Foo Fighters Chris Shiflett Telecaster Deluxe | Fender

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[@roni6135]

awesome guitar

[@manueljustice1278]

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[@cristianoromeo9368]

@Manuel Justice Instablaster =)

[@manueljustice1278]

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[@manueljustice1278]

@Cristiano Romeo it did the trick and I now got access to my account again. I am so happy! Thank you so much you really help me out !

[@bryanvasnier5249]

Simple guy, simple guitar, simply rock : Perfect

[@birdyashiro1226]

I like this guy.

[@samuelmazzotta8107]

That kid is me!!! I’m 13 and a year ago I got his signature model. This was my first electric guitar and it’s awesome!! (Not first guitar)

[@dennisdemerjian9153]

I have this guitar, I bought it once when I was drunk and on ebay. It ended up being the best guitar I have ever owned, I have owned just normal teles, strats, les pauls, gretsch, but this thing can give me whatever sound I want. Super durable and is a good work horse, and it looks good under colored lights. I recommend this guitar, I dont even play music anything remotely like the Foo Fighters. Good job Fender and Chris.

[@breakingchad1925]

Hey dude I am really stuck between going for this guitar or an esp explorer. Which do you think would be more suitable all round ?

[@jaxon5905]

@@breakingchad1925I love both, I have Both a 70s vintera deluxe and a explorer, and the deluxe does everything I want! I play old rock/country/Americana, I play at my church and the deluxe is my best friend in guitar form

[@andersonpaul1966]

They clearly missed a trick on the neck plate.. shouldn't there be FF

[@ameerhamid89]

Same as Nate Mendel's signature P-bass, that'd be awesome.

[@ivanvivaldi]

It’s a chris shifflet signature model, not a band signature model. The guitar is for the player. It’s the configuration that works for HIM. There shouldn’t be a ff logo on the neck

[@ferabra8939]

Chris seems like a very nice guy and easy going, apart from being an excellent player. That's very important in a band too.

[@raul21md]

Bought this guitar today. It’s frigging awesome!

[@jaymueller2418]

It seems like you have some extra telecasters, Chris. PM me and I wll give you my address, you can send them to me. You're welcome.

[@graemejarrell7079]

My first electric guitar I bought right there. A hell of a lot of guitar for not too much money! I never thought I'd buy a tele, but when I saw the humbuckers, and rosewood fret board, it grew on me in seconds

[@ERICMAIACHANNEL]

There are just a few signature guitar models I would be interested in. Chris Shiflett would be one of them. For sure.

[@brownier2448]

*says kid will buy as first guitar* Costs ass-ton of money

[@craterhead]

Brownier of the internet for a guitar of that quality its a sweet fucking deal man!

[@SohamBhattacharya3105]

Brownier of the internet $700 for a signature guitar is a very good deal tbh. You wanna talk about ass-ton of money, look the the Mark Knopfler, Gilmour, SRV, Clapton, John Mayer signatures. Those are NOT worth the money. This actually is. And I don't even like The Foo Fighters. Didn't even know who the hell Chris Shiflett was till I saw this video.

[@juanjaimesiq]

+Soham Bhattacharya For a signature guitar, sure it's a sweet deal, but no one on the freaking universe is gonna spend $700 bucks for a "first guitar", i barely paid $100 and for a "used" guitar, lol

[@SohamBhattacharya3105]

Juan Jaime Siqueiros That's true. For a first guitar, I don't see anyone paying $700 either. No arguments there.

[@SohamBhattacharya3105]

Maafa 1619 I don't think that's true at all. Very few people have enough disposable income to spend $700 on his/her FIRST guitar. Don't forget, you'll probably be spending under $300 for an amp. So shelling out $1000 for a hobby you haven't even started on and don't know if you'll continue with? I don't see too many people willing to do that.

[@dookie5053]

3:48. Robot malfunction

[@96elixx]

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

[@JN_Collins]

Chris Shifflett is such a fantastic guitarist (go see his performance of Rock n Roll by Led Zep' at the Kennedy Center Honors, or even listen to Something From Nothing by the Foo Fighters and you'll understand); such a shame he's so underrated in general (the two popular guys of the Foos are Grohl and Hawkins, the others like Nate Mendel and Shifflett are quite "invisible" I hate that)

[@Dalboe]

What about Smear, he is also very talented ;)

[@JN_Collins]

Smear is very talented. But not in the same way Shifty is: Smear is more a rythmic and barytone guitarist, while Shifty has more, as said Dave Grohl in Back and Forth, a sharp and cle an sense of melodic playing. Beside that, Smear is very popular too in the fanbase, because of his past in Nirvana and The germs. So he is way less underrated than Shiflett and shown more than him.

