I have a 52 re-issue I reckon it is better than a 52 original. Sure if you like the history of the original like an antique thats cool but the re-issue is super cool. I had a jap esquire when they first came out they had a paper made in japan. I took that of and took it to some vintage guitar dealers. They never knew it was new till I told them after they offered big money for it. Made me think!
@PopExpo If somone is looking for 50's style Strat it's hard to go wrong with the Eric Johnson. Great build quality and attention to detail at $1500. Im, also digging the 60th anniversary series Tele's.Both these guitars are production instruments.
why would you want a tele to sound like a strat?? just get a strat! teles are known for that kind of sound, if you don't like that sound, just get a strat! why would you waste so much money buying a tele that sounds like a strat, when you can just get a strat? that's just stupid.
@Olinolan190 Reissue hardware and just general fender hardware is a lot. A stamped neckplate is going for $50+ on ebay! Your best bet if you want to make a really nice, custom instrument for cheap is to buy an unfinished body and neck and customize your hardware.. you'll have custom shop quality for under $400 if you do it wisely.
I just can't quite get that sound outa my tele. Im not very good at "dailing in tones". What settings do you have on your amp? Treble, middle, bass, reverb, gain etc?
So what you're basicaly saying is the average 52 tele is shit? the custom shop one is great? I paid a lot of money for a standard 52 tele. feel i've been robbed after watching this.
@celtno1 No, the standard 52 is an excellent guitar. Rest assured, its bought and played by pros and is a steadfast solid tele. The CS one is of course very very good but i think the neck pickup thing shouldnt mislead you, this one has a strat sound which, well, isnt the point of a tele....
@celtno1 The tele is overpriced. Have you seen what the pickups go for? $100 shipped to your door. The bridge costs around $60, the pickguard $40, control plate, pots electronics $70.. tuners $30-40. So why on earth would you pay $1300+? For a nitro finished body and neck?
It's a nice guitar but totally overpriced! I would sell it and build a few teles from parts. The AVRI strat is probably the best deal of all the reissues because strat parts are much more expensive.
Yep, front pick up is very Strat-like-however 90% of the sound is created with fingers and individual technique. How many times have you heard a great guitar played by a dud player?-Sounds like shite right?-the instrument is not as important as the player.
Very nice model but some of us like the dark sounding front pick up - in fact the last thing I want my Tele to sound like is my Strat - an entirely different animal. My current Tele was assembled in Mexico but I must have been lucky (a comment you often hear about Mexs) because it is the most playable and greatest sounding guitar I have ever owned.
Maybe I just got lucky - and how many times have I heard that said by other owners - but my Mexican Telecaster is superb - certainly wouldn't swap it for this custom!
I just got a '52 tele reissue lol, and for some reason i NEVER use the neck pickup, i just dont have much of a use for that sound.. I use the bridge with the tone knob set bassy.. It gives a real sappy kind of sound
To be honest I've never thought there was anything much wrong with the Telecaster neck pickup, and btw imo the best Telecaster neck pickup you can get is the dimarzio twang king, only £40 but it sounds fantastic, the only ones that sound better are boutique ones that cost 3-4 times more, thats just my opinion though.
i guess the easiest way i can say this is, i have an original 1955 stratocaster and the quality (both in craftsmanship and sound) surpasses anything the "custom shop" has EVER PUT OUT. and that guitar (the 55 strat) was built on a regular production line. all i'm saying is fender needs to stop ripping you kids off and start offering quality products again.
@PopExpo That's an interesting perspective. The professional players I know all play Custom Shop stuff. Maybe you are one of those guys who thinks everything was better, "in the good old days". I have a feeling that 30 people 1)have never played a '55 Strat, 2) have never played a Custom Shop guitar from Fender. Tou should. They are excellent.
