Fender Telecaster

Its about a 2005 made Standar Telecaster Made in Mexico.Alder body,one piece mapple neck n fingerboard,brown sunburst finish,21 medium jumbo frets.Why a 9?Well for the seer simplicity the organ offers,the reason i started looking for a tele is because i wanted a straight plug n'play instrument.Im the kinda of guy that kinda gets overwhelmed and stressed when i have too many option,switches,knobs etc. hahaha.Just wanted something 'primal',raw n 'easy' n by all means the tele is fantastic at that.

All i can say is wow!!!The tone is just to DIE for all over.All the famed Tele sounds are here,the sweetest badest crunchy tones and the most mesmering cleans ever!!!This guitar really brought my amps character out and it sounds wonderful wherever plugged in!!
The stock pickups although decent got replaced very early with Kinmans and the instrument sounds ever better!!Now there is no sound i want that i cant get!!From rock,funk,alternative rock,garage is all at my grasp and i tell you this guitar is AMAZING!!!Even with the stock pickups the cleans were amazing but the hum made it impossible to step on my high-gain set BigMuff without the noise,the Kinmans took care of that.
In all its a beautyful...beautyful sounding guitar.

On the rating stock pups:7(good tone but too much noise)
w/ Kinmans :10

The built quality is pretty good and proffesional,no flaws,beautyfully crafted.
This guitars neck is the best ive ever touched...itmakes things so easy,easy to bend the strings,vibrato notes...plays like a dream.

id gig without a backup any time,its a TELE.You can start your gig by bashing it with a sledgehammer n then strap it on n start ripping man!

Amazing,amazing guitar!!!Im really into it n the more i play the more i fall for it.I had a Mexi 70's reissue strat that got damaged n i was asked to pay s lot to fix it,so i decided to puchase a new instrument and wanted something more 'basic',a simple instrument that would offer amazing tone wherever plugged i got this tele even though i didnt like the looks at first.i couldnt be happier..its exactly what i wanted...ballsy amazing tone,clarity,playabilty...has turned me to a devoted tele fan hahaha.id only prefer in in creamy white as my strat was sunburst but oh well...who cares!!Highly recomended.

I bought mine a week and a bit ago from a larger guitar shop in North Vancouver, BC used. I was astonished at the nominal pricetag of 199, so I decided to pick it up. It has a 3-tone sunburst finish, with a lovely solid maple neck; straight as an arrow. The electronics are standard for a Tele, 1 volume, 1 tone, and a 3-way selector. Other than a "character building" chip on the bottom, it was in near-mint condition.

I found that this telecaster was extremely adaptable to all genres of music, from legendary "country twang" to a crunchy rock or warm jazz tone. The pickups seem to be good, although i've heard that it's a worthwhile investment to replace them with American ones.

Other than the barrel knobs needing a bit of a tightning (for a used tele, what do you expect?), the guitar is flawless. I got the guitar tech at the shop who happens to be a friend to check it over, and he said that everything was in ship shape.

I would definitely trust this guitar to get through a gig situation, although I do frequently use a Strat as well.

N/A, I would likely deal with the music store themselves, being that I puchased an extended warranty (that happened to be only 10 dollars for another year).

Fab. A real great find, and I'd recommend a Mexican telecaster to anyone.

I have a 2007 Standard Telecaster (made in Mexico) with a sunburst finish. It has an Alder body, one-piece Maple neck, medium-jumbo frets, die-cast tuners, and all the standard Tele features. The beauty of the Tele is its simplicity. So, it gets a high rating from me for the simplicity of its features.

