My First Fender Telecaster?

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  • @MarySpender
    @MarySpender  7 місяців тому +53

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    • @artistlovepeace
      @artistlovepeace 7 місяців тому +2

      My favorite guitar. The Fender Telecaster.

    • @dougsmith6793
      @dougsmith6793 7 місяців тому +4

      You became a Fender spender to get another Spender Fender?

    • @roygaber8659
      @roygaber8659 7 місяців тому +2

      @@dougsmith6793

    • @RocketKirchner
      @RocketKirchner 7 місяців тому +5

      Nice guitar but I have always been a strat man . Enjoy your guitar . Rosewood fretboards rule . Rocket

    • @roygaber8659
      @roygaber8659 7 місяців тому +3

      ​@@RocketKirchner I used to be too, but then the Tele virus got ahold of me, there's nothing a Strat can do that a Tele can't, at least from my playing experience. Don't get me wrong, I have 5 Strats and one Super Strat (Schecter), the Teles number 8, but I custom ordered another from Fender, I'm chomping at the bit waiting for it to ship out.

  • @danielandrews36
    @danielandrews36 7 місяців тому +457

    Mary Spender and her Fender

    • @andhewonders
      @andhewonders 7 місяців тому +11

      I want to know if it was exspendsive.

    • @rudispruell883
      @rudispruell883 7 місяців тому +24

      She's such a tender sender...
      And O the splendor
      of the Music she does render...
      and for the harms of the heart
      She's a mender!

    • @Kpapa91
      @Kpapa91 7 місяців тому +33

      Playing her Spender Marycaster.

    • @darrenc8776
      @darrenc8776 7 місяців тому +7

      Its the simple ones that get you 😂😂😂

    • @mattz1686
      @mattz1686 7 місяців тому +10

      I hope Mary spender never gets into a fender bender with her fender

  • @Gruntle
    @Gruntle 7 місяців тому +161

    There comes a time in every guitarist’s life when they realise how amazing Teles are. Some people get it early, some get it late, but everyone gets it.

    • @robbedontuesday
      @robbedontuesday 7 місяців тому +11

      At 58 years old.... But I only started playing electric guitar at the young age of 52...

    • @arielszwec803
      @arielszwec803 7 місяців тому +7

      Agreed I started at 52 as well and my Tele is more versatile than my Les Paul or Strat. It’s lighter and although all 3 are great quality, I notice that I play my Tele the most.

    • @WarwolfGames
      @WarwolfGames 7 місяців тому +3

      35 years old and I play a lot of Jacksons and Ibanez guitars but recently tried a tele and fell in love

    • @dalepierce23
      @dalepierce23 7 місяців тому

      Truth!

    • @Blistered159
      @Blistered159 6 місяців тому +2

      there is ONE THING with teles, i played around 250+ gigs in my life and with teles you CANNT go wrong, just a stock one 2 pickups two knobs, YOU CUT THROUGH THE MIX, you stay in Tune and you can walk around the stage and do shit and it STAYS intune, you can bend it, wrap it and strangle it and it stayyyz in tune. This is for me what i need in a guitar, studio and live, and i do own a 1958 VOS Custom Shop Gibson Burst,
      I never ever take that one out cause it can break so easily.
      Teles are da G.O.A.T in guitar design. Facts

  • @leonardpeters3266
    @leonardpeters3266 6 місяців тому +7

    My dad, God rest his soul, gave me a Telecaster as a gift. To this day there is nothing quite like it. There are times when I will go a while playing on my other guitars. Then I come back to it, and look up and say, "Thanks Dad". It is such a wonderful character filled guitar. I get tones out of it that I get from nothing else. And man could my dad pick a player of a guitar! Every guitar he ever gave me (and there have been many), plays incredible.

  • @CrocAU
    @CrocAU 7 місяців тому +49

    your story telling skills are amazing, is like you are the David Attenborough of musical history. love you work.

  • @JDavidChilders
    @JDavidChilders 7 місяців тому +23

    My family gifted me a Telecaster for my 60th birthday. I love it and I have been playing it ever since. It's such a simple instrument, but so awesome!

  • @robbnutter4665
    @robbnutter4665 7 місяців тому +48

    The Telecaster tuning stability is LEGENDARY.

    • @deralfenderson
      @deralfenderson 7 місяців тому +9

      I have a Japanese semi-hollowbody reissue Tele. Back in the day, I unfortunately had to leave it with a pawn shop for a spell. When I finally busted it out of jail and brought it home several months later, I pulled it out of the case, and there it was... IN TUNE. Still amazes me to think about that.

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 7 місяців тому +4

      @@wizrom3046 Don't forget the big square steel ashtray with 4-40 bolts and steel dowel!

