What's Up With the Kingfish Tele? | 2022 Fender Christone Ingram Telecaster Deluxe Purple Sparkle
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Today we are checking out the new Kingfish Telecaster deluxe. It is a flashy finish and has the "trouble maker" bridge layout... but is it any good?
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0:12 - Unboxing / Who Is Kingfish?
1:03 - About The Telecaster Deluxe
2:10 - Kingfish's Previous Guitars
3:15 - First Impressions
3:33 - The Case / Case Candy
4:02 - Inside Look / Specs
10:37 - Clean Tones
12:44 - Dirty Tones
14:55 - Final Thoughts
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Next Haruna Boost and Jason Isbell telecaster. btw, Omochi is a good one.
Neck mesurements in Milimiters, please, please, please. On this side of the ocean inches are chinese and u always include mm, which is a much appreciated habit. Otherwise, nice vid as usual, keep'em up. 👍 Thanx. Cheers!
On the continental side of the ocean, I mean...
I received a message that I won something from you. Couldn't be sure it was you so I said to give it to someone else. If it was you, thanks. If not? Well lol, no loss. Good video though.
I got kinda excited when I first saw this guitar then I heard the pickups tone it's too harsh glad I watch this demo video, Fender can do better come on !?
Kingfish is amazing live. Met him after the show. Humble, down to earth kid. Deserves the success he’s finding. He’s the future of Blues.
Short term future unless he takes care of himself
@@Demon_Pig Probably will. Aretha Franklin and Adele were fat and they managed to lose weight and get in better health.
Not a huge follower or anything, but I've heard he's made great strides lately in his health and weight. Good on 'em.
I gotta check him out.
It’s like the three Kings loaded their talents into one vessel and gave rise to this guy. He fucking rocks!
"Whats the deal with the Kingfish Tele?"
It's a metallic purple LP spec Tele, there's literally nothing to dislike here
Just watched this guy in Manchester last night and my jaw was on the floor for the whole 2 hours he was playing, he’s clearly come very far and his soul was plugged into that guitar and the tone was so smooth, me and my dad were standing at the very front and he came out to sign and take pictures and was mega humble, I got a picture and being as I didn’t have anything to sign he signed a McDonald’s receipt I had in my pocket from the pit stop on the way to venue, what a guy🤘
I appreciate the fine observations, like the pole pieces not matching up with the holes in the covers. A thorough job; well done.
Hey Trog, I'm with you when it comes to Fender, I lean more towards the T-Type over the Strat. Just so comfortable and they play great!! Chris Shiflett from the Foos plays a deluxe and they look like a lot of fun with the HH stoptail set up. Love the Whitchhats too. I have an Esquire and absolutely love it. This one has got to be great for rock. Ehhh on the Purple, but a cool guitar just the same. Keep up the great work 🎸👍
Imagine Trogly, a LP fan, liking the Tele more than the Strat. Almost like he's a, single cut fan.
He really got close to a Les Paul. His intents look clear to me.
Kingfish is a fantastic young player! So glad you did this video Trogly.
Really interesting & helpful video! Lovely guitar :)
One thought came to my mind when you mentioned the vintage style tuners: why doesn‘t fender use locking tuners for all of their guitars? What‘s the benefit of a vintage style tuner expect for the looks maybe? 🤔 I just figured since I always would prefer locking tuners over any other conventional tuning machine. I experienced that locking tuners are always faster when it comes to changing strings, the tuning stability also seems better.
As soon as I saw these on Sweetwater I knew I'd be seeing it here. It checks a lot of Trogly boxes for sure, right down to the purple finish. It's a little weird to have a microphonic pickup on a $2000 guitar, but I can't argue with how it sounds. That neck pickup is so full! And you were totally right about the bridge pickup coming to life when it was overdriven. Thanks for the review!
I used to have a 1972 Fender Telecaster Custom that I still wish I had. I built a Clone or partsCaster and it has a Roasted Maple neck and worn in feel. I used the 72 on both albums we recorded and I absolutely loved that Guitar 🎸
Lee Ranaldo, formerly of Sonic Youth, has an original Deluxe too, with the Strat-style tremolo.
