Fender Telecaster Setup Easy Peezy 

I've been watching Dave for 9 years. I've seen every guitar and bass that he's set up on RU-vid. I know exactly how he does it. Yet I watch every time. It's like a religion.

Thanks, Dave, for saying all the numbers, again, despite it making your head hurt. You're the best!

Great stuff! Never gets old!

Love the straw trick! Thanks Dave!

Absolutely love the trick with the straw Dave - many thanks for it. Teles can be right sob's for getting strings through the bridge sometimes.

Beautiful Tele!!!

Masterclass here, I wanna save this clip in case RU-vid melts

that straw tip is awsome , thank you Dave

Dave, Gibson says 17th fret or where the body meets the neck. But they trademarked it so you have to pay them $20 every time you do a setup.

I like the straw trick for gettin those stubborn strings through the bridge. Thanks for the tip!👍😎🎸🎶

I feel like Daves videos are more or less podcasts with guitar maintenance and it's amazing

Thanks Dave 👍

that straw trick...you're a genius!

I liked the jam at the end of your video.

The straw trick is absolute gold.

The straw trick is brilliant!

I have no problem with the tilt neck, even the three bolt, as long as the neck fits solidly in the pocket. My first Fender ever, which I still have is a 3-bolt bullet truss rod Strat. I learned a lot about setup on that guitar.

I love the wd-40/jb 80 straw trick!! That’s a slick one Dave!! Great videos! I learn a ton and get a kick outta watching and listening to you! Thanks for being YOU Dave! 😎👌🏼

Great easy peezy set up bro! Thanks for explaining the neck tilt screw and for the .011 to .012 thou I usually go to where the neck meets the body (depending on body shape) Thanks for the tip on having .020 at the 1st... Great video Dave, Thanks bro..................... Mike(Ipswich River Guitars).

Mayb just me ,,the straw wisdom is too cool , iv got 1 or 2 . Thank u Mr Dave !

thanks mate!

Lovely looking axe.

Beautiful guitar😜

On the tilt, I usually back the top screws just off tight too, just so the tilt screw doesn't have to fight so hard.

I love the straw tip, Good to learn something every day. Thanks

Nice job

THANK U , DAVE .. I AM SUBSCRIBED NOW ..

Yo Dave! Nice to see ya.

Just got done with a dumpster rescue, broken neck. There's a vertical crack in the rosewood fingerboard, between frets 3 and 4. Doesn't seem to affect anything. I think I'll leave it there, because trying to do anything to it would result in a trek down Gooch trail. Also leaving the repair just detectible enough to keep it honest. But, thanks. Because I couldn't, wouldn't, and shouldn't.... without Dave's world of fun stuff! ✌️🙂

Love James Burton!

I’m going to use that straw trick , thanks for another great tip Dave !!!!

Nice...!

Finally, a complete and clear video on how to do a proper setup. Thanks! :)

I like to put a bend in the string about 1/2 inch from the end , just in the plain strings then they usually just slide right in.

the high humidity dropped my action down so low I cannot even bend a string above the 12th fret it just mutes out, I look down the neck don't seem much relief so i'm guessing a simple trust rod adjustment before I touch the saddles ? the action was ok in the Winter haven't used guitar since then, Thanks

Side note re Jeff Beck (for those unfamiliar with his playing) he plays with his fingers/ no pick, so his "" is very subtle. I on the other hand, I am a "hack" used to playing acoustic guitars mostly, so I keep my guitars relief higher ( .012" like Dave sets them)

Please, do a setup for a Chapman ML2. I own one and am curious how you do it. Thanks.

Thanks for the video - when you checked the pickup height it looked like the second brass spacer bar was thinner than the first, which you said was 1/8", yet you said the latter was 3/16" (bigger than 1/8") - should it have been 3/32"? Was this wrong or are my eyes deceiving me?

I like higher action, easier banding on the chunk of my finger tip, and no fret buzz. I like it at the limite of the intonation is out of wak.

Hey Dave, I always see you check the relief on the neck. What is the standard neck relief for say a Strat?

Dave, do you have to reduce string tension before using the neck angle adjustment thingy?

Is it as or more important to establish the correct curve for each bridge saddle first, before attempting to alter the TR?

I just got the deluxe Nashville telle caster the strings are a little high up at top of neck from th high e area towards the pick up. Do I need to adjust bridge saddles ? Thanks subscribed. The neck is straight. I'm nervous about adjusting the saddles. Thanks subscribed.

Recent subscriber here, really enjoyed watching this especially since both of my Teles (USA Fender & USA G&L) have the tilt neck feature. If you ever have a chance to adjust the MFD pups on the G&L ASAT Specials, that would be fun to watch. I’ve been playing mine since the 90s and they are tweakers. A little bit goes a long way!

