The Disgusting Telecaster Returns!
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- The most PLAYED Fender Telecaster I have ever seen!
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I see that guitar is still smoking a pack a day.
Amen!! Love Every single Thing about your channel
Take the day off Bob. WINNER
Some habits are hard to break.
Dipped in the essence of the blues
Thank you for that Robert 🤣
I'll bet someone in the Fender Custom Shop is looking at that Tele and trying to figure out how to clone it.
@Nikki Magnusson I'd totally buy a copy of his strat
The Heavy Relic version will be worth 5 times the price of this guitar! 😂
@@MatthewScottmusic ^ this comment^^
I doubt it. Heck even Keiths Tele aint that bad. Keith is a heavy smoker too.
@Nikki Magnusson I dont know how to dial it down. I will go back and delete. Thx
Nothing about that guitar I don't love. So much personality and vibe, and a tone a lot of us have chased for years.
Thank you Michael, I agree!✌🏻
Being an old man and kind of beat up and not having all of my original parts anymore, I absolutely love this guitar! I wouldn't part with that for any amount of money! Well, maybe not any amount....you know what I mean. I was 22 when that was made. Man, what a great time to be alive! It looks like it hung out in some of the same places that I did.
Thanks for sharing that Russell. ✌🏻
Of all your guitars, this was always my favourite. It has that “misunderstood unloved” vibe surrounding it
Thanks Jakob, I can agree with that! ✌🏻👍🏻
I actually think it has a much loved vibe - that thing has been played and played and played. That, is loving a guitar.
Only having a guitar for display, is admiration or infatuation. Not love.
I'm with you. I love this guitar. Sadly it would never sound like that in my paws. LOL
My 5 yr old says "I love that guitar, I want it. It sounds like a Turkey."
He is not the only one who wants it!
sounds like a turkey, haha.
We’re all chasing that turkey sound
The kid has a good ear.
I listen again, and closer this time. It does INDEED sound like a turkey!
If it was a mustang we could’ve called it the the disgustang🤣
I like it!
Matthew, I'm 16 and I absolutely look up to you and Hendrix as my favorite guitar players. You have such a way of just expressing yourself through the guitar that I've never heard before so soulful and I'm completely infatuated with your playing style and absolutely love your videos. You're such a talented dude and so young too and I was wondering what some of your favorite albums are? I absolutely adore you and love the tutorial videos and ESPECIALLY the gear. Thanks, Baron.
There are distinct brush strokes on the back of the guitar. This has been refinished or at least recoated with something in its lifetime. Always a trip when you can add to the story of the instrument just by seeing little details like that
Is it just me, or is this just an outstanding sounding guitar? Maybe my hearing is biased towards Teles or something.
Matt...Keep the guitar!
Nope, it's not just you pal. That baby sounds fantastic. Perfect for blues or slide, I reckon.
It truly is. I can't explain it as I really don't care for 70s pickups. But this thing has THE sound!
@@jubei7259 Its got it all. The riffs Matt was playing hit on some Joe Walsh type sounds too. Refer to Midnight Man.
@@MatthewScottmusic Sometimes there is no answer, you just find that one guitar that wants to sing. My old 72 strat is like that, and I got it more or less in the same shape as the Turkeycaster
@@MatthewScottmusic It really does sound fantastic, no matter the year. Probably the same reason why it's had the bejeezus played out of it.
You’re right about the history. Imagine the parties that thing has attended. Thanks for the vid Matt
Can't imagine Steve! 🤘🏻
I _love_ old Tele's with honest wear, but even though I am not a fan of Bigsby's or refinished guitars, that one is really cool, and sounds _great._
Thanks, I still don't like restringing the bigsby!
Then ya gotta dig Rick Parfitt's beat up Tele. (it works pretty well too.)