[@squierjoshyt]

+Jean Neige Mostly though, he named himself after a vaginal inspection, and the kids like that.

[@danielleelizabeth9417]

Agreed!

[@drunkonmilk87]

"All my life" man!! Foo fighters! :D

[@theclashatdemonhead]

New way home - The colour and the shape

[@neozzickmixes3987]

@00:30 Aurora, love that song!

[@uniteagainstantifa7141]

That's a cool Tele. I really like that Stratocaster headstock.

[@jackalfox332]

I bought the '72 Telecaster Deluxe in Black, changed both Fender Wide Range Humbuckers (which aren't faithful to the originals as Fender have you believe... No-No.) with a pair of British hand built, and to order, The Creamery Wide Range Humbuckers. Much better Pick-Ups, sound incredible, vintage heavy sound and are actually faithful to the originals... But even better. The Creamery versions aren't as "hot" as some other Humbuckers, and they're not trying to be, but if you're using a High Gain Amp with the Gain knob around and beyond the 3' O-Clock position, Medium Output Pick-Ups sound much better than High Output ones. In my opinion at least anyway.

[@sclark11001]

Jackal Fox the problem is, failure to communicate, ever body opinion is right, oh than who is talking shit. I not being mean right, right now just want to know, go for the big guy or the one right behind. It's a hard hard world, think I will have a mento's and think about it. See I feel better all ready. Peace

[@BillieSebastian]

"A kid is gonna go into a store and buy that guitar" ... right cuz kids have a grand+ to spent on their first guitar....?

[@bingusiii6072]

My first guitar was a £30 pound guitar it wasn't good but it wasn't bad.

[@newmangan]

I have a modern player deluxe, it's 400 dollars, and it sounds amazing

[@ippolytos1]

you might be able to build one for a lot less,

[@messersd1]

They're $699 new and I have seen them for $500 used

[@thewedge8823]

their parents do!

[@YonahSky]

I think the Wide Range is a very under appreciated pickup - one of my favorites after doing this guitar shootout ..side by side comparison of Single Coil, P-90, WIDE RANGE, Humbucker and Pearly Gates in bridge, middle and neck positions here ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGmTlnluash8eq8

[@harrymillikan4766]

I love Chris and this new guitar... I played one at a store and it was AMAZING!!!!

[@SPITNEIN]

Kid's gonna walk in and be glad his parents are rich

[@noire1991]

SPITNEIN it costs $725 with a hard case. By no means that is cheap but you know American made ones start at freaking $1100 now.

[@pieter4098]

F*ck that guitar (which is nice too btw), look at that AMAZING white Friedman halfstack!

[@meatrocket1]

In a Fender video lol. Friedman's Rock!

[@ArtDonna84]

All those BEAUTIFUL TELE"s

[@OtavioFesoares]

Played one of these during a Fender expo last year. Sounds good, but doesn't really FEEL like a Tele.

[@andyhk3]

Would love some more colour choices.

[@isaacsanchez5577]

MADE IN MEXICO=QUALITY Chris Shiflett knows best.

[@cgavin1]

Why does every signature video I watch have the guy say 'yeah, here it is! Its nothing like the one I actually use of course..' What's the point?

[@BlueMcDaniel]

He uses that though......

[@raserx63]

wozzlepop ...He didn't say that, he said the original one he put together is nothing like his signature model. He uses his signature model as his main axe..

[@innerpull]

he plays a mexican tele?

[@drexlspivey5828]

Yngwie says the signature model of his you get in the shop is the exact same ones Fender send him

[@coolbrando1]

I played this guitar through a VOX...sounds amazing

[@RogerBrenon]

Well, all "Fanboying" aside, I immediately bought this white beauty guitar when it came out. Still have it in mint condition. Played it a lot. It's by no means a high quality guitar from a signature custom shop. The tuners are extremely cheap and the pots are too. The rosewood fretboard looks nothing like the quality of the one in this video. The pickups are kinda muddy and not secured too well. The neck is super tiny and fret edges are sharp. Pickup selector switch bouncy loose and sometimes dead on bridge unless I shake it a few times. I figure I'll keep it and maybe he can sign it one day.

[@adamparshall9497]

tried this out at guitar center a few weeks ago and i refused to play anything but foos songs. the sales guy got pretty mad for some odd reason

[@jwlites10]

0:31 I love that riff from aurora, one of the most underrated foo songs

[@lastbones9293]

Awesome!!!

[@BassOutcast]

Chris has that Indiana Jones coolness to him, don't know why but he just does.

