My All-Time Favorite Guitar | JAY'S TOOLBOX 

Jay, as a bass player, I can appreciate everything you present in your videos. It is easily apparent that you are incredibly connected to your style and your instrument perfectly allows you to express yourself in the way you want. I find this most inspiring. Keep up this amazing content.

I love when someone gets excited about a great guitar. Killer playing, man!

Thanks for playing with so much joy!

I was fantizing about having a telecaster with a bigsby in the same colour as yours and this video appeared in my feed. I'll take it as a sign.

THIS IS INSPIRATIONAL! the tone and your skill has inspired me to get a tele and bigsby. after all the shredders and pentatonic addicts, it's so good to see someone with so much enthusiasm and sensitivity LOVE IT!

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN I'VE SEEN A MORE INTENSE PICKER WHO SIMPLY LOVES HIS GUITAR LIKE JAY !! U R JUST AMAZING AND I'VE WATCHED THIS COMPLETE VIDEO WITH EYES AND MOUTH WIDE OPEN , JAY COMPLETELY MESMERIZED ME TO THE MAX !!!!!!

Favorite Guitar channel on all of youtube. Completely inspiring! The fact that you only have 8.5k subs is an absolute joke! I've never seen a channel that deserves to blow up more than this one does! Thank you, keep up the phenomenal work!

I know I'm late to the show on this one but That is a sweetheart.!. 👍👍

That grab 5:07

WOW I have never heard a tele do that either! Those clean tones are gorgeous! I'll stop and get a bucket to catch the drool now....

What a team you and that Telecaster make! Your blue Bigsby Tele is also rather gorgeous! I'm hoping that the next time you are in the UK you will be on That Pedal Show. I can already hear Dan going crazy over your Tele playing and tones!

You're guitar playing is unreal. Thanks.

Never has a guitar been so matched to a player. Wonderful

Your clear love for your instrument and your joy in playing are truly inspiring.

They really made great fender strats and teles in 1968. Proud owner of a 1968 olympic white strat🙌

You put that beauty to good use.I have an older G&L ASAT Classic. I'm having my tech guy put on a bigsby. Looking forward to it. Tanks for the video.

That jam face 👌 beautiful

Best Tele I've ever heard... that neck pickup is just wow... and your playing Jay... we really did miss you here

this is a very special guitar, you can tell just by looking at it that it's a very special instrument, the way it sounds too is incredibly nice.

Beautiful guitar. Amazingly warm and punchy. You are understandably proud of her. The Dark Side sounded crazy good (I'm hunting for one for my own board).

Masterful picking and plucking, very inspiring

I'm rewiring my Tele using the 50s Gibson diagram now I've witnessed your sound...WOW!

I love Telecasters. And this is one of if not the best one I ever heard. Great playing too.

Eloquent playing and joyful passion; great to watch and inspires me to remember just to enjoy playing.

Very informative video, Jay. Loved your insights/observations regarding volume and sound and how the Bigsby mod effects the sound. I've owned a 1969 Tele Trimline since 1976 and related to many insights and impressions you spoke about. Thank you for the honest review.

Jay I so enjoyed your music! I myself love the Telecaster, I've played for 42 years and although I own every type made lol, I always go to my tele. I have a inexpensive tele made by Austin guitars. It has a tiger Maple fret board on top of a maple neck, my pickups are wilkinsons, it has the punch and beautiful roundness that is unlike any other I've heard , till I listened to yours. No other guitar I've got or built sounds like that, I do my own electrical work and pick up combos. You are definitely gifted sir it's a pleasure to listen and watch how much you enjoy playing music. Makes me Happy . Thank you so much , looking forward to seeing more videos and maybe soon we can do a session together? Via new cell phone tech. God bless you

Great Demo. Beauty Guitar. 👏

Really enjoyed this, what a guitar... Pleasure to watch your playing and this guitar also, thanks for posting.

Your skill, matched with your joy the instrument are infectious!

Love your enthusiasm bro! That guitar is exactly what I am looking for right now, except not the vintage price. Bigsby, the pickup character... super happy for you.

