Fender '72 Telecaster Thinline Reissue

Brand new (i'm thinking 2002 or '03) mexican-made. single volume and tone knobs with the classis tele 3-way selector. unlike other teles this features dual humbuckers and a semi-hollow body with a single f-hole which really changes the tone. not as "twangy" as other teles but more a rich, warm tone that borders on acoustic. natural finish, maple neck, and extra large pearloid pickguard are incredibly easy on the eyes...i get so many compliments on this guitar before i even plug it in.

my band has an incubus-influenced sound which benefits from the semi-hollow sound this beauty gives. i plug it through my homemade pedalboard into a marshall combo. the only sound complaint i have is that the higher frequencies are a little much, so i usually turn the tone knob to about 1/2 to 3/4. but i can also use that to my advantage if i want that kinda sound maybe for more of a funk jam or when i play ska. but with the tone rolled down and the selector in the neck position i have a nice, warm jazz tone and i can play anywhere in between.

i love how this guitar plays. the action is nice and low, the pickups were set up nicely. but what attracted me to this guitar was its looks. i've always been a sucker for natural finishes. this one combined with the maple fretboard and pearloid pickguard made my wanna cry it was so beautiful.

the only problem i've ever had on stage was my own stupid fault. i had to loosen the nut around the input jack for a small adjustment and i didn't tighten it enough so the jack cover came off when i took my wireless out. i think i can make this guitar last at least a decade or 2 before it starts to look aged. i trust fenders so i would gig wihtout a backup...even though i keep my ibanez on me for alternate tunings anyway

havn't had to contact them for this guitar or any of my other fenders

i have about 5 years experience and this is one of the best guitars i've come across. it's better than even the american fenders i've tried but isn't exactly up there with the prs's and brian moore's. if i had to replace it i probably would...it's always impressive to have something that looks this nice and sounds/plays good as well.

Made in 1997, Japan, Swamp Ash body, natural finish, two fender humbuckers with adjustable polepieces, 3 way switch, tone and volume control (don't know the resistance of the pots...)
21 fret maple neck, trussrod screw at headstock
stratstyle hard-tail bridge, strings-through-body
nice f-hole, looks beautiful, though simple

Sound? I play Blues, Jazz and some weird metal... The guitar does it all.
Very sweet fat tone, singing overtones over my Hughes&Kettner Tube 50...
I use 12 gauge precision faltwound string by ghs only, and they sound terrific... awesome is the right word...
You get a very nice jazz sound, real sweet, yet dry and honest and beautiful bell-like blues sounds when overdriven. Metal is hot...
You have to play with string setting, pole-piece adjustment and height-adjustment of the humbcukers, though... but experimentation will give you very satisfying results (took me nearly two years...but, hey! It was worth the effort!)

Action, pick-up adjustment... I adjusted everything to my personal needs: 12 gauge flatwound strings tuned to Eb Ab etc., pick-upadjustment, trussrod adjustment, intonation...
No flaws,but intonation was not right (took me some hours to set it right...;o)

Live gigs every week... bounced on the floor several times, still working perfectly, use only makes it look better...

Can't tell...

I checked every other type of guitar before, and then (after desperately finding MY guitar) I got a glimpse of this beauty ... Played it and never stopped...
If lost or stolen? Don't know, I'm working on a Custom Tele and probably would use that one afterwards... but I'm looking after my guitar, so it won't be stolen...
I simply love the sound and versatility of it. It gives you a very personal and distinct sound in all genres of music from Jazz, to Metal, or classical music. It's awesome and gives me just THE right sound (and lets me produce that wonderful tone with my fingers...)
I don't like the endpins, I think I'll replace them with SChaller security locks one day... and maybe buy another saddle... But only if necessary one day...
By the way, I played a Mexican-made one, and I don't think it's the same quality. Tuners were not as good and the feel of whole guitar was different... but maybe I'm blinded by love...
Test this guitar and make something out of it!

It is a very simple guitar. 2 pickups, 3 way switch, 1 volume, 1 tone. It has a very cool natual finish. Very cool looking.

It sounds nothing like my gibson sg or my american strat. Cool in that respect. Really fat sound when you use .11 strings or thicker. Open chords through my 65 twin rock hard especially with my ts-9. Great funk sounds.

You pay for what you get. Nothing like my gibson or american strat in terms of little fixable things like intonation or finish but what can you expect for the price tag.

