Fender Telecaster

Features weren't exactly what I was looking for when I bought it, but I was pleasently surprised to find how versatile it really was. It has 21 frets, 2 single coil pickups(stock), and standard 3-way switching with passive tone and volume controls(1 ea.). It came with a hardshell case which I now use for my Strat. It is a very gig-worthy guitar.

It is a perfect guitar for my style of blues guitar. It is rich at the neck and twangy at the bridge, and is just perfect in the middle. I like to roll down the tone control for rhythm and then just kick it up for lead. I have a Strat and have used that a lot, but it was always to difficult to adjust. THere were just too many controls to worry about. I switched back to my tele and got a little bit grittier sound and didn't have to worry about the controls as much. I play through a 70's Gibson Lab Series L-11 amp. It has such a great clean tone and that combined with the grittiness of the tele just shines.

I bought the guitar used and i assume the previous owner set it up. It played great, but I found I had to raise the action some when I switched to larger strings. The pickups were set up perfectly, but I felt the need to tinker with them anyway. Just to make sure I had the best sound possible. It felt good and sounded great, so I don't care what it looks like. I didn't even check it for finish flaws or anything like that.

It's the plank, man. Of course it'll stand up to gigging, its just a road horse. I'd take that guitar on the road without a case or a backup and expect it to play fine every night.

Never really dealt with Fender, but the guy I bought it from has always helped me with repairs on any of my guitars with no hassle.

I've been playing for 2 years. THats not very long asnd this was the second guitar I bought. I owned a cheap samick before. I have owned a semi hollow gibson copy, an american strat, a japanese strat, and several other no namers. I like the simplicity of the tele. It lets me forget about the electric part and just worry about the guitar.

I think it's a '99 or '98 Tele. Made in Mexico. 21 fret maple neck, maple fretboard. Looks very much like all the old Teles I've seen, standard 2 knobs, 3-way switch. Except for the Strat-esque bridge. 2 single coils (in my opinion, Fender doesn't make very good humbuckers, and I like a lot of treble!) Poplar body, midnight wine finish looks damn good to me. Non-locking tuners, but hell they stay in tune better than my friends Ibanez with a locking nut and bridge. Fat neck, no accessories. But for 300 bucks, I don't really mind.

It sounds AWESOME. The bridge pickup sounds excellent, the neck pickup works well too. Put them both together and you have a more Les Paul type sound. I play it through a Fender Stage 112, an occasionally a chorus pedal, wah, and echo. It can get a little noisy, but it's the good kind of noisy. It sounds excellent. I like Fender tones, and this one is so versatile I don't see why people think so lowly of it.

The action is just right. Didn't have to adjust it, it was just high enough. The pickups are set up just fine, I moved the neck pickup around a little for the hell of it. The finish is excellent. It all looks and feels great.

It's a Fender. With the exception of the strap buttons, which aren't that bad to begin with I'm just spaztic on stage, the guitar is durable as any. I would gig with a backup, only because I HATE changing strings onstage. But if I don't break any strings then I have no need to use a backup, this guitar is solid.

Never dealt with them.

I've been playing for about 4 years, and I've had this for a year. In addition to this I have a mutilated Squier Strat and an Ibanez GAX70. They don't get used a whole lot, the Tele gets all the play. I'm quite fond of it. I'd buy another one if this got stolen. I may even buy another one for a backup axe (different tunings onstage). I love how it feels, it's heavy and comfortable. The neck is comfortable, can play for hours on this guitar. It's so unique, you can't compare it to much. Sounds great for every type of music, so buy one if you can. At $300 it's as versatile as a Les Paul, but more treble.

After 30 yrs I stared playing guitar again. Years ago I was a "Fender Guy" owning a Mustang and a Jazzmaster. Upon looking for a new guitar I picked up a Standard Strat that didn't show me a thing, but upon purchasing a Standard Telecaster the fun came back. This rig is the lower priced Telecaster $ 299.00 from Musician's Friend. For the price I must say this is some guitar. It has the 9 1/2 neck(radius) the standard components and the best finish in dark wine that I have seen on any guitar. The tone on this rig is unbelievable, you can adjust for the sharp fender twang all the way down to mellow. One again the finish is super, no run, marks, etc. And it's made like a model T. Solid and reliable. I love the thing- for the price is has put me back where I left off. For the price the bag was not included. But in dealing with Musician's Friend( great bunch of people they are) I have no fear about the quality or that they will back their guitars. The neck on the rig is maple, and I DO prefer t over Rosewood. It a prettier looking guitar with the maple neck,although it my first guitar with that type of neck, I find it easier to see, and eassier to "handle."