@PopExpo I have played some really poor Fenders from this period as well. A 55 year old guitar that has spent all that time on the road is subject to a lot of wear and tear. The guitars I've played from the CS have been very good - 'rip off' is a little subjective. In addition, there are some very good independent companies making very high quality copies with 50s specs...so it's not all bad news.
oh by the way G and L stands for George and Leo... as in George Fullerton and Leo Fender the two men who invented the Telecaster and Stratocaster. you fucking idiot. wanna get owned again? Fender guitars now days aren't even real fenders anymore. they haven't been since 1965. i guess now days they are somewhat getting back to their roots but still alot of short cuts. thats what i meant by custom shop quality on a regular production line....pre CBS. kiddo.
Although I agree with most of what you're saying I can't exactly give you thumbs up because of how childish you are about proving and specifying your points.
Repeatedly calling theman5993 and idiot and stupid makes you look pretty bad and takes attention off the point you're actually trying to make and that you're so right about..
Maybe try being mature about getting your point across, just because he isn't doesn't mean you can't be,,.
fuck when the american vintage series of fenders first came out..... they cost $999, now their almost $2000. thats fucking bullshit. fuck fender. 2K and i'm still getting a guitar off the regular production line? fuck you fender. Leo Fender would be disgusted to see what his company turned into.G and L however seems to be doing right.
you are an idiot. 1. the fender vintages dont cost 2k if youre not retarded and buy it from a good dealer. 2. its not off the line its from the custom shop so honestly what do you expect? the fender custom shop is one of the most prestigious guitar shops on the planet. of course what they make is gonna be a little more money you moron. 3. G and L is just a huge fender copy cat company.
i'm not an idiot you are for letting a little online comment get to you. . hahahaha good dealer my ass your an idiot for willing to spend over 1500 bucks for a piece of wood. unlike you i've been to the custom shop and seen them make guitars. trust me what i saw aint worth the money they are
charging. you are so stupid. G and L is the company LEO FENDER started after he sold the fender company to CBS. GOD you're stupid.
"there's a lot going on..." It seems to me these retros are all pretty much the same... I can see how someone might think they would become a better guitarist with a copy of an old guitar... hmm. I must have been lucky because theTele Mex I picked up on Ebay for £200 plays and sounds fantastic and has an amazing range of tones.
I've got a Squier Standard Tele. I really think with a little bit of tweaking it's become the best guitar I've ever owned. I used to have a Gibbo SG at the same time and hardly ever used it because I had the Tele. Tele's are the best guitars in the world. 60 year old design, and they've never had to change it.
I really do enjoy listening and playing this type of guitar. At the moment, I only own a Squire Telecaster copy (cheap Japanese version). I'm in the process of saving my pennies for a real Fender American Vintage 52 Telecaster and a Marshall JVM 410H amplifier with 1960 Speaker Cabinets. what I really hate is Americans that use the word "Cool" over and over. Extremely irritating. I'm Australian/British subject. Born in England and living in Australia.
Get back to us when you design a terrific guitar that thousands of people will buy and love for one of the largest, if not the largest, music companies in the world.
cool guitar...Id like to try that bridge PUP. Don Mare makes a similar Broadcaster spec pup based on a 0038 model, its like 10K, I bet it screams. I prefer the lower 7K winds though for classic Tele spankage.
Yes absolutely, of all the guitars i've heard, the SG and tele has something in common.
sg puts you on about an even LP sound and the tele can power you into the same direction, from here to anywhere with the choice of pickups and wood density.
stacked humbucker in bridge position of a tele, versatile.
I got me one but with a Seymour Duncan Antiquity Humbucker Pickup, Ltd. Edition Cusom made by Fender for the European Market. Its sad that there is no Info here on your YouTube Site
i love fender. however my friend has this and i didnt like it. i thot the neck was pretty large. i guess it didnt help the fact that the guitar was like a metre too low. not cool. i bet id prob like it if it was a regular height.
hey i gotta good question. i am getting a telecaster delux but i mainly am going to use it for distortion. do you think it is going to sound better than my esp ltd? my esp was 450 dollars new... the guitar im getting is 1,000... its going to sound better in metal to rite?
