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Love the color combination of that Tele. That shade of green with a rosewood fingerboard is one of the best I've seen. I'd buy that for the color alone.
I agree with your point about the changing names being a kind of marketing tool - a bit like the Highway One models became the American Specials which then became the American Performer range (for example). They do change the specs a bit, but they are good at pricing things for a particular niche of the market. There are the guitars for those of us on a budget and then there are the Ultra-Super-Deluxe varieties for those who can afford them. I tend to prefer the old-school specs on Fenders anyway, and have owned (and sold) a number of American ones over the years. I now own a Mexican Strat and a Mexican Tele and I'm perfectly happy with them. I'm not in the market for one of these but they sound like they're good value for money. Great playing in the video, too.
I did the same and the pickups in that guitar are absolutely stellar! No need for upgrades at all. I think it's the best guitar under 1k you can get. I'm super happy with mine. Which color did you get? I got yellow with maple.
I have one Vintera 60's. I didn't like the original pickups, and replaced with Pure Vintage 65. What a change! The sound is way better!! A massive upgrade.
Cool vid! I played one of these, same birch green model, yesterday and really liked it. I’m contemplating getting one. I prefer the 6 saddle bridge and liked the rosewood fretboard. The classic tuners are nice option too!
I think the positive story here is that Fender is reacting to being pushed by their competition. Brining back rosewood and rolling fretboard edges is evidence that they realize they cant be so complacent in the sub $1k tier. I think that’s a good thing.
Sounds good as well as it looks, nice color nice everything. I purchsed 2 Fender Vintera II Stratocasters; vintage white and surf green; also 1 Fender 70's Vintera Telecaster, black and love them all. Now, I kind of like and want a Fender Player Stratocaster.
Didn’t get to test the Vintera II, but my local (crappy) Guitar Center had a Player II Tele in British racing green. It was gorgeous. A good neck is the most important thing to me in an electric guitar, and it put an Ultra Tele’s neck to shame in terms of comfort and fret quality.
This version is very similar to mine, a 1991 Standard Telecaster (bought new in 1992) with a six saddle top loader bridge; C-shaped 9.5' radius neck; headstock mounted truss rod adjustment. The biggest difference, aside from the rosewood versus maple fretboard, is the pickups. My now vintage example has the stock ceramics, which do give the classic Tele sound, but are a bit warmer than those on the Player II, which I have tried in my local store. I like the new version, but it's not such a vast difference from the one I have that I felt the need to pounce on it. But I was definitely impressed with it.
love the guitar, changed the pickups to Seymour Duncan Antiquities. Stock ones were fine, but the new ones seem to have a wider range of sounds. The chambers need to be shielded with copper tape if you have LED lights, shielded cable from pick up to switches and pots too. Otherwise, just a solid choice.
I bought a Player II tele about a year ago. It's a great guitar - my preferred guitar now. My only complaint is that the neck pickup is too dark and muddled. I have to adjust my amp equalization to account for it, which is not practical. I plan to have a brighter, tighter after-market neck pickup installed sometime soon.
The made-in-Mexico Standard series was significantly different from the Player/Player II Series. The Player has some features more in common with the American Standard (which became the American Series, and then renamed American Standard which evolved into the American Professional and now American Professional II). But with respect to price points; I believe Fender probably didn't want to incorporate the 2-post American Standard vibrato (in the case of the Strat) and a 22-fret neck out of concern that it could canalize sales of their American models.
I have the same guitar, and I find the pickups to be exceptional. I just returned a vintera ii nocaster because it was thin and gutless. {lovely neck though}
I'd be well happy with the 9.5 and rosewood but I prefer the ashtray and the three saddle bridge, sound and feel wise. Combination of the two would be ideal for me I think.
There are big differences between the Player II and Vintera. The Player II has 22 medium-jumbo frets on a 9.5 Modern C with a 6 saddle modern bridge vs the Vintera having 21 narrow-tall frets on a 7.25 60's C or 50's U shape with a 3 saddle barrel bridge. If you like a modern feel and features, you won't like the Vintera's feel, and vice versa.
I have the 50s ventera and very happy with it. The fat neck takes about a week to get use to and you really need the 3 saddle bridge to get that basic tele sound.
