The Beast Telecaster Demo

[6packswithin]

Is it true that only fender can make those 'twang' sound?or depends on eq settings,as in turn the mid high or something else?cus i really like your tone on the neck pickup!

[nsmtyler7]

@6packswithin Thanks for the comment. No, lots of builders out there have gotten great twang out of their Tele-style guitars. A couple of my others have got much more twang than this one as well. It depends on the pickups, the body wood, and then as you say, the amp settings as well.

[6packswithin]

@nsmtyler7 Alright then,i'll try to look for it.and you are an amazing guitar player:)Thank you:)

[bendayable]

@6packswithin try the yamaha pacifica. you can get the greasiest twang out of that 300 dollar guitar.

[iamelvisman68]

i wish i could find a squier shirt!

[Eoon]

Sweet sound and nice playing :)

[mdmccat]

Wow what a beautiful and versatile guitar. I love it. You are a talented Luthier!

[nsmtyler7]

@mdmccat Thank you!

[MuscleDad420]

The B7 chord is such a whore when fingerpicking.

[pietkc]

really love your demo, i', looking for a mini-hum and always looking in the higher segments of prices Like SD, Dimarzio etc.. just to be sure to buy good stuff.

But according your demo for $30,-- i can have myself a great mini-humbucker.

[nymetsrock]

@pietkc sd and dimarzio are in the lower price range of pickups in the whole scheme of things, those are pretty big companies

[Maafa1619]

Dude removed a plate from his amp as if to say, "Look at these tubes, bitches."

[LaroldC]

Wow, VERY nice Tele build. Like your playing, too. That split-coil #2 position is to f___in' DIE for, I mean, I heard it and just... DIED. I have spent half a lifetime seeking that kind of controlled bubble & bite for my Strats. You've inspired me to start a build. Thinking maybe Jazzmaster style. Rock on, my friend! VIVA LA BEAST!!!

[nsmtyler7]

@LaroldC Thanks for the very kind words, Larold! Go for the build! I've done 7 now, and am starting to plan the next.

[pdshane]

Love it. Nice work. And thanks.

[nsmtyler7]

@pdshane Thank you!

[MyTutorialFilms]

can i play punk ,rock,alternative rock ,and indie on this please tell me :)

and should i get this or tele j5 ? :)

thx nice playing

[nsmtyler7]

@MyTutorialFilms Of course, you can play any style on a Telecaster. The Tex-Mex bridge pickup is especially good for rock, IMHO. Thanks for the compliment!

[spider62able]

 Yeah I love look of the ash body keep up the good work.Tele's rule!

[spider62able]

Nice Tele-build nice tone a better recording would probaly do it more justice. I love the Bad Monkey pedal a great affordable tone generator along with that great amp. Would love to see a maple neck in a future build!

[nsmtyler7]

@spider62able Thanks, man! Yeah, I agree - I need a better mic setup, other than the mic built into the video camera. Maple fingerboard, huh? That will be done eventually.

[nsmtyler7]

Thanks for the nice comment - yeah, there is something you're not aware of. Both the Valley Arts Brent Mason model, and the Fender 52 Hot Rod Tele have the pole pieces on the mini-hum "upside-down" closer to the bridge, and not the neck. There's no "right" way - just a matter of taste, IMHO. But I was definitely emulating those two models when I built this one.

[BassnGuitarMan]

Beautiful guitar. I dont want to sound like I'm knock you work. But your neck pickup is in upside down. The pole pieces should be closer to the neck. Or is there something that I'm not aware of?

[robert19962010]

love the sound ,and the guitar is wonderful !

[onzki]

Hi I'm visiting US this December and planning to get a Tele.. can you advice me what model to get? I just want it to be a personal souvenir guitar that represents USA, because I don't go there often. Thanks!

[MichaelPetrino]

love it!

[KataVideo]

So.. the dog is trying to keep secret your special aluminium bridge? he's kind of the opposite of the bush's beans dog?