the only reason jim's tele is able to to metal is because he has emgs in the neck and bridge pickups, A normall tele cant get close to being that heavy
No;buying something with single coils for metal is stupid
if your going to buy a tele for metal i would just go to warmoth and have them make one with humbucker routes and a floyd and 24 frets..of course then its not a "real" tele
never tried emg single coils, have a black out on my Charvel model 5-a and a boost on a model 6 but thats it.my experience with emgs is they sound a bit stale..but there for heavier metal and im of a blues (muddy waters) to sacred riech kind of person
Ahahaa yeah I'm totally with you, I've never liked Active Pickups...however that vid of Gary Moore playing the Stumble with active pickups in his Heritage is amazing
I haven't ran the gamut with single coils yet, I'm more of a humbucker guy right now...Blues and Rock
i cant imagine the single coils sounding that great..but i think pete from the who does use emg singles in his strat setup? when i tried the 81/85 on a esp eclipse through a jvm 410 it on orange (dirty) it didnt sound right..they could of had a worn out battery or the tubes could of been going but i didnt like it :s.
my favorite pup configuration is 1 single at the neck and a humbucker in the bridge :).good for metal and blues.
The telecaster has a very particular sound, for hard rock etc (ok ... not for the metal)... Look at MattRach's "La Rencontre", it's Rage against the machine style, and it's awesome !
I know this comment is super old, but go on Bare Knuckle Pickups' website and look up the "Modern Metal" clip for their lowest output tele pickups. Listen to that brutality. Plus, that chunky neck is great for chugging, brutal riffage. Plus you can play pretty much everything else on a tele, rock, jazz, country, funk, blues, tell me something you can't play on a Tele
@WoWintosh sure thing, moron! guess your mommy didn't teach you any manners huh? she too busy on the corner? aw it's okay we can get you some help! first of all NEVER come at someone like that in person. i know hiding behind a computer talking shit is easy and all, but you never know who might break your jaw when you're right in front of them :)
second he's right. i've owned/played several cust shop and vintage fenders and vintage wins every time. so you sir can shut the hell up! bye now!
I always wonder why these demos are done with the tone wide open. It makes the sound thin and tinny and actually would turn a beginner off buying the guitar. Wouldn't it be better to demo them using a rounded musical tone? Most older tele players buy them because the front pickup is great for jazz.
I don't know that this would be a guitar for a beginner, unless they were very rich. IMO, by the time you buy this, you'd appreciate the clarity on offer (transparent clean tone) rather than blasting distortion. Point taken on the jazz though.
Curvier fingerboards can choke bends (ie stop the string vibrating at the top of your bend). But if you've got larger frets, that doesn't happen anyway. Curvier boards are more comfortable though.
i use a tele with high radius and it gives me the possibility to bend 5 halfsteps without any effort and it doesnt choke, which is very useful when im playing
none of them are for sale... they are both custom shop pups, so you need to ask them bout it. though the neck pup, "Twisted Tele", is actually aviable in the Classical Player Baja Mexico tele. check it out
I have a 52 re-issue I reckon it is better than a 52 original. Sure if you like the history of the original like an antique thats cool but the re-issue is super cool. I had a jap esquire when they first came out they had a paper made in japan. I took that of and took it to some vintage guitar dealers. They never knew it was new till I told them after they offered big money for it. Made me think!
tritonstu 1 week ago
So this is a shitty "modern" Tele with a flat skinny neck and jumbo frets pretending to be a vintage Tele? You couldn't give me that thing.
Maafa1619 1 month ago
@PopExpo If somone is looking for 50's style Strat it's hard to go wrong with the Eric Johnson. Great build quality and attention to detail at $1500. Im, also digging the 60th anniversary series Tele's.Both these guitars are production instruments.
spider62able 4 months ago
this guitar ≥ boobies
guitarhal96 5 months ago 4
why would you want a tele to sound like a strat?? just get a strat! teles are known for that kind of sound, if you don't like that sound, just get a strat! why would you waste so much money buying a tele that sounds like a strat, when you can just get a strat? that's just stupid.
