The only issue I have with my Telecasters is that they constantly have to be retuned once every 3 months

Wonderful respectful tribute to the venerable Telecaster. Leo got it so right nearly 70 years ago!

Great stuff, lovely trio of guitars.

Contributing to the different tone of the Broadcaster vs. the early Telecasters was a change in pickup wire gauge, from 43 AWG enamel-coated wire to 42 AWG formvar wire. The 43 is slightly thinner which enabled more wire to fit on the pickup. Of course, the changeover did not occur exactly when the Broadcaster/Nocaster transitioned to the Telecaster, and also of course variations occur from guitar-to-guitar pickups even with the same wire being used. but generally speaking, the thinner wire is what helps the B'caster have a bit of a different sound.

Guys, thanks for the demo. Great to see that truly exceptional Broadcaster. Yet, I would have appreciated a more time spent on the early wiring. I've watched other demos of the earliest Tele's and no one takes the time to talk about the circuit. Firstly, there's no tone control. So immediately you have more punch and highs. The back control is a BLEND control that adds the neck pickup to the bridge in the #1 switch position. *Very* useful! Adding a touch of the neck keeps the snarl of the bridge and adds some body and quack = "The Broadcaster Sound". Rolling the blend pot completely counter-clockwise gives the player what is now the #2 position on the "modern" Tele: full neck/bridge combined. But, again, no tone control sucking gain and highs. The #2 position is the neck pickup, still with no tone control. Nice, fat neck sound. And you did spend a little time on position #3, which was good to see and hear, which incorporates a resistor/capacitor network to remove the highs and lower the gain. All the best to you. Be well and play lots of guitar!

I was enjoying this vid so much. Then it happened. In a Tele convo, somebody mentioned Roy Buchanan before Keith Richards. Icing on the cake 🤙🏽

nice video about the very granmother of all solidbody electrics.

Beautiful sounds. That 52 reminds me of a les paul, sometimes. Something about the highs in some of the licks... Funny... Thanks for sharing. Cheers

That NoCaster surely sounds good ! ! !

I would love to have any of em they look fun.

I am the blessed owner of a Nocaster reissue (that’s why I came here). Bought it in 2009, at a moment when I was so down, so I name her Beatrice. It’s natural ash and so versatile and easy to play with that massive baseball bat-like neck (prefer to play it without pick). She has given me such beautiful music. And, well, she needs to be retuned when she smells new strings... :)

I found they go out of tune in about 9 months...around the same time I change the strings. Thanks for a great video.

I prefer the 52, more even across the eq range. That Nocaster RI ain't far off! Gotta love a Tele! (even more one with a Bigsby!) Looking forward to the Strat video mentioned

I recently got a Baja Telecaster. (Second hand) and just wanted to comment on the sound of the Broadcaster, it has that "chirpy' sound that mine has, with the Broadcaster reproduced pickup in it. I thought it was quite modern take on the sound, but hearing an original Broadcaster it makes sense. No dark circuit on mine tho. Awesome guitars!

I love these old blackguards 👍👍👍

The Broadcaster has the best Tele whirring ever. It has the blend option. You can blend the two pickups.

I played a lot of different guitars, strats, paulas, ES models but always came back to Tellies after a short period. What's the magic with this guitars? It was my first e-git and will be my last.

Actually during 52 the year started with the blend control and ended with the tone control on the pickups ( the jack plate also changed around the same time). Both sound great!!

Love em' ...I'll take two please

It sounds very nice 👍alright!!!

sounds good

Pretty nice playing and sounding guitars for almost 70 years old. Unlike us humans. Good instruments get better with age and will outlive us all

i love the yellow one

The Nocaster sounded as good as the others.

Please bring the 7 decades show to the states!

Fender's last Broadcaster is for sale at Carter Guitars as of 15apr23.

TURN IT UP

Love me a maple neck tele

Any chance you'll do a video of the Squier Classic Vibe Telecaster Butterscotch Blonde being amazing it is?

What strings on the 50

they needed Keef there to show em some shit !

When you realized that those guitars are as old as your grandpa.

Of course, the amp that any electric guitar is played through, the settings on that amp, the room in which it is played, the mic and rest of the gear used to transmit the sound to, not forgetting, the player him or herself make great differences in how guitars sound. Also, no two guitars are exactly or even sometime closely alike. Another Broadcaster might very likely sound quite different..

