Nice. I got the gunmetal one a few weeks ago. I put on some heavier strings and didn’t have to touch the truss rod, just lowered the saddles a little bit. The pickups distort real easily, have to dial the volume back a bit on the guitar to get them to clean up
@@matthewtyler-jones8317 I've looked under mine. Pretty standard Telecaster routing on the bridge pickup, neck pickup can fit even long-leg Gibson pickups. No conductive paint for shielding though, so I will add some as I am fitting a real single coil in the bridge. I also drilled the headstock to fit Gotoh locking tuners. I was very careful but you should be as apparently roasted maples is not only hard but can crack easily. Mine was fine. I also fitted nicer Gotoh VK-18 black dome knobs a a Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL string tree and DiMarzio locking strap. I have some Bare Knuckle stuff coming for it etc ... a great modding platform but also a great budget guitar in stock form
Nice demo - thanks for sharing. The guitar looks and sounds awesome. I've been eagerly waiting for these to arrive in the UK, so I can try one out ... but sadly nowhere seems to have them in stock yet. Regarding the high action you mention in your video ... would this be a relatively easy fix do you think, by lower the bridge saddles, or is it something more serious?
@@matthewtyler-jones8317 My local shop (PMT) is just saying "available to preorder", but doesn't give an expected in stock date. Andertons are reporting a three month wait for the white one and 26th July for the gunmetal and gold models. I think all three look awesome, but I'm leaning towards the gunmetal 😊 I don't want to purchase online though .... need to play it first. So I'll have to wait for PMT to get them in stock. I've been procrastinating about buying a Telecaster for a couple of years now, so I guess I can wait a few more months 🙄
@@andrewwallace1729 that’s "three months *or longer*" at Andertons. It’s them that said October. I have pre-ordered, but for collection and I will go and check out the gold and gunmetal ones when they come in. If they feel really bad, I will switch my order to a cheaper Ibanez I quite like. Or if I fall in love with the gunmetal (which is a possibility) I might take that instead. Otherwise I will hold out for the white.
@@matthewtyler-jones8317 Ouch. October is a long time to wait ☹️ Hope you manage to get it sooner. I originally wanted the white one, until I saw another TH-camr demo the gunmetal ... it looks so much better on video than in the Fender pictures - has a nice greenish tinge to it 😊 Would settle for any of them though ... only heard good things about them so far.
Nice. I got the gunmetal one a few weeks ago. I put on some heavier strings and didn’t have to touch the truss rod, just lowered the saddles a little bit. The pickups distort real easily, have to dial the volume back a bit on the guitar to get them to clean up
Pleased you put this up.I have been looking for user reviews of this model. Are you planning on opening it up at any time?
“Opening it up?”
@@WriterMikeMonson looking under the tone/volume plate, not ripping the body in half!
@@matthewtyler-jones8317 ahhhhhhhhhhh- no, I won’t do that. Too afraid I’d mess something up.
@@WriterMikeMonson I know what you mean. I shall have to wait for a more adventurous reviewer to get the screwdriver out!
@@matthewtyler-jones8317 I've looked under mine. Pretty standard Telecaster routing on the bridge pickup, neck pickup can fit even long-leg Gibson pickups. No conductive paint for shielding though, so I will add some as I am fitting a real single coil in the bridge. I also drilled the headstock to fit Gotoh locking tuners. I was very careful but you should be as apparently roasted maples is not only hard but can crack easily. Mine was fine. I also fitted nicer Gotoh VK-18 black dome knobs a a Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL string tree and DiMarzio locking strap. I have some Bare Knuckle stuff coming for it etc ... a great modding platform but also a great budget guitar in stock form
I'm trying to decide if I need one. I've commented before I have the original Epiphone ES 339 pro and it's a cherry red blues machine.
Nice video. I love this gold color. But I wanted to know it it's a flat gold or does it have sparkle
Flat
Its a keeper? What did you do with it in the end?
I returned it.
@@WriterMikeMonson why?
What amp did you use?
Boss Katana 100
Nice demo - thanks for sharing. The guitar looks and sounds awesome. I've been eagerly waiting for these to arrive in the UK, so I can try one out ... but sadly nowhere seems to have them in stock yet. Regarding the high action you mention in your video ... would this be a relatively easy fix do you think, by lower the bridge saddles, or is it something more serious?
I am in the UK too and my local shop is telling me October fir the white one. Gunmetal and Gold in July though.
@@matthewtyler-jones8317 My local shop (PMT) is just saying "available to preorder", but doesn't give an expected in stock date. Andertons are reporting a three month wait for the white one and 26th July for the gunmetal and gold models. I think all three look awesome, but I'm leaning towards the gunmetal 😊 I don't want to purchase online though .... need to play it first. So I'll have to wait for PMT to get them in stock. I've been procrastinating about buying a Telecaster for a couple of years now, so I guess I can wait a few more months 🙄
@@andrewwallace1729 that’s "three months *or longer*" at Andertons. It’s them that said October. I have pre-ordered, but for collection and I will go and check out the gold and gunmetal ones when they come in. If they feel really bad, I will switch my order to a cheaper Ibanez I quite like. Or if I fall in love with the gunmetal (which is a possibility) I might take that instead. Otherwise I will hold out for the white.
@@matthewtyler-jones8317 Ouch. October is a long time to wait ☹️ Hope you manage to get it sooner. I originally wanted the white one, until I saw another TH-camr demo the gunmetal ... it looks so much better on video than in the Fender pictures - has a nice greenish tinge to it 😊 Would settle for any of them though ... only heard good things about them so far.