    • @ThinWhiteAxe
      @ThinWhiteAxe 7 місяців тому +2

      [cries in strat floating bridge]

    • @mayak_85
      @mayak_85 6 місяців тому +1

      @@ThinWhiteAxe but why? I made a tele with 2-point strat trem, and tuning is stable. And it's cheap 15 bucks no name trem

  • @Howard-dj5vo
    @Howard-dj5vo 7 місяців тому +14

    I’m a huge Tele lover. I’ve played professionally for 45 years. My go to tele is a 1972 tele custom. I bought it down in South Georgia in 1984. I own Les Pauls, Stratocasters, and many others. But that tele has probably been played more than all the others put together. It’s my work horse.
    Loved the video. Thanks for sharing.

  • @simontemplar3359
    @simontemplar3359 7 місяців тому +14

    Heck yeah! Tele player here! Also, Ren is a Telecaster guy as well!
    There's just something about these humble and unassuming instruments. They're absolutely beautiful- and very easy to mod. Which Leo intended. That's cool.

  • @spillemusicstudios8515
    @spillemusicstudios8515 7 місяців тому +101

    As a Strat and jazzmaster lover, I gotta say. The tele has to be Leo's most genius design. It just works in literally every genre. If you roll that tone knob back a little bit on the bridge pickup, it takes out the twangy-ness and sounds very humbucker-esche. so versatile.

    • @InspirationSessions
      @InspirationSessions 7 місяців тому +5

      The ultimate all-rounder, many say. I have a Les Paul (which I love) but knowing what I know now, would probably have bought a Tele. Though maybe not in bright red.

    • @spillemusicstudios8515
      @spillemusicstudios8515 7 місяців тому +7

      @@InspirationSessions les pauls are great too! I have many guitars, but I always say that I could do everything I need with just my Tele and 335.

    • @SuicideVan
      @SuicideVan 7 місяців тому +8

      Even better, upgrade the selector switch to a 4-way giving you both series and parallel options for both pickups...it gets sooooo fat!

    • @craigusselman546
      @craigusselman546 7 місяців тому +3

      Teles are the original popular electric guitar I love how solid they feel and how much fun they are to play.

    • @InspirationSessions
      @InspirationSessions 7 місяців тому +4

      @@craigusselman546 Yes, ‘The Birth of Loud’ is a brilliant read for anyone who missed it

  • @lofichillz4370
    @lofichillz4370 7 місяців тому +56

    I’ve always been a Les Paul guy. But 2 years ago I bought my first Tele. It is now my main “go to” guitar. It just cuts through a mix perfectly without a lot of harshness. 👍

    • @dustystarr2297
      @dustystarr2297 7 місяців тому +1

      Was a 335 guy and about 2 years ago (same as you) picked up my first Tele. It's become my main also. Kick myself for not getting one way sooner.

    • @corneliuscrewe677
      @corneliuscrewe677 7 місяців тому +1

      I was always a Les Paul guy myself. Passed on a late 60’s Tele that had a hand painted hippie paint job for $500.... because it had a 3 saddle bridge, the steel threaded ones. Of course, that bridge is now my favorite and Teles get more play than anything else these days.
      .....still kick myself for passing on the hippie-caster....

    • @jfar3340
      @jfar3340 7 місяців тому +1

      it can easily get into harsh territory tbh; ur rig must be quite dark

    • @Dreyno
      @Dreyno 7 місяців тому

      Teles make sense to Les Paul players. Big chunk of wood with no contours, two pickups and a 3-way selector. I found them natural moving from a Les Paul whereas a Strat will always feel weird to me.

    • @frankcarter6427
      @frankcarter6427 7 місяців тому +2

      realising that teles are the only guitar worth owning is part of growing up

  • @brianpasco2620
    @brianpasco2620 7 місяців тому +31

    Well done, Mary. There's nothing that can't be done on a Telecaster. But one isn't enough - five, and counting, for me... Enjoy it, and we hope to hear much more!!

    • @MrTommytuna
      @MrTommytuna 7 місяців тому

      I do have a hard time resisting the urge to buy more Tele's. As they say, not the best at any one genre; but able to effectively find the right sound for any genre.

    • @Whoosh12345
      @Whoosh12345 7 місяців тому

      This hits home, I have a Fender Tele HH and just got a Squier Tele Thinline. I want the standard Fender Tele (single coil) and a thinline with single coils too

    • @jgsheehan8810
      @jgsheehan8810 5 місяців тому

      Looks great in that red

  • @grandpabrogan
    @grandpabrogan 5 місяців тому +5

    Congrats on your very first Telecaster! I was late in discovering it too. For years and many guitars, I had been missing ‘that’ sound I hear in my head that my fingers and gear couldn’t quite express. Previously scorned, when I finally rediscovered the Tele, I rediscovered myself! Dig deeper Mary, there’s a lot more of your soul still hidden underneath that red ‘canoe paddle!’ ❤

  • @flaviogolz961
    @flaviogolz961 7 місяців тому +12

    Few years ago, I decided to go back to have guitar lessons, after 25 years. A business trip to Chicago put me in the right spot to buy the guitar I needed for that. The guitar I initially was looking for, a Danelectro, was out of stock and destiny put a Squier Telecaster classic vibe 50 in my life. I love that it has all the old specs and I feel like experiencing what those musicians were feeling experimenting solid body guitars as a new thing. Just played that Tele today and it is a total joy for me. Thanks, Leo. Thanks, Mary.

