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Fender Classic '60s Telecaster

TLC-Shaped Guitar from Fender belonging to the Telecaster series

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Published on 03/12/08 at 11:24
Manufacturing Mexico.
- Alder body, poly varnish,
- Maple neck profile C poly varnish, rosewood fingerboard radius 7.5 "
- 21 frets, vintage
- 2 micros simple vintage
- 3 position switch,
- Bridges and bridge vintage style.

7 for the varnish and poly pais matrial of variable quality. The rglage from the factory is not that great either.

UTILIZATION

The handle is plutt enjoyable. The radius is a little low dconcertant to beginners (the button is trs bomb). This makes the game rhythm. The game is on the fingers a bit more dlicat (including bends). The vintage frets, one must love, but they are in the spirit of the guitar.

For usability, it's a telecaster. We like it or not.

Few rglages: we choose the position of the microphones, max volume, tone between 75 and 100% and you can play.

SOUNDS

A vacuum is not duly. The level of sound is not super lev. We feel that the guitar is tufted by poly varnish. It's a shame.

Plugs into an amp (I tried on a small light amp for Royal 8, a Valve King and a big Hot Rod)
- Forcment, I first tried the bridge pickup. It is plutt good! (As against it is ugly: quality plastic average). The sound is aggressive but not too much, a little dry, with good but not too sharp. Is obtained quickly his telecaster.
- Combination pickup / sleeve: nice too. With the tone to 75-80%, this was typical of his telecaster.
- Neck pickup: worse. It was too low, so it can not be rvl all its possibilities, but it is still a notch below the bridge pickup. The sound is feeble and not very Dfine trs. A little too neutral.

Conclusion: we have a vintage telecaster sound, good prices (between 550 and 650 store in general). But it would sound better with perhaps a finer polish or satin finish bte.

OVERALL OPINION

Now that small dtails fchent. It will be understood, the varnish pais, it is unfortunate (though it is relatively Fidler what was the end of 60's, The beginning of the re CBS).

On the guitar I Reue:
- The strings buzzed mchamment. And the microphones was too low (especially that we must remove the pickguard to mount the neck pickup ...).
- Plate knobs silent askew. It's not much, but not super fun.
- Silent key really not nice (large dcolorations).
- There was polish the frets and the nut (the nut has on all guitars I've seen in cons).

Overall, finishes taient not as good as I expected (even when they say bcp well these guitars). The junction body / neck silent not particularly terrible.

I did not watch the shot. It's a good guitar, but I think that enough is not that we keep a lifetime. Leaves change the pickups, as well choose a beautiful Highway One. With its satin finish, it should have more potential.