Can you play METAL on a TELECASTER?

[@Corbin420]

Rob Scallon can play metal on a shovel... a Tele should be fine.

[@herpderpinson6117]

Ok but that’s Rob Scallon lmao, he possesses the inhuman power to squeeze metal out of anything, therefore it doesn’t really count... plus it’s got an EMG ;)

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

I actually prefer the neck on the Tele to that of a strat

[@TheWicked1999]

The shovel had a humbucker :)

[@TroySavary]

You can only play underground music on a shovel.

[@vexrich]

Bro I thought it was an exaggeration, I had to google that shit ahahahaha

[@dr.breadsticks6172]

But can you play metal on a *harp*?

[@iBoss818]

Schecter makes harps

[@Tainami_]

Two words, Rob Scallon.

[@rydergrimes6696]

GD Crimsen what about an otamatone

[@peterbenecz8410]

Black Sabbath. The Wizard.

[@iBoss818]

Peter Benecz that song doesn't have a harp, it has a harmonica

[@ethancheng1595]

Honestly the single coil tele tones sound more interesting and colourful to me than the EMGs. That's not to say the EMGs are "bad" per se. It's just that all the metal players aspire to the same aesthetics from listening to the same bands and reading the same forums and end up using similar gear. The net effect is a sort of a "sameness of 'good' tone".

[@MrTubularBalls]

Actually the EMGs don't seem too popular with metal guitarists. At leats no the passive ones.

[@MYNAMACHEF]

Fr, the single coil had a more interesting sound

[@Confondeur_Ici-Bas]

agree

[@FloridaManRacer]

EMG's regardless of the model have always sounded flat to my ear. Maybe it's just my ear, but I've never once gotten a tone I was truly pleased with out of EMG pickups...

[@Confondeur_Ici-Bas]

@@FloridaManRacer emgs are for wimps

[@Ender111]

Next: Can you play Jazz on a 9 string warlock guitar?

[@n.rogers2273]

Vini abso-freaking-lutely

[@vincentmasterbassist6784]

Would love to see a 9 string warlock

[@zeusenstein]

No

[@dankhill6851]

Do people seriously think you cant play genres on certain guitars?

[@boazcohen7992]

@@dankhill6851 No, just that it would sound bad. I mean... really bad.

[@jackbarlow2280]

If you played Master Of Puppets on a tele would it be Me-Tele-Ca?

[@jcthemuffin]

Jack Barlow hahaha nice 1

[@goldeneggthatneverhatched4252]

Jack Barlow Hahaha!

[@DaigoParry]

Playing Master of Puppets with a Tele while eating McDonald’s in a car. Mc-Tele-Car

[@EmilSev]

naaaa this one hurts 😂🤐

[@trevorturner104]

Yes....yes it would...

[@97Mizzo]

I know it's a guitar video but MAN do those drums sound gorgeous or what?!

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

+Ollie Midson thanks! Please see my "how to record heavy drums" series for more info!

[@cristiansalas443]

they sound amazing

[@Meuterei]

Damn truth, those drums are killer

[@hansdumbf7608]

well yeah, the guy is a sound ingeneer! he probably knows how to make the drums sound good... and he surely has tons of the "good" expensive gear lying around in his studio.

[@americanbradley]

Ollie Midson Those drums sound like pure awesomeness.

[@Plutonic_Blue]

I’m so confused on why people even ask this question. It’s a guitar, 6 strings, electric pick ups. Just plug it into an amp, turn up the gain or distortion and bam, you got metal. Literally any guitar can play metal lol

[@metramaks]

Probably because of the noize with a single coils.

[@evil1st]

@@metramaks the noise just ads a cool factor makes it sound like an old guitar

[@drpibisback7680]

Take a classic Tele pickup, set it up with a loud but lower gain and trebly crunch tone, sounds awesome for Grindy stuff.

[@removedot]

Solidbody recommended

[@thepigeonsofthepacificnort2268]

@@removedot but certainly not required

[@samkingsounds]

JIM ROOT PLAYS A TELE! I watched the whole video don't worry lol

[@No1WillMakeItOutAlive]

Sam King i thought he plays a jazzmaster

[@marcusvini266]

@@No1WillMakeItOutAlive yes, you are right

[@Chaosdude341]

@@No1WillMakeItOutAlive it's both my dude

[@joshiuahallenbeck531]

@@Chaosdude341 +1

[@godhandvoid9795]

His tele has emgs though

[@JensLarsen]

And now we of course also need: "Can you play metal on a Blues Jr"

[@JensLarsen]

I would watch that for sure! :D

[@JensLarsen]

Mikkel Pilgaard Tusind tak Mikkel!

[@natantykochinsky6875]

With not overly bright strings(i had a problem with my tone a while because of that overly bright amp and strings) and a decent distortion pedal i get awesome metal tones

[@gumbassanee]

Gergő Soós that cracked me up 😂😂 thx

[@JensLarsen]

The next lesson? Tonight in 6-7 hours!

[@hallquiche]

I love the little history lesson at the beginning of the video. Do more of these please!

[@matttaylor1449]

defo

[@FajnoGlizdaMCP]

geez, Rob Scallon can play metal on a shovel, and you're asking if it's possible on a tele?

