Will It Metal??? Fender American Standard Telecaster

[@yaki_font]

it metals... i would use a noise supressor on the chain. telecasters have this twangy sound that makes them unique and even on metal i think its cool

[@ishrivera4406]

I noticed, plan to add one to the chain just in case. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@darkclaw8959]

The only so called "twang" is because of the way people play it, been playing mine for almost 16 years, I can't afford no strat and this guitar was handed down to me and have been playing metal on it and blues since then and love it, theres no twang at all thats just a made up word by people that think teles are ment for country music only

[@frosty6845]

@@darkclaw8959 I thought it was the pickups

[@ROONTANG]

With all due respect, I thought the Tele sounded fairly nice while the PRS was absolute rubbish. That snappy, twangy tone from the Tele bridge pickup has a really modern metal sound to it which I think can be pretty cool. Just my opinion of course.

[@darkclaw8959]

Theres no twang, twang is what your imaging in your head, been playing mine for almost 16 years, no twang, I hate when people say that, they just it cause they think its for country music only

[@MK-oz2lf]

@@darkclaw8959 Yeah all single coil bridge pickups on any guitar can get twangy with the right EQ and strumming hand attack if you wanted it.

[@mjeffbr]

@@darkclaw8959 it sounded twangy or snappy or whatever to me, Strats do too, in a slightly different way

[@ragweed37]

It metals better than the PRS. The single coil Tele pickups have more life than the humbuckers. However, you can look at my profile pic and probably tell that I'm pretty biased toward Teles.

[@Crypticmaskguitar]

We're all allowed to be biased hahaha I love this Telecaster and never thought I would! Of course I use it for more Blues than anything else... just can't get passed how good the neck pickup is! Cheers -Ryan

[@coolguy2873]

I'm pretty sure they Metal better than the Strat. But Teles with humbuckers can also do Metal.

[@ryanspencerlauderdale687]

I find the Tele has a bit more mids in the sound.

[@druehood-mcfadden5465]

I've always liked the sound of a metal distorted tele. Roll back the tone nob to smooth it out a little, but keep enough of the bite so it still snarls. With the right pedal these things can be absolute beasts.

[@kennbe87]

They don't call it "versatele" for nothing. Okay only I call it that. In short: it metal'd.

[@guitarconnoisseur8310]

kenn boyer that was beautiful.

[@davelanciani-dimaensionx]

I've been using a Telecaster copy with stock single coil pickups for various styles of Metal. A noise gate is highly recommended, especially if you are doing riffs with a lot of "starts-and-stops". But they sound great, nice and crisp. I also recommend rolling back the tone control just a touch.

[@fridaymiles]

Metal is a state of mind. Jeff Hanneman could make a nylon-string sound metal if he wanted to.

[@robertdunaway-tyll7635]

If he wasn't dead

[@jackblevel8296]

There is nothing a Tele can't do

[@NMMShred]

Cant do the hair glam stuff for me. Still trying to find the tele for me

[@stuman1159]

pretty much....

[@6strings735]

I never liked the aesthetics of the Telecaster in the past, and I never bothered to consider one. Well, after many years, I finally tried one out - holy smokes. For me, it is one of the most comfortable guitars I have ever played, despite that big slab body. I love its simplicity. I love that there are kits galore if one so desires to make mods. And they can truly rock. Love these "ugly" things now, there really is beauty in their form and function. I have two. Awesome. Nice video.

[@Crypticmaskguitar]

Hahaha They really are awesome! Cheers -Ryan

[@TheKyleMark]

I’m just starting out and shopping for my first guitar, and I was shocked how comfortable the telecaster felt immediately. Even weirder, the strat felt like all edges and slippery. Maybe it’s because I’m fat. Anyway, landed on a Squier Telecaster Classic Vibe ‘70s Custom. Looking forward to learning on this thing.

[@mjeffbr]

for many years I found them horrible-looking, changed my mind like you, PRS guitars OTOH I still find indecently ugly lol

[@fletvopal]

i have always found telecasters to be beautiful, they are so nice and simple looking but they pack a serious punch

[@DuneDee]

Very well said. I think they're a timeless design, almost like a Shelby Cobra or Porsche 911. You have to think, these designs are over 70 years old now and still look great. Leo knew what he was doing!

[@ronyortizop]

to me the Tele sounds much better than the PRS...

[@hovadopekelne]

... exactly. That's because single coil is more focused ...

[@coolguy2873]

Tom Morello used a Tele with single coil pickups.