I spoke to a Reverb seller person he told me he purchased a pair of original 70's Wide Range pickups for $ 500 and said they're well worth it I didn't argue with him one bit
I saw kingfish in London this year playing the whole gig on this guitar apart from the acoustic set, the tone he was getting out of this guitar is absolutely monster.
Hadn’t heard of him until I saw this signature guitar, and when I saw him play I was blown away. Plus, this new guitar is a stunner.
my daughter does not understand my guitar playing at all. but one day i got the kingfish playing and she hits a moment of epiphany with "hey, that's the guy you are trying to sound like"
Smart kid 🙄
Kingfish is amazing. He should have had his very own signature fender guitar 5 or even 10 years ago. It's been really cool watching him as a kid and grow up and just keep getting better and better. He was amazing when he was a kid. As a grown man He's a force to be reckoned with for sure.
I saw Kingfish in May of 2022 - I was absolutely blown away. I’ve been lucky to see some of the greats - BB King, Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana, Mark Knopfler, Derek Trucks, Peter Frampton, just to name a few. Kingfish is up there with them, and he’s in his early 20s. It makes me so happy and proud that someone from my generation is carrying on the greatness of so many guitar giants from the past.
As it turns out, I was turning 30 in 2023 and was planning on getting a custom built guitar. After I saw this model come out, I went to Guitar Center and gave it a spin - absolutely loved the way it played. I bought it and have now owned it for a year. Beautiful sounding and playing guitar - my only complaint is I wish the finish was nitrocellulose, and I wouldn’t mind if they included some plain pickup covers in the case. Both are pretty minor issues to me. I’ve taken the guitar to a couple of gigs and just got back from traveling to N.C. with it. I’m very glad to have it in my arsenal - it’s a fantastic guitar.
To find the resistance of an unmarked pot just put that meter of yours on the outer lugs of the pot. I think it would read right in circuit on a guitar. Now if it was a pot in series with the negative feedback loop as an adjustable feedback control in an amp then you would get a crazy reading, at least with one setup like a 5f6a Tweed Bassman. But I think it would read right in a guitar circuit. I'm going to check when I get home to make sure though lol.
Sounds awesome I had the same issue with the Squealing Pickup on my Fender Jim Root Jazzmaster. Ended up getting the Neck Pickup Wax Potted. I shouldn't have had to do it with such an expensive guitar but the guitar sounds awesome now
I love the purple finish, but if I wanted a Tele I would want the twangy single coils. I already have humbuckers on my Les Paul. If they offered a regular Tele in that finish I'd be all over it.
I'd change them for Filtertrons !
Cry more
I think squier did a purple tele
@@drewg3087 huh?
Yea,kingfish can jam! I dig the purple finish.i bet fish could pick that one!
I have one of these myself and noticed the microphonics REALLY bad in the bridge pickup and the neck pickup silent . i ended up removing the cover and fixing the issue .. i hope this is not a QC issue , as the guitar is awesome.. i almost sent mine back becuase the squealing was so bad .. but i love the axe so much i am glad i fixed it myself
Wow..it really sings🤘🏿😎! Great guitar with a stunner appearance.Ive always preferred that big 60-70s headstock.
Thanks for doing this video. I was very curious on this model. Not sure if you covered the Player Plus Meteora. I need to check.
I love the look of this guitar and the 6 individual adjustable saddles, I already have 2 telecaster deluxe s and would love to have this but I can only buy so many guitar s, doggone it!
The upcoming models will hopefully have some fixes to it. Like T-Dog stated, it has too many signatures and the stamping on the pup covers.
I prefer the Fender hardtail bridge, like on my Robert Cray strat, and especially the ones made by Hipshot, but the tunamatic type bridge maybe loosens the feel? Kingfish knows what he likes!
Very, very nice. But $2K? Seems a bit steep for what it is. I think I’d rather save $250 and just get the stock Tele Deluxe. Either way, I’m glad we got a Fender Friday!
