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[@MusicisWin]

What guitar is missing from your collection?

[@pacificcoastpiper3949]

Hearing SRV made me smile uncontrollably

[@divinsanjeev1480]

Almost everything....

[@H20nas]

I'd barely even call mine a collection.

[@AdamM0]

Explorer🙃

[@rebelvictorsofthecornucopi1727]

It would be easier to ask what’s not missing from my collection

[@Blinkubus]

Using one guitar company's sponsorship money directly to buy a guitar from another company, that's amazing 😂

[@aristsopanelis3694]

I was shocked hahah

[@wallyh24]

Did it for the sake of the comparison...pretty genius, actually...

[@dogupekcan]

Mastermind

[@tylersmith9868]

Duh

[@timgermanyjr]

If he'd have bought a squire or other budget brand to compare that might be tacky. But a 3000 dollar Fender is perfect. Doesnt compete with the Donner pricewise and gives a true tone comparison with the guitar Donner is copying.

[@victorthemusicman7243]

Thats my new excuse for a new guitar. "Mom, Its for science!"

[@michaeltian]

theres gotta be a song or band named “Science”

[@MusicisWin]

60% of the time it works, every time

[@jordanvannieuwenhuize13]

@@MusicisWin what about the suhr guitar, isnt that a tele. oop wait nm u already explaind it.

[@saturn5087]

I see you are a man of culture by your profile pic

[@victorthemusicman7243]

@@saturn5087 One X is my favorite album bro, thx

[@rkoz55]

I believe most used Teles have been owned by John 5.

[@jonathanbladen3513]

His collection is serious business.

[@impavitus]

Checks out lol

[@c.p.1589]

I just washed my hands. He's creepy.

[@shadyacr]

@@c.p.1589 what he do?

[@SuicidalGrind]

@@shadyacr Played his Telecaster probably.

[@kylemccloud9197]

While I prefer the Fender. They both sound like a Tele. The Donner actually sounds really good

[@herewegoagain7403]

Donner sounds like a toy guitar

[@LuisCastro-rb3mq]

I liked the brighter bridge pickup

[@jimhalpert7660]

@@herewegoagain7403 not really? just a brighter sound

[@beefnacos6258]

Duh .... We should be comparing G&L and fender, not Donner what the f***

[@curlynoor8688]

@@jimhalpert7660 donner sounds like shit 😂😂

[@v.mathisiii5999]

*phone rings* Tyler: Hello? Donner: hey this is donner Tyler: oh hey guys, did you like the new video? Donner: tf were you thinking

[@cubistfunk]

I dunno, for the price of a used tele, he just showed that Donner's Guitars can stand up against Fender and hold their own. Not bad value for Donner! 🤣

[@Ironworthstriking]

@@cubistfunk Yeah exactly. I don't necessarily believe that the Donner is truly comparable, it's a great marketing movie.

[@waynebrown1394]

@@cubistfunk How about the quality of the parts? How often will it go out of tune? I would save a little more money and go with the Squire classic Vibe Tele's or a use MIM Tele but that is just my opinion. I also say any guitar is better than no guitar and I would never down anyone for their gear.

[@aidenewing34]

You know the world is coming to an end when you find out Tyler doesn't have a guitar like this

[@maschoff69]

Even I put together a Warmoth tele early on and I hated Teles back then. I have two now 🤘

[@mmccartney6579]

He does now, so we're all saved!! :)

[@tball5677]

That's because PRS doesn't make one.

[@nsc217]

He does though… The green Suhr

[@matthewtayloryowieresearch1912]

Poor little rich boy! What ever shall Tylie do? Cry like a lost 7yr old girl? Tele's are the least of his worries... colossal ego the size of 'Zilla fighting Kong in a deathmatch needing downsizing urgently first & foremost I'd offer. Why have 34,793 guitars ffsakes? You can only play 1 at a time... gas is crass.

[@smolus0512]

Every touring musician loves telecasters. Its just a simple, reliable tool to get the job done. They never break in transport and stay in tune forever.

