[PLAYING GUITAR]
Hey, guys, it's Dylan Thomas here, from Hillsong United.
And I'm here hanging out with Fender
playing the new Acoustasonic Tele.
So I'll show you guys a little bit of the tips and tricks
on how this thing works.
[PLAYING GUITAR]
I just wanted to give you guys a play by play
on how I build out that little riff that I was playing before.
So the first thing I wanted to figure out really
was just a really warm acoustic--
just a dreadnought sound.
So how I did that was I found that that front pickup, which
was the main acoustic sound that I was using, with the mod knob
blended all the way off.
And it had a little bit a dotted coordinate delay.
And then, just a little bit of reverb, nothing too special.
And then I'm also running through just a Fender
DeVille, which is like my stock amp when I travel on tour.
It's kind of always been my true north, as far as amps go.
It was first amp I ever bought.
So the ability to plug an acoustic
into an electric amplifier--
I mean, that's a pretty wild concept.
I mean, most guitars--
even hollow bodies will definitely
start a feedback loop, which isn't very pleasant, especially
live.
Being able to do that is definitely a feature
that took me by surprise.
And this is how I found that acoustic sound
that I started off with.
[PLAYING GUITAR]
And then, as far as just technique,
I'm just literally just using my thumb and my finger
just to kind of pick that.
[PLAYING NOTES]
Kind of mutes it a little bit.
Doesn't make it sound too bright,
which is what I liked about that.
So that was my first thing that I did.
And that second thing was-- which
is what's so cool about this guitar-- you
have a whole other setting, five settings or more.
But the one that I've gravitated towards for that delayed riff
sound was actually what they call Tele pick up.
So hit it all the way back, and then I
wound that mod knob right back in to give it that body
and brightness.
You can hear the amp starting to take off, which is always fun.
Then I wound the volume back a little bit,
because it was a bit harder as a pickup,
and then kept the delay the same-- nothing too special
there.
And then, yeah, it just kind of sounds like this.
[PLAYING GUITAR]
So then, obviously, I've gone back to my guitar pick
to give it that grittiness.
[PLAYING NOTES]
And yeah, that was that setting.
So for the third main riff that I was playing at the end
there, what I found is that if you
go to the body sensor pickup, you
can actually hear me talking.
Hello.
[GUITAR ECHOS]
That's cool.
It's a big pickup behind the bridge.
And with the mod knob wound all the way up,
I really just like the tone of that.
And then, I just went a bit wild and put a bit of chorus
on there.
By a bit, I mean a fair bit.
And so that's how I just found that sound,
and I really liked it for that top-line riff.
[PLAYING GUITAR]
So as you can see, there's lots of different ways
to use this thing.
So one of the things that pleasantly caught me
by surprise with the Acoustasonic Telecaster
was just actually the playability, the action of it.
It's kind of in this fine line between an acoustic,
which is generally a bit higher action,
and then obviously an electric guitar, which is lower.
So I was definitely a little bit skeptical, because I was like,
how can they put all of these kind of features
into one guitar?
Plugged it in and was pleasantly surprised,
to be honest with you.
And just had a lot of fun in the studio, testing it out,
trying different techniques that we always
go to with an acoustic guitar, but then blending
that with some electric stuff that we would do, as well.
And it's definitely been surprising and a lot of fun.
So it's good, it's good fun.
[PLAYING GUITAR]
Thanks so much for watching, guys.
I hope you enjoyed my little take on this guitar.
And I hope that this kind of inspires you to take this thing
and make it your own.
It's definitely been fun to jump on this guitar
and just figure it out.
And I hope you enjoyed it, and you feel inspired.
Check out the rest of the videos.
It's going to be awesome.
[PLAYING GUITAR]