[@awertyuiop8711]

Even djentsticks, wich came out a little before the the shovel. Or jockey sticks.

[@Roflmao0001]

Because pickups.... Did you think the shape is what made it possible for metal or something?

[@FajnoGlizdaMCP]

it was a joke. of course I understand how pickups work, I saw that the shovel has humbucker mounted on it.

[@кяуртіс]

Actually shape, woods, hardware ALL makes a difference in tone.

[@RPSchonherr]

LOL I saw that video. Dueling shovels too.

[@ahdbw8494]

Single coils with the right amount of distortion sound beautiful. Teles are great for this stuff! Always wanted one.

[@sk8terboi10003]

Teles are pretty cool i owned a squier and it was a great time

[@muhammadhangtuah9746]

Emo Bassist lol squier

[@captainmggabeau397]

For example, J Mascis of Dinosaur jr. he plays a jazzmaster live, and teles in studio. Sounds HEAVENLY

[@ibnufasya6408]

It works for me.

[@M4TT4TT4CK]

@@sk8terboi10003 plenty of professional musicians play squiers on stage, stop being a poser

[@FirestormAudio]

I've learned to LOVE teles. There is literally nothing they can't do. They somehow manage to be bright and clear without sounding harsh.

[@clanwaddell5628]

The difference between neck and bridge single coil is amazing. The mid range honk of a tele sounds great with high gain.

[@Lustrum0005]

I would say the answer is: You may play metal with any guitar you like.

[@sealogic4552]

Lustrum - 0005 If it's got pickups and strings, it plays metal.

[@bartmj]

What about acoustic metal :P

[@peraon-rs]

bartejanu of course, just will it sound good?

[@Davewutsup]

Even a ukulele

[@66Samus]

Yes, you can. I do it all the fucking time :)

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

+66Samus yeah, but you also write songs about taking a dump, so your opinion is kind of irrelevant :p

[@craigcotter7476]

How unprofessional.

[@General11band]

SpectreSoundStudios ha he does, I do write songs but my music is more like grunge and it's not about taking a dump

[@jaket4216]

66Samus I

[@cwsolus]

If I have only single coils would I still be able to?

[@strawberrywigz1658]

3:27 you sound exactly like patrick from spongebob

[@JoeRoganPodcastirl]

Yesssss 😂😂😂

[@monsieurlemon]

oh my god

[@Creamedcorn45]

I actually found the single coil to sound better. The natural twang of drop A was a lot more defined with single coils, it sounded awesome!

[@elginbelalla6601]

NEXT UP, can you play metal on an Iron Label 7 string Ibanez?????

[@jaskamakynen7766]

:D

[@ayusharipirala3121]

Nah those are specifically for jazz

[@joshiuahallenbeck531]

hahaha

[@fallenfreak828]

No.

[@cobgod1415]

can you play metal on a solar a2?

[@ZosoPage83]

I didn't know Kylo Ren was also a guitarist!!!

[@southpawmoose]

ZosoPage83 the force is strong

[@lopezguzmanomar3679]

ZosoPage83 I didn't know that Tarantino have long hair :v

[@ZosoPage83]

+Omar López That explains a lot...

[@josephrasbold2180]

I know him personally and that comment just made my day

[@kannoncarey7482]

Holy shit man i dieeid

[@TheOriginalEUrban]

I like how calm that kid looks. Like "yeah, I play guitar. Whatevs."

[@stevenshockley4237]

I actually thought the single coils sounded better haha

[@Drockninja75]

Right it felt heavier obviously the other tele was heavier sounding, but the original tele was heavier feeling.

[@butteredbiskit3497]

singles do sound better. it's just hard to deal with the 60 cycle hum when you overdrive your signal as much as you do with “metal” types of music.

[@oskarileikos]

@@butteredbiskit3497 noise gate is the answer

[@Psyfonify]

@@oskarileikos but you still hear the hum poking out a split second after each chug, which is why I'm seriously debating spending the costly amount for song single coil sized humbuckers

[@daniels1293]

They were heavy without being muddy

[@modelcitizen1977]

Those drums sound so clean.

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

+Andrew Elias thanks!

[@MojoStrummer]

This was a great video that I feel was done better than the Strat video was. As a person that uses both Strats and Teles (well, G&L ASATs at least) for metal, I feel like the strat didn't get a fair shake. I know you said that you don't have any high-quality pickup equipped strats lying around, but if you ever do get one, a redo on that video would be cool. Maybe a G&L S-500, since those pickups have a bit more beef to them.

[@ravendemo4980]

Honestly, standard Tele dominated it. It sounds sick!

[@lawrencem8184]

Didn't Jimmy Page record the 1st Zeppelin album with a Tele & a 10 watt Supro amp ??

[@nopants4259]

First 2 albums!

[@nopants4259]

First 2 Albums

[@austinkilgore1255]

And the solo to stairway to heaven

[@freedomaintfree49yearsago28]

@Sathington Waltz who said they were?

