Josh Smith talks about the magic of the Telecaster

Josh Smith is back to give more tips on why the 'Telecaster' guitar is so magical! In this segment, Josh Smith explains exactly why this guitar is essential for players of all genres.
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[@92Pantallica]

I literally went out and got a tele after watching this video. No joke. Amazing guitar.

[@ushnicyuvnikof2748]

MIA?

[@craigusselman546]

When I play my Tele you realise your really playing the orrginal Electric Guitar I love the solidness of it plus its the only guitar that can do a spot on impression of a beeping car alarm at least mine does lol.

[@eduardoprisbrey9157]

@@ushnicyuvnikof2748 lmao

[@stringedaz]

I play teles almost exclusively. I'm not a quarter as good as Josh, but I feel like I made a good choice since he is a tele guy

[@alexanderhanksx]

The day I bought my first Tele changed everything. It stays in tune better than anything else I've ever laid my hands on.

[@dkny02138]

I never heard of Josh Smith, came here looking for info about teles and was blown away by Josh’s playing. Haven’t seen such clean, fast, and musical playing in a long time. He has a fluidity on the instrument that is rare.

[@Jorgestrat]

The real magic here is in Josh Smith fingers and musical fantastic ideas...

[@smeagolmazurenko5238]

Dude he's insane

[@nickebel4895]

One of the best right now.

[@mickmoorhouse9834]

Telecasters are great guitars, but let's hear it for Josh - a truly blinding guitar player!! I absolutely love his playing!!!

[@gryzew]

Gibson: our electrics will have carved arched tops, multi ply binding, mother of pearl inlays, will be built using centuries old luthiery techniques. Leo Fender: just screw a stick to a plank.

[@bentackett6299]

Well said!

[@keesketsers5866]

And yet they asks the same price as the more complicated Gibsons :)

[@royalblue2229]

@@keesketsers5866 except they don’t

[@mikekaatman3194]

HahahaAAaaa.

[@hathaway.1166]

@@keesketsers5866 bruh their player series teles cost like half the price of an standard les paul

[@MichaelCoffin]

Minimalist designs that have never been improved upon: the bicycle (2 circles + 2 triangles); Chuck Taylor All-Star shoes (canvas + rubber), and the Telecaster (slab + neck + strings). The Tele is perfectly imperfect.

[@camilo1455]

@@0megalul309 put a Les Paul or oval plate on the guitar when the original messes up.

[@estebanb7166]

All those things have been drastically improved upon.

[@Brian_Vallejo]

@@estebanb7166 No, not really. Perhaps some material improvements have come along, but the basic minimalist designs, which was his statement, haven’t changed.

[@kimholland9316]

The violin, cello etc

[@465marko]

Brought to you by Converse.

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

Tele's are the Swiss Army Knife of the musical world. They are awesome.

[@overtonesnteatime198]

DuckTalesWooHoo1987 pfft ok boomer

[@andrewcruz7595]

@@overtonesnteatime198 respect your elders

[@neelparekh3448]

@@overtonesnteatime198 Les Paul fan boy

[@apophispnw5717]

I would say a strat is the swiss army knife. 3 PUs 5 way switch. 2 tone knobs. Any sound you desire.

[@socialdef3]

@@apophispnw5717 Everyone knows the Strat is probably the WORST guitar you can use to play heavy metal or any of those other things. So not a candidate for the swiss army knife of guitars, by far. Honestly, you can't get better than the SG for swiss army knife capabilities. Can do everything the rest can or can't.

[@EllissDee4you4me]

I’ve had a telecaster for fifteen years. It’s the only electric guitar I’ve ever owned. It can make any sound it want it to and plays like butter. Sometimes I think I want another guitar so I’ll go to the local music store but just end up playing the teles.

[@georgem5589]

I have a cheap Epiphone Les Paul Jr. with a bolt on neck with one P90, it's great but not quite a tele.