  • @johnnymossville
    @johnnymossville 7 місяців тому +24

    Your style using fingers instead of pick lends itself to what I think is the best tele sound, full and smooth with just the right amount of bite, and never harsh. Watching this video with good headphones was a real treat!

    • @peaceman7321
      @peaceman7321 2 місяці тому +1

      Agree - but also the Tele 'bite' on mid/heavy-gain drive PLUS the TWANG thang!! They're just amazing!

  • @josephdifrancesco2766
    @josephdifrancesco2766 7 місяців тому +20

    I've heard the story of Leo fender and the telecaster many times, but I'm always up for hearing it one more time, especially as well done as this video. That man truly was an innovator.

    • @Guithartic
      @Guithartic 7 місяців тому

      Exactly what I was going to say.

  • @LeeFKoch
    @LeeFKoch 7 місяців тому +18

    What a nice tribute to an iconic instrument! Thanks, Mary! I don't own a tele, and have never played one, but alot of the guitarists I look up to do. Maybe one day, like you, I'll say, "I don't know why it's taken me so long..."

  • @tomshoemaker662
    @tomshoemaker662 7 місяців тому +9

    Wonderful video Mary! CS Blackguard Tele player here. The simplest of designs, but iconic to the history of our music. Last guitar I’d ever part with and very happy to see you now have your first 🙂

  • @fernandes5986
    @fernandes5986 7 місяців тому +11

    Congrats Mary. I hope to hear you play a lot with your Tele. I loved your historic intro, some details were unknown to me until now. On the notable tele players we must not forget Danny Gatton and James Burton.

    • @flinx649
      @flinx649 3 місяці тому +1

      Yeah... slightly disappointed neither of those guys were mentioned... they are tele monsters

  • @JH_75
    @JH_75 7 місяців тому +2

    Congrats. That's a beauty. Ive got a 2001 Tele, American Standard that I bought new, blue with a maple neck and white-sparkle pick guard. It has mostly sat in the case over the years but Ive been playing it (poorly) and its pure magic. Its good one and there's nothing like a Tele. Enjoy yours, Mary!

  • @markroach376
    @markroach376 7 місяців тому +6

    Bought my first Tele last month. Love playing it and loved hearing Mary giving some of the history behind it. ❤

  • @danielalcalde2491
    @danielalcalde2491 7 місяців тому +4

    It took you a long time but it's never too late. It's been more than thirty years since I had an electric guitar, I sold them before I got married, during the pandemic I took the plunge and my selection was a telecaster. Very happy with her, greetings from Lima Peru

  • @Malcolm701
    @Malcolm701 3 дні тому

    I love the way the red goes with the rosewood neck and the dot markers.

  • @marvcapitola4262
    @marvcapitola4262 7 місяців тому +1

    Always good to hear from you Mary… 👍🏻👍🏻😊. Nice work….

  • @gregbaxter7871
    @gregbaxter7871 7 місяців тому +70

    Nice history and congrats. I feel like Tom Petty, Chrissie Hynde and Mike Campbell should be mentioned as well. They played Tele's through the 80's when most of rock music was being played on pointy guitars and Floyd Rose dive bombing tremolos. They carried the torch when it was cool to turn their backs to them.

    • @RJA6508
      @RJA6508 7 місяців тому +9

      In America not so well-known but big in Europe: Status Quo. Their twin sound is based on the telecaster.

    • @seanbaines
      @seanbaines 7 місяців тому +7

      Look up the history of damn near every guitar player, and you'll find a Tele somewhere, even if it's just for a special purpose. Everybody plays it. Plain and simple.

    • @estenray5385
      @estenray5385 7 місяців тому +8

      How about an honorable mention for Bill Frisell and James Burton! Bill being one of the current greatest Jazz guitarists and JamesBurton having played for every body from Elvis Presley to Emmy Lou Harris, Roy Orbison and so many more I can’t mention them all here!

    • @LookinUp2001
      @LookinUp2001 7 місяців тому +4

      And Brad Paisley.

    • @ctygesen6322
      @ctygesen6322 7 місяців тому +2

      @@estenray5385 Ed Bickert and Ted Greene would also like a word.

