All user reviews for the Fender Deluxe Nashville Tele [1997-2015]

Guitar that I bought on a favorite, I had gone to buy a small amp and I am left with this guitar. 60th anniversary special edition, with the metal plaque on the back.
Guitar made in Mexico very good finishes. We can see irregularities veins ash in its very sexy Honey Blonde.
The special feature of this guitar is to have a microphone in the middle, more sounds telecaster, it can ogle the side sounds stratocatériennes provided also know how to use the tone knob correctly.
The pickups are Tex-Mex, I'll talk in his section.
5-way switch, strat type, with the same combinations.
The back of the handle has a color strip walnut on the length (I guess the truss rod is hidden below), a brief guitar as pretty to look back ...

UTILIZATION

The handle is a treat, varnished satin seems very pleasant to the touch, it does not catch and just slide it takes to remain accurate. I had tried other Tele once the handle seemed odd, very thick with a profile rather highlight that bothered me. This telecaster has a profile rather modern handle.
Question ergonomics is what a Tele! With its rustic side, the cut with a jigsaw (well it is a metaphor), its electronic configuration minimalist but highly effective and does not need to prove table is a Tele!

SOUNDS

It is carved in rock guitar, blues, Tex-Mex pickups crunchent perfectly. It also contains the twang so special on TV, when I made the generic James Bond, we believe it!
Great for rock, mainly rhythmic sustain short, however, do not expect to play the furious solo Parisienne Garry Moore with this guitar.
It will obviously add him an amp worthy of the name for this guitar gives the best of itself.
Intermediate positions kinds strat make a very versatile this guitar. It can thus straying from its primary vocation!

OVERALL OPINION

Very good guitar, bought on a whim, I have never regretted.
I love everything about this guitar!
A small negative point, however, it must be one or you'll think I'm biased because everything still madly in love ...
The bridges are 6 in number, and I have problems with the bridge of the string If the height goes awry fairly regularly, and after the rope frieze. I'll get the brake fluid net to try to overcome this problem.

$350 - Used Found at fenderforum.com - Maple Neck - Made in Mexico

If you are looking for a decent guitar at a great price I would say the FENDER TELE NASHVILLE DELUXE is THE best bargin in the FENDER line. The guitar is very well put together and the neck is superb. Also, the five position pickup switch gives just enough variations with the hot TELE TEX-MEX pickups at the bridge and neck, with a hot TEX-MEX STRAT pickup in the middle, to satisfy anyone looking for sonic bliss.

There is NOTHING I don't like about this guitar.

Having owned American Strats and Japan Tele's, I'd say this is just as good if not better in the fit and finish. Everything is tight and needed nothing tweeked. It was set up right from the git-go.

Don't pass this one by for any reason.
Check one out before you buy any other Fender guitar.

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As a now regular customer, I purchased this guitar from Express Music, Shirley Solihull for £560 (rrp £580). I bought this having been considering an upgrade from my Squier Strat. I was thinking along the lines of Epiphone SG's and LP's and may be something like a Fender Standard Mexican Telecaster at the limit. However I half heartedly picked up the Nashville and it instantly felt right in my hands- and so I asked "How long do you keep deposits for!"

Its Great full stop. Its a telecaster which is a brilliant guitar in general. Its attractive, brown sunburst on turtle shell pick guard. It sounds amazing, texas pick uos with the addition of a texas Strat pick up in the middle position and is very adjustable. It has a whole customised vibe to it, the strat pick up, old style kit, turtle shell scratch plate, chunky neck and frets etc. This is certainly a unique guitar that looks great, sounds great and is great. It isnt even as heavy as your average Telecaster.

Only one thing- That would be the bridge. Its a pressed vintage unit with the words fender pressed onto the plate. below the pick up its a rough pressed finish whilst above its polished. This has no other effect than aesthetics although its isnt particularly nice. This I imagine is to restore a vintage appeal although could be mis-construed as being cheap but its not really that bad. It'd also be nice to see the Feb=nder name on the neck join plate.

Brilliant. Not a single problem as yet. Tiny marks are a result of the shop, not production, nothing to moan about.

Buy one if you like Telecasters but find some of their necks a little thin. Buy one if you like plenty of versatility in your sound. Buy one if you like attractive guitars that work well. Buy one if you like a unique and differnt design. Buy one if you like the following-
country, blues, jazz, classic rock, heavy rock, heavy metal, grunge, pop-rock, punk, alternative- in fact anything.