IncrediguyPro 6 months ago 2
Pause at 4:12
slpplexi1969 8 months ago
How do I date my american vintage 52 tele? Do I have to remove the neck? serial number 70754. Any help would be much appreciated
murrayisthebest 8 months ago
zzzzzzzzzzz what? oh sorry, I fell asleep
1952Telecaster 11 months ago
Is this guitar suitable for jazz?
PF1964 1 year ago
Is this guiotar suitable for jazz?
PF1964 1 year ago
Try Asian women **busizz4me.info**
Aaliyahlacey 1 year ago
so I guess if I want to sound like I play a Strat... I should probably just buy... a strat?
itsonlyrcknroll 1 year ago
I wish these guitars were as cheap as they used to be......
Olinolan190 1 year ago
@Olinolan190 They have always been expensive.. check inflation and you'll see that top line Fenders had retailed for what is now worth $1000+.
I just wish hardware was cheaper, it's ridiculous to pay so much for little pieces of metal.
atheniandp 1 year ago
@atheniandp
Yeah, remembered that a day after i posted that comment... Excuse my lack of brain cells :P
And yeah, original hardware costs way too much
Olinolan190 1 year ago
@Olinolan190 Reissue hardware and just general fender hardware is a lot. A stamped neckplate is going for $50+ on ebay! Your best bet if you want to make a really nice, custom instrument for cheap is to buy an unfinished body and neck and customize your hardware.. you'll have custom shop quality for under $400 if you do it wisely.
atheniandp 1 year ago
I just can't quite get that sound outa my tele. Im not very good at "dailing in tones". What settings do you have on your amp? Treble, middle, bass, reverb, gain etc?
DrGolfJam 1 year ago
So what you're basicaly saying is the average 52 tele is shit? the custom shop one is great? I paid a lot of money for a standard 52 tele. feel i've been robbed after watching this.
celtno1 1 year ago
@celtno1 No, the standard 52 is an excellent guitar. Rest assured, its bought and played by pros and is a steadfast solid tele. The CS one is of course very very good but i think the neck pickup thing shouldnt mislead you, this one has a strat sound which, well, isnt the point of a tele....
Danthehorse 1 year ago
@celtno1 no these teles are shit, the 52 is way better, this just a way of fender using a brighter pickup and charging you 50% more for this
GetCrunked10 1 year ago
@celtno1 The tele is overpriced. Have you seen what the pickups go for? $100 shipped to your door. The bridge costs around $60, the pickguard $40, control plate, pots electronics $70.. tuners $30-40. So why on earth would you pay $1300+? For a nitro finished body and neck?
It's a nice guitar but totally overpriced! I would sell it and build a few teles from parts. The AVRI strat is probably the best deal of all the reissues because strat parts are much more expensive.
atheniandp 1 year ago
Yep, front pick up is very Strat-like-however 90% of the sound is created with fingers and individual technique. How many times have you heard a great guitar played by a dud player?-Sounds like shite right?-the instrument is not as important as the player.
GalaxyHorse 1 year ago
Very nice model but some of us like the dark sounding front pick up - in fact the last thing I want my Tele to sound like is my Strat - an entirely different animal. My current Tele was assembled in Mexico but I must have been lucky (a comment you often hear about Mexs) because it is the most playable and greatest sounding guitar I have ever owned.
zthetha 1 year ago
Maybe I just got lucky - and how many times have I heard that said by other owners - but my Mexican Telecaster is superb - certainly wouldn't swap it for this custom!
zthetha 1 year ago
This is not a reissue! A real 52...
kingofskateop 1 year ago
that guitars is not from the fifties! it's brand new! it's just as they used to do in 1952..
antecresearch 1 year ago
my friend just got a 52 reissue with a seymour duncan mini humbuggy and the ash body, and man that thing can sing!
