Fender American Professional II TELECASTER® DELUXE: The Guitar that does it all?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

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[@davidallen346]

For $1,549 it better have some nice pickups in that guitar

[@RBolognese]

@@davidallen346 awesome pickups, amazing guitar. Worth every penny

[@elkcibdej]

This guitar is so inspiring to play because it isn’t really “like” anything else. It’s not a thick, chunky typical dual humbucker sound, nor is it the iconic twangy/bell-like sound. All of those lead me down well-trodden pathways in my playing. This guitar is almost like a palate cleanser from those sounds that tempt me to play my same old noodly Les-pauly or Tele-ish licks, and I make more actual MUSIC.

[@geraldchan7395]

One of the best descrip of this guitar. I own one and I completely agree w this 👍🏼

[@Jay-bw3fl]

Nicely put!

[@BrettSmithDaniels]

I was a strat guy for years, then got a Les Paul - loved the tone hated the tuning issues and the weight, onto an SG standard- love the weight, tone etc but my heart belongs with Fender - so back I go… this time probably to a Tele Deluxe

[@dilegox]

the amount of sounds you can get from this one is incredible. A perfect marriage between a Les Paul and a Tele.

[@pjr114]

Best evaluation of this Deluxe so far, albeit one of the only ones I've found. Just what I wanted to view. Very nicely done.

[@lastofthe4horsemen279]

I absolutely love this guitar just got one in Mercury its in my profile circle and I have played it constantly. I still love my Lone Star Strat with Texas Specials and a maple neck but this is a different level .Its not like a traditional Tele at all . Attitude for days and just absolutely blisters thru my Nobles ODR1. If you're thinking about getting one do it .Seriously badass instrument.

[@johnhennessey5]

Im thinking of getting the same Mercury one, you might have just tipped me over the edge to buy it haha

[@RBolognese]

This guitar is amazing. Ordering mine when I get my next stimulus check

[@mattswick4449]

I just got mine in Olympic White yesterday

[@juliusebola9389]

Just ordered one. Super excited.

[@juliusebola9389]

@@mattswick4449 Awesome

[@georgehoggatt3759]

I bought 5 high end guitars and 2 amps with my stimulus checks. Thanks gmt.

[@mustang9902]

I think the Tele Deluxe is my favourite guitar ever besides the Jazzmaster and the Mustang

[@ericbgordon1575]

2 things that prevented me getting the Deluxe myself were only 21 frets and the solid body with no acoustic cavities.

[@jessesmith2906]

Dude i can’t decide which i want more between the new Tele deluxe and jazzmaster. All i have right now is a strat sss.

[@mustang9902]

@Luke i agree with you that mustang looks really awesome. I don't have a Mustang or even a Tele Deluxe so i can't really tell you what choice is better... and also that really depends of what kind of music you like but wide range humbuckers are always a good option for pretty much all kind of styles.

[@YokoDiAn]

Thank you for your review. I have really enjoyed it. Just ordered the Fender American Pro II Strat in Dark night. I love the color. I already own a Fender Telecaster Elite Black which I play a lot. Do you recommend having another Fender Deluxe with Humbuckers? Because that would mean that I am gonna sell my Duesenberg D59'r. Can you please give an honest opinion. Kinds regards and looking forward to another video. Enjoy the guitar playing!

[@garethbyrd5860]

A great demo Erik. It's the guitar that excites me most of the new fender range. Out of curiosity what were the pedals on the ambient start? Thanks

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks Gareth! DigiTech Drop plus the HX Stomp with Particle Verb on!

[@lastofthe4horsemen279]

This guitar has gone straight to my number 1 m y favorite guitarof all time(except my old Travis Bean).I could not imagine not having this in my arsenal. Such a great investment

[@matteopandolfi1948]

If you put 11s stock on a guitar you have to route the nut for 11s strings. If you pass from 9s to 11s you ca always enlarge de slots, from 11s to 9s you have to change nut. Beside not every one can fisically bend or enjoy an 11s gauged string set but almost every one can enjoy a guitar with 9s. So is a better choiche to put smallesr strings in a guitar that you have to sell in a store. Good video man!!

[@R1GAMBLER]

10-52 is the way.

