Fender was smart to contact you. This video is amazing. Your low-key style makes the paid promotion aspect a non-issue. They’re great guitars, and it comes down to price and preference. The Metora is a great sound and it’s a nice color.
Okay people! If Rabea isn’t one of the best newer players around I’ll eat my shoes. Rabea has an amazing touch and feel. He can also play any genre you ask him to. Fantastic playing Rabea great video. Look forward for more. Cheers!
That Texas Tea is starting to grow on me. Your cinematography and lighting is sneaky good!!! I haven’t seen anything even straight from fender that showed the finish off like you did!!!
I gotta say, the sound of you playing the Meteora was truly something special, one of the best sounds I've heard from you in a minute. While the shape of the Meteora isn't for me, I'm greatly impressed with the sound of the Haymakers.
Great review! Fender was wise to have you play their phenomenal new Ultra 2s. You did them justice. Thanks for your honesty and playing abilities. I own 3 Ultras: Tele, Strat, and Precision Bass. I love them all. They are every bit as beautiful as the originals and more! The noiseless pickups are indistinguishable to single coils even for the Ultra 1 series but quiet even with extreme gain. I had 3 other Fender Teles but sold them all just because I couldn't get comfortable with the body. The belly cut makes a huge difference to me at almost 48 yrs old. Now I love to puck up the Ultra Tele and play. I also forget about the guitars, they become an extension of myself; they are that good. John 5 loved the Ultra 2 Tele from another video. I hope Fender keeps making Ultra 1s with new pickups for the color options and rosewood fingerboards. I would love an Ultra 2 Meteora now. Thanks!
You can make anything sound great. But I am fully sold on the meteora after watching you. The split coil sounded amazing and the bridge is really full.
Tha Meteora looks awesome. I do really appreciate body shapes that are a bit different, and offsets are always cool. Probably why I love my Legator Opus T models so much as they are kinda like an offset/Tele hybrid (unfortunately discontinued now though...hopefully they will bring them back). Amazing tone coming out of the Meteora with your setup too. I really love what you were playing with it...that repeating rhythm blended so well with those trippy melodies. I was pretty tired when watching this so that part actually had me zoning out into some other world (I mean that as the utmost compliment! It really was such a dreamy, pleasant soundscape...). Would love to see a video about the scales you use to get that kind of trippy, exotic ambience as it gives your playing such a unique vibe. Unless you don't want anyone to steal your signature sound lol
Love the Texas Tea color. I have an Ultra I in he tele in that color. It is so comfortable to play. I was not fond of the teles before my Ultra. The thinner body, the belly cut, the hardware, the boost in the middle switch position. I can imagine this one is even better. Well done.
I think the Meteora is so cool! Glad Fender is finally giving us more models after dragging their feet for 4 years. Just wish they also released some Player II or Am Pro II Meteoras, because $2200 is a little steep for my blood, even though I think it's super cool
@@Lalairu Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're talking about. But they released the Player Plus Meteora HH like 2 years ago. I have the limited edition all black with ebony fingerboard and love it.
Oh wow... nice work as usual Bea. I just opted for the Fender Tele Player Plus because Chapman discontinued the ML3 Pro Traditional (bad move IMO). Player Plus series goes with the vintage noiseless, pretty much the same setup everywhere else as the Ultra II but diff color scheme on the Mexican versions of these modern type Teles... also the Player Plus series is 1300k cheaper than the Ultra II. My Tele is in the Silver Smoke color scheme with the Pau Ferro finger board. I warmed up to the vintage noiseless after I seriously considered swapping them with Nomads or the Hot Tele set from Seymour Duncan... so for now I am keeping them vintage noiseless.
I cant help myself, knowing You are in Shredgod Beastmode on Stage, i just can hear Your Ambient Nooodlin with -any- Guitar you wearing again and again for hours, such a unique Talent, I think You make even a Shein/Ali Plywood Guitar(-thing) sound classy :-)
That Meteora is very cool. I have a Baum Wingman that ticks that alternative rock riff machine box for me. Otherwise this or the Musicman St. Vincent would be really interesting to me. I find myself really wanting a Fender Jaguar at the moment. But there aren't too many options around. Maybe try and find one of the previous gen Vintera Jaguars, or import a MIJ one.