[@90AlmostFamous]

Sathington Waltz the op did implies that led Zeppelin plays metal , well in terms of style it's more hard rock than meta

[@spitfirebulletsmusic]

i'm just here to see the jim root comments

[@pedrovallejo3837]

spitfirebulletsmusic same

[@OrangeAtomicRugTM]

spitfirebulletsmusic I was gonna say something about him using them honestly, until I saw the video

[@jhonnycagexrage7458]

spitfirebulletsmusic Ya' know

[@drill2.087]

John 5 too

[@gopherenchanter]

Same

[@DIYBuilds]

My favourite is metal on a banjo lol

[@ZILtoid1991]

Check out this for metal on synth: soundcloud.com/masterbootrecordmusic

[@vandorb12]

DIY Builds Rob Scallion much? 😂

[@omikl]

We had a couple of guys sit in with our band last year to play some Aussie folk tunes. When I showed up to rehearsal the studio guys had, for some unknown reason, plugged the Banjo player into a Mesa Tripe Rectifier hlf stack[1]. You've never heard such an awful racket in your born days... 1) This place is run by a rich lawyer as a hobby. Mesa, Marshal, Engl, & Vox amps. Not the usual solid state Marshall/Randall stuff you usually fine.

[@nonono7973]

DIY Builds Banjoslam

[@fraserjamieson5856]

What about theremin, harp, sitar and shovel metal?

[@TenkaichiBudokaiAnnouncer]

I mean this in the least offensive way. The guy playing the guitars 'player face' makes me think of an extremely powerful villain in Dragon Ball who makes no facial expression but can blow up a solar system.

[@cassianandor4103]

Why were you paying that much attention to the guys face? Why were you not paying attention to his shredding?

[@MrMetalclay]

All his face energy went into his hands. He will probably blow shit up with a guitar!

[@AngelFlores-rf6xi]

Cell?

[@TravisBeckMusic]

Read this then saw the Dude and was like hell yes your spot on!

[@ravenjames3873]

nobody cares about Dragon Ball

[@rocker816]

The twang lends itself well to metal, its like innately a scooped EQ sound.

[@jeroenv5676]

Loved the sound of the standard telecaster. Thank you for showing.

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

+Jeroen V thanks for watching!

[@InvincibleExtremes]

I love tele guitars. my 12 string tele is a lot of fun to play. bot the greatest thing, but people always love it

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

why do i find you everywhere lol. i guess we share alot of interests.

[@idhott]

I have an ‘01 Mexican tele. Honestly had no idea 12 string models existed.

[@WOOOOOOF]

3:35 - actually playing metal on Telecaster

[@carlostrujillo6543]

Sounds great

[@chrisv5205]

Heavy metal fun fact: The more distorted your tone is the less it tends to show in the mix. This is reason #768 why sound guys and studio engineers hate lead guitar players. LOL! The less distortion you have and the more overdrive, the more the guitar will show in the mix. AC/DC got those huge guitars on Back in Black by cranking the dog shit out of channel switching Marshall amps on the clean side, not the lead side. Those early model, channel switching JCM 800's made back then are legendary for the tones they produced when the input stage on the clean side of the amp was over driven to the point of exploding. Why does this matter? Because the low output Tele factory pickups do not produce a whole lot of distortion which makes them very good for creating overdrive on the right amp. Any fan of the Gibson P-90, which is a low output, single coil pickup, will agree. The only drawback is factory pickups don't really have the output in Db's like the EMG's so, the lows are not quite as tight and the mids are bit more present than they would be with the EMG's. In fact, this point is brought up in the video. I think the single coils sounded better than the EMG's.

[@jtwee6590]

this is very true, re: lead guitarists. my usual guitarist loves/loved turning everything up to 11 and just leaning into it. i spent a while tryin to tell him it'd kick through better if he rolled off the dials a bit, but no go. one day, he left all his stuff at my house cause we'd recorded all night, he was only workin a half day, so he was just gonna work-crash-record. while he was out, i ran through one of the songs we were recording, using all his gear to lay out my rhythm tracks and the very mild style lead i'm able to pull off. he was astounded at the results, and i showed him how i'd knocked his gain back just a little. the end result, tone-wise, was near identical, but had so much more headroom to mix with. he hasn't turned his gain up to max ever since

[@samcouch5442]

Dude! Tom Morello played a Tele for all the RATM stuff that was in D as far as I remember! Great video as always though

[@lassiliimakka]

Well yeah and Tom Morrello played all drop tuned rage against the machine songs with a single coil tele and he only uses the neck pickup

[@reecehillll]

Lassi Liimakka he uses emgs on his arm the homeless and a few other teles I think

[@panam4redd]

Reece Nope, his EMG pickups are actually single coils in disguise. He said it on his Rig Rundown

[@lincthomas7178]

well, rage against the machines songs aint metal, not even close

[@lincthomas7178]

@voi vod well they are certainly not metal, I don't know why people put them in the class of metal, theres nothing heavy about them

[@maffooo2040]

@@lincthomas7178 bro just shut the fuck up

[@EdDanaGuitar]

Just ask John 5. He will explain it.

[@EdDanaGuitar]

DFM Bass I watched it twice.. thanks..

[@dionr1168]

Ed Dana Actually, John 5 doesn't exclusively play hard rock/metal, although that's what he's best known for. If I remember correctly, he picked up the Tele for versatility, plus the fact that that was the first electric guitar he was exposed to (namely through the TV show, Hee Haw, which he was a fan of in his youth). Plus, I think he has a background in country music, and until he joined Manson, he was largely a session guitarist.

