All user reviews for the Fender Special Edition Lite Ash Telecaster

Here are the characteristics of the shovel:

Model: Lite Ash Telecaster ®
Series: Special Series

Body: Light swamp ash / natural Finish: Polyurethane
Channel: birdseye maple, "C" / Satin finish: Polyéruthane
Key: birdseye maple / Radius: 9.5 "Radius (241mm)
Inlays: Abalone Points
Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo

Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan ® Alnico Pro TRPA-1
Micro Neck: Seymour Duncan ® Alnico Pro NLT-1,
Controls: 1 Master Volume, Master Tone 1
Switch: 3 positions
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
Position 3. Neck Pickup

Bridge: Vintage, 3 Brass Saddles.
Tuners: Chrome Oil bath
Pickguard: 1-ply black

Scale: 25.5 "(648 mm)
Nut: 1.625 "

It is simply to fall visually. The birdseye maple ca makes really good!
For against my last fret reveals glue ... ahhh Korea ^ ^.
Small flat on the vintage bridge (we like it or not), I personally find it quite hard to adjust (height and intonation set) so I plan to replace it with the new bridge Fender (new vintage) with six adjustable saddles.
Flat on the second mechanical bath oils that seem pretty cheap! Very soon replaced by a mechanical locking Gotoh.

-2 To fret drooling glue, bridges and lifts: 8 / 10

Added 11/07/2008:
After a few days of play here on the telecaster ms ripe fruits of reflections.
The guitar is obviously not delivered if not set up microphones
I have a completely dead fret (the 18th), so I'll have to make a schedule!
The handle is hollowed out, despite pulling too light.

UTILIZATION

This is the first Telecaster, even though I already try some TV.

The handle is a delight. Visual feast, feast at the game! It has slipped back! Even a shredder will find his account.

Small problem: the junction body / neck is square ... it can be unpleasant if you want to play high enough.

The body is light ... really light! One wonders how it will age all this!

Everything is well balanced, is fun to play as much as sitting upright.

Ergonomically speaking it's perfect! A real TV!

on the other hand as stated above the vintage bridge with brass saddles I am moderately fan!

9 / 10

SOUNDS

Versatile is the word for this TV! She forged everything and seems to blues and rock!

Metal less!

The pickups are good! I love the lipstick to his hot stick, and so round!

Flat for the bridge pickup! It's really loud! We love, we love it!

Warning against the parasite! The pickups are very sensitive!

Added 11/07/2008:
Micro Channel: The sound that I prefer most. LIPSTICK's a real, warm and round! A joy I can not get enough! Very balanced for a neck pickup in a tube amp is a real massacre.

Bridge Pickup: Micro-saturated ... really too keen. With a good "twang", the beautiful harmonics coming out easily. But far too sensitive to noise. I'll change it for a lil punch in GFS (a humbucker size single coil.

Intermediate position sound very strat! Funky and groovy a wish, even if it loses a bit of personality to the microphone!

9 / 10

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for one hour, so a notice is hot! I reissue it later after careful use!

I love the look of this TV which seems straight out of the custom shop ....( CORT plant in Korea in truth, plant that is fairly well known for its guitars of good quality). A bird's eye maple everything peter!
The finish is really good (apart from a few notable failure) for a guitar at this price!

I tried a Mexican standart .... it had the bridge to six bridges and more ... a few pounds too, but all that charm and less! When we think has a TV has less than 500 euros which seems new and unique! There's something to ask about the new standard Fender 1000 euros and a US wheelbarrows! The value for money is excellent!

Go for it! Try! Et ... maybe ... Buy your eyes closed!

Added 11/07/2008:
The balance remains the same: A beautiful instrument, very enjoyable to play, to Its actually taking and higher quality thanks to Seymour Duncan, but finishing at the very limited run (only the last frets but it's still annoying) . Production seems to uneven!

For specifications see the other view.
Bought second hand for 400 euros .. Almost new, mounted and perfectly set 10-46.
The quality of the violin seems uneven, but mine does not have an défaut.Je came across a good numéro.Finition blonde.Vraiment beautiful.
The pots turn smoothly without play and the mechanics seem good.
The guitar is perfect agreement.
The vintage bridge, three bridges, I love. That's the TV.
The varnish may be the body is it a little thick ...