They look and sound really nice guitars from your video. I think if I had the choice of finish, I’d go with Texas tea. I think this is the first time I’ve seen a video of a Texas tea guitar and it hasn’t looked black. I used to love Fender guitars after buying my first American Strat, then I bought a tele, change the strings and most of the tuning pegs were loose in the headstock. To the point they almost fell out. Then I bought a Pro 2 Tele, changed the strings and 4 of the 6 ferrules fell out of the body. I was told by the shop that this happened a lot now with Fender. So I swapped it for a Players Edition Gretsch. It was a superior instrument for me. Which is a shame, because I also really wanted an Ultra Tele in Texas Tea. Since then, I haven’t even bothered with Fender. Hopefully they don’t have issues like this anymore, especially not on their Ultra models.
This is great. Both give such great sounds. And your playing really makes the case for them. Where are your drive tones and reverb coming from? They both sound fantastic.
If I’m getting a tele, I don’t want it do be modern - I want it to be as traditional, pain in the ass, temperamental, straight off a Nashville bar’s floor as possible. However, I have the 70th Anniversary Ultra Strat, and it’s probably my favorite guitar. Great video! I would’ve loved to hear a comparison of the noiseless PUs vs the ones on your custom shop.
Rabea I love your playing. You could play a tennis racket and make it sound great. I have one thing to ask . When you are doing demos could you stay in standard tuning? The rest of us not in your class relate to it better. At least I do. I don’t often play with an alternate tuning. Maybe E flat at the most.
I'm loving the vintage-but-not vibes of these guitars. Nice modern spins on fender's usual playbook. One of those meteoras would be right at home with me!
I want to see the meteor body routing. I am worried that if you lift the scratch plate, it will be half a body with a huge hole in the middle. I think the PRS thinline is like that too isn't it?
Rabea, I love your playing and wondered if you'd ever had the chance to play with any of the legendary guitarists out there like Clapton, Albert Lee, etc? There's been a few who've been over to Andertons ......
I am a Jaguar/Jazzmaster guy, so that Meteora is totally my thing. However, a PAINTED headstock is a non-negotiable requirement, so I would go with that Thomann exclusive one. I hope Chicago Music Exchange or Sweetwater do exclusive runs with painted headstocks. I would buy that IMMEDIATELY.
Hi Bea, big fan of yours. Love the Vower stuff and the nonstop epic gear reviews etc. just curious about how ben and dave are nowadays and whether they are still up to anything musical. Neither of them really seem to post anymore
@@RabeaMassaad Absolutely top notch lighting and angles you got for those. Especially the Tele - that Texas Tea finish is unreal to see in person and that's got to be some of the best footage detailing what it looks like
Agreed 100%. I also have the Ultra Tele in Texas Tea with the binding. It's my first Fender with binding and at first I was cool with it but now I love it. Hope they keep making Ultra 1s with the new Ultra 2 pickups or add options to Ultra 2s like Rosewood vice Ebony, the binding, and Ultra 1 colors and white pickguards. The one thing I don't dig about the new Ultra 2s are the black pickguards. Not for me.
I have the first version of the Tele Ultra and this new one isn't a lot different in the pros & cons. No doubt an excellent and versatile modern guitar, and I play it plenty because its Noiseless pickups are quiet in my electrically-noisy studio space. And it's way more comfortable to play than a regular Tele for me - comfy body, great neck. But it lacks "Tele-ness". Not bad - just nearer to a generic high-quality guitar than nearer to a high-end traditional Tele. I have a Roadhouse Deluxe Strat that shares the same pros & cons, and eventually picked up a bargain Silver Sky SE for more "Strat-ness". I can take the Tele anywhere for almost any style of jam session or gig and it works - from blues to metal. Which is fantastic. But I have a few guitars that can do that. And this is one expensive Tele to just be a general purpose guitar.
