I've somehow never owned this guitar... until now
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What guitar is missing from your collection?
Hearing SRV made me smile uncontrollably
Almost everything....
I'd barely even call mine a collection.
Explorer🙃
It would be easier to ask what’s not missing from my collection
Using one guitar company's sponsorship money directly to buy a guitar from another company, that's amazing 😂
I was shocked hahah
Did it for the sake of the comparison...pretty genius, actually...
Mastermind
Duh
If he'd have bought a squire or other budget brand to compare that might be tacky. But a 3000 dollar Fender is perfect. Doesnt compete with the Donner pricewise and gives a true tone comparison with the guitar Donner is copying.
I believe most used Teles have been owned by John 5.
His collection is serious business.
Checks out lol
I just washed my hands. He's creepy.
@@c.p.1589 what he do?
@@shadyacr Played his Telecaster probably.
Thats my new excuse for a new guitar.
"Mom, Its for science!"
theres gotta be a song or band named “Science”
60% of the time it works, every time
@@MusicisWin what about the suhr guitar, isnt that a tele. oop wait nm u already explaind it.
I see you are a man of culture by your profile pic
@@saturn5087 One X is my favorite album bro, thx
While I prefer the Fender. They both sound like a Tele. The Donner actually sounds really good
Donner sounds like a toy guitar
I liked the brighter bridge pickup
@@herewegoagain7403 not really? just a brighter sound
Duh .... We should be comparing G&L and fender, not Donner what the f***
@@jimhalpert7660 donner sounds like shit 😂😂
*phone rings*
Tyler: Hello?
Donner: hey this is donner
Tyler: oh hey guys, did you like the new video?
Donner: tf were you thinking
I dunno, for the price of a used tele, he just showed that Donner's Guitars can stand up against Fender and hold their own. Not bad value for Donner! 🤣
@@cubistfunk Yeah exactly. I don't necessarily believe that the Donner is truly comparable, it's a great marketing movie.
@@cubistfunk How about the quality of the parts? How often will it go out of tune? I would save a little more money and go with the Squire classic Vibe Tele's or a use MIM Tele but that is just my opinion. I also say any guitar is better than no guitar and I would never down anyone for their gear.
You know the world is coming to an end when you find out Tyler doesn't have a guitar like this
Even I put together a Warmoth tele early on and I hated Teles back then. I have two now 🤘
He does now, so we're all saved!! :)
That's because PRS doesn't make one.
He does though… The green Suhr
Poor little rich boy! What ever shall Tylie do? Cry like a lost 7yr old girl?
Tele's are the least of his worries... colossal ego the size of 'Zilla fighting Kong in a deathmatch needing downsizing urgently first & foremost I'd offer.
Why have 34,793 guitars ffsakes? You can only play 1 at a time... gas is crass.
Every touring musician loves telecasters. Its just a simple, reliable tool to get the job done. They never break in transport and stay in tune forever.
Facts, I've picked it up after months in the corner drove to my buddies house plugged in and only thing I had to do was bring that damn g string up a quarter tone.
Seems legit
Would I be wrong to say the Gibson equivalent would be a Les Paul Junior? Just crunchy business on the bridge and thats it lol
Mine is FRIENDLY❤️
Never gives me issues.
Helps when you suck, to have a guitar that don’t!
@@jcheever37 what's up with that g string, anyway. I guess it's the one we always bend more than the rest, but there seems to be something more to it than that considering it seems to be a quarter tone flat when I'll first pick up my tele, but I never notice it being flat when I put the tele down. I'm going to have to do an experiment where I make sure to tune it before I put it back in its case and see what happens when I pick it back up.
Hats off to the Donner -- and to Tyler for giving it its props (okay, I know Donner provided the guitar for promo purposes). Still, the take away message is that you don't have spend three large to get a decent guitar, and while the Fender is solid (I own a 2002 Korean made Fender Tele), there are a lot of worthy competitors out there for folks who don't manage hedge funds.
I would love to see you build a guitar!
does him speccing out and choosing the wood for the private stock prs with paul himself count?
@@kennethdon3619 nope
This could be fun to watch, plus the US is great for buying kits. We just don't have the same choice this side of the pond
A frankenstrat
It would be interesting to see for sure! I will be doing a series next month building a guitar on my channel MusicAndWood.
I grew up in love with the strat. Then I started thinking les Paul’s or sgs were the best until I actually tried one and didn’t like it. Always thought teles were dumb. Now it’s my favorite guitar hands down.
Is no one gonna talk about how good that donner sounds for the price ?
A wet fart would sound just as nice through that kind of rig and editing X)
Right?! Sounds incredible...
