Dan's Tele is the reason why I'm obsessed with red guitars

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I can't help but be impressed every time Dan uses that Telecaster. It sounds SO good!! Even the guests comment on how good it sounds.

That's one beautiful sounding Tele.

This is my favorite guitar on TPS. the best part is how much Daniel enjoys playing it!

gotta love when you get some bonus pre-Friday tones. That is a magical instrument

Hi Dan! I came from the Strat world and discovered the Telecaster when I purchased a cheap Road worn from early 2000’s. This blew my mind. Few weeks ago I watched your videos on this subject and fell in love with this ‘01 CS relic ‘63 you have and its pure power. Today, after some search I entered a shop here in Paris and, after trying few of those early 00’s CS, I came the holy grail which, just like yours, is giving that same kind of huge power and sound: pure beast. It is a ‘05 CS light relic ‘63 Tele surf green matching color for the head. A beauty and a beast at the same time. Thanks again for making those helpful videos.

Beautiful sound out of that guitar, and on an unrelated note, I have to thank you for demoing a Telecaster, and not immediately going to country licks :) Really enjoy the show, and I have been hoping you and Mick would do this kind of video.

Nice to hear the little love story that comes with this instrument. I've admired this Tele for a while.

This is the guitar that convinced me to get off the fence and finally get a tele.

I don't even consider myself a Tele guy, but when I regularly watch TPS, pretty much all I can think about is that I covet Dan's Telecaster.

Man, that beaming smile on your face says it all. Glad you found your 6-string soulmate!

This is my new favorite channel. I watch something from it everyday. After seeing and hearing that tele, went right out and bought a '17 Deluxe tele Thinline. Now it is my favorite guitar! Thank you for all the Awsome content and inspiration you and Mick give me.

This show is directly responsible for my recent letting go of my dream Les Paul for a nitro wine red Tele and a 100 watt hand-wired valve head and 4x12. The Les Paul was the guitar I finally bought for myself that I would never, under any circumstances, sell or worse, trade. I'm very happy. my wife understanding and long-suffering. Thanks guys for being great enablers. My regret for not keeping the Lester is outweighed by my Tele-induced joy. My neighbours, and I live in a block of apartments, do not necessarily share my joy. 🤘🏻🎸

I share your lust for a Tele Dan... Spent the last few months searching. Finally committed to a '95 American Standard in Sunburst with a Rosewood board. I'm positively frothing over it!

I have a tele that I went into guitar center and played it for a couple chords and just fell in love with it now I love it more than anything

As a fellow Tele owner (John Cruz Masterbuilt, '60) I fully know what it is you speak of! For all round goodness and versatility, it is hard to beat a good Telecaster! Rock on, mate!

I was inspired by you to buy my first real electric guitar, a Fender Telecaster Pro in sea green to learn to play on. Thanks for posting up these videos.

I always smile, when you play this incredible guitar 😍😀😎

Legit...this sound literally made me tear up....feelsgoodman

I've never been all that crazy about Teles, but I always enjoy hearing your Tele. Without fail, it always sounds awesome!

Dan, I've had the pleasure of seeing you play this beautiful guitar on more than a few occasions. To hear its story and see how you feel about it genuinely brought a tear to my eye. So looking forward to the new Tin Spirits album and some more gigs with the boys. TPS with you and Mick is the highlight of my (our) week ;-)

I'm a big Tele fan. And CAR looks awesome on Teles! I've got one in this color. Love the sound of your CS!

I always wanted to know more about this guitar! Stoked you did this video, thank you!

You've answered a lot of questions I had Dan. I too have a Tele though mine is a humble Mexicaster albeit with Bareknuckle pups. Superb simple design that covers so much ground.

love the sound of this guitar on so many of your videos thanks for sharing this

Yes! Love that video. hope there will be more in which you tell us about your amp (setting), pedals and so on...

Love the sound of this tele.

Love hearing guitar stories :)

Such a beautiful tonal guitar, awesome playing too.

beautiful- I just got an original 60's and its amazing. it seems perhaps its fashioned after your in a way.

You really do play well Dan. Love your videos. Learnt loads from you n mick

After 25 years of thinking tele’s were country guitars, Dan and Red convinced me to give my Strat to my niece and get a G&L asat custom. …though, I did squeeze an emg DG20 into it, to quiet the copious EM noise here (and be able to dip into humbucker territory when I need it). Thanks Dan!

I went through 60+ high end guitars over years. Try Fender Telecaster Custom 62 Reissue - made in Japan. Amazing. Same neck.

Got a 63 vintage tele In crimson red today 🎉

I love this guitar. Dan brings out great tone with it.

I'm not just saying this. Your tele is one of the nicest sounding Teles I've ever heard. It sounds so throaty and thick for a Tele. Amazing.

this is my dream guitar, its absolutely gorgeous..