[@jcheever37]

Facts, I've picked it up after months in the corner drove to my buddies house plugged in and only thing I had to do was bring that damn g string up a quarter tone.

[@hewhoyeet4953]

Seems legit

[@Timman57]

Would I be wrong to say the Gibson equivalent would be a Les Paul Junior? Just crunchy business on the bridge and thats it lol

[@og-greenmachine8623]

Mine is FRIENDLY❤️ Never gives me issues. Helps when you suck, to have a guitar that don’t!

[@AtacamaHumanoid]

@@jcheever37 what's up with that g string, anyway. I guess it's the one we always bend more than the rest, but there seems to be something more to it than that considering it seems to be a quarter tone flat when I'll first pick up my tele, but I never notice it being flat when I put the tele down. I'm going to have to do an experiment where I make sure to tune it before I put it back in its case and see what happens when I pick it back up.

[@frederickthompson8686]

Hats off to the Donner -- and to Tyler for giving it its props (okay, I know Donner provided the guitar for promo purposes). Still, the take away message is that you don't have spend three large to get a decent guitar, and while the Fender is solid (I own a 2002 Korean made Fender Tele), there are a lot of worthy competitors out there for folks who don't manage hedge funds.

[@alexanderromanko5318]

I would love to see you build a guitar!

[@kennethdon3619]

does him speccing out and choosing the wood for the private stock prs with paul himself count?

[@dmcarter1512]

@@kennethdon3619 nope

[@restojon1]

This could be fun to watch, plus the US is great for buying kits. We just don't have the same choice this side of the pond

[@Jack-rf4cz]

A frankenstrat

[@MusicAndWood]

It would be interesting to see for sure! I will be doing a series next month building a guitar on my channel MusicAndWood.

[@MisterRorschach90]

I grew up in love with the strat. Then I started thinking les Paul’s or sgs were the best until I actually tried one and didn’t like it. Always thought teles were dumb. Now it’s my favorite guitar hands down.

[@ethanhwhite1455]

Is no one gonna talk about how good that donner sounds for the price ?

[@bread5617]

A wet fart would sound just as nice through that kind of rig and editing X)

[@douglasbailly8519]

Right?! Sounds incredible...

[@manos135]

I don't want to criticize the brand or Tyler, but he has probably connected it to so many pedals, plugins and done so much editing that any guitar sounds better that if you just plugged it straight in to an amp

[@MusicisWin]

For the jam: All guitars are using the same processing-same amp, no pedals, a little reverb for ambience and some EQ to sit in the mix. For the back to back tones, each guitar is dry into the same amp with a little verb.

[@dmcarter1512]

@@MusicisWin thank you for clarifying! Most people assume that its the guitar itself that gives most if the tone, but once its intonated right, any guitar sounds good with a good rig, and any guitar can sound bad with a bad rig.

[@JackGladstoneHolroyde]

While I'm all for inexpensive guitars, the vintage Tele was like a warm weighted blanket and I sighed when I heard it.

[@robn.7426]

In the most nonchalant of voices, "that was the one that belonged to John 5 at one time", lol. That's when you know you're in a quality store.

[@Ironworthstriking]

You're not wrong! I worked in a high-end Nashville guitar store, and for one thing you get really used to celebrity-owned instruments, but also you don't want to name drop and risk sounding like a used car salesman.

[@robn.7426]

@@Ironworthstriking That certainly makes sense. Thanks for the perspective.

[@adamtaylor2142]

Oh hey, it's Tyler "I need to go to the store and buy a brand new iconic instrument, because it's my job" Larson.

[@dickstryker]

It ain't a "cult". Leo just nailed it with that Broadcaster / Nocaster solid body design. Anything after was just variations on a theme. To this very day.

[@sfstoltenberg]

"Guitar shopping, for science!"

[@billcollector69]

As much as I am a superstrat kinda guy right now, Joe Walsh’s tele was what got me into guitar in the first place.

[@sparshjain1066]

Same

[@sidiox7857]

Same tbh. The hotel california live 🤘

[@sparshjain1066]

@@sidiox7857 I got into it when I saw life in the fast lane

[@vincetravisangeles2852]

Kinda same-ish. I use strat and a lp, but Jim Root's tele made me start.

