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Published on 01/21/03 at 15:00I bought the tele from an established shop in St.Paul Minn. It the American made in the natual finish, maple neck.
I have always liked tele's and was looking for a good, rock solid simply guitar.
I paid 799.00
I love the tone and the the live feel - the way the entire guitar vibrates and enhances the sounds it produces. The neck is great! It is a very comfortable, versatile guitar.
The truss rod was so loose that it buzzed. Not hard to correct but it should have been caught at the store. Also, the strings were very used on it and it didn't stay in tune that well.
I had a bit of an argument with the store as to who should do the set up, me or them.
They did the set up at their expense - intonation, neck adjustment, with a string change from 9's to 10's and it is great now!!
Wish the quality control at Fender and the store would have caught the obvious problems ahead of time and saved me a hassel.
I don't think the customer should have to do the quality control on item like this.
The guitar is beautiful and seems to be of high quality. Love the finish.
Sounds great and is very easy to play now that the set up is right.
Would buy a tele again - they're super.
I have heard a lot of negatives about Fender's quality control and I guess I would have to agree. Too bad. The design and sound of the tele is so great, it's too bad the consistency in checking them over isn't very good.
>Take time to check it over at the store and don't take it if it isn't right.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I have always liked tele's and was looking for a good, rock solid simply guitar.
I paid 799.00
I love the tone and the the live feel - the way the entire guitar vibrates and enhances the sounds it produces. The neck is great! It is a very comfortable, versatile guitar.
The truss rod was so loose that it buzzed. Not hard to correct but it should have been caught at the store. Also, the strings were very used on it and it didn't stay in tune that well.
I had a bit of an argument with the store as to who should do the set up, me or them.
They did the set up at their expense - intonation, neck adjustment, with a string change from 9's to 10's and it is great now!!
Wish the quality control at Fender and the store would have caught the obvious problems ahead of time and saved me a hassel.
I don't think the customer should have to do the quality control on item like this.
The guitar is beautiful and seems to be of high quality. Love the finish.
Sounds great and is very easy to play now that the set up is right.
Would buy a tele again - they're super.
I have heard a lot of negatives about Fender's quality control and I guess I would have to agree. Too bad. The design and sound of the tele is so great, it's too bad the consistency in checking them over isn't very good.
>Take time to check it over at the store and don't take it if it isn't right.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com