I don't want to criticize the brand or Tyler, but he has probably connected it to so many pedals, plugins and done so much editing that any guitar sounds better that if you just plugged it straight in to an amp
For the jam: All guitars are using the same processing-same amp, no pedals, a little reverb for ambience and some EQ to sit in the mix. For the back to back tones, each guitar is dry into the same amp with a little verb.
@@MusicisWin thank you for clarifying! Most people assume that its the guitar itself that gives most if the tone, but once its intonated right, any guitar sounds good with a good rig, and any guitar can sound bad with a bad rig.
The Fender was by far the most twangy, and in the right way. I actually have one of those Vintage 50s, a 2011 in white, mine was supposedly once used for doing demo tapes for Taylor Swift :P
Nice fat neck, but very thin radius, very vintage. And tiny frets which won't last very long. Sounds real nice though, remember Jimmy Page mostly used Tele on the early Led Zeppelin stuff. Actually, my Ibanez AZ feels a little like a Tele, but with modern humbuckers, tremolo, contour body and stainless steel frets.
I’m surprised you didn’t go with the 1983 for the price. Sounded much more open to me. To each his own, killer playing as always!! Thanks for bringing us along and rock on brother!
It's pretty amazing how far introductory level guitars have come. Nice work, Ty-Ty.
While I'm all for inexpensive guitars, the vintage Tele was like a warm weighted blanket and I sighed when I heard it.
In the most nonchalant of voices, "that was the one that belonged to John 5 at one time", lol. That's when you know you're in a quality store.
You're not wrong! I worked in a high-end Nashville guitar store, and for one thing you get really used to celebrity-owned instruments, but also you don't want to name drop and risk sounding like a used car salesman.
@@Ironworthstriking That certainly makes sense. Thanks for the perspective.
As much as I am a superstrat kinda guy right now, Joe Walsh’s tele was what got me into guitar in the first place.
Same
Same tbh. The hotel california live 🤘
@@sidiox7857 I got into it when I saw life in the fast lane
Kinda same-ish. I use strat and a lp, but Jim Root's tele made me start.
@@sidiox7857 exactly the one that made me start playing guitar
Hey Tyler, you probably get this a lot but I'm a huge fan and watching your videos and playing guitar has gotten me through my deepest times. Just wanna thank you for that. Keep up the incredible work man!
I am soo happy that you are talking about Donner. I have always loved their products. I have a lot of their pedals on my board.
I love teles, if you get a good set of pickups in there they can be the most versatile guitar ever. I built an esquire out of a 95’ Mexican Tele and put a lollar Special T pickup in, and it’s now my main guitar just because it’s so versatile and sounds so good!
The Fender Tele “twang” was pure Fender!
I’ve played a lot of guitars but my go-to is my old Tele. It does everything I want it to.
All the best from NJ.
Amazed how great the Donner sounds! Gr8 vid Tyler!
It ain't a "cult". Leo just nailed it with that Broadcaster / Nocaster solid body design. Anything after was just variations on a theme.
To this very day.
So glad I got one of the AV teles back when they released. They just keep going up in value. Worth more used now than they were new.
Oh hey, it's Tyler "I need to go to the store and buy a brand new iconic instrument, because it's my job" Larson.
Your videos are so much fun dude. And that Eric Gales sweater is dope!
Love the sounds you were getting from the butterscotch tele dude 🤯 it was shining
"Guitar shopping, for science!"
You never owned a Flying V as i know maybe it's time to change that ;)
Most underrated guitar
o just got one custom made it weighs like 3 pounds nevk sits exactly like i want its built to look like Albert King’s Lucy and indeed it does just no name on the fretboard and pointed headstock like the 58 he used to play
make it reverse for old Sammy G
Was just saying the exact thing
Yusssss!! Gotta own one.
Hook, line and telecaster! Super impressed with the Donner line. Sounds waaaaaaaaaay better than I thought it would
Congrats on the new tele man. Wicked thing.
Holy crap that donner thinline sounds amazing.
Put a cheap guitar in a great players hands and you have a winner.
Love your clips man and yes Teles are just the coolest things. They have the magic. Im a die hard Fender fan and my 92 SRV is my number 1 but I still want a tele. Gotta call out the Donner Guitars! Fantastic guitars for the price , Ive never seen or played one but from watching this clip I’d have no hesitation buying one. A totally respectable instrument and really cool that you’ve demonstrated the fact that just because its not an expensive guitar doesn’t mean it cant hold its own. 👍👍
I’m really glad I found your channel, I love your vids 👌🏾👌🏾
I’m glad my first electric is a telecaster, although a squier its a beauty to me and I love it to death.