[@billcollector69]

@@sidiox7857 exactly the one that made me start playing guitar

[@machia0705]

The Fender Tele “twang” was pure Fender! I’ve played a lot of guitars but my go-to is my old Tele. It does everything I want it to. All the best from NJ.

[@PerJohansson-Xeizo]

The Fender was by far the most twangy, and in the right way. I actually have one of those Vintage 50s, a 2011 in white, mine was supposedly once used for doing demo tapes for Taylor Swift :P Nice fat neck, but very thin radius, very vintage. And tiny frets which won't last very long. Sounds real nice though, remember Jimmy Page mostly used Tele on the early Led Zeppelin stuff. Actually, my Ibanez AZ feels a little like a Tele, but with modern humbuckers, tremolo, contour body and stainless steel frets.

[@memphishancock6483]

I love teles, if you get a good set of pickups in there they can be the most versatile guitar ever. I built an esquire out of a 95’ Mexican Tele and put a lollar Special T pickup in, and it’s now my main guitar just because it’s so versatile and sounds so good!

[@B2Rockin]

I’m surprised you didn’t go with the 1983 for the price. Sounded much more open to me. To each his own, killer playing as always!! Thanks for bringing us along and rock on brother!

[@totendestro585]

You never owned a Flying V as i know maybe it's time to change that ;)

[@Giablo1]

Most underrated guitar

[@aobyungcp4330]

o just got one custom made it weighs like 3 pounds nevk sits exactly like i want its built to look like Albert King’s Lucy and indeed it does just no name on the fretboard and pointed headstock like the 58 he used to play

[@josemariareyes3448]

make it reverse for old Sammy G

[@kingarthur1776]

Was just saying the exact thing

[@andrewk2625]

Yusssss!! Gotta own one.

[@Nick-qq2nq]

So glad I got one of the AV teles back when they released. They just keep going up in value. Worth more used now than they were new.

[@carrotpistachio8012]

Holy cow those Donner guitars sound amazing, regardless of price. Dude get rid of Suhr before people find out how similar it is to $160 guitar and get your money back.

[@msmoniz]

One thing I’ve noticed in the last 20 years when it comes to classic bolt on guitar styles like the Strat and the telecaster, thanks to modern manufacturing CNC and all that, the quality gap has definitely closed between the “cheap instruments“ and higher end models. That’s not to say you’re going to confuse an inexpensive guitar with a top tier fender, but those inexpensive copies are no longer pure junk and are actually quite playable and have a decent sound. Myself all my Teles are Squiers and they are fantastic playing and sounding guitars. I have two classic vibes, one of 50s butterscotch and the other 70s deluxe “Keef” style plus a mid 2000s regular Squier Telecaster standard with an amazing feeling neck that I modified with the hot rails pick up. In all cases they’re so good I don’t feel a Jones for an actual top tier fender version.

[@SwiftyMcswift777]

I’m 100% with you bro!!!

[@trentroberts5543]

the fender tele just has a warmthness to it that just can’t be matched

[@bigfatengineer]

It's pretty amazing how far introductory level guitars have come. Nice work, Ty-Ty.

[@TomPFC]

“Thanks to Donner, I’m buying a guitar from a different company”

[@markweaver8529]

Holy crap that donner thinline sounds amazing. Put a cheap guitar in a great players hands and you have a winner.

[@1g_amer864]

Hey Tyler, you probably get this a lot but I'm a huge fan and watching your videos and playing guitar has gotten me through my deepest times. Just wanna thank you for that. Keep up the incredible work man!

[@theshadowknows6969]

In my opinion. The Tele platform is the best because the standard single coil set up always sounds the same no matter what guitar you get. Which makes it so versatile. You can make it scream, or make it sing a beautiful clean tune and everything in between. It’s a must buy for an advanced player. If you get it as a beginner imo it’s too hard to find the right tone. I didn’t like the Telecaster until I had been playing for 10 years. I’m picking up my first one today!

[@SwiftyMcswift777]

I was a strat guy for years and years,, until I got my hands on a tele,,, been a tele guy ever since! Enjoy your tele my friend!!!