Erock09291 2 years ago 7
I just got a '52 tele reissue lol, and for some reason i NEVER use the neck pickup, i just dont have much of a use for that sound.. I use the bridge with the tone knob set bassy.. It gives a real sappy kind of sound
samisaberle 2 years ago
To be honest I've never thought there was anything much wrong with the Telecaster neck pickup, and btw imo the best Telecaster neck pickup you can get is the dimarzio twang king, only £40 but it sounds fantastic, the only ones that sound better are boutique ones that cost 3-4 times more, thats just my opinion though.
TheMTFaces 2 years ago 3
G&L guitars are better.
No custom shop stuff.
Just really well-made guitars.
Something Leo Fender was really proud of.
surfco 2 years ago 2
G&L kicks dawg, have to agree with you there.
amarr1 2 years ago 4
what colour is that?
ShadyPain 2 years ago
its called focking sweet
Epiphonefan 2 years ago 2
@ShadyPain butterscotch blonde I think.
RedWarrant 2 years ago
buttascotch..
bugsbunny8989 2 years ago
Could the 52 RI get more midrangey, crunchier sounds like the nocaster too?
ledzepplinisthebest 2 years ago
i guess the easiest way i can say this is, i have an original 1955 stratocaster and the quality (both in craftsmanship and sound) surpasses anything the "custom shop" has EVER PUT OUT. and that guitar (the 55 strat) was built on a regular production line. all i'm saying is fender needs to stop ripping you kids off and start offering quality products again.
PopExpo 2 years ago 52
I could say the same thing with GIBSON USA ripping people off. (Not GIBSON CUSTOM SHOP though)
AASKICKBUTT 1 year ago
@PopExpo ive A/Bd a original near mint 55 strat with a modern David Gilmour relic custom shop strat... the Gilmour sounded, and played MUCH better.
guns1rose 1 year ago
@PopExpo you don't have a 55 strat and you don't know what you're talking about. shut the fuck up.
unabonger777 1 year ago 3
@PopExpo yes its the easiest way to say it , but the dumbest as well.
63drawoh 11 months ago
@PopExpo That's an interesting perspective. The professional players I know all play Custom Shop stuff. Maybe you are one of those guys who thinks everything was better, "in the good old days". I have a feeling that 30 people 1)have never played a '55 Strat, 2) have never played a Custom Shop guitar from Fender. Tou should. They are excellent.
danpolicarpo 10 months ago
@PopExpo preach it!
dalstar925 3 months ago
@PopExpo I have played some really poor Fenders from this period as well. A 55 year old guitar that has spent all that time on the road is subject to a lot of wear and tear. The guitars I've played from the CS have been very good - 'rip off' is a little subjective. In addition, there are some very good independent companies making very high quality copies with 50s specs...so it's not all bad news.
1961axis 1 month ago
oh by the way G and L stands for George and Leo... as in George Fullerton and Leo Fender the two men who invented the Telecaster and Stratocaster. you fucking idiot. wanna get owned again? Fender guitars now days aren't even real fenders anymore. they haven't been since 1965. i guess now days they are somewhat getting back to their roots but still alot of short cuts. thats what i meant by custom shop quality on a regular production line....pre CBS. kiddo.
PopExpo 2 years ago
Although I agree with most of what you're saying I can't exactly give you thumbs up because of how childish you are about proving and specifying your points.
Repeatedly calling theman5993 and idiot and stupid makes you look pretty bad and takes attention off the point you're actually trying to make and that you're so right about..
Maybe try being mature about getting your point across, just because he isn't doesn't mean you can't be,,.
doufeel 2 years ago 4
but what i could expect you screen name is theman5993....you jock douche bag. i hope you get aids and die.
PopExpo 2 years ago
fuck when the american vintage series of fenders first came out..... they cost $999, now their almost $2000. thats fucking bullshit. fuck fender. 2K and i'm still getting a guitar off the regular production line? fuck you fender. Leo Fender would be disgusted to see what his company turned into.G and L however seems to be doing right.