[@danneyboy1000]

I just picked up this one and had them string it up with Rev. Willy's 7nds Dunlop strings and it is GREAT!!

[@TheSupart91]

I just got the squire version and I'm about to do the same my self 😅😅💪🏼🔥🎸

[@RBolognese]

@@TheSupart91 y can’t compare a squire to a American professional II deluxe.

[@TheSupart91]

@@RBolognese actually you can my version i have the Tele deluxe the one with dual HB's

[@mattprobert8268]

Are you still happy with it? Looks to tick a lot of boxes. Thinking of getting the tri burst or the Mercury

[@danneyboy1000]

@@mattprobert8268 I am even more happy with it. I treated the rosewood fretboard, and it is as playable as my maple neck Strat. The difference is the Tele is a deep c shaped neck and the Strat is just a C shaped neck. It took some time to get used to, but it is awesome the sound you can produce on these is unquestionably versatile. Get one. I don't think you will regret it.

[@IIllIIllIl]

Hate to say I loved this guitar until I heard the comparison between the LP and Tele at the end. However, I have the completely unjustified feeling the Tele might sit better in a mix 🤷‍♂️ different reasons to own both

[@fredmanteghian5913]

Well exactly. Any recording engineer worth their salt is going to high pass your LP to get it out of the way of the the four stringed guitar. I would say I was surprised at how close they probably sound after an engineer got through with them.

[@dahliafiend]

The Les Paul just sounded like louder pickups to me.

[@jasonvalecruz2048]

Fender picked such a good person to review their new guitar.

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Getting so much hate on KZbin these days that I can't tell if you're sarcastic or not 😆

[@paulyb-englishmaninhangzho3609]

I agree, you got straight to the point and covered almost everything that I wanted to know without any shameless self-promotion or showing off, keep it up and don’t let nobody bring you down!

[@NFMorley]

Your point about the strings is a good one - it's definitely partly the 'showroom' aspect so the guitars feel good instantly as it will make the instrument feel 'slicker' and people are way less sensitive to having too light a string set vs too heavy (light is only inconvenient, whereas heavy with its extra tension would make it feel difficult to play for some people who aren't used to that), but I wonder too if maybe it's partly shipping/transit issues (ie less tension on necks, etc leads to less sensitivity to heat changes and also fewer incidents of damage). Everybody has their preferences though, and certainly on humbuckers Ive often found 10s seem to sound a bit better.

[@davidburke2132]

To be fair for some people lighter strings than they’re used to can be equally difficult. This is most usually felt in the sense of pushing chords etc. slightly out of tune but whether you actually notice this or not depends on how good your ears are, and I suspect that from what I’ve heard of people demoing guitars in stores lots of guitarists aren’t as sensitive as they should be to being out of tune! 😜

[@benedekgabor.]

I much prefer your Les Paul style guitar because it's a thicker sound and it has more umphh to it, if you know what i mean. Altough I can see why someone go for the tele. It has more clarity and it's really like a thick single coil without the hum rather than a humbucker. Love the little QOTSA nugget at the end. 😉

[@otaviofenderstrat4220]

I had a Gibson Les Paul and hated the shape and the heavy weight....too thick body...but i love humbucker sound...so i bought since that , Strats HSS, perfect to me....or SSS and put some mini humbucker like Hot Rails ,JB jr, Super Distortion S, Fast Track 2 ....much better than a Les Paul.

[@otaviofenderstrat4220]

@Luke You were perfect !!! 👌👏👏👏

[@benedekgabor.]

@Luke pretty much mate.✌🏻

[@kaveman_realh9224]

I just got mine; had the single-coil variety before. This thing is a work of art, the split coils sound just as good, and still give you a great humbucker sound when you want it.

[@MyersJMark]

Hey man, do the pickups squeal when you turn up the gain/volume?

[@Jdb63]

What's a good pickup height for these bad boys?

[@obibontobi]

Are you only using the hx stomp for effects? Considering swapping most of my modulation pedals and going that route! How’s your experience been? Missing any dedicated delay or reverb pedals?

[@justinaskins2156]

I'm on the lookout for a versatile guitar. This seems like a good choice. Or maybe a 335

[@derekjohnson5720]

Mine arrives next week and i cant wait, my first ever high end guitar ive purchased, it was the dark night that tipped me over the edge!!

