Fender Tom Delonge Signature Stratocaster

nothing fancy. i like it simple, though. its fender so the finish, body, etc is gonna be good. im pretty sure it has 21 frets, good enough for me. i can see this guitar falling short for a lot of people as far as features but for me its perfectly fine.

nice sound. if you are into punk(or whatever u want to call it) its a damn good guitar. dont get it if youre planning on playing something like jazz. everything about this guitar falls under one key word, simple. simple body, simple set-up, simple sound...made to play simple music.

nothing was flawed in the making of this guitar. ive had it for a few years now, and it only has a couple tiny cracks in the body due to my carelessness.

of course its reliable, and of course it withstands live playing. who says this guitar isnt made for live playing? tom delonge plays live to thousands of people all the time and he uses this same exact guitar. yeah, i think its made for live playing.

look you people are forgetting one thing. before tom delonge put this guitar out to the public it was his own custom made guitar(and by all means, still is, just that before he was the only one playing it). if it doesnt suit u, than good. thats expected when u are literally buying someone elses custom made guitar. he made it to suit him, and if other people happen to like it than good.

i think its a great guitar. i can see people disagreeing with me, but it does not suck by any means.

Made in Mexico in 2001(?) this guitar has 21 frets (eh). This is basically just a repeat of what everyone else has said so I'm not gonna get too far into the specs. It has one volume knob, which controls the one Seymour Duncan Invader hubucker in the bridge. I got mine in black, since I couldn't find anything else. The pearloid pickguard is pretty nice, but I plastered mine in stickers, so it's kind of hard to see. String-through body with a hardtail bridge. Vintage tuners...

This guitar is "decent" for anything with some distortion, i.e. Thrice, AFI, etc. Not good for clean though. Sounds very muddy...

In retrospect, I wish I wouldn't have bought this guitar...I should have saved and bought a damn Gibson Faded SG or a used Les Paul...

Action was alright, although I had to lower the bridge saddles a little, since the damn strings were above the neck way too far.

I think it could hold up live playing, and I have used it live...but I have to switch sometimes depending on what I'm playing, for example - Clean with this? No.

Nope, never dealt with customer support, don't plan on it...

I've been playing for two years and I have a standard stratocaster and Les Paul Speciall II (wouldnt mind selling either one).

I know some people that think this guitar is the shit, but it's actually far from it. This is possibly the biggest waste of $600 I've ever spent, besides that one hooker that gave me herpes...just kidding. But with all seriousness, this guitar really isn't that great. If you have $550+ to spend, keep saving and buy a damn Gibson. I'm so tired of Fenders, all they're good for is blues and classic rock, and I'm sorry, but my name isn't Buddy Holly or Eric Clapton.

Well the person before me is probably telling lies, because this guitar sucks. Made in Mexico, 21 frets, a Seymour Duncan Invader at the bridge. Very simple with a nice Pearloid pickguard. The person before me said it's "A very simple guitar that rocks hard". Well it's simple, but it definetly doesn't rock!

I hate the sound of this guitar, and my father who has been playing guitar since the late 70's says it's a really awful sounding guitar, and I have to agree with my old man because...well...it does sound awful. I used it through my Ibanez, Marshall, and Crate amp, my father let me use it on his really old Fender amp, and this sounds just as bad!

Pick-up was loose, as for the person before me, MAYBE I WOULDN'T HAVE TO FUCK AROUND WITH IT, IF IT WAS PUT IT PROPERLY! Tuning pegs were loose, also the action was too high, so I lowered it.

RELIABILITY? Oh God, my little baby cousin of 1 1/2 years scratched this guitar, and pushed the stand down, the guitar fell, and suffered a major dent on the back. "Built like a tank?" This guitar is more built like a dog's chewing toy. As for gigs, well I gigged with this as a backup, you know the kind of backup that you just make random awful sounds on stage for a finale. Yeah! In that case, this guitar rocks, besides that, it sucks.