UTILIZATION

Channel perfect, super nice and comfortable, in addition to being beautiful.
The guitar is relatively light, but less than my Gibson Blueshawk.
Good point, it already sounds good to feel the vibrate vide.On against you.

SOUNDS

The sound is up .. can not be found not quite the brilliance of some American but it does not bother me.
Neck pickup very close to a P90 in a little less bold, though pickup "twangy" but not aggressive.
Mix the two well funky ..
What is surprising is that little is actually quite versatile.
Very nice too, the progressivity of the volume knob that allows all the nuances.
Well, the output level is not delusional, and microphones are a bit of precision, especially on distos.Ceci said, is not the vocation of a TV ...
Particularly comfortable and enjoyable on crunch sounds ..

OVERALL OPINION

Frankly, when you do not afford a reissue52 (but is it worth 1800 euros?), This Lite Ash is an unbeatable value for money ..
Well regulated, at least 10-46 mounted, plugged into a good all-tube, it is a feast for the eyes and ears.
Well above most Mexican and a good shovelful of American, in my opinion.
In this price range is a must ...
Compared to Baja for example, can be just blamed a lack of personnalité.C is a great little guitar, "easier" and civilized than what is expected of a TV, which normally "stands "but a little bland too.
In any case, it is a quality introduction to the world Telecaster.

So it's a Telecaster, made in Korea, with an ash body marshes (in 2 parts on mine), a birdseye maple neck and birdseye maple stain reported. The choice of a key report instead of a real mapleneck is curious, given that there is bleeding from the truss rod in the back of the neck ... Incidentally, I'm not a big fan of birdseye (but all tastes are in nature) and this seems too soft maple. Poorly dried, perhaps?
The pickups are excellent and NLT-1 TRPA-1 Seymour Duncan home.
The bridge is a "vintage", 3 bridges.
The mechanical oil bath are a little cheap at first, but yet prove accurate and reliable over time.
The varnish of the body is fairly thick and glossy ... damage.
Note also that the edges of the body are a little smoother than most of the Telecaster (well, that gun down a little less forearm ...)
In short, overall, this is typically a Telecaster vintage-inspired.

UTILIZATION

The first grip ... ouch ouch ouch!
The frets were cut with an ax and spill over the sides of the handle, and no setting has been done by default! The neck is too concave, the action is monstrous, and accuracy is catastrophic.
Well, nothing very serious, in absolute terms, but we will have to spend two hours in the workshop.
The neck is thin enough in C for a Telecaster, and is very comfortable once the frets polished. The satin finish provides excellent glide. I prefer the thicker sleeves, but it's a matter of taste.
The guitar is light enough (normal, the body is ash swamps).
Otherwise, this is typically a Telecaster: you plug it sounds.

SOUNDS

From the outset, the first attempt at the store (although the settings were catastrophic and the edges of frets aggressive), I felt the direct potential of this skyscraper.
It is kneaded fault (nothing but crippling) but what it sounds! terrible! A monstrous character.
On the bridge pickup, its clear that twangue at full speed. I rarely played with such a tele Twang. The attacks are chattering, in short, stack what I wanted.
In crunch, each attack brings down the plaster. It's rock to be terribly scabby ...
And surprise, a simple microphone, the free saturations go perfectly with a grain to wake the dead.
The neck pickup sounds much darker, and is down-level compared to the significant pickup. Not super convenient to switch between the two. For cons, I love its sound. It's soft, very round, and with a slight crunch (the TS9 thank you), it offers a dynamic and grain absolutely delicious. Very, very bluesy.
Incidentally, pleasant surprise that makes it even better, the knobs for volume and tone controls are very usable (it will sometimes calm the heat of the bridge pickup).
In the end, whatever the style matter, this guitar still requires his character to it, and it is a treat!
It will quite happily from blues to hard rock to Aerosmith through the rock or country stonien with all possible variants.
No, really, to sound, it sounds!