[@trevinbracken2889]

I have a Vintage V75 25th anniversary and I use it for everything from Clapton, Nirvana, Manson and more. Love my telecaster. I can't decide if I want t out a set of deluxe drive pickups in my Strat or Tele. Hmmm

[@1683clifton]

late to the party but it does metal. one thing to notice with the singles is you can hear the scraping of the strings more with the low impedance pickups. noise to be handled by some compression and a noise gate?. thanks.

[@retroislandboy9708]

the chorded parts especially were really more defined on the Tele . it had a really nice sound actually . awesome !! i want one!!!

[@landonbailey]

cool video! I used to have a 2005 American Standard Tele and it was great. and thanks for the shoutout!

[@ishrivera4406]

Thanks for putting up the signal chain! Everyone should do this. Great review! I can't wait to pick up my first telecaster for metal!

[@thejebdude3241]

It metals

[@kukka2454]

the john 5 telecaster is pure metal...

[@hovadopekelne]

... most aggressive tone I have got from my Mesa Road King 2 was with my American Telecaster DeLuxe with Bare Knuckle Piledriver on bridge. Generally I prefer single coil ...

[@gritney23]

I own one and had to get a ground wire added .Solved all the hum excellent axe .It Metals!!!!!

[@grahambeam3642]

It's the whole reason I bought my Tele. Threw some fat strings on it and through a well driven tube amp it blew me away. Had to have.

[@akhmadsyafrizal2229]

honestly i like metal at that tele. but maybe at another kind of distortion, maybe at full overdrive ? but with full power at that right hand.

[@Crypticmaskguitar]

I totally agree on a different type of "Distortion"... different amps suit the Telecaster MUCH better for "Metal". I wouldn't put it at "Full Overdrive", though, that tends to over saturate the sound and makes it too muddy.. Cheers -Ryan

[@MariusVideoOfficial]

I prefer the telecaster rich sound to the first you have used

[@ml414skidoo]

Middle position works best and bucks some hum. Turn down tone a bit as well

[@TurdFurgeson275]

I just picked one of these up and I'm glad to see that someone has taken it to uncharted territories. thanks for the video.

[@sunofra7488]

It will metal. The treble sound has a great clear bite. The PRS humbuckers do add interesting harmonic ovetones. Just a matter of preference. Id like to hear that telecaster wired out of phase, it's the best tele sound Ive ever heard with less hum.

[@richardmckenney9434]

oh yes it can do metal, it was a nice brighter & clearer sound with life to it compared to the dark & lifeless sound that PRS had. The tele sounded 10X better def loved the neck pick up on the tele.

[@thinkpositive2393]

Great video. I like how you compared the Telecaster to the PRS Custom. It did metal.

[@ixtmoose897]

I think it can handle it really well. Just an example is a song by Royal Republic called "Here I Come". They play a Telecaster and a Gibson Les Paul. I think they use the different tones of the guitars really well together.

[@jacksmith4460]

been using teles for metal for 20 years plus, every thing on my channel is a Hohner TE custom (tele) but i roll the tone slightly on the bridge, tele bridge pick up is slept on by many but its a metal monster, they can even djent as it were

[@adameury60]

The tele sounds awesome!

[@DekerO03]

for some reason, i have a neutral opinion on the pickup, for me it sounds innapropiate for metal, but at the same time, i feel that it still has something that can work.

[@PCG1970]

How do these amazing channels have so little subscribers?

[@Crypticmaskguitar]

Thanks! tons of channels out there, I guess. Cheers -Ryan

[@telecasterbear]

i used to put dimarzio sdhp into all of my guitars back in the late 70s. now i use a telecaster most of the time.

[@deadlegs187]

Is it just me that's never minded single coil hum? That's what guitars are supposed to sound like to me

[@deanlokey]

It’s a more grungy sound but yeah it metals.

[@billlong7146]

Yes it metals, and in fact it sounds better than the PRS. Especially on lead stuff, there it will leave the PRS in the dust. Not even close.

[@ChristosNikolis]

I fkn love this video man! Listening to your test over and over. Godlike sound with the tellie...... PRS too, of course! Went the other day and compared tellies with other guitars. Damn, Tellies have that bell-like ear-piercing thing. Which, so far in my research, is hard or impossible to copy. I'm still quite a beginner in guitar tones, so whoever reads this do not take it as an expert's opinion. But hell. That razor sharp bridge pickup at 05:14... And at 07:48 where the neck sounds like a robot from a sci-fi movie. Holy sound Batman. :D

[@kenstyle6]

Holy shit. That METALS for sure. Wow!

