All user reviews for the Fender TL62

What I love about the fender telecaster guitar is it's cool when unique sustain that is very different than any other guitar in his class. When I think about the Fender Stratocaster. I think about a good clean bluesy tone and a good hard rock tone. When I think of the fender telecaster I think of more of a cleaner tone that has a fun single quills sustain that allows for a ticking time and a note separation much better than a Fender Stratocaster. Maybe it's the body shape or the neck with these guitars but they just sound's so much different than a Stratocaster. Even though they're almost similar with the sing clean tones but they are very different in their attack and field.

The fender telecaster has a neck that is a lot smoother to me and allows for a better speed playing for country music specifically. I think this is why a lot of country guitar players lean towards this guitar because it has a very fast neck and you can get those lead lines a lot quicker in my opinion and a Fender Stratocaster.

UTILIZATION


Neck Shape: "C" Shape
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Vintage Style Frets
Position Inlays: Pearl Dot Inlays
Fretboard Radius: 7.25" (18.41 cm)
Fretboard: Maple
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Nut Width: 1.650” (42 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
Neck Plate: Serialized 4 Bolt Neckplate
Truss Rod Nut: Original Vintage Style
Electronics
Pickup Configuration: S/S
Bridge Pickup: '62 Tele® Custom Single-Coil Pickup (Bridge)
Neck Pickup: '62 Tele® Custom Single-Coil Pickup (Bridge)
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Neck Pickup with Tone Control (Bright Vintage Circuit), Position 3. Neck Pickup with No Tone Control (Dark Vintage Circuit)
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone

SOUNDS


This guitar is very unique and very different than Fender Stratocaster or Gibson Les Paul which are probably the two biggest rivalries in competition to this guitar. The tone of that has a nice clean jangly town that you you can get a good fun clean overdriven tone with. You have two single coils in the body with a volume and tone control knob. With a good set of pick ups this guitar can sing like nobodies business. It has a great feel and sparkle that is very addictive audibly. I absolutely love the tone and feel of the telecaster probably even a little bit more then some of the bigger body guitars. I guess it just depends on my mood whether I feel like a Fender Stratocaster or a telecaster but but lately I've just been leaning more towards the fender telecaster because that's possibly the music up and listening to has been featuring these guitars or I'm tired of listening to a Fender Stratocaster in general right now.

The tones guitar sounds great with the fender amplifier or even a Marshall amplifier. Pretty much any at the far you have will sound good with his guitar but I prefer something out on the cleaner side with an overdrive pedal. This guitar doesn't do high gain very well so if you're looking to do hard rock tones with this guitar you probably want to search for something else such as a Fender Stratocaster at the very least or definitely a guitar with a humbucker pick up installed.


OVERALL OPINION


I have highly recommend this guitar to anyone he's looking for a good clean sounding guitar. These guitars don't take distortion very well; it will sound good but it's not to the best. It's getting to be a good time for note separation and lead line playing. It has a very unique staying in a very cool sustain that is able to branch through different genres of music. At new you can find guitars right around $1200 which the great price for a great sounding guitar. This is an American built guitar and it has that quality and craftsmanship that you would expect. This is an exceptional guitar for any guitar player looking to expand your guitar collection.

Telecaster Custom 62 (not 60) made in Japan.
Superb color sunburst with white nets.

UTILIZATION

Saying anything, there is no simpler and more user friendly ... it's THE guitar ...

SOUNDS

The pickups are not really the height of the violin. I will also try to change as it sounds, even when some "small" I got a little frle.

OVERALL OPINION

This guitar is the most beautiful in the world and I'm not happy when others have the Senigallia's sound is a bit "limited" not bad but "small", which may justify the price diffrence with a "big" Telecaster amricaine and again, the spitting APRS jack produces only a few months of use and the volume knob is in the process of making me .. So by changing the pickups and replacing Jack and button, this should be the best guitar in the world. (And I reminds that it is the MODEL 62 and not 60)

Made In Japan
21 frets
Fender Texas Special Tele Pickups
Alder body, maple neck.
Channel C: Hyper pleasant, rather than on my old 50's Classic Series Tele.
1 volume, 1 tone, 3-position selector.
Mechanical? but take the road a priori, not too much detuning.
Lighter than MIM.
10/10 for the violin, finishes and pickups.
10/10 at 9, not because of the microphones: see below.

UTILIZATION

The neck is SUPER nice for a Tele.
I felt good on the sleeves of Les Paul, it makes me change my mind. On my old Tele MIM Classic Series 50's, I had trouble making force barred solos with string jumps ...
It is very light, a joy to my shoulders after my Les Paul and my old MIM Tele.
Access to Acute: yes, but nothing more, unless a Start or an Ibanez, but it's still a Tele.

