The Blackguards '51 & '53 Tele, & '53 Esquire | CME Vintage Demo

The Blackguards '51 & '53 Tele, & '53 Esquire | CME Vintage Demo | Shelby Pollard

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4 жыл бұрын

Previously likened to a "plank" or "canoe paddle," the Blackguard Telecaster is now one of the most coveted guitars in history. Shelby explains why, taking us through the guitar's development, its importance as a forerunner of the electrified solid-body, its defining components, and everything else that makes our three Blackguards-the '51 Fender Telecaster, '53 Fender Esquire, and '53 Fender Telecaster-so remarkable, while a few of our friends play their favorite tunes, including some of the very ones that made the Blackguard famous.
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Gear Used:
- 1951 Fender Telecaster
- 1953 Fender Telecaster
- 1953 Fender Esquire
- Divine Noise Cables
- Strymon Flint
- Fender Precision Bass Blonde Refin 1954
Songs played in this video:
- Julian Lage - Nocturne
- Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
- The Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking
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@maximepetit4014 4 жыл бұрын

Nathaniel Murphy is such an amazing guitar player

@liamtahaney713 4 жыл бұрын

It was nice to hear him for more than 35 seconds

@Zeppelinbarnatra 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

@patrickbrown8540 4 жыл бұрын

Gretsche didn’t sue, they sent a cease and desist letter and Leo complied.

@anthonyc1883 4 жыл бұрын

Patrick Brown True. A Western Union telegram, to be exact. It is shown in one of the Richard Smith Fender books.

@IrishBog 3 жыл бұрын

That story is right up there with the TV Yellow is because professional guitarists in the 50s were going to use a student level guitar on television appearances.

@truevintageguitar 4 жыл бұрын

Stunning video as always CME and Shelby! I love how these three amazing Teles span the spectrum of collector clean/original to modified and player ready and all three are cool. There's a time and place for each of these even though one might be more valuable than another. Thanks for posting this one!

@baohuynh9529 4 жыл бұрын

4:50 Julian Lage!

@jessievasser6293 4 жыл бұрын

I was just about to comment on that.

@stevenbeechey 4 жыл бұрын

Phrasing or tone ain’t there though.

@Lefthandman333 3 жыл бұрын

@@stevenbeechey it never could, there can only be one.

@marike1100 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful guitars, awesome playing. The Charlie Parker tune at 1:45 sounds excellent, the solo players sound great, the trio sounds amazing, Tele for life.

@CurtisMcLeodMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Love the song choices! Stellar video. MORE PLEASE!

@chicagomusicexchange 3 жыл бұрын

SUBSCRIBE & TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS TO NEVER MISS A VINTAGE GEAR DEMO!

@b.rodclark7349 4 жыл бұрын

The way the Telecaster twangs is sooo magical let alone the entire Holy Grail era...LUVIT!

@TheKirby366 4 жыл бұрын

Nathaniel, I think you transcribed that Danny gatton instructional video intro about perfectly! 👏👏👏

@_RLP 4 жыл бұрын

This was a delight. Pure delight. Cheers

@farlazaro 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the insight of this video. Love that tone from the 1953.

@BenLubin 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, that guy nails the Danny Gatton stuff!

@stipeur 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, everything was well made

@James_RC 3 жыл бұрын

That Esquire is insane! 🤤 Love black guards

@wesleymorris1 4 жыл бұрын

Wow that country playing was awesome, hes got a great right hand rhythm, picking and finger plucking. In going to practice that, that was inspiring.

@pieter-basbeijer5781 4 жыл бұрын

6:25 good lord that tone

@travisgates4441 3 жыл бұрын

That is a freakin’ amazing Stones song. Badass choice🤘

@morais99 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing video. Thanks

@tidepoolbay 4 жыл бұрын

Nice Work!

@tabletactics4578 4 жыл бұрын

This Jam needed to happen.

@enjoyCarlos 4 жыл бұрын

Nice vibe guys! Cheers from Greece!

@senoralecthompson 4 жыл бұрын

I like it when he almost falls over backwards at the end.

@alexandreanonimous7056 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic 👏

@liamtahaney713 4 жыл бұрын

Best one imo is the last one. Love the funky-ness

@DarkShadows-me2fj 3 жыл бұрын

I love that telecaster bass.

@PorchBass 4 жыл бұрын

Great drummer!

@JS-nf1sn 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. I'm sure it wasn't you guys, but who refinishes and relics a true vintage guitar? Kind of a shame.

