The ONLY Guitar You'll Ever NEED! | Friday Fretworks

[@BobPerrone]

Saw the title and knew it was a Tele😊

[@hnvsk]

I just by title even knew that it’s a Tele with tremolo

[@hnvsk]

I just by title even knew that it’s a Tele with tremolo

[@erik4683]

Same. And I have over 10 guitars in the house. I’m wondering why at this point. The tele just does it all.

[@Mr_Ashley]

Did you cheat and look at the thumbnail?

[@perudolux]

😂

[@jeffreyedwards5262]

Dead right Chris. Bought my Tele in 1969 and played it in bands for over 50 years. Best thing i have ever bought in my life. Saw Jimmy Page playing his with Zeppelin in Cardiff Top Rank same year.

[@marekgitarzysta5193]

Your playing is just unbelieveable - touch, tone, phrasing, playing loosely but still in the pocket.

[@officialWWM]

I could practice 10 hours a day for the rest of my life and I’d still struggle to be 10 percent as good. It’s so frustrating! This guy is up there with some of the very best, famous players in my humble opinion.

[@marekgitarzysta5193]

I'm happy for you that you found your "better" idols.

[@officialWWM]

@@bogarbill6331 name one…

[@officialWWM]

@@bogarbill6331 😂😂 I doubt that 😂😂

[@robbyclark6915]

It's truly amazing that the very first solid body, electric guitar design (ok, the second with tge extra pup) would still be not just functional and usable, but almost ideal. Leo Fender nailed it with his guitar designs as well as his amps! All these decades later and we're still after those original tones! That's genius!

[@CargoShorts7]

Took me a few years to fully realize the power of the Tele. I started out thinking I wanted to shred,. so I got an Ibanez. Then I discovered Hendrix and SRV and that drove me to get a Strat, which became my main axe for a few years. In the past 5 years, I finally got a Tele and realized it was all I needed from the jump. Such good guitars. Cheers!

[@jackwalsh7341]

Dude, I don't know why you aren't a bona fide rock guitar God. I've listened to a TON of players and most of them can't solo the way you can. Your style is unique blending bits of Glimore and other blues greats into your own thing. Bravo!

[@BlobLaw]

He is a bona fide rock guitar god.

[@thomascroft5076]

Had he been born in the mid 1940s . . .

[@jontaylor157]

If you get the chance, go see Chris with Cardinal Black. You will not be disappointed, believe me .....

[@dennyclosser8456]

Chris, you have become my favorite guitarist. And that is saying something I was 65-year-old musicians who follows and has seen live many of the greats. Your phrasing and delivery is second to none. Simply beautiful. Plus I love the way you dig deep into the history of everything that you showcase. Well done as always.

[@Glensully]

That last jam. I wonder if back in 51 when it was made, they could believe the sounds you could get out of that with Chris playing 😁. They should be shocked

[@JS-nf1sn]

Chris plays like a good singer, the hallmark of a great player. Reminds me in some ways of Derek Trucks, even thought the style is very different.

[@ipuya]

My Baja is my favorite guitar. Under 7 lbs 6 tonal options, custom shop pickups, soft v neck, butterscotch and blackguard. Perfection.

[@thejuggernaut5327]

I’m a Baja guy myself. I highly recommend this model. They’re out on the used market for reasonable prices.

[@laska747]

⁠@@thejuggernaut5327Yep I have a Baja too (2007). Love it but unfortunately I have a heavy one - nearer 9lbs. On the look out for a lighter body!

[@marcelpaquet8134]

Yeahr my dad got one. It's probably the third best tele I played in my life! Only surpassed by my MiJ 62 Custom reissue. And a real 63/64 (not sure anymore) Telecaster Custom I was lucky enough to play!

[@onealmark1]

Wow, that solo at the end…incredible.

[@johnnymossville]

I love the look of the tele. never get tired of it's shape. Even when I try to imagine a better layout for the knobs thinking surely there must be a more elegant way to do it, it's pretty much becomes futile, because the simplicity of that straight run is so functional and from a manufacturing standpoint, genius.

[@dkijc]

For me I HATED it as a beginner.. NOW I LOVE IT.. No setup issue... no tuning issues.... So solid....

