Fender '72 Telecaster Custom

This mexican tele was made in 1999, it is my first experience with a fender guitar, I used to have an Epiphone les paul, and when playing in my band used my mates Gibson Les Paul Standard. I went out looking for a cheap Gibson but couldn't find one! I fell for the fender name knowing I could get a guitar I could trust. The feature I most like, apart from the beautiful humbucker, is the tone and volume controls, there is a real diversity in the control of sound on this guitar, that I had not experienced in any other. Also a sensitve but firm set of tuners, these sorts of features really make it feel worthwhile to spend an extra #300 on a more expensive guitar.

I have always loved the Gibson sound, so it was a total change for me to choose a fender guitar. But what a refreshing change! I like to think the best test of a guitar's sound is the sound of its open strings, and this telecaster has a firm resounding sound. I was initially put off by the idea of tele "twang", but when the it goes through my laney VC50 amp, the humbucker drives a rocky blast, and the single coil gives a satisfyingly cutting dimension to the valve sound. The sound isn't as rounded as a Gibson, but this choppyness is awesome when it is at your fingertips.

My guitar is 2 years old, and I think I will need to take it for a set-up, because I don't think the last owner realised it's potential. The black finish is rocky, the shape needs getting used to. I don't like the look as much as the 72 thinline reissue, which is semi-hollow. Mine also seems to make a noise when I change tone and volume. Don't know how unusual this is.

Can't wait to use this guitar in a live context, the same applies to my amp which is relatively dormant. I'm pretty sure I could have this guitar for life if I wanted, I don't think I'll get sick of the sound. However, I can see myself purchasing other guitars to broaden my experience of sound, and my dream is to end up with a Gibson Les Paul Standard. I can definately depend on this guitar, it is solid and sturdy, and can withstand the clumsiness of a dufus like me. I think I would always have a backup guitar at a gig whatever guitar I am using, simply because I don't trust strings. Even if the finish went poor, this guitar guitar would still look great. The telecaster was the first guitar Fender made, so it must be well made to have carried on so well.

I bought this guitar from a shop in Castleford, England. The warranty was 3 months because it was second hand. I'm sure I will have no problems with repairs or parts in the future because it is such a widely known design, and Fender are a massiv company.

I've been playing 5 and a half years, so am a relative guitar novice. I use a Laney VC50 amp and use dod delay and danelectro flanger effects through it, which sounds suitable for this guitar I belive. I wish I had asked about the intination on this fuitar before I bought it, I thought I'd covered everything, but I was wrong! If it was stolen or lost, I would buy another tele, or a Gibson, I wouldn't go out of my way to get this model, as variety is the spice of life! I found the neck quite fat at first but I got used to it. I love the humbucker, I would not have bought a tele without a humbucker. I compared this in the shop to a tanglewood semi, which seemed badly made, and prone to feedback, and also a Gibson Sonex 1982, which seemed to have aged badly and was too heavy. I think this guitar is definately there with the 72 thinline reissue as a great quality fender guitar for someone who loves a Gibson sound, as well as a Fender sound. If you will setlle for nothing but a Gibson, don't buy it, but if you are open minded about your preferred sound try this.

Black, with maple neck. MIM, re-issue of the 72 Tele. Vintage 3-saddle bridge (steel barrles), single coil at the bridge, wide-range Fender humbucker at the neck. Les Paul-like controls, and toggle. Poplar body, with micro-tilt neck.Pretty much an exact copy of a 72, staggered pole peices, bullet truss rod and all. Very versatile set up for a Tele. Lots of tonal variations to be had.

