i'm a bigger fan of fender then gibson, even though i prefer humbucker and mahogany, the reason i prefer fender is that most can still be played but gibson you can only just look at them cause they have tuner rot or whatever else
It's a plank....doesn't matter when it was manufactured. It's going to sound
pretty much identical to one right off the shelf. 'Old' only counts with acoustic guitars. I love fast pentatonic scales....kind of like Albert on meth.
@TheMadMusicMan dead wood don't breathe... ;) thin, pliable but hard finishes are good for tone though, just ask any violin maker about Strad's secret sauce.
It's great to see (and hear) instruments of this vintage being PLAYED, not hidden away in a vault. It was made for music, not investment. Let the music out!
Looks like it was made yesterday except for the fret wear. I like the classic bridge! mine is a mexican and six saddle, a blessing for intonation on cheaper guitars and a neccessary trade off, but would love to try a guitar with 3 brass saddles and see if much difference.
@TheMadMusicMan I think they do replacement saddles now made of brass so you can have a more contempoary bridge with old time benefits. They seem to be quite common on other high end, none fender tele-esque guitars. Maybe Fender like the traditional 3 saddle bridge to keep the traditionalists happy? maybe they should make 6 saddle, brass composition bridges standard. I think a pratical solution would be right up Leo Fender's street:)
Part of this tone comes from the cap. that is placed to make the neck pickup sound like the tone is rolled off. When in that middle position you get a neck with rolled off tone knob and the bridge with whatever the tone knob is at. Here is sounds like he's got the tone up on the bridge pickup, so it's a quite a nice chimy tone.
@amosschorr93 Sorry friend, I must have given you the wrong impression when I said that this kind of playing requires another "level" of musical mastery. I have respect for talented guitarists of all genres, including metal (Adrian Smith is one of my favorites). I didn't mean to imply that this playing is "above" metal playing, I was just saying that shredding isn't the pinnacle of guitar technique and that this kind of playing requires a different kind of mastery, not necessarily "better".
@mikeadam55 If whoever you're talking about was playing by himself he probably would be playing with soul, he wouldn't be trying to impress anyone. The rest of your comment is bad too.
heavy metal shredding is just a piple of shite.....not even close to the true art of playing guitar. Thus guys shows you exactly what music is really all about.
I must admit: this is one of my favourite guitar vids of THE LAST 200 Years! Carl is so dammed incredible and has it all: tast, feeling, ideas. This is realy an in-the-can guitar lesson. And the sound is breathtaking. I know why I am playing a Telly.
Does anybody knows how Carl get this chiming sound at second 0:19? May all good spirits bless you for telling me the secret.
@ProfitVSBrain He play harmonic, notice how he switch the pick back to free his index finger and use this finger to touch harmonic while i think picking with the pick (you can also use thumb or another finger but hence the sound it's pick for me)
Very, very well done, Just shows you that fine technics and good instruments make great music. I love this more than all the highgain shit on the net.
This is the kind of video I want to show to people who think heavy metal shredders are the pinnacle of guitar players. Don't get me wrong; metal shredding can be very technical and it DOES take skill and practice, but this kind of playing requires musical mastery on a whole other level.
@slowmonkey156 But this may not be to your liking and that’s the point really isn’t it, music speaks to everyone in different ways....technical mastery may not be something you find appealing; I find his style a little to florid for my taste.
@mink61 Oh right on man, I totally get what you're saying. I don't mean to suggest that shredders don't/can't be tasteful and creative with their playing. Quite the contrary. I'm only talking about people who consider such shredders to be the be-all-end-all of guitar playing. That's not true; there are many different forms of "mastery" to be respected, and the way Carl is playing in this video is one of them. Take care, friend.
@slowmonkey156 I agree. I respect the shredding, but stuff like this, and acoustic flat picking always amaze me. They're playing just as fast as the speed metal guys and doing it CLEAN! Wish I could do it!
@slowmonkey156 I think the ‘musical mastery on a different level’ business is overegging the pudding a bit. I find Mr Verheyen’s phrasing to be a little flowery; but then that’s the point – although I would agree about shredding being a little overrated – it’s all a matter of personal preference.
@1961axis it takes longer to develop tone, articulation, tonal vocabulary, personal presence and genre flexibility than speed or interval gymnastics and arpeggios. Mainly because the latter are more of exterior learning processes. Depth, dimensionality and personality can't be hurried.
Playing clean is where you separate the men from the boys, boys. I hardly do a session where i am asked to play with distortion. Pick up that guitar and practice practice practice without distortion. Practice picking each note, not hammerons and pulloffs. And there were a LOT of great fender players in the 50's. Jimmy Bryant for one, speed demon, jazzy.
if you farted, carl could tell you what key you were farting in.
theres millions of guitar players in the world, and in this case (youtube) its free. this man is obviously an incredibly gifted and practiced musician. it dont even matter if you like the style or not ..if you cant appreciate natural talent you are a cunt.
anyway Leo Fender would have gotten a hoot out of hearing this sound from the tele if carl could time travel back to fullerton ca and 1956. can you imagine the look he'd get!
I'm discovering Carl's videos here on youtube, and it is dawning on me he is better than my favorite country players, (except Al Bruno), better than the best blues players, rocks out better any rockabilly or rock and rollers, and the fushionee stuff is also outstanding! Finger-style picking some of the best I heard. And he plays clean for the most part, I can hardly hear any missed notes! $%#@! His *^&$% singing great , too! I'm gonna start buying his stuff!
