How Did They Manage to Put a Trem on a Tele?!? | 2021 Fender MIYAVI Telecaster Review + Demo

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0:15 - Unboxing
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20:52 - Standard Tuning
22:40 - Sustainer Demo
25:37 - Final Thoughts
📚 Description: The MIYAVI Telecaster is a signature guitar for Japanese Guitar Idol Miyavi. His signature telecaster is quite unique with a striking Arctic White finish... and don't forget the Sustainer and a Super Vee Tremolo on this tele too!
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[@Trog]

The MIYAVI Tele has some interesting features! Certainly not for everyone, but a powerful tool for a few... 🔴Now Available on Reverb: reverb.com/item/38573265?_aid=growsumo&gs_partner=Trogly 👕 Merch Sale - Use BYEBLUES at Checkout: teespring.com/basic-logo-4245?pid=211 ❓Private Help Sessions: troglysguitarshow.com/help-appraisals/ 🎸New Guitar Day Program: troglysguitarshow.com/ngd/

[@holstorrsceadus1990]

It sounds ridiculously beefy because you've been practicing. That thumb work was quality.

[@ThePrplBear]

If you want another Telecaster with lots of tonal opportunity try to get your hands on a Boxer TL-555 from the 80's. They were made in Japan, had a tremolo with locking nut, dual humbuckers that can be split and the Fender TBX tone knob which is essentially 2 tone knobs stacked together where the first half of the knob is like standard tone and the second half is driven tone. They were released in North America for a few brief years as part of the Fender Contemporary series. I have one and it is amazing. Frank Black of the Pixies also swore by them for a long time.

[@rwelcome1977]

They buff the entire fingerboard and frets. Thus the shine.

[@ravelitschimo]

How far can you use the tremolo till it makes unusual noises? Can you test it in a new video? I need a little entertainment in this lockdown

[@rondobondo6600]

This telecaster is insane... this deserve s the walmart award for the most awesome telecaster ever... woohoo 🎉🥳 yeahhhh most awesome telecaster..

[@BBGuitars]

Looks like the guy who designed this knows how to party!

[@freezingjazzy]

Yep that's one way of putting it. Miyavi's playing really shows it.

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

🎸🤘

[@killainmaccallan4700]

@@freezingjazzy cocaine is one hell of a drug

[@jazzram_]

Yes

[@mburtondavis]

I’m fascinated by Japanese guitar culture. It’s like there are so many great players that we don’t even know about.

[@SlyHikari03]

Same

[@judosailor]

Miyavi is an amazing player. If you don’t know him you should check him out. In fact, it doesn’t apply to this telecaster, but he did an all acoustic album in the early 2000s that was amazing.

[@Win7ermu7e]

I just watched him and he's basically a funk bass player who uses a guitar.

[@gaelmargrace]

@@Win7ermu7e kinda yeah

[@phillippitts6294]

Japan gets all the cool ones

[@machhi9908]

@@mubodude check out for sago seed kotetsu once, you may change your mind

[@mokeimusic]

If you ever visit the guitars shops in Japan you will be jealous. They have just about every vintage American guitar and they have all these great Japanese made guitars. Japan is really into music compared to here in the states. There you can see live music everyday, and not just one song and done, primetime music with interviews and a few songs. Take a trip someday, its amazing

[@tom_dilley]

@@machhi9908 ive been looking to buy one of those for years but they are so hard to find.

[@strat2tele]

Just like cars we never get the good stuff and Japan gets all the good land cruisers 😔

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

🇯🇵

[@dandrewelch2774]

This isn’t a trogly video it’s not midnight yet

[@stereoroid]

It’s always midnight somewhere.

[@armp1287]

It was where I live

[@big_bicep_bill7594]

@@armp1287 same for me. Do you also live in the UK?

[@jimviola2506]

Miyavi played the Japanese officer who ran the POW camp in the move “Unbroken”. Really cool guitar style and I WANT ONE OF THOSE!!!!!

[@virgilthemob1242]

This is the kind of guitar I'd actually drop a couple thousand bucks for. Too bad Fender is so out of touch with their domestic market that they think awesome models like this or the Evangelion one wouldn't sell.

[@Comakino]

costs 3000 bucks.... comes in a soft case and only has 21 frets.

[@virgilthemob1242]

@@Comakino Nah, it costs a little over 2100 bucks and with those specs and that build quality, I personally don't see why it wouldn't sell. As it is, it seems the Japanese are exporting quite a few of them, even at an inflated price. As for the case argument, PRS did the same thing with the Silver Sky and those sold like hotcakes, despite being some of the most boring and uninspired strat clones out there.