First, let me say that I own a total of four Teles, including the 72, my favorite being a 52 Re-Issue that plays/sounds like a dream. I bought the 72 for several reasons, but mainly because I wanted a Tele with a Bucker, and I just love the look of this guitar. Thought it would make a good "stage buddy". I am happy to report that overall, I am quite pleased with this purchase. I received the guitar with 9's on it, even though I beleive it should have come with 10's, oh well. Slapped a set of 10's on it, and proceeded to tweak the intoantion a bit. Just neede a slight adjustment. Left the action a tad high (I prefer it that way), and the neck was perfectly straight. I must mention that like a Nashville Tele I once owned, as soon a s I took off the strings all six of the string hole retainers fell out. Oh well, other than that one flaw, the guitar's quality is excellent, no blemishes, no bad frets......nothing. Well done Baja. I play this guitar through a Top Hat club Royale, 2x12, and it sounds very nice. I a/b'd this guitar quite a bit with my 52, just to make sure that I was not merely being seduced by the looks of it, and the fact that it was new. I wasn't. Now, make no mistake.....the 52 has THE TELE TONE....hands down, IMO. It has an "authority", a fat, nasty Tele-twang that is really the shit, as far as pure Tele-tones go. It plays flawlessly. But I am equally enamored with what the 72 is delivering ( and keep in mind, it was half the price of the 52). The 72 Custom, delivers a very unique tone, thinner than the 52, but I don't mean that in a bad way. I back off the neck p/u's tone a bit, and I get a beautiful, glassy, fat, twang that is rich with harmonics and sustain. The 72 just has this cool "airyness" about it. No wonder why it is often praised as a great R&B guitar, it has that kind of "funky" vibe to it, encouraging me to go crazy with nasty double-stops, and busy, funky lines. I play modern, alt.-pop-rock, and use alot of aggressive rhythm guitar technique with alot of big, full chords, and use a fair amount of gain in my signal. The 72 seems to fit the bill for me. Notes seem to squeeze out of this guitar, in an almost compressed fashion, and bloom into twangy richness. It's really a unique sounding Tele, and I've played them all. The neck p/u is great for an different lead-sound, at least that's how I will use it, and it is a very nicely-voiced p/u. The only gripe I have, as far as sound goes, is I wish that the bridge p/u just had a tad more "authority" to it. It gets a bit thin when the volume is rolled back. But again, I have become accustomed to the 52's tone,(as well as a 50's Tele that I own) and in all fairness, these guitars are completely different animals. I do find that the 72's personality, and playability draw me to it like a moth to a flame. It hard to put into words, but it just makes me play a bit differently......better I think. I am a VERY picky guy when it comes to gear, I've owned a ton, been playin a long time, and have made a living as a musician. So, I can say it is rare that I meet a guitar that brings out some new "energy" out of me. This guitar does.

The guitar's factory set-up was pretty decent. I had to do a slight adjustment on all three sadlles to get it intonate the way I like it, but it was a ten minute job at best. Other than the fact that it came with 9's instead of 10's, and that the string-hole plugs fell out, the guitar is absolutely perfect. Flawless finish, the neck is mint, frets are perfectly installed and dressed, I was really quite impressed with the fit and finish, considering that it ismade in Mexico. The neck pocket is actually tighter on it than my 52! The nut is also flawless, so vital in the set-up on any guitar. Very well built guitar for the money....a bargain for sure. Quite pleased.

I think this guitar will hold up to gigging quite well. It holds tune, and is well-built. Fender is selecting very nice peices of maple for the necks on these guitars, and that has alot to do with the stability. I have no worries, and plan on using this guitar live. perhaps as my "number one."

Never had a problem with any of my Fender products. Really.

Been playin 28 years. Own the 52 RI, a MIJ 50's Tele, an ash-bodied AS Tele, and the 72. Also own a Gibson Les Paul Junior. The 72 makes a fine addition to my "family." If this guitar were stolen, I'd go right out and buy her again. I love the airy tone, the unique voicing of the pick-ups, and the guitar's playability, versatilty, and sharp looks. I don't really "hate" anything about it. If I could change anything, it might be the bridge p/u, but I will need some more time with it, to decide if I am willing to take a chance on loosing some of the guitar's inherent "uniqueness." I have played literally EVERY Tele Fender makes, and have owned quite a few over the years. This model is a gem.

'72 reissue custom Telecaster. Black on black with a maple neck, one single coil in the bridge, one "wide range humbucker in the neck. 3 way toggle switch, with Two volume, two tone dials. 21 medium frets, the frests themselves feel like a top E string, they are that thin....which is different for me, as my previous guitars were a Flyng V's and an SG (which both had jumbo frets). It came with a Fender deluxe gig bag, which is OK with me, but i would probably buy a flight case for it, when i can be bothered. Any more details on the axe can be viewed at fender.com.
I'm only giving it an 9, cos WYSIWYG with a tele. But the humbucker and the black look of the axe, just sets it apart from other tele's