Given my age, I have seen a lot of music come and go. For the oldies this fits right in, for some of the newer music it does real fine, the tone is adjustable.

Action is great, I haven't set it up at all. Didn't really need to. Just placed some Ernie Ball's on it and I am off. The finish is tremendous. The pikup sitch know did fall of the first day but...hey..spot of glue !

The band I was in before carried everything in the trunk of the car, I think this would handle that real well, but I don't think that I will be doing that ! For an in expensive guitar this at the price is far over the Standard Strat- and would pass through a gig w/o a back up. All the hardware on thye guitar is SOLID !

Never delt with Fender but their guitars have always been solid. Musician's Friend are a "regular" Nice people and always ready to help- I highly recommend them. And with their prices- I can't see shopping anywhere else

Been playing off and on 30 yrs. Mostly OFF ! In the past I have owned a Silvertone guitar(Didn't everyone ?), a Gibson, Fender Mustang, Jazzmaster, Standrad Strat, this is far away and above some of those- except maybe the Jazzmaster. I person I met one day stated that a Tele was better- he's right it goes nicely with the Princeton 65 I have. I dunno if it was stolen I would get another- then find the guy who took it and beat him with it. It certainly would take the abuse

Body sunburnt: lacquer was damaged by nylon I put on to protect color anbd body from scratches

Dance music FENDER TWIN REVERB 100w A little bit but sound is great Full sound I mounted flat wound normal ( not scaled strings ) I Like. That strings have strong sustain and heavy basses. Light strings are also good but I dont like for my job. Too much noisy(wired and not flat wound)

Perfect intonation from 1 to 12 fret on all strings ( electronically measured)

I use it in Home studio recording

Not necessary for me some support for Telecaster . My model is bundled with FENDER TWIN REVERB 100W.They both great.

It's very important for me , emulate electric guitar sound and acoustic steel strings guitar sound . With my model it is possible.

I bought it new in 1967. I've done several modifications... including a Mighty-Mite neck pickup to match the gain of the stock bridge pickup, and a Shaller bridge. The saddles have been polished so I never break strings. The pickups were potted to stop that high-pitched Tele squeal at high volumes, and the cavities and pickguard are shielded. It has a 5-way switch with an 'off' position, then a neck with highs rolled-off position. The final 3 switch positions are standard. The original cream finish got pretty banged up so I stripped it. When I found that it is a gorgeous piece of ash... some nearly burl, I had it lightly oil stained and finished with clear laquer. But that was in the early 70s and the finish is worn badly again. The body finish matches the stock highly flamed maple neck. The maple fingerboard's laquer came off ages ago and has heavy finger staining from the 1st to the 10th fret. I've had jumbo frets put in. The stock tuners are poor but I don't feel a great need to replace them.

It can do it all from Zep, to Blues, to Jazz, to chicken-pickin. I've had several different amps but I've used a Mesa Boogie Mk IIB for the last 15 years. I just purchased a Rivera Sedona because I wanted a do it all amp for electric and acoustic guitar. I use some pitch/delay rack-mount effects. Even with the shielding and potting, it's still a bit noisy but hey, they are single coil pickups.

It was well set up when I bought it. Fit and finish WERE great. Though the 3-piece top is not bookmatched (it had an opaque cream finish), it is striking and very good looking.

This guitar has seen some hard use and abuse and still keeps rockin' on. Can take a lickin and keep on pickin.

I've been playing since late 1964. This is my all-time favorite guitar. I can get any sound I want with it. It plays like a dream. I also own an 80s Asian Fender Strat, and a '68 Gibson L5CES. I have a 50's acoustic archtop with a solid carved top and a Taylor Dan Crary Signature dreadnaught. Lost or stolen? I'd just cry. Afterward, I'd console myself by going out and getting a custom quilt-top T with gold hardware and Joe Barden or Lindy Fralin pickups.

It's a '97 or '98 Tele (that's when I bought it) made in Mexico, with 21 frets on a Maple neck. It's pretty much a standard Tele= 1 volume, 1 tone, two pickups (3 way selector, pickups are neck and bridge Standard Tele pickups). Arctic White finish over a Poplar body. The bridge is the Tele/String thru body style. It's not the kind where there is a part of the bridge covering the bridge pickup, but it isn't the Strat style. The fingerboard is also Maple and it has a 25.5 scale.