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I purchased this new from Mars Music for $500 (scratch and dent deal). This is a Mexican Tele with the 3 pickups and the Fishman Power Bridge.

I am playing mostly Country music now, and my faithful Yamaha RG series just couldn't get the "twang" I was looking for. I went for the "Power" model hoping to duplicate acoutic tones to avoid swapping guitars in the middle of playing.

First Fender I've ever owned (I've been playing for 20 years). Plays like butter and sounds great. Very versatile, wide range of tones available.

The 3 Tex-Mex pickups sound great, everything from Country twang to great blues growl. If you want metal, thoguh, go elsewhere. That's not what this guitar was made to do.

The Fishman Power Bridge is capable of more than I've been able to do with it so far. By itself, it sounds good, but not great. When blended in with the regular pickups, though, it adds a great dimension to the sound. Fills it out nicely.

I think the trick to getting the most out of the Fishman bridge is to split the signal (Guitar comes with a splitter cord) and send the acoustic signal to a different amp than the electric signal. Then you could tweak the amp to get the best tone out of each. I hope to take the time to play with this soon.

Shallow as it sounds, I like playing a guitar that looks country. You can't beat a Fender Tele with the Brown sunburst finish.

To change batteries (power for the pieze bridge pickup), you must unscrew an access plate in the back. The battery seems to last a long time (I've yet to change it in 4 months of playing), but I am concerned about wear and tear after 10 - 20 years. It would have been nice if Fender had put in metal inserts for the screws, or had a pop open access door.

The guitar seems very well made. The finish is excellent.

The only problem I have had is some intermittant noise from the output jack. The Fender repair facility near me assures me they can fix it right up (under warranty) as soon as I am wiling to part with the guitar long enough for them to fix it.

While not an inexpensive guitar, it is a good buy for the money. Very versatile sound, play great and looks great.

If it were ever destroyed or stolen, I would replace it as quickly as possible.

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I purchased it at Germaine and Pappalardo Music in Jamestown, New York, because they had the exact color, and I was wanting a maple fretboard.I paid $450.00

Everything!Tone, great action, quality workmanship,great looks,tone,just great all around

There isnt anything I dont like, except I wish I had got one 10 years earlier.

Fit and finish is FLAWLESS!Everything is perfect.The neck, the electronics, the finish,tuners,paint,its all par excellance!!

This guitar could give ANYTHING a run for its money.This was definatley the best guitar Ive ever owned(and I had 'em all).Want a great guitar without having to sell all of your wordly posessions?Look no further, get a NASHVILLE TELECASTER!!

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I bought this guitar because i love the look of the telecaster and i wanted a more beefy sound of which the tex mex pick ups offer. I bought it in Marcus Music Belfast. I got it for £559 which included a £200 fender hard case.

This guitar is awsome. The clean tones are amazin and when a bit of crunch is needed it can certainly deliver. It looks gorgeous with a tortoise shell scratch plate and a candy apple body. This guitar is so versatile all types of music are suiatble to be played on it. Since i bought it the tuning has been superb and have very little ptoblems concerning that area.

What i don't like? I there was one downside about the guitar i would have to say that it is the fact it doesn't have a vibrato bridge. But it really isnt a major problem.

Its well made as you would expect from fender due to the workmanship gone in to it. I reckon in ten years time the guitar will not have changed much, though it isn't a very heavy guitar when you old it you know its a sturdy piece of work.

If you want a tele and want to be a bit different and want a guitar with a bit of crunch then this is the one to choose. If you play assorted types of music like myself then this is the ideal choice.

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I have a love for a lot of guitars and it was hard to choose which one but after endless research I went for the Fender Deluxe Nashville Tele because I have always liked the Tele shape and this one had power. I bought this guitar from musiciansfriend.com which it really was a good deal of course for 459.99.

I definitely like the look of it, black body, reddish shell pickguard, and maple neck and fingerboard. It looks very angelic but when I plug it in, the tex mex pickups bring out a suprising heavy tone that reminds of a vintage gibson. Sounds weird but thats the sound I got out of my marshall.

Well I have had the guitar for about 2 months and the intonation is kind of bothering me. I'll tune it perfectly but in other areas of the fretboard notes sound like they are out of tune. I tried everything including a lot of adjusting and its still being a pain. Everything else is wonderfull except for the tuning.