[vibroluxor]

Came over to check out your review of the GFS Mini humbucker, and I gotta say its hard to tell because of the compression from the camera, and your overall guitar tone is very nasal. I did hear a lot of sustain though.  nice looking guitar

[dorzsboss]

I like the sound of that minihumbucker!

[nsmtyler7]

@AJBUCSFAN Thanks!

[JonasSweden1]

Really nice tones :-) What's that amp by the way? Cheers from Sweden - Jonas

[nsmtyler7]

@JonasSweden1 Thanks Jonas! The amp is an old Bartell, made in the mid-60s in California. The company didn't last, unfortunately. I got them amp in about 1978 - it has dual 6v6GT power tubes, 2 Amperex 1025 preamp tubes, and a tube rectifier, and a single 12" mid-90s Celestion V30 speaker I put in a while ago. Great old amp!

[unabonger777]

trippy grain on that one

[givemeajackson]

put in a DiMarzio X2N, then its a real BEAST ;)

[deantallhat]

Would be good to hear the guitar straight into the amp without compression.

[guitargodattheheart]

i allways wondered why the bridge pickup rout was like that and now i know :) sweet guitar man 

[nsmtyler7]

@guitargodattheheart Thank you! The GE Smith approach to direct mounting the bridge pickup is interesting. Not sure that is significantly different from mounting on the bridge like a regular Tele, but there certainly is some bite to a bridge pickup done this way.

[nsmtyler7]

I have a Zoom G1X processor, and just use the first compressor setting on that.

[keyboy111]

what compressor are you running through?

[momorkai]

that is beautiful

[nsmtyler7]

@momorkai Thank you - just played it this morning!

[guitargod1598]

does that mini humbucker swell smoothly?

[nsmtyler7]

@guitargod1598 I don't do volume swells much, if at all, so couldn't tell you. It has a pretty linear and smooth volume response though using the 500K volume pot. Not abrupt at all, if that helps.

[R0ckers2R0ckers]

@nsmtyler7 Hi, Very Nice guitar you should build fulltime or run a custom shop. I really love the format of the pickups you chose for your build. After lots of research I think that the Telecaster design can cover any style and genre of music. I'm a carpenter so I am going to build one myself out of parts of course. I look forward to seeing anything else you build. Niceone mate

[nsmtyler7]

@R0ckers2R0ckers Thanks, Rockers!  Very nice comments.

[merkleyk]

nice tone man. gotta get me those GFS pickups.

[nsmtyler7]

@merkleyk Thanks man! Yeah - some of the GFS stuff is pretty good. I still like this mini-hum especially!

[gorblimey61]

What kind of mini-bucker is that?

[nsmtyler7]

@gorblimey61 It's a GFS Lil Crunchy mini-hum. Fairly hot - I think around 9K.

[gorblimey61]

@nsmtyler7 Cool. It sounds real sweet. I haven't tried any GFS pickups yet, but I'm considering their split humbuckers for an upcoming tele thinline project. The body I have is an aftermarket piece and the cavities weren't routed for the wide range humbuckers, but I think the GFS splits might fit because they're sized like Gibby 'buckers.

[garageXguitarXworks]

ive just bought a block of ash, and im starting my tele build now, geat tone love it!

[GameLevelEditor]

I have a real 73 Tele Deluxe that had been hand routed underneath the pickguard. IT was a mess. So I though ya life tosses you a lemon you make lemonade! Ahh so I bought a tortoiseshell pickguard installed a seymour duncan p90 in the bridge and two texas specials in the middle and neck positions. That guitar covers quite a bit of territory. The out of phase sound of the singles give ya the Hendrix and the bridge gives ya the ZZ Top. Good to see Beast guitars!

[nsmtyler7]

@GameLevelEditor Sounds cool!

[xFingerxStylex]

the strat middle combined with the bridge is an amazing tone!!!!!

great guitar, love it.

[nsmtyler7]

@xFingerxStylex Thanks - that is what I was after with this build!

[xFingerxStylex]

@nsmtyler7 Well, you definetly achieved that!

im building a tele too at the moment, lets hope it turns out good ;)

[MrGuimbard]

great sound! I like it!

[nsmtyler7]

@MrGuimbard Thank you!