[@thomash4447]

It does indeed.........My favorite guitars.

[@badmemory]

Totally dig your video, man. The 414 and API pre-amp is a good combination, full body with clear top end. I have the same setup with an addition of a Summit Audio EQP-200B on that chain before I hit my ProTools. I'd like to know how it sounded on your system on playback. On this video playback I heard a difference between the Paul Reed and American Standard Telecaster. The Paul Reed had the advantage of a fuller sound, judging from my iMac speakers. But seriously, how did you find the comparison between the two in your studio on playback? Thanks for sharing this video. It rocks.

[@DCWelker]

the tele sounds a bit thin compared to the PRS, but, I expect that from a Humbucker vs single coils.. good times

[@morganolson5895]

Sounded deadly my tele is beefy I got a american special and that thing sounds amazing for hardcore and punk

[@_.marci_666._]

I love telecasters for every style

[@southeastarmory3079]

It's cool to own different guitars but at the end of the day the telecaster is the only guitar you'll ever need.

[@adamjohnson460]

I agree the,tell sounds more metel then prs love,that twangy sound n the,crunch of the,tell great video by the,way

[@kmw5100]

You are now the second coolest Ryan Dunn in existence.

[@messmer777]

I got a telecaster to learn some country twang, but I'm in a classic style metal band, and hit the footswitch on my Rockerverb to metal settings...it sounds great...I thought I was going nuts which is what led me here...I"m almost tempted to play it live and look like a tool playing a telecaster in a metal band. Its so weird it might work.

[@tableface77]

nah you won't look like tool. Tele's are no nonsense aggression machines. They're meant to be hit hard

[@messmer777]

Well, it was good enough for Joe Strummer...

[@davemoskot1776]

Trust me, it’ll work! And don’t forget the noise gate! Let er rip!

[@michaelmiller1965]

I liked the sound of that tele, yesh most definitely metals. The PRS is a sharp guitar also beautiful

[@ShadowPlay1919]

I would like to see what lead solos sound like for metal

[@m2pmd70]

Except for the pickup noise, I thought it sounded better than the PRS.

[@javy_0720]

Even the guy himself got surprised, LOL!

[@daveleblanc3558]

Maybe the ideal metal mix features both à Tele AND a Les Paul? And a Precision bass, of course...

[@philsmith3019]

Teppei Teranishi from Thrice used a Tele (albeit with hot rails) through a recto during their most "chuggy" era.

[@instantrewardspoints]

It metals !!! Tossing up between Tele and strat at the mo

[@sammcmahon2396]

so I'm in a dilemma I want a tele but I would really like the right one to give me a great distorted sound now for me it's a toss up between the hh model or the hss model the hss model has tonnes of diversity should I decide I wanna use the tele in a less distorted capacity, but I don't know whether the single humbucker on the hss will give me what i want what do I Do?

[@ryshenton]

So does that really saturated sound come from the amp or is it the Telecaster? I notice lots of people playing with it but I am not really a fan of it...

[@Crypticmaskguitar]

Combination of Settings and the Guitar. It's a touch and go kind of thing with Teles. Bought it for Blues... lol Cheers -Ryan

[@aidanlarose6901]

Good for crunchy or djent stuff but I don’t like the twangy sound too much, it’s way too trebly. Otherwise they sound good with hotrails or a humbucker in the bridge.

[@jared305]

Fellas... I'm looking to play basically every genre (mostly hard rock and metal, but I do play a lot more). I don't have enough money for a Fender Tele. I've played a Squier Tele and it was great. Is it the right choice or should I keep looking? (I have a budget of 200 American dollars)

[@Crypticmaskguitar]

Great Choice for that budget... you can always look into upgrading parts to fit your needs. If you're dead set on a Tele then I'd say go for it. Cheers -Ryan

[@DarthRevan-lu6xp]

Squier's quality has skyrocketed over the years. Back in the mid 90's and early 2000's, they were pretty mediocre, but I've played more modern Teles that have the same level of quality as Mexican made ones. They felt and played just the same as mine. The only difference I noticed between them and the US made ones is that the American ones had a nicer finish, a bit better tuners, and nicer pickups, but the latter two are easy to upgrade.

[@Solelova67]

Allot of Led Zepplins Music was done with a Telle as well as a Les Paul

[@douglasvaughn9349]

Good video ! What are you tuned in?