Can you tell which effect are you playing? And very nice video as usual But I Will LOVE To See You Playing A Maple Neck One...For Sure Game Changer Lol😂😂😂😂
I had one of the mexican made Alternate Reality meteoras, I liked the design to look at but they do sit kinda weird, very narrow towards the neck and bulky towards the bum end. Still great to see fender pushing forward and having success with a new shape though.
I love everything about the Tele…except the body contouring, which is just not my thing for Teles. Great video, though. These guitars sound excellent in your hands.
@@RabeaMassaad nice!, i am reluctant to use one myself but i have recently got the kraken mk2 and im in a metal band.. with that amount of disgustingly beautiful gain at my disposal i have a wee bit of noise coming through. And i must say BRAVO on the mk2 dude its a masterpiece.
Great video, but Fenders choice to use black open coil Humbuckers with black plastic Pickup rings is aesthetically the worst thing since Pau Ferro fretboards
Fender was smart to contact you. This video is amazing. Your low-key style makes the paid promotion aspect a non-issue. They’re great guitars, and it comes down to price and preference. The Metora is a great sound and it’s a nice color.
Who cares if its a paid promotion? its a cool guitar if you like it great if not ok! Rabea is a great player too!
Okay people! If Rabea isn’t one of the best newer players around I’ll eat my shoes. Rabea has an amazing touch and feel. He can also play any genre you ask him to. Fantastic playing Rabea great video. Look forward for more. Cheers!
I'm digging the new Metroras and the Texas Tea finish looks great. I need a full album of you just noodling around.
Beautiful, hypnotic playing, and a great demo of both guitars. The tele sounds amazing
this was sweet sessions thanks Rabea,have been for a while in all your different setup's
I’m no Fender guy, but they nailed that Meteora design. Looks killer. Tele looks and sounds great too.
The Meteroa is stunning
Dude, playing that Meteora... that shined bright. These sent you next to the legends.
That Texas Tea is starting to grow on me. Your cinematography and lighting is sneaky good!!! I haven’t seen anything even straight from fender that showed the finish off like you did!!!
That Meteora sounded killer, especially with the ambient-ish stuff.
I gotta say, the sound of you playing the Meteora was truly something special, one of the best sounds I've heard from you in a minute. While the shape of the Meteora isn't for me, I'm greatly impressed with the sound of the Haymakers.
AMAZing Jam! man! God bless you! for his glory
Great review! Fender was wise to have you play their phenomenal new Ultra 2s. You did them justice. Thanks for your honesty and playing abilities. I own 3 Ultras: Tele, Strat, and Precision Bass. I love them all. They are every bit as beautiful as the originals and more! The noiseless pickups are indistinguishable to single coils even for the Ultra 1 series but quiet even with extreme gain. I had 3 other Fender Teles but sold them all just because I couldn't get comfortable with the body. The belly cut makes a huge difference to me at almost 48 yrs old. Now I love to puck up the Ultra Tele and play. I also forget about the guitars, they become an extension of myself; they are that good. John 5 loved the Ultra 2 Tele from another video. I hope Fender keeps making Ultra 1s with new pickups for the color options and rosewood fingerboards. I would love an Ultra 2 Meteora now. Thanks!
Always love your playing
That fender off-set, is perfect,❤ 💯, love to hear your playing well Rabea,💯❤️🤘🎸
You can make anything sound great. But I am fully sold on the meteora after watching you. The split coil sounded amazing and the bridge is really full.
I loved the Meteora since it came out and this version is pure bliss for me!!! Awesome review Rabea!!!! They both sounded killer!
I loved the feedback trying to escape when you were playing the Meteora. Awesome :)
That sound in 22:22 is just huge!