I wouldn't know, but my father says Fender has bad costumer support.

I own gear 3 times as cheap, and 3 times better, like my old Yamaha Stratocaster copy, and my Squier mini (My first ever guitar). There's nothing I wouldn't of asked before I bought this guitar, I just wouldn't of bought this guitar, I only bought this guitar because it was the only fender at the shop in my price range. If it were stolen or lost, it would be a perfect excuse to get a new guitar. I wish this guitar had a resonable pick-up and tone controls.

made in mexico, 21 jumbo frets, 1 volume knob, 1 seymour duncan invader in the bridge. Its a very simple guitar that rocks hard. i have the yellow and the blue one. Both are beautifully finsihed. Given, this guitar doesn't have as many features as your normal strat or gibson or whatever, it does whats it meant to do, which is rock.

I love the sound of this guitar. I've used it through as peavey 5150 combo and it sounded awesome. Now i have a mesa dual rectifier and it sounds amazing. The sound is very rich and saturated, yet its still bright. This guitar rocks!

I didnt have any pickup problems with either of my guitars. Maybe you guys shouldnt F*%$ with your pickups so much. The hardware is all good, a couple of tuning pegs were loose, but i got that fixed. I had to lower the action on mine, but it plays great now.

This guitar will DEFINATELY hold up live. Ive had the yellow one for years. They're built like tanks. Finish is good and will last. Strap buttons are good but i got dunlop straplocks. Much better than standard. I used my delonge without a backup for the longest time and never needed one, but i got another one because i loved it so much. Simplicity and great sound all in one. What more could you ask for?

ive been playing for about 5 years and if you want a simple, solid guitar with a fat, full sound too it, this is the guitar for you.

made in mexico, 21 frets, 1 volume control, no tone, no tremolo, pickups suck, a crappy strat! its basically the worst kind of strat ever. pearloid pickguard (finally a decent feature about this guitar)
if you buy this for your blink-182 tom delonge wannabee son/daughter, you might as well get the squier version.

Damn this thing sucks. i've heard squier strats sound better than this, it sounds as if it's been dropped down the stairs, a couple of times. it doesn't even have tone controls! you better off with a squier bullet or wannabe strats, this "guitar" doesnt even sound good on a marshall, ibanez, fender, squier, or roland amp!

pickups were loose, i cut my finger on the fretboard, input jack was loose, strap buttons came off during a practice session with friends, the only decent thing is the pickguard.

NEVER will this stand live playing, dont even bring it for a back-up! the hardware is crappy, i have to put a new pickup, the paint job is bad, and its surf green, damn this sucks.

i dont know, i want to file a complaint. i got it as a gift so i dont know.

CRAP! i own a couple fenders and 1 squier, and an epihone les paul. if it were stole or lost i wouldn't care, i'd actually be surprised that somebody would steal this! i'd feel sad for that person. i hate everything except the pickguard.

Hardtail. One Pickup. No Tone Control. 1 Volume control. Suits some people (Tom Delonge Wannabes, people who dont do grades or play only punk).

I dont own this guitar. But a friend does. & i have played it many, many times. I've used it through a carlsbro 100watt solidstate. It sounds really awefull. The distortion channel just makes it really sludgy sounding. Lacks clarety. & cant get a nice clean sound with it either. Only good for punkrock, or perhaps thrash.

The action is terrible. The neck finish is terrible. I have trouble sliding my hand down it. I have never encountered such awdward machine heads. Restringing the thing is a 3 man job.

It all seems reliable. I actualy use it as a backup. Dispite it being terrible in nearly all areas.

I have been playing for 3 & a half years. I play an Ibanez SZ520QM, it is 100x better. Trust me, dont get this guitar unless your a tom delonge wannabe. & i know il get some stick from the 13 year old blink182 fans about this review. But im a blink182 fan aswel. But im not stupid enough to like a guitar just because tom delonge uses it unlike most of the people out there.