[@jamesha175]

pretty much correct, although i suspect that any tele he uses with manson probably has some kind of humbucker p/ups, which IMO negates the whole tele effect anyway.

[@dionr1168]

jamesha175​ Actually, his early Teles from around the end of his Manson gig/start of his Zombie gig did have models with a humbucker in the bridge position with a traditional Tele neck single coil, as well as all single coil models, with Bigsby vibratos. These days, I think he's using mostly 2-hum models, some with Floyds, and if I'm not mistaken, he may even have some Teles with the Les Paul control configuration. I'll have to check some equipment vids again for the specifics on his recent Teles. I also know that John 5 has a massive collection of Teles at home, probably amounting to hundreds (I don't know the exact number off the top of my head, but I also don't want to exaggerate that number either), so he'll always have a Tele for something non-metal on hand.

[@jamesha175]

Dion R - oh my bad - when i said manson i was thinking about zombie. i meant to reference the zombie john 5 action. honestly i don't like that kind of music but i respect john 5 as a serious guitarist. hey did you know that the sumbitch actually had a hollow plexiglass tele filled with pigs blood for some zombie tours? i wonder what kind of tone the blood imparted? lol.

[@InlandFaun374]

Answer: You can do anything with a telecaster

[@jamesl2702]

Yeah, like throwing it in the garbage 😂😂

[@InlandFaun374]

James L stfu thats y u got a default name

[@jamesl2702]

@@InlandFaun374 fair call 😂

[@Callsign_Kishin]

Thank you...you just saved me from having to watch this whole video.

[@B3Band]

YES! You can play ANY genre on ANY guitar. You can play Death Metal on a fucking Danelectro. Stop pigeonholing yourselves into these idiotic "rules for playing metal."

[@riffhammeron]

Bloodbath and Beyond Best name ever, dude.

[@emailchrismoll]

It's a Simpsons reference.

[@B3Band]

***** Yes, it is!

[@Grrizo]

Amen.

[@allentastic]

Bloodbath and Beyond this so hard

[@JaxJordan35]

Never clicked on a video so fast in my life lol.

[@solomonoh7769]

Jordan Gallaher Tbh with you I do that to get someone to read my comments by commenting early lol

[@dehasim]

Jordan Gallaher check the guitarist John 5

[@JaxJordan35]

Filipe Simplicio From Rob Zombie?

[@dehasim]

Jordan Gallaher yes, he always played on a Telecaster, check his solo career

[@JaxJordan35]

Filipe Simplicio I know.

[@LordBaktor]

Can you play metal on a Telecaster? Ask Jari Mäenpää from Wintersun. He should know...

[@Shredwizard445]

Lord Baktor most relevant

[@LordBaktor]

Well, Wintersun is one of my favorite bands, they are amazing musicians and the tone on the first album is quite unique. If you don't know them, check them out instead of being a smartass.

[@Shredwizard445]

Lord Baktor okay, maybe the tone in my comment was misunderstood completely. Your comment regarding Jari and his playing on the debut wintersun album was the most relevant comment I came across. I was trying to agree with you. I fucking love wintersun, and immediately thought of Jari as serious criteria for "can you shred epic sweep tapping god mode on a tele" the internet is a warzone. I was agreeing with you mane

[@Ulluroo]

All hail Jari, Guitar God!

[@LordBaktor]

Leo Pollock Sorry man, more often than not, if you assume sarcasm on the internet, you are right. My fault for being overly defensive.

[@marka.monroe9539]

John 5 that’s all I got to say ✌🏼♥️🤘🏼

[@maxdelaselle9973]

He has an Humbucker at the bridge position, a showel with this setup could sound metal

[@phobosmonolith4863]

@@maxdelaselle9973 Even without the Revv, a single coil tele can sound doom as fuck through a Tube amp.

[@mr_p0ison0.o27]

I saw Rob zombie live in 2019 and Marylin Manson

[@RATTL3R186]

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[@ShortFingeredShreder]

I like how some single coils sound with high gain. In this video, you can hear it has a lot more grit than the EMGs.

[@XIIImmoralist]

ShortFingeredShreder yeah that grit is nice... until you're mixing and multiple tracks layered over each other causes an ugly sounding screeching because of your gritty gain pumping tone

[@dweggg9732]

Quack

[@lonelyvariety]

dweggg Quack quack quack

[@butteredbiskit3497]

EMG's are only good for a flat eq tone so you can adjust on your pedalboard, amp, ect. Otherwise, they're garbage.

[@kylethestyle]

I believe metal tone is subjective nowadays. It's so varied that practically any tone can be considered metal.

[@aurozappa305]

Exactly .... do what you want

[@michielvansteenhoven7255]

true! The guitarsound of the last two tesseract albums almost sound clean and it's still metal

[@nono-xw6qd]

kylethestyle but does it djent?

[@lentil5176]

In drop A, the emgs sounded better in the riff, but the single coils fucking ruined the emgs in the solo they were really nice and clean yet had just the right amount of dirt

[@justinkroboth360]

Pretty just posted the same thing, haha. Those leads were just gorgeous, right? So fucking good.