It feels solid and well put together but the day I got from musiciansfriend I already had to adjust the truss rod which is a pretty bad sign. But everything else looks like it can definitely last.

If this guitar had a locking system and just a tad more sustain in its output then I wouldnt be thinking about trading it for a different guitar. If you get this guitar, just change the bridge saddles to Graphs strat style tele saddles for easier adjustments and longer string life.

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Made in Mexico
Tex-Mex Strat pickup sandwiched between 2 Tex-Mex Tele pickups
Five-way Strat-o-Tone switching
Alder body (ash on Honey Blonde)
Vintage machine heads
US Vintage 6-saddle bridge
Maple Neck with maple fretboard
Medium-jumbo frets
Gig bag
1 volume, 1 tone

UTILIZATION

This Telecaster seems like a good idea on paper. It's all the features one would want on an older Tele, with a couple of modern additions. It includes a 6 saddle bridge, for more exact intonation, and it also includes a third pickup in the middle position with a 5 way switch, so one can get those funky "in-between" Strat sounds. To these ends, this works well. The guitar plays well, looks good...so what's the problem, right?

My problem with the guitar is the bridge, and the new pickup and switch. Call me a traditionalist or a purist, but this guitar just is not for me. I can see how it would be an appealing fit for a lot of pickers, but I just think the new additions detract from the whole Tele experience. The bridge of a Tele should have brass saddles in my opinion, and these rolled steel saddles just do not get the cutting attack that I want in a Tele. Also, my favorite setting on a Telecaster - the middle setting, where the neck and bridge pickups are active - this setting is not available on this guitar. Bummer.

SOUNDS

The guitar suffers in the sound category due to the areas I listed above. The neck position sounds good, and the bridge position sounds good. The "in-between" sounds are good, but not exactly "Strat-like" as one would hope. It's like the Fender designers wanted the best features of a Strat and a Tele smashed into one guitar, yet they got something that ends up falling a bit short.

OVERALL OPINION

I'm giving it a 7. My review makes it sound like I like it less than I do - it's really a good guitar. But it is a disappointing guitar, because it takes away the best parts of a Tele, and tries to put in some good Strat features and doesn't quite succeed. The result is a new axe, something different than either of them separately, but I'm just a die-hard old-school Tele and Strat fan, I guess, so messing with that formula to me is a bit sacreligious. Don't buy if you're a purist, but do buy if you like Teles but want them to make a few more sounds.

The mocèle I speak of is Black.

- Made in Mexico
- Body: Alder
- Neck: Maple, Modern "C" Shape, (Satin Polyurethane Finish)
- Fingerboard: Rosewood and Maple
- Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo Frets
- Tuners: Vintage Style
- Pickups: 2 Tex Mex Tele Pickups (Neck and Bridge), 1 Tex Mex Start Pickup (Middle)
- 5-way switch, Special "Strat-o-Tone" switching:
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone

UTILIZATION

The handle is worthy of a Fender, very nice and very accurate. It is quite fluid and be just to all styles. While not perfect shredder handle, even when it is to play fast and solos.
Can be accessed without too much inconvenience to the 21 boxes. The guitar is medium weight, just right. The body is that of a telecaster, but more comfortable, fairly thick and the edges rather prominent.
The vintage mechanical type heads are very easy, accurate. The bridge is not against by high quality, rust is not fast enough and great finish.

SOUNDS

This is a really versatile guitar, without suit styles "extreme" (trashmetal, hardcore ,...) she feels at home anywhere.
The audio is also versatile, thanks to microphones, the lipstick is very shiny and smooth, typical fender, microphones strats do not lack brilliance. If the preferred domain is the clear sound, it does very well in distortion. Obviously it has no gain, all the microphones being single coils.
Basically, one more for the lipstick and the versatility of sound. A 9 is required.

OVERALL OPINION

This is not (as many guitars that I had to pay) mine, but I tried it many times, it's a great guitar, I do aps too personal style Tele but even when I was seduced by its charm in its clear and its versatility (I did not suspect for a Fender Tele).

Ultimately, an 8 overall, which would have been a 9 if the bridge was not so shabby compared to the rest of the guitar.