99 model. I don't know why everyone else is complaining about the guitars features. it's not like you didn't know it was a 1 humbucker, 1 volume monster. I knew that, that's why I bought it. It's the second guitar I have like that, my third has two pickups, 1 switch and 1 volume, I won't even tell you about my fourth and fifth, they're way out there. In anycase. Features wise, this is a 60's style strat with a 70's headstock and a hardtail bridge. That's hard to find. Not to mention, it has a tub route under the guard, so if any of ya'll are like, "I wish my TD strat had more pickups," just buy a new pickgaurd and some new pickups and install them. It's that simple! Maybe if ya'll could see past the knobs and magnets and tremelos, you'd realize this is a unique guitar that it actually pretty well made. The neck pocket is well fitted, the body is a solid peice of Alder (I think... could be poplar) and it has one of the best necks on a fender (imo) The neck indeed IS NOT unfinished. It's finished in a thin polyeurothane. I like it.

I liked the sound at first, but after careful deliberation and gigging, I found that the Invader didn't have enough clarity for me. Since then, I've put a Seymour Duncan 59'b in. If you're looking for variety of tone, this is not the guitar for you, if you're looking for a guitar to shred on, this is not for you, if you're looking for sparkling cleans, not for you. If you're a modder, this may be for you.

Oh... Fender can still do it. The finish on mine was a flawless, deep torquoise. I love it. The perloid pickguard defines the guitar, as well. The guitar came out of the factory feeling like a board with strings on it, but, after some intonations, cranks of an allen wrench and hours spent playing, I warmed up to the guitar pretty fast. It's pretty nice for a MIM peice.

It's a strat with 1 pickup and 1 knob... how unreliable can it be? It's a tank!

Go for it! It's uber nice, sure it isn't a Gibson Les Pual or PRS McCarty, but, if you were looking at this guitar, could you afford the other two? And if you're looking at this guitar, aren't you really just looking at the name? I mean... I did for a while, but, after gigging with a freinds, I gave in. I bought my own, cuase I loved the insane output of the invader and simplicity of the guitar. Plus, it just feels better than a regular strat. Comparing it to my 72' Ibanez (1 Dimi Super Distortion w/1 volume), Epiphone Strat (1 SD 59' & 1 SD ant SC w/1 switch & 1 volume), Epipohe Les Pual (stock) and 60's Burns 12-string (SD hot rails & SD Cool Rails w/on/off switchs, tone switch, volume, tone & variable coil tap) is fictitious. All of those blow it out of the water, but, it's a super nice Fender for a pretty good price. GO FOR IT! And if you don't like how it sounds, slap some new pickups in, like me!

all the other reviews have most the features right
made in mexico
21 frets

it does suit my PUNK style of music. and all you retards stop bitching because you all knew who played it and you all knew what type of music was played with this guitar. so shut up if you dont like punk dont buy a punk guitar. i use a normal strat for my other stuff and have the two suit my intrest well. and btw some retard below me said they sing about school and girls...your an idiot who never took the time to listen to the new CD which is about stockholm syndrome (if you dont know what it is look it up idiots) and other serious matters except for there first single feeling this which sucks. im not a good fan of blink but this fits punk and anyone usesing it as something else is stupid. tom now uses a gibson for all of those who said "buy a gibson its better" your so stupid i dont even like the band and i know stuff bout it.

set up the way i like it for my type of music

very reliable

ive been playing for years under different bands and genres. i happy with all the other guitars and basses i own. this is not my favorite but it made and sounds like it should. if stolen i would buy his es-335 model

This Guitar was very cheaply made and it is Mexican, so the wood is very cheap and mine (which I have had for 4 years) has 2 dings in it and a scratch on the body. It is 21 frets. Its made with one, ONE volume knob, no tone knob or shit like that just ONE fucking volume knob. I was very inexperienced when I first bought this guitar so for all of the beginners out there DONT BUY THIS GUITAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The pickups are POORLY mounted on the guitar, when i play it, i have to raise them back up or they end up falling into the guitar! But i will have to say that other than EMG 81s I would play with Seymour Duncans. So thats a plus and another plus is the kick ass pickguard, its like shiny pearl which is killer dude. When I bought it, it came with a very unreliable gig bag which didn't serve much protection for the guitar. It is a Fender Stratocaster with 70s headstock and unfinished neck with a maple fretboard and pearl inlays. 3 words....Piece Of Shit.

