Best Telecaster Sound Ever? | Challenge | Thomann
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2021
- Remember when Kris challenged Guillaume to a Strat-Off? Guillaume wants revenge and claims he also has the better Telecaster sound. What do you think? Who won this round?
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Interesting bits and pieces:
0:06 Intro Jam
0:34 Introduction
2:36 Kris | Clean Tone
4:29 Guillaume | Clean Tone
5:06 Why slide?
6:04 Kris | Gainy Tone
7:44 Guillaume | Gainy Tone
10:00 Kris | Special Tone
12:07 Guillaume | Special Tone
12:48 Differences
15:53 How to play every genre on a Tele
16:25 Goodbye!
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The winner is me and everyone who watches this. Amazing tones from both of you guys.
Ahh man, you're too kind!! I mean, what could possibly go wrong when playing teles, right? haha! Cheers Sean!
//Kris
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses What song is at minute 10:10? I can not find it 😢
You guys showed exactly why I play a tele. It has the best tone of any guitar for my personal preference. But you two make it sound way better than I can. Enjoyed this very much.
Love the drive sound from Kris.
I really enjoy playing my blackguard Tele with a good amount of gain.
A Tele rocks like nothing else.
A tele is like the bourbon of guitars. It's just great.
Amazing tones from both of you but I was really digging what Guillaume was playing on his driven sound - super cool! You both showed what a versatile and wonderful instrument a Tele is. Nice job guys!
That riff at 10 min mark omg that tone !!! I'm tele guy all day too ..
Love Kris’s Tele Sounds! The clear winner to me! Although I did like the Slide!!
Hey. Just wanted to say how much I appreciated these videos regarding Telecaster tones. It seems that nearly two years ago when these versions were created. You may have edited the first in this series. It was excellent in the original form. (It’s locked in my memory vault). Thank you for the tone guidance.
The banter is almost as good as the tones and the playing :-)
Kris,
As always I absolutely enjoy your playing style and always finger speed is phenomenal. You mix it well into a riff instead just trying to show off your talent. We both know no one can teach you anything on a Tele..lol. Guillome sounded great on a thin line. Great sliding. Kris you are our king of Teles my friend. Thanks again guys. Just Thomann awesome show
Amazing tones! Both are winners
Oh man, that jam at the end is awesome! Beautiful playing by both of you guys!
Thanks a lot Paul! Take care! //Kris
You guys are a kick to watch. Mostly you're having fun and sharing it with us. Thank you both. Tele's are my fav, and my 1st guitar. I have to give this one to the thinline overall. Round one too close to call, but the others pulled ahead.
Our pleasure Troy! Ohh and by "thinline" you mean "blackguard", right? I'm pretty sure that's what you mean... haha! Cheers //Kris
That TE-52 Hbhas seen a lot of playing! Good job lads!
Oh man... This round I think its a 50-50. Congrats to both!
Love so much those Duel Tone video :D
And the winner is .... definitely not my Bank account because I need a Tele so much since I am watched Kris' videos, and even more right now !
Good job guys, the Guillaume's tone is the one I've in my mind when I think Tele sound. And I love it so much.
But this time I go for the Kris' tone , because of those awesome sounds that nobody expects from a Tele. But still, good job to both of you. I could listen to you play all day long !
Vos vidéos sont superbes, c'est un bonheur de vous voir donner le meilleur de ces guitares. Vos small talks sont fun et agréables.
I think that both Tele pickups switched in series as big Humbacker sounds great with a slightly driven amp and the Wampler Tumnus in front. Additionally I think that tele can work just fine for classic metal when plugged in a metal amp like Engl Fireball 25.
I have changed my pickups to Lollar special T set and man the sound got even better with everything I mentioned before.
At last I have seen that a Tele is the first pick for pedals enthusiasts. The bridge pickup sounds great with a lot of Delay and Reverb and to top it of with an analog Flanger or a Chorus.
I really love you guys!
This is a year old but, my what an audible treat!
My heart says Guillerm because I’ve got the same thinline tele! But my ears say definitely kriss! In any case an amazing video shootout once more!💪🏼✌🏼
Nice job guys. Congrats to you both. I liked the playing, liked the tones, liked the chemistry. Well done!!! What Cris said , about the Tele sounds, make me think that it would and could be a lot of help, for us all, if you do a series of how to get different tones out of our guitars. Teles Strats Gibsons etc etc. What do you think?