[@veicanoriceia]

That's what I thought. The two lower strings on the single-coil sounded weak, but the higher registers were fucking amazing.

[@andrewlucero4389]

4:38 is what you came for

[@Electrifyyy]

Jim Root's tele is a beautiful guitar for metal and this video proves that point

[@smacman68]

Hey! Jim Root plays a Tele! (has anyone said that yet?) lol

[@punkrockrules205]

hahahah

[@Vaalbara27]

smacman68 oh my Christ I hope this is a joke.

[@BigFatCock0]

Why the fuck does this have so many likes? Did anyone actually watch the video?

[@Vaalbara27]

he was making fun of it

[@colzimo]

don't forget Jim Root's tele have mahogany body instead of ash body

[@SuperOppes]

How does that guitarplayer manage to look so bored?

[@stanalbatross8615]

he is propably concentrated. It's quite tricky to play the same thing twice on click perfectly

[@russianbot2397]

I actually like the traditionally lower output single coil pickups that are standard in Telecasters. But then again, i only flirt with metal. I play heavily distorted sometimes, but i lean more towards hard rock or grunge sounds. Just recently got into the Squier bullet series fsr Telecaster and fsr Bullet Mustang, and they sound great. However, i find the mustang to be the ultimate metal sleeper guitar. For 150 bucks, you get a short scale with two really hot, very cheaply made humbuckers that sound great for metal somehow. And even more strange is that once you clean it up, the treble pickup allows for country twang sounds produced by the ultra-resonant body of the guitar. You can get a lot of country out of that mustang. And it sustains for ages. It's crazy.

[@ryanwilson5936]

Stop flirting and jump in the sack dude! Some really fun metal riffs are basically any Lamb of God (especially their first few albums). Some other great metal bands are Children of Bodem, Dark Tranquillity, and Devil Driver.

[@1m3agle]

@@ryanwilson5936 dont forget to throw some Metallica from before ajfa

[@franciscusrico6112]

Imo the tele w single coil sounded pretty thin there. Btw how high did you set the noise gate for the single coil?

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

+Franciscus Rico there was none

[@gamma_noize]

On what speakers were you listening? On my monitors the single coil Tele sounded awesome!

[@franciscusrico6112]

SpectreSoundStudios That's great mixing work then, nice job man! 16 years of experience speaks for itself

[@franciscusrico6112]

Erik Pollinger Listened w my headphone. It is awesome but I like my tone more meatier... Its just my opinion anyways m8

[@wupme]

I think the single coil one sounded even better than the other. Far more crisp tones and dynamics.

[@gh0stdem0n666]

Im supposed to be practicing scales but this one player keeps kicking my ass.

[@cloneorder6641]

Kei Synester is it TheLegend_27?

[@gh0stdem0n666]

Cloneorder66 Yeah TheLegend27

[@maciekgonet]

Kei Synester Who is TheLegend_27?

[@LinhNguyen-im4uu]

Is it the TheShredder27?

[@Bonesoup105]

Kei Synester he's the first game of war player ever

[@artpereira]

In 1997 here in South Africa, I went to a pawn shop and saw a Nocaster that had flatwound strings and an 80W Marshall Valvestat amp and was going for R3000.00 as a package - That is the equivalent of $600 in 1997 money. I was 18 at the time and had no money, but I should have made a plan to get it. Damn regrets.

[@benharris7853]

Art Pereira probly fake

[@artpereira]

Ben Harris it wasn't

[@ozan3076]

In the past 10 months I made made way to 1997 South Africa and

[@PseudoPseudoDionysius]

The humbuckers sound in one sense crisper and more precise, and had a more "traditional" metal guitar sound, but I was actually really surprised how much I loved the single-coils on this tracks! Such a gorgeous, warm, but sludgey tone! (Could just be me but it seems a little silly to me now how many versions of the Tele and Strat are around these days with humbuckers, when you can get such a rich tone for metal out of their traditional set-ups)

[@jared_s2]

oh my goodness the lead guitar part was sooo clean and clear. that guy is a great player.

[@HalJikaKick]

DAMN! You get the best real drum sounds!

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

+Toka Reva thanks! :)

[@HalJikaKick]

A reply from the man himself!! Honored! You are most welcome!

[@MKRocker2012]

The magic of triggers

[@HalJikaKick]

Uhhh...I dont think so. I believe this studio prides itself on real drum production.

[@MKRocker2012]

Toka Reva Well that's fine but to me it still sounds like there is some moderate blending of samples. There's nothing wrong with it, I believe everyone should use them if they want or need to.

[@joeblankenship377]

Don't know why it's not used more for metal. It's a damn good guitar, period.

[@bunglebro]

Joe Blankenship Single coils are noisy as fuck under gain!

[@rickeyryan303]

Umm lol you do know especially in today's world of pups that's not a thing anymore

[@IllusionaryFuneral]

I don't use Teles (or Fenders in general) because I just personally think they look ugly. I like my guitars to not only sound good, but look good, too. Just my personal opinion, though.

[@fezzes428]

Gutwrencher Krahl huh? the tele is the sexiest guitar ever. you must like les pauls

[@Seanmyers2000]

I Wear A Fez Now nothin wrong with les pauls but I think tele looks a lot better than most electric guitars

[@420scene]

The Tele sounds great. I like both, with the single coil and with the EMGs.