[@officialWWM]

Yep, they got it right the first time :)

[@sundaynightdrunk]

Well you do see people flip it around like Chris has done on that bound Tele, with the knobs up front and the switch in the back. I prefer it the stock way, but a lot of people flip the control panel. Also Leo changed it on the Stratocaster to make it more reachable, but I've always found the frontmost Strat knob gets in my way.

[@officialWWM]

That outro was some of the best playing I’ve ever heard! Amazing!

[@CravenStudiosArt]

When I see these titles I only open if I think it might be a Telecaster- When it is...I stay! Thanks Chris. Beautiful playing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MPNNag]

I now own 6 Telecasters and love them all.

[@yargnad]

I'm in that boat with you. One with mini hum in the neck, one baritone, one Cabronita with and one without tone control, one Nashville, and one Custom four knobber jobber. I need one more standard strung up Nashville tuning style and I will be set.

[@koll789]

Learning an entire set in a day and then pulling off a performance like that is pretty incredible. Great video Chris

[@stickman55100]

I was always a Gibson devotee. But about 12 years ago, I bought my first Tele (later stolen), but now I love them and have several. Great guitar for sure.

[@brianwood7237]

I know I was only a superstrat and Gibson guy for years...now have 3😂

[@owenjones63]

Couldn't agree more Chris! Me and my brother borrowed a friends Tele years ago for a stint after being strat men, the day we gave that thing back we knew we had t have another in our lives. Then when starting a new cover band after lockdown it's been my go to for every gig, never let me down the setup is simple and effective and it just loves being played within an inch of it's life every gig... What an instrument!

[@richardburkow3792]

Your expressive articulated playing knows no equal.

[@valentiguitars]

I have a post-it attached to my workshop wall that says "if doesn't work, check again what Leo did." He nailed it first shot and everything you say is absolutley true. The Tele is unforginving, but if you know how to tame it, it will allow you to do anything. Great playing as always.

[@frankcarter6427]

47 years ago, I started playing guitar and I've spent lots of money on guitars I never bonded with - I've had a les paul, an SG, a flying V and 3 strats - I now have 3 teles and my go to is the cheapest , a squier standard I bought for 100 quid - all hail the telecaster

[@GUITARSGIZMOS]

What divine tones you're able to get out of your guitars Chris. You're such an inspiration. Thanks for the huge amount of work and research you put into your videos. All the best, Thor

[@jakubpodesva9802]

My god, the second jam was... You are simply the BEST GUITARIST in this world to my ears and heart. Really. Cheers!

[@druidavey]

The feel and the note choice gets me every time. He plays like a blues singer.

[@mikevolante307]

God bless you Chris , you made me want to play my guitar today even though I woke up not wanting to , the power and soul of music squared !!❤❤

[@markhammer643]

One of the best things about a Tele is that the pickups are spaced farther apart than many other guitars. This allows for the three switch settings to take you to what can feel like entirely different "personalities". I enjoy this aspect a lot, and find many dual-humbucker guitars somewhat constraining in that respect.

[@stavrilian]

Holly cow what an awesome jam was that?! Very inspiring playing there man, killer bends

[@mstack1949]

Yep. Gotta sell my Gibsons, my strat, my Rics, (no...wait...not the 12-strings!), my ...! Incredible intro and outro and edumacation.

[@mnw533]

Amazing to see you play my Telecaster (Andy Summers) at the Camden sound check and a massive thank you to all the band for making myself and Adam so welcome. Tele's are such great guitars and in your hands it sounded absolutely sublime. Would love you to borrow it for longer so you can show everyone just how good it is! Another great video here maestro!

[@andrewbecker3700]

The varied nuances are getting better and better, more refined, everytime you play that song. It's evolving in ways that allow more space which gives it an even better flow. Sifting out the chaff, and letting the nuggets bloom. Very nice!!!

[@gibs8412]

do you cook or grow marijuana?

[@cosmonaut9942]

I still have a '59 Tele that my parents bought me in 1963. Gotta say though, it's nice to have the "big four." A tele, a strat, an LP, and a 335.

[@GrzegorzWitkowski]

Incredible playing. Love every single of your videos Chris. Thanks so much for sharing. All the best!