I did a little research on the Mexican Fenders vs. the American Fenders. It is a subject that often comes-up in these forums. First of all, both the Mexicans and Americans start out in the American factory in Corona California. The lumber is delivered to the Corona plant where it is sorted and made into bodies and necks. The necks are also fretted at Corona. The American made Teles get a body made from three pieces of Alder bonded together. The Mexican Teles are made from Alder blocks with Alder veneer on both sides (about 6 pieces). The wood comes already bonded together from the lumber supplier. Fender just cuts and routes the slabs into bodies. I don't think much hardware is made in Mexico. The Corona plant has the heavy machinery to stamp out metal parts. I am not sure if any hardware on the Mexican Teles comes from Asia. The bodies and necks for the Mexican guitars are then sent just 130 miles south to Ensenada in Baja California where the wood is sanded and finished and the guitars are assembled. The two plants are very close together.

In my opinion the Telecaster is a "jack-of-all trades" guitar. I have met many veteran professionals who use them.

I think it makes a great solid-body Jazz guitar. Just string it with Thomastik-Enfield flatwounds (10s or 11s), use the neck pup, and roll-off the tone. If you want heavier strings just tune flat.

And, of course, we all know about the history of the Telecaster in Country, Rock, and Blues.

With regard to this model, it sounds very good for the money. The more expensive Fenders sound better (better pickups etc), but this guitar sounds very good for four bills.

I play classic rock, blues, and some Jazz-style stuff. I play my guitars through a Valve Junior head and cab and through a small Pignose practice amp. The pickups don't generate much hum or noise compared to my other guitars. As I stated above, these Teles are versatile. They will fit in with just about any style of music where a solid-body electric guitar is at home.

This is the second Mexican Tele that I have owned. I owned one a few years ago and sold it. I came to regret selling it and ordered another one. Both Teles arrived set up properly. The action is just right. I can't find any gaps where things are fitted together. There are no loose or noisy switches, etc. The frets could be a little smoother, but they won't make your hands bleed or anything like that.

The finish on my new sunburst Tele looks good. The sunburst finish cost a little more than the solid colors. They need to sort through the bodies to find one with nice veneer and the finish needs to go on in several steps--hence the higher price. The Mexican Teles have a polyester clear coat. The American Teles have a polyurethane clear coat or, in the case of the vintage models, a nitro finish. The polyester clear coat is easier to apply without screwing it up and is less expensive than the polyurethane coat. The polyurethane coats require more time to dry. Polyester is very durable. The downside is that it may detract from the tone, very slightly, when playing mellow (Jazz), but it doesn't make much difference when playing heavy metal.

There were about six tiny blobs of polyester on the front of my Tele. It hadn't been buffed properly at the factory. I gently scratched them off, then I gently polished the areas with Meguiar's Scratch X: Fine Scratch and Swirl Remover and a polishing cloth. It looks perfect now. You get Scratch X at the auto parts store (it comes in a black tube). The stuff works great.

I do not play "live." I am merely a hobbyist. But, I think this guitar will last longer than I will. I am sure that if this guitar is well cared for it will be around long after I am dead. It is a piece of wood with some metal parts bolted on it.

Some people complain about the tuners, but they seem to work alright. I tune by ear, and I check the tuning on my guitars whenever I pick them up.

I think the thick polyester finish will survive a nuclear blast. If a switch ever goes bad--you replace it--that's life.

I can't say much about strap buttons. I play sitting on my arse.

I have never had to seek help from Fender. However, I do like the fact that it is privately owned company. Fender was bought, from Leo Fender, by CBS back in '65. Things went downhill from there. But, in the earlier eighties Fender was bought from CBS by Fender employees (with the backing of investors). I think Fender is putting out good products these days. From what I am able to tell, they pay the Mexican employees a decent wage by Mexican standards and the quality control at the California and Ensenada plants seems to be good. I don't know much about their Asian operations. I don't want a guitar made in a Chinese sweatshop where people are paid 37 cents an hour for working in 110 degree heat on 12 hour shifts.

