Fender Muddy Waters Telecaster

2000 model, mexican made, 21 medium jumbo frets
3 way pickup control
Fender's '52 vintage reissue neck pickup & custom wound bridge pickup with copper coated steel bridge base plate.
Body: Ash
Bridge: Fender '52 reissue vintage 3 way with brass saddles.
Finish: Candy Apple Red Metallic Poly
Vintage tuners
9.5" radius Rosewood over Maple neck with vintage gloss finish
Fender Gig Bag
Since its a tele, there's not many whistles & bells, but read on...

The MW covered all the sounds I needed. I was able to coax the tone of Keith
Richards, Brian Setzer, Skynyrd, 335-like Clapton (just rolled off the tone
on the neck pup), and Lowell George slide on Dixie Chicken.

I played quite a few lead breaks with no tube screamer or anything, just
right into the deluxe and I heard every note pop out. Even the middle
position was thick & airy.

I usually switch guitars for different songs, but I wound up keeping the
tele on the entire first 2 sets to see what it could do. The rest of the
band complimented the sound which was nice.

I bought the guitar from Larry Miletech
Music One Workshop
310 S Main St
Kalispell, Montana 59901
(406) 752-1215 FAX (406) 752-1257
E-mail: music1@digisys.net

He gives a Fender Gold Level setup with every guitar he sells. The guitar was delivered with unbelievable playability and resonance. It sounds very loud acoustically which is excellent. The fretwork is top notch with no rough ends. He files them down as part of the setup, and polishes the frets for smooth bends.
Those amp knobs instead of the chrome dome knobs are a cool touch, and easy to spin for volume swells.

Great for live playing, as it completely cuts thru the mix. Hardware & finish are top quality. Very dependable, can be used without a backup, because there is no tremelo. I always use a backup anyway in case a string breaks or something. Only mod I did was put on straplocks for insurance.

I have no doubt that if there was a problem,Larry at Music One would take care of it quickly.

I have a small collection of guitars consisting of a 335 dot reissue, Warmoth tele body with neck & hardware from a '78 tele, G&L S500, Fender Custom Shop Contemporary Strat, Martin D1R, Gibson Les Paul 60's Classic and a G&L L1000 bass. I have been playing over 20 years.

The tele just has everything you need. I would get another right away if stolen. I compared it to many other Fender teles which were even higher priced and bought this one (the american standard, the 62 custom, and the 52 reissue). I really like the neck on this because I am a lead player primarily and love the fact that the action can remain fairly low and there are no "fret-outs" when bending. The only thing I wish it had was maybe some binding around the body for some extra class.

1999 Mexican made Muddy Waters Telecaster. 21 medium jumbo frets, rosewood finger board (7.25 radius) with large 62 style maple neck. Ash body with U.S. vintage style bridge, pickups and tuners.

I'm currently playing this guitar through a Mesa Boogie 410 Maverick. This tele is basicly an inexpensive vintage reissue from the Fender factory in Mexico with a lot of U.S. parts and materials. It comes setup for slide playing so be prepared for some extensive "tweaking" if slide isn't your forte. I'm still working the kinks out of mine but I've found that this can actually improve ones playing in the long run. Once you lose the fear of "messing the guitar up" you can understand how to make the instrument play better. This tele is pure vintage all the way. I was especially impressed with the amount of U.S. parts that come standard such as the tuners, pickups and bridge. The neck is big almost too big and has a fairly tight fit in the pocket. The tone of this guitar is why I play tele's...warm at the neck and cluck cluck cluck at the bridge! I have a U.S. 52 reissue tele and both guitars sound very similar in tone. When you consider the price of some guitars today and what we as consumers have to pay for quality, its nice to see a guitar reasonably marketed and produced as this one is. If you are a "Tele" player on a budget and want that classic vibe that only a tele can give, then this one should do the trick. If that little "M" on the serial number bothers you then spend the extra $500 bucks for the 52 reissue, but I promise you no one will hear the difference!

This guitar is bullet proof!

I've been buying guitars and amps from MMI music in Mobile, AL for years. They are a Fender Diamond dealer and any problems you might have they will take care of!

Made in Mexico and simular in workmanship to the Standard Tele, though the one I bought looked a little better made than the several
Standard Teles I played this one against.
21 Medium-jumbo frets, Ash body, nice Rosewood fingerboard, single-ply
white pickguard, only comes in Candy-Apple Red and has Fender amp knobs instead of chrome ones, just like Muddy's.
Trad.Tele Bridge w/3 brass pieces
"vintage" style tuners that work well (and I've put the guitar through the paces pretty throughly)
Fender says the pickups are "US Special Vintage Tele.
Comes with gig bag

I bought the Tele to set up in Open G with .011 to .048 strings for
slide and Keith Richards style rhythm, this Tele has been great for this.
The electronics are reasonably quiet, quieter than the Standard Tele,
and comparable to the US Standard Tele.

Instrument was well set up by factory, done just right (action a little higher than other Tele's considering many players might be trying slide on it, like Gibson would set up a ES175 assuming that
players won't be attempting string bends to the moon!
The finish was well done on both body and neck.

I'd take this guitar anywhere, if my Strat broke down I'd just tune this up to standard pitch from it's Open G and just keep on playing.
The finish and hardware are good-the bridge itself and jack could be a
little better-seems a bit "light" and cheap.
I wouldn't do any gig with just one guitar-I seem to break strings just before going on a lot! ;-)
But if I had to play with just this guitar I wouldn't be sweating it too much.

No experience with Fender.

Been playing for 20 years, also own a early 60's Strat, Rickenbacker 36012, Gibson Mark 81 Acoustic, Washburn Mandolin, Aria Classical and
Epiphone Supernova.
I would buy the Tele again, my favorite feature is the feel of the
instrument, even before plugging in, though it sounds great with a variety of amps.
I would like it even more if the bridge and the jack were a little more heavy duty-seem a little cheap- I guess that's part of the price
difference to the US models.