I had the stock one. You are pretty much right. However the pickups are hotter and the bridge setup is worth it to me. Plus ole Kingfish has to make a little lol 😂
The chris shifflet is good enough
@@Ottophil you know those are great. I had one and I miss that guitar 🎸
i saw him live with this guitar, and it was amazing, the tone, the dynamics, everything.
are there any plans on doing a video on the new squire 40th anniversary teles? I've been going back and forth on whether or not to get one since i love the look of the neck, but i cant really find many specs, expecialy when it comes to how its routed
So happy to see king fish getting a signature
That's funny that fender made him a signature guitar considering I associate kingfish with Les Pauls mostly
I actually think the back of the headstock autograph is a decent place to put a sig model's name. It's unobtrusive there. Plus, at a Rush concert in 2007, I caught a glimpse of the back of the headstock of Geddy's bass, and his was the same as my two sig basses. His bass tech later confirmed on the talkbass forums that they'd replaced the neck on Geddy's main bass with a Fender sig model neck, and they also had a couple of the sig models they took on tour to use in the rotation, so I could have seen either. Nice to know that the endorsers ACTUALLY DO use their sig models, at least sometimes. Tony Franklin's sig bass is much the same, but the only place his name shows up is the neck plate. I love sig models. They often give an array of features you just can't get in stock models. Jackson does Adrian Smith's and Fender does two Dave Murrays, so I'm waiting for Fender to do a Janick Gers, hopefully fully relicked! lol
Mr Trogs
This is the best I have ever heard you sound on a guitar demo.
Yeah that Neck and Middle position tone rules.
I like this guitar.
That is a really nice piece of rosewood for the fretboard
What amp and pedal were you using towards the end? Marshall amp?
If I had an extra two grand laying around I would so grab one of these! Love that color and it sounds great!
Awesome Trogly🎸《☆》Interesting Fender didn't include holes on the bottom of the Pickups🦓🦅No way to adjust the hidden Pole Pieces🎸🤳Nice demo & review Brother✌😎☯️
Very sweet guitar, but I'm just not into Fenders. I've had a few very nice U.S made Strats, but for my style of playing....not a fan. QC looks pretty clean, love the purple metallic, a satin finish on a neck always feels the best to me, and I like the Gibson style control layout more. One of my issues with Strats is always hitting the volume control with my hand to the point I just have to remove the knob. Also, I don't like blade style switches. Looks like a very good value for the money. 👍
The pickups aren’t standard fender humbuckers, they are a specific kingfish custom wide range wound set. You can buy them separately for £239. They release them the same time the tele came out.
I first heard of Kingfish from his performance of Purple Rain by Prince, i've also seen his rig rundown. Awesome video Trogly!
Dude, I love this guitar! How many watts is it? Is it true bypass? Asking for a friend
This looks so much like my "Troublemaker" Tele Deluxe except for the truss rod. While most Fender humbuckers are that "double tap" humbucker which I really don't like, the Tele Deluxe has Shawbucker 1 & 2 (neck & bridge). I loved that pickup so much, I yoinked the double tap from my American Performer SSH & put a Shawbucker 2 in there. It's hard to mess up a Telecaster, but Fender does this model right. It's pretty heavy, but hey it's Kingfish's signature, so weight can't be a problem, right?
With matt texture paint being the rage these days, releasing a sparkle finish is pretty bawlsy move.
What is the point of the double string tree on the headstock though? Put a GraphTech nut in that thing, you won't be able to force it out of tune. I'm not a fan of the Kluson though. Yes, they look good but Fender Locking should be the defacto.
A matching headstock wouldve been killer.
I like the look, minus the headstock. If it had the standard Tele headstock and locking tuners, I’d be 100% getting one.
I agree as a kid in the 90s I thought the big CBS headstock was it but now I prefer the smaller shapes if they wanted to be different than standard tele a small Strat style would look awesome on it.
I just don’t like the look of the 70s headstocks on fenders anymore, but on Gibson the 70s headstocks is where it’s at for me.
@@brandonjackson5865
I don’t like the large headstock very either, but it is historically accurate for a 70s style Telecaster Deluxe.
Its too big. It needs scaled down at least.
