My Telecaster Sucks WHY Episode 2 

Still, by a mile, the best, cynic, guitar repairman on RU-vid.

'it's a pepperoni pizza' lol 😆

My Telecaster is freakin' awesome thanks to the "Fun Stuff" I learned from you Dave! All my guitars play great thanks to you Sir. Peace from Southwest Michigan. 💀👍🎸🧠

My dad was from Michigans upper peninsula and sounded exactly like Dave when he got “pissed ahf “LOL!

Can't believe I never thought about the string being the straightedge when looking down neck - Thanks Dave

Great rant, at the end f this video; I couldn’t agree more!

The pepperoni pizza analogy was brilliant Dave!! 😊👍

14:12 Thank you Dave for saying what we ALL were thinking! I REALLY hate how at every update, everything just goes to absolute shit and the floodgates open to the millions of asshats that spam the hell out of you! Seriously, if the thing works, DONT FUCK WITH IT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT!!! Thanks Dave.

Intonation didn’t change , neck changed. Thanks for that !

Right now I’m thinking about how many more tools I need to maintain my guitar collection. Thanks Dave. 🙂

The bloke who keeps messing with your stuff is called Dave, he's probably messing at night after a few beers 🤣

Ha,I just ate a handful of pepperoni!!😆🤖

I’ve got a Squier Tele that’s been drying out for 10 years. Frets always have sprout after winter.

I ALWAYS learn something new watching Dave. ✌️

I wish they made software the way they made refrigerators. Continues working without changing.

Enjoying your informative videos, Dave. I especially like the Pepperoni Rant. 😂👍

Great video, Cheers Dave!

Can't join the Facebook group if I decided a good 7 years ago **** Facebook (and any other apps they own like Instagram, Whatsapp etc etc) But still enjoy your vids Dave! Thanks!

What you’re seeing here is companies not using properly seasoned wood...they are slapping these things together and throwing them out the door and people wonder why they got fret sprout!!

Awesome Dave!

Yo Dave! I’m a big fan… I find your knowledge and sense of humor entertaining. All that aside, I enjoy repairing and setups. I had a moment when I realized how to really intonate an old 3 saddle Tele. When one might intonate bone saddle acoustic, do the same with compensated saddles by setting one and have the other sharp. Using the appropriate file, file the string slot back to pitch with a good tuner. It works….try it. Thanks Clark PS. I work as a Teamster in SF on movies too. My Certano bender just arrived……

Dave you rock

Thank you

Hahaha the peperoni pizza comment got me. Incidentally, I would watch a whole vid of Dave doing fret end work. Yes, the Joe Walsh setup vids are great.

affinity means not from here...beautiful...hahaha! Great vid.

I always have a chuckle listening to people work in imperial measurements. “We are going to use 4/64s…” lol, couldn’t make up a more ridiculous measurement system if you tried.

Someone and their guitar lives in a warm dry house, and needs to understand the operation of the truss rod

I love it when you talk Imperial Dave.

A Fender shaped object...

I use the shadow of the string to determine how much bow... probably wrong lol

0.012" ~= 0.3mm, a standard metric feeler gauge size. The 0.3mm gauge is what I use when assessing relief. The available "splits' are similar in metric and Imperial.

I have a strat and a telly.. that has 22 frets is it the same procedure for measuring neck relief?

Thermal expansion may explain intonation flux even as the back saddle fasteners and tuners don't move. Expansion/contraction, as a structural engineer, we deal with these issues all the time with concrete, steel and masonry.

You're funny mister, love watching you work! Cheers!

I just bought a player tele and had to buy a g string tree because it was buzzing and zinging due to a poor break angle

What you say about the truss rod's purpose makes a lot of sense to me, I've seen some guitars with a neck so banana-ed that it seems like some people think the truss rod is there for coarse adjustment of the action, I also met one person who thinks that the saddles are supposed to be set so they are at funny angles to the bridge, and not parallel like they're supposed to be, makes you wonder, eh?

It's smart to have a cheap set of Amazon fret dressing files for the infinity squires and Harley bentons. Save your stew mac tools for the good stuff. Also they are good as throw aways tools when doing stainless steel fretwork. You can upcharge the cost of the files to the customer usually.

Guys that can’t work on their own guitars are like guys that can’t fix a car, their girls

I just bought a brand new affinity tele that looks exactly like this one. But the new ones have a wider nut now, split shaft tuners, a belly contour and string through bodies. yesterday I took it to my guy who installed fender tex mex pickups and upgraded everything under the control plate including the S1 switching system. He also gave it a complete davelike setup and it plays and sounds freaking great now!

I'm a sucker for an inexpensive guitar. The JET JT‐300 is a teleclone for less than an affinity. The reason I got it was because of its roasted maple neck and I am curious to see a year from Christmas whether the frets sprout.

Seems I have collected a lot of files over the past two years I have been learning luthier skills. I do not call myself a luthier, but rather a guy that works on guitars and I am sure I will continue to collect files. I use them all so far.

If you don't have a humidifier in your house, you'll have to adjust your truss rod in November, and then again in April.

Maybe it was stored near a radiator or a heater or a vent. Or maybe stored near an outside wall. Remember people sometimes it pays to humidify your home. 50% would be good.

Hey Dave, not hearing the good old mechanical strobo tuner. Still using it? or have you settled with the new one?