I love playing the Stones, Stone Roses Oasis, Led Zep kinda stuff, and this guitar handles them all well. The majority of my playing is done off the humbucker pickup, just cos i love that ballsy sound. My previous guitars include an SG and Flying V (Gibsons) so u will know how much i like the thick sound of the humbucker. But the pickups are great. I have never heard a guitar with such guts, or sustain, it really is a loud guitar (which is something i didn't expect). One of the reason s i bought the guitar was to achieve that elusive Keef sound, and pretty much as soon as i plugged in, i was there. Plus i have seen Keef play this same guitar on video before, so i guess i had to buy it.
I am playing thru a 50 watt Marshall Valvestate, and it sounds great. I can achieve clean jazzy sounds, and if necessary get rockin with AC/DC or Led Zep if need be. This is a really versatile guitar.

The neck just feels so thin and playable. I was never a fan of fenders, as just about everyone seems to play them, and i hate the look of the Strat. So i was a proper Gibson boy at heart. But i decided to take the plunge with this...and WOW!!!!
The finish is flawless..the action is perfect..i think the strings are 9's, so i will probably change them in a couple of weeks. The pickups are perfect - hence the great sustain i was on about. I have to say i am blown away by the time and effort that has obviously been taken over this guitar.

The guitar can play live - no probs...it will also withstand a lot of gigs - i presume. The finish is going nowhere. By the time the finish goes, i will have grey hair. I would bet my eyesight on this guitar pulling thru in every situation....in other words YES i can depend on it.

Never needed them

Its a brand new axe, which retails at 549 quid...and Johnny Roadhouse reduced the price to 419 quid. As soon as i saw it i had to have it. I part exchanged it with my Flying V - personal reasons, and i was apprehensive about achieving a ballsy sound......but WHOAA MOMMA!
I just love this guitar. I literally feel that because of the action and the neck and how it feels, i improved about 5% as a guitarist in about 2 weeks. I have been playing for about 5 years and i have been thru quite a few axe's, and i think i have found the perfect one.
If it was lost...i would find it.
If it were stolen....i would steal it back.
Apart from a change of strings, this guitar is just about perfect.

1996 Anniversary issue '72 reissue custom Telecaster. Black on black with a maple neck, one single coil in the bridge, one "wide range humbucker in the neck. Two volume, two tone. 7.25" radius neck, either a "C" or "U" shaped neck. Rock solid and VERY VERY LIGHT!!! I'm giving it a six becuase it's a Telecaster and doesn't need all those cool features that say a Danelectro "effects" guitar would have. My only complaint is that the knobs are plastic.

This is where the guitar REALLY shines. It's well balanced as far as tonal qualities but it's real quality is the neck humbucker. It can do anything from rock 'n roll, to jazz, to blues, to pop and on and on. No it is not suited for "real" metal (i.e. slayer, cannibal corpse, death...etc) but it's not made for that. It's made for players that know what rhthym is and how to use it. And for this I give it a 10. Hey, it's a tele...it's supposed to be a rhthym machine.

I bought mine used so I had to reset it. However, it now plays like a dream. The glossy neck is an added feature that makes this guitar shine. You can glide all over the place on the neck with ease. That and it's medium-jumbo frets are fitting for a guitar made for playing dirty. So, I'll have to give it a 9.

ROCK SOLID!!! Enough said. Keith "Keef" Richards used one of these all thru the '70s and I can see why. They sound good, look good, are light and are just ROCK SOLID!!! The only thing I would say is this: replace the strap buttons, they kind of suck. Of course, I'm old school and just duct tape my strap to all of my guitars so this is no big deal for me.

I love this thing. I can cop "some girls" era Richards, I can get that Jawbox tone, I can play Ac/Dc on it and can just get nasty with it. I love this guitar. I only wish I had bought the sunburst, but hey for $350 with the case this was not a bad deal at all. If you dig the Stones, jawbox, sonic youth or the like get this. They all either use this guitar or the neck pickup from it!!! I can see why.

This one is buit in Japan 1996, 3-way selector, 2 tone knobs, 2 volume knobs, Bridge vintage single coil, neck Fender vintage humbucker, Ash body, Maple neck, Gotoh Tuners, Levys Luxus Bag

I'm prefer to play Country Style and classic Rock, my Amp is an Vox AC 30, an the sounding is absolutely great. Clear Sounds with plenty of "glass-tones" to fat soft and warm tones if You use the humbucker. I also own a Luthier made Tele with Di Marzio Pickups an 70 th Strat and a Tockai 59 Flame Top but none of these delivers so varius sounds like the Tele.