Origin: Mexico 1998

21 frets, 2 pickups single type tele + 1 micro simple strat-type,

5-way switching, volume adjustment, tone adjustment

UTILIZATION

Channel unusually pleasant, easy access to acute

Light guitar, ideal for extended play and the scene

Its very good flat on a tube amp

SOUNDS

Intended for the blues, rock, jazz

OVERALL OPINION

Config 3 original pickups on a tele, very good option taken by the manufacturer on this model even if it's disturbing initially on a tele

Good quality / price ratio

Made in Mexico it has 3 pickups
Micro: a single coil pickup Tex-Mex ™ Start ®, sandwiched between two microphones Tex-Mex Tele ®.
5 position selector for the pickups
Very good sound

UTILIZATION

Handle very nice
Easy access to acute

SOUNDS

I use a Behringer V-TONE amp and BG412 H
effect BOSS RC 50 and a blues overdrive pedal BO 100

OVERALL OPINION

I used the last week
d in'm very satisfied
lighter than my other guitars are Gibson 137
c is a good choice for a light price

The Fender Deluxe Nashville tele is one of the more versatile teles that Fender has to offer in the Mexican lineup. This features the standard tele features that everybody knows and loves -- the alder body, maple neck with your choice of rosewood or maple, 21 frets, medium C shaped neck, medium sized frets, etc. However, this guitar actually has a middle pickup for added versatility. It also has a five position switch to get the most out of these pickups.

UTILIZATION

I'm actually a pretty big fan of the MIM guitars considering how cheap they are on the used market. They're very solid players, and this is no exception. The fretwork on this model wasn't too bad. There were some sharp edges, but it's somewhat to be expected in the MIM lineup. The overall guitar was put together very well. Everything feels just like it would if you had a normal tele, and I find the middle pickup doesn't really get in the way, but that totally depends on the player.

SOUNDS

The stock pickups in this are pretty crappy. I recommend replacing them if you're looking at this model. Once you do, this guitar really comes alive. The guitars tend to resonate very well given their price range, and the added middle pickup gives you that great Stratocaster "quack" that has become so famous in the rock world.

OVERALL OPINION

If you're on the hunt for a more versatile tele that doesn't break the bank, this is a model worth checking out. It's a solid player's guitar, and they go for a nice price in the used market. You'll want to replace the pickups, but that's not a huge deal. I highly recommend trying one out before you buy as the fretwork can be iffy depending on how the luthiers were feeling at that particular time of day.

while the description is on the U.S. site.
http://www.fender.com/

UTILIZATION

a real television. in spirit and in sound

SOUNDS

marshall amp

OVERALL OPINION

I was looking for an alternative to my oldest American telecaster, I was seduced by it, both by his versatility by finishing that, .. well yes a TV with three microphones !!!... little more with this beautiful color honeyblonde body is ash and of course the sound is there, rosewood fingerboard thank you, am not a fan of maple. I took only the adjustment of the microphones, too low of origin, and put ropes blues DR 10-46, a feast, the handle is very nice and it sounds. I recommend this purchase, a very good value for money. nothing to say about the eternal debate, America, Japan, Mexico and tutti Korei, play, listen, and do you pleasure.

(Originally written by poulpat4/translated from Audiofanzine FR)
Mexican Telecaster Deluxe

2 x Tex Mex Tele single coils

1 x Tex Mex Strat single coil

Volume and tone controls

Rosewood fingerboard

3-color sunburst

3-ply tortoise shell pickguard

Vintage

UTILIZATION

Some hands are made for Gibson and some others for Fender.

I play blues rock.

Typical Telecaster design: it's a simple wood plank... and I love it!

The Tele/Strat pickup mix is nice.

SOUNDS

Generally speaking, Fender guitars are good for blues rock, and you'll only need your amp to fine tune your sound.

I played this guitar with a Shwoman (very good), Classic 50 (too loud and too much mids), Pro Junior (hmmm, not so good), Deville (yeah!), Deluxe 65 (really wow!), Tinny Terror (very rocky).

The Tinny provides no setting possibilities so it's either you like it or not... I love it!

The sound possibilities range from quite clean crunch to pure British rock overdrive.

OVERALL OPINION

Since '98.

It looks vintage.

I tested other guitars: Washburn (2 humbuckers), Ibanez, Les Paul Studio, Strat Reissue 52, etc.

But it was love at first sight with this guitar. And its sound gets better as times goes by

Good value for money.

Yes, I would buy it again.