[@donkeytat2]

i think its awesome DIO was showing you the guitars

[@dissidentagressor7397]

And Perry Ferrell helped Tyler get it ready to go.

[@jswart3179]

The new Tele sounds like Bob Ross talking about painting vs the Donner which is literally anyone else talking about anything.

[@Alex-ut6tl]

I know, it slaps you right in the face when you hear it after the donners

[@mjdigs]

I am soo happy that you are talking about Donner. I have always loved their products. I have a lot of their pedals on my board.

[@anthonynonya]

I bought the standard Donner tele last week on prime day - $96. Should arrive day after tomorrow. Can't wait, I've been wanting a tele for a while now. Now I just need a Jr and a PRS and my collection will be complete!

[@ldlegrandjr883]

I’m thinking of adding one now after this and similar YT videos. How happy are you with your Donner a full year later?

[@jdw1066]

The Donner sounds really good - I assume for the price it has ceramic pickups. I think that accounts for most of the tonal differences. If you put even cheaper GuitarFetish alnico pickups in the Donner I bet it would sound as good or better than the Fender

[@TruthGuitar]

Well I wanted a Tele before this...and now I will fight anyone for one!

[@onionheadguy7094]

The BC Rich Warlocks mustve sold out because I didn't see any on the wall.

[@BryanMorganGoogle]

Tyler's Suhr tele: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@caleshtcincredibles]

Every guitar player should have a least 1 Tele ! Teles also are great in band mix as they cut through the mix like a hot knife through butter !

[@ElShogoso]

I tried several ones but unfortunately it isn't for me. I just can't play 21/22 fret guitars anymore, turns out the 2 extra frets on my 24-fret Ibanez aren't as useless as I thought they were. Also wasn't a big fan of the neck profile.

[@steezymongo1270]

@@ElShogoso ibanez and Jackson fans never can get with traditional guitars 😭

[@jtroutt19]

The butterscotch is much richer than the donner. They both sound great but the butterscotch tele has a noticeable sound difference.

[@meadish]

Yep, there is a difference in sound. I also slightly prefer the Butterscotch, but it really is not that huge a difference. If we listened to the solid body Donner in a live situation or recording without knowing it was the Donner, it would sound just fine. I did not like the muddy tone of the Donner thinline humbuckers personally, but though the solid body sounded pretty good. The real difference (apart from just the premium price for the brand and the cheaper labor in China versus the US) lies mainly in the quality of wood, metal and engineering/manufacturing. Any guitar in the same price class as the Donner, when compared to the Fender, will have cheaper materials and less rigorous QA in the electronics and pickups - the frets are likely to wear a bit quicker because of using a cheaper nickel alloy, the tuning keys will be a bit hit and miss because the gears won't be as precise, time, the nut slots are probably not precision filed from the factory, and the body and neck are likely to be made of less expensive wood or of more pieces of wood, or the neck may not be quartersawn, since all those things allow cost cutting. But all that said, it is still true that if you give a cheap guitar a professional setup and maybe swap out some parts if absolutely necessary, the playing experience can be as good as a way more expensive guitar, or even better for you personally, if the expensive guitar happens to have a neck profile or pickups you don't get along with.

[@thepick5663]

@@meadish Agree. There's definitely a difference but it's subtle.

[@shanejur]

@@meadish I didn't care for the Donner sounded in the Neck position.

[@srvmotoman]

Hook, line and telecaster! Super impressed with the Donner line. Sounds waaaaaaaaaay better than I thought it would

[@Dogsrule777]

I made a project out of my old 52 reissue squire tele during lockdown. I got a roasted maple neck, Lambertone Blondies (w/ 4 way selector) and a Babicz full contact bridge. It’s a therapeutic thing of beauty… I never have to tune it!

[@lePopai]

What happened to the wine barrel tele?

[@justchill1617]

Good reminder

[@MusicisWin]

Still got it! Just felt like more of a specialized guitar for this video

[@ianleonard3264]

@@MusicisWin whatever you had to tell bethany huh😭

[@garmen-]

@@ianleonard3264 haha 😂

[@nathansutherland9085]

My guitar teacher has the exact same one.