[@chudd7329]

I bought '52 reissue around 2001 even though I was playing my dream guitar since I was a teen, a cherry sunburst Les Paul Standard. Bought it as I was a big fan of Graham Coxon and he was playing one at the time. Got married, bought a house, had kids and so one of the guitars had to go. Still have the '52 folks.

[@chrislink73]

that outro jam was amazing!

[@joesantamaria5874]

Back when I was a beginner, I practiced every day. I was going on a vacation to Europe, and didn’t want to leave my guitar to the whims of baggage handlers, so took the neck off with a phillips, shoved the whole lot into my suitcase with the screwdriver, and reassembled it when I arrived in Venice. When I was done, I shoved it back in the suitcase, along with my dirty clothes, and put it back together when I got home. Played perfectly.

[@DavidvdGulik]

I've played several different guitars, but I've had just a tele and a 335 for years and years now, and that really is anything you could possibly need. Both extremely versatile but with a distinct character and also completely different from one another.

[@teleguy5699]

Man speaks the truth.

[@Johnny.D]

I played a Squier tele affinity series through a deluxe reverb once, and even that sounded spectacular. So I would agree they are all you need!!

[@Winstonrodney6989]

Squire is making great guitars these days. I’m sure the Deluxe reverb also helped!

[@Zavijava1]

absolutely mate!Thanks Chris

[@fiveightandten]

This dude is the most inspiring guitar player alive today. Stunning playing as always, and a nicely constructed video as well.

[@nathanielhall1353]

Dang … that final solo 🔥

[@congamike1]

WOW! I love to hear you play. Yep. Nice guitar. Just bought the Squier a few weeks ago.

[@jimperry4420]

You liking it?

[@nikyv3984]

What a Ridiculously amazing phrasing!!! I am Jaleous:Yes!!! so good...

[@chrislink73]

I knew it was gonna be a tele before I even clicked the video. Absolute beast and so versatile. Great tones and playing, man

[@dowaliby1]

There is a slippery-sliding fluidity to Chris's playing that sets it apart from almost everyone else's. Beautiful phrasing and so melodic. Love it!

[@eduardocarollo8961]

Chris, your way of conveying the topics, your fundamental knowledge and, last but not least, your way of tickling the tone out of your guitars is simply indescribably good and important for the community. - thx for that - go on and on.

[@TexasJackdaw]

Wow. That was a beautiful use of a metaphor/adjective referring to the Strat as making the Tele, “Positively [agricultural]”. I’ve never heard any guitar described as “agricultural”, and I believe you are right by that pre-assessment. Cheers from Texas, US - Great content as expected!

[@jfinester]

Who’s the singer you were backing on that show? She sounds really good.

[@joeygentile7829]

​@@jfinester Elles Bailey

[@perrybeyer7531]

I totally agree with everything, my first guitar was a 2005 MIM Telecaster Standard in Sunburst. (The last year the standards from Mexico had Alnico pickups before they switched to ceramics.) I have a few other guitars, but pickup the tele 90% of the time. It will play damn near anything I want. It also has held up to abuse with miminal maintenance and never let me down while playing. After 18 years it's got it's share of dings and wear to the finish but of course that just adds to it's mojo. Awesome playing by the way!

[@ratedrrr]

I completely agree. My Baja Tele is my go to guitar. The neck is so comfortable to play on, it has great twang and the the 4-way pick up selection plus phase button gives you so many options

[@VeniceKing1]

Saw you do a gig with just a Telecaster and a Blues jr. Was surprised you didn't seem at all limited!

[@jfinester]

Great playing, Mr. Buck! Cool little demo on the Vega Trem-seems like it works well. I might have to get another Tele to put a Vega Trem onto! I totally agree with you regarding Telecasters-if I was stuck on a desert island with a recording studio, a Tele would be my only guitar and I’d be just fine. I’ve got a bit of a collection of Tele-style guitars-only one of them is a Fender, but they’re all cool!

[@vivien1252]

every single time I have the chance to see you play a solo on stage, I get goose bumps. It's been years. Not getting used to it.

[@jasonyltan7672]

Oh man if I’m given this assignment on the Tele it’d probably be 3 sentences and less than 100 words. Chris you made a 10 minute homage to the magic of the Tele right here, gonna give an A distinction for the presentation!