  • @ocgabe
    @ocgabe 7 місяців тому +4

    My first electric guitar is a Tele that I purchased during the beginnings of Covid, mostly because of the price. Since then, I have purchase a few other brands but that tele just feels like home. I love the feel of it in my hands and have grown to love the body design and sound. I've upgraded the switches and pickups have re-fallen in love with it. Great video.

  • @mikewithers299
    @mikewithers299 6 місяців тому

    Mary you are a fantastic content creator, and this one is no different. I started my guitar life looking up to the LP as the only guitar i would ever want. I got my first Tele 40 years later, and wondered what took me so long. Clean, clear, and full of usable tones im looking at my 3rd Tele now. So glad i made this decision and it will be a lifelong friend. Congratulations on your 1st Tele. Love from the US 🇺🇸

  • @BillHart_Family_Friends
    @BillHart_Family_Friends 7 місяців тому

    Loved this video. Loaded with interesting info. Thanks for sharing this rascal.

  • @honkytonkinson9787
    @honkytonkinson9787 7 місяців тому +11

    I hated the Tele for the longest time, thought it was ugly, but in the past few years it’s grown on me! I really love the middle position with both pickups!

  • @hamguin
    @hamguin 7 місяців тому +4

    Mary, you are a talent, and a very humble one, who makes me light up when I see a new video.

  • @MrJayscinema
    @MrJayscinema 7 місяців тому +3

    Now the proud owner of two teles. My father in law just gave me a custom USA tele as a wedding present :) the other one is a player tele based on the 1951 no-caster. Great addition Mary! You’ll end up using it as the most reliable guitar in your sets

  • @scottyhughes9179
    @scottyhughes9179 5 місяців тому +1

    I just recently bought my first Telecaster after playing guitar now for 60 years... I own a Les Paul, a Stratocaster, an ES-125TCD, and many others... the Telecaster is my all-time fav guitar... so versatile for all styles of music. Glad you dig your new axe Mary, I don't know why it took me so long to get one!

  • @MMcG25
    @MMcG25 7 місяців тому +11

    What a wonderful gift to receive! Beautiful playing throughout as well, Mary!

  • @candanart
    @candanart 7 місяців тому +5

    Learned so much from this video! Thank you Mary, it's a very beautiful guitar 🖤

  • @sas6045
    @sas6045 7 місяців тому

    Such a beautiful and recognizable sound!

  • @JasonBlair
    @JasonBlair 7 місяців тому +5

    The first guitar I bought for myself was a Squire Tele. I loved it.
    Since then I moved on to Les Pauls and now Gretsch, which I adore, but I know I'll eventually come back home to a Telecaster.

  • @DimDeadBoyMusic
    @DimDeadBoyMusic 7 місяців тому +3

    After playing SGs and Les Pauls for years, I picked up a tele a couple years ago and I love it. It's my most used guitar by a mile now.

  • @firstpresbyterianchurch5555
    @firstpresbyterianchurch5555 28 днів тому

    Welcome to the club! I bought my Tele in 1981. I love it. I have played it at countless gigs and recordings and it still sounds and plays beautifully. Mine is black. Has a little road wear but is my favorite guitar in my collection. 🙂♥

  • @markwood7045
    @markwood7045 5 місяців тому

    Stumbled across this due to the algorithm. What a brilliant, warm, crisp presentation on the Telecaster! Mary, you just got another subscriber. Nice one.

  • @Neil_Morris
    @Neil_Morris 7 місяців тому +5

    Welcome to the Tele addiction... it's like the Hotel California - you can check out any time you like but you can never leave. Happy Telecasting!

  • @eldergeektromeo9868
    @eldergeektromeo9868 7 місяців тому +3

    Congrats, Mary! Can't think of anyone who deserves it more! ❤

  • @johnlogan9417
    @johnlogan9417 7 місяців тому +4

    As someone else similarly mentioned, more than 35 years after my first guitar lesson, I bought my first Tele during COVID 2020. Only took me that amount of time to find the best guitar tone, period. Today I own three. Leo got it right the first time.

    • @SolarSurfLeo
      @SolarSurfLeo 4 місяці тому

      Still need a Strat for position 2 and 4 tones though.. :)

  • @ptectn
    @ptectn 6 місяців тому +1

    That is so fuuny, after six years of rededicating myself to guitar playing I bought my first Telecaster on October 21st and asked myself the same question right before and since, "why hadn't I gotten one way sooner!". I own the typical guitars for other genres and kicking myself now for waiting as I have not put it down since I bought it! Keep up the great work, never give up on your passion and use all the naysayers as motivation to overcome adversity. Don't listen to those who are negative cause you have tenacity to prosper and enjoy the journey. Still young! Now time to get back to the Tele! 🙂

  • @staxtry
    @staxtry 7 місяців тому +6

    My main instrument is bass. But when I pick up a guitar, it's a Tele. So simple but with a great tone. And remarkably versatile.