Yeah you’re right. I’ve been comparing these two and had a chance to play them both at guitar center. I was really going for the vintera until I felt the neck and said no way. Player 2 all the way for me. Update: got the player 2. It cost me an Ltd EC1000, an Ltd F250, an mxr overdrive, mxr blue box, mxr univibe, a whammy pedal, and $120….ouch. But man. I am so happy i absolutely love this guitar
Vintera II actually has ‘vintage tall’ frets. Much smaller than the ‘narrow tall’ frets on am pro 2 and others. So called ‘medium jumbo’ frets on the player don’t measure out to anything like medium jumbos. I was just at GC and played them all an even measured the frets. Nattow tall and medium jumbo frets on the am pro and player 2 I played were very similar. Vintage tall frets on American vintage and Vintera II were much narrower.
These are great workhorse guitars that are affordable. If there's tuners or pickups you don't like, it's easy to upgrade. But.. check out Vintera II models.
I bought a Vintera II 60s Tele and it is really good. The American Vintage II is twice the price for a similar guitar. The Vintera II is a real bargin.
I have two Player Strats and love the neck. I don't know if these are technically "rolled", but they certainly aren't sharp edges either. Hard to know if the Player II is basically the identical neck and the "rolled edges" thing is simply a marketing gimmick. Anyone have both and can say for sure if there is a noticeable difference? Rosewood, however, is nice to have back. Some of the Pau Ferro necks were hideously colored. Rosewood too has a more solid feel than Pau Ferro, I think.
I got a yellow one which I think was chambered ash. loved the look and weight. but the pickups seemed bland to me and the medium jumbo frets took some getting used to. took it back and discussed replacing the pickups for $300. also tried a beautiful dark green one with rosewood and it sounded a little better. eventually decided to get a used American professional II instead. it has a push-push switch to make a bit fatter sound and comes with a nice case. must say that guitar center is a better place to shop than it used to be. mine even had a used Gibson Les Paul custom shop.
My first Tele is an MIM 2015 Standard. I put on a vintage bridge plate and brass saddles a while back, along with the ashtray. A few months ago I installed a Vega Trem II but the makeover has stalled for now. I'm going to replace the neck pickup with a CuNiFe WRHB and will use stacked pots and knobs, 250K for the bridge and 500K for the WRHB. Each pickup will have Vol & Tone. I don't know how it will work and sound because it's still requires guard and body routing. My other Tele is an MIM 2019 Vintera '50s Tele and I am happy with the way it is, but I did install a black guard. I like that it has all the '50s features (except for the poly finish haha) without spending reissue money. I like my Teles old school, the Standard is more '80s with a 2020's trem. I do like the new Player II, as I am not a fan of Pau Ferro, I choose maple over that every time.
Is the Vintera II higher quality overall? I can kind of give or take specs. I like bigger frets, but for the most part, as long as a guitar is well set up and stays in tune, I can make it work. I prefer a tone that is too bright for most people. Very glassy and full of presence. Feeling like I should get a Vintera II. Any thoughts? No way to try either out where I live.
I think the look/spec/price of the new player 2 series makes it pretty appealing. I’d would love to see a detailed comparison on standard, player, classic, baja, player 2. I must take issue with one point made in this video - If you believe higher price = better guitar, I have a bridge to sell you (its price is a little higher than the last bridge you bought from me, but I aged this one to look like a much older bridge).
Have you ever tried the Player Plus series? I'm asking because I'm in the process of building my own partscaster and I was considering a Tele Player plus neck for the project since I found one at a good price, but I'm hesitant because I tried the old player "1" series and I didn't really like the feel of the neck, sharp edges, sticky feeling and overall feel just not there. I was wondering how much difference there is between these 2 necks since with rolled edges and satin finish at least on paper the player plus series should addres two of my main complaints about the player 1 series.