I have been playing guitar (or trying to play) for over forty years. Back in the early sixties my older brother played guitar. I grew-up with pre-CBS Fenders in the house. I have owned alot of guitars through the years. Currently, I own an American made Jaguar reissue and an SG as well as several acoustics. I would have to say that this Mexican Tele sounds as good, and is of as high quality, as the American made Fender Stratocaster that I owned in the seventies. And, the new Strat that I bought in the seventies cost a lot more money (after adjusting for inflation).

Some of you young guys don't know how lucky you are to have available good, inexpensive guitars like this one. Back in the sixties and seventies the inexpensive guitars were awful. Eventually, the Japanese guitars (like Ibanez) got better, but try learning on a Stella and see how you like it. Overall, this guitar is a great value.

2005 fender tele made in mexico f***** amazing piece of engineering even for mexican. got the covered single in the neck and exposed coil in the bridge very primitive guitar has no contour whatsoever got a fat chunky neck (21 frets) and only "FENDER -"telecaster"-" decal on headstock. lovely old school looking white colour with green tinge to pickguard. Not too many features it's solid as a bloody rock will never let you down at all.

absolutely beautiful tone just don't overdrive it too much it starts to sound kinda crap. absolutely perfect tone, just not as powerful as i'd have liked. can have really chirpy rhythm from bridge pickup good for palm muting and neck pickup is deep and convincing mean as for solos. both together sound like water droplets (when clean) I use it through a danelectro cool cat + daddy o + zoom 505II

action is bloody excellent i play on 12's pickups came set up mint as, tuners are solid as anything, no special locking nut or anything to go wrong. neck however has a gap on the side facing the ground. totally excellent guitar go buy one. :D

this guitar would take a nuclear blast better than a purpose built shelter and still sound brilliant. hardware will last more than any lifetime, strap buttons are solid as anything slightly bigger than on my squier strat would definitely use at a gig no backup i've smashed it when i fell over once and it had no effect so yeah rock bloody solid.

warranty should be i think 12 months plus no need to get it repaired yet only set up when i put new strings on it

compared it to a highway one strat HSS + gibson les paul d/c + old as fender mustang or something (made in the '70s) + a gibson sg special. this one stacked up the best is the most comfy to have had the best value for money couldn't afford a proper american strat or a solid flying v so bought this. will last 2,000,000 years longer than any set-neck guitar. wish it had a humbucker in neck place or a hotrail somewhere because my style of playing i need chunkier pickups. i'd get something else if it got nicked cuz the sound isn't powerful enough even though it's f***** fantastic. HEY if anyone can help me with a serial number (mzXXX etc) drop us a line cuz i think it might be a '60s replica it's really REALLY primitive.

2006 fender MIM telecaster with standard tele bridge low line single coil pups and only 21 frets. One 3-way switch and a volume and tone control. the jack is sunk in and you'll have to use straight cables to fit in it. Cheap fender tuners too, these things won't stay in tune at all. Thin c maple neck with medium jumbo frets, though I prefer jumbo or XJs. Alder body no humbucker route for bridge. Pretty standard features though there is no body contours like on strats, so that'll take some getting used to.

It does not really suit my music style, but I just wanted the body anyway so i figured if I got a MIM tele at least i could play it as i gut it. I just tested it with a Marshall mg100dfx and the body sounds decent, you can feel the resonance of it. It is noisy using any kind of overdrive because of the cheap pickups in it. The neck sounds decent i have to say but a little thin compared to a humbucker, and the neck pickup has no treble in it at all, the bass is ridiculous, even with the amp turned down to 1. I was surprised because the tele is supposed to be an overall bright instrument. It can do country and rockabilly, some rock, but thats it, no metal here. I don't like the stock pickups so I'm changing them and routing the bridge for a humbucker, changing the bridge, pick guard and control plate and maybe even the neck. Also the lack of contours makes it somewhat uncomfortable but I suppose I'll get used to it.

The action is pretty good, i don't know if the guys at the factory set it up or the store, but it plays good. The pickups are fine but not my style. The bridge was not properly routed for my style, being metal and so I will route it for my style. It seemed pretty flawless, but i did notice a little dent in the top that i didn't put on it, but that might have been done at the store. The rest seems good enough. The body and neck are the quality one would expect from a company like fender even if it is made in mexico.