Its obvious from his faceexpressions that he is in great suffering to bring the world some of the telesound. This tormented humanbeing is only trying to entertain. Give him some credit for giving his life to a couple of boring scales. This is the playing of a guitar SALESMAN, not a musician. ( Yes, Im in trouble now, but its the fact ).
@lighteningboy Its not my point, and you know it. Nomatter how great videos I might have on youtube,,,,,,it doesnt change Carls skills. Get my drift ?
Tiene el mal de todos los primeras guitarra ( me incluyo ). Nos pasan a testear una guitarra y lo primero que hacemos es hacer el ya clásico solillo y nos olvidamos de los acordes y las rítmicas. Luego nos vamos con la uneta (o púa) que nos pasó el vendedor antisocial, que siempre tiene los amplis desenchufados...
I was at a Best Buy and played a $160 Squier Tele that played just as nice as the $1000 one they had set up with the Mac GarageBand station. Too bad they don't have 24 frets and floating bridge :)
When I was in Junior High I thought this guitar looked goofy- Now I look goofy and this is a great axe-BTW Mexican Teles are nice if you pick the right one out- you and always put better pups in it.:)
@hypnotoad... 200 bucks? The parts alone will run you twice that, minimum. What you're leaving out of the equation is the man/hours it takes to: design the guitar: run prototyping, acquire parts, store and age the wood, thickness-plane, cut, rout, roundover, sand, stain or paint, sand, clear, level, clear, polish, wire, assemble, adjust, make extra replacement parts, acquire legal protections, insure, advertise, distribute, sell, stand behind, and get into the hands of rockstars & more.
The thing i think is the most special about a telecaster, is that it's a guitar that it takes a lot of skill to make sound good, you can do anything on these guitars, But it takes quality time playing the instrument and figuring out how to make it sing, bit once you do it's a really personal special guitar, that molds out the personality of the player very well.
hey man.. im a big fan of your videos. I have convince myself in buying a fender stratocaster custom shop but i have one big question and as you are a fender vintage player i hope you can help me. The guitar that i want to buy have no trust road. it is posible to have and accurate guitar without the trust road? does neck dont muve away??
Ive wanted a telecaster all my life, and last year i finally got one.
In my opinion, they work best with maple fingerboards. Not that I have a problem with rosewood, most of my guitars have rosewood, but tele's should always have maple fretboards. But thats just MY opinion.
ON THE CONTRARY! Leo did not like the sound of the slab rosewood fingerboard. The decision to change came from elsewhere within the company. Later, the thinner, round laminated fingerboard was introduced because it was more structurally stable, and had better sonic properties. CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION, this method of construction did not reduce material or labor costs as it was more time consuming and labor intensive.
ON THE CONTRARY! Leo did not like the sound of the slab rosewood fingerboard. The decision to change came from elsewhere within the company. Later, the thinner, round laminated fingerboard was introduced because it was more structurally stable, and had better sonic properties. CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION, this method of construction did not reduce material or labor costs as it was more time consuming and labor intensive.
ON THE CONTRARY: Leo did not like the sound of the slab rosewood fingerboard. The decision to change fingerboards WAS NOT HIS, but others within the company. Later, the thinner board was introduced for the purpose of sound construction and sonic properties. Again, on the contrary, the thinner, pre- radiused, laminated rosewood cap was not an effort to reduce rosewood cost: it was more costly due to the that it was more labor intensive and time consuming.
ON THE CONTRARY: Leo did not like the sound of the slab rosewood fingerboard. The decision to change fingerboards WAS NOT HIS, but others within the company. Later, the thinner board was introduced for the purpose of sound construction and sonic properties. Again, on the contrary, the thinner, pre- radiused, laminated rosewood cap was not an effort to reduce rosewood cost: it was more costly due to the that it was more labor intensive and time consuming.
in my opinion, fender only overcharges for the reissue models. i mean, its a real american made instrument...anything that is made in america is expensive. i mean, yea 1000 dollars is a decent chunk of change for a hunk of wood, some magnets and some metal but, it could be worse.
Beautiful old white Tele being played by somebody with genuine talent at a decent volume. So refreshing yet it somehow digresses into somebody complaining about guitar prices.
You can build $200.00 telecasters? Have at it man. Fender is shaking in their boots.
this fucking video is a perfect example of a dream of mine...walk into a guitar store, ask to demo a guitar , and then bomb the shit out of the salesman with 2:32 of this kind of random , but coherent, awesomeness. It only take six hours of practice a day friends, and you've got it.
@Andelusion, Haha, I wasn't replying to the guy above me, I was replying to the comment made by xdivinebladex about Fenders and Gibsons being "just big names" YouTube just made it confusing. lol
@redderknick I'd say the Strat sound like the Tele as the Tele came first :) That is why I love Telecasters, the neck pickup is so clear and crisp. The Bridge pickup is super easy to get good tone out of as well. Telecasters are fine with me with just about any type of pickup arangment, the body style and neck is just so good.
Have to agree with everyone below, Fender did not have to break my pocket book by knocking up the prices so dramatic, especially in these times of a financial downturn. However, I love Fender and G&L's. A thought, as long a demand is there for the supply, prices will remain up. BTW: Love Verheyen, great recent writeup in VG mag too.