[@beejoutbush3322]

Yep me too Haha

[@rainbowbridge4766]

The only guitars i found to really have a different sound are jazzmasters in the middle pickups position. Most guitars are the same food with a little different seasoning/recepy

[@guitarpicker6844]

Hard to get a Strat sound, unless yours is a Nashville set up.

[@Ben-tk1hk]

Just because you hate tobacco doesn't mean that everyone has to....

[@corradomusicstands639]

1975, I was studying and saving hard as a 14 year old could. it was time. “Hey kid, how about this -new this, and new that ?” Answer: How about that used Tele on the wall, the blond one ? “That’s the bass teacher’s, he needs to sell, its a ‘68 and costs as much as This new whatever next to it ?” Answer, “is it original ?” “Yeah kid, What’s a 14 year old kid going to do with that ?” My guitar teacher emerges from his teaching room - , “Tear your ass off is what hell do with that “........ Me, at 14 “I’ll take it.” I’m approaching 60 years old now. I still have it - It remains THE standout amongst many of what I own. Smith is correct in this video, as was my beloved guitar teacher - The Tele is a driver.......and will enable you to tear someone’s ass off through their ears........in whatever genre you wish.The Wabasabi of guitars “perfectly flawed”. Very Soon, it will be time to let it go now. Hopefully to another promising, hard working, appreciative young person.........The music never stops.........nor should it...... Wabasabi

[@andrewschmal6004]

I could could take it off your hands. I'm 17 and wanting to learn the guitar. I'm already learning bass keys and I'm pretty good at drums. Let me know!

[@JohnCoughlan_JAC]

Man that’s a hell of a story. I bet that Tele looks and sounds even cooler now with all those miles on it. Thanks for sharing!

[@PeterDad60]

@@andrewschmal6004 When he passes on. Show respect.

[@ASM881]

Alas I come to you, great in spirit, poverty of funds. Looking for that spiritual Gandalf of Fender, so that I may carry the torch, knowing that it will never belong to me, but a younger soul. We are all but links in 5e great chain

[@DougHinVA]

how about write your own paper and stop the silly preaching about Telecasters ?

[@TheSteakStyles]

The Telecaster is the AK-47 of guitars

[@justinvan777]

Well put

[@hathaway.1166]

These stays in tune better than my acoustic...literally, and they great for midwest emo

[@blueshorecreative3146]

you right there.

[@chicuongvu1806]

@@hathaway.1166 the only reason for the tele , midwest emo and nothing else

[@connesena6461]

@@hathaway.1166 why i got one man

[@rylieriley]

It makes me feel good whenever I see the Telecaster getting some love. I really feel that it deserves all the love and appreciation we can give it. Good old Leo Fender hit it out of the stratosphere (pun intended, hehe) when he created the magical instrument that is our beloved Tele.

[@0megalul309]

Until your input jack wears out the wooden retainer and you gotta fix it again and again. But the tele is getting lot of love for Midwest emo music since looks matter more than functionality

[@rylieriley]

@@0megalul309 Well. yeah, there's that little thing with the jack, but it's a fantastic instrument other than that. I mean it also digs into your ribs because of the shape.... but it sounds amazing and it's super versatile. LOL

[@mytelecasterworld3336]

@@rylieriley here a Telecaster lover....the little issue with the jack, well, nothin' that can't be fixed, and easy and quick job....the ribs???....well, i'm still alive......this year, 2022, it is the Telecaster birthday, 70th anniversary....and the 60th anniversary of the release of love me do, the first official release of the beatles...this is the year...greetings from south queensland, Aus....

[@rylieriley]

@@mytelecasterworld3336 I love Telecasters! My number one, go-to guitar is a Tele Custom. I was sort of joking about the rib thing (LOL). Thanks for your comment, I enjoyed it.

[@maxpeck4154]

@@rylieriley I never had a problem with the ribs but the forearm is a different story.

