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Why doesn't he just play a Stratocaster? Miyavi explains the design philosophy behind his custom Tele, from wanting to emulate bass players like Marcus Miller to needing a built-in sustainer for endless feedback.

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00:00Yeah, this is a kind of illegal thing, you know, for Telly.
00:06Hey, what's up? This is Miyavi, Shalina from Tokyo.
00:09Such an honor to be here as a guitarist, and this is my Fender Miyavi Telly.
00:14I know this is not Telly anymore, but, you know, I love the attitude that Telly has.
00:21You know, I love the strings.
00:28I got influenced by Marcus Miller, Louis Johnson.
00:31I also wanted to play melodic, you know, the scale and performance, you know.
00:38So I asked the Fender team to put, it looks like a single chord, but it's a handbacker,
00:44and this one is a sustainer.
00:47So I don't have to go close to the amp to make a feedback like, you know, Jimi Hendrix used
00:54to do.
00:54You know, I can do that in a stadium or somewhere, you know, anywhere.
00:57And then this guy, you know, Whammy Bar, you know, three pickups, and then people keep asking me,
01:02why don't you play Strike Caster?
01:04But again, this is what I wanted, you know.
01:07Yeah, this is a kind of illegal thing, you know, for Telly, but for me, I just wanted to have
01:15freedom.
01:16Yeah.
01:16You know, with this, I can go anywhere.
01:18You know, I'm ready to rock, and I can play whatever I want or ring in my head.
01:24Ten year anniversary for this guitar, too.
01:26Yeah, it's like, you know, already having a kind of vintage vibes, you know.
01:30Look at this.
01:32This, you know, clear skeleton, see-through.
01:35Yeah, because, you know, I wanted to show that guitar, you know, always looks beautiful,
01:41but at the same time, there's a technology in it, you know, especially for this guitar,
01:46and it has a technology inside, so I just wanted to show that to my fans or audience.
01:51Yeah, that's it.
01:52Yeah.
01:53Yeah.

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