Great video Dave I love your take on the Joe Walsh setup classic

Definitely my favorite guitar tech 👍

I store my guitars at 50 percent humidity. I never have issue with changes in the neck, intonation, etc. If you live in an environment that the humidity goes up and down, you will see changes like this. It took me a long time to figure this out. The manufacturers are taking short cuts and are not adequately drying the woods for these cheap guitars so they will continue to dry and you get fret sprouting. Storing at 50 percent humidity helps keep the guitar stable.

Truss rod adjustments are easy. Doesn't make a guitar suck because it needs to be adjusted. I adjust my truss rods several times a year. My area has months of 10% humidity, then over night it can get up to 90% or more. If you're not adjusting your truss rods, all your guitars are going to play like crap

Great video.

The rest of the world: All Canadians are polite Dave: Fuck this piece of shit Strat 🤣

Also which I have a problem with if you press too hard on the strings they will go Sharp. Especially with bigger frets. I hear it in all the videos on RU-vid especially on open chords.

Well a Tele is what it is and with the expert dave setup it's the best it can be. Bottom line a USA Tele isn't much better but they are what they are. Great video dave. Necks change on every guitar some over time. In Canada with extreme temp changes I'm sure the some becomes more. Thanks dave

fret guru maybe?

old man yells at cloud!

Repeat business keep the business going. 👌

I'm confused or maybe Dave is...cause this isn't the same Telecaster from the first "My Telecaster sucks video BUT WHY video!!"? cause that Tele clearly had a Fender neck on her with gloss and not a Squier.

God damn I have the same guitar (well one just like it) on my bench right now... nothing is right on it, and the fret ends are all sticking out.

Fret sprouts - just a few frets. Are you saying that the neck does not shrink uniformly? I never realized that could happen.

ohhh look its the same lol

Hi Dave, my dad ate a frog on the side of you're hoose a few weeks ago, wonder what that was aboot

As an acoustic guitar player,I could never get on with electric guitar string gauges. I just used to press down on them with the same force I use for my acoustic 12 gauge strings which would pull them sharp 'cause they're what I refer to as wimp strings.I just can't understand how electric guitarists like say Brian May can switch from electric to acoustic with aplomb and still produce great sounds.....................................

Off topic question, but what is the real difference between acoustic and electric guitar strings?

Where about is Dave from in Canada? Anyone know?

My sentiments exactly. Stop screwing with the software.

Just started watching this video, and maybe it's me, but I happen to own one of these. My eye tells me this Telecaster has the same "satin" finished neck that I have. I hate the neck on mine. Not putting a decent finish on it is not only fugly, but it causes the neck to take forever to settle in. The owner better get used to having to use the truss rod... summer and winter. If I had the extra dough I would buy myself a nice tinted/vintage Fender neck, and if the backside is too glossy I'd put some steel wool to it. At least I'd have a neck that's "sealed" and somewhat protected from the elements. Just sayin'.

I have many of the files you show.

Dave, where in Mexico do you go?

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Maybe the gremlins that mess with your tools are the same ones that change people's intonation.

Ok....so some guy buys a Fender Squire rig and has to send it to Dave twice. That person can do one of two things, buy a better guitar or learn how to fix it yourself. Holy crap.

He may be a crank, but he is occasionally right and sometimes there is food. What more could you want?

Maybe he gave the guitar a bath

I hate to mention it Dave but it is a "Squire". Not the best made Fender in the catalog. Inexpensive and not greatly built. You can find a good one now and then. Cheers!!!!!

For what it's worth: I found out that older or cheap strings can also actually mess up the intonation of a guitar.

You're da best

A tuner tells the truth , however no guitar tunes perfectly acroos the board. Technique can definately affect intonation and pitch. Dry air and low humidity in winter climates cause fret sprout

Yes ppl find out how shitty ur gtr really is lol 😆 😂

Is it just me but does Dave make you feel like you could do a really good job of setting up your own electric without waiting to get it back and paying the other geezer ?

Everyone HUMIDIFY your guitars yes even electric ones. if you maintain humidity this won't happen to your poor neck.

Mmmmmm pizza.....

I can't believe I never thought of twirling the fork while eating spaghetti... Thanks Dave!

Yer losing it

What's the amp Dave uses on the workbench? I'd love to get one myself

It's okay though you can all bring your guitars to me and i'll adjust them and fix them for you no problem. I need the money.

Has the Facebook group gone Dave?

telecaster. the perfect guitar

Oh ..look it's the same. Too much David. Peace

Like deployed 👍

I don't know what it is, everybody that plays guitar want to just be a rockstar and have somebody else fix their guitar? or are they that stupid? how can you own a guitar be able to play it real well and not be able to adjust the intonation on it or the truss rod or the action? doesn't make sense. I sence a bit of laziness. I mean we're talking about people here that have really good dexterity with their fingers know every note on the fretboard can play really cool licks but don't know how to adjust a guitar. really? I'm a drummer and I learn to set up my own kit and tune my own skins replace my skins, I didn't have anybody do it for me. And now I'm only still learning how to play guitar, but I already know how to completely set it up and do repairs.

…”changing $#@$ that doesn’t need to be changed.” I agree!!! Totally when it comes to software. Thanks! 😎✌️🌞🎻🎸🪕