Some people say that Teles were made for one thing and one thing only= Country. Well that's the one thing I don't play and it suits everything. I've used it on jazz, on hard rock and on blues and it always, as long as it has a good enough amp, sounds great. I use it with my Squier Amp, MT-2 Boss pedal and, occasionly, with a wah wah pedal (Bespeco Weeper). It can be a bit noisy when the distortion is crancked up but other then that it is fine. The neck pickup can give you a great blues/gibson les paul type of sound, the treble is great for twang and using both give you somewhere in between.

The guitar was setup pretty well, only things I can remember was that the neck pickup was quite wobbly, but a screw driver easily fixed that. Everything else was fine exept that the slot between the neck and the body is a bit to big.

Fender makes guitars that are built like rocks. You can drop them from 6 feet onto the floor and (provided you don't throw it neck first) the worst that will happen is there will be a small dent and it will go a bit out of tune. However, doing so is not recomended. It's hard to know how long it'll last because i've only owned the guitar for 3 years (approx.) but so far so good. Only thing that can be a bit unreliable is the strap buttons but other then that it's fine and yes, I have used it on gigs without backups and the worst that's happend is that i've broken a string or one of my pedals has screwed up (which can't be blamed on the guitar :) ).

I've never dealt with the company, it's never needed repairs and I can't remember how long the warranty is.

I've been playing 5 years and this has been my main axe for 2.5 years. In someways I wish I had had more money so maybe I would have bought a different guitar that caught my eye (Godin LG) however I've come to like my Tele. If it was stolen or lost I don't know if I'd replace it because it would be kind of like if your dog died so you bought another that looked exactly the same and you named it the same, y'know? I love the sound and the diversity of the tone and the feel of the body. That's one thing i don't like about strats= the body isn't thick enough. I compared it to the guitar mentioned earlier and to a more pricy Tele but I bought this one because a) I knew Fenders were good and b) it wasn't $800, it was $299. I'd like if it had the tilted back headstock that gibsons have to give it more sustain but I'm only pointing out the bad parts. For $300 bucks (or $200 for you americans) you can't go wrong with this baby!

It is a 98 model, and it's made in Mexico It has 21 frets with a maple fretboard
It has to pots, volume and tone with a 3-way selector. The pickup configurations is standard tele S/S It's stock pickups. The finish is red metallic, very good looking. It has a Tele-style bridge. It has stock tuners that are non-locking. The scale of the neck is 25 1/2 with jumbo-frets

The sound is very good to my music style, wich is grunge. I use a Marshall VS30 thru this effects: Boss DF-2, Big Muff, Boss DS-2 and Boss CH-1. The guitar is not very noisy at all, a little on the dist pedals, but wich guitar does not do that? And it got a very bright sound in clean mode. The guitar is has much variety. It can produce a bluesy sound, country, metal, rock and of course grunge. I like neraly everything about it.

The guitar was not properly adjusted at the neck, it was like a banana. The pickups was great.

This guitar will withstand a gig, 'cause it is a Fender, built like a tank. The harware is great, the tuners will keep the guitar in tune for ever! The finish is also great! The strapbuttons will hold, they are solid! I can gig without a backup, thats for shure!

Never dealt with them.

It is a great guitar! Nothing more to say about that!

Going by a combination of features/serial number it's a 1976 Fender Telecaster.The bridge has been replaced with a modern 6-saddle type (at least it's intonatable...) and the machine heads and pickups have been replaced with what looks like a '70s-era Gibson Humbucker at the neck and a reissue '52 Tele pu at the bridge.Very basic guitar,which is one of the reasons I love Teles so much.Very heavy (much,much heavier then most Les Pauls I've played!).Maple/maple neck,ash(I thimk???) body.Glossy '70s Fender blonde/natural finish.Relatively thin neck,but then I'm used to a Gibson...

It does everything I expect a Tele to do,except a thicker neck/neck and bridge tone due to the humbucker.If you've ever heard PJ Harvey,Jeff Buckley,Unsane,Shiner,Jr Brown,Muddy Waters,etc you know that Teles really can cover all the bases in a wide variety of musical situations.Great for basically everything except a really dark tone,which I rarely need anyway.The bridge pickup could be a little beefier,though.