I bought it used and in mint conditions in the States. I've owend a lot of Fenders but I've never seen one with such a good workmanship before. I think the Japanese ones are better than many Fenders buit in the US. No hum from the pickups smooth tuners and an neck very easy to play.

No problems

Don't need them, nothing to say about this.

I love this Guitar, it's an easy player with an wide Range of soundig. If it were stolen or lost, I will buy another immediately, but only a Japan edition.

This guitar is a new made in Mexico 72 Telecaster Custom. It is finished in black which means the body is made of poplar while the sunburst models are made of alder. It has the expected 72 custom features with a Fender humbucker in the neck position and a single coil in the bridge along with the bullet truss rod adjustment and the 3 bolt neck joint. It also has a rosewood board and is equiped with reproduction Fender "F" machine heads. It has all the features you expect from this model Tele.

It's a good guitar for alot of styles. By tweaking the tone and volume controls you can get good jazz, country and blues tones. The guitar with everything on 10 is pretty bright but by experimenting with the controls you can get some very good sounds. I will probably experiment with the tone control cap values on the single coil pickup( .022 MF) to see if I can add more mids and bass to the lead pickup tone.The single coil bridge pickup is not built like the older ones or the vintage reissues. It dosen't have the copper plated grouding plate under the pickup like the old ones. I think that this is something Fender should bring back to all of their Tele bridge pickups.The pickups really seem to lose a lot of the twang and have a blander sound without it. The neck humbucker has a good sound. I'm playing through a late 70's Deluxe Reverb that I've blackfaced and this guitar works well with this amp.

The guitar required some minor adjustments by the shop. The truss rod needed to be tightened and the action lowered slightly for my own tastes but these were very minor changes. The finish was well done with only minor flaws being found along the side of the finger board. The body was finished flawlessly. The only thing that really bothered me was the waxy substance that Fender coats the rosewood boards with before shipment. It probably helps the stability of the board but I hate feel of it. I always remove it and then oil the board. Other than these points the guitar was very well made,assembled and adjusted. In comparison to the Japanese Fender reissues the MIM guitar has much better pickups and electronic parts than the Japanese version.

This guitar is is well suited to the road. Like most teles it has good tuning stability and is built like a tank and will last for years.

I have never dealt with Fender directly so I have no opinion on the manufacter's customer service.
My local dealer Ring Music in Toronto does all my work and they have excellent customer service also do great set ups and repairs.
The warranty is the standard Fender lifetime warranty.

I'm old enough to have played and remember the original Tele customs made in the 70's and I don't miss the sloppy neck joints, crappy quarter inch thick plastic finishes,crudely shaped heavy bodies and inflated prices that those guitars had. This reissue is with the exception of the pickups a much better guitar than the original. Also when you consider that Tele customs were going for about $ 700 Cdn new in Toronto in the 70's and you can get the 72 Custom reissue for about the same in 2000 you realize what a great deal this guitar is.

This is a brand new Telecaster, a reissue of the '72 Telecaster Custom model. Telecasters after '72 had a different neck pocket and from what I understand, it hindered playing higher notes, thus the '72 versions are favorable, of the Custom and even other models, Fender changed and dropped this model in the '80's, most recent original Tele Custom I've seen was an '80. I see alot of used mid-70's Customs for sale around the 'net, never any '72's. Also '72 was the first year for this version of the Custom.

This, and all of the other current reissue Telecasters, unless stated are Mexican Made, before that they were Japanese made, AFAIK, alot of Mexican ones are really made in the US and assembled and finished in Mexico due to polution-concious Californian guidlines.

The maple neck is pretty much your common Telecaster, complete with skunk-stripe, kind of like a "D" shaped profile, thin, yet it has some thickness to it, and the fretboard is pretty flat. 21 frets, which are kinda thin, but stand up high enough to do a comfortable bend. There's a bullet truss-rod adjustment at the neck, which is convenient, since you have to remove the pickguard and/or the neck itself to adjust the more common Fender style necks. The non-locking tuners are based on the common ones from the Fender CBS era, the "F" logo models, made by Schaller, I believe, that have the slotted string posts, which keeps strings from slipping during stringing, which is especially convenient when you use flatwound strings, which aren't so common in the year 2000. The tuners seem to hold very well. The neck's held in place with a 3-bolt neck plate, as was used in the '70's, complete with micro-tilt adjustment, I guess the little hole below the bottom screw on the plate is for a little allen key.

