Fender Telecaster

Early 90/s custom shop model.Set neck with mahogany body and neck,ebony fretboard,killer quilted maple top,jumbo frets,american standard trem,roller nut,locking shaller tuners,2 dimarzio coil splitable humbuckers,3-way switch and mini toggle switch for coil spliting.To many features make this a very versatile axe,only drawback you can not split the pups separately (you can have either both of them full or both of them split)

It does not sound like a regular Tele but has a unique voice.Very resonant it can do the Gibson thing very well but with more air and clarity (due to the trem springs and ebony board that give more highs).You sure can cover lot of bases with this one.

Very well built and this quilt top is simply breathtaking!Medium size neck (american standard profile) with 12? radius make for excellent playability.I normaly like fatter necks but this one is really great. Plays more like a Gibson than a Fender.

You can not bash it around like a normal Tele so I baby it.It is built like a tank though.

Fender customer support has always been good to me

This is a unique guitar,they don/t make them anymore and this only means that it will become highly collectable.If you want versatility with personality try and find one you will not be disapointed.This one is a keeper.

This is a 1978 American Telecaster. Features are very basic, volume, tone and 3 position switch for the two pickups. The bridge pickup is the original Fender and the neck pickup is a Fender blue lace sensor. The neck is maple with a rosewood fingerboard. This model has the traditional 3-barrel through the body bridge. Original Fender tuners. Was purchased with a hard (no-name) case. As is well documented for this era this guitar is heavy by any standards. I have however purchased a fat and comfortable strap for it and the weight is no longer a problem. What can I say, it's an American Tele and has no special features.

I play primarily blues and traditional rock and this guitar certainly gets it done for me. I'm using it with a Fender Super 210 tube amp, Morley Wah, Boss Chorus, MXR distortion, and a Boss Overdrive/Distortion pedals. Frankly, I generally don't use the distortion pedals but prefer the amps overdrive with the Wah and occasionally chorus. The guitar is somewhat noisy through the original bridge pickup and is quieter with the Lace Sensor. The blend of the bridge pickup with the Blue Lace Sensor is my favorite position with the amp drive channel wound to just to the edge of its breaking point. Lightly picking keeps it clean while strumming or heavy picking kicks in the overdrive. Setup in this manner the guitar sounds rich full and great. On the clean channel of the amp and switched to the Fender bridge pickup a very bright clean sound can be achieved. This guitar has a great Fender Tele sound but the noise can be noticed when on but not playing. Strangely the noise level drops when the strings or other metal parts are touched. If anyone has any advice on this situation it would be appreciated.

This is a 1978 Tele but looks like it just came out of the box. Other than a couple of minor chips on the body this guitar is beautiful. The finish is high gloss throughout as was the case with Fender form that era and I wouldn't consider changing it. The neck is as smooth as glass and the rosewood fingerboard will last forever. The chrome on this thing is untarnished and brilliant.

I've owned the guitar for 3 years now. The Blue Lace Sensor is because the original neck pickup crapped out on me. This has however been the only problem with it. Everything I read tells me that the Tele is possibly the most dependable guitar ever made. I have no reason to disbelieve

No Clue.

I'm 48 years old and had played for a couple of years when I was in my teens. After not touching an instrument for 30 years, bought this guitar about three years ago and probably have averaged 2-3 hours a day with it since. I have a Fender Super 210 tube amp and also purchased a Takemine Electric/Acoustic. I don't remember the model number but it's full size and has a Mahogany top. (More about that in another review). The only thing I wish I had asked when I bought this guitar was would you accept a check for the Taylor you're selling for $600cdn. (that's about $400 US) Assuming I could afford it, I would certainly buy another Tele of this vintage or older if this was lost or stolen. In fact I have been offered enough for this one that I could buy a new Strat and half-another Tele but will not part with this guitar. What I love about this guitar is it's a classic. Growing up as a teenager I remember all the big bands I went to see used them and it was something I always wanted to own. I think that when you own a top quality instrument you become attached to it and maybe if my first real guitar was a Strat it would have been my love. I've tried others but have gotten comfortable with this one. Kinda like marriage.

compared to my last guitar where the only thing that worked was the volume control it seems like it has a lot to me

i bought it for blues, but it can even play metal. when i first got it my friends thought i was nuts, but then they came over and were blown away.

i cant find any flaws

i've never had any problems

never had to deal with them

i've had mine for about a year and a half and i love it. when i bought it i was thinking blues but most of the people i play with are into metal, and it works for that. one of korns guitarists used one for recording their self entitled album, i think.

This is a standard tele from Mexico, a "mexi-tele" made of the finest balsa wood and tinfoil available.
The bridges are rusted, the tuners are a little better than using twigs and gum, but man, for $60, this thing is GREAT!
I didn't even play it for a month, but when I finally picked it up and started messing with it, I was totally pleased.

This thing has the true authentic Telecaster sound. I guess the pickups will rust eventually as well, but man, for a disposable Telecaster, this thing is great.

The action is so crappy, I use it primarily for SLIDE guitar.
The finish... lemme put it this way. I don't get upset if somebody drops their brick collection on the body.
The frets seem to be made out of solder, but maybe it's aluminum. They've got grooves dug into them from playing only a year, and maybe once a week at that.
But again, for $60, this thing was a steal. I use it MORE now than my real strat. Kinda depressing if you think about it.

