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«  Not so bad! »

Published on 10/11/13 at 18:58
Value For Money : Correct
made in china, copy telecaster, to pretty much!
easel style telecaster standard steel average but passable quality! maple neck 22 frets, fairly well done although it is thicker than a fender, still relatively comfortable, no protruding frets, proper finish!
basswood body seems to me there, fairly light but resonant!
2 microphones kind tele, 3-position selector, 1 volume 1 tone (the telecaster what!)

UTILIZATION

thick but comfortable handle, confusing for pro-fender, gibson if it is just comfortable!
Tele format with its advantages and disadvantages (I personally love it!)
correct mechanical (ditto Squier) but also replaced by Wilkinson, as well as the strings add a tech nut graph: Keeping perfect agreement, it does not move a muscle!

SOUNDS

we get closer to a sound tele, sounds convincing but not expect a miracle! the pickup has the potato but rather garish! after removal, I noticed that there was no brassplate typical of Tele! on the other hand I find that it sounds empty superbly in any case better than many more expensive models!
the neck pickup is round but too rough ... quickly replaced by Wilkinson, since it is much better!
used in an apartment on a 15w marshall, sound Tele / marshall grain me much.
a peavey windsor with cabinet Trace Elliot, with Wilkinson, I surprised a lot of people!

OVERALL OPINION

bought on ebay in 2007, paid 60 euros fdpin after a few mods you get something quite decent! Besides, I care, I even did concerts, also serves as my spare!
it is not in large standard violin, I disassembled and examined her up and down, it is clear from the low end: easel properly centered relative to the handle, probably to catch the shift of the cavity of the handle ( test with a handle mighty mighte, the fate of the high E key!) cavities poorly finished, the body appears to be basswood, very thick polyester varnish, slamming and scale to any pet, as to handle it n ' varnish is not the same everywhere!
noted a lack of stiffness of the neck tie on 11/52, a little bit of stick and slipped to 11/46, impeccable!
I still kept because this is my first guitar "new", I improved and customized, lightweight relicage, well regulated it does! with a fender logo it's illusion! .....
satisfactory value for money, as compared to the sentimental ... is unequivocal!