OVERALL OPINION

I have 7 years (déjà. ..)
I tried a lot of TLC, some fabulous, others bland.
I especially the idea of ​​buying a Baja, very pretty and with a round profile that I like, but I finally found far too civilized, without character.
The Lite Ash really has his "mojo" of its own. I found, it corresponds to what I wanted, so I keep it! Especially since, contrary to what I feared, she is aging very well. The sleeve has kindly finish is dry is now perfectly stable, and gradually taking guitar yellow with age. It's starting to look pretty for a "butterscoth blonde" (the fact that it is on a stand facing the window to help a lot too).
In short, it's a guitar that requires a little tinkering at the beginning (or a visit to the luthier), but it really deserves it!
For the price it costs, that sounds like a scratch that's unexpected.

22/08/11:

The specs listed above are as complete exact. Question pace and finish (mine is natural) is a real gem.

9 / 10

UTILIZATION

22/08/11:

From an LP-like with a radius affects strongly curved, the Tele was surprised by its flatness, but ultimately, it is not less comfortable.

Question weight, it arises there. It's massive in bulk, but the ergonomics of the whole is good.

8 / 10

SOUNDS

22/08/11:

While the sound is very funny, because I have long been disappointed. Let's say that when I bought from a friend who had obviously made a mistake buying, I'm glad because I would finally have a Fender Telecaster (I dreamed, bushel, when I started the scratches). And then the sound of the Tele, the Tele sound!

I plugged in my preamp which is plugged into my mixer and started to play ... Hmm ... a bit like myself have made, on this one.

That's the sound of the legendary Tele? The famous twang ... means. The bridge pickup deemed scratching the ears ... bof, very muffled. For cons, the neck pickup, delicious. And the tone control ... limit fraud, what: the on / off without progression, offering a unique sound color from 0 to 7, and one other from 7 to 10, that's all. In short, the beautiful has spent more time in the cozy comfort of his flycase between my hands.

And then a little annoying that disappointment, I just dug. Most recently, I opened the control plate, only to find that the tone knob was 250 ohms (measured actually 230) with a 22 pico condo. With a side knob 500 kohms condo with 0.22, I tried the registry:

AYE! I HAVE MY TELE deflowered! THE sound of Telecaster as desired, with a real escalation in the tone controls. The sound has finally opened. And that changes everything. It slams like that is slamming, it retrieves the chest that finally allows the amp to cruncher is nuanced and it respects the effort - worthy but very flawed - to yours truly to give the shade and its dyanamique Thurs A real treat, a reward, too.

10/10, but that ALL should note the change I made, because if he had taken note of the original product ... how to say ... Zero plus zero equals the head in toto?

OVERALL OPINION

22/08/11:

I played more in the last two weeks for almost two years as she arrived home.

I honestly had no idea how two passive components could transform the sound of a guitar. It does looks perhaps not often enough on the characteristics of the electronics to take the essence of an instrument like that.

Result, it is also delicious, as delicious as honey to play its natural finish.

For reasons of ease of playing, I will also reverse the control plate and knobs for the switch side next round ass and not in order to enhance usability and access to two potentiometers.

Purchased as new (played a few hours) to almost half price, a great opportunity I had there, and knowing what I know he needs the guts to give what is expected of it, yes, I would do this choice with his eyes closed.

9 / 10

MODEL home fender (that described above) made in Korea by Cort plants
manufacturing treats
frne body.
22 frets
ACCS easy to acute
Micos for my 2 smples used with a 3 position selector
vintage bridge with triple jumper who still holds good agreement
2 knobs: volume and tone well beefy
C Saddle handle bird's eye that lets skate beautifully by the same temps.Ce handle is dropped, but rather an enjoyable APRS p'tite into fingers.
mcanique standarts unexceptional

UTILIZATION

Guitar ncessite a good weight belt ... especially for those of you who are not size as ZACK WYLDE
its typical tl with the slamming CHARACTERISTICS obtained if the micro acute inimitable ... ... and the price

SOUNDS

Mainly used to play blues and rock Frusciante's ... we believe it.
a slap is ractif wish and even on the neck pickup, pretty sounds come out easily without Bucklennes 36 added effects.
used on my little Valbee the clean channel to enjoy the twang and the lamp without the gills of my dzinguer CHRE and tender ... as comfortable on the ValveKing great to send arp management or the solos of John the derrire Fagos.
great ease in the crunch and clear for large distos nothing can replace a good humbucker ..
THE PICKUPS ARE 2 OF SEYMOUR DUNACAN SERIE.parfait scratches ... nothing for this change.

