How to make ANY Telecaster sound great
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Sometimes, it's hard to make a Telecaster sound good or better than other guitars. That's because a Telecaster is admittedly a very flexible guitar (I would even claim you can use a Telecaster for every guitar sound!), however it is sometimes hard to make it not sound too brittle but smooth and balanced. Here are some tricks to make ANY Telecaster sound great- it literally works every time.
Man, there is something magic in your playing. I don't know what it is but you sound so unique.
I love the piece you play at the beginning.
Finally!!!! I talk about the lack of mids in the Tele for ever but everyone suggests to scoop them instead and boost the high!!! I guess not every Tele has the same response, but I feel my Tele is very much similar to yours, thank you so much, love your channel!
I use the tone knob on my tele a lot I usually run it 3/4 of the way up so it just takes off that bitey treble and ads some more bark. I also have my neck pickup disconnected from the tone knob so switching between it doesn't get muddy and dark. I love the tones you got dial in the video definitely shows that teles rock.
You put me onto the Moonshine V2 and now my tele is sounding better than ever. That pedal is an absolute blast to play with, so I am for sure gonna keep taking your tone advice my man
really for you as well as Joey ? you recommend the moonshine ? Because of the clean blending as well as it's bump-mid/tubescreamer effect ?
Set your pickup height and balance. Start with your tone knob in the middle, adjust your attack and where you are picking the strings and you're good. You don't need pedals or gain to make a tele sound good. Teles do sound good, great actually. The more pedals you add, the more generic your tone gets.
He's trying to show how to make a tele sound generic in the mix I think, with all that 'even frequency' or 'cutting off highs'. So less pedals for special twangy tone, add pedals for generic tone, I think. Now one tele can really rule them all situations.
I added an extra knob to my tele. Say for instance if I'm playing a fast distorted heavy metal song say a slow clean country song.
All I haft is do is turn the knob and it lower and raises the pickups.
Yep that's what I did just turn that knob.
Thanks Joey. Sounds good. Gonna go try that with my Nashville.
Tele secret weapon.. the metal zone
Thanks Joey I’m getting my first Telecaster because of YOU 🎸🎸🎸 Keep On Doin’ that thang
The sound is great of course, but the damn playing is truly phenomenal and impressive. 👌
Awesome video have a great weekend joey and also happy first week of December from Canada ❤😊🇨🇦🎸
I love tele
Thank you 👍 Pleasure to listen your playing 🌈🎸
Can you do a clean tele tone?
Joey, your soloing is so riveting. Note selection is amazing! What are your favorite scales or modes to play in? I know you enjoy lower tunings as in C sharp, but you hit notes that are so interesting. Im thinking specifically of your solos of 2024 and maybe even a short you did a while back... when blues meets grunge or something along those lines..... Thanks!
I'm pretty happy with my Tele tone as is right now. I use an EHX Soul Food. Wouldn't mind trying a compressor though.
Amazing sound!!! Great tips. Thanks
Great tip about compression, I haven't think about compression that way! By the way, saying about what amp you use (especially in modelers scenario) it's worth to say about cab used (and mic!). I think cab impact on the tone is underevalued by most of guitarists ;)
You’re correct. It’s a V30 cab with an sm57.
Gran tono, muy bien logrado ,
nice video, great Tele tone! I want to get a Diezel VH4 now...
Very interesting !!! Thanks !!!
Fit a dimarzio humbucker and 50s wiring then flip the control plate, perfect tele.
This Malcolm Young sound is pretty great though, getting the pickup height in the sweetspot is key before compression etc.
Or straight into a Fender Deluxe and a aggressive attack😮😊
very cool thx!😊 tips how to get a good sound from bridge pu or middle position would be great too!
Hey Joey. I always loved, and still do the playing of Danny Gatton/ Brad Paisley/Albert Lee sound and style. Then you come along mate!. I love your tone and playing style as well. My American SERIES Tele has always sounded crap. Hence, it’s still brand new condition under the bed! I am looking forward to seeing your video very soon. When I have recovered my Tele that is!
I love this video, can you send your setting about your Télé and pedals for the section at 9:30.
Today, I’ve a Télé Rustic Ash, and I’m fighting with it for getting a good tone, not too aggressive in the high frequencies .
Thanks for your help 😉
Thanks Joey! A like & subscribe from me, in the first 20 seconds of your intro… 🎸🤘
Great advice, thank you! Now to get everything on my Kemper to stop sounding so fizzy…
have fun experimenting!
Interesting, let me try that with a hotrails one.
Am I wrong or the way your volume pot turns is backwards compared to a standard way ?
How do you do that ? Is it a special pot ?
It messes with my mind, and you being a lefty adds a layer to that 🙂
BTW I discovered your channel recently I am going in time to the older videos and enjoying it. Great job man !
Welcome on board! The knob is reversed, because that’s what guitar builders do to left handed guitars - they use right handed pots, so we have to use them in reverse. Not fair, but that’s the world we live in.