Don't know if it'll withstand live playing put it looks and feels solid. I don't know about the hardware either because i'm going to replace it anyway. The finish is good as long as your not too rough on it and don't drop it too much. The strap buttons seem solid enough but I don't trust them for live play, so I'll put DiMarzio clip locks on it and It's good to go. I would not use it without a backup because I already have two backups, but I suppose I would if this was the only guitar I had.

I contacted Fender via email to see the string spacing for my model tele and have yet to get a reply back. I did send this email on a friday night and so it may take a couple business days to reply, but I'm not holding my breath.

I play for three years and own pretty low end to mid range equipment. My main guitar is an Ltd m400 and my amp is a solid state Marshall MG100dfx. I use pedals like Dunlop wah, EHX Metal Muff, MXR 6band eq. I wish I had known the string spacing before I bought this, but it was pretty well researched otherwise. I would probably just buy a tele body from Warmoth if this were stolen or lost but I would still be angry. I love the body and the resonance of it, the neck only has 21 frets and there are no contours so that is a minus, but it does have the tele look. I compared with ESP LTD, Ibanez, Gibson, other MIJ teles, but settled for this one because they all had similar features and this one was cheaper and therefor easier to customize. I wish it were routed for a humbucker in the bridge, comfort contours, jumbo frets, and a 22-fret neck but I suppose i'm being too picky.
Basically I got this tele because I wanted a telecaster with a classic look with humbuckers, and this was the cheapest real Fender they sell. I will gut the bridge and put a Bill Lawrence L-500xl in it and change the pickguard and control plate to diamond plate, and change the electronics to Dimarzio Parts and have coil tap/phase switching options, and a strat style hard tail bridge.

This is a quick first impression review on a MIM Standard Telecaster. I did not buy it. I just tried it out in a music store.

It is a product that I feel deserves a second or third look from you Tele players out there who are looking for a decent back up, or for those of you who are thinking of adding a reasonably priced Tele to your sound arsenal.

Alder body with a gloss poly finish, very beefy satin finished maple neck, chrome hardware, standard Tele switching. That???s about all I paid attention to this go around. It has all of the features a Tele needs.

I plugged it in to a Fender DRRI and was pleasantly surprised to hear some very convincing Tele sounds coming out of this guitar. The bridge pickup had the characteristicTele twang, both pickups together sounded real nice and chimey, and the neck pickup had a nice mellow sound to it with nice definition on the lower strings. I was impressed. It reminded me a lot (sonically) of the Highway One Tele, which I think is a very respectable sounding Tele at about 2-3 hundred dollars more. I'll rate it a 7 for now.

Went into one of my local GC???s a few weeks ago. I have two of them near me and usually visit both of them about once a month to check out any new ( or vintage ) stuff I may happen to come across. While meandering around I happened to pick up a Black Telecaster that caught my eye. At first, I thought it was some sort of Chinese/Indonesian - made Squier type of Tele thingy. As it turns out it was made in Mexico. The official model designation on the sticker that was affixed to the pickguard said ???Standard Telecaster???. I don???t remember ever seeing one of those before; even though it look???s like it has been a Fender product offering for a few years.

Anyway, I took it off the rack and gave it a casual inspection. It looked and felt solid. Next, I slid my hand up and down the neck a few times expecting to feel rough fret edges ??? in which case I would immediately put it back on the rack.. To my surprise, the frets were nicely finished. I picked up another one in midnight blue to check out its neck. It had a nice fret job too.

Since it passed the neck test I thought what the hell I???ll plug it in and see what it sounds like.