@@telsport Definitely! Sadly Rick doesn't mean much here in the US, as Rick and Francis were surely two of the biggest ambassadors for the Tele _outside_ the US (AFAIK they _never_ toured in the US), but Quo were the first band I ever saw - on their "End of the Road" tour! :)
I recently came down with a pretty severe case of adult onset guitar-itis, stumbled onto your videos, and have really been enjoying them. I swear my dog has more musical ability than me, but I sure am enjoying the journey. I have three bought-new guitars at this point and love the beauty of each's pristine condition, but that "Disgusting Tele" is absolutely gorgeous! Your passion is infectious. Peace!
Joel, thanks a lot! Whatever make you happy in life, enjoy it! Playing is a life long journey.
I love how the chords bend correctly with the bigsby. Great playing as alwasy!
damn man... the tele really is all you need. absolutely amazing, and you play it tremendously.
Thank you Simon!
Cool seeing a modern bridge on your show. New ground.
Correct about the finish.In 1968 Fender started using Polyester but what most people don't understand is that the Polyester was for the undercoat on the body and the neck...they still used Nitro for the topcoat on the bodies and the headstock face which explains why they aged the way they did.This continued throughout the 1970s until the early 1980s when they switched to full Polyurethane(except for the reissues which continued using Nitro).
My 1974 Telecaster Custom has the three bolt neck. I previously owned a 1970 standard Telecaster with that same Bigsby setup on it when I got it. I removed the Bigsby and converted to a standard Tele bridge as soon as possible. The stock early seventies pickups were microphonic with weak output.
"Typical seventies piece of ash" I misheard that for a second and chuckled.
That guitar should definitely be named the Mojo-caster. I’m so glad you have it in your hands again, looks so dam cool, cheers!
I like that name, Juan!
That Tele is a work of art, for sure! Really cool to see it come back.
I own a blond left handed 73 telecaster and it sounds very very close to mine! Spanky bridge pickup that just screams tele! But I love the the neck pickup in mine as its just so warm and mellow sounding. Yours looks awesome as I love real players guitars as they are so real and vintage guitars are ment to be played! Mine still smells of dingy smokey uk pubs and clubs its a great smell that brings back memories of my first times on stage in the late 80s ... Great guitar
When I found that guitar in the broken down house, it was a sticky mess. The clear coat has reacted with the original case and turned into a gooey mess. It sat in the case, unplayed, with no strings on it, bridge was missing, for at least 20 years. The case had totally rotted away around it. The neck was so back bowed it was unplayable. With the truss rod loose, I had to to put a giant C clamp by the the 7th fret and left it that way for about a month...
The original video was the one video of yours that made me love your channel, amazing guitar
I plugged in my ole' tele yesterday into the Amp I learned on...(25+ years ago)
The Amp im talking about is a late 80s Fender Champ 12, tube amp...I forgot how good that lil' thang sounded!
Those champs are great man!
Meant to be back with you apparently ☺️ Love that baby and she'll love you❤️
Your post made me think of selling an original 1987 50 watt Marshall Jubilee and I got it back, especially after realizing how much it's worth.
I cant believe you got that back! Coolest guitar ever in your line up IMO.
Thanks very much Mark.
I could listen to you play all day and night long.
I love that guitar.. I've been toying with getting a bigsby on my tele for fifteen years.. you may have finally tipped the balance..
This guitar was loved! Someone had a serious relationship and spent a lot of time with it, lol. This much play wear is a pretty reliable indicator of a good guitar. When you sold this one Matthew I said "Why?!!" Glad to see you got it back.
Sometimes you must make sacrifices!
Awesome snappy playing Matt, thank you for the video! You have to keep it now... ✌
Love the old Fenders, I have a few myself. Back in the 90's bought a 55 tele off the tech for the Stones that was on tour for a yr. Been collecting and aspiring to play since 1st lesson in 68 lol. Worked many yrs back stage for venue in MI and grew my collection to this day. Love the stories they tell. My 63 strat talks to me daily. Keep up sharing your journey you do a great job. Back in the day these road hardened piece of art were usually refinished. Peace Brother. Jim
How cool is that, glad you got it back. I sold a jazzmaster a pos friend should get back for me.