The body is real wood, I can tell you that much, there's a $40 extra cost for the Sunburst finish that mine has, which makes me wonder if that means that it's a different wood than the basswood of the black ones (these come in black and sunburst, in the '70's they also came in blonde and souldn't be confused with the twin-humbucker Deluxe which had the option of a mahogany body, and natural mahogany finish.) It probably is just because they need to find a more-attractive grained peice of basswood for this body, or change their gluing process for the particular finish. The three-ply b/w/b pickguard is big, covers 2/3 of the top of the guitar, on the shoulder side is where the 3-way toggle like that of a Gibson guitar is located, and on the oppisite (cutaway) side of the lower bout are the 4 control knobs (2 volume and 2 tone, respectively) , which look like Fender Amp knobs, complete with set screw, and they even use smooth posts on their pots for further accuracy. The bridge is also accurate to the classic-Fender look, as with a real early '70's Custom, 3 barrel bridge with steel saddles, stamped "Fender" below the bridge pickup, keeps intonation well enough for me.

The pickups are the final peice of the puzzle. In the bridge position there's a classic-style Telecaster single coil angled to give a wider tonal spectrum and increase treble response (hey, sounds like I just recited that from a catalog!) The neck position has what Fender calls a "Wide-Range" humbucking pickup, with split adjustable polepeice screws, which was probably done for the same reason they make a split pickup on the precision bass, and why the put angled pickups on guitars. All passive electronics, which always react well, no batteries needed, just an aggressive player is required.

With all of these Fender "Classic Series" models, a canvas gig-bag, valued at $50 comes with the guitar. Which is cool with me, to me gig-bags and Fenders go hand-in-hand, the way Rickenbackers go with big suitcase style hardshell cases, it's like a meant-to-be thing.

This is the first time ever I have to keep the tone controls down to get the tones I like. Both the humbucking neck pickup and single coil bridge are extremely bright. I have the single coil at about 4 and the humbucker at 6 and the tones are quite pleasing. I'm used to a modern Rickenbacker high-gain pickup and this thing is alot brighter, also it's a whole lot quieter as well, no hum at all, even with a loud, overdriven amp or distortion pedal, with both pickups.

My main amp is a '74 Music Man 210-65, which is a decent amp for most anything, just it's own distortion is basically crap, a good pedal is a must, I'll be getting myself a Pro-Co Rat soon enough. I have an early '80's Ibanez Stereo Chorus, a '90's DOD Milk Box Compressor and a new Danelectro Flanger (the mini-pedal with the silly name that escapes me right now) and have yet to use them with this guitar, but I'm still experimenting with the guitar's tone right now.

The Humbucking pickup is my favorite to use right now, it's thick, but retains a great Fender-sounding tone, it can sound like a regular Tele neck pickup or a Strat's "in-between" switch position pretty easily, just it has its own vibe, it's thicker than either of the forementioned pickups. I'm still getting used to the brightness of the bridge pickup, I like it alot, I can probaly mess around and play some jangly arpeggiated REM-sounding stuff passingly with it, Peter Buck, REM's guitarist used one of the '70's Customs before the Rickenbacker he's known for, he also went back to one of these for part of the '80's. I can passingly immitate Pete Townshend's Gibson SG tones of the '60's and '70's with the neck pickup. I've always been a fan of Teles and their players. Pete Townshend used an old '50's Telecaster in a ton of his recording, Andy Summers of the Police used one of these models, as did Tom Petty. Which means I'm in pretty good company. The jangly stuff I like, the rock stuff I like, it's all pretty easily attainable with this guitar, in fact, I was playing some decent sounding Hendrix riffs through this guitar, a Pro-Co Rat and an Ibanez practice amp when I tried her out at the Sam Ash I bought her from. I think this guitar is one of the most well rounded ones I have ever played.

I have yet to adjust anything. I changed the strap buttons to Schaller strap-locks and everything seems pretty well done. sounds fine to me. The guitar is brand new. Even the pickup selector, which on probably %90 of the guitars I have ever played at least made a little sound, this one doesn't make a click through the amp or anything. Everything looks fine to me.