[@Crypticmaskguitar]

It was a while ago... but E Standard dropped D. Cheers -Ryan

[@Coxstradamus]

My fear is will it still sound well at high volume , with tubes and tube screamer punching out the gain , or is it just gonna sound messy ? It sounds good but at a live setting with some gain will it have good time ? I'm just not sure .

[@ryanbarber184]

Country fried metal.

[@TheChispi25]

Yeah very metal and clean sound except for the humming

[@anthonyholmes3457]

Wow totally caught me off guard

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

It does sound pretty METALlic.

[@purinahalloffame]

Maybe sounds a little "off" compared to the PRS but I dig it. The dude from Cursed (hardcore punk) regularly played a telecaster and it sounded grimy, so what the heck. Play what you like I suppose. Good video.

[@oldgoattheantichrist3468]

The player dictates the style. I can play metal on a Rickenbacker.

[@Enny_Gima]

Old Goat the Antichrist ricky basses are the ultimate for metal tone tho

[@tito2059]

Be smart, use the tone pot. ;-)

[@ruditopoderoso]

I think I liked its sound better than the PRS

[@francis3623]

Playing starts at @5:18

[@tranquilchords3372]

i have a zoom G1XON..can i play metal with this gadget and a tele?

[@tableface77]

Mesa Boogie & Tele's = a very abrasive sound. A Marshall would bring out the mids more but so what, you can't argue that Tele's can get pretty aggressive.

[@Crypticmaskguitar]

I agree! I've been wanting to actually re-make this video with Different Amp Heads and Different Settings. I only did it because people kept asking me if you can play metal on this and the strat. I kind of regret just blowing through it instead of taking time. Cheers -Ryan

[@ROONTANG]

I'd love to see that, if you ever come back to the idea!

[@Bognerman14]

What year is this Tele? I had a 2012 with Lil 59and it was huge sounding.

[@Crypticmaskguitar]

2016... Last of the American Standards, unfortunately. I can't remember what pickups are in it other than They are the Custom Shop V pickups, I think. Cheers -Ryan

[@davi4243akaKUZAS]

loved the video

[@douglasvaughn9349]

Ryan what strings size you got on that tele ? And what tuning ? 🤘

[@Crypticmaskguitar]

Stock Strings on the Tele... haven't changed them yet. Feel like 9s. I usually hover in E Standard. Cheers -Ryan

[@jasonjarnet4024]

Change those old fender single coils for a set of seymour duncan Hot Rails humbuckers for teles, made to fit in those single coils slots and they fucking metal

[@1thess523]

I think it's funny when I see these videos because in the punk scene plenty of people use Tele's and we don't use clean amps 🤣.

[@ArdiNugrohocilacap]

yeahhhh tele

[@gamerboyzeke]

yup it sounds alright

[@denmark383]

Will a Eastwood hi flyer metal.

[@arisl2370]

Just put in a lil 59 or hot rails single bridge bucker and be done with it !

[@ryker6richard]

YEAH IT METALED, A LITTLE THINNER AND BRIGHTER, YOU COULD REALLY HEAR THE CHORD NOTES CLEARLY....

[@rafajoseph9487]

will it distortion

[@RodrigoRockChannel]

but does it djent?

[@Alfredo78666]

Its the teleeeeei again!

[@g.j.haycock1064]

Hands down the tele.

[@xxmetal_gam3rxx34]

It gives it a little more distortion

[@carlosroubert8646]

Fender is Fender! Period.

[@jmgmarcus808]

Don't mess with a tele, they'll bite you.

[@Alienkiwi730]

Listen to any Rage Against The Machine song that's played in drop D. Killing In The Name Of, Freedom, Wake Up, Bring The Power Back, Testify, etc. That's a Telecaster

[@Crypticmaskguitar]

and he did a WICKED STOMP with that Tele!!! Cheers -Ryan

[@The_LotionMan]

Loved it! Thinking of picking up a tele

[@stusansom2966]

She Metals! Tele is the most versatile guitar ever.

[@Bognerman14]

Install a humbucker and it rocks

[@Crypticmaskguitar]

Thanks For The Input - Keviin

[@Lowtech14]

PRS sounded sterile. Tele sounded more organic

[@michaelroeroe5927]

slipknot uses a tele but emg hum buckers jim root plays it

[@ryanspencerlauderdale687]

YES.

[@j2tharoc57]

It was more metal than the prs.

[@TrencherSpeedMetal]

Put that on a jcm 800 and it will crush your computer tone. Teles are metal.

[@renehernandez5107]

it metals better than the stratocaster!