ONE guitar to rule them all: TELECASTER | Gear Corner

Most versatile guitars lack character and mojo. That doesn't have to be the case though. :) Telecasters can give you SO MUCH MORE than just country and classic rock.

There can only be one guitar to rule them all! And that has to be the daddy of solid body electric guitars: the telecaster. HAHA!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:54 1. teles is not a strats!
01:16 PLAYING tele vs strat | neck pickups
02:16 tonal explanation
02:35 2. it's not only a country guitar
03:03 3. tuning stability
03:41 4. TONS of character... yet still very versatile
03:56 PLAYING | ROCK
04:18 PLAYING | METAAAAAAL
05:06 PLAYING | REGGAE
05:39 PLAYING | FUNK
05:56 PLAYING | JAAAAAZZ
06:14 PLAYING | BLUES
06:35 5. most important reason to own a tele :)

Gear used in this video:

-Fender Telecaster Custom Shop '53 reissue

Other gear I use in my videos:

-Gibson Les Paul CM 2015 - heavily modified (thin nitro refin; Lollar Dog Ear P90; Emerson electronics)
-Barocsi Troublecaster - Custom built T-style guitar with Gretsch Filtertrons
-Gibson ES-335 Traditional
-Barocsi "Frankenstrat" (2000 Fender American Standard body + Warmoth neck)
(this is the current version; same sound, smaller housing)

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Kris Barocsi

[MarkPritchardGuitar]

Your video’s are fast becoming up there with all the greats on YouTube Kris! Another excellent though about video. Wicked my man!

[ericb.]

As a teenage metalhead, I thought they looked ugly, and the headstock was goofy. Fast forward, and I think they are the most beautiful and playable guitars.

[hotblackdesiato]

As Greg Koch says, after the apocalypse there will only be cockroaches & Telecasters...and the Telecasters will be in tune! Can you dig it?

[KRAZEEIZATION]

A Tele may be all you need but how many Teles is another question!

[chemistry]

I accidentally used a Tele about 12 years ago (having disliked and misunderstood them before) and I was blown away. Quickly bought a US Tele Deluxe and I now leave Strat and Les Paul at home. It truly is the one guitar to rule them all. Great video and extremely nice chops

[robertm]

For me, the tuning stability of the Tele is IT! I remember a band mate saying, "You can use the Tele onstage to bat away a thrown beer bottle, then go down into the audience and use the Tele to deck the guy that threw it, and return to the stage and keep playing, all without going out of tune!"

[balddrummer]

“Once you go tele, you don’t go back” best guitar ever!!!!

[danielcavazos]

I started playing when I was 11 years old, I’m now 64. Got my first fender Tele at 18 and played it for about a year. I have played many different guitars but after 45yrs of playing I went back to the telecaster. I have fallen in love again. They are the most incredible instrument. All you need is a good Tele.

[johnnymossville]

I find it incredible that Leo seemed to find a design that hangs in there today after all these years. I love the design of the telecaster, and of course, the sounds.

[johnricci]

telecaster, "The Lie detector". Didn't buy one until I was 40 and it has been my go to for 24yrs now.

[markty]

Caution!!! I got my first Telecaster and now I don't play my other guitars

[MrEcted]

I've been playing bass for decades and I've wanted to be a "functional" guitarist for a long time (bass will always be my main, but not knowing how to play basic guitar has been a huge hole), I instantly fell in love with the Tele vibe. I play a good old standard American P bass and they have a similar wholesomeness to them, which is why I think I instantly gravitated toward it. Super simple, super functional, and it's an instrument that shows that it's so much more the player behind the instrument, the Tele (and P bass) just get out of the way and let you do your thing.

My friend kept telling me that what I really want is a Strat and once I become better he says it's what I'll buy and I'll toss my Tele aside, but I really don't think that will be the case. My P bass is the only bass I need, and I think it will be the same with this Tele.

[JavaoftheLava]

Really can't overstate how stable tuning is on a tele.

[unviversalyhappy]

The neck pickup on a tele has just the most underrated jazz tones, not to mention alternative/indie music

[gematria]

Best shape, best sound, best colour, best design, coolest guitar. It is like 501 between jeans.

[paulwesley]

The best feature of the Telecaster is you just plug in and play. I have been playing a MIM telecaster that I got on sale at the Guitar Centre in Buffalo 20 years ago. I put Nocaster pickups in it, and used it for 10 years gigging the bars and clubs in Toronto. It is still my number One today.

[stellrt]

I find it nice for metal. Usually I feel like there is too much bass in casual metal guitars and the brightness of the tele really allows to get a fat sound without being "swarmed" by the distorsion. Its brightness is just wonderful.

[allanjim]

I didn’t know it at the time (I was 14, clueless with a crummy secondhand acoustic) but the first guy I ever took lessons from came from money. I’d been going to his dumpy apartment (it reeked of weed & cigarettes, but I liked it) for about 3 months, when one day he just stopped the lesson. He stood and said, ‘come here and check these out ... you wanna try’? I walked through a curtain into the next room and saw the most incredible rig ever and like 8 perfect, shiny electric guitars on stands. The names on the guitars were those I’d only seen on album covers; Fender, Gibson Les Paul and Gretsch. I don’t remember much more of that day except playing them one by one while he adjusted different effects and pedals, but the last guitar I played was an old Telecaster in mint condition. When he told me it was the guitar used in the Stairway To Heaven solo, I was in awe. He said it was his favorite as he carefully handed it to me. Then he cranked the volume, added distortion ... and suddenly, I was the greatest guitarist this world will ever know.

Thank You - Great video!!

[hugoarend]

You’ve said it all. I have a Les Paul, a Strat and a Tele and I’m in love with my Tele. The one I play the most. Versatility and reliability - never out of tune. Even perfect for punk rock, as The Clash, The Stooges, NOFX and Bad Religion will prove it.

[VoxMax-dlyx]

I've been using a Telecaster since 1985. Changed the frets twice. That's a great guitar! Especially when I find myself in a bunch of guitarists who have a Strat or a Les Paul, at a jam session.