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Fender Special Edition Lite Ash Telecaster

TLC-Shaped Guitar from Fender belonging to the Telecaster series

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«  a strong character that Tele »

Published on 11/08/13 at 10:50
Value For Money : Excellent
For features, I refer to previous opinions. In summary this is a limited edition, it's CORT FENDER components assembled in South Korea.
This is a very traditional look telecaster
Ash-body: sublime with its gloss
-Maple neck (see below)
-2 Microphones including the handle of a very typical telecaster
Easel 3 vintage bridges
except that:
It birdeye Handle with landmark pearl adds a very natural aesthetic rating
-The neck pickup is closer to the handle than standard models hair. Anyway doing blunder if you want to change the pickguard!
-The bridge pickup has a "modern" power.

Quality at an appointment with a notable feature: if the general pattern remains the same, each model is unique. It is very sensitive from an aesthetic point of view: the wood is apparent in the case of wood and very typical, your telecaster lite ash is necessarily original. What pleases obviously collectors.
I love his aesthetic and this guitar also highly appealing to people who watch them play.

UTILIZATION

Light and easy to wear guitar sitting or standing.
Access to very decent treble.
I am a bit different assessments regarding the race: compared to my stratovolcano, or even that of my jazz guitar ibanez handle demand more accurately and does not tolerate much error. The varnish is dull and dry: at least it's not too slippery for sweaty hands (not my case). But you get used to quickly. It is very beautiful which adds fun to the game

Warning this guitar is pretty fussy with the settings: it does not tolerate too much either the guesswork.

SOUNDS

His strong character is there: it releases energy and a remarkable radiance.

In clean:
-The neck pickup is very round, perfect for jazz and clean blues
-The intermediate position and the bridge pickup: it has a very distinctive twang of the Telecaster, very thin, sharp, nervous. In rhythmic it rocks!

Into overdrive:
Saturation is accurate, both very low in fat and very powerful. The output level is much stronger than my Stratocaster and almost equal to my Les Paul! Basically it sounds vintage but with a modern power.
-Saturated, I use very little the neck pickup: I prefer the bridge pickup with tone adjusted serious in this case.
-The intermediate position and the bridge pickup: it is nervous, bright, clear, incisive. It severe rock but without sounding sterile. We arrive well to distinguish all the components of a good riff but beware, the approximation does not go unnoticed!

Note two small problems:
-The bass is as accurate as heavy compared to mediums. Attention to settings. It is more sensitive in its clear that its saturated.
-Saturated sound, treble generate a significant background noise unless of course the hand is placed on the strings between the phase of play in the phases of the game, RAS.

OVERALL OPINION

It is not by chance that it is highly sought after on the market for secondhand!
I tend to get bored and sell certain acquisitions but then there no question of selling this model!
This telecaster has a very strong character, at the edge of the punch in use, but frighteningly accurate and vivid if well controlled.
When more each model is unique and characteristic of an aesthetic point of view (sound I do not know ....)
This is an excellent guitar with excellent value for money. With the scarcity should still take the value.