@anthonyc1883 4 жыл бұрын

J Stet Perhaps the guitar had already been stripped or badly refinished long ago. Lots of old guitars get violated over time, and there's nowhere to go but up at that point. Hence, the refin we're looking at in this video.

@gmsatvai 4 жыл бұрын

3:56 you can see how the neck is not perfectly aligned with the body, which tells you that imperfections were totally ok back then although they had rigorous quality controls. As long as the thing resonates, you know you have a good guitar. Even some master built Custom Shop ‘51 teles are replicating those construction “imperfections”. Amazing video!

@shitfer 4 жыл бұрын

The '51 here looks like it has jumbo frets.

@fearnpol4938 4 жыл бұрын

Its the neck pocket it was originally misdesigned and went into production and was produced for years with an oversized 'shelf'.

@derekclacton 10 ай бұрын

3:53

@CastlesMadeOf... 4 жыл бұрын

That Esquire!!! Love to know what sized pots/cap were used. That PAF sounds incredible 👊

@frantisca 4 жыл бұрын

You guys at CME rock !! \m/ Lovely Teles :)

@kjatexas3679 3 жыл бұрын

You’ve really got some players on your staff !

@BobHolland1949 11 ай бұрын

If you find my old😁'51 Esquire I'd like to have it back. All original w/ poodle case, even original sales receipt form a TV repair shop in my city. Strap original. You guys are making me miss it even more.

@bryanmannoia8410 4 жыл бұрын

excellent video, thanks. Chicago music exchange is an excellent store, I have dealt with you online numerous times. glad I live in N.Y. and can't get my hands on that '51. I have a feeling that I would beg, borrow, or steal to own that.

@ruiseartalcorn 4 жыл бұрын

Great guitars! :)

@skimmer521 4 жыл бұрын

Love em all...

@isildur241 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I want these Teles, but I also want that bass

@seanhershey3390 4 жыл бұрын

I love the different players...versatility, thy name is Telecaster.

@nowornever2504 4 жыл бұрын

The ending cracks me up

@giulioluzzardi7632 Жыл бұрын

The trio of musicians are the real stars of this viddy. I like the primitive sound of that Esquire . Geezer with sheep on baseball cap and the Young Lady have a "unique" style that brings out the flavour of those instruments in a beautuful way. Groovy. BTW did I see a "zero" fret on one of em?

@realgoodmind 4 жыл бұрын

That's the goods right there.

@artisanmetalcraft 4 жыл бұрын

What were the Amps, or combination of Amps used for each?

@marceloherrera887 Жыл бұрын

Hi, can you share the wiring of the Esquire? During the Stones cover (excellent by the way), the tip of the selector is always in position 3, but surely it doesn´t sound like the humbucker alone, wheter atenuated or not. Even less so when sometimes is played over the last frets of the neck, ala Richards: it should be darker, but it sounds exactly like Richards! It would be great to know the wiring and what every position does. Thanks!

@Niloy63 4 жыл бұрын

On the '53 Tele (@4:42), how can the second position be the neck pickup, and the third position be a really dark neck pickup?

@joemontgomery6658 4 жыл бұрын

The third position is wired to a capacitor, which cuts the treble. The wiring also bypasses the tone potentiometer. It’s like having the tone pot turned all the way down all the time

@thomascrawley4968 2 жыл бұрын

That esquire is so similar to keefs micawber even down to the white strat tip and the pick up Configuration

@luismendo 4 жыл бұрын

9:13 Glory days!

@ted501 4 жыл бұрын

paf & tweed ... die for !!!

@benjamingilmore825 2 жыл бұрын

In 1951, wasn’t it still a Nocaster? I thought 52 was the first telecaster. But this is apparently a 1951 telecaster? Could it have a neck from a later date?

@Chucksguitargeekery 4 жыл бұрын

Holy chicken picken' batman!

@mikesteelheart 4 жыл бұрын

A boutique shop was kind enough to let me pick up an original '52 blackguard recently. I was just strumming it acoustically just in awe and disbelief of the $21,000 legendary axe resting on my thigh... The owner offered to let me plug it into a little tube amp. I was there with my dad and he declined because he was in a rushed mood. I'll never forgive him, once in a lifetime opportunity missed!

@outdawrzmuhn 4 жыл бұрын

mikesteelheart should have bought it for 21k. Seen them for at least 10k more.