It's a testament to the quality of your videos and your amazing playing when you have (at the current moment) 1.1k likes and only 3 dislikes. Good job! This makes me want to find a second telecaster to put a trem system on.
Thanks very much Jacob.
liked that guitar when it first showed up....still like it....still really liked that red hardtail Strat that was on the channel awhile ago....best Matt....
I bet they had a big supply of 4 bolt neck plates that they didn't want to discard, so they kept that style on one model (telecaster) til they were gone.
Could very well be Dan!
Matthew Scott...the best show on UA-cam!! It's a fender!! If you could only afford a cheap guitar..well the telecaster is a must
Great Tele. I can imagine Chuck Prophet playing that. It's got that swampy steely sound, almost Keef-like. Great stuff !
Perfect mate for your Les Paul Special! “Pig Pen” ! Love it! Sounds 👍
The pig pen!
Heavenly tone is this, what a wonderful guitar loved it the first time round too, its rockin the dirty look, but its forgivable in my eyes, God bless man 👍🏻❤🙏🏻
Beautiful guitar man... I recently played a 1970s Fender P Bass and it was just amazing. I believe it was a 1973.
I had a ‘79 Strat that was finished in the Antigua finish that turned baby-shit yellow after six months in clubs. It also weighed 11lbs..
Couldn’t recreate that look of you tried, looks great. Sounds proper, love that axe. Thx for the vid.
You crack me up. Worried about an extra pound on the guitar at gigs, but still drag around an amp the size of the Hoover dam.
I love every little detail on this guitar, BUT ONE. I just can't get used to the wrong shape of the upper horn on seventies Telecasters. Apart from that, it's one of the coolest guitars I've ever seen. And it sounds amazingly good together with the amp you were using. 👍
I know what you mean. Not sure why Fender changed that.
@@MatthewScottmusic : If I’m not mistaken, CBS bought new routing machines and these machines just couldn’t make the right curve. They did use the old and the new routing machines simultaneously for a while. That’s why you can still find the right body shape on late sixties Telecasters and even on a few early seventies ones.
There are also a bunch of Telecasters with a body that is somewhere in the middle of the two shapes. I’m not sure how that happened.
I have a 1969 with Bigsby that Iconverted to a body through strings..maple neck we refretted by Erlewine here in Austin Texas... yous sounds excellent... mine has a joe Barton in the bridge & aP90 in the neck...
When you hit that bridge pickup, the things just growls!!! Sounds amazing in all the settings too. Awesome playing Matthew!
Love the bridge pickup!
The neck and middle positions are heaven.
I love the style and sound .. same yr I graduated
That middle pick up position sounded amazing. Overall the guitar sounds really inspiring except for the tremolo‘s making noise, that would drive me crazy. Theres probably a simple fixed for that. I’m assuming it’s the spring causing the noise.
Good one, Matt. Nice to see this Telecaster again.
I like the burnt caramel color, and the matching color on the headstock looks great. The guitar sounds good - I like hearing the "electricity" in the tone. It is something I usually hear in your videos. Do you think that comes primarily from the guitar pickups, or is it the way you dial in the tone on your Amps? Thanks
Totally get what you're referring to. I've wondered the same myself.
I’ve been trying to figure out how to get that sort of tone- the old les Paul he has is just full of that sort of classic sound. I’d love to know if it’s the amp in this case
@@sgfreak96 Yeah, it is a totally awesome sound. Matthew really knows what he's doing with Amps and old guitars. Another UA-camr that does is Euge Valovirta - He's a Marshall and Peavey Amp Savant. Well worth checking out. I think these are two of best Amp guys. 😎
I'm pretty sure he "sweet spots" his tube amps to get that "electricity" in the tone. Setting the volume right where it starts to break up when you pick hard, but still has a nice cleaner sound when you soften up. Its hard to replicate with solid state amps. Its very common for people to use a tube screamer pedal with the gain turned down, but the tone and the volume turned high--> into a tube amp to get a very glitzy tone without too much distortion. PS: I think he also has a scooped EQ with a mid spike in the 2.5k range, and that can add to the effect a fair bit. Could be wrong.