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Congrats man, great guitar!

[@derekjohnson5720]

@Luke its looks stunning in person! Feels amazing to play, the neck is unreal! The pickups are the best ive played, the pots are epic, can get so many tones with just the volume and tone controls on the guitar. Got mine set perfect with my amp(vox ac15c1 with green backs), bridge pup volume at six gives a lovely clean sound, 8 crunch and when you dig in it breaks up lovely, volume at 10 and it takes of like youve hit a boost pedal. The neck pickup is super creamy for blues. The dynamics of the pups are amazing. Easily my number one guitar! Defo would recommend one, impossible to be disappointed pal!!

[@qmarmcdevy5080]

Awesome demo bud! What effects/amps set up did you use to get the tone at 9:18 ?

[@hamishjim]

Did you ever find the answer to this? What a tone!

[@qmarmcdevy5080]

@@hamishjim No never got the answer. Im still waiting. lol

[@hamishjim]

@@qmarmcdevy5080 maybe one day 😅

[@skye7690]

Great review. Yep same here Les Paul pickups too muddy for me, and guitar to expensive and too low quality.

[@Mark_Ocain]

Dark night...a very pretty colour. Sounds awesome !! The coil splits for once sound useable and carry some harmonic richness.instead of some examples (Epiphone ...cough).

[@elliotrylands6778]

Hey :) What are you using to achieve the distorted tone from 9:18? Absolutely LOVE it

[@elliotrylands6778]

I'm guessing a Pog with some sort of distortion. Adore the processed sound if it.

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

It's a long time ago, but I think it's a Fuzzrocious 420 Fuzz and a DigiTech Drop

[@elliotrylands6778]

Thank you man! With the guitar it sounds absolutely beautiful. Really into big synthetic leads at the moment when recording, and that sound hit me!

[@MyersJMark]

Hey LVGD- question. Did you find the pickups squealed at high volumes/high gain?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

yes

[@jgbulhoes8556]

My favorite fender guitar model was the tele deluxe. But then they were kinda living that model aside from innovation. So I started Digging the Jazzmaster. But man this new tele deluxe in this dark night color. Is just the best, and most bea6guitar to me! Just looks like it was exactly what I've always wanted my whole life!!!

[@mattheweastel129]

Great demo and I appreciated the comparison with the Lester. Love the sound of the humbuckers in this Tele. I’m not usually a fan of these pups either

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks for checking it out, Matthew!

[@thebandcordero]

Great review. The A/B with the Gibson was super helpful too!

[@nicolasflorestrives]

Beautiful guitar my friend, love the sound and the style of the guitar. The thing i want to know is, if this has the neck dive/heavy neck problem.

[@georgehoggatt3759]

No.

[@coolboy-qc4eb]

this is honestly the first coil split that made me 🤩 sounds spot on and captures the fender tone.. i wish fender would sell these vmod2 humbuckers so i can put it on a Les Paul..

[@corsiglian]

When it comes to string gauges, and preference, you like what you like and there is no wrong, but I’ve come to really enjoy some light .08-.38 or .40. strings. I found there is a cutting quality to the sound. And I’m not squeezing the heck out of my neck as much. Also, that’s a handsome guitar, even if I’m not totally in love with the blue into black, but imagine if the headstock matched the body.

[@leftymadrid]

Excellent review my friend, I agree on the strings to a certain point. I personally love 10's but on a couple of guitars, the other 3 guitars sound and feel amazing with 9's. And when playing them, you of course have to have a lighter touch/approach... I tried stringing them up with 10's, but they simply didn't sound as well and the feel was strange. So, I FINALLY gave in and accepted to playing 9's & 10's. It seems that every guitar is just a world, I only have five, which is more than enough for me, but they are sooo different from each other. In 1979, I bought a USA Fender telecaster in black with maple neck and loved it, with single pickups. The one you review with humbuckers and big headstock seems like a dream :-)

[@jemftw]

Great demo dude, as always! Also, nice shirt.

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

thanks and thanks!

