1950 Broadcaster VS 1953 Telecaster - A Comparison by Nacho Banos - Ask Zac 191

[@dwocelot6913]

I keep grimacing thinking he's going to smack a headstock on that cinderblock wall! 😂 Fascinating stuff. Where'd I leave my checkbook?

[@alanthorne3921]

Yes I was thinking the same thing.

[@Sammywhat]

Great content! Thank you, sir!! And thanks to Nacho and Olivier!!

[@snoopywalker1881]

We love Nacho

[@kenbash2951]

Early 1950 Broadcasters had steel saddles. They were replaced by brass saddles by Fall 1950 which validates Nachos' instincts that this is a November 1950 Broadcaster. The blend control is the most significant feature that gets dismissed too quickly. It was brilliant and why Leo discontinued it is a real mystery to me.

[@johnbriggs3916]

The answer is that it was at the suggestion of guitarist Bill Carson. Carson disliked the blend control and wanted a tone control. Actually, the real mystery is why the "Broadcaster Blend" was introduced with the two-pickup Esquire, because the second control was always intended to be a tone control, as on the one-pickup Esquire (position 2 only.) And Leo persisted with his "dark circuit" -- despite opposition -- until CBS did away with it in 1967!

[@kenbash2951]

Once you play a Tele with a blend control you realize it was pure magic. There is simply no way to get the same sound out of a 1952 or later Tele- no way.@@johnbriggs3916

[@svbarr]

WOW talk about a Master Class...thanks for all the trouble you went through to produce this. It's just plain weird that it takes a European to be the world's greatest expert on Leo Fender's work circa '49-'54

[@AskZac]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@7171jay]

@svbarr It's not all that weird because there are many experts on Fender guitars and like many "American" things from electric guitars to rock music or blues or jazz there are people all over the world who appreciate these things and are smart and knowledgeable about them. American blues, jazz, and early rockers got way more appreciation in the mid 1960s and beyond in Europe than they did in the United States. Love for the electric guitar traveled beyond the borders of the U.S. in a big way and a long time ago so I'm kind of surprised at your surprise here.

[@svbarr]

yup well said @@7171jay

[@UncleBuckDallas]

Man, Zac, this is just awesome, and it couldn’t be more timely-I just ordered a 53 build from Nacho!

[@telecasterbear]

In the end, the simplicity of the telecaster is what has drawn me to it. Thanks Zac.

[@badtweed2087]

Why no discussion on the type of body wood, the headstock contour differences between them and newer tele models, the 12th fret dot spacing and tooling locaters etc? Plenty of talk about the finish but just vague pickup talk as well. Oh well.

[@mattrogers1946]

Nacho will forget more about vintage Telecasters than most of us will ever know. He makes some beautiful Blackguard replicas, too! Thanks for a great episode!

[@ricksmith6154]

Unbelievably cool and informative. Nacho IS the Early Telecaster guru. Fantastic video!

[@mattrogers1946]

Yup!

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

I bet he is the only person on Earth who could locate my 53 Tele lost in London 35 years ago!

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

Between the 3 of you not even 1 brought a pignose battery amp into the room, this opportunity will be hard to replicate. Thanks anyway, just wanted to hear those pickups and their character as explained in such detail and so accurately by the Man. Peace.

[@marklarkinsmusic5543]

Shear Magic seeing these Two Vintage Telecaster guitars! and the extensive knowledge from Nacho! Thank You for this Video!

[@alisterrae5822]

Couldn’t afford the guitar but I bought the book, it’s astonishing!

[@Heavenreck]

That was a very educational soundbite on pine casters, amazing how much changed between the two guitars. I recall you mentioned meeting him and filming this backstage. Was the neck on Nachos 53 a Birdseye maple neck? couldn't tell in the video, may have just been the finish. Great video thank you for sharing.

[@AskZac]

No heavy figuring. We enjoyed the treats you sent! Thank you again.

[@Jam-m7m]

Great episode Zac. Thank you for your insight and dedication to the Fender Telecaster and KZbin community. You need a raise ❤

[@valcoman5593]

If Nacho can get away with relicing the fret board on his '53 I feel totally vindicated for relicing my '52 RI and various partscasters.

[@7171jay]

The wall behind Nacho looked way too close.... I was getting nervous every time he held the guitar up and leaned it back that the headstock was going to hit the wall. Glad he made it through the video without bonking either one of those amazing looking instruments. It would have been cool to hear a sound comparison of them even just acoustically.