[@kevincolliss2877]

I can not agree more. had an original '61 my whole life, always looking for "the holy grail" so , went through a couple strats, a Yamaha, drooled over a couple les Paul's. always a little frustrated, fooling around looking for that certain sound . every time I'd go back to my teli , it's like ahhh ...its been here all the time at home. waiting for me...dummy! It's like fooling around on the best woman you ever had....dummy! Anyway, went and bought a squire 50's vintage vibe to ease off on my vintage one . it is Awsome! Love the neck pick up that is more usefull than the vintage neck one. you are right ....greatest guitar ever !

[@MichaelSmith-on1ig]

It took me over 20 years of playing humbucker metal guitars to discover the secrets and charme of a tele. I'm planning a partscaster from Warmoth right now and I'm absolutely stoked about it!

[@bighutch73]

I started with a strat and I love it but was always drawn to the tele sound, looks and history...it blows my mind how such a simple guitar can do so much.

[@robertprice5039]

Totally agree! Yes I will switch between my Teles, my Strats, and my Jazzmaster once in a while, but if I was restricted to one guitar it would be a Telecaster.

[@station2station544]

1:13 Every single amp, guitar, and pickup review since the dawn of KZbin say this. "If I roll the volume up, it breaks up and if I roll the volume down, it cleans up." As if it's unique to that instrument or amp.

[@sc3ku]

first thing I thought when i heard that

[@fkorekore265]

C'mon guys, don't be so superficial and grumpy. I have like 8 different guitars and each one reacts in its own way, alter the dinamics, and none like that Tele. Weaks the signal, changes the dinamycs, bright and twang. It changes, depending of the pickups type, state, values, height, age and the same for pots, not the same range... apart from pedals and amps....and so on, not so minimal differences becomes huge when you are the player.

[@davegemp]

Don't forget every overdrive pedal too

[@bordebomb6631]

so true man

[@blackpillfitness9136]

Lol

[@Cyman666]

After 30 years of playing guitar I bought my first ever Tele.....this thing is AMAZING!!!! Does everything from metal to blues and then has its own unique sound, why did it take me so long!!!!

[@frankmaeder4358]

i asked myself the same. played strat and 335 for 30+ years, then bought the first tele. then a second, then a third. now the strat and 335 are just my collectors items lol

[@griswald7156]

The telly has a pedigree, lots of guitars haven’t..the telly has millions of followers for a reason.

[@griswald7156]

I think there’ll be a 2051 century edition telly..caster.its that good..lets start to design that model..a model fit for its next century… A flying Vee maybe with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and son et lumiere and camera to capture the rapture of the mosh pit…

[@gururajchadaga]

Isn't it uncomfortable? I have never played a Tele but it looks uncomfortable.

[@paulwatson9217]

@@gururajchadaga yes but it’s part of the charm. It’s just something that can’t be explained. When I was young I hated Telecaster’s they just grow on you with time. Just wish I had accepted how good they are when I was younger.

[@alanrrosales1778]

I always certainly thought I was a Strat guy. A month back ordered my first Fender Tele and weeks later sold my strats, The Tele I got fit my needs now. You are right when you said you gotta give a chance to the telecaster at least once in your life! Game changer in the past and nowadays as well!

[@cubuffdoc]

I have played acoustic for 10 years, and just got my first Tele this weekend. Love at first strum! Fender broke the mold when they made this guitar.

[@nickf2170]

There is something utterly captivating about the basic simplicity, ergonomic ruggedness, and spine tingling sonic experience of a Telecaster. Once you become hooked on one, the relationship is similar the bond of a cowboy to his horse.

[@stringedaz]

This guy is such a monster player. Unbelievably good.

[@Learnguitarwithcharlie]

He really is just an absolutely outstanding player, wonderful stuff.

[@salvatorevetro1743]

that jazz part tho

[@thataussieblokemusicandmovies]

What an amazing demo for the Telecaster guitar - add the versatility of the guitar and the versatility of the player - you can't go far wrong. Well done Josh !

