New AC30VR demo

[Marco_Lwb]

Hi all !
My new demo of the AC30VR using a Fender Telecaster.

The more I play this amp, the more I like it !

Here the demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsIEoob3XfQ

Ciao !
Marco

[Voxman]

Lovely playing as always Marco -Sounds as if the AC30VR & you're Tele are a perfect match. (I bought my first Tele last month & they're lovely guitars; don't know why it took me so long to get one!)

[Marco_Lwb]

Thanks a lot, Rich !

About the Tele, it's the same thing happened to me few months ago when I bought my first Tele.... after ~40 years of guitar playing !

Guitarists are strange ..

Ciao !
Marco

[bclarke675]

You guys are making me curious about playing a Tele. It's been 30 years since I tried one. Didn't like them then, but I didn't like Les Pauls either, and now I have one and love it.

[Voxman]

I have 3 Strats, a Gibson Les Paul Custom, a PRS Custom 24, and a Tele. Right now I'm just loving the Tele because its so simple yet has such a great tone with any of my amps. There's nothing else that gives you that classic Tele 'twang, that wonderful bright tone, and that marvelous 'hollow' middle p/up position. It's a true honest workhorse that can be used for practically any style of music from rock to blues, & from jazz to country. The bridge p/up was a masterpiece that's more powerful than those in a standard Strat.

It just feels so comfortable & so 'right' when you play it - nothing very much has changed from when it came out in 1950 as the first solid body production electric guitar - Leo had it pretty much bang on! Originally the 'Broadcaster', Leo Fender had to change the name to appease a dispute with Gretsch that had a drumkit called the BroadKaster. But he couldn't immediately come up with a name and for about 6-9 mths these were sold with just the Fender logo & no name. These rare 'Tele's' were later referred to by collectors as 'No-casters'. Television was beginning to really take off in 1950, so Leo settled on the name Telecaster - and a legend was born!

However, guitarists at the time (who in those days tended to hold their guitars high up, or play them sitting down) complained that the shape was uncomfortable & dug into them - so in 1954 Leo brought out the Stratocaster with its sexier curves and body contouring, which became the most iconic guitar in the world, and the original Telecaster took more of a back seat.

But trust me, the Tele is still something rather special - I just love it!

[grinGops]

Wow, that's really nice !