[@ronrumsey3205]

Preach it, Chris! The "secret" is out! Telecasters RULE! LOL! I started out on a strat. Played one for years but I fell in love with a tele. Simple, elegant, rough, demanding, funky, rocking, twangy goodness. Well played, as usual. Rock on, dude!

[@alexanderguestguitars1173]

That lead solo is the best thing I've heard in quite some time. Just the perfect amount of drive. Ah, teles - f***ing fabulous.

[@stealthbum34]

I bought a 60s classic vibe as an impulse buy ‘just because’ I didn’t have one in my arsenal. It is now my favourite guitar. The Tele is hands down the most badass guitar on the planet.

[@paulbates4100]

Killer outro ❤

[@snicklefritzthetab8411]

Wow. Great chops my friend!

[@kissaguitar]

maaaan...you own such amazing groove

[@tunnel7]

Well all them years in your bedroom blasting away have paid off now Chris your one of the BEST around now without any doubt thanks for all you give us.

[@Dodger2879]

The fact that many other manufacturer's copies, Michael Kelly, Harley Benton and others who make Telecaster copies deliver a great low price instrument. I once bought the cheapest ($119??) Squier on Amazon, dismantled it, cleaned everything, set it up with Super Slinky's and to Fender Telecaster specs. It was a great guitar. Pickups even were "acceptable". I believe its simplicity is its main virtue.

[@SynthMusik]

I bought my Tele about 13 years ago after playing Strats for many years previous to that. Didn’t really care much for Teles, but one day in a local music store I picked one up and realized I had been missing out. It is now my desert island go-to axe that enables me to get any sound I could ever need. Love it.

[@tallpaul1020]

Sounds fantastic!!! Love Friday fireworks!!! I have an Esquire and I absolutely love it. Almost a Tele still can play about anything with it. Keep up the great work

[@philf4086]

Chris - great perspective on this trusty old friend! I've had one (a sunburst Baja model) for about 5 years and it can do most anything that I want it to do. The reversed control plate on your Tele is a great idea for getting access to the volume control!

[@PerpetualNewb]

Chris, your playing is stellar as always. But your prose is equally delightful. Something about your word choice and phrasing, it comes across like an extremely well written essay.

[@timshirley1799]

The shop is going to have to revise the price tag after that demo…wow!

[@harrybee3093]

Chris is just an incredible guitar player!

[@christophermattson206]

Keep doing what you’re doing! You are very inspiring and someone I love listening to. Your long demo clips are very nice.

[@Stonemeister]

That last jam might have the best guitar sounds I've ever heard. Jesus...

[@clive3100]

Excellent assessment with very tasteful playing too.

[@R.Craig.Collins]

I just apologized to some guitar players who sometimes break out a tele after watching this. Love the solos, as usual

[@mjf1036]

thank you for reminding us that Chris Buck is one of the greatest guitar composer & player of our day. The Tele is pretty awesome as well. ❤😊

[@davesawyer]

Your guitar playing is phenomenal, saw you in Bristol on Tuesday and what a final gig of 23 for me to attend. Thank you!

[@BrianOates]

I love teles and use them all the time but for me the Gretsch Duojet with Dynasonic pickups and a Bigsby Vibrato is my number one. The chambered body of the good era of Duojets make a beefier sound without sounding muddy like Les Pauls can, and can cut through a mix with the Dynasonics like a telecaster without being as thin sounding. Teles can be thickened with the tone knob, but the Dynasonics are thicker with a wide open tone.

[@gimmeagig]

I'm a bass player but I love your videos , and your playing of course.

[@Jordan_Thomas]

Working in the industry, and having the chance to play some of the most highly prized guitars on the daily, its almost annoying how true this statement is. Like so many others before me. My tele "backup guitar" stuck around while every other guitar was bought, played and subsequently sold. So often we don't regard ourselves as Tele players, until we seem to find ourselves playing Teles all the time.

[@JamesDeanLP]

This guys phrasing is absolutely incredible

[@NicoBellisarioMusic]

since I got my tele I am pretty much using just that for almost anything, except for when I need precisely an humbucker on the bridge with the Gibson scale length

[@lou.yorke.x]

the outro solo is devine.