So far so good. I've had it for 6 months.

Cant comment

If you can't afford anything made in america, this is great. Play it first however. It has a distict sound.

Wonderful electronics....wide range of volumes and tones.

I play funk, blues, and jazz with this guitar, and is perfect for them all. I play through a Fender Blues Junior for the funk and blues with a tube screamer and playing funk. When playing blues, I crank the amp's volume and master up to 10, treble up to 10, and the bass and middle at 3 when using this guitar. I keep my guitar volume at 4 for rhythm and open it all the way for rippin leads. Anything bassier would muddy out the lows. When playing funk, I turn the master down to 4 or 5 to clean up the sound and use the tube screamer for my leads. I use the same volume technique on the guitar for lead and rhythm as when playing blues, but hit the tube screamer for the extra edge. Has a great Tower of Power or Earth, Wind, and Fire sound.

Great fat neck and lovely gloss finish.

Stays in tune, never broken a string since I bought it 2 months ago off of ebay.

I've been playing for 6 years and own 2 American strats to compliment this beauty. I would definitely replace it if it were lost. I used it as a back-up my last gig, had to grab it when I broke a string on my strat as they often do, and felt like I sounded really right when playing the tele instead. The tele is now my main axe.

Mex made Tele Thinline 72 reissue. Ash bosy with single F hole. Maple neck and fingerboard. 21 frets. Strat non-trem bridge. Two wide-range humbuckers. 3 way pickup selecter. Both pickups selected produce an in-phase rather than out of phase sound that the strat is famous for. Master volume and tone. Bullet truss rod. Pearl scratch plate. String winders are open slat type rather than feed through holes.

One of this guitar's best features. The two wide-range humbuckers produce a very distinctive sound. It's definitely NOT like a Gibson sound and not like a tele sound. It's more open and breezy than most humbucker guitars but with more fullness than single coils. It's a new sound for me and I'm still getting used to it but it's versatile and I find that I can get a nice mellow sound for jazz using the neck p.u. and lowering the tone while still being able to get enough edginess in the bridge p.u. to do funk and rock. I can almost guarantee that you've never played a guitar with quite the same sound as this. Only concern for me at present is less sustain than I would have hoped for from humbuckers but some experimentation with p.u. height may help with this.
Very little noise from the p.u.s even when through a multi fx rack.

Best factory setup I've ever seen! Action was perfect for me - on the low side of medium. Nut grooves weren't cut too low, allowing the strings to ring well. Fret work was first class in terms of radiusing and fitting. Intonation was almost perfect - and I'm a stickler. Finish was awesome. This is one of the most gorgeous guitars you will ever see. The top looks like it is a single piece of wood - you have to look really hard to see the join. And the finish and grain on the back is very well matched to the top. No dings or imperfections on the body. Only two minor niggles - some excess varnish near the nut and some rawness to the inside of the F hole where the varnish hadn't been applied properly. It took the shop's guitar tech 20 mins to sort out these and reset the intonation.
Mexican craftmanship seems damn good.

Early days for me to comment on this but the hardware looks good quality and the p.u. selecter is reassuringly stiff. Applying some pressure to the neck/body joint produces no creaking or movement. Finish of this guitar is very high quality with a deep gloss on the body and neck.

I bought this guitar as I wanted something different sounding and versatile. I couldn't be happier with it in that respect. It fits my moods very well and I can use it for jazz and blues as well as for rock and funk and I wouldn't hesitate to buy another if it were stolen. I have to confess that I was partly seduced by this guitar's looks even before I played it, but the quality of construction and it's sound have surpassed my expectations.
Only one thing that may be worth mentioning is that I'd forgotten how gloss maple fingerboards can slow your playing down, so if you're a speed guitarist (perhaps looking to replace your BC Rich Warlock ;)) then make sure you can get the speed you need out of the fingerboard.

features include, Ash body, one F hole, Strat style bridge, 2 Fender Wide Range Humbuckers, 3 way selector switch, one volume and one tone, maple neck, natural finish, white pearloid pick guard

This is not your average Tele, the dual Wide Range Humbuckers provide a thicker less twangier sound, the pick ups were designed by Seth Lover, who i believed designed PAF's for Les Pauls, the bridge gives a nice over driven sound, can cover most styles, and the neck pup is good for jazzy clean sounds, i play lots of different styles, jazzy instrumental indie stuff, and some stuff with lots of over drive, i play this through a Sunn Model T head going thru a Marshall 1960BV 4X12 cab loaded with Celestion V30's, sounds great, it also sound superb with a Fender Twin Reverb, amazing clean sound.