Nice color guitar, goes good with the fretboard. I'm a Fender guy, BUT done with the corporate 💩‼️ G&L is better guitar than fender. And I gotta say that the Tease SBH-HD guitar I bought is surprisingly good for the money ‼️
@@ramencurry6672 Both are great. There's no need to have to feel like one wins and the other loses. G&L evolved a lot of Fender's designs but Fender is great
@@grawman67 G&L is great but getting parts is more difficult. I wanted a new pickguard for humbucker single coil and Humbucker to change pickups. I had to customize it and it cost about $150 just for the pickguard. If you need a new neck or different type of aftermarket bridge , it’s also more difficult. Fender is more easy to work with
Funny I used to not like vintage tuners as well. Now I love them. Watching some videos on how to change strings quickly with them helped. They are also super light.
Awesome review, Jack! I'd love to see you tackle the Vintera II series and maybe similar brands like G&L or Sire, etc. Keep it up. You have one of my favorite guitar channels on the site.
It has a different feel than the American standard. I don’t care for the medium tall frets on the professional II series. I could not vib with this guitar at all. It took me a while to figure out why I wasn’t able to feel at home on this guitar and it was the taller frets. I’m pretty sure the other neck specs were the same on both models.
So when you look at all the telecasters made and this one now shown, when you boil everything down it’s about the neck with the tuners. Everything else, the pickup, the bridge, switch, balance and volume pots can be purchased separately as genuine Fender parts. So the neck is what everyone is talking about. Right? Just build your own. Get a custom neck like from Warmoth and play. Resale later is the one benefit. But I never bought a guitar thinking about how much I was gonna make 5 years later. There are other things to do like building guitars and mixing, swapping components for the fun of it.
the problem with their pricing tiers is that there's always a lot of level of disappointment until you spend closer to 2 grand overall. There's three I'm looking at for personal interest more than can actually afford, but they all are not exactly what I want for more than twice the price of this one, but apart from a couple OK colors, I'm pretty sure I would want something lighter weight and whatever else more than this one.
rosewood only in these models. got a maple one the other day, fender sprays clear over the frets then removes just the clear from the top if the frets. over time they chip and look like garbage
Ok, I'm a Fender lover, and a lover of this channel. I might get slammed here (feel free to, by the way) but here we have an appirition of the ever so mystical "dud". Sorry, this is not how a tele should sound. And it probably doesnt have anything to do with Jack, but to my ears, this tele is kinda lifeless and meh. I know OP can't agree with me, of course. And it's nothing against Jack, but this is a pretty bland tele. No worries, stuff happens. Just a great reminder for future buyers: play that damn block of wood before you buy it.
No I don’t disagree, that’s why I talked about the pickups being kind of a disappointment. They don’t sound bad, but they don’t have a ton of character.
I feel the player pickups are an upgrade only in the components like the magnets. But the old ceramic pickups of the Mexican standard sounded great I liked them so much more than the new player pickups
Mine says made MIM Ensenada …serial number isn’t coming up in fenders site ? Somehow I can’t help but feel this is more like a well built squire ??? I’m Prob returning this …
My telecaster is the same color, surf pearl green with a maple neck. I know it's of the player series so I'm sure you can find one. I got mine a couple years ago from a music store in Chicago that sells on Ebay. Love it, no complaints, no problems and they ship quickly. Hope this helps you.
MY DAD: “Son…there are people who stay awake 24 hours a day trying to figure out how to get your money.” That sums up most of the entire guitar world. All marketing, man.
The pickups in the Player II strats and teles are the same as the pickups in the original Player Series strats and teles which in my opinion are very good. Fender only changed the pickups in the Player II offset guitars. This is straight from Fender and not just my opinion so if you liked the original Player pickups but not the Player II pickups then maybe you need to get your ears checked...
Shockingly broken bridge design. Only two screws to secure to the body resulting in these domed screws blocking the saddles on the E strings from intonating properly. Completely defective and terrible. They had a working design with the American Standard but they had to save a few pennies. Don't buy this garbage.
@@grawman67 Theoretically, but they're never exactly level with the bridge and the worn screws can settle into the grooves in the much larger screws, too. It's just a bad lazy design begging for problems.
@@iancurrie8844 That makes sense. Thanks. Looks like the entire bridge would really have to be replaced then. Which isn't a huge problem but it shouldn't have to be done for an $800 guitar
It's a Fender, so everyone expects it to be at least average. You accept commissions that you know will be ok. You don't accept shady commissions. It's common sense.