[@GC-cx6ew]

Agreed

[@Rogers1977]

I listened to Miyavi back in high school and I'm going to see him at the Roxy next month! I'm SO EXCITED to see this baby in action.

[@HSTRTGMS]

Something tells me you already had every single one of those guitars on your poll in your possession...

[@Trog]

yes

[@harry_mair]

@@Trog so exited to see the jino bass

[@qwertpoiuy430]

@@Trog i like you trying to beat the system

[@RandomnessXFG]

@@Trog Can you do a review on the Michiya Haruhata Stratocaster?

[@64north20west]

The aftermarket price on this is bound to increase. A lot.

[@killainmaccallan4700]

Maybe in Japan, but no one knows him outside of Japan except maybe 0.005% of the population

[@EmptyDomoKanti99]

the demos for this thing were awesome! finally cool to see Miyavi get some recognition, he’s been at it for a while now

[@atomicpunk4034]

Hey Trogly, I just wanted to say that I appreciate that you added the mm measurements back for us non-US people :D thank you

[@FujiBou]

surprised your gibson multi-tool doesn't have a broken headstock :^)

[@DaShef_]

@@averagecomrade5072 i bet you're fun at parties

[@Deebz270]

Such a boring and outdated joke now.... Move on FFS! The weakness of the design is now understood. And many Gibsons use three-ply laminate necks, that overcome this issue, or employ a neck volute that strengthens the weak part at the nut/headstock interface.

[@Deebz270]

@@averagecomrade5072 - Not really...

[@mboyer68]

THAT'S funny!!!! Best comment!

[@mboyer68]

@@Deebz270 dude...it was a joke. To make people laugh. Not an actual description of current Gibson products. I'm glad they have the headstock issue fixed, because it's not like producing the exact same product since 1955 isn't truly difficult or something.... Imagine if Ford or GM had been making the exact same car since 1955 and they only recently solved a major deign flaw on it, but they still had paint finish issues to deal with...

[@fooglez]

Miyavi is a guitar god. Dude is an ageless wonder.

[@richsoryu]

I picked this up last week in Japan in a used electronics shop called Book Off in perfect/new condition for what came out to be $1,274.13. I have been a fan of Miyavi since his early visual kei days so I was pretty excited to find this at that price. I had no issues getting it home as a carry-on with the original Fender gig bag. Compared to my Jimmy Page mirror telecaster which to me has a gritty sounding guitar, this guitar a very beefy sound. The middle pickup cleans up very well and really helps balance out the tone options. I would essentially characterize it as a dual humbucker strat with a thicker body. This is also my first guitar with a sustainer so it is really fun to experiment with it especially toggling it in the middle of solos. This guitar to me is a true gigging instrument for telecaster fans because of the options it provides. I think traditional telecaster fans might shy away from this because the beck profile and tones reminds me more a strat than a typical tele. However, if you are someone who loves the look and feel of a tele but wants a guitar that has strat vibes without switching to a strat, this is a great guitar for that. I would like to argue the build quality of this guitar is better than Fender USA especially for the price I paid. Don't get me wrong, my Fender USA Jimmy Page has now flaws and feels great, but MIJ guitars feel like to go a step or two further. I also really, really wish Fender would sell MIJ artist guitars in the US if they could do so without impacting the quality. I am a big fan of the quirky non-traditional guitars that Fender has in Japan and they are absolutely stunning in person. We need to see more guitars like this in the US. The Brent Mason guitar, I would argue, is the US equivalent of a truly modified artist model telecaster. Perhaps my next telecaster purchase in Japan will be the Haruna telecaster with block inlays. It does not seem to be on the Fender JP site anymore, but several shops had one in stock.

[@paulfromthefalls2000]

Glad you found a Miyavi Tele! Which shops had the Haruna tele, I will be in Japan next month. Thx!

[@mboyer68]

Damn Trogly, you really are an artist. And you truly do represent not only the guitar community, but the guitarist community. I'm so impressed that you not only took the time to study the guitar, but the artist in this case. AND....you took the time to learn the artist's style. You fucking rock man! You knocked this review out of the park, and all the way to Japan! Much respect. Cheers!

[@Jke-bg4yu]

So my dream guitar already exists and isn’t just a pipe dream? I’m all for this universe

[@damagecontrol60]

I love how you use clean tones so we can really hear the pups and guitar and not the amp!

