In Conversation with Tom DeLonge | Artist Signature Series | Fender 

Most importantly, he made thousands of kids pick up the guitar

@@AvAfanfromfrance very true.

And for his top notch research into aliens.

I think he gets enough credit! Blink are a staple throwback band, aging very well, plenty of new(younger) listeners, still very relevant, still getting air time and now Tom has a signature model.

He’s sold like 30 million albums, probably has sold more signature guitars then any other musician ever, one of the most influential guitarist of the past 30 years so many famous musicians have stated he’s the reason they picked up a guitar and/or blink is the reason they are a musician if you look up every successful band since enema of the state came out there is a really good chance the guitarist started playing because of Tom and/or because of blink it’s not a questionable thing it’s just facts I mean even many of the SoundCloud rappers were influenced by blink many videos of them doing blink covers. Blink is the equivalent of the Beatles as far as serious influence of the past 25 years no other band has been as influential as blink in the past 25 years love them or hate them it’s just facts. What’s really crazy is the different genres of famous bands/artists that are influenced from blink from metal to rap to top 40 pop to pop rock to indie rock to electronic to punk just all different genres of musicians were influenced by blink and many stating without blink they would not exist. On that big of a scale only a few bands have been that influential they are up there with Nirvana and the Beatles. Blink is a massive band they are not as widely respected publicly like Nirvana and The Beatles still a huge band but not as huge as them but they are every bit as influential. With that being said saying Tom doesn’t get enough credit is the furthest thing from the truth if anything he gets more credit then he deserves he’s not some great guitarist technically and not a great singer technically he’s just an amazing songwriter that’s what it really breaks down to not his playing or singing because he’s just an average guitarist and singer but he gets tons of credit for both when so many people are so much better then him but because he’s such an amazing songwriter he gets credit as a good guitarist and singer.

Don’t mention aliens otherwise you might well be!!😂😂😂

he needs a podcast!!

​@@MagicPants647 he s a weird guy

@@MagicPants647 He has one, To The Stars podcast

Yeah he's such a young at heart guy. I like his goofy stuff too even though I don't believe in aliens

Simple things for simple minds! 😉

​@teezee44 I know. That's why I said John Frusciante from the _Californication_ to _By the Way_ era. John Frusciante from _Stadium Arcadium_ onwards is a totally different player. When he rejoined the band in 1998, after getting clean from drugs, I believe he had no guitars. He sold his guitars to pay for his drug addiction, so he pretty much had to learn how to play again and get comfortable in a band. That's why those albums have very minimalistic guitar playing, especially _Californication._ I wasn't comparing Tom Delonge and John Frusciante stylistically. The point I was trying to make was this: because they wrote such simple songs in the late '90s and early '00s, they inspired a lot of beginner guitarists. So many kids started playing guitar by learning the riffs for _Dammit, Stay Together for the Kids, Adam's Song, Californication, Otherside_ or _What's My Age Again?_ For example, _Californication_ was the first song I ever learned. It had everything a beginner needed to develop their skills: a repetitive riff for the intro and most of the verse, a second riff at the end of each verse, a simple chord pattern for the pre-chorus and chorus, and then a really simple solo. Although John Frusciante's playing is better now, I doubt there are many kids learning _Black Summer_ as their first song.

@@caliente-frio3966 yep, nailed it.

@@anjamiranda5598 lol

Ive never cared for frusciante personally. Other than his rhythms. I do like the Peppers as a band. But His leads just sound atrocious to me and I find him vastly overrated and sounding out of tune quite often. Idk. Just my opinion. I know he has a cult following. Love the rhythm parts. It’s just all the other stuff I can’t stand.

We're honored by your kind words! 🤘

Beautiful guitar as well.

You must have a good bank account. Save yourself some dough and make your own.

Rock on! Appreciate the kind words

Thank you Fender, Squier, and Tom Delonge, for inspiring this 64 year old kid to pick up the guitar for the first time in 47 years.

@@fender This guitar is terrible! Get a real strat not this piece of poop.

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and he is a humble person too!! def my fave guitarist behind evh and tom morello

Yes, he said it very well

Watch his persuit of tone interview

All that said and not an exaggeration spoken. 👌🏼

He is a mediocre guitarist at his absolute best, but he is an excellent songwriter.

It’s like the smiths or some midwest emo riffs. It’s always really pleasant.

@@bluemcdaniel99 Yeah, I was gonna mention The Smiths too.

Cant do it live

Me

Or drumsticks, me

The first song I learned when I was young was Adams song. Thank you Tom!

me

Ppl forget they inspired us gen-Y's and we were their first market in that period

god bless LaLuna! What a time to be alive in PDX.

@@patrickready5374 Yeah it was great to have an all ages venue like that, we saw so many good shows there.

You are me in other part of the world.same 34 I started with bass and switch to guitar and I'm musicians lol

Sadly these are priced pretty much in line with the aftermarket costs. Makes no sense :(

@@bahooneyonastickleast you get a new one not a beat up one

These are $1300 so I don't know what's going to happen

​@@bahooneyonastickI'd much rather pay $1300 for a brand new one than pay $2k+ for a beat up one from 2001, that's had god knows how many hands all over it. At the price they are, I could not justify buying an original despite wanting one for so long. I'm so glad they've reissued it, I ordered mine this morning ❤️

most people are buying rebuilt Squier versions of these on Reverb thanks to those prices. so much cooler than dropping 1200-1800 bucks on a "punk" guitar imo.

👽 😂😂😂

If you mean in Vegas in October, I will see you there brother!

@@HotBizkit I'm a girl lol and yes I'll be at WWWY

im going go see them in July, i cant waittt😭💞

Did you end up buying the reissue? I love it and it’s thick strings

Sounds like you found "the one" 🙌🎸

@fender it's just a really well built guitar. Suits my sound and I idolised Blink at the time