A that pedal show on TUESDAY? It's like an early weekend present!

Whoa finally! I've been waiting for this. Thanks!

I got a L/H MIM 2017 candy apple red tele just 2 weeks ago, last of the "Standards" :P My neck is maple though :) I got it to replace my 1st "real" guitar i got back in the mid 00's which was a black one that i had to get rid of cause i needed the dollary-doo's and regretted ever since... So happy now though :D

I love that finish Dan. The honest wear adds so much to it. Also i own a few tele shaped guitars and have swapped put pup to higher output etc but the rock tones you get out of that thing smokes them haha

I like where you're going with this. would love to see some follow up videos maybe focusing on your musical background, what you're working on technique-wise, and how/why you and Mick got together for this show. just some ideas. ;)

First off... This channel is the best! Love learning new things about the gear I once thought I understood pretty well. Anyways, been watching since the first episode. As soon as I heard this tele with a bit of drive playing the glorious open E chord I was like.... Holy S#*t. The next week I was a very happy tele owner. Cheers guys!

great Video, great Idea, great player, great guitar.

Sounds so great!

I've played that guitar and it's very good!!

Similar to my old sunburst MIM Tele. Such a good working guitar, and amazingly versatile.

When I first heard your heavy tones using this tele, I thought it had to be a hot rails or something heavy in the bridge pos,after finding out it was a stock Fender custom shop single coil, I broke out all my cheap strats,squires and stuff..and tried to get a good metal tone using a squire.. the clarity and cut was amazing, even better than my vintage LP, I LOVE that heavy,single coils sound in the bridge..a TS9 is all I need, Thanx for the inspiration!

Of the classics the Tele is surely the tone of country and blues that's rocked for years alongside the SG, LP and Strat' and some damn fine PRS's and others like Gretch and Ibanez.

25+ guitars I played to find my last tele, when they are right they are a thing of simplicity and beauty. Way to go on the neck pickup, took me a long time to realize when my brain asks me questions like that, I ignore it! "I wonder what would happen if ......."

That was AWESOME!

That's a really nice Tele! Sounds awesome

Great great idea !!!! Love this......to explain why and when did all Andertons' boys bought their favorite guitar !!!! Awesome....

That metal gain pedal episode with Bea was unreal. Who knew a tele could djent?

He's so happy!

superb video...

My 2005 tele red metallic paint also chips easily. I don’t mind though, it has the sound and feel that makes it my No 1 guitar.

My number one is a tele too! It's a copy but still, I love it with all my heart. Just something about it that really speaks to me :) Yours is lovely too and I'm jealous ;)

Great video!! That tele is as gorgeous looking as it is sounding..the wear that u dont like looks great i thought!

so cool! I'm looking to buy my first tele, and I'm sure ill want a rosewood board.

So nice! Thx for the vid

Awesome bonus content! Can't wait to see your amps and pedalboards. Would've liked to hear you and Mick both discuss and demonstrate which pickups you use, tone knob settings, etc. for different sounds.

nice playing there Dan

Great video.

Very, very nice guitar!

Dan and Danish Pete got me onto Tele’s Just bought my first today!

Damn you Dan! The more TPS I watch, the more I want a Tele now! And I just got my strat! But that guitar sound amazing, I wonder if I can get a cheap Squier to sound close to that... Cheers man.

I love this video.

Bought a Gretsch g6119t because of your other vid on the Gretsch 6118, now I have to say... I want a CS tele hahah you just have impeccable taste.

This guitar alone has completely swayed my opinion on Tele's. My God, I need one.

reallyy nice, been wanting a tele for a while now

This guitar inspired me to order a set of parts from Warmoth so I can build my own Tele. So thank you!

Love that guitar.

I like heavier strings and higher action in theory, but find it much less enjoyable to play. You get used to it after about a week but medium action and 10s just feels natural to me. Anyway, gorgeous guitar Dan. It fits you perfectly.

your awesome Dan!

I love that whatever guitar he plays, he still plays through delays and chorus etc. So tired of hearing people just trying to shred on every guitar they play.

I love Strats, got myself a great MIM Deluxe Players with US-made noiseless singles (bought unplayed, first and only time I ever did that), but damn that Tele of Dan's is just superb. The slightly heavier strings and high action seem to work for him. I might try that sometime, I use 9-42 or sometimes 10-46.

Great video. Can you make a video of your favorite timeline settings? They are great.

That guitar is very special sounding.