@mikesteelheart 4 жыл бұрын

@@outdawrzmuhn I believe it was a refin thus the lower price. I definitely don't have 21k to blow on a guitar, wish I did lol. A '52 Vintage Reissue would be nice but I'm happy with my American Standard Strat.

@creamydistortion 3 жыл бұрын

Should have smacked him and smoked his crack!

@giulioluzzardi7632 8 ай бұрын

My Dad did a similar thing once then he saw me bringing home decent wages from playing and he said quote; " I thought the Guitar was your hobby and I did'nt realise you were able to do well out it. I don't understand modern music but just keep doing what your doing". After that he would show up at gigs and raves clapping his hsnds and dancing round like he was 8 years old. Thanks Dad and Mum for lending me the dough for a Fender twin(£90) 1979 though.Then he struck again but that's another story for another day.

@paulj0557tonehead 3 жыл бұрын

Last tune, The Boss Bruce Springsteen. 🎶Glory Days. Bruce is an oldy yelly telly player himself.😊

@AB-vn2jc 4 жыл бұрын

If it was not an esquire I would have been ok with the neck pickup, but the dark circuit is brilliant and messing with it was a bad choice, an other Tele would have been fine though.

@reynoldswrap36 4 жыл бұрын

What is that thinline tele in the background with the bigsby?

@10sassafras 4 жыл бұрын

I’m curious as to why the paf was put in upside down.

@hunterbrown2315 4 жыл бұрын

Keith Richards has the same mod on his telecaster Micawber

@10sassafras 4 жыл бұрын

Hunter Brown Aha!

@micsunday14 3 жыл бұрын

Is that Cortez the killer?

@realgoodmind 4 жыл бұрын

Nice choice on the PAF but did you put it in upside down to make it sound more out of phase?

@User-jk8wq 4 жыл бұрын

Jared Sapp Putting it upside down doesn’t actually affect the sound. You need to flip the magnet in one of the pickups for that to happen

@realgoodmind 4 жыл бұрын

@@User-jk8wq I thought that is what Peter Green used to do to get that quack in his old Burst? Putting it in upside down made it out of phase.

@User-jk8wq 4 жыл бұрын

Jared Sapp Common misconception there. The neck pickup stopped working and so he had it rewound at Selmer’s Music shop. The techie accidentally put the magnet in the wrong way round at the end, and the pickup being upside down was just a careless mistake. The whole out of phase sound Greenie became famous for was just a fluke!

@realgoodmind 4 жыл бұрын

@@User-jk8wq No shit did not know that.

@Scotchegz 4 жыл бұрын

www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/phase-reversal-switches-in-humbucker-equipped-guitars.449693/

@elirutter3075 4 жыл бұрын

4:50 Shrek theme music

@user-ev9qw3om1g 4 ай бұрын

I didn't know that the esquire had 2 pickups and Squire on the headstock

@grummanf-14tomcat8 4 жыл бұрын

Just once, I wish one of these demonstrator guys on youtube would at least TRY demoing a vintage Telecaster with the bridge plate ON. That's how it was intended, and it'd be nice to hear how the bridge pickup sounds with the metal cover.

@SergeCeyral 4 жыл бұрын

I tried to do so, and the "ashtray" brings a real trouble, because you cannot mute (at all) the strings, with the edge of the right hand : you must shift your hand forward to do so, and it ruins your playing ; as palm muting is an important part of the Tele sound, the cover is back in the case...

@Jacobcfuller 4 жыл бұрын

Come on no one has ever used that thing

@SergeCeyral 4 жыл бұрын

@@Jacobcfuller Yep, and I forgot to mention that the famous "twang" is also ruined by the ashtray : maybe because that metal piece makes a shield for the magnetic field around the strings (I dunno ?), but experiment by yourself.... I discard it because I can't pick strings close to the bridge but, after all, Albert Collins could play fairly decently WITH it !

@migueljimenez1939 3 жыл бұрын

No love for the p-bass????? 😂😍 Make a video for it. All 4 instruments sounded amanzing and great playing!!!

@giulioluzzardi7632 8 ай бұрын

Drummy was cool too!

@darrelloxford427 3 жыл бұрын

He got the Danny gatton in his playing

@berniejaw6552 7 ай бұрын

Reminds me of Danny Gatton.

@user-ev9qw3om1g 4 ай бұрын

I'm lucky I got butterscotch blonde with black pickguard

@chris_2714 4 жыл бұрын

Shame on that '51 refin. Not a very good relicing job.