That bridge pickup is amazing and the neck is great as well
One thing I’ve noticed in the last 20 years when it comes to classic bolt on guitar styles like the Strat and the telecaster, thanks to modern manufacturing CNC and all that, the quality gap has definitely closed between the “cheap instruments“ and higher end models. That’s not to say you’re going to confuse an inexpensive guitar with a top tier fender, but those inexpensive copies are no longer pure junk and are actually quite playable and have a decent sound. Myself all my Teles are Squiers and they are fantastic playing and sounding guitars. I have two classic vibes, one of 50s butterscotch and the other 70s deluxe “Keef” style plus a mid 2000s regular Squier Telecaster standard with an amazing feeling neck that I modified with the hot rails pick up. In all cases they’re so good I don’t feel a Jones for an actual top tier fender version.
I’m 100% with you bro!!!
The Donner sounds really good - I assume for the price it has ceramic pickups. I think that accounts for most of the tonal differences. If you put even cheaper GuitarFetish alnico pickups in the Donner I bet it would sound as good or better than the Fender
Bro, thanks for the video! I went for the solid body sunburst. The white one was sold out. (I have a thinline from Firefly). Used you link-checkout was easy-I was done ordering before the 6-minute mark. Thanks!
The Tele is possibly my favourite guitar. It just feels so nice, I love how versatile it is, I loves it
Leo Fender was great man that invented many great guitars. The tele sound is really cool and I think that it has the most recognazable tone(after strat of course)
Holy cow those Donner guitars sound amazing, regardless of price.
Dude get rid of Suhr before people find out how similar it is to $160 guitar and get your money back.
Nice comparison video!!!..As I learned awhile ago, when I started my kit and modding journey, what separates the 'budget' from the 'boutique' guitars is mainly the attention to the neck (frets, nut, relief).. Once I learned that, EVERY ax that I work on, becomes a 'custom shop' joint!!.. BUT I been sleepin' on Donner.. Time to correct THAT dynamic.. Again, cool video!!..
I love the little pride and joy piece you played
The new Tele sounds like Bob Ross talking about painting vs the Donner which is literally anyone else talking about anything.
I know, it slaps you right in the face when you hear it after the donners
i think its awesome DIO was showing you the guitars
And Perry Ferrell helped Tyler get it ready to go.
I'm so glad you mentioned something about the necks. Something I didn't know starting was the necks. I have a small hand and I bought a epiphone studio les paul. Which is not friendly for small hands. Also the neck has like semi sticky finish. I had to drop my action out the bottom to play it well ish. I'm still trash but he it's the commitment to playing. And learning more about guitars and what I like so thanks regardless tyler. Keep up the awesome work and great videos as well. Thanks man 🤘
The music in this video bops interesting, man. Especially in the intro.
The donner definitely gets the “tele sound” but it sounds somewhat sharper to me, but then again it’s well under 2k the price of the fender and it more than holds its own and against its much more expensive bigger brother
In my opinion. The Tele platform is the best because the standard single coil set up always sounds the same no matter what guitar you get. Which makes it so versatile. You can make it scream, or make it sing a beautiful clean tune and everything in between. It’s a must buy for an advanced player. If you get it as a beginner imo it’s too hard to find the right tone. I didn’t like the Telecaster until I had been playing for 10 years. I’m picking up my first one today!
I was a strat guy for years and years,, until I got my hands on a tele,,, been a tele guy ever since! Enjoy your tele my friend!!!
My first guitar was an unknown brand (possibly Sunn) Tele in tobacco sunburst and I've been a fighter for the Telecaster ever since. Since then I had a Antoria Tele which was just such a sweetie to play and sounded like every best Telecaster quality I could pick all rolled into one.
I have to say, I'm super impressed by the sound of both of those underdogs! I wouldn't like to have to choose between the two, the Fender had a much more broad sound but the Donner was just more "Tele", both the solid body and the Thinline... and now you've made me want to build myself a Thinline, you're a terrible influence and endorse your actions wholeheartedly 👌
Thanks from a fellow Tele Guy
The one you picked up at the shop has its own unique tone it’s kinda crazy. But the Donner solid body may be my fave
“Thanks to Donner, I’m buying a guitar from a different company”
Well I wanted a Tele before this...and now I will fight anyone for one!
the fender tele just has a warmthness to it that just can’t be matched
When I visited Nashville in the fall of 2019 the crew at Rumble Seat was super inviting and friendly. I instantly recognized them from the annual Orlando Guitar show. Great shop and you picked the perfect Tele!