[@johno7617]

Great video. Great guitar. Josh is a monster player. Always awesome to see him play and demo anything

[@Wolfythereviewer]

I love me a telecaster, but my go to is a LP w/ P90s. I just love the spank on the mids and the sound of the rhythm position.

[@stephanvenner2939]

I have two Player Series and one old Standard. The six saddle bridge makes them even more great. I have also two Strats but I always come back to the Telecasters because they are easier to handle. The simple set up has all I need.

[@striker677]

I’m pretty sure my tele is broken, it doesn’t sound like that when I play

[@innitbruv2]

You just need to buy a more expensive tele and then you'll be able to play like this

[@sopasopasson5563]

Not for me neither..it’s broken it’s broken 😂😂

[@agastyapradnyana2163]

Me too bruh

[@geekwalker1]

you need one that weighs 6lbs pickups working properly 0.012" relief treble string height at the 12th 1/8th " Bass 3/32" Pickup Height both pickups when string is depressed on last fret Treble side 1/8" Bass side 3/32" 9- 46 strings all these settings are vital to the correct working of our beloved telecaster. Good luck.

[@john-zw9rw]

BEST REPLY EVER.......YOU MAKE PEOPLE SMILE....and Laugh..............

[@JohnnySnappleseed]

So many people pick up a tele and leave the knobs on ten and say, "Oh. That's what this guitar sounds like." The tele has some of the most responsive controls I've ever heard. I still think the bridge pickup with the tone rolled off slightly and some strong overdrive thrown on is one of my favorite sounds in the guitar world. Use your knobs, people! I also think the tele neck pup is one of the most underappreciated sounds in the industry. So smooth all the time.

[@teleguy5699]

OK! I'll use my knob. 😜

[@TheBoomtown4]

Totally, gain it up and roll it back. And I love the neck pickup on mine. Agree.

[@linleylatu9823]

Can't agree with you more! Strat guy through and through for nearly 4 decades who always had volume at 10 and on a whim bought a Chinese Modern Player Thinline 3yrs ago which I had a love hate relationship with, until I got it set up by a pro and started experimenting with the volume and tone knobs and overdrive nuances on the Vox. Wowsers!!!! SO responsive! I knew something was up when the guitar builder who did the set up said he was a straight Tele guy who only played the neck pick-up told me he'd buy it from me if ever I sold. Agree, people are missing the point about the responsiveness this guitar has to slight volume and tonal adjustments.

[@rodneysettle8106]

I just think they’re aesthetically beautiful with a simple design.

[@telebob5983]

Well stated, and well played! I still lust for a Les Paul with P-90s, not to mention other Gibsons that may have humbuckers, but Mr. Smith is correct in asserting that no other solid body electric does so many things so well.

[@timothybladon9958]

I have a Squier Tele and I love it. So much versatility for such a simple instrument.

[@rudymiick4208]

Such a great video! Thanks for your overview and modeling Josh!

[@zooesque]

I dig how the automatic subtitling says "applause" when he plays some slick lick.

[@donaldscheer5206]

I agree! Simple Yet Complex in it's ability to Play so many different styles!

[@paxonearth]

Jesus, there are seemingly a million and one absolutely amazing guitar players! Everywhere I turn are jaw-droppingly great guitarists. This dude rocks.

[@thejumpcat]

Had a five-way switch put in mine, and now it can even get pretty close to those positions 2 and 4 of a Strat. VERY versatile guitars.

[@nicolosmoffitt]

I honestly feel he’s the modern day SRV. so much feeling in every single note . I’m blown away, and I play jazz

[@AndyDion]

Agree! Use my G&L ASAT ( Tele) for everything - blues, jazz, rock, and even metal. Can’t go wrong it.

[@john-zw9rw]

It's OK...We won't hold it against Ya !!!!!! just kidding......