Guys don't seem to be aware that the Broadcaster and Nocaster had a blend switch instead of a tone control. They really need to understand that better.

What does that broadcaster weigh?

reissues are fine but man you just cant beat that original tone!

Not the easiest guitars to play compared to strats or Gibson`s.... but Tele`s do have rewards if you can tame the beast. Look out if your technique is not up to speed as the Tele will make this evident..! Definitely one of the more versatile guitar models on the market. As stated in this video, some Jazz players have utilized the Tele and they can also crunch in rock music and do R&B perfectly. The mighty Telecaster..!

They really are 3 distinct sounding guitars. All 3 different, but I can’t pick one that’s better than the others. The Nocaster appealed the most to me, personally. But that’s no knock on the others. Not by a long shot..

I have a refin Nocaster (real one) and it's lighter than balsa wood.Right around 5 pounds.

And also keath richards of the rolling stones!!! Loves the fender Telecaster!!!!😁😁😁😁😁😇

Custom shop nocaster? or the Mexican re-issue? Just curious.

I flip my switch plate and knobs so volume is under the fingers for swells

The Broadcaster has a ridiculously thicker body! The chunky baseball bat and that thick body must make it weigh more than the sun, but thanks Leo used Pine wood.

sounds like a telecaster to me.

Normally the story is that the muffled front selection was mimmicking a bass. Electric bass was not around yet.

Nikoo0033 You have your own opinion but a lot of great players have made wonderful sounds with a Tele. Not everybody can though. Teles tend to reveal flaws and weaknesses in players.

I’ve never played a bad telecaster

Needed a better amp to do it justice.

Love the Broadcaster, but have to admit that the neck pickup sound doesn't do a lot for me. It sounds too muffled and woolly.

It's a guitar alright

I heard they made 250 of the Broadcaster.

Are there later affordable versions of the telecaster (below the 2000,- range) that are an exact copy? Why is it not possible to make exact copies? We are technologically way, way ahead now, so it must be possible to make an exact copy. I mean, its wood, a certain weight, shape, electrical parts (nothing really futuristic, just wires and pickups), what's the difficulty here? I don't want to troll here, just curious can someone explain to me why the oldest are so special that they are so valuable? If its a painting ok, its too much going on. But a wiring on a plank of wood, why is it so 'fantastique'...I will accept any explanation as long as its logical.

He played each guitar in a very different way, so very hard to actually compare them.

That's cool. But I'd go sell it to a cork-sniffer for $40K and then go buy a Custom Shop replica for $2,500 and have pretty much the same guitar...Minus the bragging rights. Ha ha. Fender has gotten so good at cloning these early vintage Stratocasters and Telecasters that I honestly can't tell the difference and I've played a lot of real 50's fenders. If you think about it, a player can get a near-identical copy of a early 50's Fender for under $4K. That's pretty reasonable when you consider a period-correct one is over $20K now.

interesting.. not being in the room; I prefer the more balanced output of the CS nocaster... SACRILEGE 😣

The broadcaster wiring is not more versatile. Quite the opposite.

1:15 5:00 13:10

Oh the modesty.

not gonna lie: look and sound a lot like my mexican made Road Worn Tele. i love that guitar

Catto sighting at 10:07-10:24! Clearly not too interested in Blackguards, tho...

in a very nice way they call the neck position to be jazzy but for me it sound like sh!t, no wonder the 2020 reissue has different circuitry by default

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Why compare this to a Strat? Compare it to other Teles. Teles are much more meaty sounding than any Strat.

Ironic, Fender OWNS Gretsch now, so NO excuse to NOT use the Broadcaster name if they want for the early re-issues! LOL!

7.5 minutes of them talking ? Vintage guitars and they are talking ? No....

need real plalyers........

This is not original

Have built many Teles and never once did I think of my playing any of them as a demo, I guess demoing a guitar is strumming it when you really can't play it yet. You guys need to practice your demoing skills some more. Does not matter how old the thing is if you can't play it what does it matter how old it is. Wall hanger is what it becomes.

Telecasters really sound like the archetype metaphore of a broom to which 2-3 metal strings have been attached to. Thin and dry. Although I sometimes like their neck pickup sound, but that’s about it. You have to put 13s or 16s and tons of pedals to get a good sound out of them 😅