  • @davidupton8100
    @davidupton8100 7 місяців тому +13

    Great video Mary, I took 35 years of playing before I bought a Tele. Now I would never sell it, wonderful guitar, particularly for recording unique varied tones.

  • @theapplepaul
    @theapplepaul 6 місяців тому

    Love it! Appreciate the history as well. I can see you playing this one a lot.

  • @runabout76
    @runabout76 7 місяців тому

    I've been a Tele player since December 31, 1993. So almost 30 years now. My main squeeze since that day is my Fender Mexico Standard Telelcaster, fitted with EMG 81/85 humbuckers.
    Love the look of your new one! Congrats!

  • @meikelwortmann7264
    @meikelwortmann7264 7 місяців тому +5

    I have been playing guitar for 55 years. Started with a Cheap Acoustic and a Framus Something. My first real electric guitar was a Telecaster course Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi play them and I wanted to sound like them. Mary thank you for this great video, Meikel.

    • @superhepu
      @superhepu 7 місяців тому +1

      Status Quo did great rock with mostly with four chords. First hits what I learned as teen rocker..

    • @meikelwortmann7264
      @meikelwortmann7264 7 місяців тому +1

      Long Time ago.

  • @ralfklonowski3740
    @ralfklonowski3740 7 місяців тому +8

    I am an ukulelist whois trying his hand on guitar playing, but until now just acoustic ones (Baby Taylor). I always had a liking to the Telecaster: Straightforward, no frills , unpretentious but seemingly reliable with a nice tone. My favourite Tele player is Brad Paisley, who is also a country guitarist, but then so much more. Criminally underrated, in my opinion.

    • @Rikalonius
      @Rikalonius 7 місяців тому +1

      I have a baby Taylor too! And Brad Paisley is amazing. He is criminally underrated. I don't know if you've ever seen it. But look up Game of Thrones Theme Song : Fender Custom Shop and bask in the glory of these giants, including Paisley, offering contributions to this amazing piece.

    • @ralfklonowski3740
      @ralfklonowski3740 7 місяців тому

      @@Rikalonius That was exactly what I was thinking of! If Nuno Bettencourt and Tom Morello watch you soloing with an approving or even slightly amazed look on their faces, then you know you're good. And the way he walks in he might be the average dad who just dropped in after bringing his kids to school, not the killer guitarist that he is. Total understatement - like a Telecaster. His rendition of "Whiskey Lullaby" together with Allison Krauss is easily one of my Top 5 heartwrencher songs of all time.

  • @reginasayles
    @reginasayles 7 місяців тому

    Welcome to the Tele club, Mary! Your channel is so lovely. Sincere thanks for your content!

  • @johng.9626
    @johng.9626 7 місяців тому +1

    Mary, that guitar suits you perfectly! I love it with the rosewood fingerboard. It Just so happens, I'm a player for 45 + years, never had a tele, Only Strats and Les pauls,
    but just picked up a blue Squire Sonic model, the playability and electeonics are out of this world! So happy to see your video at the same time i'm discovering the Telecaster.

  • @Big.E
    @Big.E 7 місяців тому +4

    I'm not a Tele player, I bash at my acoustic as best I can, but I love electric guitar and my favourite sounding has always been the Tele. What a great gift from Fender Mary, I hope you both form a love bond together 👍

    • @deralfenderson
      @deralfenderson 7 місяців тому

      You should look into the Fender Telecoustic. I have one of those, and it is delightful.

  • @JRusk56
    @JRusk56 7 місяців тому +14

    Mary, you did a superb job with this video, from your detailed history, excellent scripting, and superlative editing, weaving the video in and out. This is a high standard for UA-cam videos and would stand up anywhere. I salute you. You put in some work on this. PS That turtleneck looks good on you.

  • @robinatkinson6499
    @robinatkinson6499 3 місяці тому +1

    Hi Mary I'm an old guy in the UK ,started playing acoustic at 65 , then bought a telecaster ,never looked back, I'm self taught not very good but love my guitar .best wishes Rob

  • @agraciotti
    @agraciotti 7 місяців тому

    That's a fine video! I've just bought my first telecaster and I'm loving it

  • @roygaber8659
    @roygaber8659 7 місяців тому +6

    The work horse of all guitars, once you get a Tele, your other guitars become jealous.

  • @DavidGarcia-kw4sf
    @DavidGarcia-kw4sf 7 місяців тому +4

    I've always been a Strat player, but in the last few years I decided to add a couple of Telecasters to my collection and I'm very glad I did. They are indeed elegant and fun guitars to play. If a Strat is a brash and bold trumpet, a Tele is a warm and mellow cornet. Both are great instruments.