Everything is pretty much solid as can be. Someone said that if there was to be Nuclear war, the only things that would survive would be cockroaches and Keith Richards, well, I'm sure Keith's Tele would remain intact too. Leo Fender, in order to prove a point in the '50's had a worker lay a Telecaster neck across a pair of crates and stand on the neck, putting all of his weight across it. The neck didn't break or warp. These things are beyond solid. I'd definately trust this guitar to hold up to one gig, or maybe 100 gigs.

I've dealt with Fender once, with another guitar. I have no complaints. I can tell you that Sam Ash sucks. But most everyone already knew that. Not their selection, not their prices, but their service is crap. If I was rating Sam Ash, I'd give them a 1. But I'm rating Fender, but I haven't had to deal with Fender about this guitar. I doubt I will have to either.

This is one of those instruments that's a keeper. I know I've owned alot of guitars in the short amount of time I've been playing, about 30 guitars to be exact. I have no regrets about this guitar. I actually think I like this guitar as much as my Rickenbacker. Which is hard to believe, since I've never owned a guitar as long as the Rickenbacker. I have yet to find a perfect guitar, but I'm working on it. This guitar is pretty close.

This guitar was built in Mexico(older ones were made in Japan). It features a solid basswood body with a maple neck and fretboard with a skunk stipe down the back and a 70's "Telecaster Custom" sticker on the headstock. It also has a bullet trussrod. This one is black with a b/w/b pickguard that covers 75% of the front of the body. It has one Tele single coil pickup in the bridge and one wide humbucker at the neck. Two tone and two volume controls with skirted knobs and a 3 way toggle switch. It has a vintage bridge plate with 3 intonation pieces. I'm not sure if the tuners are a reproduction or updated because I've never had an origional but they work fine. It also came with a denim Fender gig bag.

I play alot of types of music and I have different guitars for each type I feel like playing at the time. This guitar went in the rockabilly section with alittle bit of blues too. When the bridge pickup is active it sounds like a classic tele: twangy and trebley. When the neck pickup is active it sounds almost like a strat neck pickup except louder and more rich and subtle without all the noise of a single coil. When the pickups are both activated you get some twang with some full mellow tones. I play this guitar through a Crate GX212 and a DOD rackspace equilizer and it sounds great once you get the right tone out of the eq. I also use a Boss DS-1 distortion pedal with it but it can get really noisy with the bridge pickup. I suggest turning down the tone on the pedal and use both pickups.

The guitar was setup very well. The action was not to low but not to high. The pickups were set just right. The finish is good except for the nick near the strap button that my dad put in it the first day I got it. Besides that everything was great.

This guitar seems very dependable except the B chord breaks every 3 weeks for reasons unknown. The finish looks like it can last for a long time with the exception of minor bruises from giging and ruff housing. Strap button don't come loose. Its pretty much gig worthy and I would use it without a backup.

I got a warranty but I didn't send it in and I hope I won't have to do buisiness with Fender about a problem.

My overall rating of this guitar is yet another 9 because this guitar is extremely great for rockabilly and country and some blues but it could not play surf or metal. If it were stolen I'd probably buy another one used.

i got this in 1998, when it was new (it's a reissue). it's made in japan. its got the oversized pick gaurd and a wide range humbucker for the neck and a tele pickup for the bridge. i got mine in sunburst, the only other color in comes in is black, although i've seen them in blond too. its got 2 tone and 2 volume and a 3 way toggle. its got everthing i wanted.its got a maple neck and a basswood body. The tuners are gotoh and they always stay in tune

you can get just about any style you want out of this thing. you can play metal or anything heavy on the humbucker, its real beefy. and the single coil is real bright so you can play country or whatever but you don't want to have to much distortion on it cause it sounds to twangy. the perfect tone is right between the 2 cause you got the humbucker and the single coil going and it's real full sounding. I play it through a marshall vs100.

the action was alright when i got it but it was set up for 9's and i like 11's so i had to adjust it. the pickups were all good. the only problem was that the input was wobbly.

its a reliable guitar ive played live with it many times. but its body is real soft so it dents real easy.

I've been playing since i was about 9 years old and im 16 now. I own 8 other guitars Lotus Les Paul copy, Ibanez EX, Toledo from , no name japinese guitar, yamaha classical, regent acoustic and a epiphone j-15 acoustic/electric. my fender is by far the best sounding one out of all of them