SOUNDS

I've had it yesterday.
After tuning, load test. Well, the drawing is a bit steep for my taste, I'll come back in 10-46, but that's a detail (it must be a currently 10-52). When empty, there's natural sustain, a good sign. Good resonance across the wood, it feels when you hold the hearing.
Test on a 5W tube amp Blackstar.
By the time the lamps warm the amp, you plug the grattoune. First clean sound on the neck pickup. REALLY sound a little warmer, I expected a mix Tele (I'm not too much for her too sharp and sometimes slamming Tele). I had before microphones SD STL/STR2 I had before on my MIM: very good microphones own with little background noise, but too much "twang" Tele.
Bridge pickup: it goes good, however I think I will use little in his clear, this position does not suit me rarely on guitars. However, this is very unpleasant on this guitar with these pickups is the breath that is much more pronounced than with my old MIM with Seymour. This will be corrected with shielding of the cavity + 1 jack my best today.
In crunch sound, bridge pickup: a massacre! Frusciante's sound on the album Blood Sugar Sex Magic. No frills and very little adjustment on the amp is really sound.
In neck pickup is great for blues solos sound a bit warm.
Not too tried saturated fat: it's not my style, but what I can say is that the microphones do not seem too crachouiller, which is good for singles.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had it yesterday.
In point of comparison, I had a good Tele invoice, a Fender Tele MIM Classic Series 50's, but in a tone deSousa: microphones means very original (they even crachouillaient horribly simple crunch). After a good replacement Seymour Duncan STL/STR2, microphones, high quality cleaner, but it was better for her too like slamming my ear.
This 62 MIJ Tele Custom is over by the handle much better, her sound much more rounded (due to the choice of Texas Special pickups and an alder body), but while remaining Tele.
I did not want microphones Stack, let alone humbucker on my Tele. Not at all mind a Tele in my opinion.
Acquired at 580 € including shipping to OCCAZ 'is excellent value for money.
It will still "invest" to correct this horrible breath (jack and shielding). This is an excellent television that will fill the pros I'm sure.
For blues, improv blues sound a little warm, a little funk - rock / funk is the foot.
I do not want to get into comparisons with American, I never tried. But the bar is set very high!

Cf product sheet.

UTILIZATION

Being a fan of the Telecaster I had the opportunity to acquire one for my birthday. I am therefore left with a budget of 1300 € in stores in search of the Telecaster of my dreams.
I had the idea of me taking a Deluxe U.S. but after trying many models I was stuck on that Telecaster MIJ 62 because of his race. Its thinner profile suits me perfectly and I find the feel more modern in terms of comfort. The violin and the finish is beautifully made in this price range so I decided to leave this base and then customize it. Basic

SOUNDS

this Telecaster has a typical sound with a pronounced twang, fans will appreciate. The 3 bridges (instead of 6 for modern guitars) would contribute to the sour tone. The pickups are well made but without much personality. If they are perfectly usable guitar still merits a change at this level to unlock its potential. Similarly, the original bridges are not very fair and so I decide to change them also but still compensated for the number 3 and steel for a more incisive. But I keep the plate in the thickness of the steel on the personality of his. Electronics is also a bit cheap and it may be worth to put real knobs CTS.

OVERALL OPINION

I purchased this guitar from Ishibashi, a Japanese store that delivers internationally. Thus the guitar cost me a lot more (950 € in total cash costs of customs instead of 700 € at Thomann for example) but I wanted a color OLB (Old Lake Placid Blue) that not found in Europe (there are only Red, Black and Sunburst here).

Basic guitar is a superb value for money. Japanese luthier do a great job and you have a real Telecaster with a twang and a pronounced personality that can not be ignored when you're a fan of this guitar.

For cons, I find that to get the most out it is very interesting to make improvements.

To me that's what I'm doing:
- Change of Bare Knuckles pickups by Brown Sugar
- Change of the circuit board by a plate pre-wired ordered from Acme Guitar (with real knobs CTS and Switchcraft jack)
- Change of jumpers by Glendale "Groovie Little 60"
- Change of base by a jack Electrosocket (renowned for its strength)

I also bought a Fender Deluxe Case for the guitar comes in a nylon bag.

The guitar is being edited at my luthier, so I will update this review after all operations on the guitar!

A Telecaster, but what ... Made in Japan.
Lutherie therefore perfect for those who still have doubts about it ...
Besides, I say to critics of MIJ guitars: Japan is in my opinion to Asia what Germany is to Europe (a point of view industrial technology)
Now, would anyone doubts about the quality of a Telecaster if it was made in Germany?
Channel

UTILIZATION

very pleasant, not a log or a match, radius 7.5 ', 21 frets.
He reconciled with the pitch Fender.
I do not let go for several months ... it did not happen so frequently.

SOUNDS

Is doubtless lies the difference with the U.S. (+ body into several parts). The original pickups are below what can be offered the violin. Illico replaced by Fender Custom Shop Texas Special is now the very serious, some would say a massacre.

OVERALL OPINION

My first Telecaster.
Bought used, 550 € + 125 € kit microphones (thank you to Alex for this very good at "Guitar Shop" near Bordeaux ...)
I urge those who finally want to try and understand why the Tele guitar is so legendary (providing a good set of micro short / medium term, according to his own style) &%&%&% &% The real alternative