Oh and I really need a Flying V.
7:15 is that the opening chords to Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind"? That's just what it made me think of.
What happened to the wine barrel tele?
Good reminder
Still got it! Just felt like more of a specialized guitar for this video
@@MusicisWin whatever you had to tell bethany huh😭
@@ianleonard3264 haha 😂
My guitar teacher has the exact same one.
I’ve just recently picked up a 2014 fender tele American standard and love it. Fender hardware and all. Custom shop pickups, they’re nice
Just got my first tele and loving it so far!
Every guitar player should have a least 1 Tele ! Teles also are great in band mix as they cut through the mix like a hot knife through butter !
I tried several ones but unfortunately it isn't for me. I just can't play 21/22 fret guitars anymore, turns out the 2 extra frets on my 24-fret Ibanez aren't as useless as I thought they were. Also wasn't a big fan of the neck profile.
@@ElShogoso ibanez and Jackson fans never can get with traditional guitars 😭
Hi, I’m from Murfreesboro, thanks for turning me on to a cool guitar shop in Nashville. I am an older (65) beginner plus that just got started learning about guitar ( college,, work, kids, etc. didn’t leave me any time). I am more of a collector right now than player. Even though I will never be a great musician I really enjoy your video content. Bryan
I used to have both a les paul and a tele. I loved the les paul tones, but i always picked up the tele. Its just something to it. The sounds. The feel. Everything.
Donner are killing it! But that Butterscotch - yummm!
I ended up with one of those Donner thinlines by mistake and ended up liking it more than I thought I would and ended up keeping it.
So those thinlines of Donner are almost a best kept secret?
Tyler's Suhr tele: "Am I a joke to you?"
So glad you dont immediately go for the most expensive guitar. I still think you get what you pay for....for the most part but lately the less expensive guitars have been blowing me away. Just got a Player Tele MiM and the thing just sounds and plays amazing.
I made a project out of my old 52 reissue squire tele during lockdown. I got a roasted maple neck, Lambertone Blondies (w/ 4 way selector) and a Babicz full contact bridge. It’s a therapeutic thing of beauty… I never have to tune it!
The butterscotch is much richer than the donner. They both sound great but the butterscotch tele has a noticeable sound difference.
Yep, there is a difference in sound. I also slightly prefer the Butterscotch, but it really is not that huge a difference. If we listened to the solid body Donner in a live situation or recording without knowing it was the Donner, it would sound just fine.
I did not like the muddy tone of the Donner thinline humbuckers personally, but though the solid body sounded pretty good.
The real difference (apart from just the premium price for the brand and the cheaper labor in China versus the US) lies mainly in the quality of wood, metal and engineering/manufacturing.
Any guitar in the same price class as the Donner, when compared to the Fender, will have cheaper materials and less rigorous QA in the electronics and pickups - the frets are likely to wear a bit quicker because of using a cheaper nickel alloy, the tuning keys will be a bit hit and miss because the gears won't be as precise, time, the nut slots are probably not precision filed from the factory, and the body and neck are likely to be made of less expensive wood or of more pieces of wood, or the neck may not be quartersawn, since all those things allow cost cutting.
But all that said, it is still true that if you give a cheap guitar a professional setup and maybe swap out some parts if absolutely necessary, the playing experience can be as good as a way more expensive guitar, or even better for you personally, if the expensive guitar happens to have a neck profile or pickups you don't get along with.
@@meadish Agree. There's definitely a difference but it's subtle.
@@meadish I didn't care for the Donner sounded in the Neck position.
That SRV riff was sooooo tasty
Nice I just bought the Donner solid body on a lark a couple days ago and then run across this. Honestly sound wise they were way closer than they should have been given the price difference. Side note I'm from the Austin area as well - loved that bit at the end. You should come down here and check out some of our shops. Hang out some of the places SRV, Jimmy Vaughn, Eric Johnson, and others hung out at.
That donner sounds incredible for the price. The fender definitely sounds much fuller but I love the jangly, sparkly tone from the donner.
I would love to see a guitar collection video
He has one...
@@cadendieck89 but it's from 4 years ago
I love my tele. The 3 positions offer a huge range of tonal options, and there isn't anything gimicky about it. Teles have a very even, piano-like sound that works well for more advanced chords. I think that's why you see players like Ted Greene playing them.
Great video dude...I own the Squire Classic vibe tele custom...love it.
