Product: Falcon Telecaster
Price Paid: US $110 used
Submitted
11/30/2002
at
10:45am
by
Larry
Email: none
Features
:
8
White with white pickguard (now replaced with "tortoise"), made in the nineties, somewhere in Asia. Standard "Tele" setup: 22 frets, 2 single coil pickups, threeway switch etc. Grat maple neck and fretboard. Body is basswood, methinks. OK tuners. It is what you expect from a "Tele". I give it a ( for that.
Sound
:
9
It sounds great! Neck pickup a little muddy, but bridge pickup is pure vintage Fender. It suits my musical style (rock, folk-rock, country), but then I also use a Stratocaster, and a Travis Bean TB-1000S. It is not more noisy than my other guitars. Very rich sound. The guitar can make all the sounds I want it to, from bluesy twang to country picking.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
As I bought it used, I have no idea how it was set up by the factory, but it was OK whan I got it. One pot had to be replaced and the jack input adjusted. The rest was fine.
Reliability/Durability
:
7
This guitar will definitely withstand live playing. Th strap buttons are not very solid, but will be changed. Hardware is OK, and the finish is fine. I can use it on a gig without a backup, but won't. I can depend on it.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
???????? I have never before heard anything about the Falcon guitar factory.
Overall Rating
:
10
I have been playing 35 years. I have a lot of gear: vintage guitars (Fender, Gibson, Travis Bean), amps (Vox, Marshall) and effects (Ibanez, MXR, Boss), and the Falcon "Tele" sounds sounds great with all of it. If it was stolen, I would try to find another one, but that may be difficult , as this is the only one I have ever seen.