Problem I have with fender is overpriced guitars. The telecaster was built to be a workhorse of an electric, one that's easy to mass produce, but still has character. Now telecasters have become classy and trendy, so Fender knocked up the price past $1,000.
A decent telecaster can be made for under $200 by anybody with the tools. A big part of the telecaster charm is that it seems sorta utilitarian and cheap, but is a really cool guitar at the same time. High prices take that cool factor away.
Spot on, I agree completely. $1500 for a bolt on neck, plank of wood guitar? Fender, get real.
Les Pauls have carved tops, figured wood, precisely fitted set in, hand carved necks, etc. I own both, nice Fenders and nice Les Pauls, I love them all, but the idea that a Fender bolt-on neck plank guitar should cost anything over $300 is an absolute joke. The internet is littered with web pages of guys that build them in their garage, effortlessly.
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Fenders, Gibsons, and most of the big names are just that, big names. Almost pointless to buy one nowadays unless you get offered some stupid price (which I got :D). Suhrs, Vigiers, PRS (eh, maybe not so much because of their prices), and Anderson's are where it's at. G&L too.
0hypnotoad0 wrote: "A decent telecaster can be made for under $200 by anybody with the tools."
This is hardly true. If it was so, why aren't you doing it?
I'm assuming you mean, making your own necks and bodies, not sourcing them. How much is YOUR time worth to you? Pickups alone are going to run you $200. Unless you meant, "A piece of crap can be made for under $200" ... then I would agree with you.
Completely unrealistic statement with no basis in reality.
Actually, I would guess that $200 is pretty close... If you are producing them in the kind of quantity that Fender does. If Fender is paying more than $20 per pickup, they are getting raped (again, in the quantities that Fender would be ordering). I quote manufactured parts as part of my job. The trick is labor. For a small shop or one-man-shop to make reasonable quantities, with no pre-manufactured wood parts, would take many hours per guitar - or spend at least $100,000 on CNC and tooling.
mutad8, I was replying to 0hypnotoad0, who said "A decent telecaster can be made for under $200 by anybody with the tools."
He was not referring to Fender, and their costs based on quantity buys, he said "anybody with the tools" could make a Custom-Shop quality guitar for $200 ... and he's wrong.
@0hypnotoad0 I agree that all the major brands especially Fender and Gibson are vastly overpriced. I disagree with the the statement that a decent Tele can be made for UNDER $200 bucks. You may assemble the body and neck for less than that, but decent hardware and electronics add up quickly. Decent tools cost a good bit too. You can snag a MIJ or MIM Tele and upgrade (used p.u.'s etc from ebay?) and get close to that price. I dig what you're saying and agree Fender is way overpriced.
Telecaster made in Mexico sound cool...even the new Squires sound ok...I've got one, I've remuved the cheap varnish (it's made of three pieces of wood) and changed the pick-ups (even though they didn't sound bad) and it sounds great!!
@0hypnotoad0 Test out the new mexican made Fender Classic 50 Tele and you will see that a Fender made in USA isn't a 'must have' . Test it out before you give me a bad answer or comment!
@0hypnotoad0 Getting the right wood and measurements one could make a "Fender" Telecaster for a cheap price and get some Fender parts on it. And it could be sold for 10 times the amount that was used to make it.
@0hypnotoad0 did u put the labor into the amount?...... besides Les Pauls are WAY more expensive than they need to be than a tele..... Don't get me wrong I'm actually a big Gibson fan(I own a Les Paul Studio of my own), but the price of a Les Paul standard is RIDICULOUS!
@0hypnotoad0 In 1950, a two-pickup Broadcaster (this is before Gretsch asked them to change the name to avoid a trademark conflict) was $189.50. Doesn't sound like much? That would be about $1660 in today's dollars. The average income in 1950 was $3,216. American-made Fenders have never been cheap.
@0hypnotoad0 i think the mexican models solve that problem. especially the custom-shop designed models, such as the baja are really decent and pretty fairly priced.
That is true. But the crafstmanship one these old guitars was far better than these ones today. Although Fender is now much better than the CBS era, it still has never been as good as it was before CBS.
Carl is one of those guitar players who feels, thinks and lives the guitar. I saw him some ten years ago performing in some small pub - it was indeed a levitating experience.
Amazing musician, and just like Chet Atkins, every inch a gentleman.
i don't think leo fender would like the whole "Relic" and Road worn looks of his guitars. he liked his guitars to look nice. thats the whole reason he started putting rosewood on the guitars cuz he thought the maple got dirty really easy. you wanna beat up guitar? play it every day, play shows, take it on tour.
The man knows his way around a guitar.
2wilburc 2 days ago
I can almost smell old wood,
and 1:40 seriously sounds like a paddle boat on the Mississippi :)))
ClaudioMariola 3 weeks ago
gorgeous guitar lovely playing too : )
farawayfettler 1 month ago
At 2:00 Carl boogies
BIGBODYCONNECTION 1 month ago
Carl is a freakin MONSTER on guitar. Thisnguybunderstands
PeterPug007 2 months ago
i'm a bigger fan of fender then gibson, even though i prefer humbucker and mahogany, the reason i prefer fender is that most can still be played but gibson you can only just look at them cause they have tuner rot or whatever else
rgjmce666 3 months ago
I know Carl Verheyen you are actually feeling Naked while playing Guitar without your WANG BAR :P i
guitaristshobi 4 months ago
brass neck pickup?
