Bradley! I am absolutely thrilled you loved the instrument and what a true pleasure it was to be able to do this with you! All the best and thank you again for letting us join you on this journey!
I remember the feeling I had when my G.E. Smith telecaster first arrived way back when. I had the same nervous feeling right before opening the tweed case and thinking either “I’m not worthy,” or “what if it sucks?”, or a combination of the two. Sounds great. Congrats!
I know I’m not worthy of fender custom so I’m settling for a Harley Benton TE 62. Hoping to buy it later this year then as I get better perhaps a Fender mod shop. I didn’t know General Electric made guitars?
I’m so happy for you Bradley. I’ve been watching your videos for a couple months now and I feel like I got to know you just enough to really really enjoy this video with you. That green is possibly the best color you could’ve chosen. I love it so much. Here’s to smoking a good pipe and treating yourself to good things!
Ha, made my Sunday. I didn't see the notification for this so as soon as you mentioned it I came straight over. Incredible guitar, young man!! An heirloom. Made my day. I just got my 70s touring band back together after 42 years, a true miracle, I'll show this to them, and they'll be as happy as I am to see someone cool get a great instrument. Love it, play and play it. ( of course it will do country, and everything else, best and most versatile guitar ever made! Leo dis it right the first time! Also a good weapon in a bar full of drunks...LOL I know!!!
wow! congratulations for the great new tele!! I have a custom shop 63's tele and as yours it rings a lot. It's gonna be your buddy for the rest of your life.
Beautiful guitar! Sherwood Green is definitely one of my favorite Fender custom colors. I can appreciate your quest for a true vintage correct Tele and your specs are perfect. This makes me want to order a new Fender custom shop. . .
Holy moly, GORGEOUS guitar! I'm hoping to one day be able to get my hands on a vintage custom shop strat or tele. Looking forward to more videos with this beauty. Enjoy, sir!
Bradley, what a lovely instrument, I'm very fond of Fender guitars. My holy grail Fender is a 2017 Fender American Elite Stratocaster,(HSS), ash body, three color sunburst with a maple fretboard, and it's also an amazing guitar. I got the cool leather Fender strap too, as well as the typical case candy you get with the higher end Fender guitars. I have my radar up for a good Telecaster, probably the American Preformer Telecaster. My American Elite Stratocaster has a compound fretboard radius, 10"-14", and a compound neck shape from a C to a D. I absolutely love the feeling of the compound neck and fretboard, it feels very natural. Good for you, Bradley, you got to love the smell of a nitrocellulose finish. I adore the smell of it every time I open the case. I don't have a Custom Shop guitar from any manufacturer, but I always buy from the highest quality tier that I can afford. I play mostly fingerstyle these days, and Fenders have a lot chime to them. play her in excellent health my good friend!
Nice! I'm glad to hear that your "holy grail" guitar is in your possession and that you love it! You went ultra modern, and I went ultra traditional. :-) I love that Fender offers so many choices. Cheers!
Thank you! Just got done playing it tonight. Still trying to fully come to grips with all the tones. On middle position with a little reverb and trem... magic.
Well hot damn! That's one slick lookin Tele my good friend! Though I've never owned one I've always loved how Tele's played and they are definitely a bucket list guitar for me. I thought to myself that you'd be sad letting that other Tele go but now I see why you were not. That is a damn fine guitar you have. I hope it brings you a lifetime of enjoyment. Cheers Bradley!!!
I just went back and watched this whole series. Two things: Nice work and Congrats on your new guitar. I did the exact same thing. I was in a decade long rut due to not committing to a practice routine and I found Robert Baker's channel and purchased some of his courses. Shamelss plug, you should check out his Rock n Roll bootcamp. I got WAY better after completing that course. Coincidentally, I ALSO chose Black Dog as a target song for my goal. It's got everything you need as a guitarist. I have never tried the solo though. You're way ahead of me on that. My reward? a Fender Made in Japan mid-90's Foto Flame Nashville Telecaster. It's nice to see someone out there doing the work and celebrating their accomplishments. Happy for you man. Take care!
