Fender Contemporary Telecaster

1986 Japan made Telecaster. SC at neck & middle, HB in bridge position, 3 mini switches: 2 on/off for SC, 1 split/off/parallel for HB, 1 tone, 1 volume with the "F" on the face of the kobs, (alder)body natural painted, rosewood fretboard, black painted head & headstock, jumbo frets, black hardware: Fender locking trem, locking nuts

The best allround guitar i've ever played. There is no music style, where she's realy good. For me it's a Live guitar.

perfect, ecept the trem. Its even in the way while finger picking

One problem: the locking nuts are cutting the strings. I deburred the nuts and from this point I never had a problem with cutted strings. She's a very reliable guitar, every component is original.

Thank god, I never needed. I think it would be impossible to get new parts from Fender. I seems to be a very rare guitar in Germany, because Fender Germany knows nothing about this Telecaster...

Playing since 1999, I'm very satisfied. The guitar is always in tune, whatever you do with the trem.

1986 - Japanese - S/S/H - 3 mini toggles - Fender locking tremelo - locking nut just beyond standard nut - no idea what kind of wood - black hardware - beautiful 22 fret rosewood fretboard - "micro-tilt" neck - nice Fender hardshell case.

I absolutely loved the way mine sounded.

The action at 1st was OK but not great. This was easily corrected with the microtilt feature. The guitar was bathed in the most stunning, flawless black coat I've ever seen - the back of the neck & headstock were also black.

2 problems that I encountered - the nut had a "hydraulic press" type configuration. The teeth that "bit" the strings could drop down from the "roof" of the nut during string changing - causing you to pass the string over the TOP of the tooth. When you locked the nut - you cut the string as it was being pressed against the top of the sharp edged nut housing & the top of the "tooth". This was easily overcome by using Quick Gel to permanently fasten the teeth in their proper place. Problem #2 - a couple of the fine tuners stripped out the holes they were in. I simply (and carefully) filled the stipped holes with "Quick Steel" & re - tapped the holes - never again to have a problem. This may be an unacceptable level of malfunction to some - but it was quick & easy to fix.

The guitar was "tweaked" for me a few times over the years I had it by a "Fender authorized" tech for free. Being that I lived in the absolute center of no where - it was a rare thing that I saw a guitar tech. I told him about the nut & fine tuner problem - so he never charged me.

Been playing since 1983. I was amazed by the tremelo. It was supposedly a "cheap piece of junk" - but I could do anything with it that could be done with a Floyd & still be in tune. In a moment of madness I sold this guitar (in 1993). I still get sick inside when I think about doing this. The only other Contemporary Telecaster I ever saw was on the wall of the old Art's music store in Montgomery, Al. It was burgundy with a black neck. I would absolutely LOVE to have another one!!! With the negative responses I've read, I'm beginning to think that I got lucky when I bought mine.

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1987 made in Japan, Metallic green, single coil strat style pups at neck & Middle, Humbucker in bridge. Kahler floating vibrato with fine tuners, Black Graphite neck with locking nut, black headstock, schaller tuners,rosewood fretboard, 12" FLAT radius, JUMBO Frets. one vol one & tone knob, three mini toggles for on/off of each pickup.

Sounded a little tinny for me. fairly thin unplugged tones, The neck pickup did the fender thing okay (blues/surf) and the updated "Hot" Bridge HB was loud and grindy but overall the quality of the sounds was lacking; a bit harsh and overblown. As this guitar seems to have been aimed at the younger, beginner-intermmediate crowd, this is not surprising. Those seeking true tone with depth should look elsewhere......

VERY fat neck, high action, tough to play. the flat board and huge frets made bending strings a breeze but that was about it. I admittedly hate vibratos, especially floating models and I rest my hand on the bridge when playing. On this guitar that obviously knocked it out of tune. But the worst was that the locking nut broke strings EVERY time I played it!! And I DON'T break strings!

Due to the string breakage mentioned above, I always needed a back up; otherwise it seemed fairly tough. I left it in my car's trunk as my emergency jam guitar, as its graphite neck could withstand warping from heat cold and damp. No problems while I owned it.

N/A Never had to deal with.

I won this in a contest; we opened the front door one day and there it was, in a cardboard box, in tune and ready to play! I really liked the fret board, nice flat thick slab of rosewood, big monster frets. The best feature though were the three mini toggles for the p/ups; together with the master vol & tone, it was a very easy to use guitar.
Otherwise, it should be considered a beginner's quality level axe and valued monetarily as such. For a young metal head who wants a little versatility, this should be a good durable first guitar with lots of nice features.

Made in Japan. Two Humbuckers. 22 frets. 1 volume. 1 tone. Fender Locking tremelo. Made of an unknown wood. came with a fitted Anvil road case.

This guitar sounds and plys awful. No matter what amp. It has that bright nasty tinny thin sound. the neck picup sounds like mud. I sold this to my brother so he can have a beginner ax.

The tremelo is a complete piece of shit. If you want a whammy bar, Get a floyd!!

Yes, I played it live a few times, when I broke a string on my main guitar. It's a pretty solid guitar. No problems with anything. I would not use this as a main guitar.

I've been playing since 1979.

I've bought this at an auction and thought it was really cool since I have never seen one before. Model years is 1985. All are 22 fret. Controls: vol/tone "F" on the face of the dials. Pickups: 2 Fender open face humbuckers. Switches: 3-way toggle and mini-toggle. Mini toggle allows you to swtich between single coil mode and full humbucker mode. Body appears to be one piece basswood painted silver, neck is painted black with rosewood fretboard and black headstock. Bridge is a Fender System I tremolo. Locking nut just above the "real" nut. Tuners are non-locking with "Fender Japan" on the back.

I love this guitar..... having the ability to switch between single coils and humbuckers is awesome.. the best of both worlds. Wish more guitars were made this way.

Easy guitar to set up on own, already had great action. Pickup height can be adjusted very easily. These guitars are put together very well, all hardware is nice quality, paint is good. Necks are very nice, fret- work is great. Electronics are extremely reliable.

Very durable. No backup is necessary but always smart to have something. Love the tremolo....

I bought all of mine used, never dealt with Fender.

I've been playing since January `77, and have had a whole bunch of different guitars from Fenders to Gibsons. I love this guitar. If this was stolen I would track the dog down who took it and.... I was blessed to find this one... I havent seen another one since. If I cant find one, I might have Fender Custom shop make one for me....