StephenFiorentini 4 months ago
It's a plank....doesn't matter when it was manufactured. It's going to sound
pretty much identical to one right off the shelf. 'Old' only counts with acoustic guitars. I love fast pentatonic scales....kind of like Albert on meth.
eastman805 5 months ago
@eastman805 Not true. The thin nitro finish allows the aged wood to breathe.
TheMadMusicMan 4 months ago
@TheMadMusicMan dead wood don't breathe... ;) thin, pliable but hard finishes are good for tone though, just ask any violin maker about Strad's secret sauce.
GabeMacDonnell 2 months ago
@eastman805 lolololololol
UKToneKing 3 months ago
@eastman805 wood ages, old always counts.
kellyisvlogging 2 months ago
@MrDes1gner Totally, hey? Just gorgeous!
burmanmusic 5 months ago
It's great to see (and hear) instruments of this vintage being PLAYED, not hidden away in a vault. It was made for music, not investment. Let the music out!
burmanmusic 5 months ago
dream tele D:
guitarzz24 5 months ago
Carl is a tremendous player. I have a Telecaster just like this one. He makes it sound better then me though!!
Tarotecana 6 months ago
Looks like it was made yesterday except for the fret wear. I like the classic bridge! mine is a mexican and six saddle, a blessing for intonation on cheaper guitars and a neccessary trade off, but would love to try a guitar with 3 brass saddles and see if much difference.
Moistmuscle 7 months ago
@Moistmuscle It sure does make a difference. The tone is a bit warmer. I prefer six steel saddles on my Tele though because intonation is a breeze.
TheMadMusicMan 6 months ago
@TheMadMusicMan I think they do replacement saddles now made of brass so you can have a more contempoary bridge with old time benefits. They seem to be quite common on other high end, none fender tele-esque guitars. Maybe Fender like the traditional 3 saddle bridge to keep the traditionalists happy? maybe they should make 6 saddle, brass composition bridges standard. I think a pratical solution would be right up Leo Fender's street:)
Moistmuscle 6 months ago
soulfull playing..thanks for sharing
kostasssism 7 months ago
Part of this tone comes from the cap. that is placed to make the neck pickup sound like the tone is rolled off. When in that middle position you get a neck with rolled off tone knob and the bridge with whatever the tone knob is at. Here is sounds like he's got the tone up on the bridge pickup, so it's a quite a nice chimy tone.
TheMadMusicMan 7 months ago
@amosschorr93 Sorry friend, I must have given you the wrong impression when I said that this kind of playing requires another "level" of musical mastery. I have respect for talented guitarists of all genres, including metal (Adrian Smith is one of my favorites). I didn't mean to imply that this playing is "above" metal playing, I was just saying that shredding isn't the pinnacle of guitar technique and that this kind of playing requires a different kind of mastery, not necessarily "better".
slowmonkey156 7 months ago
I got the book/dvd for this! Really fun to watch! Thanks for a great product! :-)
knikk77 7 months ago
sickest
donottawaguitar 7 months ago
@mikeadam55 If whoever you're talking about was playing by himself he probably would be playing with soul, he wouldn't be trying to impress anyone. The rest of your comment is bad too.
slpplexi1969 8 months ago
Nice
niltongga 8 months ago
heavy metal shredding is just a piple of shite.....not even close to the true art of playing guitar. Thus guys shows you exactly what music is really all about.
Mamertum345 8 months ago
I must admit: this is one of my favourite guitar vids of THE LAST 200 Years! Carl is so dammed incredible and has it all: tast, feeling, ideas. This is realy an in-the-can guitar lesson. And the sound is breathtaking. I know why I am playing a Telly.
Does anybody knows how Carl get this chiming sound at second 0:19? May all good spirits bless you for telling me the secret.
ProfitVSBrain 9 months ago
@ProfitVSBrain He play harmonic, notice how he switch the pick back to free his index finger and use this finger to touch harmonic while i think picking with the pick (you can also use thumb or another finger but hence the sound it's pick for me)
Fleg 8 months ago
Neck pickup sounds simular to a Strat, but there is more attack. Of course wood, routings and bridge can also alter the attack of the strings.
TheMadMusicMan 9 months ago
can I take one of these fender's combos?
TheKrzys96 9 months ago
Am so glad I have a Tele in my arsenal. Just wish I could play like that...
monkymonk6 9 months ago
0:00 - 2:33 is how a strat wish it sounded
tjalla 9 months ago 2
Very, very well done, Just shows you that fine technics and good instruments make great music. I love this more than all the highgain shit on the net.
noort56 9 months ago
This is the kind of video I want to show to people who think heavy metal shredders are the pinnacle of guitar players. Don't get me wrong; metal shredding can be very technical and it DOES take skill and practice, but this kind of playing requires musical mastery on a whole other level.
slowmonkey156 10 months ago 46
@slowmonkey156 But this may not be to your liking and that’s the point really isn’t it, music speaks to everyone in different ways....technical mastery may not be something you find appealing; I find his style a little to florid for my taste.
mink61 9 months ago
@mink61 Oh right on man, I totally get what you're saying. I don't mean to suggest that shredders don't/can't be tasteful and creative with their playing. Quite the contrary. I'm only talking about people who consider such shredders to be the be-all-end-all of guitar playing. That's not true; there are many different forms of "mastery" to be respected, and the way Carl is playing in this video is one of them. Take care, friend.
slowmonkey156 9 months ago
@slowmonkey156 No problem; personally I’m not keen on shredding...I’m more of a Richards/Cropper man, but as I was saying, it takes all sorts.
mink61 9 months ago
@slowmonkey156 its so nice to see a civilized coversation on youtube :)
sr1129 9 months ago
@slowmonkey156 I agree. I respect the shredding, but stuff like this, and acoustic flat picking always amaze me. They're playing just as fast as the speed metal guys and doing it CLEAN! Wish I could do it!
druno82 6 months ago
@slowmonkey156 I think the ‘musical mastery on a different level’ business is overegging the pudding a bit. I find Mr Verheyen’s phrasing to be a little flowery; but then that’s the point – although I would agree about shredding being a little overrated – it’s all a matter of personal preference.