I really liked the beefy neck on this guitar. I am old school and think a Tele has to have a beefy neck. It is as chunky as a AV 52 Tele but I think it has more of a C contour than a U contour. I prefer the C shape over the U shape anyway so it was a win-win in my book. I looked up this model on the Fender website and the neck radius is 9.5 inches ??? which I also liked. A rating of 7 pending further review.

It looked and felt solid. Further inspection needed.

No opinion.

Have been playing about 40 years. Have a USACG custom Tele, a couple of 57 AV Strats, and EPI 56 LP Goldtop, a Gibson LP Standard and a few other odds and ends. Have a few vintage tube amps too.

I only played the guitar at low volume so I have no idea how the pickups would sound with the amp cranked. I do know that I was mightily impressed by what I did hear and this guitar deserves more than a casual glance. I also know that the next time I am at GC I will be checking out the MIM Standard Tele again. Dare I say it???s a sleeper ????

Fender Standard Telecaster made in Mexico. Light alder/basswood body, cheap tacky tuners, reasonable neck, crummy bridge and pickups what else would you expect from a huge corporation who like the big banks are hell bent on relieving you of every last hard earned buck you have.

It's sort of Telecaster sounding with a thin twang from the bridge pickup and the usual muted plink from the neck pickup. It'll do the job as long as don't want to get excited about anything.

This was the worst example of any guitar I have ever come across arriving from GAK England in a totally unplayable condition. Then strings were on - yes on!! the frets (not above). The pickups were set at crazy angles and the poor chap who I was trying to teach guitar thought he'd bought a real pup with this one. About an hour's work to put it right.

The materials are industry standard and will last like any other ??150 guitar youy buy in your local shop.

Fenfder won't talk to you

At 57 I have performed something like 3000 gigs, taught guitar for decades use almost exclusively Yamaha/Takamine guitars and gear and can state without regard to contradiction that many people play Fender guitars because of their heritage, not their quality. I had to review this guitar because I was so taken aback at the the piece of junk that my unwitting student had shelled out about ??300 for.

Why a 10? Because this thing provides everything you need. One volume, one tone, three-way selector, all of which are sturdy and seem built to last longer than you will. The tuners are amazing and will keep your guitar in tune reliably. Quite simply, it is the perfect guitar. Unless you're Jimmy Page or a guy who loves playing surf, it's all you need (and you could always throw a Bigsby on it later).

No opinion, because with minimal know-how, this guitar can become just about anything you want it to be. While the stock pickups are kinda weak, they do offer three distinct shades of tone plus a ton of old-time twang.
But if that's not your thing, no problem. Tons of companies make a spectrum of replacement pickups you can wire into it to make it suit your sound.
I personally put a Seymour Duncan Little 59 Humbucker in the bridge and a beat-up humbucker from a 68 SG in the neck (the nice dudes at Fender even route the neck position for a humbucker on most of these made after 1999, I heard). The result is a very beefed-up lead tone in the bridge, a warm, chimey 60s pop sound in the middle, and sort of a woody, jazzy sound when the neck is used alone, which I probably won't do too often. The main reason for the switch-up is because as bad as I wanted to play this with my band, the fuzz pop we play just buries a Tele with single-coils. Basically, between the Tube Screamer and the 70s Fender Twin I was playing it through, it was shrill enough to shatter glass.

BOTTOM LINE: This guitar is the perfect template for whatever you want it to be. Love twang? It's ready to go. Need more muscle? Invest another $100 - $150 in it and learn to solder.

It's a ping-pong paddle with simple electronics embedded in its guts. Kinda hard to screw up, and they don't. Higly comfortable neck. I personally prefer the feel of a Mexican Tele's neck to that of a lot of new Gibsons. Could be prettier, but that would probably only make you scared to take it out and play it in friends' basements or bars, which would be, in a word, lame lame cryin' shame. For this, I give it a 9.