Great idea, let me put it on my notes. :) Thanks for the kind words Nikos, much appreciated! Cheers //Kris
Why decide who won when I can hear you playing both 😉
You both are great 🤘🏻😎
awww you're too kind. :) Thanks a lot! //Kris
I love Kris's tele tone ! ! ! You made me wanna buy a tele right now ! (I play strat)
Yes! YASSSSSS! :) Teles are best! So good to see that you give them a go! Cheers //Kris
Bill! You really need a Tele. You sounded so good on it. With a little more office time on it and you could, should, hang up the Strat. Nice work guys 😬
i was expecting at the start of the video to hear Kris saying that he won the challenge and to hear Guillaume Yelling HOW DARE YOU LOL
You both have some really nice tones and i like them both
What was the song name at the start of the video? sounded so nice
Keep the awesome work Guys! All the videos were very useful and entertaining
Quels sons !!! J’adore la strat, mais votre démonstration à tous les deux me convainc d’élargir ma collection vers une tele !!! Bravo , belle performance 👏🏻
La Tele est capable de te faire abandonner toutes les autres guitares dans ta collection. Fais gaffe c'est une bete feroce !
@@cybrunel1016 Je ferai une belle économie… J’ai 7 strat ...!🥴😌
If I could ever get the sound at the 10 minute mark I too could play that forever. That would be my desert island sound.
grew up on a strat but a new tele got me playing guitar again after years and years
Amazing 😍
So, Les Paul next?
awww guillaume plays my fav tele color combo.. thinline aged natural + white pearl pickguard
It would’ve been great to have a shot of the pedalboards to know how these tones were even achieved! Do you have a list somewhere? Thanks!
Great Sound from both btw in round 3 which Song chris play or is he noodling just beautiful. Rock on 🤘🏼
Having had a couple Starts (ok, ok a Fender Lead III , then a Squire Strat more recently) I now have a Tele. To be honest I barely can tell the difference
Love them both, all three actually.
Round 1 slight edge for Kris.
Round 2 playing and sound was more for Guillaume.
Round 3 Kris "won" just because the tone and playing made me turn my head and look at my monitor. Simple as that.
Great job and great content as always.
Sweetest sounding tele tone, the all rosewood prototype that Fender (maybe) gave to George Harrison around the time of the recording sessions for Let It Be, if not also the White Album and Abbey Road.
The Tele is the definite winner! Both players had great tone, because it's a Tele, and both are excellent players. Kris knows the guitar well and it shows! As Guillaume said, he likes the Tele for slide and he proved that he knows how to do that! I call it a draw because both know how to use the guitar for what they want and how to get the right tone. Awesome vid, just too short!
Thanks a lot Jeffrey! I can live with a draw... but only because we're talking about teles. haha! Cheers //Kris
My man Kris won, no doubt! Amazing tones!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
Haha! Thanks my dude!! Teles are just... special. :) //Kris
I think both of you play a Tele better than another guitar I've heard you play yet. K played outstanding, and then G pulled out the slide. Wow to both of you.
Thanks a lot man! I'll tell G he chose the wrong guitar to love. haha! Cheers //Kris
Great playing. What kind of Tele are you playing Chris. Specs
What do you think is the best tele to get with maple neck. Custom 52 maybe or what about the Broadcaster reissue
Nagyon jó lett! (Pretty good! (for anyone not speaking hungarian))
Köszi Marci! :) I mean, it's about teles, it HAS to be good, right? Haha!
Szia! //Kris
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses (:
Oh, and you ought to try a Nashville Deluxe Tele. Probably the most versatile guitar made.