Tha Meteora looks awesome. I do really appreciate body shapes that are a bit different, and offsets are always cool. Probably why I love my Legator Opus T models so much as they are kinda like an offset/Tele hybrid (unfortunately discontinued now though...hopefully they will bring them back).
Amazing tone coming out of the Meteora with your setup too. I really love what you were playing with it...that repeating rhythm blended so well with those trippy melodies. I was pretty tired when watching this so that part actually had me zoning out into some other world (I mean that as the utmost compliment! It really was such a dreamy, pleasant soundscape...).
Would love to see a video about the scales you use to get that kind of trippy, exotic ambience as it gives your playing such a unique vibe. Unless you don't want anyone to steal your signature sound lol
Love the Texas Tea color. I have an Ultra I in he tele in that color. It is so comfortable to play. I was not fond of the teles before my Ultra. The thinner body, the belly cut, the hardware, the boost in the middle switch position. I can imagine this one is even better. Well done.
Same. I actually prefer the original with the binding, but the neck on this looks nicer.
Cómo molan esas guitarras Fender!
I think the Meteora is so cool! Glad Fender is finally giving us more models after dragging their feet for 4 years.
Just wish they also released some Player II or Am Pro II Meteoras, because $2200 is a little steep for my blood, even though I think it's super cool
It surprises me that they havent released some Player Series Meteoras. Maybe someday...
@@Lalairu Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're talking about. But they released the Player Plus Meteora HH like 2 years ago. I have the limited edition all black with ebony fingerboard and love it.
@@Wilco1972 oh thanks for the info, I didn't remember they released them!
@@Lalairu They are currently running on sale at most of the large guitar stores and sites. Around $950.
This Tele is GORGEOUS!
Man if I were sent a guitar by Fender I would quite literally die (of excitement). These are so cool! Great demo my dude 🔥
rabea big compliment for showing the guitars in alternative tunings. sounds great. greeting
Gott ya, they are awesome both of them......Wow, Pickups are so clear!!!...🎸🎸💎💎🎶🎶🎶
My God Man! How does he do it? Its just f’n emotional listening to Rabea. Remarkable. Just turn it all into Grinding Gears 5. Please.
Sounds good man! Has kinda a jazzy look and tone to it imo. You always seem at home on a tele bea! Rock on!!
Yay for the Meteora!
Come on fender lefty Meteroa time!
China or bust, I'm afraid.
I second that!
2500 bucks for a factory guitar? hmmm, there are excellent smaller builders out there who give you more for the buck,handbuilt.
@@patrickmckay6621 like what?
Nice to hear you play some clean tones 👌
Oh wow... nice work as usual Bea. I just opted for the Fender Tele Player Plus because Chapman discontinued the ML3 Pro Traditional (bad move IMO). Player Plus series goes with the vintage noiseless, pretty much the same setup everywhere else as the Ultra II but diff color scheme on the Mexican versions of these modern type Teles... also the Player Plus series is 1300k cheaper than the Ultra II. My Tele is in the Silver Smoke color scheme with the Pau Ferro finger board. I warmed up to the vintage noiseless after I seriously considered swapping them with Nomads or the Hot Tele set from Seymour Duncan... so for now I am keeping them vintage noiseless.
I cant help myself, knowing You are in Shredgod Beastmode on Stage, i just can hear Your Ambient Nooodlin with -any- Guitar you wearing again and again for hours, such a unique Talent, I think You make even a Shein/Ali Plywood Guitar(-thing) sound classy :-)
That Meteora is very cool. I have a Baum Wingman that ticks that alternative rock riff machine box for me. Otherwise this or the Musicman St. Vincent would be really interesting to me. I find myself really wanting a Fender Jaguar at the moment. But there aren't too many options around. Maybe try and find one of the previous gen Vintera Jaguars, or import a MIJ one.
They look and sound really nice guitars from your video. I think if I had the choice of finish, I’d go with Texas tea.
I think this is the first time I’ve seen a video of a Texas tea guitar and it hasn’t looked black.