[@floopusdoopus]

Literal perfect timing!!! I was looking for a review

[@edwardcullenhotass]

Thank you for including the metric measurements again!

[@bandofraypruitt]

Hey Trogly. Great video. Thank’s for bringing back the metric measurements! 👌🏻

[@markjamesmeli2520]

That's a really cool Tele variation, both with the pickup arrangement and the trem arm.

[@TayTayKemp]

Great Pokemon reference Austin 🤣👏

[@joeydepp779]

What a dope tele! Love that trogly is doing more and more fender stuff! This channel will just keep getting better

[@tg509]

One thing to note, the sustainer pickup should have been set at the optimal height at the factory for the sustain driver and circuit to work. By adjusting the height, you may have thrown it out of balance, hence why the sustainer seems to take a very long time to get the string vibrating to the correct amplitude.

[@alexweidner5214]

FYI: When the Fernandes Sustainer (in the neck pos) is switched ON, it doesn’t transmit string tones anymore but resonates them. On this behalf, another pickup has to do the »transmitting« job, usually the bridge pickup is electronically connected then, even without regarding the pu-switch position. Maybe that’s why you are puzzled by the tones that come out of this guitar.

[@elefsidi]

I already have a Partscaster Tele, with Quarter Pounder Duncans on it, and since I have also bought a 4-way switch, I think might also invest on a Maverick Super Vee Vibrato and some good quality locking tuners (Either Schaller or Gotoh). By the way, great video Trogly.

[@maxmustardman298]

Man you are really quick to the game, havent seen the ad not a month or so before. Probs!

[@RushfanUK]

I have a 1984/87 Japanese HSS Telecaster, it originally had a Kahler locking tremolo but having left it with an ex mate for a considerable time it was returned with parts of the trem damaged, I have replaced it with a generic floating bridge to fit the original studs, the Kahler system had a locking piece on the head above the nut so I removed this and put in two Graphtech string trees, I like the more quirky Fender's, I have a 70's reissue Strat from 1999 and a 04 Korean Lite Ash Strat, beautiful birds eye maple neck and fret board with Seymour Duncan pick ups.

[@dieselsk8]

This guitar is great! The review was good!

[@geralr]

Dude I’m so glad you’re reviewing this 😎

[@dalebennett9649]

That's one spec'd out tele! Love the trem! I'd take this over the ed o'brien anyday. Love the content trogly

[@dannytribble1186]

I'd be afraid that top plate on the trem would eventually break

[@colhad9505]

great review like always. If u have to choose between this telecaster and the Eob stratocaster, which one would you buy? which one has the best tuning stability, best tons, best playability? thx 🙏

[@BushidoPhoto]

I believe Trem King also makes tele trems. I've never used one, but if I was going to trm on a tele, I would install a Vibramate with B5 so it doesn't require drilling into the top.

[@diobrando5896]

I was hoping you'd review this guitar

[@phillippitts6294]

Why can’t we get these cool guitars!

[@wiseguy9202]

@@jerk5959 That's why I prefer Fender Mexico. Their finishes are much more interesting.

[@terrypussypower]

@@jerk5959 "boing"?

[@terrypussypower]

@@jerk5959 Edit it and add an "r". I do that all the time.

[@nascargas]

@@jerk5959 I thought you meant Boeing... 🤔😉

[@terrypussypower]

@@mubodude The gadgets and toys over in Japan are nuts too! My mate's married to a Japanese girl and their kids come back to Scotland with all sorts of mad stuff you never see over here.

[@michaelolz]

The possibilities with that sustainer are really intriguing. You could get crazy creative with it.

[@chaos4316]

I have the EOB strat - I’ve played this one too. Because it’s MIJ and ‘Ltd’, that’s worth the $ difference?

[@holstorrsceadus1990]

Glad to see you back on a normal sleep/work schedule

[@arn999]

The pure vintage 65 in the middle is very cool.

[@terrypussypower]

For 3 grand you could get a top notch Tele style guitar made for you, to your own specs, with all your fave pickups and sustainer and goodies galore! There's loads of great luthiers out there.

[@armandomorales3809]

Nah this guitar seems pretty special to me 😂

[@terrypussypower]

@@armandomorales3809 Nah, not for that money, it's not. For 3 grand you could get everything that one has, plus a bound ebony fretboard with inlays of your own design, scalloped fretboard, locking tuners, hard shell case, etc etc etc. You could have the instrument of your dreams.