I'm hard-pressed to think of a guitar that would be more durable than this one. I've certainly never played one. Actually, I'm hard-pressed to think of another guitar that actually becomes cooler as it becomes more battle-wounded.
I personally don't ever gig without a backup if I can help it, but if this was your only guitar, you'd probably have a 99 percent chance of coming out just fine in the end. A real beer-earner. (I think the Fender Beer-Earner would have been a quite viable alternate name for this product.)

No idea. I have messed with this Tele's guts so much I'm sure any hope of a warranty is but a pipe dream. And it's used. So there you go.

I've played 13 years and owned nothing but pretty modest guitars. This is definitely at the top of my heap, though. The Epiphone SG I used to have was a big disappointment as I grew older and got a better idea of the way a guitar should sound. The Squire Strat on which I cut my teeth was acceptable, but ultimately, also a piece of crap. I have a Burns Marquee that, after some mods, I love. Before I bought this, I tried a Gibson Les Paul Junior, the one with the P-90s. Somehow I liked this better. The LPJR is a little more rock-ready right out of the box, but ultimately this Tele was the way to go.
I would definitely replace it if it were stolen, and not with a USA model. What's the point? As stated earlier, I love this guitar for its simplicity, and an extra coat of gloss is not worth an extra $400 to me.
If there winds up being anything I wish it had, I will buy it and solder it to the thing myself, which I highly encourage anyone else to try.

I play rhythm guitar with Mexican Telecaster leftie C.2003 Sunburst finish, standard pickups. Typical volume/tone/bridge configuration. Maple neck. Enough features to be necessary!

The guy i bought this used Tele from used it live and advised to keep the standard pickups as in his opinion they sounded brilliant. I changed the pick guard for atortoiseshell one which looks so much better against the tobacco sunburst.
Using with Marshall MG250DFX with 1936 twin cabinet - amazing sharp twangy sound i want cuts through every other instrument, while retaining rich bass tone, amazing amp!
Slight buzzing from pickups, may be an earthing problem, it stops when you touch the strings but not an annoying problem really.

Built like a tank - excellent quality finish and build. Never compared it with an American Tele but good enough for me. Stock pickups very good indeed. No flaws or adjustment necessary yet. Stays in tune extremely well in all weathers and temperatures.
I preferred my Tele over a Strat, Tele much easier to play for me - never had any use for a tremelo arm anyway if you can bend the strings on the neck.
Replaced pickup switch knob with old style top hat one, the one they supply is far too small, but if not careful you can flick it over by accident when strumming.

Never had any problems, except that little earthing buzz, maybe. This guitar is a life keeper, very confident it will stay good.

Bought used, but spares/upgrades etc. readily available for Fenders.

If lost would replace same make and model if i could find another good 'un, love this guitar to bits!

Laminated Koa top, Bass Wood body. Telecaster with Duncan Designed PU's. Mine has a very pretty bookmatched piece of Koa on it's top. Has a good tobacco burst finish with semitransparant dark finish over the back, almost brown-wine in color.

I love Tele's and this one is a very good example. This is the main reason for my submition. The Duncan designed PU's in this model sound just great. I have alwasy found the neck PU to be too weak compaired to the bridge in Tele's. In this model though they are ballanced better than others that I have had and tryed. I considered replaceing them with some very high end after market PU's, but every time I play it I like it better. I guess they just took a little breaking in, or getting used to. I have another older Japan MFG. Tele that I modified to take a strat PU in the neck and put in a Dimarzio Virtual Vintage Blues strat for the neck and a Tele VV Hot at the bridge. This is a terrific set-up. It is easily the best sounding tele that I've ever played.

I put on a fresh set of 9's and touched up the intonation just a bit and it plays just fine

Never any problems with Fenders that I couldn't handle myself.

Never delt with Fender on waranty issues so can't rate here.

Over 30 years. Like older Rock and especially Blues. Have had plenty of inspiration for the Blues in my life. Played all sorts of guitars. Pauls are too heavy, can't get used to the float on Strats with their tremlo's, Just got into SG's and like them very much, but always come back to my Telle's and G&L ASAT's.