Brilliant
AWESOME
Thanks 🤗 //Kris
For me. that very first opening piece of music Guillaume played is the ultimate..And not only bc your Italian lol are you? dont matter! I recently put 12 gauge Beefy slinkys on my fender tele pro 2..And it made it sound so much meatier, took away that super twangy thing at the bridge that i fight with all the time..Now it sounds like a MANS ROCK MACHINE! AS opposed to a lack luster thin sound..Im a heavy blues type player...and it gives me that les paul vibe, somewhat, which i have also......I admit, 12's are a bit too heavy, my fingers are bleeding! well, almost and i love it! I think im gonna end up in the 10.5 to 11 gauge area..When i put them on yesterday, it felt like i just tried bending a string for the 1st time..The idea was to start heavy and end up in the middle...For my style i believe we can get away with putting 8 to 9.5's on a les paul or sg, or 335 but to me the tele sounds too thin in that range..If you want your tele to sound thicker w/o drowning it in pedals??? put heavier strings...Plus i feel like i have more control, plus your fingers will get BROLIC, And for us guitar players thats the ultimate reward! GOD BLESS AND TELE ON!
OK ... so a Tele can do pretty much everything ...
But it can do even more when you are a nerd like me and start to customize/DIY/KitBuild:
- splitable humbuckers in the bridge pos.
- Mini-Humbucker or Lipstick in the neck pos.
- 4-way-blade-switch in a standard configuration
- piezo under the bridge
Of course you do need more than 1 Tele to do all of this (;-)))
Nice, thanks for sharing.
Oh yeah man, I feel you! A tele is just an amazing platform for unconventional modifications. Although some people try to prove otherwise, for thrash metal this things can do miracles in the double tracking. I love to blend it with Gibson Les Paul Standard or with a Super Strat with EMGs.
I have also got a 4-way switch and hot single coils from Lollar. This thing kicks a..! Still I am not a big fan of the vintage Tele bridge. The modern bridge that you see on Fender Ultra Teles I consider to be a much better alternative for heavier music. Locking tuners upgrade + Nut Sauce makes it great for Pink Floyd licks with a lot of bends too.
@@ivankolybabyuk3035
You are spot on regarding the bridge! I got 1 bridge with 6 Strat saddles, one with a Babic bridge and 2 with "Harmony saddles" ... next one will have a TunOmatic bridge because i want to try a Bigsby ....
NutSauce is one of my cures too, sometimes i replace the saddle with a self lubricationg one ...
Yeah, i only have a bog stock config 50's (RI, i wish OG!) Tele but im leaning towards a second after recording one of my other guitars the other day, hotter single neck and hb bridge and then putting Tele in the mix and i just found it lacking in comparison. Im thinking a tele with a stacked neck and full HB bridge would compliment nicely! I do love my singles and wouldn't mod my AO50, just get a 2nd, but sometimes you want more and some gain levels the noisy singles are just too much, even with a noise gate! Might wait for a used JDM to come up for the right price.
@@dunxy
Absolutely true ... THE classic Tele is an SingleSingle tone beast cutting though about every mix! The only mod i did to it was a 4 position switch to get the series mode too. If you like it: don't change it!
If money is an issue just have a look at the used market or have a look at the Thomann or J&D range or look for a kit as a modding basis ... which i did ...
Is that Thomann’s branded rug? Nice touch!
The bridge pickup fuzz on 10:21 sounds like a thunder cracking up the skies
Well put Sir! :) //Kris
For me this it’s Kris on this round.
I would also love to see Kris playing that gorgeous Thinline Tele ;)
The HB Orange TE90 FLT looks tasty too!!!
HI KRIS! Please tell me what song you are playing from 10.11?
Absolutely amazing!
Look im going to firstly admit i am 100% biased towards black guards (Kris's is one of the best sounding on YT as well!) because i love them and have one as my main squeeze. That being said even with my bias i honestly think the neck tone from the black guard EATS that thin line, i think the reason (many will argue, this is not dissimilar to "tonewood" and "string through vs top load" arguments but i truly believe it makes a difference,so bash away) could even be incredibly simple and that's the pg mounted neck pickup, honestly never heard proper "Tele neck" tone from guitars set up this way, some come CLOSER than others (various pickups may mitigate) but ive never heard what i consider the sweetest neck tone of any guitar ever, body mounted Teles! Throw in gain and middle/bridge positions and i think they both on even ground. Guillaume's slide playing was indeed a highlight!
Awesome tones guys! What is the name of the song that Kris played in round 3? It’s so cool.
