Fender Kingfish Tele Deluxe | The Best Sound Around

[@RogerThat902]

Kingfish is one of the greats. He's truly amazing. It's a shame he's not a household name yet, but I'm convinced he will die a legend and people will one day tell stories of seeing him as a young man.

[@clovergrass9439]

Frankly, I doubt it...they can make any enthusiastic blues player popular if they want.

[@truckercowboyed2638]

I mean he does everything ive heard other blues players do so not really that special.....he plays fast notes big deal

[@JosePineda-jn8jk]

Dang I love everything about this guitar, the tune-o-matic bridge and stop tailpiece is something I have really grown more and more fond of over the years. The headstock on top of that for this body actually looks really cool and unique to me too. I hope I can save up to get one of these soon!

[@thomasrevere7916]

This is one of the sexiest guitars I've ever seen. It sounds amazing as well. I like it so much that I put one in layaway at my local guitar center. I have it halfway paid off already and I'll pay the rest of it off next payday. I can't wait to get it to my house.

[@therory6888]

Big 70's Head Stock!!! 👍👍💫💥

[@eclecticexplorer7828]

Kingfish already has a signature guitar on the market? Wow! Well, he's a great talent. I saw him a few years back as a guest for a Buddy Guy concert at the Hollywood Bowl.

[@ericajohnson7535]

lol so did Avril Lavigne

[@zamedoeswtever5267]

@@ericajohnson7535 one is prominent in blues, other is prominent in pop, nothing alike and so no need to comment in the same standard

[@jeffrey.a.hanson]

Priced well for such a uniquely designed and absolutely gorgeous Tele. Would be a great addition next to my Texas Tea Ultra Tele one day used. For now, my SG will keep crushing it for my humbucker tones.

[@RByrne]

Same, i have the Texas Tea aswell. Beautiful guitar. I plan to get this one in the next few weeks. I generally play LPs, so itll be cool to see how it compares.

[@llywelyngruffydd8474]

The Tele Deluxe is my favorite Fender design by far. Lots of cool choices on this one. I love the Troublemaker style bridge and bullet style oversized 70s headstock. Definitely cool that it's US made, rather than an import guitar. As for Kingfish, he's already a legend.

[@RByrne]

Nothing feels better than a nice soft V

[@gocaps83]

😆

[@Diijkstra]

saw this on social media, Immediately search on youtube about it.

[@johnfritz15]

I didn’t even have to search for it. It was literally the first suggestion when I clicked on KZbin.

[@Diijkstra]

@@johnfritz15 when fender posted on facebook I search for it immediately lul

[@crazed1x]

This is a real deal signature model. I want it.

[@steveparish9210]

Beautiful guitar! If I hadn't just ordered a Rocky strat and bought a pro 2 tele six months ago this would be a must have. A guitar for the future hopefully. Speaking of odd pairings In 1975 in winter park, FL I saw Gary 'dreamweaver' Wright open for Leslie West! Leslie was dynamite!!

[@texhaines9957]

Sounds great and something I could play, would fit my voice. Thanks Cooper and Chris.

[@Cocorobert35p]

oh my i really want it, the specs the colour the sound everything

[@DigitalSubset]

Super proud of Kingfish and man that is a badass guitar

[@Job.Well.Done_01]

Love the larger headstock !

[@FoardenotFord]

Played one yesterday for the first time - beautiful guitar, and it plays like a dream. I saw Kingfish live a few months ago and he absolutely floored the audience, myself included. He played this model on stage as his main guitar - amazing sound

[@mattmanley7118]

Kingfish totally deserves it!!

[@TobyKBTY]

I just wish it had 22 frets because it seems like such a mojo machine. Love the roasted neck, color, TOM bridge, and humbuckers

[@jeffrey.a.hanson]

Agreed. That 22nd fret gives you a 2 octave guitar within a full bend’s reach and Bm is an amazing key to play it…shout out to Pink Floyd. This is still a shockingly gorgeous Tele.

[@ianshadrick1414]

This is exciting! Great video as always guys!

[@zetascorpii9519]

This guitar speaks to me! Gonna purchase it this year!

[@nonya5475]

Man.... I wish I had tabs to that solo you did, Cooper at 7:30. Ty both Chris and Cooper for the demo.