Ya buddy so nice Jay!! This is a prime example of the marvel that is called the Telecaster!! I have a 2017 American Pro and I love it but I am looking for a heritage guitar and would love one with a Bigsby!! Thanks for sharing!!

Great! Always happy when I see you posted a vid! 😄

Haha 200 thumbs up. 👍 jay deserves more than 9k subs. Soon you'll be at 100k. I'm sure of it.

Man you light up a bad day!

love the channel, I just saw the sub count and I don't understand why you don't have more subs man, your inspirational man keep it up

The best Telly I've ever heard! Unbelievable! Thx Jay!

i have only used les paul all my life but a telecaster sounds so cool and even better if the tele has bigsby.. great tone Jay

Your playing is fucking geniously awesome!! Congrats dude

Love your energy, love your playing, love your Tele!!!

If I was in charge of Fender, there would be a Jay Bigsby Telecaster signature model on general principle. Awesome video!

That guitar is lucky it found you! Cheers!

Wow. Amazing sound.

Love it! You’re awesome. Thanks for sharing.

You have that same energy as Tony Emmanuel with your own amazing musical chops. I always look forward to your videos. That's Tele has Mojo for sure!

Love your videos. Your absolutely one of my favorites.

What a killer player!

Putting a Thinline together and trying to work out the Bigsby problem. You were hugely helpful. I'd like it to be a very special guitar: One of those things that make you go "mmm". Really good Gilmour solo. He's the best. I'd guess part of your neck pickup's specialness is owed to the idiosyncratic wiring. Heard there's something similar going on with gold foil pickups.

My favorite guitar is a 2011 Ronaldo Custom Telecaster. As the story goes, I visited his shop to ask him to build my dream guitar ... a spalted maple topped mahogany body, a fat maple capped neck, a vintage set up. To my surprise, he goes in the back and pulls out a Tele body and fat neck about half way complete. Ronaldo shows me a book-matched flame, spalted maple top on a one-piece Honduras swirly mahogany body. The flame maple fretboard capped a flame maple neck. I just knew it was "the one". It was finished a half year later and I've loved and played it a lot over the past decade.

Great playing. Dang.

you're awesome dude! I just got ah tele with a Bigsby... I'm just learning ♥✌

This video made me happy yo!

i can watch this all day!

Good lord! Fender give this man a signature tele! 💯🇺🇸🤙

that hysterical playing is so unmusical.

I have a Telecaster which I modified d Bigsby....it has long sustain and tuning stability..... With Jays skills I’m a Rock Star lol... Great Video Man👍

Man, you are an inspiration! Keep on!

Love it. I want to buy the new Vintera 60s style Tele with the bigsby. Basically an affordable version of your guitar. Your playing and energy are addictive.

What a beautiful guitar.

I have Nash telecaster I installed Dfix kit for Bigsby.... Sustain is a lot better & strings became tight specially on G & B strings and no worries of getting out of tune no matter how u dive that tremolo...

I'd like to see you review and play more guitars from past and present

Love your reviews awesome !!!

Jay Leonard J, you weapon! I have to learn that Jazz piece.

Great guitar. Great playing. Great video.

Now the blue telecaster!

¡Eres un maestro!

Killer playing and guitar. I want a '67 telecaster for the year I was born.

great guitar Jay! have you done a video on the blue Bigsby Tele? I love that one...

Very special axe!

Yo jay I just had my friend wire my control plate in reverse, the same way you did, after watching your vids. It looks a lot better and makes more sense to have it that way! We also carved a belly cut and arm contour onto it, then we painted it bright blue. Might put a Bigsby on it next! Great stuff, man

I'LL BET HE'S A MONSTER IN CONCERT !!!!!!!

Lovely guitar bro! Great video!