1961axis 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
@1961axis it takes longer to develop tone, articulation, tonal vocabulary, personal presence and genre flexibility than speed or interval gymnastics and arpeggios. Mainly because the latter are more of exterior learning processes. Depth, dimensionality and personality can't be hurried.
whynottalklikeapirat 5 days ago
@slowmonkey156 absolutely agreed
karenshiny 1 month ago
those 11 people are just like " damn, i quit, this guys nuts"
brycemusic 10 months ago
matt plays a nash
1022rebelreddog 10 months ago
I think this video should be retitled "Man vs. Guitar: Man Wins"
TheGargoyleLives 11 months ago 3
0:29 - 0:33
that is one of the most beautiful phrasings ever
HiImJerry8 11 months ago
smooth
SonnyOrion 11 months ago
i though this was JIm Carrey at first haha
hpepper41 11 months ago 2
11 people accidentally sold their '56 tele
asfollowings 1 year ago 51
@asfollowings sold them in the '80s for next to nothing and bought kramers and jacksons instead, probably ;)
Blompcube 7 months ago
Speak for yourself; I don't think BB King is fit to carry this guy's amp in to the gig.
vampyros1 1 year ago
@vampyros1 BB King is 85 years old so I don't think he'd be fit either. Surely no one would ask him to anyway.
bingefeller 1 year ago
@bingefeller lol Good point-
vampyros1 1 year ago
@vampyros1 You know it makes sense ;-)
bingefeller 1 year ago
Playing clean is where you separate the men from the boys, boys. I hardly do a session where i am asked to play with distortion. Pick up that guitar and practice practice practice without distortion. Practice picking each note, not hammerons and pulloffs. And there were a LOT of great fender players in the 50's. Jimmy Bryant for one, speed demon, jazzy.
124slowhand 1 year ago
@124slowhand so playing with hamme-rons and pull-offs makes me a little boy at the guitar....i think not...
wagatabuchunga1 11 months ago
@wagatabuchunga1 if you do it only with distortion on, pretty much
HiImJerry8 11 months ago
@HiImJerry8 meh i disagree. though i dont ever use distortion there are some people who use really creative and nice legato runs
wagatabuchunga1 11 months ago
if you farted, carl could tell you what key you were farting in.
theres millions of guitar players in the world, and in this case (youtube) its free. this man is obviously an incredibly gifted and practiced musician. it dont even matter if you like the style or not ..if you cant appreciate natural talent you are a cunt.
anyway Leo Fender would have gotten a hoot out of hearing this sound from the tele if carl could time travel back to fullerton ca and 1956. can you imagine the look he'd get!
mymotorcycle5 1 year ago 3
Who are those 11 people did not like this?
strat1969usa 1 year ago 2
Crystal clear
StephenFiorentini 1 year ago
I'm discovering Carl's videos here on youtube, and it is dawning on me he is better than my favorite country players, (except Al Bruno), better than the best blues players, rocks out better any rockabilly or rock and rollers, and the fushionee stuff is also outstanding! Finger-style picking some of the best I heard. And he plays clean for the most part, I can hardly hear any missed notes! $%#@! His *^&$% singing great , too! I'm gonna start buying his stuff!
Vakinar 1 year ago
@Andelusion yeah, its their own ''voices''. carl has more....outburst of emotion id say =) bb king is plain smooooooth
punkiassjunki 1 year ago
Its obvious from his faceexpressions that he is in great suffering to bring the world some of the telesound. This tormented humanbeing is only trying to entertain. Give him some credit for giving his life to a couple of boring scales. This is the playing of a guitar SALESMAN, not a musician. ( Yes, Im in trouble now, but its the fact ).
pbstratocaster 1 year ago
@pbstratocaster I checked for your videos where you blow Carl away with at least 3 chords, but there are none. Just sayin.
lighteningboy 1 year ago
@lighteningboy Its not my point, and you know it. Nomatter how great videos I might have on youtube,,,,,,it doesnt change Carls skills. Get my drift ?
pbstratocaster 1 year ago
@pbstratocaster Yeah, I got ya. You should see somebody about that.
lighteningboy 1 year ago
@lighteningboy Thanks for the advice,,Ill do that.
pbstratocaster 1 year ago
@pbstratocaster go back to playin the skin flute....you clearly don't know shit....
Pickher 1 year ago
'Sounds really GOOD...
Thirdgen83 1 year ago
very nice
minneapolis7967 1 year ago
Tiene el mal de todos los primeras guitarra ( me incluyo ). Nos pasan a testear una guitarra y lo primero que hacemos es hacer el ya clásico solillo y nos olvidamos de los acordes y las rítmicas. Luego nos vamos con la uneta (o púa) que nos pasó el vendedor antisocial, que siempre tiene los amplis desenchufados...
shaman5150gmailcom 1 year ago
llloooovvee his playing...