    • @wendyandgeoffpattison2610
      @wendyandgeoffpattison2610 6 місяців тому

      And with a little knob tweaking can be turned into a soft, mellow saxophone!

  • @ToshStuart
    @ToshStuart 7 місяців тому

    Beautiful guitar and as always it sounded amazing with your playing, Mary. I love my Tele!

  • @mikepeterson799
    @mikepeterson799 6 місяців тому

    Brava! You have such a great way to keep us interested in things musical that make us all better musicians. Thank you.

  • @jaboc83
    @jaboc83 7 місяців тому +3

    Great video! I didn't touch a tele for my first 26 years of playing and also just got my first a few months back. Mine is the Vintera 50s modified and I absolutely love it. I wish I'd given the telecaster a chance sooner.

  • @JimBurwellsPetiquetteHouston
    @JimBurwellsPetiquetteHouston 7 місяців тому +3

    excellent history lesson on the telecaster! I never knew that. well presented.

  • @joelshields8807
    @joelshields8807 Місяць тому +1

    Lifetime Fender player (Strats and Jazzmasters, mostly); recent Tele convert. A few months ago, I finished my blackguard partscaster Tele - MJT pine body with butterscotch nitro finish, Musikraft blackguard-spec one-piece maple neck with heavy-rolled fretboard (so comfortable), Lollar pickups - it instantly felt like home and became my number one the first time I played it after setting it up. I have a lot of guitars, but if I had to pick one, I wouldn't even think about it. The Tele is The One. It's always the first one I reach for.
    Telecasters are everything you need and nothing you don't. Mine is very sensitive to dynamics, and I think that's helped me as a player. A good one will show you everything about your playing, good and bad. Despite their simplicity, there are plenty of tricks you can still do (see Jim Campilongo), and you can play any style of music with them. I don't listen to a lot of jazz guitar, but when I do, it's often Tele players (Frisell, Lage). The Tele neck pickup has a beautiful tone that complements jazz voicings far better than a hollowbody with the tone rolled totally off, IMO. And if you want to get raw and nasty, a good Tele bridge pickup will get you there, and you'll slice through the mix like a knife. And of course if you are a country player, it's no contest. Teles ARE the country electric guitar sound (and a lot of early rock and soul, for that matter).

  • @FaanaMusic
    @FaanaMusic 7 місяців тому +2

    I'm a tele guy myself so I'm really happy to see you're also discovering them! 👏

  • @mattjones1207
    @mattjones1207 7 місяців тому +4

    I’ve got the Sea Foam green version of this and I love it. Was my first tele as well 😊

  • @SyferDerg
    @SyferDerg 7 місяців тому +4

    Not a tele player, I have a Les Paul Custom from 2004. But I definitely have my eyes on a baby pink tele with a maple fingerboard I've seen in my local music shop. Definitely been a guitar I've sought after for a long time, and I definitely know that it'll be the next guitar I purchase.
    Loved this video, can't wait to see more like it from you :)

  • @PictorialPlanet-
    @PictorialPlanet- 7 місяців тому

    Great guitar in great hands! Thank you, Mary.

  • @johnnywlittle
    @johnnywlittle 6 місяців тому

    Wow, great video. Thanks for making

  • @TheFreakazoid89
    @TheFreakazoid89 7 місяців тому +5

    For some reason, having played for years only a Strat, I've always considered the world divided into two categories: Strat vs Tele players. Then 2 years ago I found an american standard Tele from 1999 in a small shop near Milan and fell in love with it ever since.

    • @yargnad
      @yargnad 7 місяців тому +1

      I've always looked at it as Gibson vs Fender, due to the scale lengths. I've always jived with a 25.5", inline headstock guitar no matter what the shape. I go Strat for vibrato and Tele for hardtail, although I have the opposite of each as well.

  • @codywilliams8162
    @codywilliams8162 7 місяців тому +5

    I love that you included Jim Root in that list, super underrated player and definitely makes a tele sound different than anyone else

    • @0Nafod0
      @0Nafod0 7 місяців тому

      Master Root was the reason I bought my first tele to be honest.

    • @lubossajda3705
      @lubossajda3705 7 місяців тому

      One of the most underrated guitarists ever, also a tele player, is John 5.

    • @0Nafod0
      @0Nafod0 7 місяців тому

      @@lubossajda3705 Truth, that dude is a magician on his tele. Well, to be fair I think that would apply to an instrument in his hands.

    • @yargnad
      @yargnad 7 місяців тому

      @@0Nafod0 It's really only a Tele-shaped object. He has super hot double humbuckers and none of the Tele sound.

  • @OneCornerstone
    @OneCornerstone 7 місяців тому

    Just got my first Tele this year too! It’s a 2012 Standard Tele with high output pickups and 6 bridge saddles. Loving it!