PopExpo 2 years ago
you are an idiot. 1. the fender vintages dont cost 2k if youre not retarded and buy it from a good dealer. 2. its not off the line its from the custom shop so honestly what do you expect? the fender custom shop is one of the most prestigious guitar shops on the planet. of course what they make is gonna be a little more money you moron. 3. G and L is just a huge fender copy cat company.
theman5993 2 years ago
i'm not an idiot you are for letting a little online comment get to you. . hahahaha good dealer my ass your an idiot for willing to spend over 1500 bucks for a piece of wood. unlike you i've been to the custom shop and seen them make guitars. trust me what i saw aint worth the money they are
charging. you are so stupid. G and L is the company LEO FENDER started after he sold the fender company to CBS. GOD you're stupid.
PopExpo 2 years ago
"there's a lot going on..." It seems to me these retros are all pretty much the same... I can see how someone might think they would become a better guitarist with a copy of an old guitar... hmm. I must have been lucky because theTele Mex I picked up on Ebay for £200 plays and sounds fantastic and has an amazing range of tones.
zthetha 2 years ago
Why would you want to have a '52 Telecaster with a neck pickup that sounds more like Strat :S
DaanJM 2 years ago 3
Who ever decided to block me needs to get a life.
nendokan 2 years ago
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iRockOutMan 2 years ago
Everybody else is looking at the guitar.......:))
jcbak 2 years ago
u got busted...
Spoon26 2 years ago
If i buy that guitar one day im totally gonna play Communication Breakdown :)
666olivierhell 2 years ago 2
@_@ It sounds BeautifulllL~
naruto101storm 2 years ago
nendokan the cool thing is really irrelevent
manners2996 2 years ago
I've got a Squier Standard Tele. I really think with a little bit of tweaking it's become the best guitar I've ever owned. I used to have a Gibbo SG at the same time and hardly ever used it because I had the Tele. Tele's are the best guitars in the world. 60 year old design, and they've never had to change it.
46lar 2 years ago
I really do enjoy listening and playing this type of guitar. At the moment, I only own a Squire Telecaster copy (cheap Japanese version). I'm in the process of saving my pennies for a real Fender American Vintage 52 Telecaster and a Marshall JVM 410H amplifier with 1960 Speaker Cabinets. what I really hate is Americans that use the word "Cool" over and over. Extremely irritating. I'm Australian/British subject. Born in England and living in Australia.
nendokan 2 years ago
i would note that thats a rather large difference in instrument quality.
birdiejoehoaks 2 years ago
Id rather have a normal '52 reissue tele, that actually sounds like a tele.
wallis222 2 years ago 4
he makes fender guitars. i think he knows a bit more than u do about guitar
nkyryry 2 years ago
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This guy is rediculous. This Guitar sounds like trash. What is the point of making a Tele sound like a Strat? He is a shame to Fender Guitars...
TheMadMusicMan 2 years ago
Get back to us when you design a terrific guitar that thousands of people will buy and love for one of the largest, if not the largest, music companies in the world.
popomczowzow 2 years ago
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Sounds too much like a strat, needs a softer vintagier neck tone imo.
Azrael888 2 years ago
Buy you an hear nooby :)
Abdusens 2 years ago
lol
Arkhadas 2 years ago
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guns1rose 2 years ago
cool guitar...Id like to try that bridge PUP. Don Mare makes a similar Broadcaster spec pup based on a 0038 model, its like 10K, I bet it screams. I prefer the lower 7K winds though for classic Tele spankage.
cgravier 2 years ago
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nirvana51898069 3 years ago
can this guitar be used for more modern experimental stuff like ambient or post rock
HercNastyz999 3 years ago
Is this guitar good for older rock, I mean like early AC/DC, you know like high voltage and tnt.
hardrockerdave94 3 years ago 3
Need humbuckers for that. Find an SG or LP type. Although I would play ACDC on a Tele for the heck of it anyway.
freepatriot 3 years ago
The Hot Rod Deluxe has a Seymour Duncan humbucker. :)
SabbraCadabra 3 years ago
Yes absolutely, of all the guitars i've heard, the SG and tele has something in common.
sg puts you on about an even LP sound and the tele can power you into the same direction, from here to anywhere with the choice of pickups and wood density.
stacked humbucker in bridge position of a tele, versatile.