[@timothyzolotukhin8675]

Leo Fender was great man that invented many great guitars. The tele sound is really cool and I think that it has the most recognazable tone(after strat of course)

[@Jona_The_Than_D]

I’m glad my first electric is a telecaster, although a squier its a beauty to me and I love it to death. That bridge pickup is amazing and the neck is great as well

[@jacksmith2617]

my buddy just lent me his 2001 american tele, it plays like a dream and I have never been a tele guy but i love it

[@restojon1]

Some of the reissues built in the 90's were really good and quite accommodating with neck profiles. If you ever see one in a shop (usually a 60 or 70 something Reissue, think they may have had quilted tops too if memory serves?) Grab it and have a go. They're a bit of a hidden gem.

[@stephenrowland8028]

The donner definitely gets the “tele sound” but it sounds somewhat sharper to me, but then again it’s well under 2k the price of the fender and it more than holds its own and against its much more expensive bigger brother

[@fromulus]

7:15 is that the opening chords to Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind"? That's just what it made me think of.

[@mariushebnes5951]

I used to have both a les paul and a tele. I loved the les paul tones, but i always picked up the tele. Its just something to it. The sounds. The feel. Everything.

[@Coffeetableleg]

I’ve just recently picked up a 2014 fender tele American standard and love it. Fender hardware and all. Custom shop pickups, they’re nice

[@jamescrooks5855]

I ended up with one of those Donner thinlines by mistake and ended up liking it more than I thought I would and ended up keeping it.

[@bushcry1]

So those thinlines of Donner are almost a best kept secret?

[@yeahhyouvish]

Tyler just needs an excuse to buy a guitar

[@GigglePantsMcGee]

I went to Nashville for a vacation...went to all the big guitar stores and I stumbled of rumble street getting gas and I LOVED it there.

[@roverer109]

Great outro.... Rumble Seat is a museum where you can buy the exhibits - awesome except for their parking lot.

[@JustPlaneStupid69]

The Suhr shits all over the Donner “equivalent” by leaps and bounds. Jesus lord.

[@cassianandor4103]

To my ears the actual Tele sounded essentially identical on the bridge pickup to the Tele copy, but the neck pickups, and therefore the middle position with both pickups, sounded a tiny tiny bit better on the real Tele, but not $3k worth of difference lol, for that just swap out the neck pickup on the Tele copy for a really good dimarzio pickup or Seymour Duncan or something.

[@loudsalt]

Haven’t heard of the shop before, but the next time I fly in to Nashvegas to see my fam, this will be my first stop.

[@shawnmcvey7789]

What's great about Tele's? -You can hit someone with it and stay in tune. Ask Keith Richards. -Strings stretch out fast -Set ups are almost too easy -The middle position is jangle heaven -The bridge pickup into a fuzz (prefereably Tone Bender style) is fuzz heaven. Zep 1 style -They look equally at home for lead or rhythm guitar -They'll *never* neck dive -A good one will be in tune from last week's band practice

[@nicholasberndt6224]

"The telecaster is the best guitar ever made, except for every other guitar model out there" - Winston Churchill

[@tigerstalons5118]

I thought Nelson Mandela said it , thank you for the clarification!

[@jlogitoffical1212]

I though it was obama that said that

[@davedecker1725]

It was Mother Teresa

[@wildnitesmusic]

I thought Mother Tersea said it.😀

[@602gaming]

Wasn't that Genghis Khan?

[@bryankethley3129]

Hi, I’m from Murfreesboro, thanks for turning me on to a cool guitar shop in Nashville. I am an older (65) beginner plus that just got started learning about guitar ( college,, work, kids, etc. didn’t leave me any time). I am more of a collector right now than player. Even though I will never be a great musician I really enjoy your video content. Bryan

[@bradleybieber3886]

I got my first Tele 2 years ago. A '92 52 Reissue. After having been a Strat guy for more than 30 years. LOVED IT! So I bought another. lol

[@chronicbanana4665]

I love the little pride and joy piece you played

[@garmen-]

“Out of every guitar model out there the telecaster has the biggest cult following” Ibanez JEM, PRS Custom 22, Gibson Les Paul:

[@LordHereck]

*Les Paul has entered the chat*

[@peachmelba1000]

Model, not brand.