Thanks a lot Manuel I'm really glad you like it! It's a lick I wrote for this video: ua-cam.com/video/W331ANXyRlw/v-deo.html
I'm working on making a full song out of it and it will end up being on my solo album. That needs a lot of work though so I can't possibly tell you when it's finished. I'm really slow with writing lyrics... haha Cheers //Kris
10:00 ist one of the most beautiful guitar sound and playing I’ve heard in 15 years of UA-cam guitar videos.
This means a lot, thank you! That is the intro riff of a song on my solo album. We'll start the recording in the next weeks, I hope you'll like it. Cheers //Kris
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Hammer! Dann werd ich mein Bestes geben um da auf dem Laufenden zu bleiben!
loved that tone too! what pickups does this telecaster has?@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses
Which LP sounds and plays better, flat top or regular? Humbuckers or P90's?
At this point I’m here for the crazy chemistry 🍿
Sorry Guillaume...Kris did it for me in the last round in this video and therefore won the Tele challenge.
No the least because he listened to my comment in the Start challenge and put his tone socks back on 😉🤣
Would you make a LP and SG challenge, too?
What are the details of "sound number 2, gainy whatever" sound?
7:44 anyone? Sounds like Just Got Paid but more funky? Love it!
Kris... I agree there are NO bad Tele sounds. Two different Tele styles is a win win for us!
And for us! :) And it's always fun seeing Guillaume with a tele. haha //Kris
Awesome tone and playing from both, but Kris takes this by a little!
Uhh, I was a little worried at the beginning but then I read "Kris" so now I can calm down again. haha! Just kidding, thanks for the comment Gilmour! //Kris
Which came first,
the Tele or the Strat ?
I rest my case😉
PS) the Strat was designed to give an alternate vibe to the Tele, but it’s tough to beat basic perfection. Although Leo nailed it so many times with electric guitars and basses probably because he apparently took feedback from players very seriously!
I like them both...Teles have that wonderful/unbeatable bridge tone but Strats have those unique in-between position tones plus the neck position is superb on a good Strat.
@@TheHumbuckerboy Agreed! 👨🏻
@@TheHumbuckerboy that's why i built a tele with middle and neck strat pups lol
Kris, can you say me which type of pick up you have ? 50’ , 52’, 60’... else ? Thanks
Hey man, you'll find all the specs of my tele in this video: ua-cam.com/video/zPRCNB8YC_U/v-deo.html
Thanks for the comment! :) //Kris
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses and I just see I already like this video...🙄. Sorry I keep perhap’s too much video...! 😌thanks for your job and your talent
@@fazertor1 Thanks for your kindness! You rock! :) //Kris
Haha this is kind of ironic - having just watched the Strat video I feel like Kris stuck to stratty sounds there and Guillaume has stuck to proper Tele sounds here! Kris you’ve chosen all stratty sounds on your tele too! (That neck pickup sounds killer!)
PS I think it’s impossible to pick a winner from this video other than the tele as you guys said
Thanks a lot Euan! Fair enough, I loved all the tones in the video too. I couldn't possibly choose a winner (don't tell anyone, haha!). Cheers //Kris
I think both are winners. I like Guillaume 1st example more than Kris. But I think Kris won the second round. But the 3rd is great from both.
Because of this both did a great job!
Congratulations!
13:04 I gotta washboard stomach…
it’s just in delicate cycle for washing my daintys.
Tone competitions leads to some great sounds. I gotta say ______ was definitely the winner here.
_______= the audience 🤘🏽
More of a keg than a sixpack 🤣
I need à Télé!!! 😩😝
The tone at the beginning of the video on the butterscotch is what I’m after. How do we get that?
Hey Jeff, that was my tele, the Honey Bee Amps Double Trouble overdrive, UAFX Golden Reverb and the REVV D20 amp. That's a sweet tone, isn't it? //Kris
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses definitely! I love it
Kris won with the 3rd one. The flip from the neck to the bridge was the type of shit that makes a Tele special.
IMHO,
Round 1: Kris clear winner
Round 2: Kris again but much much closer. Guillaume did pretty well too.
Round 3: Guillaume wins by a bit.
For me, Kris wins but much closer than I thought before seeing this video. Great job, you guys.
Guillaume sounds great with a tele, doesn't he? He should stick to it if you ask me. haha! //Kris
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Great guitar for great players like you guys, for sure.