[@StuartWarren]

Probably already been said, but Death and The Healing by Wintersun was recorded on Jari’s father’s Tokai Telecaster. Not sure if it was pre or post lawsuit, but the song is so unique because it was recorded on a stock tele.

[@IAmTheBestMang]

duh duh JIM ROOT PLAYS A TELE duh duh Did I do it right?

[@rickeyryan303]

No he plays a on a tele body but he uses EMG's

[@IAmTheBestMang]

Rickey Ryan I was simply using a joke from the video.

[@Syphilon]

Rickey Ryan it was made by guys at Fender.

[@PSXBOX-lz1zq]

jim root used a telecaster on the mv of psychosocial

[@PimpdatSkittle]

IAmTheBestMang so was he lol

[@NiskRanThawll]

Tele for life 😁 IMO tele sounded best in the final mix. Do it Glen, get a tele 😁

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

+Captain Codpiece :)

[@ljaleon]

Captain Codpiece tellys rock!

[@ElindorBG]

the telecaster is ugly as fuck .... if you want single coil - strat is much better looking ...

[@NiskRanThawll]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I don't care for strats. Had a few never really topped my tele's But whatever tickles your pickle

[@slipknotexe9997]

I love how almost 3 years later my video recommendation is the same 😂 how to not completely suck at bass guitar 😂

[@JackHernandezGentlemanJack]

You can play metal on ANYTHING you cna play metal on fucking acoustic if u want

[@rnlflores7763]

That's true bruhh.

[@TheTimeMachine67]

Saying you can't play x genre on x instrument is the most limiting thing to music honestly. I write all my metal riffs on my acoustic and I honestly like the sound better.

[@biggrocc19]

The same can be said with a tele. You can play ANYTHING on a tele. One of the most versatile guitars ever made.

[@yuuyacook355]

yeah. pls make a vid with you playing a mini denver classical guitar. they're like, $4

[@crusherbmx]

EXACTLY!!!!

[@mattyshredz1071]

Do first act guitars next 😂😂😂. that was my first electric guitar.

[@ianalderman9290]

Mehdi Saad Or Harmony, that was my first!

[@mattyshredz1071]

Ian Alderman I would like to see him review a cheap guitar. Like first act. Or the one you put.

[@billyperry3059]

I've got a first act "tele" that's had some fretwork done and it plays quite nicely, and doesn't sound half bad for such a cheap guitar. They also have a custom shop I think in New Jersey that turns out good stuff. Don't quote me on that.

[@jacobkilman8444]

Mehdi Saad a buddy of mine owns a first act accoustic, you know the ones that are the size of a ukulele, oddly enough, it has a dropped down nut so that, if one wished it, they could put a floyd rose locking nut on it. I laughed so hard, I nearly shit myself.

[@mattyshredz1071]

Jacob Kilman hahaha

[@DrakosLord]

Feel the tele love. Once you play one, no matter what, you want one for yourself.

[@JEANBEATS4]

DrakosLord as much as i respect the tele, i honestly cant say i want one of my own. ive played a few and it just doesnt do it for me, i will say that i own a strat though lol

[@DrakosLord]

Sean Rutledge Well, that was close enough (?) hahaha

[@cassianandor4103]

I agree with Sean Rutledge. I love the way it sounds and looks and everything. A tele in the hands of the right guitar player is as good as anything else. But idk what it is that everytime I've played one at a guitar shop it just doesn't feel right in my hands, which is a shame because it looks and sounds great. There's just something about it.

[@bobjob3456]

+JO. O I've played a couple of teles, and a few in guitar shops, and the best ones were just fantastic. Everyone does want one really ( if you've actually HEARD it). I do have others higher on the list, but that's personal choice.

[@cassianandor4103]

Bob Job Not everyone, I don't want one. Like I said the ones I played sounded great, but there was just something about the way they felt that just didn't feel right for me. I may have to give them another shot but from what I remember I didn't like the feel as much as other guitars. Don't know what it was. But hey, that's just me. Of course everyone else is different and no 2 guitar players are alike.

[@gianski3306]

I started with a les paul, so that i can play a lot of genres, especially metal, and I planned to buy a tele after i buy a bass to complete my collection

[@gianski3306]

iNDiGO i have bought a contemporary active squire jazz bass, but I don’t know when i can get the tele, the virus is making it hard for anyone to buy anything here in my area

[@techgamer1597]

Can you play metal on a hollow-body jazz guitar?

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

+OfficialTechGamer see the video!!

[@travisguide4516]

Too much feed back for metal it helps for the note to be over faster resonance of the semi or hollow body will mess up sound at high volume

[@grenmoyo3968]

Not as a lead. But maybe as a rhythmic it might be interesting to try out.

[@ricktherrien8235]

OfficialTechGamer I have a Gretsch Streamliner which is a semi hollow guitar with center block to kill feedback. It is a great guitar and has all the qualities of a hollow body guitar.

