MIM Tele With Fender CS Texas Special PU's and a 4-Way Switch

[ClyderSkyner]

Sound a bit latin, like Santana or Phil Manzanera. Cool stuff, and cool guitar anyway.

[chessdude67]

I was going to buy an American, but now I think I'll just go MIM! Thank you.

Excellent playing!

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[Arthur19937]

I love your sound!



[unabonger777]

hey... as someone who has tried both the texas specials and the area-T, how do you think they compare, which ones do you prefer?

[elmattavision]

@unabonger777 I really like them both a lot! Since I have the pickups in two different guitars it is hard to make a definite statement but I would say the Area T's sound a little smoother while the Texas Specials have "harder" sound...not distortion hard, more of a character sound. The Texas Specials can cover classic rock and country really well and really cut through a mix. The Area T's can do the same but since it is a smoother type sound it tends to blend more with the other instruments.

[espinguitar]

Ellegant guitar + Ellegant playing too= great tone

[unabonger777]

nice tone. the end of the video made me think my monitor failed though.

[Tarsan97]

a lot of tele SMACK. nice

[mrgitarman]

YOu have fantastic licks, what a great showcase for the Tele and the Texas specials. I am modding a Tele with the exact same set-up, and 4-way switch as well. I also have a maple neck on mine. I really, I maen really hope I get the tones you do!

[slash646]

i recently purchased the texas special tele pickups and a four way switch along with them. I followed the wiring diagram that came with the switch exactly and somehow, something went wrong. I ended up with two volume knobs and no tone. All of the pickup selections work so i know it is not the wiring over on the switch. It is something with the pots and the cap. If you could help me at all that would be great!

[marcelcruzeiro]

wow, how do I mod to a 4 way switch?

[funfurryall]

thats so delicious... ima get me summa them (this is my sisters account)

[Danthehorse]

Thanks for a really good vid mate, very nicely done all round.

[TeleGlider]

Wow..this is super tasty indeed.

Very very fine playing.

Just curious...what are the other elements gear wise?

I've thought about getting a looper for example.

Your tone is excellent my friend.

[elmattavision]

@TeleGlider Thanks... The clean tone is the guitar straight into a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe with a Vintage 30 speaker. The overdrive sound has a Boss SD2 (discontinued Boss overdrive pedal with two stages of gain) Boss CS-3 Compressor a Boss DD7 delay (loop) and a Boss DD 3 Delay.

[Jam6813]

from 3:45 you were just kiling it man, thats some pretty impressive shit mate, you really impressed me, reminded me of Prince in his hayday which is amazing. I think we need more videos from you my friend.

[kent8040]

Is the solo done on the bridge pickup? Are MIM pickups drastically different? I've got a Tele Affinity and a set of MIM pickups and I'm that they will improve the sound or should I wait for the CSs?

[elmattavision]

For the solo I am primarily using the bridge pickup but a some point in the middle I switched to position 4 which are the bridge and neck in parallel... pickups are really a matter of preference. I prefer the CS pickups but others prefer the sound of the stock pickups. Generally the CS pickups are going to be a little more "rocking" than standard tele pickups - it depends what you like.

[Kaiross08]

I love your tele =], I wanna put as you a 4 switch on my tele and Texas Special pickups as soon I had the money for buy it. =]

[askrere]

@Kaiross08 me too, and maybe a bigsby

[ChopJoplGershw]

You play beautifully and the tone is awesome. Is that the "Special Edition" Standard MIM Tele made for Guitar Center? I've got one with the red tortoiseshell pickguard, though the finish is natural and yours looks translucent or opaque.

[elmattavision]

Thank You! ...actually it started out as a regular MIM Standard. It came with a black pickguard that I swapped out for a tortoiseshell. Then I swapped out the stock pickups for the Fender Texas Specials and put in a 4-way switch.

[bmd900]

just pure sweetness dude! keep it up!!!

[captainchrismo]

Awesome tone man!

[777jordan]

the bridge sounds awesome when strumming!

[hafstrat]

Your playing and tone rocks!!! Superb stuff!!!!!

[louisianaBluesBoy]

how did you ground the pickup cover?

[elmattavision]

I am not sure, I had a friend do it for me