Being a 23-year-old (just like myself) guitar,it's seen some use,but like any good Tele has stood up to it.The finish is really funky in some places,lots of small weather checking-type spots which just add character.The action,from the store,was like butter but I'll probably need to raise it a little for slide.Some of the mods were a little half-assed in that the holes for the original bridge/machine heads were not filled in,which is no biggie.Also where the pickgaurd was cut to allow the 'bucker to fit could have been a little better done,but again,not a huge deal.The action,relief and intonation are all dead-on though,I'm really impressed.

Uhm,well,it's a good ol' American-made Tele.They've made these for 50 years now with very few changes,and there's a really good reason why.I haven't had the chance yet to really put it through its paces but my guess is that it will be reliable as any other Tele.The finish hasn't fared as well as some of the other guitars I own,but I buy to play, not display.

Fender CS is not the greatest in my experience.

Haven't had a whole lot of time yet,but I am a Tele fan from way back, I anticipate that it will do its job nicely.If it were stolen or lost I would be very pissed and replace iit when I could afford another one.

This is a regular stock Telecaster from 1974. It has a 21 fret maple fretboard with a rosewood skunk stripe on the back of the neck, 2 string tree string retainer at the headstock, stock Fender tuners, white body ( which has turned to a mellow off white ), black pickguard, stock pickups and a stock 3 saddle bridge. The simple 3 way toggle switch and single volume and tone controls adorn this simple plank of wood.

Sound........well, a basic Telecaster can be a disasterous treble squeller in the hands of an "Artist". In the hands of a musician, a Telecaster can be a guitarists delight. The treble pick-up alone can be used all night long on a gig. By incorporating the tone control, the treble pick-up can be exceptionally bright but thick sounding, as well as, dark and throaty. The sensitivity of the pick-ups is very expressive. Picking attack, palming, placement of picking make this guitar a very versatile instrument. I find that the simplicity of a Telecaster makes it a very complex instrument to play and understand. No whammy bars or bells and whistles that are the flavor of the day in the guitar world can compete with this instrument. Listen to Roy Buchannon and Danny Gatton. No foolish big hair, piercings or tatoos made these monster players better than the rest- just extreme talent and a basic but complex guitar. I play Les Pauls, SG's, Firebirds, Parkers, Strats but a Telecaster is the most rewarding and humbling solid body guitar I have ever played.

I purchased this guitar used and have played it extensively in bars, concerts and recordings. This Telecaster has seen the smoke, booze and bar fights like a good guitar should experience. My Tele has it's scars but still has all it's original parts and soul. There's a nice rub mark on the body from my forearm, some nicks and dings but no luthier would frown upon this beauty. This Telecaster has played a lot of music. It's set up to handle slide and regular picking. The action is not far from the fretboard but not close either. The stock pick-ups have all the flaws and favoratisms associated with reviews of this guitar. It's a barebones guitar that'll show an audience that you're either a player or a poser.

This is probably the most durable solid body design ever made. I don't treat my guitars like shit. I respect them. Guitars are the extention of my creativity, skill and talent. I can play a gig with just this one guitar.

Never had the pleasure to call Fender. I just have an experienced luthier and take care of the Tele myself.

This Telecaster rates a 10 with me. I've played some really great guitars and have owned over 100 guitars in my life but a Telecaster is very special. A Telecaster is as good as the person playing it. Anything that I wish it had?...........maybe not as many current variations.....just play a basic Tele. I bought this at a reasonable price 16 years ago, the current "vintage" prices are fucking nuts. Don't fall for the hyperbole with the vintage market. A vintage guitar or an expensive guitar will not play itself. A competent guitarist can make a cigar box with strings sound good. Learn to play your instrument and not be the flavor of the day.

beautiful guitar. 2 pu's. 1 lipstick and one single. Totrtoiose shell pick guard, laminated top, maple neck, 2 controls, tone and volume, and a 3-way switch. i wish it had more controls, like les pauls

I play rock and for phat power chords and barre chords, this thing rocks, however it kinda licks when u try to solo on it. it is a little noisy, put that is because they are single pu's, and my Fender 110 champ amp kinda blows. I did use this guitar thru Marshall Halfstack it was the sweetest thing ever

awesome action and wicked looking. It is the same guitar Jakob Dylan used in the "One Headlight" video. No flaws whatsoever

it's lasted 10 years and it hardly has a scratch on it. These guitars are like a light bass!!

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love it for rhthym, hate it for solos. I use a les paul as well so i have both the rhythm and lead sections covered.