I love the biger headstock
4:55"pickguard assy"🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ordered the day it came out... still waiting on mine from Sweetwater :( can't wait for it to finally get here! So excited to see this video!
me too! got to wait til February, though
Jeez
Been following Kingfish on You Tube for quite some time, so I am super excited to be seeing him live in my home town of Sheffield in the UK in October!
love the review....i actually like the bridge with crunch, sound like super raw beef but super soft uncooked chicken on clean, neck pups ok, sounded decent....problem is fender "wide" pickups are not the same as the old school ones (loller makes vintage reproductions), OG wides sounds more like a supped-up tele or parallel single coils....i wish he would have popped the covers off the pickups so people would have seen standard humbs covered in tons of wax, no bueno Corona factory....the "new" wide fender humbs are not real-deal based on original specs.....for 2k should be knob-pull single coil options to get twangy tones on the neck mixed with hums on the bridge...ive seen this dude play, lots of prince mannerisms in his solos, just wish this guitar had the classic prince tele setup option of single on neck and humb on bridge, adding the crunch would have been amazing.....for that price point need tons of versatility with pickup sounds...looks good in purple, sounds solid, but could have been a beast with single coil options, missed opportunity Fender!
Anymore info on this pickup design? It looks like a wide range but no?Humbucker sized yes?
Beautiful sounding guitar.
I love how dark the fretboard is
That many signatures? I've probably commented way too frequently already how I have no love for signature edition guitars. Making them this visible and plentiful on one model isn't going to change my mind.
I definitely dig the finish though. Purple has always been my favorite color.
If you;re doing Tele deluxe why not check out the Chris Shiflett one?
I have a Shifflet and it's a great guitar. Bought maybe 2013, 699$ with a hardshell case!!
I'd love one of those! I love teles, and I love purple guitars!
There's so much to love about this guitar!
Apart from the price !
The raised areas on the pickup covers could be a result of the heat from the laser engraving
Very curious about that neck. Seems pretty cool. But otherwise, I'd go with a parts-caster ala Warmoth for a guitar like this. You could truly make your own dream Tele Deluxe for the same money.
Man kingfish is amazing. I’m going to his show on the 8th of October can’t wait
This and the ed Obrien are the only signature guitars that caught my eye
Very cool. I have a AmPro II Tele Deluxe, which is similar. My guitar rocks and is a joy to play. I'd say if you dig this setup, you can save a bit of cash and get the AmPro II, which I think has better sounding pickups and coil splits. The AmPro II is a good value imo.
Lol the guitars are totally different. And about $150 difference new.
I have one of those AmPro's and I love it, but the Kingfish guitar is probably more like a Troublemaker than a Tele Deluxe because of that bridge
It seems King Fish paid homage to a sweet little ole blues club in Tupelo Mississippi with that color. I think its called the purple plumb or something like that. Its been so long ago but the sounds are unforgettable.
Love the look but not a fan of the tones but yeah, I'd give up my preference for a maple neck for that rosewood.
I think that purple is the same as Robert Cray signature Fender in purple. I had one of those for a while. I would like to see side by side. It is very close
Love Kingfish as a player not really feeling his signature Tele. If I was going to buy a signature Tele it would be Jimmy Page's.
Beautiful instrument right there
Just want to mention that the original 70's Teles had a wonky body shape, where the top bout appears meet at the 16th fret as opposed to the correct 17th fret.
Sorry if I missed it but where were these made? I didn't see any country mark.
it's called a "Modern Soft V" in the custom shop guide
I owned a Troublemaker & miss it. The humbuckers on the Tele Deluxe are incredible. The Troublemaker's paint chipped off easily but it was otherwise a great guitar.
One thing I don't like about this one, it's only 21 frets.
The fact Kingfish's signature guitar has no belly cut is ironic. Price a standard Tele Deluxe before you buy this one. Fender's been asking a lot for these guitars & they don't even put locking tuners on.
Edit - it does have a belly cut. I wasn't paying attention. The case has a mini insulin fridge too, pretty good deal.
I wish it had the Widerange CuNiFe pickups. That would be a killer guitar. Love everything else about it
I wish they did the string through body thing and NOT a stop bar.
Sweet episode, pretty cool we got to see a Fender!!
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That color looks like the Midnight blue that Fender used on the MiM's in the late nineties
Tried one of these in a nearby shop. Did not like having the "V" shape that you could feel in the 1st through 5th frets. The pickups are supposed to be custom voiced to Kingfish's specs. I would have preferred they used the Jalen Custom pickups that he uses in his Chertoff Custom guitars.