[@koreanfriedchildren]

Man it sounds so good. I wasn’t expecting to like this at all but now I def want one

[@silvioschmidt5346]

Nice outro with "This Lullaby". To me, the Les Paul sounded so much better for "that thing" you want humbuckers to do. So much more oomph. Idea for a video: With your massive guitar collection, could you do a comparison video for all types of pickups? Single coil, JM, mini humbucker, humbucker, etc.? Or maybe a full song with different guitar parts where you describe which guitar is best for certain parts in the mix?

[@demokraatti]

That oomph becomes a problem when you are playing with a band. Sound man has to cut all that bottom end. This is one reason why wide ranges are so good.

[@silvioschmidt5346]

@@demokraatti Interesting perspective. More reason for Eirik to do that video with different guitars in a mix :)

[@doubleobar]

Would be cool to hear how the split coils sound compared to a single coil tele...

[@stephenwelch8154]

Sounds great! The coil splitting gives you good options too!

[@davids8254]

Hey Eirik, are you able to confirm whether the pickups in these are wax potted? The original Shawbuckers weren't and I can't find an answer online for the new Double Tap version. Thanks!

[@JS-mz4xf]

I have several other guitars that have the split coil option. I never use it though because it just doesn't sound good. I recently purchased the tele deluxe ii and an so impressed with the split coil options. They are tones that are really usable at gigs and even better, there's barely a volume drop when switching to the single coil.

[@MyersJMark]

Hey man- do you still have this guitar? Do the pickups squeal at high volume/high gain?

[@JS-mz4xf]

@@MyersJMark Since I wrote the above, I noticed more and more the squeal on the bridge pickup, with gain. I have to admit it started to become a problem and I did end up selling the guitar. HOpe that helps.

[@MyersJMark]

@@JS-mz4xf thank you! Looks like I’ll be wax potting them!

[@graggjoel]

Question what are you using for the vibrato for this demo

[@grimoire7851]

just for interest looking is there some cheaper offset alternatives so so and turning back jep sound tried all strings you dont play page with 11 fender bullet best period

[@CoolCat11]

It comes with 9's?? That's a good enough reason for me to get one!!! And the Mercury colour I saw!!! 🤣😂 Thanks - great review!

[@michaeldoerksen2841]

Heavy String Gauge all the way. 10's should be the standard. I play a baritone, so 13 is what I am use to

[@blueskiedanclear-1]

as a beginner my hands can only take on a set of 9 gauge strings...

[@angellaboy8336]

@@blueskiedanclear-1 I started off with 9's as well, don't worry, I play 12's now comfortably. Practice :)

[@scottwaszak698]

EVH played 9's tuned down a half step on the Roth era tunes; and he had the greatest tone in rock history. Malmsteen plays 8's down a half step; Billy Gibbons has been known to play 7's. Only SRV played absurdly heavy gauge strings.

[@lightningstudio100]

How did you get the tone at 9:18?? God it sounds so freaking goooooddddd

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

DigiTech Drop and Fuzzrocious 420 Fuzz

[@lightningstudio100]

@@LivingroomGearDemos both up and down octaves?

[@JHKNVY02]

The more I hear this guitar on KZbin the more I want one. Home run for Fender! Now....add an arm counter, 6 saddle bridge and 24 3/4 scale and WE ARE COOKING with GAS!

[@jazzblasterrr]

Light gauge strings put the least tension on the neck for shipping.

[@valebliz]

Guitars are shipped not tuned.

[@spasmband]

one question. What pedals you use on 9:18min.? Some fuzz and octaver thing going on, but what? BTW, you kick ass with your presentation videos. Keep up the good work ;) Cheers

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks! DigiTech Drop and Fuzzrocious 420 Fuzz. Insane combo!

[@spasmband]

@@LivingroomGearDemos thanx!

[@theMarcoBarosi]

Totally agree about the strings

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

💪🏻

[@fkhanusa]

hi eirik did u had to setup the guitar again when you put the heavier gauge of strings, your channel is awesome bro been following for sometime

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Yes I adjusted the truss rod a tiny bit. But that’s it. Thanks for watching!

[@Dorachagi1]

The very first riff when the video starts, which reverb were you using? Sounded beautiful.

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Particle Verb on the HX Stomp!

[@revol40]

Teles to me must have 10's. Why would you they put 9's? Great demo once again.