[@s9plus20]

Well done guys! Love your videos! That does look like an awesome guitar. I do wish it was a short scale, perhaps even a 24" scale.

[@dieg000n]

Same here, this les paul/sg inspired tele deserved a shorter scale

[@burtonkephart6239]

Yes a 24.75 “ scale

[@jeremyedwards9304]

Glad to see the young man got a signature model. He is an amazing player.

[@wondersoxx]

Looks and sounds beautiful 💜

[@Thisislivin303]

Check out Chertoff Custom Guitars. Kingfish’s original main guitar. Jalen pickups make it sing.

[@efx245precor3]

Thx for new song cooper. Sounds bluesy and great.

[@anniedarkhorse6791]

Very nice looking guitar. I would like a sound demo that included smashing the louder, heavier volumes.

[@JonathanGasper]

The Kingfish/Vampire Weekend show was so good.

[@thoblette]

Seems to be the kind of Les Paul Gibson wasn´t willing to do for Christone...Great guitar! I dig it!!

[@frankmitman3347]

Ahhh. Cooper fish awesome playing. Sounds great.

[@NathanThurberMusic]

I recently picked up a mim 70s roadworn tele deluxe in Daphne blue. I always been a strat guy but there's something about the tele deluxe body. Love the color of this one. If I had a signature guitar it would be very close to this one.

[@robinbutton6999]

Well lucky me I just got one and cannot wait until the delivery van turns up at my house!!

[@scouser2230]

Great sounding and good lookingTele. If you already own a Strat and a LesPaul, this would be my next choice.

[@richardnagamitsu1582]

I love v necks.

[@falloutmentalist]

I just got an offset telecaster and I’m thinking of putting one of these in the neck position with a Broadcaster in the bridge.

[@lovesgibson]

Does it do metal?

[@shaneroberts9466]

It sounds great and IMO not like a LP or a Tele which is good. The features are good, I have grown very fond to variations of soft v neck profile especially the Brad Paisley profile. Not a fan of the large headstock but find it ok on models intended to be freaky like Paranormals but otherwise is something I can't get past. The purple color is nice. Are the pups a variation of Fenders wide range?

[@druwk]

So funny, I’ve been putting together a similar guitar to this one, for quite a few years as my main guitar. She a beauty! I have Lindy P92’s in mine now, but thinking of putting Duncan Green Magic’s in?

[@tonepilot]

Wish they would have gone with stainless frets to complete the package.

[@beasz1974]

They are stainless, I got verification from Kingfish on a Facebook group. I inquired because they feel like stainless on mine and he confirmed! Too Awesome

[@tonepilot]

@@beasz1974 Well, I'm going to have seriously look at adding one of these to my collection!

[@billseldenright9078]

I don't really like the look of this guitar but wow it sounds good.

[@jojomarvelasquez3564]

almost like the burstbuckers omg.

[@_Yep_Yep_]

I wish Squire would make a paranormal version, even with cheep stoptail and electronics. Just built so i could upgrade it without drilling, routing, or having to reinvent the wheel on the wiring.

[@heinzsketchup1821]

best Tele Fender has brought out...

[@ke72499]

I just got my kingfish with guppy

[@strummer1230]

Is it a Corona or made in Indonesia?

[@rudypospisil4094]

Defnitely a nice guitar. You state that it's a USA, however there are no markings indicating this. Fender always puts the "Corona, California" label on US guitars, no? Why didn't they do that for this one? Another question... is this a Parallel Universe?

[@ehsanhaq155]

okay, dont hate me for asking this. Huge kingfish fan and love this guitar.....but....i have to admit, im a bit of a metalhead, so I gotta ask, will it chug?

[@christinepratt4656]

Thanks for the great review, Chris and Cooper. Does the Kingfish sound substantially different than the Am Pro 2 Tele Deluxe in the humbucker setting? I saw Cooper's review of that Am Pro 2 and it sounded pretty sweet.

[@alwaysevolving281]

Very different to me. Plus the adjust-o-matic makes a huge difference.

[@johnhennessey5]

@@alwaysevolving281different in what way? I have the tele deluxe and this kingfish interests me

[@alwaysevolving281]

@@johnhennessey5 Less tension on the strings with the adjust-o-matic bridge makes for a different playing experience. Tele Deluxes are traditional hardtail/string-thru bodies.