[@j.gabriel9882]

That SRV riff was sooooo tasty

[@SolarWarden88]

Props to Donner, big time. For the sponsorship, and more importantly, their quality/value ratio. It's ALMOST unbeatable. Literally. I think in today's age, the smart, somewhat seasoned player knows that the drop-off from high-end guitars to the value brands isn't what it used to be, even 10 years ago. I kid you not, I have 3 Chinese Gibson copies, I guess we could call them advanced Chibson's lol, as they're more recently produced. But man, let me tell you. They're INSANELY well done, and the only thing you're not getting is high-end electronics, that's it. The flaming, the wood selection, the fret-work, the nut-cut which is KEYYYY to tuning stability, all just as well done on a Gibson, if not BETTER. I did a shootout with my buddy who tours, and his guitar tech was like, this is a deadly secret for Gibson, if this gets out in the mainstream... lol. I mean, look online now at the reviews, even from small channels where there's no monetization motives, and you can see, the Asian produced guitars are fucking fantastic now. They've learned, leaned-out the process and bureaucracy, and can offer $300+ landed SICK exact copies vs. $3,000+ for the real thing, which still in nearly half the cases have tuning or nut-cut issues lol ;p

[@andrewsutton2266]

The middle position on that butterscotch tele is perfect

[@omergoshen3414]

I would love to see a guitar collection video

[@cadendieck89]

He has one...

[@omergoshen3414]

@@cadendieck89 but it's from 4 years ago

[@ShinMadero]

I love my tele. The 3 positions offer a huge range of tonal options, and there isn't anything gimicky about it. Teles have a very even, piano-like sound that works well for more advanced chords. I think that's why you see players like Ted Greene playing them.

[@Gaslight.Guitar]

Congrats on the new tele man. Wicked thing.

[@Pabular]

At 1:34 , you made my Siri pull up maps and start a 7 and a half hour route to Rumble Seat Music.

[@ridebecauseucan1944]

Always buy the most expensive one you can afford so when you want another guitar you can just tell your wife the new guitar(s) are cheaper than the original one. Makes that 800-1000$ guitar you just bought easier to add to the collection.

[@SynoJi]

5:01 what is this called? (please tell me, I don't work at a guitar store I swear)

[@collection_of_misinformation]

Hang tag?

[@Cchogan]

It always gives me a nice feeling when on an American video (Even better - one shot in Nashville) the pile of amps in the window are Marshalls. They are not just British (like me), but made a couple of miles up the road from where I am sitting right now!

[@kyju7093]

ok im literally shopping for a DONNER tele for the past couple days because im tight on money but have always wanted a tele and you make this video? what are the odds, the algorithm is on a whole other level lately

[@paulthorn6437]

I think Tele's have enough fans to be larger than a "cult" following.

[@Chris.1812]

Half expected a PRS Tele tbh

[@thejoshbtv]

Don't worry. They'll make one soon enough and it'll be marketed like is some sort of awesome original creation but will just be yet another PRS ripoff. You know, their typical M.O.

[@willsei]

I've been playing for around 27 years or so, and just got my first Tele last year for my birthday. Butterscotch Player series Tele from Sweetwater. I am now on the Tele bandwagon and don't know why I waited so long to get one.

[@RobbieRigg]

Your videos are so much fun dude. And that Eric Gales sweater is dope!