[@Supernautiloid]

I also use 10s on my Tele, always. 11s are too boomy and 9s sound too thin. 10s are just right.

[@projectmorf]

How’s the neck compare to the les Paul u play near the end?

[@MindtheGAS]

Perfect demo man! I'm looking for a guitar with humbuckers that are brighter and this seems to be the perfect guitar for that and more. Now I need to sell some staff 😂

[@PedalsFusion]

Great finish, I need one for my channeel. Thanks Eirik amazing video as always !

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks! Go for it, great guitar!

[@benlemcke2863]

How is the fretwork on the neck, what about the neck shape? :)

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Fretwork is excellent and the neck shape is called Deep C. Very modern and comfy neck!

[@benlemcke2863]

@@LivingroomGearDemos Thanks a bunch, good sir! And keep it up! I always look forward to your videos. You make some really good quality content

[@caleb-pc9uc]

Sounds and looks pretty good. Is it just me or does it feel like there is less definition in the attack? Maybe these humbuckers just kind of dull out the high end or maybe it's the amp he's using.

[@carlosegtrs5308]

Just arrived in the shop. Play really well

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Indeed!

[@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer]

Just when I thought I'd never buy a new Fender...

[@fredmanteghian5913]

Me too, yet but I pre-ordered the exact same guitar today.

[@SantOrozco]

Will you do a demo of the Origin Effects products? I'd like your opinion on the RevivalDRIVE's

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Hi, I won’t be doing more Origin Effects videos unfortunately.

[@dabilogan]

I have a Deluxe Reissue 72, I find it darker than yours, maybe the pickups? please help

[@Supernautiloid]

I have an old Tele Custom 72 Reissue. The wide range humbuckers on our guitars are not very good. Most people say they are dark and muddy. I replaced mine, the neck pickup. I got a new pickguard so I could install a regular size humbucker instead.

[@rongrape2939]

How much is this guitar in Canadian funds? Nice guitar for sure.

[@alexanderbrown4250]

I have the Miami Blue edition. I was looking for a single coil in Miami blue, but couldn't find one locally. I'm hesitant to buy online as every guitar plays different. I love the pups on the tele. The coil split is great, and the humbucker mode sounds good, but not as thick as my LP.

[@jumpingman8160]

A p90 on the neck and a filtertron on the bridge, matching headstock and ebony fretboard would seal the deal for me

[@sunlesseffects]

I thought they were Wide Range humbuckers but they look smaller. The vintage wide range humbuckers are actually closser to "P90 humbuckers" with magnet rods and wide bobins, but the modern Wide Range are actually humbucker in disguise, a traditional humbucker construction with an alnico magnet underneath and standard size bobins (because I had a 72's classic reissue before).

[@OzziePete1]

OK in recent past, the name "Wide Range Humbucker" has been given to any Fender humbucker that has the split design polepieces. The original Wide Range Humbuckers of the 1970s were very different to the humbuckers we know today. Their pole pieces were the actual magnet and because the magnets had to be machined with a thread to screw into position, Seth Lover had to use a harder magnetic material : CuNiFe instead of Alnico. Fender also used full sized bobbins x 2 instead of smaller sized bobbins like Gibson used. That created a larger pickup and Fender used 4 mounting screws instead of 2. All these changes made a different sounding pickup response. Following CBS' sale of Fender to the Schultz syndicate, the Wide Range Humbucker had stopped being made by Fender. When demand called for a 70s type sound, Fender instead used an OEM pickup they bought bulk. It was essentially a stock design humbucker made with a split polepiece design. These "wide range" pickups were closer sounding to Gibson humbuckers and the same size as them. Only difference was the 3 screws mounting the pickup instead of Gibson's 2. Only just this past year has Fender actually got around to sourcing a bulk supply of CuNiFe and redoing the Wide Range Humbucker properly, and of course, they are the bigger size again. These can be found on the Fender 70s Original guitars & priced accordingly. These American Pro II guitars use the humbucker standard-sized split polepiece design. They also employ other modern aspects of Fender guitar design too. If you want the CuNiFe Wide Range humbuckers buy a 70s Original instead.