Props to Donner, big time. For the sponsorship, and more importantly, their quality/value ratio. It's ALMOST unbeatable. Literally. I think in today's age, the smart, somewhat seasoned player knows that the drop-off from high-end guitars to the value brands isn't what it used to be, even 10 years ago. I kid you not, I have 3 Chinese Gibson copies, I guess we could call them advanced Chibson's lol, as they're more recently produced. But man, let me tell you. They're INSANELY well done, and the only thing you're not getting is high-end electronics, that's it. The flaming, the wood selection, the fret-work, the nut-cut which is KEYYYY to tuning stability, all just as well done on a Gibson, if not BETTER. I did a shootout with my buddy who tours, and his guitar tech was like, this is a deadly secret for Gibson, if this gets out in the mainstream... lol. I mean, look online now at the reviews, even from small channels where there's no monetization motives, and you can see, the Asian produced guitars are fucking fantastic now. They've learned, leaned-out the process and bureaucracy, and can offer $300+ landed SICK exact copies vs. $3,000+ for the real thing, which still in nearly half the cases have tuning or nut-cut issues lol ;p
To my ears the actual Tele sounded essentially identical on the bridge pickup to the Tele copy, but the neck pickups, and therefore the middle position with both pickups, sounded a tiny tiny bit better on the real Tele, but not $3k worth of difference lol, for that just swap out the neck pickup on the Tele copy for a really good dimarzio pickup or Seymour Duncan or something.
5:01
what is this called?
(please tell me, I don't work at a guitar store I swear)
Hang tag?
I went to Nashville for a vacation...went to all the big guitar stores and I stumbled of rumble street getting gas and I LOVED it there.
Great outro.... Rumble Seat is a museum where you can buy the exhibits - awesome except for their parking lot.
"The telecaster is the best guitar ever made, except for every other guitar model out there" - Winston Churchill
I thought Nelson Mandela said it , thank you for the clarification!
I though it was obama that said that
It was Mother Teresa
I thought Mother Tersea said it.😀
Wasn't that Genghis Khan?
“Out of every guitar model out there the telecaster has the biggest cult following”
Ibanez JEM, PRS Custom 22, Gibson Les Paul:
*Les Paul has entered the chat*
Model, not brand.
Great observation. It's also the player's inspiration. If the guitar inspires and welcomes you... It's the one.
Haven’t heard of the shop before, but the next time I fly in to Nashvegas to see my fam, this will be my first stop.
The Suhr shits all over the Donner “equivalent” by leaps and bounds. Jesus lord.
Always buy the most expensive one you can afford so when you want another guitar you can just tell your wife the new guitar(s) are cheaper than the original one. Makes that 800-1000$ guitar you just bought easier to add to the collection.
I have a Fender Telecaster Brent Mason in my collection...is the definitive Tele... before i have a Valley Arts Brent Mason signature and was GREAT but the Fender... another Galaxy...
Thanks for the video and salutes from Spain!
I bought the standard Donner tele last week on prime day - $96. Should arrive day after tomorrow. Can't wait, I've been wanting a tele for a while now. Now I just need a Jr and a PRS and my collection will be complete!
I’m thinking of adding one now after this and similar YT videos. How happy are you with your Donner a full year later?
Tyler just needs an excuse to buy a guitar
Half expected a PRS Tele tbh
Don't worry. They'll make one soon enough and it'll be marketed like is some sort of awesome original creation but will just be yet another PRS ripoff. You know, their typical M.O.
I use to love visiting Rumble Seat up in Ithaca, NY. Never saw the Nashville version until this video.
Love the neon Majora’s Mask on your shelf.
I think Tele's have enough fans to be larger than a "cult" following.
Excuses to buy a guitar: science ✅
Let me test that
In the hands of a great guitarist, all of those sound great. The Suhr is my personal favorite tonally, but the Donner solid body is a genuine steal. I don't know if one can get them where I'm from, but that is insane! I completely agree that neck feel is way more important than the logo on the headstock.
I have a few Donner pedals and they're excellent, especially when you factor in the price.
I'll check out some of their guitars if I spot any.
Never had an urge to own a telecaster... But now I'm sure if i get the urge I'll buy a donner... Lol
Don't, the frets will sharp and rough, tuners rubbish and build quality generally poor. At least save for a squier classic vibe
@@olliethompson9252 i played a donner lp was comfortable tuners weren't great but still cheaper to upgrade tuners and pickups
"Great, another guitar you'll play for a week, then put on the rack indefinitely." - Bethany
I love teles so much and now I’m gonna have to check out those donners! Also Rumble Seat Music is one of the coolest shops in town!
The Blonde was amazing!!! I also liked the Fender Tele. It had some nice sounds. You are right, though, it all comes down to how the neck feels. Great sound, bad neck, leave it, or get a new neck!