Noted
V shapes are gross
That’s a nice purple sparkle. The fretboard even seemed to have a purple tint to it
Only a matter of time before Trogly gets a signature guitar which will just be a giant volute with a stinger.
And a kill switch!
In silverburst
Tele Deluxe is my favorite Fender design. The Les Paul/Troublemaker style bridge on it is cool. These are great guitars if you're coming from Les Pauls but want some variation on that glassy or jangly Fender tone. In my opinion, the more Les Paul you can make the Tele Deluxe without sacrificing the Fender style tone, the better. Kingfish seems to hold the same opinion, judging by the choices he made here. The 12 inch radius is also great on a guitar like this.
Beautiful guitar.
Now that is one tele I could be down with!!!!!
I just received my new squire Tele deluxe (burgundy mist) and that guitar KF does not seem $1800 better - mine also has the pearloid side markers - looks, feels, plays and sounds great too
Lol
Plays Kurt Wilson guitars too
I would honestly consider getting one if it wasn't for the TOM bridge.
Maybe the microphonic behavior is caused by the fact that the pickup is attached to the pick guard? I found it weird that it has a middle screw in the pick guard. I guess that they realized it and tried to minimize vibrations with that screw. I would try to put some foam below the pickup.
Hey mate. I have this issue. Where about does the foam go to stop the squealing?
Weird, I'm not a Fender historian, but I don't think I've ever seen one with a clone of a Stopbar and Tune-O-Matic. I only just started this video, but I wonder if this has a Les Paul scale length, too. I kind of doubt it, but that'd be really interesting if it did.
Check out the Troublemaker Teles. Those are basically Les Paul Standard and Custom specs. The first run is a set neck too if I remember correctly.
Check out the Jim Adkins tele
He's worth a listen. Nice looking Telly even though overpriced. Prefer the classic ash tray bridge old school look but that's just my asthetic preference. It's still a great looking instrument. Thanks for showing us!
This guitar is pretty strange, almost feels like he wanted a Gibson, especially with the bridge.
Aside from the scale, I guess he couldn't pull that off with Fender
He was very explicit about that in his Fender artist video. It’s a Gibson disguised as a Fender.
Gorgeous color.
Fret board is amazing
I think Fender did a Francis Rossi signature Tele with a "tune-o-matic" bridge
I remember that but I didn't think it was Fender ? I can remember you could order a Rossi or a Rick Parfait Tele from a luthier in England a few years back.
@@shaunw9270 yeah it might have been a deal where he bought a Fender and modded it, I've definitely seen Fenders (usually green) done up like Rossi's
@@shaunw9270 Also I think Trevor Wilkinson did a signature model under the Vintage badge
Either those are single coils that look like humbuckers, or there is a grounding issue that you somehow didn't mention. When you aren't touching a metal part the 60 cycle hum is very present.
I own a LP Special with a pair of single coils, and you barely hear this 60 cycle hum (I didn't check out, but I wouldn't be surprised if they had a hotter output that those Telecaster ones).
That comes from my LED ceiling lights. The mic on the camera was facing backwards accidentally this episode so you got much more room noise than normal. Usually I turn off my room lights, but didn't this ep so that isn't necessarily this guitar's fault
@@Trog that sounds like a reasonable explanation.
@@Trog that has to be the proper issue... I heard it again tonight on the mini humbuckers during the output check
Love this guy! Thanks for this video.
That's a nice guitar! 5:20 You could just measure the pots, you've got the multimeter
Gotta get it
The following is a serious question, not being sarcastic, what is the appeal of HH Teles? Just a preference for the body shape?
Love that color!
That purple is so tasty!!! It looks so cool on your leather chair Trog!!! I think it should come with the guitar when you sell it!!!
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Aesthetically I’ve always felt there is not enough room on a tele, for the stop bar, I feel it’s sliding off the back visually. Maybe a wraparound if any. And again for a guitar with a no-neck-pitch-design, a tune-o-magic style bridge makes little to no sense.
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That bridge pickup reminds me of the Lenny kravits Flying V that u demoed 💪🎸