Try with a Les Paul, my main guitar, please. I'd love to see your tones.
No straight-jacked reverb with slap-back?
No rock-a-billy Nashville sound?
Cool tones, but without video, as primarily a Strat cat, this leans heavily Strat-y to me.
Guillaume's "Life in the Fast Lane" riff felt very Tele, tho.
I guess I was hoping for some Roy Clark vibes, with maybe a taste of Danny Gatton.
Looove the vids, tho. Always good to see two bro's talking and jamming.
👍😎
Only thing that beats a Tele for me is a Gretsch but they are damned close to tied 😊
What tunnings did you guys use.... any edits or changes?
YEAH... I'm a NEWBIE!!!
Hi, my tele was tuned to E flat standard a,d the thinline was in E standard. Cheers //Kris
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses THANKS BROTHER!!!
Kris your back on top . You win
Metal tone maybe next?
I have to say Kris edged it out for the win!
That was a good effort. My Kiesel 8-string multiscale beast of a Tele is the winner. I’m just saying! 😛
Ok
What that riff at 10:10?? Totally amazing btw
I wanna know it as well. Unbelievable riff. Is that yours? Stunning, love it!
Hey Daniel and Erik, yeah it's my lick I wrote a few months ago. Guillaume likes it a lot and keeps on playing it off camera (which is super cool of him) so I thought this is the right moment to play it in a video. I wrote it with this exact setup: tele-gipsy fuzz-overdrive-tape delay-clean amp, so it was a good fit for this 3rd round.
So stoked to hear that you like it! It's going to end up being a full song, I'm on it! :) //Kris
Killer riff, tried to find it 😅
Where to find your song? Thanks
Which PU’s are in your Tele, Kris?
Hey, those are Fender Custom Shop handwound 51 Nocaster pickups. Did you like the tones? Cheers //Kris
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses oups, screwed up the name 😁
Yes, I really liked them alot.
Especially the tone you used in the intro 👍
@@ThomannsGuitarsBasses I don’t think they make those handwound anymore
@@Williamwerenberg i have the std not hand wound 51 no casters and i like them a lot
@@valebliz I checked them out as well 👍
And I might invest in those or go hunt on Reverb for the handwound. It’s just gotten CRAZY expensive with the new tax and import rules
'Who won this round?
- [MASSIVE] Yes.'
Y.E.S. haha! I'm fine with that. //Kris
I love and hate my tele. Love cause it's awesome, hate cause it made much harder to justify buying or building more guitar projects lol
Ha, you got me, i love slide...Chris has the best sound but Guillaume has the sliiiiiiiiide👉 advantage Guillaume 🤷♂️😄
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Hola
I GOTTSA have a Thinline Tele w/ SS
How bout an HB thinLine!!!
Sorry /G but Kris has a bigger one than you
Pedalboard
Does that mean he needs more to make the tone or compensating for something 🤪
Love the tones and the gear
Long week and it’s only Wednesday
Thanks Guys!
Ps the winner is the Fender Telecaster
And G and K and anyone who plays one
11:56 - Thomann
For me, Guillaume won the first and the second round but the third is for Kris
Kris overwhelmingly won rounds 1 & 2, Guillaume just squeaked it on round 3.
Can't remember who said it, but "Everyone eventually comes back to a Telecaster."
Kris won this one. I use pretty much all the sounds that Kris demonstrated.
Chris hat definitiv gewonnen.
Again Guillaume win, this time is not the same guitar, the tele thinline is real special. but in clean tone and second round Guillaume Won
Kris is unbeatibel
Guillaume for the win
Formidable.
swamp fuzz ❤
If he feels like bringing your own pedal is cheating, what about bringing a slide!
Exactly, right? haha! And it wasn't even a super special holy grail fuzz or anything like that. The Dunlop Gipsy Fuzz is simply a silicon Fuzz Face style pedal that happens to work really well for me. :) //Kris
Before I go any further, the winner is whomever can get the Jeff Buckley tone
Kris totally won this one.
Sounds Eric Galesish
Certainly not a Fender nowadays....Many boutique guitar luthier make far better Telecasters than Fender USA ! My Haar is better than a Fender CS , for sure !