[@tamscho86]

I'm not a huge chris shiflett fan, but I don't really get this. 1st, being a rhythm player isn't pejorative. 2nd, I don't think it takes a great leap of the imagination to understand why fender would give one of the foo fighters a signature guitar. In terms of a business decision (they're a business, you get that?), 1. they win grammys in rock, 2. grohl has a gibson sig, 3. he was playing a Warmoth tele lookalike. I think that makes pretty good sense.

[@raickstanley]

OMG! Aurora

[@choplass]

I wonder what exactly about first Tele didn't fit what he was after?

[@plaguehammer8733]

From no use for a name to signature guitar...good on ya

[@RKO619ification]

He reminds me of the dude from The Conjuring, Patrick Wilson

[@josebarberena9564]

IMHO I think that the Tele sings at its truest form when the ashtray is kept and used as a base for the bridge pick up. Once that is removed some of that tone is lost. It is a beautiful guitar people absolutely love the shape of it and how it is so incredibly versatile maybe more so than the strat. You can play a Tele across almost every genre out there and I think thats were the telecasters true power resides. The telecaster to me is what the automobile brought to the world. The similarity being that this electric guitar, as with the automobile, came to change how people has created music since she was created by Leo and became a tool to the inspired musicians who know that as far as music is concerned, the electric guitar is irreplaceable. All that began with the telecaster.

[@allrain]

I'd rather have that black Tele Custom in the background, thank you.

[@-Atmos1]

Cool

[@acledfloyd]

They should of put the foo fighters "F" on the back instead of the normal fender one.

[@VladKimakovsky]

He bend the neck inwards to lower the pitch of the notes played. :)

[@mrgitarman]

Chris, to say how much I appreciate you and Foo Fighters is such an understatement. My musical influences are vast and I'm 51 so that's a lot of years Played guitar since 16. Foo Fighters is still among the top few favorite groups both is song writing and performance ever for me. And you're still together too!

[@MissMisstreater]

Dave: What?!?!?! Fender made you a signature model?? Right, that it! We need to take a break!

[@dassonntagskind]

Last Shot Villa Manin, Udine?

[@hunterjumper5892]

True humility and a true and abiding respect for the roots of rock and roll: a kid walking into a shop and buying an affordable, high quality guitar that can take the player closer to his her dreams. I love this guy. I believe that he was blown away by Fender's offer and that he sweated the details to get the guitar right. He's a role model in this topic for sure!

[@derekjohnsoncovers3539]

3:28-3:46 yeah, cause every kids first guitar is a Fender Telecaster Chris Shifflet signature.

[@JustinDiazJokes]

i want this but i dont know if it can hang like an esp

[@mediastarguest]

These guitars might be 700 USD in the States but please remember that elsewhere they're marked up big time so when us non-yanks go to buy one we pay through the nose. For example I'm interested in a PRS Mira and know in the States I could get one for 800 dollars or less but over here in Europe 1400 euros is a lot of money.

[@brainbrain21]

Chris Schifflet is HOT!!!

[@hallio111]

brainbrain21 yeah it must be the reason why he sucks way more than other guitar players .and they don't even have a signature

[@NeillNation]

So its like his original. But nearly different in every way.. haha.

[@006sick]

I'm a huge fan of telecasters too, I own one and I just love the sound, the look and the Feeling of this guitar, most comfortable guitar I've ever played ;) ps: Seriously? the Foo Fighters are on a "hiatus" which is like break up, cause they don't know when they're coming back (if they Ever coming back) I hope that happen quite soon but I don't think so, kinda reminds me to what happened to Blink 182 but This time the guys in the band are not mad at each other (hope so)

[@randyvanvliet226]

That hiatus is long gone... pretty normal for a band to take a big break after doing a lot of touring. Foo Fighters are unique, in that they still are playing Rock and Roll, and still selling out concerts, despite here in the USA never having #1 hits. Every album they do produces new touring material that Brits, Aussies, and New Zealanders flat out love and go see play in huge fair like concerts. Think Reading and Leeds in the UK.

[@reidalldabooks3418]

Fooies have some good music. But goddamn, just goes to show how much life is pure luck. Millions of people all around the world playing the same fuck'n crunchy power chords, and in the end, it's this dude who gets his own fender! Fuck me!

[@BigJayBrownTown]

That's a very uninformed take on their music, and music in general.

[@reidalldabooks3418]

Is it? I reckon it's pretty much bang on big boy!