[@markjohnson8352]

Thank you, Josh. Awsome as ever. ❤

[@thomasfarmer1730]

The sound of a Fender Tele inspires you to learn/write/play a song as you hear it in so many hit songs.

[@YQN2149]

1st thing I noticed when I got mine is how it induces nuances in the playing. There is so much contrast between a heavy and a light touch in this guitar, it actually made me a better guitarist, even if I'm still not good :) what a pleasure anyway

[@DixyRae]

Absolute guitar beginner (outside of a very basic understanding of fretboard logic from the ukulele) and learning on a Squire Tele has been a blast but that dynamic range of sound is also what makes it feel very unforgiving of any little mistake. Like I'm skipping the training wheels or something. Not that I dislike that. It reminds me of when I was an art student and how the years i made the most progress in terms of accuracy and confidence was when i stored away my erasers and only drew in ink. My favorite bit of technique I've picked up from a Jazz Tele player on youtube: using middle position and getting a twangy-er or mellower sound based on how close you pick to either the bridge or neck pickup.

[@MrSmiley1964]

@@DixyRae You should try an Esquire. One pickup, three position switch. The magic comes from where and how you hit the string. I own 3 Teles and an Esquire, the Esquire made me the player I am.

[@scottyecora]

When I started playing guitar 30 years ago, I really did not like the Telecaster at all. But today, while I consider myself a Strat guy, I am more an more attracted to the simple design of the Telecaster.

[@davidsisto7694]

I swear I could write the same thing...been playing since the late '80s, never liked the Tele and thought it was always too "ice-picky". I've been a Strat guy the whole time, started adding more guitars for tonal reasons (Gretsches for my Rockabilly tones), a few LPs for tone and the love of the full neck. Even a Gibson Firebird but still no Tele. Well, I can't justify spending $1,800 on one when so many tell me I can get a quality model in the $600 - $850 range but I have really heard specific tones played clean that I am looking for that only a Tele, or some Tele clones, can deliver......especially that "bluesy chime" of just the neck pickup.

[@MyName-ez9lv]

Josh...you are killing it.

[@thebenderbunker]

Great summary by Josh on why Tele's are so great. Couldn't agree more - well said!

[@mikedenson1589]

Always loved the rigid neck, way forgiving in all styles. Would be the one to keep if I had to pick one. Love the quick range of sounds.

[@MonotoneCreeper]

The way this guy slides effortless through styles makes me want to throw away all my guitars

[@namosamueldanladi5229]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@asc95]

It should make you want to practice 🤪

[@miksilplik]

couldn't have said it better myself 😂

[@VoodooApex]

Monotone Lol it should make you get a Tele. He’s a great player tho

[@smeagolmazurenko5238]

This dude is fucking amazing.

[@m8en879]

I been playing for 3 months on an starter kit and today is the day i go buy my new tele so excited

[@promoted738]

Totally agree. I feel the same about my Ric 360. It can take you to alot of places tonally.

[@jbert7289]

I understand the love for a telecaster. I have a 87 MIJ squier tele. I love it. It’s hard for me to own another guitar because the necks don’t feel like my tele. Cheers.

[@carlmontney7916]

Great demo video and great picking. The Tele has everything you need and nothing you don't. It's simplicity and solid design are it's strong points. I'm a bassist and feel the same exact way about the Precision bass. Is it the best bass? Who knows but it will solidly cover any gig you ask it to. Another design Leo got right.

[@BrutishYetDelightful]

My favorite bass is, weirdly enough, the Univox Hi-Flyer. I got one in a horse-trade years ago - it was in a Walmart sack when I got it, so as you can guess, it needed a lot of love to get it up and running. The kid I got it from had stripped the body and tried to spray clear poly on it, but he let it dry for about 10 minutes before he started handling it, so it was full of fingerprints and cat hair and whatnot. I refinished the body in antique gold. The bridge pickup that still worked kicked 11.75 ohms(!), and I built another pickup for the neck position at a more sedate 6.5 ohms. I wired it up like a jazz bass with a coil-cut for the bridge pickup where the selector used to be. Totally shielded the cavity with metal tape. You can plug that thing in under the buzziest of fluorescent lighting and it will make no sound whatsoever - until you hit a string.