[cruz1390]

one of the best tele tones on youtube !

[nsmtyler7]

@cruz1390 Thank you!

[lordieuan777]

Woah... the grain on that Ash body is amazing. Sounds kickass too

[nsmtyler7]

@lordieuan777 Thank you - natural finish on Ash is pretty cool.

[rjcoolk]

Awesome guitar.

[nsmtyler7]

@rjcoolk Thank you!

[punkeratheart]

Are you playing through a polytone?

[nsmtyler7]

@punkeratheart No - I have an old "Bartell" amp from the mid-60s. It's a simple dual 6V6 hand-wired, single volume, single tone old-school type of amp. It's not worth much - Bartell's are not collectible at all, but I got it when I was about 20 years old, so it's a keeper. I've got a mid-90's Celestion V30 12-inch speaker in the cab as well.

[punkeratheart]

@nsmtyler7 Well, it sounds really good.

[zaphodsdog]

That looks nice and sounds even better! The mounting of the bridge pickup is a nice departure from standard.

[nsmtyler7]

@zaphodsdog Thank you! Yes, I was going after the GE Smith style direct wood mount approach - but used my own design aluminum bridge plate.

[JohnAngusFTW]

nice work dude!

[nsmtyler7]

@JohnAngusFTW Thanks Man!

[danswon]

very nice! is the neck pickup split when it's running with middle single?

[nsmtyler7]

@danswon Thank you! No - straight humbucker all the way.

[FiveEightSevenEight]

Looks great. Sounds great. Nice job!

[Hazel0Like0The0Nut]

I love when people make their own guitars and your Tele is awesome! I have one quick question though: does the ash body give the guitar more sustain than an alder body does? I'm thinking about building a Tele and I want it to have as much sustain as I can possibly get, so anyways, sweet demo, sick guitar.

[nsmtyler7]

Wood choice can be an endless debate. IMHO, Ash is a better tonewood than Alder. Better resonance and sustain. Ash certainly has more bite or spank than alder, for Tele-style guitars. Check out my video on the newest guitar - the Filtertron Esquire. That one sustains forever, and the body came from the same board as this one. There's something about that piece especially that sustain is optimized.

[Hazel0Like0The0Nut]

@nsmtyler7 I checked out your other video. All I can say is that it answered my question ha ha. That tele has sustain for days, holy cow. The grain in the wood looks great too. Thanks for your help.

[ROCKSTARCRANE]

I can hear the mic picking up the actual acoustic sound of your picking.....which sounds really cool, but does not give a true evaluation pf the pups & sound.

[nsmtyler7]

Well ... the video was shot with a $325 Canon digital camcorder and its built-in mic. Maybe one of these days I'll experiment with a nice mic and overlay audio using Premier or something like that. The vid was shot after posting a month-long build thread on the TDPRI. The intention was to document the results of the build, and certainly not to post some hifi representation - tone is very subjective anyway. Thanks for the comment though.

[yankeejoe2002]

wow man that's awesome! Sounds and looks like a great guitar, I want it! haha enjoy your masterpiece, great demo!

[yobhsiFehT]

Wow, your "money position" really has a great sweetness and a sting to it all at the same time! I'm not a huge fan of mini-humbuckers, but overall, yeah, great build:D

[ANIMALLOVERSnr1]

in 20 years it'll sound much better

[777jordan]

that thing is an effin beast. Kind of ugly though. I guess a beast isn't supoosed to look great.

[M5PowerM3Power]

are you kidding? it looks awesome!

[surfco]

Awesome demo, dude.

Cheers.

[nsmtyler7]

Thanks! I'm in the "can't put it down" stage with this guitar!

[surfco]

I know exactly what you're talking about.

:D

[2smallbowls]

Bravo! Great playing, and what lovely crystal-clear tones from that tele! My California-Series tele is pretty muddy-sounding by comparison ... your video makes me think I should look into getting better pickups. Thanks for posting!

[nsmtyler7]

Thanks! There's something about some fine Ash for a super resonant body - Leo got it right the first time, as they say!