@@isaiahmcchesney-kleynhans764 I have a 15w blues jr tube amp but my problem is that in order to get any kind of break up in the tone it would be ear shatteringly loud. I’ll try using my overdrive pedal like you described though, that sounds like it might help.
Such a magnificently dirty tone! You make that Tele sing. That Bigsby though!😲 Another great video!
The 1972+ Fender Telecaster Custom guitars also had the 3-bolt Tilt-Necks. This 1975 Tele sounds great, and no worse for all the wear. I see it got the wrong router cut on the upper shoulder. That is the smoothed out cut, as opposed to the deeper V as seen on pre-1973 Teles, and those of today. Fender/CBS bought had bought routers that couldn't cut it (literally).
This guitar is so cool😎. Sounds awsome! Thanks on the bridge advice.
The tone you pull out of that tele is magical, n it looks cool on top of it
DUDE! The Disgusticaster is BRILLIANT. I so love this guitar. I have a 2000 CIJ Tele with '64 Pure Vintage pickups and CTS pots that I love to death. I think that there are going to be poly-finished guitars that still have that thing going for them. The Disgusticaster is for sure one of them.
I own a Telecaster Custum Mocca Brown from -75. Love to play blues on it. Great for slide.
Those are awesome Erik!
I can’t tell you how happy I am to see that one again! I love that thing,grime and all. If I had the money I’d have bought it from you.
The 1st thing you played on this video was like screaming 'I'm Jimmy Page, let me out!' Love the 'road' worn looks. You are a young man you could handle 9 pounds for a couple/few songs a night. This guitar needs to continue on the road for people to hear.
You are right about that Robert!✌🏻
Not some guitar/guitarist afficianado... but the sound of this Fender reminds me of (much loved) Bill Frisell's "Guitar in the Space Age" album.
the low E about to pop off at 1:49 lol
That sound is incredible. You make the thing growl.
Other than not being a Thinline, It looks like all of Tab Benoit's guitars....what a beast
That one's got a punchy, great tone. Sounds wonderful. Your playing is a really perfect match for this Tele. A keeper for sure!
I used to play on occasion with a auto mechanic that had an old Fender Jaguar. Maple fretboards are apparently much more effective at getting oil off the hands than Boraxo! Yeah, we played dives so nobody noticed.
I love that guitar! Not only am I a tele guy I also love honest play wear! And it sounds fantastic!
good one Matt, amazing how much better your playing's got since the early days. love this tele.
I've listened to Kenny Neal at the Minnesota State Fair. I think his looks a lot like that one and it sounds awesome. I hope you'll check out his videos or anything live show.😎
If it's not your cup of tea, you can send it to me. Your Playing is Fantastic and your tones are Delicious. I used to have a 73 Fender Telecaster Custom that I played and recorded 2 Albums with and I really miss that one.✌❤
The 3 bolt neck was part of the "Micro Tilt" system introduced by Fender around 1971. At the time it was considered an upgraded feature which is why on Telecasters of that era you only find it on Customs
and Deluxe models. The system itself was great but other deficiencies in manufacturing at the time gave them a wrongly earned bad reputation.
Forget what it looks like, it sounds incredible! I once had a late 70s telecaster, weighed about a ton and had microphonic pickups, once the pickups were rewound it was an awesome instrument.
I could only play this guitar if I had a shot of Kentucky Bourbon whiskey, a cold beer, and several bong hits. It's a keeper...
I love the look of it. And it is a testament that 70's Fenders can sound and play fantastic. Even a Tele converted not to be string through. Like any great guitar setup is paramount. And of course being able to play as the sound starts at the fingers.
Point of order here: The logos would not adhere at all to poly, so Fender kept spraying headstock faces in nitro through the 70s until they came up with a solution. My '68 Maple Cap made the cutoff and has a full nitro neck, but as is the case with your instrument, you will very often see 68+ necks with a clean poly neck but a checked headstock.
Matt, you're killin' me... Polyester is used for clothing, LOL! Too funny!