[@BigJayBrownTown]

Reid Alldabooks I reckon it's not

[@jeremyhead7546]

well at least we got to the bottom of all that heh

[@ciaran3748]

ahah absolutely great convo

[@Rishabhgreenday]

the more i watch this review the more i get tempted to buy this :D

[@noahsianez1119]

So wide range pickups wouldn't be able to play Foo Fighters songs? But they are hum- buckers right?

[@DayTripperLennon]

This guy's nose is just like Owen Wilsons.

[@zerifkizilkula3268]

Duman Batuhan Mutlugil Fender Telecaster White Burst Chris Shifflett FOO FİGHTERS &

[@TrueGamerX]

Oh shit he broke into some DOA. *jizzz*

[@chrisjaybecker]

Ever notice how much Chris Shifflett looks like a grown-up Haley Joel Osment? Shiflett sees dead people.

[@evank6738]

Foos definitely cornering the guitar sponsorship market…gibson, fender, Hagstrom

[@philspill6854]

I was playing Aurora in the wrong position for YEEEARS!

[@astrog7361]

forgot the name to the song at the start! could someone tell me please

[@thomaz555666]

Chris is looking like Stalone hahaha

[@STINKYPETE500X]

Does anyone know if you are able (On a regular tele deluxe) to swap out the wide-range humbucking pickups for regular humbuckers?

[@geetarplayer11]

I wonder if he actually plays the stock mexican model... I bet he has a custom shop one for the road haha.

[@johanfagerstromjarlenfors]

What I know is that he use many different amps

[@elmozoid]

@Noah Sianez You could play foo fighters songs with a standard 72 Telecaster Deluxe with the ride range Humbuckers but it would sound different compared to his as well as that he has a rosewood fretboard on his tele deluxe which produces a darker tone. The standard 72 tele deluxe has a maple fretboard which is brighter sounding. Quite different guitars even though the majority of features is the same as well as the main wood for the body.

[@LMotmans]

This guitar has only one object. Playing Foo Fighters music. I love the Telecaster '72 deluxe with its Humbuckers. It still has a little bit of that Tele twang in it. These pickups lost all of it. My opinion: It lost its roots and it is too soft for playing heavier music

[@ronwood7029]

I got a 1962 fender strat reissue for about £400 many years ago and can’t fault it , Plays like a dream , just like original , I got lucky that day

[@LouSassles]

Not a video like this. If you read the title it said Nate Mendel Fender P Bass. Chris had Fender Telecaster deluxe. Now it should be Nate next. With the title Foo Fighters Nate Mendel.

[@pivetlord13]

too bad he didnt leave the maple fret board. plus the 22 frets would've been great too.

[@OEMPlus]

i wish you guys would put the nashville deluxe heel cut on a tele with some humbuckers.

[@MrErikcool1]

what amp is he playing?

[@EJ2K2K]

My brain cant compute DOA being played with the wromg rhythm 1:40

[@georgechronas]

I own this guitar. I just love it the way it looks and it is definitely for big @ss stages ! It has a noname bridge which is really confusing and wide string spacing.Also it has a pair of korean humbuckers,nothing special about them. It is a good guitar for mods as it has a humbucker mounting pickguard and you can experiment with some pups.

[@TaiFlurfy]

I love Chris’s view on what this guitar will become in a few years, a kid just starting on guitar is gonna play it and it is going to work for them.

[@MrCold012]

he is a good guitar player but nothing more or less.. imo he shouldnt get a signature model because its based on FF popularity

[@RobbyIrza33]

that;s why i never got his foo fighters tone... still stuck with the wide range humbucker..

[@joshwesGT]

does any one know how much this guitar is going for? i have looked everywhere and haven't been able to find it

[@ggparma1]

MORE TELLY VIDEOS

[@frego16]

And its Mexican guitar... nice... some times USA made its more a marketing thing from my experience and some luthiers

[@jacobgoudie3439]

Anyone know the riff hes playing @0:32 ?

[@derfaehrmann]

+Jacob Goudie Foo Fighters -------> There Is Nothing Left To Lose - Aurora -------> Its song 6 i guess ;)

[@jacobgoudie3439]

+derfaehrmann thanks bro

[@theatomicals8181]

What is it?

[@siddhantwangkhem3154]

TheAtomical S it's called "Aurora".......listen to it it's beautiful and Dave Grohl himself said that it's his favourite FF song

[@SuperWannabeGuitar]

Man what a cool guy

[@v-fgamer6941]

I bought one and plays like a freaking dream I’m not exactly a Chris shiflett but at least I have a guitar that sounds like him!