Pocketafro 3 years ago
in short, the sg and tele makes chords that splashes right into your face.
Pocketafro 3 years ago
Get the FMT HH. Most metal you'll get out of a tele. Coil tapping too.
michaelmseventyseven 3 years ago
that was regarding iwilshooti's question btw.
michaelmseventyseven 3 years ago
I got me one but with a Seymour Duncan Antiquity Humbucker Pickup, Ltd. Edition Cusom made by Fender for the European Market. Its sad that there is no Info here on your YouTube Site
Memet931 3 years ago
i love fender. however my friend has this and i didnt like it. i thot the neck was pretty large. i guess it didnt help the fact that the guitar was like a metre too low. not cool. i bet id prob like it if it was a regular height.
wot does it mean by radius?
tcrangle963 3 years ago
the curvature of the fretboard. Fender does guitars with different neck shapes, just try some more different models.
iagobroxado 3 years ago
hey i gotta good question. i am getting a telecaster delux but i mainly am going to use it for distortion. do you think it is going to sound better than my esp ltd? my esp was 450 dollars new... the guitar im getting is 1,000... its going to sound better in metal to rite?
iwilshooti 3 years ago
Why would you buy a Tele for metal? That's just stupid...
StreeTRacR008 3 years ago 7
have you ever heard of Jim Root by the way?
Just google a little, and tell us if a tele doesn't suit for metal before treating people that way.
The fact that the telecaster is mainly used for country and blues doesn't make it unsuitable for other styles.
carnero6666 3 years ago
It can be used for metal, but I'm saying there are much better metal guitars than a Tele.
StreeTRacR008 3 years ago
the only reason jim's tele is able to to metal is because he has emgs in the neck and bridge pickups, A normall tele cant get close to being that heavy
Kiwisgr8 3 years ago
exactly
willieturnip 3 years ago
@StreeTRacR008
No;buying something with single coils for metal is stupid
if your going to buy a tele for metal i would just go to warmoth and have them make one with humbucker routes and a floyd and 24 frets..of course then its not a "real" tele
my3user3isnt3stupid 1 year ago
@my3user3isnt3stupid
Allll right, I obviously meant that ahahaa
By Tele, I meant THE Tele
now, if we wanna get technical...EMG single coils :P
StreeTRacR008 1 year ago
@StreeTRacR008
i see lol :p
never tried emg single coils, have a black out on my Charvel model 5-a and a boost on a model 6 but thats it.my experience with emgs is they sound a bit stale..but there for heavier metal and im of a blues (muddy waters) to sacred riech kind of person
my3user3isnt3stupid 1 year ago
@my3user3isnt3stupid
Ahahaa yeah I'm totally with you, I've never liked Active Pickups...however that vid of Gary Moore playing the Stumble with active pickups in his Heritage is amazing
I haven't ran the gamut with single coils yet, I'm more of a humbucker guy right now...Blues and Rock
StreeTRacR008 1 year ago
@StreeTRacR008
i cant imagine the single coils sounding that great..but i think pete from the who does use emg singles in his strat setup? when i tried the 81/85 on a esp eclipse through a jvm 410 it on orange (dirty) it didnt sound right..they could of had a worn out battery or the tubes could of been going but i didnt like it :s.
my favorite pup configuration is 1 single at the neck and a humbucker in the bridge :).good for metal and blues.
my3user3isnt3stupid 1 year ago
@StreeTRacR008 VERY stupid.
theozzman67 1 year ago
@theozzman67 .... Or not.
The telecaster has a very particular sound, for hard rock etc (ok ... not for the metal)... Look at MattRach's "La Rencontre", it's Rage against the machine style, and it's awesome !