[@JS-nf1sn]

Nacho will end up selling more Telecasters than Leo in the end. Love it. Thank you for a great video.

[@Noitpure]

A Telecaster lovers treasure trove!!! Thank you!!! 🙏

[@AskZac]

Thanks for listening

[@johnhoffman3836]

Hooray for Leo Fender! Cheers from the Micronesia Blues Society on the island of Guam.

[@PeterDad60]

My inexpensive Fender Squire Affinity Telecaster is as good as any guitar I have and I have 22 guitars. I am confident that outside of the very real marketplace value/cost of guitars which makes a difference in price, well not considering the marketplace my Telecaster is pretty much as good as any guitar ever made, by anybody! You build it good enough to play and function properly and that's all you need. The rest is the player.- Peter age 74

[@PeterDad60]

P.S. These two guitars in your video look almost exactly like my Telecaster and the pickups undoubtedly are probably very similar in output. I'm very happy indeed with my Telecaster and will enjoy playing it for the rest of my life.

[@marks2254]

Thanks for letting us look at your guitars guys!! Zac - if you’re ever looking for subjects, I’d like to hear more about them he blend control that was mentioned.

[@anthonyc1883]

Agreed.

[@Alanoffer]

Julian lage plays a nacho tele so you know he’s doing something right,

[@CrippeJohansson]

Amazing video man!! Thank you Zac🥳🙏🇸🇪🎸

[@bddmhopp5]

Don’t bust the headstock on the block wall

[@jltrem]

Very entertaining and informative. Thank you, Prof. Childs!

[@joeldowdy404]

Thanks guys!! Great Video and walk through from Nacho!!

[@victorbeebe8372]

Aloha Zak! Really enjoyed this show! TY. Well today Mama get here washer and dryer finally. I get my Seymour Ducan MJ wound Lap steel pickups. I got to figure out what I'm going to do. Black guard? Bridge pu for Strat? Keith Richards style Tele?

[@bogarbill6331]

Great show thanks! Unfortunately the Pinecaster book site is under construction, but I hope that will be resolved soon. I ordered a Nacho Telecaster last year. Arriving this summer. Can not wait..

[@vayabroder729]

Got his Blackguard book which is superb. Thanks for this amazing video!

[@AskZac]

You're very welcome!

[@_avia_]

Love it. Thanks Zac!

[@jacknorton3771]

I built a few teles from kits, i k ew i couldnt find a broadcaster if i found one so i made my own. Both are upgraded electronics. Love the difference in tone between the 2. Great video, very informative. Leo fender is the GOAT.

[@ryangunwitch-black]

Has anyone actually gone through the process of trying to buy the book!? Type a random serial number and hope it may be available!?! Are you kidding me? I get that it’s a limited edition book but good lord. 1234. Nope 1453. Nope 005. Nope 006. Nope 007. Nope 109. Nope Somebody code me a random number generator for this site so I can just see if it’s completely sold out. 😂

[@thesjkexperience]

I have built several blackguards including winding the pickups. So much fun to do and compare. I did have access to a Broadcaster in the early 80s so I have those specs. I also built a non-trussrod Tele but I used swamp ash and 1.75” thick. My favorite Tele and it would be fun to have you review a non-truss rod Tele. The holes on the back…if they are crooked it was top drilled. The drill bit wanders, so they later did it from the back.

[@BHJ7115]

Never seen a Telecaster behind prison walls. Until this.

[@Satchmoeddie]

Testing another hand built Fender Harvard clone amp. This is the best Harvard copy yet. I am using a vintage RCA selenium rectifier for the bias supply. The transformers are accurate for ratios and power handling. The tubes are all vintage NOS or NOS testing pulls. The pots are all a special taper. The speaker is a special reconed PM speaker using one brands frame, another brands cone and yet another brand's voice coil for a genuine Chicago made vintage Jensen sound. Carboneu made some fabulous sounding speakers. Fender rarely used them, but I don't really care. With Joe Biden's ineffective & highly selective sanctions against Russia getting those selenium diodes is very difficult and expensive.

[@iannicholls7476]

Great video Zac, thanks so much. Cool t-shirt as well!

[@mannydecastro8604]

I wonder what he thinks of the 1951 American vintage 2 telecaster?? Thoughts??

[@johna1160]

Minor hardware niggle - Nacho used the term "flat head" to differentiate from Phillips screws. Flat head refers to the shape of the screw top, as opposed to oval or round. The correct term is "slotted".

[@robertgunning9667]

fwiw he did say slottted at 5:39 when talking about the ‘50 Broadcaster. I noticed he said flathead later when talking about the mix of hardware on the ‘53.

