Uh oh! New GAS alert. Telecaster

[MAXIFUNK]

that'd be the new American Special series.... Here's a quick preview

Thanks I just found this link today myself on fender.com.

BTW- great playing in your VIds!

[Lev]

BTW- great playing in your VIds!

Thank you kindly

[ZMAN]

Well I have one on order. My local guy is getting a couple into his shop. I have dibs on the first one. He didn't have a Canadian price but figures it will be in the 379 range. He mentioned the intonation does not stay in as good with the 3 saddle bridge, but he said it wouldn't be a big problem to retrofit a 6 saddle bridge. I will let you guys know when I get it. ETA is a couple of weeks.
I was comparing my CV50s Strat to a couple of my Strats and man those pickups are sweet. I can only hope they are as nice on the Tele.

[Spudman***]

Well I have one on order. My local guy is getting a couple into his shop. I have dibs on the first one. He didn't have a Canadian price but figures it will be in the 379 range. He mentioned the intonation does not stay in as good with the 3 saddle bridge, but he said it wouldn't be a big problem to retrofit a 6 saddle bridge. I will let you guys know when I get it. ETA is a couple of weeks.
I was comparing my CV50s Strat to a couple of my Strats and man those pickups are sweet. I can only hope they are as nice on the Tele.

Dood! You're a dog. It's like the race is on now.



Not. I'm going to wait until people start selling their pine CVs and then grab one of those cheap.

[ZMAN]

I had one of the first CV50s Strats up here. My local guy is pretty close with the Fender Rep, being a Custom Shop dealer. They get heads up on most of the new stuff. I know it isn't as quick as MF, or the big online guys down there but I am usually pretty lucky with this stuff. I asked him to get me one of the deluxes and he got both colors. I then was ble to get two more of the Pearl ones for friends.
I never could find one of the CV Pine teles in stock anywhere though. I really wasnt looking for one.

[ZMAN]

Uh oh. Sombody got one already. The pictures are to die for.


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Here's a link to over on the TDPRI:

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaste...m-arrived.html
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[sumitomo]

That is SWEET! Looks like something Cornell Dupree or Steve Cropper might have owned,classic.Sumi

[Robert****]

Makes me wonder, who the heck will be buying Fender teles when the Squier teles are so awesome? Is Fender cutting their own throat with these awesome cheapos?

[sunvalleylaw]

Hmm, looks nice, but I tend to like teles without binding on the body. I mean, a tele is supposed to be a slab of wood with a neck attached basically, isn't it? So yes, it looks nice, but I think I will choose a different tele when I am ready. Just my opinion about what teles should be like. My ideal would look like this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmOugQl_6KU


Gonna go play me some strat blues now. . .

[M29]

I likeum raw too Steve.

[ZMAN]

Bring on the Bling. I like it just for the sake of the dings. I think it makes the guitar looked finished.
Robert you are very correct. I almost bought a used 52 reissue, but when I saw the CV tele I thought it can't get any better than that.

[Tig***]

Squier put up an new, larger picture...
Wow, this might just do it for my Tele needs. They should sell a ba'zillion of these!

[ZMAN]

It's here! I just got an email that they came in a half hour ago. I am on my way to check out the Tele. He is going to check it out and see if the Six saddle bridge will fit nicely and if so I will get it changed when he sets her up.
If not I will hold off until someone comes up with a bolt up replacement, form the aftermarket.

Update: I brought the guitar home and I it is really a sweet looking guitar.
I will try the 3 saddle set up, but so far I am not liking it.
He said the Fender 6 saddle bridge will fit perfectly. So it may be going back
for an upgrade.

[MAXIFUNK]

It's here! I just got an email that they came in a half hour ago. I am on my way to check out the Tele. He is going to check it out and see if the Six saddle bridge will fit nicely and if so I will get it changed when he sets her up.
If not I will hold off until someone comes up with a bolt up replacement, form the aftermarket.

Update: I brought the guitar home and I it is really a sweet looking guitar.
I will try the 3 saddle set up, but so far I am not liking it.
He said the Fender 6 saddle bridge will fit perfectly. So it may be going back
for an upgrade.

You lucky Stiff I have guitar ENVY!!! LOL

Enjoy, I to also hate the old Bridge so if the swap out works that would be very cool to know!. Congrats

[ZMAN]

Ii played it for a while and it is not bad. The action is a little high. This is my first tele, and I am surprised that the toggle switch is very close to the volume control in the bridge position. I have never heard anyone complain about that though.
The alnico 3 pickups sound pretty good and I tried it through my Marshall and my Fender 65 Deluxe. It sounded a lot better through the Fender.
It is an absolutely beautiful guitar and I love the fit and finish on it. Absolutely flawless. Great vintage tinted neck and the Fretboard is really well done.
I took some pictures but the flash washes out the grain. I will take some better ones in natural light.
I am kind of pissed that Fender doesn't have any tags or anything in the box.
We opened two of them today and neither had anything.
Mine has a set of D'Addario strings on it and I think they changed them before I got there. My tech knows I like them.
A little higher price here in Canada at 389 but well worth it.
Yesterday I was going through my guitar closet and found a Deluxe Fender Gig bag, that was empty. I think I traded the guitar and kept the bag.
So far so good and I will be putting up a video like Robert's on youtube.
NOT. Just kidding. You will have to take my word for it. It is over all a really nice guitar, and looks more like a 2000 dollar guitar all day long.
I personally don't like the 3 saddle bridge and I have ordered the Fender 6 saddle tele bridge for it. I will let you know how that turns out.

[MAXIFUNK]

@ ZMAN keep us posted sounds fantastic!!!!

UGH AND I SAID NO NEW GUITARS IN 2010..............................

[Spudman***]

Ii played it for a while and it is not bad. The action is a little high. This is my first tele, and I am surprised that the toggle switch is very close to the volume control in the bridge position. I have never heard anyone complain about that though.

I have.
http://www.thefret.net/showthread.ph...aster+controls

[ZMAN]

Unfortunatley, I only found this site in 2008 so I missed a lot. This is my first tele and I wasn't sure if it was just me.
Believe it or not I have heard guys complain about hitting the switches on both the Les Paul and Strat while strumming. Not much of a strummer so I always thought they were crazy.
Those chrome knurled knobs are huge. and the switch tip is very industrial. That shows the engineer side of Leo Fender. Like any guitar it will take some getting used to but so far I am warming up to it quite nicely.
I am already thinking of changing the bridge and you don't want to destroy the 50s vibe it is going for.

[sunvalleylaw]

I have hit my strat switch whilst strumming, but I figured that was newbie lack of control and over strumming. It does not happen very often now. Hmm, get a strat and mod it, get a tele and mod it. Hmm.