Sh0ck36 1 year ago
@Sh0ck36 Very true.
theozzman67 1 year ago
@StreeTRacR008 jim root fx ..
greenblyn123 11 months ago
@StreeTRacR008 John5 has a couple people fooled into thinking he actually plays a tele...
ZiggyT 11 months ago
@ZiggyT Well, it's a Telecaster shaped body and most of his models have the Tele headstock as well. But you're right, they're modified quite a bit.
TheMadMusicMan 7 months ago
@StreeTRacR008 for the looks maybe?
molcom07 11 months ago
@StreeTRacR008 john 5 and jim root play teles
44eelz 10 months ago
@StreeTRacR008 Rage Against The Machine, John 5 >.>
MrClaptonisg0d 8 months ago
@StreeTRacR008 You might be surprised. My friends dad bought a Tele and keeps it in drop D tuning for metal. I think that's the only electric he has.
slpplexi1969 8 months ago
@StreeTRacR008
I know this comment is super old, but go on Bare Knuckle Pickups' website and look up the "Modern Metal" clip for their lowest output tele pickups. Listen to that brutality. Plus, that chunky neck is great for chugging, brutal riffage. Plus you can play pretty much everything else on a tele, rock, jazz, country, funk, blues, tell me something you can't play on a Tele
WoWintosh 8 months ago
@WoWintosh trumpet, drums, cello, violin, tuba, bells, xylophone, annnnnd the triangle! :)
dalstar925 3 months ago
@dalstar925
Shut the hell up
WoWintosh 3 months ago
@WoWintosh sure thing, moron! guess your mommy didn't teach you any manners huh? she too busy on the corner? aw it's okay we can get you some help! first of all NEVER come at someone like that in person. i know hiding behind a computer talking shit is easy and all, but you never know who might break your jaw when you're right in front of them :)
second he's right. i've owned/played several cust shop and vintage fenders and vintage wins every time. so you sir can shut the hell up! bye now!
dalstar925 2 months ago
I have a 89 am vin 52 reissue and I love it after the modern wiring. I wouldnt play any other guitar.
fenderjunkiefromhell 3 years ago
I always wonder why these demos are done with the tone wide open. It makes the sound thin and tinny and actually would turn a beginner off buying the guitar. Wouldn't it be better to demo them using a rounded musical tone? Most older tele players buy them because the front pickup is great for jazz.
garry57 3 years ago
I don't know that this would be a guitar for a beginner, unless they were very rich. IMO, by the time you buy this, you'd appreciate the clarity on offer (transparent clean tone) rather than blasting distortion. Point taken on the jazz though.
davidarlette 3 years ago 3
why did he say a 9.5 radious would keep you from fretting out?
hrhodes3 3 years ago
Curvier fingerboards can choke bends (ie stop the string vibrating at the top of your bend). But if you've got larger frets, that doesn't happen anyway. Curvier boards are more comfortable though.
davidarlette 3 years ago
i use a tele with high radius and it gives me the possibility to bend 5 halfsteps without any effort and it doesnt choke, which is very useful when im playing
Hestjaevel111 3 years ago
Haha. Its okay. I bought both the 52 RI and the Twisted Tele pickups (Both of them) online on Ebay. Its sounds really great!
ThanksMuchoChingoo 3 years ago
omgosh. I have to have those pickups. Anyone know the price?
ThanksMuchoChingoo 3 years ago
none of them are for sale... they are both custom shop pups, so you need to ask them bout it. though the neck pup, "Twisted Tele", is actually aviable in the Classical Player Baja Mexico tele. check it out
Hestjaevel111 3 years ago
Ahum? I can buy them at a shop in Holland.
All telecaster pickups, wich you need he has them!
NehemiaTv 3 years ago
thats nice
Hestjaevel111 3 years ago
The price is in europe like 110 euro's
NehemiaTv 3 years ago
lol!
bigb934 3 years ago
great yeahh... sorry wath pikups?????
casterdennis 3 years ago
Sorry...no comparrison of a Flat pole piece bridge pickup and that of one that is staggard. The Flat ones sound very harsh.
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