the factory set up was ok, nothing great, i had it set up by a luthier, played excelent, the neck plays nice, and i hate maple, this one won me over, the finish on the guitar is beautiful, and the construction, it rivals any US made Fender out there, i also found this guitar to be perfect for my needs as stock.

iv had this for a year and a half and it has given me one problem, iv dropped it many a times, and it stays in tune everytime, played many shows, never needed a back up, other than the occasional broken string, never any electrical problems.

never had deal with them

iv been playing about 7 years, iv owned mostly Strats, and a Mustang, with this guitar i finaly found somthing i love and will always be happy with, its perfect.

This particular one was crafted in Japan (probably by an american Fender employee)no kiddin'.The instrument is a beauty. Top is laminated, done magnificent though, had to look twice to see the difference.It's got a three way selectorswitch and two knobs, vol.& treb.Fender wide range humbuckers passive configuration, but... I can even make a Strat neckposition sound. I know, because I also own an american Fender Stratocaster.Neck is maple. body I don't really know but I think it is ash.. Finish transparant. Shape a real fine Telecaster with one F hole. Bridge string thru. Tuners Fender non locking Fat neck with vintage frets, maple massive.No accessoires.

I play different styles, Shadows, Dire straits, Eagles, Crosby Stills etc.A lot of 60ties and 70ties . Including the blues rock stuff. That's where this Tele Thinline kicks in beautifully, Sounds real clean on all three positions and are pretty noiseless.Sound is full and rich it can be switched to a Les Paul ( I play a Les Paul Custom '69)and a Strat. No dislikes. I use a Crate GXT410 120 watts two channel amp. Boss Super Chorus, Noise surpressor,Compression Sustain, and a Digital Reverb/Delay also Boss and a Jim Dunlop Crybaby.

Action was a bit high, but easily ajusted.Pickups were set o.k. Top just fine. Totally flawless alltogethher.

Had a few gigs, no problems, but i am a carefull player no crazy stuff.Hardware is doin'allright. That's why the finish will last nearly forever. Strapbuttons are solid and Yes I can and will depend on it.As for backups I do have other guitars Strat end a Les Paul, but If I didn't have them I would rely on my Thinline.

I have been playing since 1961 As for my other gear Strat, Les Paul, Crafter Jumbo acoustic. If I would lose it I would go to find another one.My favourite feature, it is versatile. Screamin', twangy, clean Shadows sound it's all there. The thing I like most that is nearly half the weight from my Les Paul. A four hour gig saves my shoulder with this Tele.

Mexican '72 Thinline reissue, probably 2000 model. Natural finish, maple neck, 6-piece ash body with f-hole. Hardtail Strat-style bridge, 3-bolt neck, generic tuners, volume and tone controls, and three-way switch. Two humbuckers, Fender 'wide-range' model from the '70s. Nothing earth-shattering here, but nothing missing. Traded in included gig bag towards hardshell case, wise move I think.

What this guitar offers: fat tones that aren't Gibson-esque. Each pickup position is very full and rich-sounding, neck his nice sustain and bridge is trebly without being very twangy. Doesn't give up distortion like Gibsons do but that's what I love about it. You have to work a little harder but these pickups sing with great tone and sustain. High-gain settings not a problem, though the guitar really excels doing blues, classic rock, and even punk. With a Prosonic you can also do metal (I think a Prosonic could get anything to do metal) but there are probably better guitars for that purpose.
What you don't get: twang, 'normal' tele sounds, thinner, acoustic-like sounds, the strat in-between settings. There's plenty of treble for most applications, but if those tones are your primary goal look to single-coil Fenders. This guitar does not do anything amazingly well, but it covers lots of sonic ground and is not into Gibson-like mega-distortion.

Setup was good, haven't had to change action/intonation or anything. No finish flaws. One small chip out of inner f-hole (not visible casually), and lots of sawdust glued inside the f-hole. Little dark marks on nut. Nothing that bothers me, but not perfect. If this sort of stuff does bother you, inspect CAREFULLY before buying, don't complain after the fact.

Mexican-made Fenders seem to be very well-made, I'd have no concerns gigging without a backup (done it before). Never broken a string, it's never spun wildly out of tune, and it accepts new strings happily with a short adjustment period.