It suits my style of music FINE! I play pop punk like things like Yellowcard and The Starting Line and things so yeah. I use a Crate GFX 2x12 with 4 Boss pedals and an Ibanez Tube Screamer. It sounds absolutly terrible on clean, if u want a good quality clean guitar, go get an Ibanez or Gibson.

Once again the pickups are sweet but the way that they act inside of the Strat are TERRIBLE!!!!! THEY FALL INTO THE GUITAR!!!!!!!!!

RELIABILITY?!?!?!!!!!!!! HA! Thats a joke! I had to spend another $415.00 to buy an Epiphone Les Paul because this guitar is soooooooo unreliable live!

I have been playing guitar for 5 years now and its awesome! I LOVE TO PLAY GUITAR! If this guitar was ever lost or stolen, i could care less. I dont hate the thing its just not the sound that i was looking for out of the guitar. I hate that Tom only had one knob on the whole damn guitar, a volume knob...what a dumbass. I WISH THAT IT HAD ATLEAST ANOTHER TONE KNOB!!!!!!!!

Uh... lets see. No trem, ONE pickup, one volume POT. That's about it. Not really enough for anyone besides 12 year old pop punk clones who will quit playing after a week. Even those fucking "nu-metal" players have no use for this piece of crap!

This is basically a stripped down mexican standard strat selling for the same price. No thanks...

I'll give features a 2 because it has a pearloid pickugard. Pearloid pickguards kick major ass.

Well, clean... uh. No. It sounds like utter crap. You'd think an alder body could come close to saving this pickup, I guess not.

Dirty. I can't decide if it's worse than the clean.

I'll admit that this guitar does exactly what it's designed to do. That is, sound like a shitty pop punk band that sings about going to school, even though they're all at least in their 20's.

As far as the pickup goes, here's a general tip:

HIGH OUTPUT DOES NOT EQUAL TO GOOD SOUND

This is still a Fender. That means the finish is of high quality, and that the guitar can take a good setup. But no good finish or good setup can do anything for this guitar...

The neck doesn't feel quite right though. It feels like Tom Delonge personally pissed all over it before it was finished.

This category gets a 3. We can't forget that this is a Fender.

I have to give this category a 10. This is a Fender. They're built to last. However, that is a low point for this guitar. That means that wood chipper will have a tougher time with it.

Can't comment here.

I bought this guitar for my son. He was really into Blink 182. I initially saw this as a good thing, as I had never heard any of their music before. I actually thought that they might be a shred band (182 notes per blink?).

His birthday was coming up, so I thought he might enjoy Tom Delonge's signature guitar. When I got to the local store, I gotta say I was suprised to see what I saw. Most of my favorite shredders use whammy bars, their guitars have more than 21 frets, and they certainly need more than a bridge pickup. I figured my son might still be onto a great new band, so I bought it.

When his birthday rolled around, I gave him the guitar. The wife gave him a stereo system (a Sony, of course). The second he put on one of his Blink 182 albums, I knew I had made a huge mistake. You see, the boy only had a discman until then. I had never actually heard Blink 182's music.

Well, some good parenting kicked in. I took away the guitar, and he's listening to my Joe Satriani albums right now. That should straighten him up!

I've tried to sell this thing, but no one will take it. I'll be taking off the pearloid pickguard. I've booked it an appointment with the wood chipper sitting in the back yard. What a fun day that'll be...

Anyway, I'll give this guitar a 2. It did after all come with a pearloid pickguard.