Fender American Professional II Telecaster Deluxe - Review/Demo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- I've long been a fan of the Telecaster Deluxe, and Fender's latest version is a seriously versatile, incredibly playable option for all types of musicians. Check out this review of the new American Professional II Telecaster Deluxe.
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Intro : 00:00
Overview/Review : 01:50
Clean : 05:40
Effects : 07:16
Lead : 09:26
Closing Thoughts : 10:45
Man I have watched COUNTLESS videos of Les Pauls, SGs, Strats, and Teles. Seriously I've spent over 3 months trying to decide. This video within the first 5 minutes convinced me on the Tele. Thanks for the great review.
Wow, I'm so glad to hear that! Glad it could be helpful. Thanks for watching!
Its a quality instrument, I got mine early jan, taking advantage of the sales. Went for the dark night finish.
@Luke I was faced with exactly the same dilemma as you are.
Although I already have a traditional tele that’s had a lot of modifications, one them being bare knuckle “the boss” pickups. So I went for the deluxe. But here’s something..when delivered I wasn’t happy about fenders QC.
Strings were poor, action was ridiculously high and pickup height needed tweaking. I was so underwhelmed. Off it went to the tech I use for fixing, he agreed with my thoughts.
Two day later I got it back and it’s now my go to guitar. I love the pickups on this and the treble bleed.
I would demo both traditional and deluxe at your guitar shop before you make any decision.
Got mines from Bax in their January sale.....£1300 delivered although they’ve now returned to normal price.
The split to single is pretty good without too much volume drop, very snappy with spank.
Good luck 😉
@@scottmckay67 I have the same guitar and love it. Just wanted to politely point out that I don't think that's a QC issue. Most guitars don't get shipped perfectly playable for every guitarist straight from the factory. I don't think I've ever bought a guitar and expected to not set it up to my preference.
@@metalungus yeah I get what saying nick, but this really was unplayable, so much so that I was really underwhelmed with it.
The neck need adjustment and frets weren’t level, pickup height
needed raised. Action was ridiculously high.
I ordered mine online so never had a chance for a test drive prior to receiving.
For a guitar that costs as much as it does I think the quality control could have been tighter.
Lovely breakdown and playing man! Especially in the intro. You really have a way of speaking with the guitar in a very natural way. Was glad to hear some cleaner/reverb tones with this after watching several demos lacking- thanks!
Thanks Cohen! Glad you found it helpful. Happy to hear it filled a niche. ...and other demos probably didn't mention, but the vintage white ones sound the best ;-)
I ended up buying this model last week and I can’t believe how easy it is to play. I have an American professional I strat, which was my main guitar - but I picked up one of these and was blow away. Loving the versatility & playability, and due to that it’s got me seriously back into playing and learning new things!
@Eric Swartzmiller it’s a 9.5 radius. Mine came set up relatively low. Could do with a small tweak but near enough perfect for me!
Sam - I couldn't agree more. The neck is the most comfortable neck I've played! Awesome to hear it has sparked more playing for you :-)
I’ve been trying to find a demo with my playing style and this video convinced me. Thanks for the great play through dude! I’ll be picking this up soon
Great sounding ax. I'm very tempted by this. Love the look of the Vintage White. I'd love to see a comparison with the American Original Tele Custom with the true WRHB in the neck position.
Thank you very much for the series of videos on this guitar. I’m considering purchasing this, so I was wondering if you were still getting along with it?
Great demo thanks , picking the exact same guitar up tomorrow 😁
Thanks for watching! Very exciting - I hope you love it! I’ve been playing it a lot lately and really enjoying its versatility.
@@AmbientEndeavors
I will I’m excited 😊 greetings from England 🏴
Sounds fantastic!
The Olympic white finish looks clean af
so cleannn
How do the single coil split pickups on this one sound in comparison with a regular single coil tele? Love the playing!
Good question! I always feel like you sacrifice a little on the single coil sound of split coils, but these sound pretty good. There's some nice pop and twang from the bridge. I'd say you get 80-90% of the way there, but it just won't rival like a well-designed Tele single coil.
@@AmbientEndeavors Thans for the answer! What I am looking is a nice round and full in lows and mids single coil neck sound that sounds full and doesn't have a lot of annoying high frequences in around 2,5-5k. Do you think the deluxe would be the right choice for me?
Beautiful sound ❤
Hi!Is there any way I can get in touch with you?I have the same problem but the bridge sensor microphones he very sensitive or is there a problem with him?I have a video of him whistling
Hi i have a question, is it possible to change the saddles with 6 saddles config?
Very cool review thank you! Question- for clarity, would you go with a different Fender wide-range humbucker or these vmod 2’s?