RhoadsFan9 1 year ago
Carl's a Badass !
Bluesbarri 1 year ago
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guys,guys pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaseeee!!!!!!shut the f up and listen to the man playin' his a** off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez.....:))))))
kapdrums 1 year ago
guys,guys pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaseeee!!!!!!shut the f uo and listen to the man playin' his a** off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez.....:))))))
kapdrums 1 year ago
@MrSpunkymanker Lol - a common problem :)
wrxmania 1 year ago
On 1:54 begins "No Walkin´ Blues", its a great tune!
alefenili 1 year ago
Ma che chitarrista m'ero perso per 28 anni?
ndrea232 1 year ago
I like that he grabs for the whammy at the very end, but its a tele, so it isnt there. Haha.
JensKolonD 1 year ago
I was at a Best Buy and played a $160 Squier Tele that played just as nice as the $1000 one they had set up with the Mac GarageBand station. Too bad they don't have 24 frets and floating bridge :)
dalandser562 1 year ago
@MrSpunkymanker maybe your fingers are faulty. lol
pluralish 1 year ago
When I was in Junior High I thought this guitar looked goofy- Now I look goofy and this is a great axe-BTW Mexican Teles are nice if you pick the right one out- you and always put better pups in it.:)
bobmon54 1 year ago
/watch?v=e4Pn1G-VpWE
StephenFiorentini 1 year ago
@hypnotoad... 200 bucks? The parts alone will run you twice that, minimum. What you're leaving out of the equation is the man/hours it takes to: design the guitar: run prototyping, acquire parts, store and age the wood, thickness-plane, cut, rout, roundover, sand, stain or paint, sand, clear, level, clear, polish, wire, assemble, adjust, make extra replacement parts, acquire legal protections, insure, advertise, distribute, sell, stand behind, and get into the hands of rockstars & more.
kerranz 1 year ago
OMG, keep your eyes open when your playing.
VERHAAL02 1 year ago
this is to ohypn0tadO
Ahh Ya mudda wears army boots!!!!!!!!!
rodbuoy 1 year ago
The thing i think is the most special about a telecaster, is that it's a guitar that it takes a lot of skill to make sound good, you can do anything on these guitars, But it takes quality time playing the instrument and figuring out how to make it sing, bit once you do it's a really personal special guitar, that molds out the personality of the player very well.
overoath123 1 year ago 3
hey man.. im a big fan of your videos. I have convince myself in buying a fender stratocaster custom shop but i have one big question and as you are a fender vintage player i hope you can help me. The guitar that i want to buy have no trust road. it is posible to have and accurate guitar without the trust road? does neck dont muve away??
Thank you very much
rockboy8812 1 year ago
There's a lot of cool licks in that. This guy has chops. Very inspiring.
gibson75lespaul 1 year ago
Ive wanted a telecaster all my life, and last year i finally got one.
In my opinion, they work best with maple fingerboards. Not that I have a problem with rosewood, most of my guitars have rosewood, but tele's should always have maple fretboards. But thats just MY opinion.
StephenFiorentini 1 year ago 4
That is THE sound.
willcherryface 1 year ago
ON THE CONTRARY! Leo did not like the sound of the slab rosewood fingerboard. The decision to change came from elsewhere within the company. Later, the thinner, round laminated fingerboard was introduced because it was more structurally stable, and had better sonic properties. CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION, this method of construction did not reduce material or labor costs as it was more time consuming and labor intensive.
67Stu 1 year ago
ON THE CONTRARY! Leo did not like the sound of the slab rosewood fingerboard. The decision to change came from elsewhere within the company. Later, the thinner, round laminated fingerboard was introduced because it was more structurally stable, and had better sonic properties. CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION, this method of construction did not reduce material or labor costs as it was more time consuming and labor intensive.
67Stu 1 year ago
Pop Expo:
ON THE CONTRARY: Leo did not like the sound of the slab rosewood fingerboard. The decision to change fingerboards WAS NOT HIS, but others within the company. Later, the thinner board was introduced for the purpose of sound construction and sonic properties. Again, on the contrary, the thinner, pre- radiused, laminated rosewood cap was not an effort to reduce rosewood cost: it was more costly due to the that it was more labor intensive and time consuming.
67Stu 1 year ago
Pop Expo:
ON THE CONTRARY: Leo did not like the sound of the slab rosewood fingerboard. The decision to change fingerboards WAS NOT HIS, but others within the company. Later, the thinner board was introduced for the purpose of sound construction and sonic properties. Again, on the contrary, the thinner, pre- radiused, laminated rosewood cap was not an effort to reduce rosewood cost: it was more costly due to the that it was more labor intensive and time consuming.
67Stu 1 year ago
this is so lovely to hear ...
fendergolden1 1 year ago
in my opinion, fender only overcharges for the reissue models. i mean, its a real american made instrument...anything that is made in america is expensive. i mean, yea 1000 dollars is a decent chunk of change for a hunk of wood, some magnets and some metal but, it could be worse.
scoobers90 1 year ago
@scoobers90 your right, we could be talkin gibson prices XD
kouske86 1 year ago
Verheyen is God!
mynameismario 1 year ago
Beautiful old white Tele being played by somebody with genuine talent at a decent volume. So refreshing yet it somehow digresses into somebody complaining about guitar prices.
