Brad Paisley on his Signature Fender Road Worn Telecaster at Summer NAMM 2017

[@Dad84]

Bought one, put a black background under the Paisley pick guard and then had a Glaser g/b Bender installed. This thing is awesome.

[@AustinF29]

Love mine. Put a matte black pick guard on it and it set it off.

[@scottwalker6348]

i been playing teles since 1968, i still gig a few times a month. once i set this guitar up, installed a rolling b bender off my cs esquire, it plays and sounds excellent. it doesnt matter where its made, what matters is the sound and the quality, its very light, i play it most of the night when giging, i dont change out guitars near as much. 5.10 on my scale, and besides the bender i put a leather black pg and some callaham saddles that i had in my parts bend. i gota say, its a very gigable guitar!

[@seanhammer6296]

You rate this guitar a 5.10? Is that on a scale of 10? That would be a solid F grade. Not exactly a stellar endorsement.

[@yungstaben7675]

@@seanhammer6296 that’s the weight smart guy.

[@seanhammer6296]

@@yungstaben7675 🤣🤣🤣🙄

[@rca3rd]

Notice he is playing through a Dr. Z and not a Fender amp.

[@cabbycabby1770]

I'm glad it's a unique paint job. I hate when sig tele are just regular ass teles with a name on the back. What's the point?

[@buddyollie7400]

How cool is that?!??! Such a beautiful guitar!!

[@brandnewcountry]

I owned one of this and it’s awesome!My friends told me it’s light and looks fake and I said light guitars are not all fake. Just the way company makes

[@matthewlebish]

Misses a note at 0:03, that goes to show that even professional guitar players that are great can mess up. Don't ever give up at guitar especially if it's something you love.

[@kevinvezina6535]

Matthew Lebish how can you miss a note noodling??? So rediculous...

[@rydergrimes6696]

Kevin Vezina no that's his song "Nervous Breakdown"

[@85funnyguy]

Everybody knows brads main guitar is a 68 pink paisley right? Every keeps commenting on how he plays crook guitars, but his 4 most used guitars are the 68, 52, some black tele, and what I think is also 68 sparkle tele which this guitar is modeled after. Thing is the sparkle tele has a rose wood fret board. Oh, and they're all fenders.

[@JMunn55]

I think the one this was based off of is a '62, but yeah, his main one (the pink '68) and many others are Fenders

[@Tim85-y2q]

Is the pink one really his main these days though. Most of the recent (last 10 years or so) footage I've seen of him, he seems to be playing the silver tele they based this one on.

[@CountrySingerWannabe]

This guitar is bad ass. You can pay a lot more for the american version tele (not a Paisley). Got me one recently and havn't been able to put it down.

[@LiberTBo]

Legendary West Virginia guitar luthier Bill Crook who has helped build Paisley's career can't be too happy about this latest Fender marketing scheme. Take a historical look-back to Premier Guitar's interview with Paisley's guitar tech Chad Weaver in the wake of the 2010 Nashville flood. Brad's relationship with Bill Crook, Fender and Gibson is clearly evolving toward Fender in 2017.

[@85funnyguy]

Terrance Hill actually brad helped build bills career.

[@saassoos9792]

Brad, the incredible ! You want your son to play guitar ? Take him to a BP Concert ! There are so many very good guitar players, but only one Brad Paisley ! Greetings from Hamburg - Germany ! Hope to see you soon again, Brad !

[@masterhorax]

Just bought it!

[@bflo5210]

I'm thinking about picking up a used one....I assume you still have yours....do you still like it...do any mods to it or still just stock?

[@gulawskielisabeth2148]

Gitarreklang es klingt sehr gut bredlay du bist gut und deine Konzerte und Songs sind wunderschön

[@mikebottiaux5850]

Brad’s a Class Act!

[@francescofialdini660]

If there aren't the G bender to me It's not important cause Brad say that this guitar wants to be a great instrument for every guitarrist (country or not) who wont approach the exellent quality without have to spend much money. The G bend's price It's around 1000$...would have raised the price so much

[@heritage1804]

Boy, people love to knock don't they? So much criticism among these comments for both ethos and guitar not much of which, in my opinion, is merited. I've owned and played many, many Teles and Nocasters over the past 60 years and from the admittedly singular and unavoidably subjective view that experience gives me I can tell you there is everything to love about BP's iteration. Mind you, I have changed the pickups on mine - a set of CS '51 Nocasters sound terrific thereon - and the paisley pickguard has gone in favour of a vintage RI parchment five-hole guard. Best thing about the guitar apart from its sound? The lack of weight.That Pauwlonia (sp?)/maple sandwich not only does something airey for the sound it sure as hell saves my 71-year-old back from more trauma than is absolutely necessary. It's "just another MIM Tele" say the critics. Not in my deck of cards it's not, not by a long shot. And while we're at the "let's knock MIM Teles" shop can anyone tell me who staffed the Fullerton production lines back in the 1950s? Names such as Tadeo Gomez and Abigail Ybarra spring to mind. Wonder where those cats came from?Lighten up people and enjoy.