[@paulward9936]

First time hearing this dude. Speechless. Dude can pick.

[@waynemichaud5143]

You are 1000% right about everything you said! The only thing a person needs to do is pick the right amp for their sound, because its limitless.

[@janglingjack]

"like you can play jazz with this guitar" ...well he can

[@Bluelightcheaphotel]

Lol. Well put

[@seanmoyer6500]

Hahaha yup

[@anotherheadlessdemo]

Right. Not something I can do!

[@lucasjames572]

Yeah

[@anacotez6843]

Patrón w

[@aaroncorr486]

It’s true, the Tele is the only guitar I’ve come across that is competent in most genres, just with stock pickups and gets better depending on how you want to mod it. The best mass produced all round, pound for pound electric guitar ever designed imo.

[@franklinmulebluesband8572]

Hi Jhosc, always follow your masters with great pleasure I love your style and your sound I find them innovative and classic at the same time, I follow you from Italy and I hope to be hear you soon in our country

[@antman6495]

At 66 I paused 55 years of drum percussion, always wanted a Telecaster On stage in the back, I fell in love with many gifted guitarists, Chewy, ( Joe) was my best lead, " Silas, Green" Florida space coast, well he played them all but showed me the beauty of the Telecaster. Into it month 2 AMAZING

[@MrGibsn1960]

I think the tele fits that role well but specifically the early to mid 60s teles. A close second for me is a good 335. Between those two guitars, you have a lot of ground covered.

[@fendercustom6990]

You make everything with strings sound just great. So tele or strat or even gibson is no Mach for you. You are just great 👍

[@tupelokid11]

I’ve purchased many different guitars over the years and THIS is the one I’ve settled on. Love it!

[@azt3ca]

Great video, amazing playing as well!

[@maxmilligan8734]

I got my 67' Tele used in around !974 and I will never sell it. £180 well spent.1000's of gig later still going strong and signed by Steve Cropper :)

[@marcoprins4880]

It's notable how the simplest guitar, with the fewest pickups and controls is also the most versatile

[@jackcovell3779]

So true Josh. Been a Tele guy forever. Great seeing you my friend.

[@fabrizioluccitti6960]

What a player...just love your attitude with the guitar, simple and funny

[@ejbgunny1]

Josh is right, you can do damn near anything with a tele. It is truly a wonderful guitar to have in the arsenal. It also makes a good skull crushing home defense weapon.

[@SpikeMeUp14]

Telecasters really do have a place in every genre..Josh is right! 🤘🔥

[@guitarflyer172]

I’ve always been a Les Paul guy but I recently bought a Fender Tele(2019 Blue Cloud Rarities Edition) and it is really amazing! Granted I won’t get rid of my les Paul’s but I will definitely be playing mt Tela a whole lot!

[@gerrygregg]

A testament to the point Josh makes about the Tele's application to Jazz is one of the great all-time Jazz guitarists...Ed Bickert. I think Ed always played a Tele. If you don't know Ed's playing, check it out!...lots to find on KZbin.

[@alvinmarcus5780]

I don't even play guitar but this makes me want a Tele.

[@markaochoa2017]

Pretty sure he could make a potato with a neck sound great.

[@kevdean9967]

potatoes are no good for Jazz!!!

[@ClassicK1rk]

Hahaha! J A Z Z - T A T E R!!

[@bethsimmonds6320]

TATERCASTER!

[@tomsteger1]

Zucchini

[@SiddharthKarunakaran]

What your saying is very true. It is not about the guitar, but the hours of practice you put in your craft.

[@TornelliGuitars]

Well said Josh, a truly versatile guitar, I love them!