It seems to be pretty sturdy and reliable. I haven't had any problems YET.

No Habla.

After all my bellyaching, I'd STILL have to give this guitar high ratings. It plays as good as any $400 tele (except for the frets being crappy) and the pickups give me that kickass tele tone.
Worth every dollar I paid for it.

This is a 1977 Tele I bought used for $250!The guitar had no case and the idiot who was selling it had it painted black with spray paint! I striped the guitar of all color and now she looks great in her natural ash finish.I have replaced the neck pickup with a S.D.Alnico II pro hambucker.The guitar came with the most amazing bridge Tele pickup I have ever heard.It is a 70/s Schecter Quarter Pounder and is the most punchy pickup I have ever heard (SORRY GUYS IT IS SIPMPLY IMPOSIBLE TO FIND ONE OF THOSE,THEY DON/T MAKE THEM ANYMORE). This guitar has one of the thickest baseball bat necks (I love it and it sounds so mauch better thatn the new skiny american standard necks).Only drawback:HEAVY!,HEAVY!,HEAVY! (It is heavier than my Les Paul Custom!).Talking about features:come on be serious it is a Tele (I have added a nice tortoise shell pickguard though)

The best Tele I have ever heard.It is heavy,beaten and ugly but she smokes all other Teles (even the mega priced custom shop models) The bridge pickup has all the twang in the world and the neck humbucker alone is pure jazz!The combined pickup possition is as funky as it gets!

I have installed jumbo frets.The neck plays beautifuly and the action is great (I use 011/s). The guitar is extremely beaten but it is a Tele it is SUPPOSED to be beaten.

This thing is a leathal weapon.Built like a tank,and heavy. It will outlast all of my guitars!!!(and me !)

Fender is a great company they have always replied when I asked for their help (I live in Greece!)

Don/t listen to the crap about 70/s Fender guitars being inferior. They have gotten this rumour out only to devaluate them so they can buy them for peanuts and than sell them for a fortune!! 70/s Teles RULE!!!!

It's a Japanese Fender Tele made in '94. I got it as a steal from a store-$245!! It has the normal Tele setup but with a vintage 3-prong bridge. It's got a fantastic neck pick-up (one of those silver ones). It has that fantastic telecaster tone. The bridge pick-up is less than desirable. I turned the tone up and used this pick-up and the tinny high twang killed three cats next door. My friends ears started bleeding. I think I might get it replaced. The strings come through the body and it has a beautiful sunburst-wood grain (photo) finish. The stings go through the body. the fretboard is smooth with nice frets and fantastic action. The tone is great! It sounds great clean and with properly set distortion. I'm in love with it except for that nasty bridge pick-up (wich is actually fun to use because of that abrasive sound!).

The sound is sweet and full of that Telecaster character. (except fer that dern pick-up :). I'm in a modern rock band and we get heavy and fast at times. it sounds perfect. we also have tons of clean stuff. of course, it sounds perfect! as long as the tone level is kept in check, then it is a dream.

The action is PERFECT. I can fly on it! It's set good to where it won't rattle too much on the low strings. Everything is in great shape!

This guitar would be the most durable guitar in the universe. that is if you didn't mind dings and scratches (haha). I think they give the guitar character. but the finish is very easy to tear into. it could get some dings from hardly anything. It only has two, and they weren't by me. Personally i'm going to be carefull when plugging a cord into it. besides that, i can gig out and play as hard as i could and everything would be great. sturdy parts.

I got no papers or anything on the guitar. it's under no warranty or anything, but the Fender folks are nice enough. i suppose i could get it fixed some where if it ever needed it.

I saw the guitar, I had to have it, I sold my other piece-of-crap guitar and bought it. I would probably buy it again 99 times out of 100. It's the greatest deal that i've had. It's a great sounding guitar and a very high-quality import. I've played other americans and imports and none have been better. I don't even care about the stupid bridge pick up. maybe I could do something neat with that sound. who knows?

it`s a vintage telecaster. solid body, it was made in the `60`s. it`s pretty heavy but the weight is very good distribuited i replaced the original pickups because they literaly "died", i placed blue lace sensors instead.

i play mostly hard rock and blues and this guitar gives me everything i need. I use a marshall valvestate. it sounds great with this guitar, a lot better than ith my oter guitars(a PRS eg model, and a floyd rose strat). GREAT tone! belive it or not, with only two single coils i can get a lot of sounds.(very differents)

i never saw it original, but if i see it great with 30 years on, i guess it was better new. there was only one BIG problem, the bridge was the vintage 3 piece bridge. and it was giving me some problems, but i changed it fo a new one, a 6 one, and no it`s a lot better, although, the neck as made for a less wider bridge.

the guitar was made to last !! well man, what can i say, it has 30 years on it`s shoulders and it`s still like new! that`s what i love about it it once fall from the strap, and nothing happened to it, i guess this is a tank not a guitar. i changed the strap buttons and put on some straplocks, you never know what can happen.

i`ve never have to deal with the company, anyway i guees the warranty expired a long time ago.

i`ve been playing for 5 years now, but i`ve been really interested in guitar info, so i know a lot. i also own a PRS and a standard strat if stolen, i would definitely would buy another one.