[@rolanddeschain2120]

The magnets for WR pickups are CuNiFe pole magnets and the sourcing became too rare and expensive which ended production. Fender has now sourced material and you can buy them for 199.99 right now. The pickups in this guitar are Tim Shaw double tap humbuckers. They are the same as pretty much all "boutique" pickups where it is just aesthetics outside, bar magnet humbucker inside, like the '72 reissue you mention.

[@sunlesseffects]

@@rolanddeschain2120 yup, I already know all of that. Although boutique WR pickups aren't all with a bar magnet underneath, The Creamery WR for example doesn't have one.

[@Supernautiloid]

Yeah I heard Fender started making the real ones again. I have an old Tele Custom 72 Reissue and the wide range humbucker that came in the neck position was garbage. I replaced it long ago.

[@danneyboy1000]

Exactly the very same guitar I bought 3 months ago. I can't put it down.

[@stockholm1752]

I want to know if these pickups are available separately. Are they the same size as all Fender Wide Range pickups? I’m looking for an upgrade.

[@mrdino5101]

Look up Brandonwound pickups on Ebay. He winds his own to the original specs. I have a set. I used to have the Mex RI Widerange which were not even close to the quality of the Brandonwound set.

[@stockholm1752]

@@mrdino5101 Hey, thanks. Since I posted this, Fender reissued the original CuNiFe Wide Range pickups! So I purchased a set but still haven’t installed them. I’m upgrading the pots as well. 🤞We shall see...

[@mrdino5101]

@@stockholm1752 That should be nice!!! Let me know what you think.

[@sarova2000]

Do you get to keep the guitar after the review?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Yes I do

[@sarova2000]

@@LivingroomGearDemos sweet

[@jimoverly5386]

I wish they came with stainless frets, ernie ball 9- 42 strings, and swamp maple, for body wood

[@alinvain1964]

I have this guitar and I love it. However I am finding that the bridge pickup has a lot of feedback when I have my overdrive engaged and I'm within 5 feet of my amp. It goes away if I roll back the tone to about 5. Is this normal? None of my other guitars do this.

[@alinvain1964]

Update: I opened the bridge pickup and put a little bit of silicone between the pickup and the cover. It dampened the pickup cover and no more squeal.

[@alinvain1964]

@@jdmarti100 I used the same kind the guy in this video used: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4m4gailirulq5o

[@johnvdb5015]

I definitely liked the neck better on the tele than the les Paul way less muddy.

[@goosegaskins]

How close to "classic" Tele sounds can this guitar get? To my dumb ear, it sounds like the coil-tapped bridge can get pretty close...

[@danielescobar5541]

Que buena guitar 🇲🇽 saludos desde México 👋🏻

[@geraldchan7395]

Tele sounds great. But my pick will be the Simba frm My Music World. Great review 👍🏼

[@Khaled-Amir]

Damn man .. lespaul in the end sounds way fuller & more dynamic

[@Claviceptic]

Wonder how well these are going to sell in the future economic environment.

[@hoover728]

Since covid, guitar sales are breaking records across the industry so...?

[@Claviceptic]

@@hoover728 I'm talking about the future, like six months to a year from now.

[@Claviceptic]

@@hoover728 Don't get me wrong, Fender couldn't have picked a better time to release this line of guitars. It was now or never.

[@voiceofexperience]

Dude: 9s for Teles & Strats, 10s for Gibsons! Who doesn't know that?? 🙂

[@glennselwitz1377]

9's to 11's ...was a truss rod adjustment necessary?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Yes!

[@ForeverDownByLaw]

Thanks for the review. Just a note, at some points during your demo you are clipping your input. It was quite noticeable when listening to my studio monitors.

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Oh I haven't noticed that myself. Where in the video?

[@marcelofagundez9622]

beautiful guitar

[@JimPooter]

They are fantastic guitars. Very unique sounding, but yet retains that classic fender sound that they've become known for. When I bought it I thought it would be kind of a hybrid between a classic telecaster and a Les Paul but it is not that at all. It does its own thing and it doesn't extremely well. Fyi, if you own one of these do not leave it in a hot car. The pickups have wax potting between the metal and the pickups themselves and if it melts you'll get a nasty horrible feedback.

[@reidponce]

Tele is less muddy than the les paul...interesting overtones on the tele too.