[@spchaledonnj68]

this video was awesome, I really enjoyed it. Thanks Josh

[@frankspikes7858]

Great playing josh. Truly a tele is versatile. After watching John 5 videos and this one you make a great point. Famous players that used a tele: Prince Bruce Springsteen Keith Richards Jimmy Page Brad Paisley. That's all the people that I can think of.

[@maddogsblues9206]

Jimmy Page played a Tele in Led Zeppelin's first album even though he is famous for the Les Paul. Tele's are a top 5 guitar to own for sure.

[@shanewalton8888]

He only really switched to LP cause his Tele broke. The Stairway solo is a Tele

[@iagobroxado]

@@shanewalton8888 Not really, the Tele was still ok when he made the switch to the LP Standard in early May 1969. Page hd been thinking about doing the move but was "looking for a really good one" until he bought Joe Walsh's.

[@ResidentSmith78]

And unfortunately for every budding guitarist who saw the iconic pics of him with his LP (like me) went and bought one ..and then played it and said ..”wait , that doesn’t sound right..it’s all woofy and muddy and weighs a ton” And eventually after much money spent discovered the Tele sounds more like Jimmy Page ...well except for heartbreaker mainly 😄🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ResidentSmith78]

@fattphilosopher I believe he played an LP live mostly cos of the hum cancelling pups and the higher signal into the wall of amp stacks.🤓 no pa’s in those days it was all raw power and big volume out to the audience..I wonder if he has tinnitus like the other guitar hero’s of the day? Plus it looked cool as f#ck hanging down by his knees 😄😎

[@nelsong4719]

Iago B that may be but Joe Walsh uses a Tele on the Hotel California solo and not surprisingly Billy Gibbons uses a Tele on his Netflix special. They eventually convert.

[@ResidentSmith78]

What he says in the first minute ..truer words never spoken 👌

[@LeonardoMagnelli]

Superb guitar playing and a great insight on the magical Telecaster. Thank you!

[@mehulshukla04]

Theres something about the neck and string tension as well on the tele, it's perfect. I can do things with much more ease on a tele. I have an sg, strat and a lp. The tele is my go to guitar now , it's just so unique and perfect and so simple. Uncomplicated so I can focus on playing , Leo fender got it right and here we are.

[@brosettastone7520]

same here man. I didnt realize how much I would love a maple neck as well (my tele has a maple glossy fretboard and it was the first time I had tried anything different than rosewood) my fingernails would tend to dig into the rosewood grain and it would distract me sometimes where my glossy smooth maple fretboard does not give this problem and I can focus with more confidence in my playing. Teles rock

[@SuperJayfive]

It's less 'what' you play as it is 'how' you play.. And you play pretty damn good !!

[@dannywoody5497]

Love, love your enthusiasm for the Telecaster

[@mikeburstein1146]

I just bought my 1st nice tele 2 weeks ago. LOVE IT !!!

[@adolph4776]

Just got mine an i feel the magic.

[@ostry5534]

Josh is a monster ,great guitar player

[@delikatus]

Great video man, great video.

[@SouthpawSatch]

Incredible playing 🙌

[@christophertibbetts7955]

I play every thing on my tele, even metal core stuff with the stereotypical 0s and 1s breakdowns and high gain. Nothing beats a telecaster.

[@robt5818]

Sometimes the original is the best.

[@googo151]

I ALMOST CHANGED THE CHANNEL TILL I SAW IT WAS YOU. GREAT OPINION AND YOU ARE ONE HELL OF A PLAYER.

[@Spiderman-tg9ke]

Out of all my Telly type guitars the one I love the very most is my Larry Carlson T7 with a Roasted Maple 🍁 neck! Great pickups, thick frets and practically plays itself 😊

[@TenMinuteDrumSolo]

I "picked one up" around 1985, bought it off some kid for $200 bucks. It's the most amazing guitar I've ever played, when it's plugged in it starts to sing when I get within ten feet of it, and I swear that playing it feels like a religious experience. In fact, it so moved me that I began wondering about it's provenance. I took it apart and dated every single piece of it - electrics, hardware - everything that had a serial number on it. Turned out, much to my surprise and absolute joy, that it's an all original 1959 Tele. I still have it and, despite being slightly tempted to cash in on it over the years, I will never part with it.