OVERALL OPINION

Buy a friend for one week for a mouth bread.
mine is vintage White with a jump of paint on the notches ...
I love the time I dj.depuis rvais a tl.
It's really the guitar rock.
vintage minimalist look for a guitar that really ought old.
the day I acquired, I spent an hour playing it to my empty red hot in the living room ... and God has sounded
choice to carry about 200%
and for a price that sends the Mexican and U.S. on Pluto.
for the fans

- Guitar made in Korea
- 22 frets (jumbo), two single coil pickups, Seymour Duncan brand (one in the neck position and the second in the bridge position)
- Vintage bridge with 3 saddles for harmonic settings, etc ...
- 1 volume knob, 1 tone knob, a 3-position switch (neck, neck-bridge, bridge) - currently, the config of origin of a TV.
- Manche "birdeye" (speckled) profile "C", maple fingerboard.

UTILIZATION

- Telecaster is a handle, so, yes, very nice, very comfortable, and the key is maple, so it's a good thing.
- Access to acute not easy (or difficult), demands a little swaying to do so.
- His weight is "normal", even if this model is the "Light" version of the original Telecaster.
- Gets it easy to sound good? ... It's a TELE = = D

SOUNDS

- It suits my style (pop / rock)
- I still play on a small 15W amp, but I plan to buy a 100W (with Marshall, I think ...) and for the moment, it suits me perfectly.
- It's a versatile guitar, it adapts to all playing styles, techniques (tapping very nice - just to name a technique -)

OVERALL OPINION

I bought the guitar at a private early last September (2007) was a disaster ... A huge sticker was stuck on the table (towards the bridge), the tone knob was screwed badly, the input jack was bent, and some paint chips in places, but other than that, the guitar was still well maintained . At the price it costs (in a French music store) right now, it approaches the € 600 (less on Thomann, 400 ...), I think I got it for 350 €.

Of course, after the investment (whether in OCCAZ 'or nine), a TV to defects ... For my part, I replaced the input jack with another, much stronger, I screwed the tone knob, tighten the screws for the strap.

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The input jack "classic" in the Lite Ash

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The new input jack (much stronger)

Photos that are present on the net are wrong (especially the logo, which is not the same on the site off of Fender or Fender in the mag)

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Overview of the guitar (here Artic White)

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And finally, the real logo "Fender"

That's the opinion of the "Lite Ash Telecaster Special Edition". Feel free to contact me if you want more info on the guitar

Good guitar at all!

For detailed specifications, see the website of Fender.

Otherwise:

Telecaster pickups with two singles, all that is more "conventional". One volume, one tone, 3-position selector.

The neck is maple and has a profile c.

UTILIZATION

As normal, I use an Ibanez mahogany in HH (SH4 the bridge) and last year I ordered a Squier Affinity Tele, maple neck. Since I'm in love with this type of handle.

I am therefore pleased by purchasing one of the last Lite Ash "discoverable" and I do not regret!

Channel ultra nice except some frets that cut a little (really little). A quick file and voila.

Direct ownership but it needs to be tamed, you must master it and that's what makes it special for me.

You plug and Rock'n Roll Baby!

Tip 1: Replace the strings directly. With the original one falls in love but by replacing the "right strings", so there .... enjoy!

Tip 2: properly shielded the cavities with copper, it costs nothing! If you do well, no more problem of mass and it was a sound "more beautiful"!

SOUNDS

Well ... what about more than others think it is quite addictive though small.

EAs are doing their job, especially in the intermediate position where the sounds are clear to pee I think.

The bridge pickup can seem garish, but the tone is doing its job .. really good. Otherwise, he slams good and punchy enough I think. It was not the humbucker but it is fantastically good road.

The neck pickup is a little "dark", I found the board a bit.

Apart from that, we sound "tele" which sends the wood as they say. I find this type of sound "simple and extremely effective." A good amp, the Lite Ash and what else?