You can build $200.00 telecasters? Have at it man. Fender is shaking in their boots.
jetsafox 1 year ago
please let me know how did you get that tone???!!!!!! PLEASEEEEEE!!!!!!!! other the obvius amazing fingers and taste :)
TheAndresPinto 1 year ago
tele is the best!
haackrock 1 year ago
Good playin ! With THE sound !
mulotwo 1 year ago
aaaaa I want it now !!! Love that sound.
poprostudaniel 2 years ago 2
hey , a 56 tele, i wish i could play such a nice axe
quilmesredlager 2 years ago
i wish i could play like that
fbartek 2 years ago 16
AWESOME! Technique + creativety + classic tones = Superb!
giangp 2 years ago 4
WOW! what a performance, love it
SteveValentine100 2 years ago 3
am i the only chap thinking is this guy actually going to play something that sounds nice
soml 2 years ago
the intro is a bit lengthy
Rikk303 2 years ago
the way u play, how come you are not better then the late great SRV
jonno63 2 years ago
thats why i can't listien to more than 1 BB king song before I want to shoot myself. and by the way, this guy is only moderately fast.
frankh666 2 years ago
this fucking video is a perfect example of a dream of mine...walk into a guitar store, ask to demo a guitar , and then bomb the shit out of the salesman with 2:32 of this kind of random , but coherent, awesomeness. It only take six hours of practice a day friends, and you've got it.
beebee1000 2 years ago
By the way beebee, I've "practiced" (well, played (well, played around)), 6 hours for each of the past two days, and I still can't quite do it. :-)
mutad8 2 years ago
@Andelusion, Haha, I wasn't replying to the guy above me, I was replying to the comment made by xdivinebladex about Fenders and Gibsons being "just big names" YouTube just made it confusing. lol
qwecars 2 years ago
awesome guitarrist!
heliobluesrock 2 years ago 4
yes!!!!!
kdjfnvjvd 2 years ago
To me it seems like hes playing too many notes but hey what do i know lol im nowhere near as good as him, nowhere near.
TheMTFaces 2 years ago 3
sick!
LapRound 2 years ago
This guy could make any guitar sound great
machinegunguitar 2 years ago 5
I just got an '09 USA Ash tele and super-sonic, I just love the tone!
macaxe 2 years ago 3
That kinda blows your socks off. Star man!
stupatrick 2 years ago 2
you Big Teacher!!
orsettomaster 2 years ago
So much soul!
SamwiseGUITAR 2 years ago
beginning sounds almost like a strat...
redderknick 2 years ago
@redderknick I'd say the Strat sound like the Tele as the Tele came first :) That is why I love Telecasters, the neck pickup is so clear and crisp. The Bridge pickup is super easy to get good tone out of as well. Telecasters are fine with me with just about any type of pickup arangment, the body style and neck is just so good.
TheMadMusicMan 2 years ago
nice!
linginberry 2 years ago
wwooow! cool :D
therockfanaticdane 2 years ago
i found my amp woohoo!
MrPurpleguitar 2 years ago
holy shit i want to learn to play like that
SIGUESIGUESTAR 2 years ago
Have to agree with everyone below, Fender did not have to break my pocket book by knocking up the prices so dramatic, especially in these times of a financial downturn. However, I love Fender and G&L's. A thought, as long a demand is there for the supply, prices will remain up. BTW: Love Verheyen, great recent writeup in VG mag too.
ArtDonna84 2 years ago
he's using alot of amps ;D
pondhop3 2 years ago 3
Problem I have with fender is overpriced guitars. The telecaster was built to be a workhorse of an electric, one that's easy to mass produce, but still has character. Now telecasters have become classy and trendy, so Fender knocked up the price past $1,000.
A decent telecaster can be made for under $200 by anybody with the tools. A big part of the telecaster charm is that it seems sorta utilitarian and cheap, but is a really cool guitar at the same time. High prices take that cool factor away.
0hypnotoad0 2 years ago 63
Dude. Plus 1000.
Spot on, I agree completely. $1500 for a bolt on neck, plank of wood guitar? Fender, get real.
Les Pauls have carved tops, figured wood, precisely fitted set in, hand carved necks, etc. I own both, nice Fenders and nice Les Pauls, I love them all, but the idea that a Fender bolt-on neck plank guitar should cost anything over $300 is an absolute joke. The internet is littered with web pages of guys that build them in their garage, effortlessly.
FWIW, a Les Paul should be $600.
elephantcup 2 years ago 3
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Fenders, Gibsons, and most of the big names are just that, big names. Almost pointless to buy one nowadays unless you get offered some stupid price (which I got :D). Suhrs, Vigiers, PRS (eh, maybe not so much because of their prices), and Anderson's are where it's at. G&L too.
xdivinebladex 2 years ago
it really depends on what style you like and what feel of the guitar you like
jooman77 2 years ago
what do you play?
joelkeaton 2 years ago
i play an american deluxe strat that i got for $600 which is half the price BEFORE fender increased their prices in the beginning of the year
xdivinebladex 2 years ago
You got it ALL wrong man! I'm sorry you feel that way but it most definatly is not true!
qwecars 2 years ago
0hypnotoad0 wrote: "A decent telecaster can be made for under $200 by anybody with the tools."
This is hardly true. If it was so, why aren't you doing it?
I'm assuming you mean, making your own necks and bodies, not sourcing them. How much is YOUR time worth to you? Pickups alone are going to run you $200. Unless you meant, "A piece of crap can be made for under $200" ... then I would agree with you.