Great tele tone and playing, just curious what your TS settings are in this demo. Recently had my 80’s TS9 repaired and loving it.
Love your playing and tone on this video as well, but yeah, you should probably add “How to make ANY Telecaster sound great…..use a modeler!” As the title, all modelers make all guitars sound great, its why a lot of guys love them, all this goes out the window with a “real tube amp” unless you know what you’re doing!! 🙄
00:01:07 Telecaster Jones?!
Is that tele Custom Shop?what year.sounds great tho😊
Usefull video. Thanks
OK, so compressor + tube screamer put the EQ profile of single coil pickups in the PAF range... interesting finding!
What tubescreamer did you use ? I watched the video twice and could not hear it. Thank you for great video
Are you using a Helix?
is there any harm with reversing a right handed Tele for a left handed player?
Hey Joey! Loved the video, some great advice here! Is that an impro starting at 0:20? Would love to know the song! Peace!
Hello, guitarist brothers. Maybe someone has come across a video on how to make such a sound on the headrush mx5 processor?
Diezel Rules !!
You’re speaking my language.
I have two tele's, but not traditional. both have P90's, one is brighter with a recycled pallet body and the other a custom with a cedar body, fatter tone. Oh and a tele baritone with traditional pick ups.
Hey Joey, do you have any solo recordings or album I could check out? Your playing is perfectly bad ass! And I’m a Tele player also. Thanks for the tips.
My band is called Shady Belle. Check it out on Spotify, etc. ;)
@ hey Joey, I just listened to a few tracks. Excellent!
Getting a Tele good tone sound not difficult to dial. There is a three way switch, a volume button and a tone button.
Everything in-between is a good Tele sound to dial
Tele rocks!!! What amp, cab and OD are you using on the FM9?
He literally told you in the video!
I second this request. Sounds great! Would like to try and duplicate!
@@dkl5557 dude, did you even watch the video?
I have a bunch of compressors. Just going up to get one out of my cupboard! See what happens.
Go try it! It makes most teles sound much more balanced.
Err...UA-cam data compression and audio dynamic compression are completely different things. The UA-cam data compression won't mess with audio compression very much.
Why dont using a Equalizer to rise the mids if you want to do this in Lead sounds ? A compressor normaly doesnt do this if its a good compressor. A compressor deals with attack time and level and not with the frequency range...
Serious question, dialing in any tele...How much did your Tele cost you?
Adding fudge to my fretboard now. Already sounds sweeter!! Damn, I never thought this would actually work.
Sounds amazing, but I'm curious, are you using any plugins? because i see the kemper off :)
Fractal FM9 in this one
@@joeyjooones wow !!
man, what boost did you use ?
How to make a Tele sound like Not a Tele🤣
Buy a Nobels ODR…done.
fu.ck. sounds great! wich tele model is that?
CS 52 Heavy Relic, the newer looking one in the intro is a player series II. So I did with a cheap and an expensive Telly.
@@joeyjooones fantastic!!!
Hi, what kemper profile you use? Thanks!
If Joey Jones offered Kemper Profiles, I would be the first customer. ^^
can someone tell me what s the name of the song at 3:23 or is it something he came up with?
My own song ;). Not released yet.
it's dope i can't wait to be released. Love your work 🫶
Which compressor do you use in the fractal? before or after the amp?
before.
Hey Joey, where in your signal chain do you place your compressor?
Right in front of everything.
Thanks mate. Love your playing!
Which amp or kemper profile and IR did you use?:)
He said digital pedalboard (maybe Helix), and Diezel sim.
step 1/1
plug it in
What riff is that at 8:45 ?
@@adriandavidpayne main riff from my bands song "NEVERENDER". My band is called Shady Belle. Check it out!
@@joeyjooones Badass!
How to make your tele sound like a les paul. lol
That 80s hair metal tone is not the best for a tele you want to listen more to Roy Buchanan
Disappointed, from the headline I was not expecting these sounds! These are all for overdriven distorted Tele sounds. What about clean sounds? I never play anywhere near that level of overdrive. ie Country, rockabilly style. I think it's much harder to tame and fatten up a really bright Tele bridge pickup when played clean. I have a few Teles and one of them is incredibly difficult to dial in. Any tips?
I thought a tele is an idiot proof guitar. Guess its not the case
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I like this guys playing but can’t stand the ridiculous guitar face 🙄
Go ahead and leave, I’m not offended.
Way to go Joey! I love your playing if someone is thinking about facial expressions then they are not concerned about the music! Your playing style and what you are playing is the important thing. I'm watching your hands and picking up on the great licks! I always learn something in all your videos! I really appreciate what you do! Thanks Joey! 🤘😎
@ I have severe ADHD. I find all the ridiculous face pulling very distracting. I like his playing but I don’t think he needs to put on the weird faces 🤷🏻♂️
@@officialWWM It doesn't matter one bit what you think I need to be doing. You can watch, or you can leave. There are no more options, I'm sorry.
@ yep and you can listen to feedback or you can ignore it. It’s a wonderful world we live in 🤷🏻♂️
bro change the intro