[@famousaimless2]

What a treat, thanks 😀

[@JohnAdams-xc5yk]

I have a blackguard one thing i had a hard time finding a bakelight pickguard the one i got from Fender was not a pure bakelight pickguard i finally found one in Japan Fender has changed the formula for theirs

[@jimh1369]

Nacho is a great Tele expert, and he builds some amazing guitars!

[@gnawbabygnaw]

If the workers back then only knew a handful of them put away for the family would buy them a Nice house today.

[@bldallas]

So cool, but damn, I wishby’all had an old Champ amp to play them thru.

[@StevenCarinci]

Would have been nice to hear them. Just saying...😮

[@davedekay9620]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@johnnymalmsteems198]

So entertaining Zac 🙏🏻

[@tomk1tl39]

What screwed this video up is "u-tube' constantly dropping in "ADS" throughout the video . . .PITA . . .

[@AskZac]

Here is a possible solution. Join my patreon, and see it early without commercials.

[@MezzMcGillicuddy1]

This is awesome, thanks so much for this video!

[@panchoverde5078]

Let's talk about electric guitars sans an amp. Why? Sorry man but this is maddening. How can you demonstrate the ideas of development if you can't hear the difference between them?

[@anthonyc1883]

Zac explained at least twice about the impromptu nature of the guys getting together. They were backstage, you can hear other people's voices in the background probably close by, and Zac was working on the Brad Paisley tour so it is clear that Zac did the best he could with the time and space that was available to him.

[@jamesonpace726]

Amazing men, amazing guitars....

[@michaelsteven1090]

You look road worn..Great! ..keep it up.

[@AlexMillerCountry]

My question is are they tonally similar? Is one more bright than the other, or are they all a little unique in their own way?

[@DavidFernley]

A 53 tele would be my dream guitar

[@ER-yq1lc]

Great stuff.

[@wout69]

Nacho is old news. Javier Alemany is the man now.

[@MaximilianMengwasser]

Could you elaborate a bit more? Heard that Javier was Nachos old luthier and left Nacho ’21. Heard just good things about Javier’s builts.

[@wout69]

Nothing wrong with Javier. He is now selling his guitars.

[@stratonic]

@@wout69where are these available? Nothing came up on google search

[@guillermoazul220]

Yay! Fabulous!

[@zenmaestro04]

Man how did I miss THIS video!! I could watch this stuff for hours...It's a guitar nerds paradise 🤓

[@edwither8284]

❤ So much mystique surrounding such a simple design. Whenever I play one of my other guitars, I find myself trying so hard to get it to sound like my telecaster, I wind up putting it down and asking myself.Why do I even bother. Just grab the telecaster and be happy.😊

[@Tblanktim-mu1bh]

I found it interesting to note, Nacho talked nearly the whole time gesturing and pointing, with a pick tucked in his index finger. Shows how long he has been playing guitars. Like second nature. Clearly, he has put in the time.

[@jjcoolidge6276]

No playing? Too bad. Got a CS Broadcaster 70th anniversary reissue and it's fabulous. Love the blend control.

[@davegallagher7428]

Wonderful video Zac! I have about 2 months left for my Xotic XTC1 build and this show makes me want it even more. ( I don’t think I’m alone, and not liking the wait for a new build) I tried to go to the website for the Pinecaster book but apparently it is under some kind of maintenance. My daughter is always asking me for something to get for my birthday that I wouldn’t buy for myself. Hopefully it’s back up at some point.

[@notbraindead7298]

I love the Fender Tele and Strat. But as I’ve gotten older I have a lot of problems with the 01.65” nut width.

[@jimwoodard64]

Guess your video crashed the Pinecaster book web site: We apologize for the inconvenience, but our website is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance to enhance your browsing experience.

[@jonathanhandsmusic]

Very interesting. Nice to see such vintage Telecasters with such a knowledgeable guy. Thanks

[@joeurbanowski321]

I love guitars.. I really love guitars.. But someone needs to reel in Nacho… He’s gone to the other side..😂❤️

[@johntiger5]

Also the time between the Broadcaster and Telecaster without a decal sticker . The " NoCaster"

[@NiksGuitarThings]

That back wall is awfully close haha, especially at the end I was nervous I'd hear a clank 😅😅 Extremely cool info, bravo!

