick riff and great playing! Really awesome tips 👏🏻
Killer demo, playing and tone!
Jeez man that is just awesome .. you rock ! Thanks for the tips .. incredible player !
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 ?
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!
Dimarzio Super Distortion tele humbucker that fits in the stock single coil hole..... add a 5150/6505, ts9, and drop D...done!
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
I am a right handed guitarist like most people and I love watching left handed guitarists play
If your Tele has '50s style wiring, that can make for a thicker/darker bridge tone. Monster tones!
would love to learn that cascading lick that starts about a .50 seconds
Sounds awesome!
the sparkle Drive (overdrive) was offering that too
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
I play a the J Mascis Tele primarily, if you can play it, you are really good. Love it.
Awesomeness Joey! ❤🤘✌️
Great Sound! The bigger Problem is fighting the feedback. Not in a Studio but in a rehearsal room or on stage.
Hey, can you achieve the same sound through the JHS Double Barrel?
Turn up the amp mids, turn down the gain, up the volume after you raise the pickup heights.
RAWK.
Sounds amazing
Don't have a real Telly but I've got an Ibanez t-style guitar with pickups like a telly
Holy shit, this is what I needed so bad, thank you!
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.
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
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day Joey ❤😊
What do you think of a big muff pedal? It doesn't have a clean knob.
Try EQD Blumes with your tele, designed for bass, perfect for heavy tele sounds :)
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?
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.
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
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.
Hey can you suggest such pedals with a clean knob? Is there a name to such pedals?? Thanks
Can i user a preamp pedal with a clean knob?
Awesome friend..Thanks for de tips...
Hey Joey, what song did you play at 10 minutes. Sounded absolutely insane.
Wow so awesome 🤩 perfect sound
Great video & awesome for me since I just bought one! I’d love to see something on how you record these tones… plug ins & amp sims or micing cabs etc.? Maybe you already made one and I just don’t know?
Yes man I would like to also know! I'm at the point where I need either buy a new amp or do I use plug ins. I just found this channel and really am motivated by Joey's playing. I guess I'll have to search his videos to find out. I wish I could contact Joey directly to get some advice.
Joey!! HUGE fan. You’re a ripper. QUESTION; can you achieve the same tone using OD instead?? Thanks!!
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).
Is it posible to get a similar result, using a Boss GX100?
Which string size do you use for Drop B?
Is it EMG in the bridge? Try to get that tone with standard alnico single.
I have the previous version of moonshine and it doesn’t have clean knob. Would it be like the new one with the clean knob all the way down?
It sounds killer indeed, but I wonder how many decibels do need to create that massive sound when using a tube amp?
Great playing. I want to buy my first guitar. And I cannot decide between a strat or a take for my first guitar.
I like music more like this if that helps. lol.
Rockin brother very impressed
9:52 what song is this? That’s one hell of a riff
Right For instance Soldano SLO- 100 has always clean chanel in the chain even though you switched to high gain
Btw on the same page about 9th
Peace out ✌️
Which would be dark sounding amps? (Like in the 300 usd range)(obviously not valves)
Your "clean" sound at 5:50 is pretty awesome too!!! What profile is that? What amp/cab? Thanks! :)
Wondering what you use for Delay and Reverb? I can hear you dialled them in well as great sounding support.
Super cool vidéo ! Super bon jeu 😮✨️
Sounds great, shoulda talked the delay and reverb you were also using. Still man, sounds friggin' great.
pal mute on that has to be hard, but man, you made your guitar sound so beautiful, well played.
Amazing tone i would love to see you do the same with a strat
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.
Yes, I play mine straight into a Marshall tube with no pedals and can set the amp up to make the tele sound ready for a Metallica gig. A guitar is a guitar at the end of the day. Also, the really heavy stuff doesn’t always have super heavy distortion, it’s how it’s mixed w the other tracks that makes it sound yuge.
|Man thats awesome!!! Any additional setup needed to tune that low?