Completely unrealistic statement with no basis in reality.
freepatriot 2 years ago
Actually, I would guess that $200 is pretty close... If you are producing them in the kind of quantity that Fender does. If Fender is paying more than $20 per pickup, they are getting raped (again, in the quantities that Fender would be ordering). I quote manufactured parts as part of my job. The trick is labor. For a small shop or one-man-shop to make reasonable quantities, with no pre-manufactured wood parts, would take many hours per guitar - or spend at least $100,000 on CNC and tooling.
mutad8 2 years ago
@mutad8
hey guy, seriously?
100.000 dolars ?
i think u missed some 0s,
quilmesredlager 2 years ago
mutad8, I was replying to 0hypnotoad0, who said "A decent telecaster can be made for under $200 by anybody with the tools."
He was not referring to Fender, and their costs based on quantity buys, he said "anybody with the tools" could make a Custom-Shop quality guitar for $200 ... and he's wrong.
freepatriot 2 years ago
@0hypnotoad0 I agree that all the major brands especially Fender and Gibson are vastly overpriced. I disagree with the the statement that a decent Tele can be made for UNDER $200 bucks. You may assemble the body and neck for less than that, but decent hardware and electronics add up quickly. Decent tools cost a good bit too. You can snag a MIJ or MIM Tele and upgrade (used p.u.'s etc from ebay?) and get close to that price. I dig what you're saying and agree Fender is way overpriced.
garyguitar 1 year ago
@0hypnotoad0
Telecaster made in Mexico sound cool...even the new Squires sound ok...I've got one, I've remuved the cheap varnish (it's made of three pieces of wood) and changed the pick-ups (even though they didn't sound bad) and it sounds great!!
danlovesnan 1 year ago
@danlovesnan Not to mention that 21 frets has a much more vintage vibe than 22 any day.
gmdinformation 1 year ago
@0hypnotoad0 Well articulated man, exactly right
JeromeKillsFascists 1 year ago
@0hypnotoad0 Test out the new mexican made Fender Classic 50 Tele and you will see that a Fender made in USA isn't a 'must have' . Test it out before you give me a bad answer or comment!
MartyMartin87 1 year ago
@0hypnotoad0 What are you waiting for??? then buy your 200b tele
William102582 1 year ago
@0hypnotoad0 Getting the right wood and measurements one could make a "Fender" Telecaster for a cheap price and get some Fender parts on it. And it could be sold for 10 times the amount that was used to make it.
DonXter 1 year ago
@0hypnotoad0 Lol. Fender is overpriced? Have you seen the Gibson-prize range lately? It's even more fucked up.
filerocktheworld 1 year ago
@0hypnotoad0 got that right!
44eelz 1 year ago
@0hypnotoad0 did u put the labor into the amount?...... besides Les Pauls are WAY more expensive than they need to be than a tele..... Don't get me wrong I'm actually a big Gibson fan(I own a Les Paul Studio of my own), but the price of a Les Paul standard is RIDICULOUS!
redbird963 1 year ago
@0hypnotoad0 In 1950, a two-pickup Broadcaster (this is before Gretsch asked them to change the name to avoid a trademark conflict) was $189.50. Doesn't sound like much? That would be about $1660 in today's dollars. The average income in 1950 was $3,216. American-made Fenders have never been cheap.
whoobibi 1 year ago
@0hypnotoad0 You think Fenders are over priced just look at Gibsons they are 4 times the price its insane
RelaxNplay64 1 year ago
@0hypnotoad0 Yeah, I call it the jeans of musical instruments.
What I love about Fenders (supposedly) is they are sober, primitive yet smart.
javiceres 1 year ago
@0hypnotoad0 i think the mexican models solve that problem. especially the custom-shop designed models, such as the baja are really decent and pretty fairly priced.
aektzis91 1 year ago 3
@aektzis91 They aren't fairly priced. They're just inferior copies of the older models sold for a much higher price.
But that's not really Fenders fault anyway, really. The only fault he could take is for selling the company to a bunch of fakes, out for the millions.
anon540 1 year ago
@0hypnotoad0 The parts alone would cost far more than $200.
Thirdgen83 1 year ago
@0hypnotoad0 Under $200? From scratch or parts? If it was parts, it would still be way over $200!
anotherheadlessdemo 1 year ago
we want more !
robbertdelany 2 years ago
This has a very woody, open low end. I guess that's what 50 years does. Beautiful tone.
dickey335 2 years ago 3
That is true. But the crafstmanship one these old guitars was far better than these ones today. Although Fender is now much better than the CBS era, it still has never been as good as it was before CBS.
TheMadMusicMan 2 years ago
This is wonderful.I like Carl's tone more with this simple setup than with his multi amp and pedal board setup...
TheMadMusicMan 2 years ago 6
Carl is one of those guitar players who feels, thinks and lives the guitar. I saw him some ten years ago performing in some small pub - it was indeed a levitating experience.
Amazing musician, and just like Chet Atkins, every inch a gentleman.
Photoshock 2 years ago
i don't think leo fender would like the whole "Relic" and Road worn looks of his guitars. he liked his guitars to look nice. thats the whole reason he started putting rosewood on the guitars cuz he thought the maple got dirty really easy. you wanna beat up guitar? play it every day, play shows, take it on tour.
PopExpo 2 years ago 40
Spot on.
barryplem 2 years ago