Made me smile that did. Every guy know what it feels like to gift yourself a new toy like that. Be it a guitar, a stereo, a car or anything. The excitement of the unboxing. It looks and sounds amazing. Great job!
I did the same thing over the last year and finally bit the bullet on a double bound Tele… a 60’s Squier Custom Classic Vibe … oh wait that’s not the same thing 😜
I am absolutely jelly. BEEEYOOOOTEEEEFULLLLLL. I have the American Pro II in Dark Night and I love it- just played with it over lunch. My reward guitar for a year of playing will be a Telecaster in Sky Burst. I look at it daily. Imma say it again, WOW. Excited for you.
Thanks, man! It's all I was hoping for and more. I was a bit apprehensive about buying a guitar that didn't even exist when I ordered it, but I did a lot of research before a chose my specs, and it turned out beautifully. The neck on this thing... spectacular.
@@stuffandthingsyoutube They really have hit a home run on their necks with the American Pro II series. My Tele is like butter progressing chord to chord.
That is so Cool! Congratulations I too am obsessed with the idea of ordering a 51 cs Tele hs relic Just have not pulled the trigger yet That’s awesome though Congratulations
congrats!! wish you lived closer bud - i’d show you my original 1964 Strat that i found & restored in 1992 😂👊🏻 vintage/inspired guitars (like yours) certainly have that “thing”, no doubt ... love the rosewood model you built - nice choice!! 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻 enjoy
@@stuffandthingsyoutube :) yup, pre-CBS ... it was a complete lark - at the time, i was a massive Stevie Ray Vaughan fan & just happened to stumble upon it at a pawn shop; it needed a LOT of work done to it & a luthier just outside Nashville did a stellar restoration on it ... these days, it's a "case queen" ...
What is this?!!! Do my baby blue eyes deceive me? Is Kevin the Curt embarking on another slashing, parrying and boss defeating adventure?!!! Well, throw me a homeward bone cuz I’m up to see that my good friend Bradley! 👍👍👍
How cool. I've owned a lot of different guitars, including many high end ones. Aside from my Gibson 335, I've come around to wanting only wanting 2 other electrics: a 60's style tele and an ash/maple broadcaster style. Teles are the best guitars ever made! I love the guitar you've built here, I love sherwood green! When you held it to your ear, I could hear the deep resonance. Always a good sign. Congrats man! EDIT: Can you give any info on these pickups? I can see the construction of them, but I'm curious how they sound compared to other tele pups
Thanks for watching! The pickups are hand-wound Custom Shop '63 Tele pickups. To my untrained ears, they seem to be mellower than the V-Mod pickups that were in my American Pro Tele. They're still spanky and bright in the bridge position, but maybe a little more rounded and vintage-y. I really like them!
I think you now are in need of a real tube amp. No more guitars, the amp is what changes the tone the most. Handwired tube amps especially show the real tone and dynamics of a guitar like this. Beautiful guitar btw.
Martins, Gibsons, and Rickenbackers are high end guitars too. 😆 Congratulations on the grail quest. It's pretty obnoxious of Fender to charge you for sorting wood. I mean that might've taken 5 minutes. Dude flipping thru a wood bin of body blanks...🙁 They want ALL the money.
Nice guitar.....that said I was surprised when you said it was a 2 piece body I thought custom shops guitars were all 1 piece...my 1998 fender strat deluxe is a 2 piece and that's a off the peg job.....i assumed that's why custom shops they were so expensive... mind you I don't think it makes a difference to tone or sound.wise..I noticed you didn't go for the beat up look...I'm not a fan of pretend wear myself...it kinda like buying and wearing a fake pretend medal when you've never been in the army ..lol...
Right around 4000 with the hand-wound pickups, sorted for light weight wood, and closet classic relic level (all of those are upgrades over the base model). That was last year though, and I got a really good deal from the shop I ordered it through. I know that Fender upped their prices this year.
I went with alder, since that was what they were in 1960. :-) Sorted for light weight. Even with a fairly beefy neck, the guitar is about 7.25 lbs. I was hoping for under 7.5, so I'm pretty happy about that.