Have a problem. I purchased a mint 2018 squier affinity telecaster. The high E is good at the nut but above 12 it gets even with the fretboard edge. I loosened the neck bolts and did the force the neck straight and re tighten the screws. This guitar is okay but I want to use it with .011 gauge strings and use it for slide only in open E. I don’t think this neck is going to stay with open tunings and higher gauge strings. What’s your thoughts? I’m thinking of getting rid of it and go for another guitar.

So when you hit the 17th fret, what should it be at the 7th? What sized feeler guage did you slip in there? Info missing.

Everyone should own a Tele :)

Noice!

like the straw trick

Beautiful Tele! Hope all is well Dave. PEACE 💀👽🎸🎵🎶👍

I just love that Tele. The burst , the belly cut. What is that model and year?

would have liked to be a fly on the wall while Dave was chatting with Beck's guitar tech.

TELE! ❤️

lol this was entertaining to watch, your personality is too funny. Also thx for the tutorial!!!

Your saddles should be parallel with the body or body plate but they should also have a very slight arch from the E to E string. The E stings should be the lowest, the A and B string should be slightly higher and the D and G should be the highest. Just like the strings on a violin.

Dave...if the solid strings dont stretch...then how can you bend them to a higher pitch (note)??....am i an idiot cuz i dont understand...but then again...im just a dumb guitar player!!!!

Nice string hack

You skipped the part of the video where you set the pickup heights hahaha, just what I wanted to see. I have a Telecaster from 2011 that has the neck pickup screwed to the pickup guard just like that one. Any ide on how to adjust that? It doesn't give me much room to move before the screws start going off... I mean, I screw in the direction to loosen and the screw starts to go off the pickup guard... is that normal? Thanks

I would love that one in German speech.

When George Carlin is your guitar tech…

Nice little trick with the straw. A little something in every video. Why didn't I think of that?

Make a BIG noise!

Hey Dave! I've always wondered, why the paper on the bench? Cheers!

Weird! just got a tele just like this one.. 2012 American Standard

Solid wire does stretch a bit, or you wouldn't be able to turn the top three tuners.

What do you mean by the term "four sixty fours"? I have the same string height tool you have and I am seeing a mark that says .040 on the metric side and nothing with a 4 in it on the other side. Please clarify.. Thanks beforehand.

1/8th is thinner then 3/16 :) Did you mean 3/32 for the pickup height on the high e?

Did you set each string to exactly 4/64? What radius is the neck? Will 4/64 work on a 7.25 ?radius?

Ooooooo,tele!

Dave, thanks for the straw trick! Thanks to you, I can pretty much set up my Tele. Mine has a 3(compensated) saddle bridge, would love to see you intonate one and hear your thoughts on that sometime...

wish you were close to me to set up my tele

the reason you cant find much to do to improve this guitar is because it is a MIA Fender instrument ....crafted with pride . expensive and worth it !

I cant stop laughing at pink...ball...sacks... help

No reference to Happy Gilmore?

Skully Shoemaker?

Does he really mean 20,000th of an inch at the nut? Or is it 2,000th?

What could go wrong? Its a telecaster!

St* M*c is now selling guitar shipping boxes.

Hey my name is Peezy, whats up?

+1,000,000 for the Gong reference!

Damn, i only understand milimeters

Did you ever hang out with Gordon Lightfoot?

Telecaster! The ultimate 6 string phallic symbol!

Is this instructional ? Vague.

Tele's only look basic. They're finnicky. If to ne is off for whatever reason they screech. Far easier to deal with an L.P. and easier to play. No offence to the Gibsonites out there. Thanks to Dave for sharing his knowledge. He knows what he's doing.

Dont be afraid to gooch up somebody else's git

Your straw/tube solution at 6:00 tells me that you are a natural born engineer! Many people are under the misconception that you have to be skilled in mathematics to be an engineer. Nothing could be further from the truth! A good mechanical engineer is a natural born problem solver when faced with mechanical difficulties/problems. Either your mind has the ability to visualize and figure out a solution to any mechanical situation, or it does not. Mathematics has nothing to do with that ability. You can know every math style, formula in the world but if your mind is incapable of seeing solutions to mechanical difficulties you shall not solve them, hence mathematicians who often get jobs as engineered are not good engineers. People like Dave here, he's a natural born engineer and I believe he could resolve almost every mechanical issue before him. In the field, in the shop~or wherever he may be, a natural born engineer like Dave is capable of visualizing a workable solution to mechanical problems that will indeed completely stump mathematicians. Good work Dave! P.S. I was an artist who starved so I became a self taught engineer and eventually a senior engineer. So I am speaking from a life time of real world experience working with mathematicians who have engineering degrees and are actually incapable of solving mechanical difficulties. Even those with a P.E. Title (Professional Engineer Degree). Of course some do have mechanical aptitude but the mathematicians rarely do. If you can't think with your hands you are not all that smart at all. Also don't touch anything! -Peter age 70

Fender's Bi-Flex truss rod...............(sound of vomiting)