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

Guitar: Fender MIM Standard Tele with a 4-way Switch, Fender CS Texas Special PU's, Strings - 11"s
Amp: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe
Effects: Clean - Straight to amp, Overdrive - Boss SD-2 with Boss Compressor and Boss Delay
Audio Recording: EV MC500 (cheap dynamic mic) into garageband
Video: Flip Video

Category:

Music

Tags:

• MIM
• Tele
• With
• Fender
• CS
• Texas
• Special
• PU's
• and
• Way
• Switch
• Matt
• Ficarra
• elmatt

[unabonger777]

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

[elmattavision]

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

[TeleGlider]

Wow..this is super tasty indeed.

Very very fine playing.

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

I've thought about getting a looper for example.

Your tone is excellent my friend.

[elmattavision]

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

[kent8040]

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

[elmattavision]

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

[ClyderSkyner]

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

[chessdude67]

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

Excellent playing!

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[Arthur19937]

I love your sound!

[espinguitar]

Ellegant guitar + Ellegant playing too= great tone 

[unabonger777]

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

[Tarsan97]

a lot of tele SMACK. nice

[mrgitarman]

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