[@jaramoneja]

It's just impossible not to love this guy! :)

[@martinheidl1950]

he made a les paul from a tele. The main reason ppl buy teles is for the single coil twang,etc. I like hm a lot,his humble and seems like a realy nice dude, but I don't understand his choice about this guitar

[@MRay-zj4ro]

I get where your coming from but he wanted a different tone then the standard Fender. No has to understand it. People like that they like and chase their own tone. I've got a Fender American Standard HH(dual humbuckers) that I dropped in some Gibson Classic 57's in and it's great to my ears. You get a bit of Fender thanks to the longer scale and a bit of Gibson sound with the pickups. I wonder what a Les Paul body with a 25.5 scale bolt on Strat neck would sound like? Ehhhh...maybe that's going too far...lol. Best to you, man. :)

[@BigJayBrownTown]

Some people just like the fender platform better. I played Gibson/epiphone for years because I prefer humbuckers, and Gibson was cool. But I was always frustrated with my guitars because I felt like I was fighting them to play a lot of what I do. I started playing fenders and just noticed that leo fender really hit the nail on the head with his design. The headstock isn't angled and has a straight string pull, the guitar is constructed to be easily repaired or worked on even at home if need be, and the guitar just gives more up when you dig into it. I don't know, that's just me.

[@raserx63]

Martin Heidl Huh?? He didn't create the idea of humbuckers in a Fender , that guitar is based on a 1972 Tele Deluxe. And , I doubt Jimmy Page , Joe Strummer , Chrissy Hyde etc ...played Telecasters for the twang. Lots of guys like a Les Paul with single coil P 90's , there's no right or wrong pickups..just different tones/tastes.

[@martinheidl1950]

rex racer dude,i bet Chrissie did play it for the twang. Pretenders are one of my favs,and.... anyways,rheir sound is do punk rockish twangy it hurts,so,she did. Also,peple had a choice between Les Pauls,Strats,Teles,so an LP standard is relatively close enough to Tele if you want that sound with hums

[@sirjosh87]

Probably wants a Les Paul tone with a Fender feel. It's the other way around for me; I have a strat but my Les and my 335 copy are always at the top of my head simply because it feels right

[@DennisTeti]

What song is at the end? And which riffs is he playing? Thank you.

[@EdwoodCA]

In the U.S. guitars with an MSRP are usually 2/3rds that on the street, so to speak. So, this $900 MSRP should yield a regular store price of about $600 USD. Make sure you get the hardshell case with this, if you buy it! Guitar Center has a history of splitting the case separately, and charging you for what should be included with the guitar. [shakes internet fist at GC!]

[@crash1989]

Love the fender custom shop relic chair he is sitting on.

[@shoa854]

i understand the need for that screw in between the pickups, but it kinda looks bad...

[@BlackRose369.]

In the verse of All My life he does down-up-down with the triplets right?

[@cralenkotter]

Why wouldn't they make him one? It's a great marketing technique. Blink is a very well known band, and there are people that want to be like them. What a better way to do it than have their instruments? Fender and Gibson make money, Tom and Mark get their signature instruments, Blink gets a form of publicity, and kids get to be their musical idols.

[@ggrows3601]

Get's a signature tele stills plays his partscaster that should tell you enough right there haha

[@Lordrazor14]

you can pick one up for around £500, not too expensive :P

[@jurivipsfan]

nate's guitar is out too ;)

[@juniorninetyy]

for a first guitar 900 is expensive, 900 would still be a lot to experienced players. he should of probably worded that a little better but the guitar is pretty awesome looking.

[@Segarra21]

i hate this obsession for to be what it isnt, teles and strats with humbuckers?? wtf?? I buy a fender for sound like fender, whats the next Gibson les pauls with single coils?? pfff...

[@Ridgeracer10]

Yeah but if you actually listened to what he said then you would know what Chris is talking about. He said he loved the look of a tele but doesn't like single coil in rock he prefers the humbucker

[@Segarra21]

SmashShitUp! Yes i listened that, i know manufacturers do that for sell more, but for a purist of the sound, that is an aberration, its like if i want a ferrari with truck wheels... i know the money does all, but...

[@theelectrodefunhouse4651]

A P-90 is a single coil. And several LP's got them

[@kpgpwi64]

that design came out in 72 so it's far from a new "obsession". don't hate on somebody because they care about the tone they get.

[@alexmillar8242]

AtomicInline26 Its also not just about the sound or look, he may also like the way a tele plays, les pauls feel completely different to hold and play (scale length, different bridge, different shape body to name the obvious ones) who cares anyway.

[@sullyb23511]

What I like about the Foo Fighters is that they have three very different guitarists. Dave is the songwriter, Chris is the technical player, and Pat is the vibe guy.