[@rickmoore7501]

wonder what the overdrive was at 1.35,sounded great

[@ebeep]

Rick Moore, Z-Wreck + volume knob :)

[@rickmoore7501]

thanks E

[@electricchurchmusic4298]

Lovely guitar, thank´s Brad !!!

[@staffansvahn]

cool guy, cool guitar

[@CharlesWillisBonsai]

A Bender would take the price up, but it's not even a Paisley signature without the bender. So what's the point? Also notice the one he's playing has the bender installed. It's all about the money. Go back to Bill Crooks guitars.

[@Tim85-y2q]

Yes, as he openly explains in the clip.

[@kcave23]

This is awesome

[@erickleefeld4883]

Wouldn't a mass-produced guitar with a bender in it help to bring the price down? As it now stands, bender-equipped guitars are pretty much all custom jobs.

[@Tim85-y2q]

It might bring the price of a bender equipped guitar down somewhat, but I think his point was that it would add cost to the guitar vs. not having a bender. Bender's (especially good ones) take a fair amount of additional routing and mechanical parts, and no matter how it's done those things come at a cost. I'm not even sure it would be something that could easily be done as a mass production item on a CNC machine.

[@ClayMorrow91]

I’m saving my money up for a Telecaster guitar.

[@rikweeds2306]

Good choice. They are relatively affordable, i got mine for 1200 and it is incredible.

[@mikefenton5634]

As nice as this guitar is at the end of the day it's still a 1300$ USD Mexican tele. With no bender it's just an inspired by Brad not an actual signature model. Save some dough buy a used Mexican tele and swap the pickups. My opinion of course.

[@bigtsshackfestival9563]

U obviously have not played one.

[@Tim85-y2q]

FWIW the roadworn line has a better reputation than most MIM Fenders and this one does have some appointments that aren't common to other modern Fender teles, so it is it's own thing IMHO.

[@buddylobos5277]

Tele is a 'working mans' guitar. The Strat is a 'smart working mans' guitar. LOL ( I own several of each. Love them all!)

[@garyabbot4659]

buddy lobos you're favorite of each type?

[@buddylobos5277]

Brad's got the right idea. I like the neck and PU. I'd have to say my 2009 Tele Am Special w/ Greasebucket ($749 w/ gig bg new) rates highest. '52 re-iss nice, Am Stand great. But...$ for $ Am Spec. I have more strats. Beck, Clapton, Am Deluxe, several standards. I'm looking more for a 12"radi and a C neck. Mod C is good. But as I pick and strum 12" radius is becoming more important. Add in my Clapton strat is what I write with. Top of the Mountain.

[@garyabbot4659]

buddy lobos pretty big collection.and awesome

[@buddylobos5277]

Still looking for that Waylon Black Tele with the nice white binding. I don't need the leather inlay. Just a good neck.

[@Jim_Miller904]

No G Bender on the production model!

[@tablaturebutler2823]

I absolutely can't imagine paying extra for a guitar that someone else - in a factory - beat up for the sole purpose of giving it fake mojo. When you buy a new car, do you key the door and ding the hood to make it look "cooler?"

[@IAmattadams]

He plays custom "not Fender" guitars anyway so why bother? ($$$$$) I love Brad but it's kinda scamy

[@85funnyguy]

Matt Adams he plays both. His main guitar is a 68 fender pink paisley.

[@Tim85-y2q]

He plays a mixture. The specific telecaster this one is based on is an actual vintage Fender.

[@IAmattadams]

@@Tim85-y2q I played one at guitar center the other day. It’s pretty nice. I’d buy it 😁

[@robbeygreene6962]

Crazy how bad his stuff sounds with no g bender

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

Mmmmm.....Just a shade arrogant to assume that nobody could use a G bender without sounding like him, and a bit cheeky of him and Fender to have him at the launch NOT playing the production guitar. Still, I guess if you want a silver sparkle roadworn Tele then it's cool enough

[@danwilhite]

He was joking.

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

Maybe so...

[@85funnyguy]

Paul McCaffrey it was a joke.

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

I guess it's as well that he's not trying to make a living as a comedian then

[@danwilhite]

Well, actually I just heard he'll be hosting a new stand up comedy show starting in August on Netflix. lol Really!!