  • @yt551217
    @yt551217 7 місяців тому

    Great history lesson on the tele. Thanks.

  • @henkverwoert6634
    @henkverwoert6634 7 місяців тому +8

    What a great video Mary. You tick all the boxes. Take us with you in history of the guitar and your personal journey. Much more interesting than daily television. Your diversity in uploaded videos is great. Especially this weeks introduction with the artist REN. ❤❤🔥🔥🤘🤘

  • @ROMA_DESERTA
    @ROMA_DESERTA 7 місяців тому +4

    It is my favourite guitar. Combined with a Vox AC30 it is pure gold to me ☺️

  • @soundmapper
    @soundmapper 7 місяців тому

    Mary Spender and her Fender strummed tunes so sweet and tender,
    through the town, both day and night,
    her melodies a sheer delight.

  • @gnmatsu
    @gnmatsu 7 місяців тому

    Love it. So interesting. Educational. Thank you so much. Aloha!

  • @chasmenear7130
    @chasmenear7130 7 місяців тому +12

    The Telecaster is a perfect machine. It is not only the most similar to an acoustic instrument -in terms of 'honesty', but one of the most potentially expressive instruments within the electric guitar panacopia. It responds to a player with an almost pure sense of 'you get what you give'. Designed to mesh with pedal steel, it is actually it's own world. These are my opinions of course. In addition, I was a 'late Bloomer' with the Tele, and discovered its virtues after embracing a more organic approach.
    As I said - if you decide to go with the Tele, you will get what you put into it. Purely . I would suppose that this is exactly why it's not more popular than it is. Only the courageous may enter. Lol

  • @gregmock6808
    @gregmock6808 7 місяців тому +9

    I just got my first tele and it was built by an engineer who worked with Leo before Leo started Fender....I love it. There is just not a bad sound in a tele. It's a bare bones honest guitar and mine is a butterscotch black guard with gold hardware and six saddles that are adjustable. I'm a 335 player but this has been a nice change from my Casino and 335 devotions.

  • @Stevewatson3
    @Stevewatson3 6 місяців тому

    Welcome to the club! This is a lovey one you have got! Happy telecasting! Enjoyed this video!

  • @sassulusmagnus
    @sassulusmagnus 5 місяців тому +1

    So simple, and so expressive. A classic example of "less is more".

  • @7hillspoet
    @7hillspoet 7 місяців тому

    Excellent video Mary

  • @zeus-bx9xw
    @zeus-bx9xw 7 місяців тому +6

    you forgot Roy Buchanan Mary, the best tele player eva... besides you .

  • @user-xw4sn4lq4h
    @user-xw4sn4lq4h 7 місяців тому +5

    Mary,
    A Telecaster is to a musician what a boat is to a fisherman. The two just go perfectly together! Enjoy!

    • @MrTommytuna
      @MrTommytuna 7 місяців тому

      For a real treat in enjoying your Tele, try the reissue 5 watt '57 Champ guitar amplifier. It is a little monster with terrific tone.

  • @leelossi1257
    @leelossi1257 7 місяців тому

    Sounds fantastic!! Beautiful color........its a keeper

  • @Dude_Guyman
    @Dude_Guyman 7 місяців тому

    Welcome to the club! I was 56 before I finally got a "telecaster". Mine is a cheap copy (setup and modded nicely), but it rocks. I prefer 24.75 scale guitars over 25, but the "tele" is great for certain sounds, when I want them.

  • @DH432hrtz
    @DH432hrtz 7 місяців тому +11

    It don't matter when you get a Tele so long as you at some point you pick one up. It's the only guitar I'm aware of that can support all music categories. Bruce played his for 40 yrs on the rd.
    Keith 60+ yrs
    Leo always thought the musican came first, also his amps
    Love the channel Mary
    Cheers
    Doug 😎

  • @flashingit
    @flashingit 7 місяців тому +5

    As a owner of many Fender guitars to include CS Strats and CS Teles, the Fender AV II ‘51 Telecaster with its iconic butterscotch body, all maple neck and black pick guard is a dream to play and my most favored of the bunch. A telecaster should be in ever guitarist’s tool box. Welcome to club Tele, Mary!

  • @TARRS1
    @TARRS1 3 місяці тому +1

    The reverse control plate mod on teles has a history in and of itself. Those volume swells are delicious! Fender released a Tele FSR with this configuration because of how often the mod is done! Amazing!

  • @Blue_3rd
    @Blue_3rd 7 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for an enjoyable video! I am a lifelong amateur guitarist, mainly a Les Paul and Strat player. My wife bought me a ‘52 reissue Tele about 10 years ago and I recently fell back in love with it after not being convinced for a long time. I haven’t played any other guitar for about six months. I took it to a hard rock rehearsal yesterday and it was just excellent, we played Europe, Gotthard, MSG, Thin Lizzy and it sounded great. It is such a versatile guitar, it really can play any style. Now I’m thinking about getting another but with a rosewood neck :) Enjoy your Tele! Cheers.