[@ryanz06]

Hello what is the volume pot K on that hum tele?

[@spudvader]

If someone who prefers to play a thicker string purchases a guitar with a lighter gauge then the person could still play it but a person that plays lighter strings cant play a guitar with a heavy gauge strings.

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

hmmm, how? You could always change from heavy to lighter gauge as well?

[@spudvader]

@@LivingroomGearDemos I should have clarified, say in a store for example. Everyone can play 9s but not everyone can play 11s.

[@davidburke2132]

@@spudvader not necessarily. I’m much more sensitive to playing electric guitars with lighter strings than I’m used to than playing ones with heavier gauge than I’m used to. Every player is different and their sensitivities to these kind of changes vary too. You may or may not be right that more people struggle with heavier gauges than with lighter gauges but it’s far from a universal truth.

[@spudvader]

@@davidburke2132 Have u tried to play a set or 11s in standard tuning? Its hard to bend those if you are a 9s player. Going from heavy to light gauge, you have to be more precise and delicate but going from light to heavy, it's the hand strength that you dont have because you are use to light strings.

[@davidburke2132]

@@spudvader yes I have. Been playing guitar for 25 years. I’ve tried most things, within reason. I was just pointing out that your personal experience regarding string gauges, or even the majority experience regarding string gauges, is not the universal experience regarding string gauges. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@eddiejr540]

Geez.... I get a blister tying my shoe laces...I don’t know how you play 11’s

[@JohnsDough1918]

Dem viking hands.

[@oscardiegueztaboada6289]

Es una gran guitarra, cuesta decidirse entre la Telecaster Deluxe y la Les Paul

[@riverrockproductions]

What thickness of pick do you use?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

1mm!

[@riverrockproductions]

@@LivingroomGearDemos Thanks!

[@LinusKnight]

LOOKING ONLINE THRU MANY VIDEOS FOR AOMEONE TO PLAY A NON BLUES CLEAN RIFF - PLAY SOME DAMN SLIPKNOT AND OR GREEN DAY so i know what i’m getting into for god sakes, gain at 6 or 7 for OD, mid boost, low no higher than half, treble punch just over half

[@johnhennessey5]

Hahaha i feel you on that, when he started playing that QOTSA-type riff tho I was like 👀👀 f”finallyyy”

[@howlinwaters]

Keith Richards used a Deluxe Telecaster through most of the 1970's & 80's

[@howlinwaters]

companies sell guitars w/thin strings because those strings are cheaper than heavier gauge strings.

[@andreasf6671]

This has to be the best Gibson commercial ever. I was in love the with the Deluxe until you played the Les Paul. Now I just wanna grab my Gibson instead! :P

[@vasiliy2207]

Les Paul sounds thicker and fuller. Tele is better go with single coil. But very cute looking tele!

[@drothberg3]

Isn't the price about the amount of a US stimulous check?

[@robertomunoz2395]

I hope they do a semi hollow ........ !

[@brian-baker]

What vibrato pedal at the end?

[@brian-baker]

Oh, or is that a phaser?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

both a phaser and a vibrato. Good ears! Phaser is a Bad Stone. Vibrato is in the HX Stomp :)

[@raytonioni4245]

I was hoping you'd get one of these lol

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

🤙🏻

[@leobriers-corker1902]

Les paul did sound slightly better but to be honest i know for a fact the fender would feel better to me

[@skye7690]

LOL that was a funny intro!

[@liquiddddd]

the guy complaining about .9s while I’m here thinking of getting 7s

[@reidponce]

7s? what style of music do you play?

[@liquiddddd]

@@reidponce rock, metal, blues…

[@R1GAMBLER]

10-52 is the way.

[@ericbgordon1575]

It is October 2020. About 3 years ago, I purchased a guitar a whole lot like this but without the coil tapping. The reason I got it was it would replace 2 instruments I had in my collection at the time, a Fender Thinline Tele and an Epiphone Les Paul. Ultimately didn't do what I wanted it to, and I eventually gave it back to the man who built it.

[@johnhennessey5]

ok, and? What was the purpose of you saying this

[@ericbgordon1575]

I only wanted to share a personal experience, @@johnhennessey5.