[@swish007]

i get the point here but people who worry too much about using the "right" instrument for their style are kind of silly to me. sometimes you can get the most interesting and unique results by thinking outside the box. i loved how just the normal telecaster sounded here.. and in the right context it would be great in a metal song. why are so many guitar players so nazi-ish sometimes? maybe it's because there are so many people who play guitar, a lot of them have to distinguish themselves or feel like they know more than the average person or something. music is an art form.. don't be a stale artist. take risks; do crazy stuff and don't be afraid to make mistakes sometimes.. otherwise what's the point? there are too many "normal" sounding players out there already. the stuff that interests me is the stuff that sounds different and unique. (of course it goes without saying though that the most important thing is the skill and creativity of the player; vs the guitar or amp or whatever they are using. how many times have we seen someone who thinks if they can JUST get this amazing guitar or amp, then they will "make it." if you're a lousy player then it really matters very little what type of rig you have. and an awesome player will make a $100 pawn shop guitar sound amazing. (sorry for the rant lol)

[@peterdietrich8810]

A good guitar player can make a ukulele sound awesome.

[@swish007]

exactly lol

[@geGNOME]

Maybe it's the same mindset that lead to the console wars. Ragging on other people's kit is really about trying to justify your own decisions. My thinking on the matter is that i own different types of guitars for the same reason i own different types of wrenches. They do different things. somewhat unrelated to your comment, i actually think the standard tele's sound was easily superior. But, to be fair, i'm not a metal fan.

[@JP-is9sc]

Kylo has good technique

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

+Juan Pablo Barra Burotto lmao

[@projectz975]

I'd love to hear the single coil tele layered over the Jim Root. In what little metal ive ever recorded i always a telecaster on a light crunch sound over the rhythm track to add a bit more definition to the attack.

[@autodidacticprofessor869]

I really love the standard Tele sound in this vid. They really do sound amazing going through high gain, surprisingly. I grabbed a Modern Player Tele for my studio and it cover ALL the bases. Every guitarist who comes through insists on using it for something.

[@PANICBLADE]

I mean I know people have this stigma of using the tone controls on their guitar (hence the Root model not even having them), but if the twangy brightness of the singles bothers you, it's remarkable what experimenting with it will do. Most humbuckers sound flat and compressed enough already so people that use them, especially hot ones, never touch the dang things. I use them all the time on my single coil guitars but I feel like I'm the only one.

[@LoosegripGR]

Spot on dude, I learned how to use the volume pot when I bought my strat. I still hate the tone pot because it takes the pick attack away but I might turn it down a bit for some clean stuff.

[@willstanbury9725]

The guy just djented on a telecaster. That was some proper djent

[@ethanscoggins2775]

Apple Tree Have you never seen Kmac?

[@SvenTviking]

Sounded like “Animals as leaders”

[@takitezy7]

what's djent mean?

[@herpderpinson6117]

takitezy7 It’s a subgenre of death/progressive metal with chuggy, downtuned and palm muted riffs and weird rhythms

[@ltxr9973]

good you included the singlecoil one, it sounds great, I like it more than the other one. Almost like it has a builtin tubescreamer, beautiful.

[@5urg3x]

Sponsored by Fender...?

[@SpectreSoundStudios]

+surgeyX nope!

[@5urg3x]

Word..Still a good video though. They're missing out :)

[@5urg3x]

I'll come cut it off if you want me too mate :) Let me get my wire cutters....

[@Olordrin]

I've never seen someone offer to cut off their own junk for someone in the comments section. Points for originality.

[@5urg3x]

Hah...I think you misread...I meant I would come and cut HIS off!

[@RichardLopez-wb9vf]

that would be funny if the video ended at 0:11

[@awertyuiop8711]

7:25 Then the outro comes in lol

[@countjulu]

Didn't Jari Mäenpää use a Tele in the beginning of Wintersun?

[@agustinalejandrogerosa7069]

juusie wasn’t it a fake strat?

[@velascaux]

It's a Tokai Telecaster. As good as fender japan. Probably 80s

[@christophergalat8932]

Yup

[@honeyfrost3355]

"I suddenly have the urge to go out and buy a tele." Hey man there is nothing wrong with that at all.

[@Erowens98]

Jari Mäenpää plays a tokai tele quite often.

[@denesomeow6561]

Birki gts wintersun? really because i only saw him with ibanez?

[@Luxpalloris]

Correct and he's got it loaded with mini humbuckers (so he said). But we're not gonna see it happening again since he's an ibanez endorsee plus he decided to quit live guitar.

[@1961jscofield]

But can you play Slayer on a Dobro?

[@cassianandor4103]

To my ears the single coils sound better.

[@godzilla964]

JO. O I think they totally djent.

[@simonfreer9076]

JO. O I thought so too.

[@VukanLFC]

Active pickups lack the dynamics thats why

[@amazingme1408]

yeah because thats a real tele.

[@diacrane]

fender also makes the jim root tele's tho XD

[@tonedriverss8629]

Glenn ... buddy ... you done it again man .... all your vids are great , but this video is EPIC ! Full of awesome production , playing and awareness of the facts in full . It is of my humble opinion that THIS VIDEO will sell THOUSANDS of Telecasters ! I just bought one .... go figure . This channel is the best there is . Made in Canada , of course ! Cheers from Montreal , bro . Keep them coming . All top notch classy stuff . Not a bad one in the batch .... and they keeping fresh long time bro . Great work ... again !