That finish was likely the creation of booze and the Marlboro Man as that Tele would've been cuttin' teeth back when smoking inside was totally allowed.
That new bridge made all the difference! It's amazing how a simple upgrade can make an instrument viable again!
Take care and be well!
A beautiful example of a rare piece. You are very lucky to have rediscovered such a nice Tele and I hope you can show it off in some other videos. I've never seen a Bigsby style vibrato on a stock Tele though. Maybe just me? Anyhow, very nice guitar and even better skill on your end for playing!
A great looking guitar. I love the Bigsby! I recently purchased a Fender Parallel Universe II Troublemaker Telecaster Deluxe that came with a factory Bigsby and three humbuckers. It has an Adjustomatic Bridge. So far I haven't experienced any tuning issues. Thanks so much for the cool videos!
I had a mid 70s Telecaster custom that looked very similar haha The wide range humbucker in the neck had some serious magic though. Traded it for a 64 Gretsch 6120, which I'll admit I love a little more than the tele.
I don't care for the beat down look BUT a Bigsby on a Tele is a true thing of beauty.
I love it Fenders are like a vintage wine they get better with age!!!’
It’s awesome & that sound it’s no wonder J.Paige recorded the first or second album, I don’t remember, on a telecaster.
The first LZ album, the solo in Stairway, and of course in his stint with The Yardbirds before LZ.
Hi Matthew, I love your videos ! Have you ever thought about doing small videos about Fender history ? I really dig your knowledge on those little details and changes that fender went through. Anyway, keep up the good work ! Best from France
Don’t care that much what it looks like. If I close my eyes while listening to you play, it sounds amazing
Matthew, I think you should brush paint it with white gloss, the neck aswell so it’s all coordinated. Clean the black marks on the fretboard or even sand them down and put some thick glossy varnish on it. Then put a black scratch plate on it(you can make them yourself with an old bathtub from a skip) then to get the sound you like, some nice pickups from a Yamaha Pacifica. What do you think? (And a strap with heavy metal wrote down in)
Love how well it relicted. I wouldn’t change anything on it. I would so rock that guitar.
Glad to see this bad boy back, need a video with this guitar+fuzz
Sounds nice with the bigsby!
Owned a '72 Tobacco sunburst Tele, but it wasn't as gnarly and cool as this one. I'd gig with the TV Special LP and this Tele and call it a day.
Verycool licks on the bridge pickup sounds awesome do own a tele call it what you want its your guitar
I have a late 70s fender p bass in the same finish. And it had the same orange glow effect your tele does in some places. Battle scars lol.
It's not disgusting. It's beautiful. And what a sound!
Couldn’t agree more on the played in vintage stuff. That’s pretty much my favorite thing in the world!
Matthew I have to say that guitar is beautiful and your friend really took care of it and gave it the parts it needed badly.
Keep up the great work your doing great!😊
Love the look of that old tele!
Matthew, this Guitar sounds and plays great, what tone, you are a lucky Man to own it, a Guy went to look at a car one time, to buy it, and the Seller kept on saying Look at the Paint Job, Look at it, the Buyers response was PAINT DON'T MAKE IT RUN, LET ME HEAR THE ENGINE RUN, Can You Dig It Man, that is what your Guitar is all about, rock on, Cousin Figel
Glad you got her back! Look foward to the new finds.
Greatly upload, man! Thanks for sharing.
Matthew , I watch your videos on guitars you have acquired . Yiu have done several Teles. My favorite, I’m selling a 1968 original black . I’m over in Dall
The string holes were on most tele blanks at the factory. Didnt cut a new body because of Bigsby. Just grab the blank off the shelf and thats that
I've seen at least 10 Teles with Bigsbys and the string holes were not there. But true, a worker could have easily grabbed a body not intended for a Bigsby.
@@anthonyc1883 yeah. There were blanks without holes. Not many. If none were available and a bigsby had to be made. Yup. Holes. They didnt make a lot of bigsby teles so most blanks were drilled.