[@johnwashburn3793]

Greenfish plays the blues.

[@michaelaiello9525]

Love the color, love the V neck. I’ve got a Tele which is routed in the neck for an HB. Trying to suss out what that neck HB would offer and what I would lose if I let go of the current single coil neck PU. Can I purchase just one PU? Nice review, but could you do a review specific to the PU’s as well? Thx!!

[@aobyungcp4330]

You can buy one pickup of any kind online go to reverb they have a million diffrent options got pickups from vintage single coils and Paf Humbuckers to more obscure pickups like goldfoils or more boutique pickups like Don Mare or Lindy Fralin….cheers buddy

[@glenn197801]

I own the fender telecaster ultra is there enough of a sound difference between the kingfish and the ultra to make purchasing the kingfish worthwhile?

[@rexrathtar3893]

Not enough of a tele for me. Very nice colour -- though a little bit Cadbury's milk chocolate foil wrapper -- and sounds good, but with its humbuckers, controls, tuneomatic bridge and 12 inch fingerboard radius, it seems to be trying a little too much to be a Les Paul substitute. Obviously that suits Kingfish, but my own approach is that I'd just use a Les Paul.

[@maximumaverage]

Trying to expand my chord knowledge, can anyone tell me what type of chord Cooper is playing at 8:06? Thanks in advance

[@magicshoemonkey]

E9, looks like.

[@maximumaverage]

@@magicshoemonkey Thank you

[@flubomzo]

Does it coil split?

[@nazmoking3171]

Not sure I can figure out what it is that is supposed to make this guitar unique? Just looks like a good old fashion telecaster deluxe to me.

[@clovergrass9439]

Regarding the blues genre, if someone is decent and the powers that be decide to promote them, most anyone can get well known.

[@christophervincent8420]

Oh man! I want those pickups! I have a very good "donor" body for that. Also, I have been looking for the footage of Kingfish playing through the Tone Master. Where can I find that?

[@ewal8556]

You can buy the pickups separately circa £239

[@graemee.simpson2928]

I owned a Telecaster Deluxe in the 1970’s and loved it for it’s versatility but I thought then and I still think now, a Telecaster should have a Telecaster head stock and the pick guard on a Telecaster should extend to cover the lower horn on the body, like all regular Telecasters.

[@cruzdaniels]

Is that guy wearing a mullet hat?

[@AlanElias350]

Where is this made?

[@rexrathtar3893]

All videos shot in Texas :) If you're talking about the guitar, you could watch the video. They tell you at 10:29.

[@jambajoby32]

@@rexrathtar3893 lol

[@drewg3087]

Bought one, just had to. I hope they don't make a lot of them.

[@JesseJuup]

It's so nice, but I'm not feeling the bridge. I'd rather have seen a tele style short tail toploader bridge on it. And stainless steel jumbo frets!

[@llywelyngruffydd8474]

The bridge is the whole reason I want one of these

[@beasz1974]

Frets are stainless steel, but medium jumbo

[@beasz1974]

Frets are stainless steel, but medium jumbo

[@shaynelson1580]

Why is everyone advertising these when no one but Fender seems to actually have them in stock? Is Fender holding all the supply to try to get more direct orders?

[@gocaps83]

Maybe this is the one....

[@p6x2]

Are the frets jumbo or medium?

[@danreid6712]

My Gretsch - G5422TG Electromatic would smoke that purple people-eater...lol

[@johnhennessey5]

yea but i bet it doesn’t stay in tune at all lmfao Grestch is overpriced china-made guitar

[@bigj2965]

Three grand Canadian for a purple "tele"? That's a hard no on this one, not at that price. Good review though!

[@TommiChong]

Never anything offered for left handed players. FFS they made Kurt Cobains signatures is RIGHT handed....

[@multipipi1234]

I must admit ..I didn't share your excitement. But hey ho...

[@jackblack2321]

Purple, no thanks. Also really sounds weak and muddy. Roasted V shaped neck is trendy trash that gets brittle over time. I absolutely hate this guitar. I bet Fender made it over 8 lbs just to make it suck even more.