I used to love Fender guitars after buying my first American Strat, then I bought a tele, change the strings and most of the tuning pegs were loose in the headstock. To the point they almost fell out. Then I bought a Pro 2 Tele, changed the strings and 4 of the 6 ferrules fell out of the body. I was told by the shop that this happened a lot now with Fender. So I swapped it for a Players Edition Gretsch. It was a superior instrument for me. Which is a shame, because I also really wanted an Ultra Tele in Texas Tea. Since then, I haven’t even bothered with Fender.
Hopefully they don’t have issues like this anymore, especially not on their Ultra models.
This is great. Both give such great sounds. And your playing really makes the case for them. Where are your drive tones and reverb coming from? They both sound fantastic.
OMG... Love that meteora look and tones!
If I’m getting a tele, I don’t want it do be modern - I want it to be as traditional, pain in the ass, temperamental, straight off a Nashville bar’s floor as possible. However, I have the 70th Anniversary Ultra Strat, and it’s probably my favorite guitar. Great video! I would’ve loved to hear a comparison of the noiseless PUs vs the ones on your custom shop.
those "i guest i just feel like - john mayer vibes in the beginning jam :D good job!
These look amazing, only issue I see is the volume knob on the Meteora, that looks like its in the way.
Rabea. Thank you for the excellent playing. If you find the Meteora isn't to your liking, Id be happy to take it off your hands.😁
"Dark Tele" is such underexploited concept!!
is there any chance you'd make a video on how to get no background noise like you??
Rabea I love your playing. You could play a tennis racket and make it sound great. I have one thing to ask . When you are doing demos could you stay in standard tuning? The rest of us not in your class relate to it better. At least I do. I don’t often play with an alternate tuning. Maybe E flat at the most.
I have an ultra luxe strat and getting ready to order the meteora Ultra II in the Avalanche white
I'm loving the vintage-but-not vibes of these guitars. Nice modern spins on fender's usual playbook. One of those meteoras would be right at home with me!
Meteora, lov it.
I have one (player plus series) with drop B tuning. With a kraken preamp, wonderful tones !!....
I want to see the meteor body routing. I am worried that if you lift the scratch plate, it will be half a body with a huge hole in the middle. I think the PRS thinline is like that too isn't it?
Hey, man, great video I think what you were doing with the haymakers sounded really good.
Rabea if your sitting does the meteora sit comfortably on your leg , or does it slide off like a firebird? Thanks😊
Many years ago I bought the Ultra Strat, I no longer play any of my other guitar, the quality and sound is excellent.
Rabea, I love your playing and wondered if you'd ever had the chance to play with any of the legendary guitarists out there like Clapton, Albert Lee, etc? There's been a few who've been over to Andertons ......
I am a Jaguar/Jazzmaster guy, so that Meteora is totally my thing.
However, a PAINTED headstock is a non-negotiable requirement, so I would go with that Thomann exclusive one. I hope Chicago Music Exchange or Sweetwater do exclusive runs with painted headstocks. I would buy that IMMEDIATELY.
Great sounds and playing 😎
I love my original Ultra Tele. Really interested in that meteora model.
Hi Bea, big fan of yours. Love the Vower stuff and the nonstop epic gear reviews etc. just curious about how ben and dave are nowadays and whether they are still up to anything musical. Neither of them really seem to post anymore
Or additionally to that if anyone has any updates I may have missed :)
Sweet playing Bea!
The Meteora looks cool, that volume knob seems too close? I wish that was back a bit! Really cool guitar!
Those Haymakers sound awesome!
Hey Bea! Great vid as always. Quick question - were those close-up B-roll shots of the guitars filmed by you or provided to you by Fender?