Never dealt with Fender, they may be a big company but the guitars hold up.

Been playing 4+ years, my first 'serious' electric. Play indie/blues/classic rock. Also own a Fender Prosonic, a Taylor 410, and some effects (notably a Fulltone Fulldrive 2, which brings this guitar to life). What can I say? I love it, no matter how much I get off on playing other electrics in stores this one always feels right. The sound isn't everything I want (serious single-coil jones lately, don't know if it's for a strat or a tele though), but I would never dream of getting rid of it. It's versatile, a bit unusual, and very 'right' for me.

My Thinline Tele is Mexican - si! It is natural finish with the maple neck and fretboard. I've had it for about 1 1/2 years. The fretboard has been planed to a flatter radius, to match my American Tele, which I bought new last year around the same time.

I bought this instrument after going in to buy a Gibson semi-acoustic. After playing four or five vintage Gibsons this Tele caught my eye. So did the price! After a few minutes of playing I knew this is the one. OK, so it's not a Gibson and doesn't sound like one but I actually like the humbuckers on the Tele better. They have more to offer. They are bright when the tone is opened up and can be adjusted for a jazzier, more mellow tone. I generally leave the tone set about halfway. I later found out from a book on the history of the Tele that Seth Lover was hired by Fender to design these humbuckers in the early '70s. He implemented the improvements he thought of since the original Gibson humbuckers. I play it through an all-tube Fender Custom Vibrolux Reverb combo. It matches Fender amps perfectly. I read recently that Keith Richards always plays his Tele through Fender amps. I tried it through my Marshall Silver Jubilee combo and now I know why he says that.

Very well made and set up from the start. The service tech at the store I bought it from did a set up with 10's when he worked on the neck to flatten the radius. The tuners are stiff compared to my American Tele and I need to adjust them more often.

The guitar is solid. It has a very nice neck. The tuners are stiff compared to my American Tele and I need to adjust them more often. And I noticed that the surface plastic on the pickguard has just recently started to crinkle and bubble up in one area about an inch and a half in diameter. I've had the guitar about a year and a half. I will replace it eventually.

Never had a problem. I deal with the store.

I have no regrets. This is a great guitar for the money. Not like some of the ones made in Asia. I love Fender guitars, especially the finish on the necks. They are fast and easy to play compared to other necks. I've been playing about 25 years, on electrics about 12 years. I now have two Teles, one with humbuckers and one with single-coil pickups, both with an ash body. Perfect! I keep going in to play other guitars, just for comparison, but haven't found anything yet that I like better.

this japanese tele sounded brilliant at long and Mcquades where I plugged into a jcm 2000, a fender and a boogie 50 watter but I took it home and no deal I tried for three days using my vst amp sims and my vintage elk prosonic and I could'nt get the tone I wanted. bear this in mind though i am looking for a really specific tone. if your into oasis this comes close but it wont nail it. fender hardtail bridge, stock fender humbucker pu's, kluson style pegs, f holes ash body, maple neck and fret board. excellent workmanship

I'm into oasis + stone roses and like I said this particular guitar does'nt quite rock in the way I want. mushes itself up when the gain stage is set too high but I am a sloppy player and that has a lot to do with it
quiet enough but my evans single coils are even quieter lots of variety due to it's responsiveness to playing dynamics
i am using it with some vst amp simulators in Cubase
and an old elk prosonic 2x10 with el34's in the power amp
the stock fender pu in the neck sounds good clean
and the lead pick up sounds good just as it is starting to get dirty
but dont think you'll be delving into any hi gain areas
kind of good for a tomm petty type thing

the lads in japan really out did themselves here this is a 97 it is a beaut!! next to my early 1980's squier silver bullet it is immaculate
the grain of the ash is very nicely figured everything is tight!

too good looking to gig with on a reg basis. very well put together though. do your self a favour buy a 69 style if you have to have a nocaster/ broadcaster style bridge it is sapparently nothing but heartbreak to replace the strattish hardtail.

the lads at long and mcquade relly do their best
never had to deal w/ fender directly

been playing seventeen years should've brought in my own amp will be trading this in for a les paul semi hollow epiphone If it were stolen I would kill the thief but take the money into get a proper hollow body love the wood like the tone I will probably replace this with a epiphone les paul style semi hollow