Michael Lee Firkins at the Fender Custom Shop

[FordIsBetter]

i gots the money its just not worth paying it out for something i can make myself for alot less. But if u enjoy spending all that cash on a damn guitar then thats ur biz buddy.

[sickofcommies]

Firkins rules.

[rw5791]

hey,cabron.What's happening,man.

[FordIsBetter]

Funny how people can make this exact guitar for around $200.00 using the same parts, yet Fender sells them for $3-5,000.00. Ridiculous.

[00Jackacid]

@FordIsBetter quit bitching about it cause you're poor. you might aswell yell at hot girls cause you cant take them out. jesus.

[FordIsBetter]

@00Jackacid hot girls come free. asshole.

[00Jackacid]

@FordIsBetter haha obv never had a girlfriend. whether its dinner, child support or cash up front pussy is never free son. i remember when i had my first beer.

[FordIsBetter]

@00Jackacid but you'd rather use that money for a guitar. STILL a dumbass.

[00Jackacid]

@FordIsBetter wrong. I got the money for both. Still i know better than to complain just because someone can afford more. thats just bitterness fool

[UnderMediKated]

John Mayer using it now.

[FreaquedeMusique]

I can hear John Mayer say Wow man in the background..

Thats his!

[bridetpontius]

hay my brother play to it must run in our family

[musicdude195]

This guitar belongs to John mayer now, its the only one in white with a rosewood fretboard

[thenormish]

Fender is advertising this as "the nastiest tele ever". Sounded thin, bright, and weak to me.

[Cincinnatification]

Are those filtertrons or humbuckers

[JD0x0]

@Cincinnatification filtrons by TV Jones

[Xcorgi]

@JD0x0 Yep, those are the Filtrons by TV Jones. They are the same pickups that are stock in the Reverend Horton Heat Gretch guitar. Odd to see them turn up in a Tele.

[5150guitarist]

I think this is the guitar John Mayer has been using recently on some songs.

[Albertmerinen]

Michael is da man!

[knikk77]

Is it the amp, the strings or the pickups making the squeeling sound?

[timbojones23]

@knikk77 It's the mic on the camera distorting I think

[ufc70wasnotasbombas7]

Working at the custom is a dream job, above dream jobs.

[tonechaser56]

Is it some kind of joke? "LaCabronita" means little fucker or little fucking bitch Cabron in Spanish is a derogation meaning a man who's wife fucks other men.

[brosaguitar]

Michael lee firkins is one of the top guitarists in the world with incredible technique, feel and songwriting. Please don't say something disrespecting towards musicians.

[l33tm4n321]

I'm not hating on the guy, I just think John really brings out the full potential of the instrument. as a musician myself, I know that a player makes half of the equation of making a fantastic sound. sorry if I pissed off any of his fan boys <.<

[brosaguitar]

@l33tm4n321

You just made my point again. Thanks for the laugh.

[l33tm4n321]

@brosaguitar ok?

[Albertmerinen]

@l33tm4n321 You´re a joke!

[toxicity28]

@l33tm4n321 this is the great laugh i have had in a long time

thanks

[Juda0326]

This tone is coming out of a stock blues Jr.?

I find that hard to believe.........

[jwschleusener]

Firk never played a scalloped board that I know of, but he did play a Charvel star body back in the day. He never worked at Dietz, he worked at Russo's, I know because I signed his checks. A down-to-Earth Omaha dude.

[Growlycake]

Tone.

[ubershredder1989]

whatta fukin beast

[sudeman48]

LOL , I like the name of the guitar he's playing!!!

[TimeLordGuitar]

in response to a previous comment: michael lee firkins never played "pointy guitars with scalloped fingerboards." his trademark tremolo bar "slide" technique is more in the jeff beck-vein than van halen. please educate yourself.

[Nilephan666]

my uncle worked with him at Dietz a long time ago, my mom went to a Rush concert with him and screamed in his ear haha

[seditionape]

Never knew he was such a diverse player. Amazing chops!

[greenfish88]

looks like a pair of Gretsch Filtertrons...

and what, is firkins playing country now?! quite a departure from his pointy-guitar-scalloped-fretbo­ard-whammy-bar-masturbation days.

[JIMMYJIBLETS]

suits me just fine. a bit of blues and country pickin. i HATED his old stuff. i can't sit down and actually listen to shred for more than 15 minutes, but im diggin what hes doin now.

[killyoupl]

His old stuff was such refreshing and awesome!

[starrynightuk]

so speaks a very mediocre guitarist

[evilotto77cheese]

Just because you like shred that doesn't make you a mediocre guitarist - calling some a mediocre guitarist because of their taste in music, THAT is what makes you a mediocre guitarist

[starrynightuk]

Well I watched him play, how's that? Conservative, unimaginative, safe.

[starrynightuk]

I was talking about 'JIMMYJIBLETS' by the way!

[evilotto77cheese]

ah ok, sorry bout that

[TheBlackCrayon77]

Jesus H Christ look at that beautiful Telecaster, my God what I wouldn't do for that guitar.

[killyoupl]

You wouldn't steal a handbag

You wouldn't kill a cop

You wouldn't kill a cop and steal his helmet

You wouldn't kill a cop, steal his helmet and then go to the toilet to his helmet.

You wouldn't kill a cop, steal his helmet , go to the toilet to his helmet and then send it to crying widow.

You wouldn't kill a cop, steal his helmet , go to the toilet to his helmet, send it to crying widow and then steal it again!

IT Crowd rocks :)

[YofterMofter]

LMAO! You cracked me up. lol Now he hopefully quit drooling. :-)

[actooon]

Fantastic guitar for fantastic hands! Cheers, Fender RULES for all the times! Actooon

[thefid89]

love this guy his tone is spanky but rings..its awesome what proper action can do for your sound.

[lolkekbur213]

sweet