  • @sortehuse
    @sortehuse 7 місяців тому +4

    You are so great at storytelling Mary. Loved this video. I only have one electric guitar and it's a telecaster (somewhat similar to yours but mexican).

    • @markseelye8270
      @markseelye8270 7 місяців тому +1

      Yep, it’s a beaut Clark. And so is Mary! B. T. W. The Vintera is MIM.

    • @sortehuse
      @sortehuse 7 місяців тому +1

      @@markseelye8270 Mine is a Classic Series '60s Telecaster from 2015 also with Rosewood Fingerboard it's a really good guitar

  • @franckgestin3371
    @franckgestin3371 7 місяців тому +3

    I'm a Tele' guy for 20 years now. They have something raw and pure to their sound that I haven't found elsewhere.
    And the one that made me fall in love with that sound was the incredible Jeff Buckley

    • @yargnad
      @yargnad 7 місяців тому +1

      Jeff was a master of the Tele, it blended with his voice so well. I still get goosebumps every time I watch Live in Chicago.

    • @franckgestin3371
      @franckgestin3371 7 місяців тому +1

      @yargnad same thing for me when I listen to the Live at Sin-é. What a void his loss has left behind. Anyway, playing the Tele' and his songs are a way to recognise his genius and gentle soul.

  • @TommyDaleCooper
    @TommyDaleCooper 7 місяців тому

    I always thought I’d be a Gibson SG guy but got a butterscotch blackguard player series when they came out. It’s now my number one guitar that I play every day. I love how it has old school black guard vibes with modern bridge, 9.5 in radius, and a satin neck.

  • @keithcarreira2219
    @keithcarreira2219 7 місяців тому

    Thanks for the history lesson, Mary. Like you, I was late coming to the Telecaster. The location of the volume knob on the Stratocaster and efforts over many years with many Strats to keep my fingers away from that knob finally drove me to the Telecaster. I had no idea what that guitar was capable of until I found a mint-condition used American Deluxe Ash Telecaster at a price even my wife could live with. I love this guitar and am sure you will come to love yours as well. I look forward to hearing what you have in store for us.

  • @richardferguson6893
    @richardferguson6893 7 місяців тому +3

    Lovely tone and it's also great in a bar fight!

  • @puzoldookie
    @puzoldookie 7 місяців тому +4

    The beauty of the tele for me is that it's just a simple practical guitar build to last.
    It's what it's been from day one till today and to me that's beautiful and playing one feels like paying respect to a great craftsman that Leo was.

  • @mauriceryton
    @mauriceryton 6 місяців тому

    Your research and knowledge is impeccable. I have the utmost respect for people who do accurate research. Very interesting video.

  • @brianbarrett5987
    @brianbarrett5987 7 місяців тому

    Welcome to the tele club. Long time Telecaster player, since 1988. My other guitar, a Les Paul copy was stolen so I got a '52 reissue. I was (and still am) a huge fan boy of Washington DC area, where I lived, phenom Danny Gatton, whom I saw many times. I was so lucky to have had the opportunity to go to a local club on a regular basis and see Danny. It was exhausting watching him live. I also loved Albert Lee so those were my inspirations for the purchase. I have other guitars but the 52 reissue is still my favorite. Great tone and never goes out of tune. I hope you have as much love for yours as I have for mine.

  • @Yoda8945
    @Yoda8945 7 місяців тому +5

    Wonderful presentation! (As usual) What was not mentioned about the Telecaster, is the fantastic balance it has when on a strap. The neck seems to be weightless and is ready for the player's hands.

  • @GarrettDayton
    @GarrettDayton 7 місяців тому +6

    Jeff Buckley is another one of the best tele players, his guitar skills are underrated

    • @alexlackner1945
      @alexlackner1945 7 місяців тому +4

      He was mentioned

    • @BryanClark-gk6ie
      @BryanClark-gk6ie 7 місяців тому

      Check out Scotty Anderson tele playing.
      Not many people have heard of him.

  • @leehoggatt9791
    @leehoggatt9791 5 місяців тому

    I recently discovered your channel, and I thoroughly enjoy the wide ranging theme of content and the relaxed manner in which you present it. I’m a troglodyte with a guitar, but it has proven to be great therapy for my road worn soul as I’ve flown ‘round the world. My favorite therapist… a natural ash “frankentele” pieced together with good bits and pieces over the years. Thanks for the video.

  • @BrendaBoykin-qz5dj
    @BrendaBoykin-qz5dj 7 місяців тому

    Thank you,Mary⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great historic info.