Review Of The Fender Standard Telecaster

By Janus Ng

The Fender Telecaster, although has only a simple, dual pick-up and a solid body design, it is considered by many professional players to be one of the great electric guitar development in the 20th century. It has sets trends in the popular music history. The Fender Standard Telecaster, just as what its name says, has set the standard for all other guitars.

The Fender Standard Telecaster is made out of Fender's hi-tech production facility in Mexico. This allows Fender to produce a high quality guitar at an affordable price. The Fender Standard Tele had a few subtle upgrades in 2006. For instance, the edges at the neck were smoothed off, similar to the American made models. Also, the frets were replaced with slightly larger fret wire which is preferred to the skinny frets. In addition, they use a bridge where the strings go through the body of the guitar, rather than fixing to the bridge itself. This improves the tone and sustain of the guitar.

How It Sounds:

For having only 2 single coil pick-ups, this Fender Standard Telecaster has an amazing sound. The neck pick-up sounds classic and clean; the bridge gives that signature telecaster twang; the middle is a bright, rich tone, which can go with any kind of music.

Playability:

This is an intuitive and user-friendly guitar with great playability. Plus it's very comfortable to use. Apparently Fender has really paid attention to what players want, like the fret and nut work and the rolled fret edges. You'll find that it's possible to make a first string whole note bend, without volume loss on the bent note.

Special Features:

* Model: Fender Telecaster Standard

* Body: Alder

* Neck: One-Piece Maple, Modern C-Shape

* Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5 Radius

* Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo Frets

* Pickups: 2 Standard Tele Single-Coil Pickups (Neck & Bridge)

* Controls: Master Volume and Master Tone

* Bridge: Standard 6-Saddle String-Thru-Body Bridge

* Machine Heads: Fender/Ping Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines

* Pickguard: 3-Ply (Parchment)

* Accessories: Standard Gig Bag

Value:

For the money, this is probably the best bang for the buck. You may hear people say that it can't do heavy rock or metal. However, if you adjust the tone knob and use the neck or the middle pickup, you should be fine.

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