Thanks for watching! So, if you're a humbucker player, the WRHBs are going to be clearer. These humbuckers sound really good, and you get the added benefit of single coil sounds in the split coil positions, which obviously get you more clarity...but comparing just on humbucker tones a good WRHB would be innately more clear. Caveat : I would pick these VMod II over the MIM Fender WRHBs, which I find to be a little muddy. I have heard GREAT things about Fender's new CuNiFe WRHBs and need to try those for comparison.
@@AmbientEndeavors thank you for the insight 👌🏽 love your tones my man.
I just can't put it down. My strat is jealous but she seriously needed a rest. I have the blue to black paint with maple neck and a rosewood fretboard. The rosewood adds to make an incredible sound and of course the maple underneath it adds strength. I absolutely love this guitar.
Man, so glad to hear you're enjoying it! I've been playing it a bunch the last few weeks and it just feels & sounds so good.
@Luke Not really because the Tele pro II with a tap on the tone nobs it goes to single coil so it is much more versatile. You can get a Shawbucker sound or single coil mix or match.
@Luke There is nothing wrong with that. I have a strat too and amazingly a rare one. My strat has a rosewood body, maple neck, two shawbuckers, neck and bridge and a single coil in the middle. My very good friend Joe Kanitra now visiting me here in lil ol Texas from the motor city and hell of a guitar player loves this strat. Mind you he loves the Tele too.
That bit at 7:47 is gorgeous. I realize this is probably a newb question, but what happens if you swap these humbuckers out for normal ones that aren't designed to be split and then hit the push button on the knob? Is it like crossing the streams in ghostbusters or what? I think I'm basically sold on this guitar, but I want to know if I can easily upgrade the pickups later if I decide they're not for me.
Yeah! I really want to know too!
Hey! It's a great question. I haven't opened it up, but if you have a clever guitar tech and choose pickups with individual coil wires, you could essentially wire the coil splitting back in. Otherwise, the switching portion of the pot wouldn't do anything; you could just wire them up to the pots.
when he switches tones 8:04 its even more beautiful. A little chime is added. Infact if I were to record this piece. Id use all these tones for it. recorded on like ten tracks or so swirling in and out of each other.
Question: do the split humbuckers on this model sound like true single coil pickups?
The short answer is: yes. Check the demo section for reference, I go through all the positions in 3 different contexts. Now, are they gonna sound like your favorite boutique wound $150 single coil? Probably not, but it is a true single coil tone, and it's convincing.
I play demon rock for the Devil and this guitar would be perfect in satin red or burial black.
You do you, man.
How would you compare this guitar with the Harmony Silhouette? I know they’re different guitars, but if you had to grab one guitar from a burning building and those were the two options, why would you choose one over the other? I have liked the Fenders I’ve owned in the past but haven’t bought many nice guitars previously.
I'm guitar shopping now and really wanted to get a Silhouette until I heard about it's bad neck drop. The more I search the more it seems like Tele's are just the perfect guitar. Strats too
I just bought an ESP very unlike this guitar, but I love Teles for ambient stuff. Great demo!
I'm a Lefty player and I just built a similar version on the Mod Shop but I haven't pulled the trigger yet. How do you like the new Modern C neck?
I wish you could pick the strat headstock in the mod shop!
I've found it incredibly comfortable. It's a touch beefier than I usually play, but it's a really nice contour and shape..and the rolled fingerboard edges are very nice.
Anyone have an explanation for the volume and tone knob indicator dots being at like the 2 o’clock. Example, when the volume knob is at 0% or volume off, the knob aligns with the dot indicating level 10 or 100%. This is the same for all four knobs.
Haha oh man, Mike Adams (Puisheen) has made numerous comments about this being the case on recent Fenders. No clue why they’d pick that orientation for the knobs, it’s perplexing.
@@AmbientEndeavors I just bought this guitar two days ago and can’t believe fender didn’t include locking tuners (saving a whopping maybe $10 per guitar) so I upgraded those and now I see this dot hysteria! Wish my engineer brain could ignore this, but it was the first thing on my mind this morning at 4am. Hahahaha
What a channel!
thanks for stopping by!
great vid bro. What is the Neck Shape of this Guitar? Hope it’s D shape.
listed as a "deep C" on the spec sheet - nice rolled fingerboard too.
i’m a worship guitarist and i must say i really appreciate the tones in this video
thanks for stopping to share that! glad it was a helpful video.
Really want one of these but firs tim getting a p bass AO 60s then getting this guy
Did you put the split system there or is it included on this model?
it's stock on this new model.
Have you ever tried the "classic" version of these? They offered me a mexican 72 deluxe for a nice price and I am considering it. The pickups seem pretty different.