[@tetskysenpai8538]

I doubt you'd get all those things and scalloping , I've seen scalloping go from anywhere from 4-600 up to a grand at some places ! Unless you had a specific brand in mind ?

[@terrypussypower]

@@tetskysenpai8538 Not a "brand", not an off-the-shelf model....an instrument ordered to your specifications from a decent professional luthier, of which there are many hundreds to chose from.

[@Malum09]

Trogly's Videos are good to learn about weird guitars that i didn't knew about.

[@batman182]

Trogly playing some pokemon rifs on a Japanese fender! Very cool, great sounding guitar too

[@SuperCeller]

The Super vee Maverick is one of the coolest looking trems I've ever seen honestly.

[@MartinEB72]

Does bending change the tunings like a strat, or stay the same like a tele?

[@oakhurstaxe6392]

I made a tele with 24 frets, 2 humbuckers, and a floyd rose. Its pretty nice. I did it just to see if I could. Had to use a Gibson scale length to fit all 24 frets on it and the bridge is about an inch forward.

[@visje1996]

thanks for the metric neck measurements trogly, made my day!

[@Deebz270]

I'm currently in the process of making a 'Partscaster' using a Squier Telecaster body and Squier 'Stagemaster' 24 fret neck. My plan was always to use Fender Strat standard pickups that I removed from my VG Strat (...Now upgraded to SCN's with each pup doubled-up with a single blade each, taken from a split 'Triplebucker'....). The plane being to use the Strat SSS configuration, in a kind of homage to the James Burton signature Tele. Though the idea of using a SD 'lil 59' in the bridge slot appeals to me and I would also use an SD Telecaster neck pickup, that I've already got in stock, leaving just a Standard Strat middle pup. . Someone suggested it might be cool to add a FR vibrato system, but I don't really get on with FR vibratos... But this 'Maverick' vibrato bridge looks the business, only I'd choose the six-block variant, if I bother to use Maverick... I'll probably go with a standard Strat vibrato, but fit a phosphor bronze block and saddles... As for the sustainer unit, it is pretty cool, but way overpriced. And anyhoo, I'd probably use my own design of sustainer circuit. . This is a really nice Telecaster though, but very cost prohibitive, all considered. ==================================================================================================== Note: I use the correct term for the vibrato system - not the wrong, yet widely used term - tremolo...

[@wesleyalan9179]

Sounds like a plan, my friend! I built a Strat parts caster about 10yrs ago, its my main guitar, and I have several...its the best Strat I've ever heard and played, I love it, parts casters are fun and awesome to build! Good luck on yours!

[@TayTayKemp]

Japan makes some of the best quality guitars , I should know!! Love it when you do Japan made guitars Trogly!

[@bryanmchugh1307]

That thing is awesome! I have an American Special Tele with the same Lil 59 humbucker in the bridge. It freaking ROARS. The odd trem in this one is well pretty good sounding.

[@andrewsantos3283]

Fender Japan never fails to surprise us. Silent Siren, Haruna Scandal, Now this Miyavi sig guitar.

[@brothersgrimandgrimy]

Japanese Tele's are the coolest

[@69lespauls]

Super cool. Lotsa different tones

[@willland1243]

I love this Fender Telecaster!! 😍👍 I always thought tele's should have 3 pickups on it! Want one for sure! 😉

[@jeffreybiscoe6]

Like it & love to have the trem on my pine esquire not a fan of mid pickups on tele's and the switches I always hit them but still love to own it.

[@stringspicksandfiddlestick6388]

That looks a lot like a Super Vee Maverick Tremolo. I posted before I watched the video. Does his have a black binding?

[@billmiller7138]

Exactly like

[@ricardorivera6782]

Loved this episode. It’s awesome to see models from Japan from big name brands like Fender especially because a lot of those models go completely unnoticed here in the states. Keep the funky non classic models coming!

[@thenoobyXD]

Japanese guitar always have that special attention paid on it during the production and QC. I love Japanese guitars a lot more... it's still the most value for money instruments

[@muchorelaxo5580]

Oh I like it. Sounds great with the o/d on . Would be nice black on black.

[@EFRANEED]

That sustainer is crazy! Such a nice tele

[@0000song0000]

24:00 I need this in my life. The 1st setting on seems something usefulness if you are covering Santana.

[@santrixhimself3679]

it is so nice to watch him become a better guitar player

[@robertbeaman5761]

Went to check out MIYAVI and realized I've already been listening to him.