Thanks :) no I shot everything myself
@@RabeaMassaad Absolutely top notch lighting and angles you got for those. Especially the Tele - that Texas Tea finish is unreal to see in person and that's got to be some of the best footage detailing what it looks like
i have a texas tea orginal ultra tele its an awsome guitar but its a shame the got rid of the white binding
Agreed 100%. I also have the Ultra Tele in Texas Tea with the binding. It's my first Fender with binding and at first I was cool with it but now I love it. Hope they keep making Ultra 1s with the new Ultra 2 pickups or add options to Ultra 2s like Rosewood vice Ebony, the binding, and Ultra 1 colors and white pickguards. The one thing I don't dig about the new Ultra 2s are the black pickguards. Not for me.
I have the first version of the Tele Ultra and this new one isn't a lot different in the pros & cons. No doubt an excellent and versatile modern guitar, and I play it plenty because its Noiseless pickups are quiet in my electrically-noisy studio space. And it's way more comfortable to play than a regular Tele for me - comfy body, great neck. But it lacks "Tele-ness". Not bad - just nearer to a generic high-quality guitar than nearer to a high-end traditional Tele. I have a Roadhouse Deluxe Strat that shares the same pros & cons, and eventually picked up a bargain Silver Sky SE for more "Strat-ness". I can take the Tele anywhere for almost any style of jam session or gig and it works - from blues to metal. Which is fantastic. But I have a few guitars that can do that. And this is one expensive Tele to just be a general purpose guitar.
Sounds great man!!!
Both are dreamy!
that meteora was lit!
lovely stuff man 🤘
Can anyone tell me how to play the chord at 22:38?
Can you tell which effect are you playing? And very nice video as usual But I Will LOVE To See You Playing A Maple Neck One...For Sure Game Changer Lol😂😂😂😂
Love the Meteora riffs
Hey Bea! You are awesome. :)
I really dig that Meteora.
Theres videos of Jim Root playing a Meteora few years back
you make me want to get both
Sold me on the Meteora!
When is the Meteora EP coming ? 😉
I had one of the mexican made Alternate Reality meteoras, I liked the design to look at but they do sit kinda weird, very narrow towards the neck and bulky towards the bum end. Still great to see fender pushing forward and having success with a new shape though.
Dunno why, but Telecasters just do not appeal to me. Must be the Status Quo thing from back in the day. Always a joy to hear you play :)
When I look at the Meteora, it's like looking at my 'Surf Rod' guitar, which I designed in 2012.
Nice guitars, love the color!!!
Strapped on, the Meteora actually is a real good looking guitar!
Intro jam sounds like a Halo song! (Through The Trees)
The Meteora does actually look great on you 🔥
That ambient tone in the end...
I really like fender guitars but would live if they did stainless steel frets on more models like the ultra series, would be cool
I love everything about the Tele…except the body contouring, which is just not my thing for Teles. Great video, though. These guitars sound excellent in your hands.
Ngl, the split coils on the Meteora sounded better than the full humbucker to me... which as an alt/metal guy makes very little sense in my tiny mind!
Some of th3 best f chords ive ever heard
what noise gate you use dude?
With my amplifier/pedalboard rig, I don’t use a noise gate :)
@@RabeaMassaad nice!, i am reluctant to use one myself but i have recently got the kraken mk2 and im in a metal band.. with that amount of disgustingly beautiful gain at my disposal i have a wee bit of noise coming through. And i must say BRAVO on the mk2 dude its a masterpiece.
Best sound of Tele ....Period !!!:)
Sublime feel as ways fella. 🎸❤
que lindo sonido la Meteora me encantaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, abrazo Rabea desde Argentina.
the loop riff on the meteora had a strong incubus vibe
Hey Bea.
If you want to hear the Meteora in a band context, check out the band C.O.F.F.I.N.
Great video, but Fenders choice to use black open coil Humbuckers with black plastic Pickup rings is aesthetically the worst thing since Pau Ferro fretboards
2:40 a certain John M would like a word... 😉
I guess he just felt like..
Needed ss frets..both models.
I like the Telecaster better. The humbuckers on the Meteora are really muddy. Even split they just sound like humbuckers with the bass taken out.
Waiting for the max ultra 2
Just not inlove with the look of that tele bridge. A Tele Ultra with a 6 point tremolo would be cool!