Jay totally dig your Tele. My first electric is a 73 Telecaster Blond with with white pick guard and a maple fretboard. I got it the day Ronald Reagen was shot. It was later dubbed by an old roomate as Hinckley. Simillar sound to yours but no bigsby. I've had problems with the neck for a long time it had what for lack of a better term a twist or dogleg in it. Finally had one of the best luthiers in Cincinnati fix it. He had to wand down the fret board and refinish it to get it right, I am battling it to get the action right. It's higher than I like it to be but it still works great for funk rhythm which happens a lot and chicken picking (what little I do) I've been considering trying to get a new neck for it. The rework was great but I can't drop the strings too much more or I get to close to the bridge pickup, and the evil feedback starts when a drive pedal is on. If you had to replace the neck on your Tele where would you turn to get a replacement? How can I get Hinckley up and running again. It's such a wonderful sounding guitar that I hate to limit it to my James Brown phases.

Wow that is so different from your blue Tele. The in between position reminds me of Robin Ford's blonde 1960, which is my favourite sounding Telecaster. The neck is much nicer too, much more vocal, less strident.

Man, your funky picking hand is something else! Awesome playing and really enjoying the back story of your guitars. I just commented on your video about the blue tele and talked about the switch being too close to the pot... I always wondered why more people don't make replacement plates with them farther apart - nice!

great playing man

Sounds killer

It's good to know I'm not the only one who makes funny faces while playing the guitar,

sick vid! great playing

Damn... that guitar is old! I know because I'm a 1968 too! Love your playing, i think you're the best guitarist alive today. And..i don't know of any dead guitarists who are better either.

Sounds funky great tone ✌🏻

Comments on pre amp/EQ pedals, and their place in a pedal rig? Specifically the JHS Colorbox vs others. Thx. Great playing, you can't hide that you love it - very motivating 👍

I saw your blue tele with a fender style Bigsby the other day and ive been daydreaming of it ever since. I love that sound and ive always wanted a Bigsby since I was a teenager listening to Isaac Brock (modest mouse). That amazing single coil sound with the added expression of a Bigsby is all i can think of lol. I looked up tele with a Bigsby and what do i see but your video talking about how great the combination is. Thanks for showing me my next guitar! Anyways i think ill watch the video now lol EDIT: Great now im really really hooked!

Great Guitar! Great Vid!

I was born in 68. I've wanted a 68 Tele for years. Guys my age usually buy Corvettes or Speed Boats fulfilling the Midlife Crisis. I will have a 1968 Fender Telecaster before 2021...

With a factory bigsby! That's a rare guitar sir

super duper!! lovin that , man!

I love your videos about guitars. You are a passionate player with superb skills! I learned a whole lot about telecasters from you, thank you for this! About this gorgeous neck pickup, what's its DC resistance?

i subscribe because the "plucking string face" you make when you enjoy playing..

you get major point for the dark side and the Floyd style chops 😁

Dud! You have some sic Guitars! This and the Lake Placid Blue Tele are to die for. Like you didnt already know that. LOL! thanx for sharing gives me something to work for! :)

Great tone

Hi, Jay. I can't find your email anymore so this looks like a good place to post this: You really need to do a review on the Yamaha Revstar RS720B guitar. It comes with the Bigsby you like and seems like a sweet guitar. Hope you can try one out someday. I'm surprised Yamaha didn't send you one to demo! Peace.

Jay you are an Absolute amazing awesome outstanding Guitarist Congratulations 🎸❤😊👍👍👌

Hey Jay. Guitar is sexy as all get out. I was wondering if you could do a video on your current pedalboard set up. Would love to see that. Maybe call out your must-haves versus the boxes that are always changing.

My Hero

What a great guitar, it really sounds like anything a guitar should sound like and great playing too! I’ve planned to get me a bigsby on my Cole Clark culprit Tele thinline which is a great guitar as well. Hope it sounds a bit like yours afterwards...

It's been too long Jay. Great Vid

Had the same year model. Payed around 895.00 with hard shell case, was stolen , never recovered and miss it.

It's hard to know how much of that is the guitar when you could peel paint with a $10 pawn shop special. Love how when you mention the Junos you show a pic of the Stanley Cup. HA!

MAN THAT IS 1 BEAUTY OF A TELECASTER I KNOW UL NEVER EVER PART WITH !!!! WOAH JAY YA LOST ME AFTER UR FIRST STRUM !!!!!!!