[@SC-wu2dn]

Love your clips man and yes Teles are just the coolest things. They have the magic. Im a die hard Fender fan and my 92 SRV is my number 1 but I still want a tele. Gotta call out the Donner Guitars! Fantastic guitars for the price , Ive never seen or played one but from watching this clip I’d have no hesitation buying one. A totally respectable instrument and really cool that you’ve demonstrated the fact that just because its not an expensive guitar doesn’t mean it cant hold its own. 👍👍

[@sunburstshredder]

"Great, another guitar you'll play for a week, then put on the rack indefinitely." - Bethany

[@doubleddbeat3418]

Im a punk/ metal rythm guitarist and the Telecaster is my main guitar, in fact my only guitar is a 1986 butterscotch telecaster with Dave Murray dp100. Just the perfect guitar

[@moagoo5714]

Bro, thanks for the video! I went for the solid body sunburst. The white one was sold out. (I have a thinline from Firefly). Used you link-checkout was easy-I was done ordering before the 6-minute mark. Thanks!

[@xdoctorblindx]

"The Donner is just as good as the Shur" lol What a shill...

[@meadish]

I thought the Suhr was a very easy winner in the thinline comparison - I didn't like the Donner thinline at all - way too dark and indistinct for my liking, whereas the Suhr had a nice, more open and dynamic vintage PAF tone that balanced out the thinline nicely. As for the solid bodies, the butterscotch Fender did sound a little better (apart from the rounder tone, it had some resonant frequencies I liked that seemed to make it 'sing' a bit more), but I thought the Donner solid body had a good sharp sound that would work well in many situations, too.

[@spottedsaint957]

If Donner fronted me an MIA Telecaster, I'd be a shill too, lol! (By the way, I believe it's "schill")😁

[@sloankettering4432]

Excuses to buy a guitar: science ✅

[@logankeilty4529]

Let me test that

[@nathanvalley7995]

The one you picked up at the shop has its own unique tone it’s kinda crazy. But the Donner solid body may be my fave

[@whiteninja2006]

Even through the KZbin compression, the Butterscotch Fender was the clear winner here (same goes for the Thinlines), but there's not much in it. More clarity and harmonics are things that stand out, but the general, overall tone is very similar.

[@keithsmith9889]

Never had an urge to own a telecaster... But now I'm sure if i get the urge I'll buy a donner... Lol

[@olliethompson9252]

Don't, the frets will sharp and rough, tuners rubbish and build quality generally poor. At least save for a squier classic vibe

[@keithsmith9889]

@@olliethompson9252 i played a donner lp was comfortable tuners weren't great but still cheaper to upgrade tuners and pickups

[@amplifiednonsense7502]

It’s not my style, that’s all I know 😂

[@bennettgarmon3321]

Its pretty badass how you got your sponsor to buy you a different company's guitar.

[@davidmarkham4391]

You make a hard argument of “Why buy authentic” I’m totally impressed with those Donner

[@uke_mike]

almost no difference in sound, its crazy how much a fender sticker costs....if anything, get the cheap one and upgrade the pickups...then you can still make your mortagage payment

[@maschoff69]

Build a Warmoth exactly how you want it.

[@TK-lu7vq]

This is a product placement for Donner, and the review is laughable. As if the quality of a $129 guitar can approach what a real Tele offers. I've never touched a Suhr, but telling viewers that you prefer the Donner is laughable.

[@dtread9543]

I went over 25 years playing guitar and never touching a Tele. Got me a 70th anniversary Fender Broadcaster last year and It quickly became my go to guitar for cleans, the neck pickup is very special.

[@chriskilcullen]

Mad props to Donner. Amazing tone. I'm impressed with the solid body tone when compared to the Fender. Very surprised, actually. Donner FTW.

[@kevinpackard6518]

I have a Japaneses made 1962 reissue that was made in 1986. It is the guitar that turn to more than any I have. I am a Metal Head. I use it for metal and punk. When played along side a bass it really holds the mid and high range. I might get one of those Donner thin lines. Have fun everyone...

[@DavidBrown-it9ig]

So glad you dont immediately go for the most expensive guitar. I still think you get what you pay for....for the most part but lately the less expensive guitars have been blowing me away. Just got a Player Tele MiM and the thing just sounds and plays amazing.

[@isaiahjs6701]

Hey at 6:19 when you switch to the suhr solid body but couldn’t help but notice the not so solid f hole 😂😂😂

[@harvey1954]

I use to love visiting Rumble Seat up in Ithaca, NY. Never saw the Nashville version until this video.