Awesome tones by the way :)
Hey! Check out this recent video : th-cam.com/video/cl7L4ObZiLg/w-d-xo.html I did a comparison of the 3 I own, including this Am Pro II. I believe the model you're referring to is comparable to the brown 72 Deluxe RI I show in the comparison. I LOVE that guitar, but was not a big fan of the original stock pickups it came with (10 yrs ago). I replaced them with Lollartrons and have loved it ever since. I will say it has been the most solid, comfortable guitar to play with over the years and if you find a good one from that era/line I highly recommend them as mod platforms.
@@AmbientEndeavors thanks for the fast response! Those lollartrons sound amazing, it is a very nice choice. I am looking for a PAF sound, sort to speak. I already have a SD SH1 (neck), I guess I could fit another SH1 in the bridge too. Do you know if it is possible to put them inside the large covers? Take care!
Pd. You gained another subscriber, your channel is very interesting!. Sorry if I made mistakes by the way, English isn't my mother language.
I really want one
True coil split or coil tap? And the neck would it be a more strat feel or Tele chunkier feel?
I believe it is coil splitting. I’d say they lean more toward Tele sounds; but I would not call the single coil sounds “chunky”. The video walks through all the split sounds in multiple contexts.
@@AmbientEndeavors thank you very much man, I apologize I meant the neck itself, does the neck feel like a strat or chunky Tele?
Where did you get the pickguard to fit the filtertrons?
I had Lollar cut me one years ago - I think you can find them through Warmoth or similar aftermarket suppliers
Is just bought one - pickup happens this wknd!!!
exciting !
Really great review. I appreciate it so much. The reason is because it removed me from spending all that money and getting this guitar and finding out that I do not like the sound. Don’t get me wrong. People have different feelings for what they want to hear in a guitar. I’m sure some people would really really love this guitar. But I don’t really like the sounds. And I’m so glad you let me hear this to save me from having to buy one and find out I had to send it back. Thanks again it was a great great review and I was able to hear all the sounds. Keep up the good work on your reviews. Because they are great
Thanks for the thoughtful comment - so glad you found it helpful! That's why I like getting to do these. I had similar feelings after spending some time with this guitar; it has some really strong "pros" and also feels like it was designed with a little too much breadth/versatility in mind. For me, I gravitate toward a little more focused of a sound or guitar, so I reach for my Tele with Lollartrons more often. I will say, it feels and plays superbly, and many have circled back after picking one up and said how they're happy with it. I guess it's good we have so many options to choose from :D
Such a great looking guitar.
It really is. So classy.
You really should try one of the new Fender American Original 70s with the real WRBH pickups that utilize the CuNiFe pole magnets.
There is a really big difference in the sound and feel of the CuNiFe based WRHB pickups.
Fender has made is somewhat difficult in that they have 3 versions of the WRHB pickups with only one of them being the real-deal (of course the WRHB CuNiFe pickups are only available on the more expensive Telecaster.
Not sure if you have done much research about the history surrounding the Fender WRHB Pickups, but it is truly amazing.
Seth Lover invented the original Gibson PAF Humbucker, then left Gibson to go on to work for Fender developing the WRHB!
Years later Gibson hired Tim Shaw to design a more vintage sounding pickup. Mr. Shaw left Gibson and went on to work for Fender where he revived the WRHB pickup using real CuNiFe magnets. Amazing, fact stranger (and more interesting) than fiction.
Nice Demo, Thank You.
Very cool! I knew the Seth Lover part but hadn't heard the backstory about Shaw. I have heard nothing but great things about the new CuNiFe pickups and definitely need to track some down! Thanks for watching!
No lefty version of this one available? wtf? I guess I'll get the jazzmaster!
I feel for you lefties! Tough when they don't make em in all models.
@@AmbientEndeavors I think they make all the pro II stuff lefty except this telecaster. I was surprised. Normally NOBODY makes ANYTHING lefty! Ha ha! It do get old. I played a restrung up side down Gibson Ripper years ago. I found out later that Gibson never made a lefty Ripper or Grabber. Never. That's a surprise too.
dont like modern c and rounded fretboard to 60s just for home nuudlers flat d must be
I'm going to play guitar until the last day of my life.
Too much effects in the demo
Hey, can’t win em all! Thanks for watching :)
How objective can you get if he's reviewing an instrument sent by Fender (he discloses this at the end). The moment he says bad things, he doesn't get anymore products for review. This is BS.
ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY.
But seriously, you get to make the call. I give a genuine review, and the only critiques I have on this guitar are highly subjective and preferential. Listen to the sounds, go find one in a shop and play it if you can, and decide whether it’s for you or not. I’ve fielded many folks questions about guitars I review and in some cases recommend others options or dissuade folks based on taste or objectives. I happen to like most of what fender puts out, and can guarantee they are big boys that can handle critique when it’s warranted, but I’m not just gonna make up flaws or cons if I don’t find them.