[@jegr3398]

I never really could bond with a tele. I've owned a couple pretty nice ones. I still have one with a Glazer B bender. It's pretty cool. I did play one Tele at a guitar store years ago that just had that kind of certain magic that some guitars have. But it was expensive and I couldn't afford it at the time. Anyway, I dig the sound of a Tele. But I'm definitely a Strat guy.

[@TheBoomtown4]

Is it the neck, frets maybe that make you uncomfortable or the same as your strat?

[@fairexchange1481]

I saved my pennies and bought a new Tele in 1967. I began playing in bar bands. It's now 55 years later and I still play in bar bands and I still play Teles. They are the perfect guitar for me and my music.

[@telecasterbear]

Josh and a rosewood board. Two of my favorite things. A treble bleed is a must.

[@ericheine2414]

I love my Telecaster. It was my 17th electric and I got it when I was 17 years old. I like the square edges on it because you can lock into that guitar. I've had all sorts of guitars. A friend of mine gave me a Les Paul. It felt like I was with somebody else's girlfriend. I like the Telecaster because it's a fixed bridge guitar. There's the stability in the Telecaster that you just don't have in a strat. The Stratocaster is too slippery. The Les Paul's heavy. The Gibson ES-335 you can bend it. The Travis Bean it's cold when you pick it. The SG is too thin. The PRS well that's just a better Gibson and it feels like you're playing a piece of furniture. Don't scratch it. Telecasters sound good over a Gibson mid-range. Part of the reason I love the Telecaster has to do with the fact I cut my teeth on it. I think I'm going to get another one. It's a lot of guitar for the money.

[@richardnish6469]

Well stated! Before I got mine, they always turned my head to see where that exceptional sound was coming from. I finally wised up..Solid guitar.. "Everything I need and nothin that I don't"

[@mark5150ty]

I've been playing guitar for 26 years I never owned a Telly until about 5 years ago... Warning... Now I don't play my other guitars. The only time I ever put the Telly down is if I need a tremolo.

[@MrJackal43]

GAMES AND GUITARS * tele

[@mark5150ty]

@@MrJackal43 auto correct bro... Nobody likes a smart ass... And I'm not going to edit it.

[@MrJackal43]

GAMES AND GUITARS sp chk? Lol..... 👎

[@mark5150ty]

@@MrJackal43 more like Supreme douchebag of your mother's basement

[@stephendouglas6106]

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[@victorformosa228]

I love the simplicity of a Tele, excellent playing by the way.

[@mr.b4444]

Been at it for 50 years. Started playing rock and play mostly bebop today on a D'Angelico New Yorker. Over the years I've owned most guitars from a Strat to Les Pauls, 335, etc. For whatever reason I just never even tried a Telecaster because I thought it was mainly for playing country music and it looked a little funny to me. Last week I finally purchased one for kicks because a number of my favorite guitarists play them on occasion. Man, I was missing out all these years. Great playing by the way.

[@istvandejesus]

I try to hate my Telecaster so that I can have an excuse to by something else but just can’t seem to stop loving that simplicity.

[@angusseletto1511]

I've got 5 Guitars, 1SG,2 Strats,1Jazzmaster and 1 Tele,by far the Tele is the funnest to play Even with Slide,it loves slide.I will be getting at least 1 or 2 more Teles in the future,just love them and I'm aStrat guy originally.If I had only 1 guitar it would be the Tele for sure

[@Driftuner]

Love teles. Its the guitar that got me into guitars in the first place. Up to this day still my favorite

[@eddieconnor8864]

I own a 59 les Paul, have owned a strat in the past but love my tele.