[@Facu_Roldan]

Please do the jino jazz bass next please!

[@firemarshal2629]

I purchased a fender daybreak tele in 2019 for around 900 bucks. They currently go for around 1500 now. The guitar is perfect, minus the pots(he wasn’t lying about that). I definitely recommend buying a Japanese made fender is you have the chance.

[@bryangulledge]

The esp hybrid from the 90s had a similar tremolo set up. It had 6 saddles instead of the 3 barrels.

[@andresguitar8452]

Hi everyone, Vegatrem has the VT2 ND for Telecaster, and you don't have to modify your Telecaster to install , it's a great option.

[@joshemartinez2577]

I love to see how Trogly gets better and better at playing with every video.

[@LuanFronza1]

he was with taylor for so many years, glad to see some change, i like the artist alot. thanks for the review Trogly

[@baggaza]

Nice Michael Scott-ish intro to your clean demo, really natural playing these days!

[@mhicks5008]

I put a set of Pure Vintage '65s on my MIM Strat and they are wonderful pickups.

[@trroland1248]

Cool guitar! You brought out some spooky tones. That can have it’s applications.👍🏻

[@natecarr4484]

Love the champion lance theme cover!!

[@sgavy]

I love this, although they really should have added locking tuners for a bit more stability with that trem

[@CoberBox1]

Wow, really like this guitar. Really makes some delicious sounds.

[@kid_tyrant66.6]

Hell yeah fender Japan

[@bananarama-nw9md]

I really like the sustainer's bottom setting, I want to learn how to get the interference sound on my guitar, I've had it accidentally a couple times

[@derwynyleen]

The bridge is made by Super V. I own two of the strat versions called the Bladerunner. Excellently made.

[@nascargas]

Absolutely fascinating. And one that doesnt have irritating quirks that you particularly dont like. That is interesting as well. I enjoy your critical eye. This guitar broaches on being near perfect regardless the idea it could likely be made for less...

[@StuntGuitarist]

Terry Kath from Chicago did the tremolo on a Tele thing back in the 70’s. Love his Tele.

[@milklover4253]

looks like someone sneezed into another dimension while making a jim root tele

[@KazeAkiyama]

I love MIYAVI. I really gotta get one of these one day.

[@jameskrys5286]

I just purchased an Allparts Strat neck from The Stratosphere Store. There is a sticker on the bottom that says "Made in Japan NAGANO. It most likely is from the same factory as that Tele and I could not be happier.

[@jabohonu]

9:50 how can i get one of those Tremolo systems?

[@ToxicxEternity]

my man busting out the GSC champion battle theme. awesome!

[@barrycooney7195]

Does anyone know how to get that trem kit like a strat style but for a tele bridge

[@scottwatts6603]

The Fender Contemporary Telecaster in the 80's had a trem on them. Frank Black used one it Pixies pretty often. I really want one.

[@ShahPlant]

finally. i been waiting for this guitar so long. thank you

[@ArturBrzozowski444]

Thank you for this video. I was really looking forward to this review I love this crazy guitar. It's sad its only available in Japan

[@bigmikeyz0071]

Some of the duncan pickups are like that without the screws. Especially the older ones from the 80s. The brent mason tele is the same way as well. I was definitely a lil confused when I saw my red middle pickup had no screws. I thought maybe fender forgot about them.

[@davidparkinson6487]

I have a stock Fender Telecaster with a Bigsby Trem and I rate it as one of the best guitars I own (FYI 24 at present). So its possible. I also have a Nashville Tele to get the Strat tones if needed

[@adampeters1241]

One of the coolest guitars you’ve had on here!

[@sonijam]

I had a Super Vee trem on a Jazzmaster and loved it.

[@raulazurduy5407]

Dude, I remember I saw a video of Miyavi playing Blew from Nirvana ten years ago, the guy knows how to play!!!

[@hardrockrelics2157]

It’s a MIJ Nashville tele with a tremolo and sustainer and Jim Root dress up ... it’s totally worth it, Gibson and Fender CUSTOM shop start at around 4K.

[@r.llynch4124]

I have a few with bridge humbuckers and tremolo units highly recommended.

[@paulapplewhite6135]

10:45 An open question, but what's so bad about pau ferro ?

[@lonesomespike]

How long will the flexi part of the bridge last?

[@jefferson4245]

I thought about putting a Little 59 in my Tele a while back, but I wasn't sure how it would sound. Might try it now!