[@cliftontorrence839]

If there are players who can phrase, double stop, smooth bend and just plain out play Mr.Christer, I'd sure like to hear about it. CB, Just WOW !

[@willluchford8154]

Utterly sublime playing! I converted to using a Telecaster as my main Guitar around three years ago - it's still the Guitar I reach for first, whatever gig I find myself on!

[@hitesh_blues2353]

Proud and happy owner of a Squire Telecaster 🥰

[@waskerbasket9601]

Just bought a tele last week and put no caster pups in it. Love it.

[@2r6e8d]

Great playing . Great video.

[@jasonfriesen5145]

Absolutely love my Tele. It's the only electric I've ever owned, but the one I have now has is the Player Plus with the middle Strat pickup and a 7 way switch. If my amp (Iridium) is set properly I just can't get a bad sound out of it. Everything from Country to Jazz to P&W to Rock to Blues, I surprise myself often with the sounds it makes. I still have a lot of exploration ahead of me with learning the volume/tone knobs, and it's epic.

[@douglasgoodall3612]

Looking back on my guitar-buying days, I have seen all the regular guitars come and go. I have gone through the typical phases... As money came and went, my collection expanded and contracted. I have owned each of the usual guitars. I have had several Gibson Les Pauls. Ultimately, I found them too heavy. In the nineties, I went through my Fender phase, purchasing a Strat, a Tele, and a bass. I am a little older now and ostensibly in my PRS phase. But my sister Diane did talk me into buy a Brent Mason Signature Tele. There is no doubt. It is the most valuable of all the guitars. It is the most perfect of all the instruments I currently own. The attention to detail is magnificent. Every fret is perfect. When I pick it up and play it, it brings out the best in me. If I had to liquidate everything else, it would be the last to go. I think that says a lot.

[@kevinwest657]

Not every one will agree, and that's okay. But I certainly do. And the playing here proves it.

[@pczTV]

I love teles. I’ve got about 3 custom shops. They don’t require me to think to play…. It’s like a Toyota truck. Not fancy but will never break and will get the job done.

[@angrybuzzy]

It's the tone and reliability of the tele that make it so great. When you need a guitar that's going to tune up and stay in tune and get a variety of very useful tones, including one of the meanest bridge pickup sounds ever, you need a tele. From clean to mean.

[@z.z.onichi5365]

every guitar has it's charm and so does every artist.

[@dkelban]

You are an amazing guitarist. I think we could put a broom in your hands and it would sound great.

[@christophermilne8268]

That second jam..🤯

[@monsarad888]

Sometimes I enjoy picking up other guitars but always drifting back to my good ole Telly.

[@alexanderguestguitars1173]

Personally I think the bark you get from a tele bridge is one of the most iconic pickup sounds of all time. Truly a unique sound. And that mated to the flutey, delicate sounds of the neck pickup, it's not difficult to see why the tele has everything. And don't forget, when you mention Jimmy Page, the 'greatest' lead solo of all time (IMHO), on Stairway to Heaven wasn't played on a Les Paul, it was a Tele!

[@annunacky4463]

Got an el cheapo MIM Telly decades ago. It’s become my fav again, after trying my USA strat, PRS custom 22 hardtail, AS4000 Ibanez etc etc. They are all very nice, but the Tele is just simple and easy to play. I did put Fender Noiseless PUs in. Buck that Telly my man!

[@jimisjamtracks]

You're sooooo good ! What a pleasure to hear you.

[@jayroc9933]

I just discovered your channel, I am blown away. You make that Tele SING TO ME!

[@manonbassguitar]

Dude, your outro solo on the vintage tele had some of the tones from Zeppelin’s No Quarter solo moaning going on. Fantastic🤘🏼

[@PipeCat1965]

Heh - Tell me that you don't want to go out and buy another Tele right now! The thing that I admire most about Mr. Buck is that the angelic expression of his playing is matched by his flawless oratory articulation, flavored with intellect and clarity. I could listen to him ply either of them all day.

[@philipmarsh3522]

I’ve always gravitated to the Tele, was my first guitar and since it’s so versatile it can work for almost any style of music. My G&L with a semi-hollow body and a PAF in the neck is pretty much spot on but sometimes just the old fashioned plain old Fender Tele is the no brainer.