[@robw3872]

You know, I think the standard Tele gives a bit of an edge to the tone and also sounds really nice. It sounds more unique. The Jim Root Tele obviously has the chunky midrange too. I think putting them both together in a mix would give a really nice sound too.

[@attilafelfoldi1057]

You can play metal on any guitar. It just might not sounds that good on some of them

[@AppleSemilla]

tru

[@MadaraUchiha-mw9ee]

[@sonor72]

As weird as It sounds, I used to play system of a down on a rosewood tele with single coils and 10s, I also found the gloss finished fretboard really helped out.

[@MetalPersonJ]

I thought the single coil sounded way better than the Jim Root model.

[@willyorkmusic467]

That single coil Tele sounded pretty good for metal in my opinion

[@panam4redd]

If stock Teles are good enough for Tom Morello, i'd say that's a testament to them being able to pull off metal lol

[@davidandrews8618]

Tele comparison was great! Very informative, well edited too, BUT DAAANNNGGG! Christian and Jackson are KILLING IT! Nice!🤘

[@pelimies1818]

Of course, Tele suits for Countrymetal. Totally awesome! Tufnel approves!

[@hughjanus3798]

Only if it goes to 11.

[@pelimies1818]

Beast like that goes to the dark side of the moon.

[@hughjanus3798]

Peli Mies I can hear the sustain...shh, listen...can you hear it?

[@demonocusmetalocus3558]

I didn't know Kylo Ren played guitar.

[@Jartny]

I'll give the same answer I gave in your fender strat video ...ever hear of Devin Townsend? :)

[@bobjones5524]

Andromeda Thanks sexy

[@zaorisharkarrus5730]

Dev is some kind of musical wizard i swear. Thats why he is one of my favorites.

[@kameronsutton1894]

Or Jim Root

[@Nightmaroid]

3k in comments and not a single one pointed out that savage Tee....Me want!!! Loved the video man. As a matter of fact I own a 2007 58' Reissue Tele and I use it for metal. 11-48 gauge strings with her stock single-coil puppies tuned to B and it sounds killer! The brighter sound actually compensates for the tunning and it never comes out muddy or too bassy and the maple neck makes her easy to play as well. It really goes to show you cant really go wrong with a Fender :)

[@cursedcliff7562]

So are guitars like boats now?

[@imglidinhere]

Late to the party as usual, but I thought at least in the mix, the single coil tele sounded far more clear and you could pick out individual sounds a lot better. It's one of those guitars that does a lot better with a loud cabinet and a hefty dose of gain. (Not too keen on the tuning, but I'd wager no lower than D-standard)

[@Czyszy]

When you say guitar you sound like a pirate. xD

[@Elliot_Durden]

Guit-AAARGHHH

[@jarodr7263]

Because a pirate is free ?

[@Elliot_Durden]

As free as an std

[@UberPlaysGames]

You've ruined my life

[@HappyMadness4000]

And you are a pirate

[@WillBThrashed]

Apparently you can play metal on a shovel....but I might be digging myself a hole.

[@kenstyle6]

Oh My God. U made that standard Tele sound unbelievable playing metal! Awesome!!

[@julianabrown8283]

You can play anything on anything if you know what yer doin'.

[@robh1227]

Truth.

[@KenyMylankca]

Bundi Clionie may hard, not impossible

[@yobrowassupp6895]

like "i can play flight of the bumblebee on you"?

[@SpaceCattttt]

I don't know what I'm doing. How do I play things I like on you?

[@TheMinersMinors]

Julie Bee i wanna hear metal on a cello

[@dylanwillis1473]

Joe Duplantier, enough said.

[@MattCooketheomniscient]

Generic Name He doesn't play teles.

[@dylanwillis1473]

Matt Cooke Yes he does, there are live videos and pictures of him in the studio with them. His signature guitar is a tele with humbuckers.

[@MattCooketheomniscient]

Generic Name I'm under the impression that he plays guitars that look like teles but actual telecasters.

[@dylanwillis1473]

Matt Cooke There are some videos of him playing a tele live. Like an actual fender with a single coil. And I know he uses them in the studio because of pictures posted on social media.

[@MattCooketheomniscient]

Generic Name If that's true then I stand corrected.

[@keithfreeman4015]

You can play any kind of music on any guitar.

[@wupme]

Thats bullshit. There is no way to play blues on a Hello Kitty strat. Its impossible to play sad music on them!

[@MarciRayn]

*any serious guitar*

[@samtheman123]

You COULD, but some kinds of guitars sound better for certain genres

[@l3gofilo808]

No, you can't play black metal on a acustic guitar

[@TolyTheTolerBear]

I saw Stone Sour in concert in Chicago in the early to mid 2000s- both guitarists played Tele’s through most of the show and their sound was awesomely heavy, crunchy and powerful AF!! I was so blown away! While I think Tele’s look cheap and boring AF, I have the utmost respect for them and actually love the black 3 pickup one I have! I plan on adding a few more to my collection in the future like a B Bender, the Jimmy Page Yardbirds/early Led Zep Tele with the red and green dragon on it, and a Tele that looks like Keith Richards’ Micawber!