Why You'll Never Sell Your Telecaster

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[shanewalton]

My father was a rockabily/country player back in the 60s. When he died in his retirement home in 2019, we found 14 telecasters in his room. Thank you, telecaster, for all the joy you brought to him.

[andycasile]

I love the Tele approach to versatility. Some guitars are made to sound like as many other guitars as possible, but the Tele just has a set of sounds all its own - and those sounds can be used for anything. It keeps you away from option paralysis while still giving you more than you could ask for.

[ambientpickingg]

Yo Mike it's heartwarming to see you get better at guitar. The time you put into learning will pay back exponentially. I feel like the Nashville area will push anyone to expect more of themselves musically while staying somewhat humble. We all appreciate what you're doing here!

[gtrriffs]

As a young teen it was les Paul epiphone... Then I got a telecaster and never went back. 🤟🔥🔥🔥

[stockholm]

6:34 — The thing about Telecasters is they have no “era”. They are timeless, genre-crossing, utilitarian machines. The original design seems to have been channeled from 1920’s *bauhaus* school, and belongs in the *MOMA* permanent collection. Even before getting into the almost limitless modification possibilities, the basic configuration gets a huge variety of sounds that, somehow, retains an identity. Pragmatic, yet soulful, the Telecaster is a work of Art that just… works. 👍 And I’ll never sell mine.

[sedricklawrence]

So good to hear that I wasn’t the only one as a young player that had a complete misconception of the tele. I wouldn’t even try one messing around in the music store. After about 18 years of playing, I played a telecaster for the first time, and I haven’t put it down since.

[theelderskatesman]

Just bought my first Tele (G&L asat) after having a strat and les paul for many years. For now, it's all I want to play

[erickleefeld]

One thing about modding a Telecaster: The first time I saw somebody who had one with the control plate reversed — the order from front to back is Volume, Tone, Pickup Selector —it made so much sense to me. it seemed like that’s what it should’ve been all along!

[comicsrcool]

I went down the same rabbit hole. I was a Strat guy. Had no clue what a Tele was or why I would want one. I discovered it the weirdest way possible. I saw a youtuber playing a Cheryl Crow cover on a John 5 Tele. Loved the look, loved the sound so I found one. Not your standard Tele by any means. But it sorta opened that door.

Then I found my Baja. The Baja Tele is about as close to a Mexican Made custom shop that you can find. Versatile as all heck. Fun to play and classic sounding....that opened the floodgates. I went from Strat guy to Tele guy really fast. I will play my Strat and a lot of various guitars, but if I am struggling and feeling like I just want that simple rock or country sound...right to the Tele. Teles seem to make everything right in the world :)

[mikemaselli]

I'm 71 years old and have been playing guitar for 50+ years. Your journey through learning guitar is so reminiscent of my own (and I'm sure many other's) story. The way you tell of the excitement of owning your first electric guitar, to seeing your guitar heros in person takes me back and reminds me of why I love this cantankerous instrument so very much. Your videos and enthusiasm are wonderful. Rock on my young friend and may you never lose your musical way!

[PoppinDC]

I love the Tele. I wasn’t a fan of the look for a long time, but once I got one, it just felt like the guitar I was always looking for

[Seaji]

My very first electric was an Epiphone but after deciding that I was going to take guitar more seriously I picked up a Fender Player Plus Nashville it is my go to and an absolute work horse! Love it!

[christophermason]

Dude, Ben Rector is 100% one of the most underrated musicians in Nashville. I’ve listened to him for YEARS. Awesome video 🤘

[davidblanche]

I was a strat guy and then my instructor at the time (Jim Campilongo!) turn me onto tellys. Turn me onto Roy Buchanan that let me down the road to players like Cornell, Dupree, Roy Buchanan, and a bunch of others. At one time I had four telecasters. I’m down to two and I play a Strat about the same amount as I do my telly. My favorite telly is my Jason. Isabell artist model. I have no use for my other telecaster right now! The Isabell artist model has everything I need in a telecaster. It’s based on a late 50s custom.

[splitzerx]

Not too long ago, maybe 3 or 4 months or so, I was at my towns festival and they obviously had some live bands playing and they were all ok until this group of dudes in suits and a lady came out right at the very end of the night and their lead player had white Tele with a black pick guard (not exactly sure what type but it was Fender) and wow, his tone was awesome, his playing was awesome, he was awesome. He proved single handedly how awesome a Tele is with one performance, dude was improvising a million different solos and styles. After the festival I went and finish the night at the local pub and the same band was there and had a nice convo with them. That guy taught me three things that night, 1; I need practice. 2; I need a Tele, and 3; Tele players are humble and will humble you.

[ilyrican]

Came for guitar reviews, stayed for awesome storytelling

[JakeHGuy]

I love your way of storytelling and your presence in your videos. Rapturous and casual and most importantly you make it about the music.

[tazador]

Mike you are a blast. You put a lot of enthusiasm which is contagious. How many people are grabbing their tele's while watching this video.

[Telewest]

It’s interesting the way a musical instrument can mean different thing to so many people when i started playing a guitar i had no knowledge of brands or styles i just new i loved the sound of a clean guitar when i was 7 years old my parents billeted me out to friends while they packed up our lives in Norway to come to Australia while i was there they played a lot of country music as i discovered years later, time passed and in my late teens i started to learn to play guitar by the time i was thirty I discovered fender guitars first a strat and then a tele and now I’m 62 and i have 5 teles 3 strats 2 prs’s 2 gibsons one taylor and a Martin and still in love with the sound of a tele above all others trust me young man once a tele gets under your skin your hooked for life just enjoy the ride great segment.

[crescentfresh]

I'm a Strat fan, but you're so right about the volume knob, lol. I'm always accidentally turning the volume down. Teles absolutely have it in a better spot. I've never played a Tele, but you're selling me on them with your points.