Ok. So say the guitar in your video is a POS. ZZOUNDS sells fender and makes a tone of money. Are they going to be happy with you calling Fender out. No. Are you going to damage your own income by pissing off zzounds by saying this guitar from their BIG supplier is a turd? 🤔 I'm skeptical that you don't have a sense of self preservation. This is what we call in the real world a conflict of interest. TH-cam is full of it. It's the world we live in. But it's decidedly unethical and positively not "HONEST"
Actually Zzounds encourages me to be honest, and I told them I wouldn’t join the program without that freedom. It’s also the reputation I have with my channel. But thanks for the comments anyway.
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Great rewiew! I have a question: in what the Vintera II is better than the Player II? Thanks
Love the color combination of that Tele. That shade of green with a rosewood fingerboard is one of the best I've seen. I'd buy that for the color alone.
Same here. It's probably my favorite finish in the Player II line. The red is nice too.
I recently bought a CHAMBERED Player II Tele that weighs only 6 pounds! Great for folks with back problems! Highly recommended! 👍🏿👍🏿
I agree with your point about the changing names being a kind of marketing tool - a bit like the Highway One models became the American Specials which then became the American Performer range (for example). They do change the specs a bit, but they are good at pricing things for a particular niche of the market. There are the guitars for those of us on a budget and then there are the Ultra-Super-Deluxe varieties for those who can afford them. I tend to prefer the old-school specs on Fenders anyway, and have owned (and sold) a number of American ones over the years. I now own a Mexican Strat and a Mexican Tele and I'm perfectly happy with them. I'm not in the market for one of these but they sound like they're good value for money. Great playing in the video, too.
While I'll always lean vintage spec, I'm very happy to see rosewood's back on the menu.
I purchased the Tel HH Player II and love it! Well made guitar with better specs than the player series.
I did the same and the pickups in that guitar are absolutely stellar! No need for upgrades at all. I think it's the best guitar under 1k you can get. I'm super happy with mine. Which color did you get? I got yellow with maple.
I have one Vintera 60's. I didn't like the original pickups, and replaced with Pure Vintage 65. What a change! The sound is way better!! A massive upgrade.
Cool vid! I played one of these, same birch green model, yesterday and really liked it. I’m contemplating getting one. I prefer the 6 saddle bridge and liked the rosewood fretboard. The classic tuners are nice option too!
I think the positive story here is that Fender is reacting to being pushed by their competition. Brining back rosewood and rolling fretboard edges is evidence that they realize they cant be so complacent in the sub $1k tier. I think that’s a good thing.
I thought so. Rosewood is much better than Pau Ferro (imo).
I play a Player Tele maple neck; with rolled edges, that rosewood neck has real appeal!
Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day Jack ❤😊
Personally never been a fan of the rosewood on a fender I've always been a maple guy
I bought this guitar. Love it
I have a Vintera (not the II) in Lake Placid Blue. I almost sold it recently. I’m definitely glad that I didn’t!
Sounds good as well as it looks, nice color nice everything. I purchsed 2 Fender Vintera II Stratocasters; vintage white and surf green; also 1 Fender 70's Vintera Telecaster, black and love them all. Now, I kind of like and want a Fender Player Stratocaster.
Didn’t get to test the Vintera II, but my local (crappy) Guitar Center had a Player II Tele in British racing green. It was gorgeous.
A good neck is the most important thing to me in an electric guitar, and it put an Ultra Tele’s neck to shame in terms of comfort and fret quality.
This version is very similar to mine, a 1991 Standard Telecaster (bought new in 1992) with a six saddle top loader bridge; C-shaped 9.5' radius neck; headstock mounted truss rod adjustment. The biggest difference, aside from the rosewood versus maple fretboard, is the pickups. My now vintage example has the stock ceramics, which do give the classic Tele sound, but are a bit warmer than those on the Player II, which I have tried in my local store. I like the new version, but it's not such a vast difference from the one I have that I felt the need to pounce on it. But I was definitely impressed with it.
It’s nice watching a video where the guitarist actually knows how to play…🎸🎸
Great tone and solo!!