Hey Dan, I adore the way that tele sounds - just fantastic tones mate. I'm looking to be some new pickups for mine and I was wondering what you would recommend from popular brands (Seymour Duncan, Dimarzio BKP, Tonerider etc) as similar spec to yours? Any advice would be greatly appreciated😊👍🏻 And TPS is now one of the mainstays of my YT viewing - you make such watchable, fun and interesting shows guys. Long may it continue👍🏻

And now the Nik Huber Krautster 2 Custom please!! =))

That guitar honestly produces the best Tele tone I have EVER heard. Sometimes you just get lucky with unheard/unplayed purchases.

Oooooh I've seen a second hand AVRI 64 Reissue which is basically new that looks exactly like yours, I'm convinced to pull the plug after watching this! Haven't found that 'one' custom shop one I want yet so that'll have to do for now I guess!

Its funny that people have to say "All the wear is real"

Fantastic Daniel! Hope you'll move on to the amps as well? Really looking forward to a closer look at the Lazy J 20.

Make more non-Friday videos like this!

Id always been a strat person, I had no idea how good a tele could be - well I'll find out tomorrow when I take delivery of a custom shop tele. I cant wait, although i might need to swap out the pick ups.

11k+ views and not a single dislike. Says it all really.

Hello Dan. I NEVER cease to be just floored by the sound of your Tele. And I also love how in your short snippets of free form playing that you do on the show, that YOU get into it so much that you just sort of "go away" somewhere sometimes while you are playing. A lot of the time really. I can actually see it when happens. In fact it's pretty obvious. That is a rare quality. I can barely do that anymore when I am playing free form in my own music room BY MYSELF! Forget the cameras, mics and annoying co-hosts. I guess that my dog can be sort of annoying. I do enjoy your playing immensely. It's real, it's not forced in any way and it is very soulful. I would like to ask you two simple questions about your Tele. These weren't mentioned in the clip. The saddles? Stainless steel? Does it have the original / stock wiring, or have you changed it? NOT that I am going to rush right out and copy whatever YOURS has Dan. I'm not. I am most interested in your saddles. And just curious about the guitar in general. It sound SO incredibly even and full up and down the neck, clean or gainy. Kind of blows my mind. After decades in, I left the music biz, left SoCal and moved back to my old hometown, which is a small and backwards Podunk town, that is devoid of any kind of remotely happening...anything. It's just devoid period. Hence, me getting to talk about gear with anyone (here) just doesn't happen. One of the many reasons I enjoy TPS, Tim Pierce and Shawn Tubbs, on YT. And I hate to admit, but I have mysteriously ended up with 1 or 2....ok 3 pedals that I had seen on TPS. Just a coincidence. Anyway, I have used brass saddles on my couple of Tele's forever (as long as they have been around) and have just been thinking about trying a stainless set. Thanks and keep up the great stuff Cheers

Sweet Tele! I'm sure I would play it every weekend. I like that it's not a relic'd guitar, but the nicks and wear is from playing it and abuse over the years. My dream Tele would definitely be different - locking tuners, maple fingerboard, individual bridge saddles, noiseless pickups - the new Elite (not custom) Tele's are pretty well perfect for me, but I decided to buy a used Gretsch 6120 this year instead :-)

YES THIS IS AWESOME!:) also Dan have you tried the earthquaker " ghost echo reverb?" It's good :) you'd probably love it!:)

That guitar sounds so good, I watched the vid twice in a row. I have a very similar LPB custom shop 50's (fat neck, maple board) - sounds real similar to yours, although it is all stock, and was a relic.

You really do seem to have a nice affinity for that Tele Dan! Nothing in our known universe compares to the bridge pickup on a Tele. For me, its that early Jimmy Page sound with the exquisite way only he could vibrato the low E and A strings. I should never have sold my early 70-'s one. I had a few chips in the enamel like you and decided to remove the entire finish one day because i thought it was looking a bit too shabby. So i sanded it down and clear laquered it...look gorgeous but for some reason never played and sounded the same. got depressed and sold it to a buddy for $200....he still has it and i think i want it back now... ;)

I'm so pleased it's not just me that has bad luck with things. If I dropped a flight case I could guarantee it landed on the bit I could see, rather than the lower horn around the back or something.

I've been thru hundreds of Tele pickups. The Super Sports from Don Mare are truly exceptional. The best for me. Unfortunately his demo vids don't come close to showcasing the balance and complexity. I swear by em. Gorgeous guitar mate. There are very few lifetime keepers, and you've certainly found one of them.

Crazy I just asked about this guitar the other day! It's like you made the video just for me, lol

Don Mare Tele pickups are ear candy to the most righteous level

Truly a lovely beast you have there Dan. Hey, with the new Keeley workstations coming out, I would love to see you and Mick do an experiment and see if they are just as good as the individual pedals that are in the workstations. The Tone Workstation especially. They are made in the USA but I noticed they are not handmade like the individual pedals. Just an idea.

Can you please tell us your pickup height settings and how to adjust them properly