Otherwise, there are ways to "almost" do it all ... no worries!

OVERALL OPINION

I have long wanted a telecaster for a simple and effective and also for the look and of course I am fond of this race.

I'm no style to put huge sums of guitars and the Lite Ash met all my criteria. Apart from the frets that can cut a bit ... I do not know what to say bad about this guitar.

For 500 € you have a really good guitar. She has a "real" sound and was not afraid to use it as it should not be afraid to make a sparkle in it. I do not want to put more and I do not see what's the point.

If you are looking for a good guitar with his character ... look no further!

Fender made in Korea, Seymour pickups, 1 vol, 1 tone... but everybody knows that.
In my view, the only defect is a poor shielding, but that can be quickly fixed with an aluminum sheet. The birdseye maple neck + fretboard are really nice.

UTILIZATION

The neck is nice, the weight is perfectly distributed.
You need some time to get familiar with it: A Tele is not an easy guitar to play and even less so to make it sound!

SOUNDS

It sounds great clean, it's amazing!
I play it mainly with a Traynor or with a Palmer pocket amp.
With the bridge pickup and the Tone to the max on the neck pickup, I add a heavy distortion and it sounds awesome!!! (yes, yes, even Obituary works!)
With a blue box you get a killer sound...

OVERALL OPINION

I've been using it since 2005, it's a 2004 model. It will get a patina over time, which is fine because I had a hard time getting a good feeling with the neck. You just need to let it age a bit. This is the only guitar I use for clean sounds and the only one with single-coils, the rest of the time I have EMG 81s, which will stay with me until death do us apart. I just love it. It turns 10 this year and it just sounds better and better.
I paid $780 back then, which seems a good deal. I would buy it again with my eyes closed. I wanted to make it active (Emg) but after thinking it over, I decided to leave it "as is.". The only mod I did was to add some shielding with the aluminum sheet to control the buzz when playing distortion. If you find one secondhand, go for it!!!

(Originally written by damiansdick/translated from Audiofanzine FR)
Made in South Korea.

Natural finish.

Lite Ash body

Birdseye maple neck

Classic Fender Telecaster bolt-on neck

22 classic Fender Telecaster frets

Classic Fender Telecaster hardware

Seymour Duncan pickup

One volume and one tone control

3-way toggle switch.

UTILIZATION

Classic Fender Telecaster birdseye neck and fingerboard.

Very pleasant and rather slim neck considering it's a Telecaster. The wood looks wonderful.

The ash body also looks beautiful (even nicer than some Mexico and US models).

Typical Telecaster playability but the guitar is quite light.

It's a pleasure to take it in your hands.

The acoustic sound is very good. It's a real delight to the ears.

SOUNDS

I played it with a Marshall 80/80 and a Roland Micro Cube.

And the sound:

The Seymour Duncan are a tribute to the typical Telecaster sound you would like to get.

The guitar screams, bangs and twangs... It's a Telecaster, a real one... Let's Rock Baby

OVERALL OPINION

Excellent value for money.

How it all started:

One day I went by a music store. I had enough time to try out a nice guitar. So now I stood in front of a Fender wall (Fender instruments from left to right). A few months earlier I had asked my luthier to build a Telecaster for me, so I had wanted to see if I could find a better Tele than mine. I tested a Mexican model which was quite good. I tested an expensive Mexican version that sounded even better. I looked at the guitar wall from right to left (prices going up). So I took the the guitar on the extreme left side, the most expensive one (a US something Plus model)... It sounded very good but it didn't blow me away. I was proud thinking "mine is better...".

But I hadn't seen the Lite Ash. It was hidden. I took it as soon as I saw it and the acoustic sound was already great. I thought: Birdseye maple, it's certainly an expensive guitar. I turned out the guitar that sounded better was the cheapest one. SO I bought it on the spot. The shop assistant asked me if I really wanted it because of the knurl defects of the neck!! Birdseye maple??? Knurls?? Right!!

The acoustic and electric sound is great and the varnish finish is very resistant.

My cat dropped a Boss pedal on it and the varnish shows only a scratch where others would have a hole.

Based on my experience I wouldn't hesitate to buy it again with my eyes closed.