[@bflo5210]

I'm on the email list for one of these guitars....hopefully I'll get one this year🤞🤞🤞

[@dustinthiessen]

Nacho had me on the edge of my seat, just watching as those headstocks got dangerously close to hitting that brick wall! 😬

[@TimGuitarcouk]

Joe Bonnamassa will probably try to buy both from you…😆

[@olivieruldry]

You're right, though not sure neither Nacho nor I would sell these...

[@wheels845]

Great insight fellas. It’s all about the twang 🤪❤️🎸🎸🎸

[@ryangunwitch-black]

Dangit! I was about to go play my Strat but now I’ve gotta spend some time on the Tele first. 😂

[@246810user]

great show with Nacho -- what an amazing source of knowledge!

[@ivan_emege]

Nice to see Nacho again. Greetings from Andalucia!

[@bddmhopp5]

Wait, he added grooves to the fingerboard? What?

[@AskZac]

No added grooves

[@tomghiley]

lets compare the same guitar...I poke fun because this is ridiculous, I'm a nerd, I stay and watch because I love Telecasters, and Zac is absolutely awesome, and for anyone reading this, yes, i say the same guitar, i subscribe to the fine detailed differences mattering too :) i cannot wait for the next Telecaster video! what's that thing that Uncle Jen says? more chicken picken less picklin? you needs your pickles too Juncle Jen.

[@johnbriggs3916]

Nacho did point out that they have totally different control wiring.

[@BobbyCulpepper.srv3fender]

Zac, you must have the coolest wife in the world

[@martinreid1740]

Don't forget the different spacing of the dots at the twelfth frets.

[@anthonymcgill8035]

This was terrific, Zac. Thank you.

[@brokenacoustic]

Shame he wasnt able to compare it to an G&L Asat.

[@dondenson3542]

Never knew bakelite was compressed paper...

[@cory-i1j]

Thank you Zac for all you provide!

[@ernieflanaganstingraybassm1463]

i just love anokd tele......thank..you..zac..

[@kjmcwig6882]

Talking about how two different guitars "might" sound without a demonstration is a bit like coitus interruptus! Is there a second video where we can hear these two amazing instruments for a real comparison?

[@anthonyc1883]

Sure would be nice but it seems that the setting, and the impromptu nature of that get-together, wouldn't allow for that. I'm glad we we were able to see and hear what we did.

[@boco1951]

This is so good to see and it’s much appreciated!

[@louisdombrowski4198]

👍

[@patricksailor9190]

Where you here at the Rodeo with Brad on Sunday?? If I’d have known I would have gone!😢😢

[@AskZac]

I was not there. Just the Europe run.

[@jeffhutchins6874]

I wonder if that Broadcaster came out of Texas in the mid 2000's. If I heard Nacho right he said 0725 for the number on the bridge plate. I have slept a few times but I think that guitar may have come from a friend of mine. I can't ask him cause he is no longer around. If it IS, that guitar I can attest to how great it sounds. VERY rock n roll guitar. The pickup in my friends was hot, but perfectly hot, dark and punchy and had the best mid frequency growl of any single coil I've ever played. Played it for many hours. It was purchased for Vince Gill from C&C guitars in Paris TX around 2004- 2005??? I still think about that guitar a lot. A whole lot. Great episode Zac.

[@jeffhutchins6874]

I have to add, the STORY I was told was that a guy who purchased guitars for people looking for vintage instruments bought it for Vince. A whole lot of bullshit gets slung around guitar stores..... you know..... but 0725, I swear that was the number. Jack had it forever, so he had contacted some people to try to sell it. Who knows.

[@olivieruldry]

Hey Jeff, I apprecaite you gave us hints of the background of my Broadcaster. I wasn't told much about it when I got it, and yes, it's definitely 0725. So, Jack is your friend who got it from C&C Guitars ?

[@tier5958]

Anyone thinking " that's Nachotele"? 😂

[@mattrogers1946]

I bet my paycheck all the "stolen valor fake mojo" experts would never be able to tell the difference. Nacho is a skilled craftsman, not some hack on KZbin with sandpaper and a Dremmel tool...

[@Molnboman]

Nice T-shirt there Mr. 😉

[@TheRange7]

This is awesome Zac

[@numb41]

Serious question. Do these guys play?

[@AskZac]

Both play quite well. Both gig.

[@2000SkyView]

sweet guitars 👍

[@U_ever]

OUTSTANDING ! ! !

[@firecrackerheart]

cooooooool!

[@TheHamebusk]

Wonderful...

[@morais99]

epic episode

[@modestoney1577]

"nacho nacho man!"

[@mikefromusa6902]

Yes