@zzrzz6199 3 жыл бұрын

was just about to comment the same. Doesn't really look natural..

@ThatHuskyisCrazy 11 ай бұрын

Why did Fender stop making the AVRI Tele? I couldn’t afford the insurance for a real vintage Tele.

@RobFlaxMusic 4 жыл бұрын

3:07 in case you like transcribing too :-)

@fearnpol4938 4 жыл бұрын

Gretsch NEVER sueded Fender they sent a letter asking Leo to stop using the name.

@anthonyc1883 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. A Western Union telegram, to be exact. It is shown in one of the Richard Smith Fender books.

@A-LYCAN-CALLED-CAS 4 жыл бұрын

You mean 1951 Nocaster

@jf542 4 жыл бұрын

cute vid but you can defs tell a guitarist mixed the songs coz the drums and bas sound pretty bad but the guitars sound great

@conorfurlong 2 жыл бұрын

You did, what?!, to an Esquire??

@johnsmith-bk4ps Жыл бұрын

Uh..ok..im freaking out. That all original 53 tele serial number 3132? I owned tele number 3132 in the nineties. It was a completely butchered 54 tele. Sanded, contoured, parts changed etc. How can this be???

@creamydistortion 3 жыл бұрын

Chicago is by far the most sadistic place I've ever been. How people put up with that level of negativity is beyond my understanding. No wonder you guys have huge safes in the shop!!

@pietero10 4 жыл бұрын

I thought Shelby only played jazzmasters?

@mikes062 4 жыл бұрын

pietero10 he only plays good guitars, so these are allowed in his presence.

@SergeCeyral 4 жыл бұрын

Putting 15 to 40 k in such a '50 "cover of the toilet seat" plank is so ridiculous, when you can get a very good US made '52 RI for under $1500 (even not from the Custom Shop)... Who can believe that the magic is included in the price tag ? Why not, after all, if money burns your fingers...

@user-cv3jb6wi3v 3 жыл бұрын

Barret bisque bisqin

@maxmeeder1542 4 жыл бұрын

Micawber

@russhicksart 4 жыл бұрын

An amazing Rogers kit with a terrible snare sound....bummer.

@lueysixty-six7300 4 жыл бұрын

You find routed a 53 Esquire?! That's not yours just because you happen to own it right now. You're a custodian of this piece of history for the future . So many future generations will never see that Esquire as Leo made it. Damn! Do that shit to a reissue! I mean I love the idea of a PAF in the tele neck....but don't butcher an original Esquire for it. Man.... Can't believe this

@Shelbs1028 4 жыл бұрын

Luey Sixty-six it had already been routed.

@bryanmannoia8410 4 жыл бұрын

it was already done.

@lueysixty-six7300 4 жыл бұрын

Oh. hahaha. So, like Bonamassa's...guilt free? That's pretty sweet then.

@opposegroup-think3328 4 жыл бұрын

Teles only get better with time.

@bryanmannoia8410 4 жыл бұрын

too true. same with all guitars, in my opinion. great name btw.

@opposegroup-think3328 4 жыл бұрын

@@bryanmannoia8410 Thanks. You sir, are a genius.

@michaelhoward7009 4 жыл бұрын

To each their own opinion. I think that PAF totally destroys that guitar. will stick to my stock 66 maple slab. A tele to me sounds better when it sounds like a tele. To each their own tele takes.

@dansands6363 4 жыл бұрын

I understand refinishing a guitar. But what the hell is the purpose in RELICING an ACTUAL vintage instrument on top of that!? It’s a not a modern day custom shop made to look old. It is an actual old instrument. It’s the real deal. Completely makes me lose interest in that particular guitar

@anthonyc1883 4 жыл бұрын

Danny Sands Because maybe the guitar had already been stripped or badly refinished long ago before the guy did the current refin on it.

@iklimhunianrumahbordil9375 3 жыл бұрын

who sings? i hear a man singing

@alanpierce7974 4 жыл бұрын

Why are all of these teenagers playing 60 year old guitars. I guess the Vintage market is cool with the young people. Even the "manager" is all but his late 20's WTF! What a shame!

@Shelbs1028 4 жыл бұрын

Alan Pierce thanks for thinking I’m in my twenties!

@Luke-yv6uo 4 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more. Next time they get some old teles they should bring them straight to you in the nursing home and have you chicken pick at light speed with your parkinson’s hands while shitting in your bedpan.