Nice playing man🎸
love the guitar, changed the pickups to Seymour Duncan Antiquities. Stock ones were fine, but the new ones seem to have a wider range of sounds. The chambers need to be shielded with copper tape if you have LED lights, shielded cable from pick up to switches and pots too. Otherwise, just a solid choice.
I bought the player 2 HH tele and it's magic. Even better value than the regular tele I in this line to be honest.
I bought a Player II tele about a year ago. It's a great guitar - my preferred guitar now. My only complaint is that the neck pickup is too dark and muddled. I have to adjust my amp equalization to account for it, which is not practical. I plan to have a brighter, tighter after-market neck pickup installed sometime soon.
I used to have DiMarzio twang Kings in my telly really good added 4 way switch also. Just an fyi
The made-in-Mexico Standard series was significantly different from the Player/Player II Series. The Player has some features more in common with the American Standard (which became the American Series, and then renamed American Standard which evolved into the American Professional and now American Professional II). But with respect to price points; I believe Fender probably didn't want to incorporate the 2-post American Standard vibrato (in the case of the Strat) and a 22-fret neck out of concern that it could canalize sales of their American models.
I have the same guitar, and I find the pickups to be exceptional. I just returned a vintera ii nocaster because it was thin and gutless. {lovely neck though}
And the pickup's setup weren't too low...?????
I'd be well happy with the 9.5 and rosewood but I prefer the ashtray and the three saddle bridge, sound and feel wise. Combination of the two would be ideal for me I think.
There are big differences between the Player II and Vintera. The Player II has 22 medium-jumbo frets on a 9.5 Modern C with a 6 saddle modern bridge vs the Vintera having 21 narrow-tall frets on a 7.25 60's C or 50's U shape with a 3 saddle barrel bridge. If you like a modern feel and features, you won't like the Vintera's feel, and vice versa.
I have the 50s ventera and very happy with it. The fat neck takes about a week to get use to and you really need the 3 saddle bridge to get that basic tele sound.
Yeah you’re right. I’ve been comparing these two and had a chance to play them both at guitar center. I was really going for the vintera until I felt the neck and said no way. Player 2 all the way for me.
Update: got the player 2. It cost me an Ltd EC1000, an Ltd F250, an mxr overdrive, mxr blue box, mxr univibe, a whammy pedal, and $120….ouch. But man. I am so happy i absolutely love this guitar
@Earthwormjimm jesus! You got flat ripped off. The EC1000 alone is worth about 300 more than a player 2.
Vintera II actually has ‘vintage tall’ frets. Much smaller than the ‘narrow tall’ frets on am pro 2 and others. So called ‘medium jumbo’ frets on the player don’t measure out to anything like medium jumbos. I was just at GC and played them all an even measured the frets. Nattow tall and medium jumbo frets on the am pro and player 2 I played were very similar. Vintage tall frets on American vintage and Vintera II were much narrower.
@ larryyork1146 I said that to Brent Mason once and he punched me in the knee which to be fair is around eye level for him.
These are great workhorse guitars that are affordable. If there's tuners or pickups you don't like, it's easy to upgrade. But.. check out Vintera II models.
Have you found the Vintera II line to be much better quality? Besides that, the vintage specs appeal to me a bit more
I bought a Vintera II 60s Tele and it is really good. The American Vintage II is twice the price for a similar guitar. The Vintera II is a real bargin.
You can install 6 brass saddles in the Vintera for individual intonation.
For, having the classic split shaft tuners is what snagged me! Love them!
💯 a must have on Teles for me 🙂
Beautiful guitar. It sounds like it should in all positions.
I have two Player Strats and love the neck. I don't know if these are technically "rolled", but they certainly aren't sharp edges either. Hard to know if the Player II is basically the identical neck and the "rolled edges" thing is simply a marketing gimmick. Anyone have both and can say for sure if there is a noticeable difference? Rosewood, however, is nice to have back. Some of the Pau Ferro necks were hideously colored. Rosewood too has a more solid feel than Pau Ferro, I think.
I got a yellow one which I think was chambered ash. loved the look and weight. but the pickups seemed bland to me and the medium jumbo frets took some getting used to. took it back and discussed replacing the pickups for $300. also tried a beautiful dark green one with rosewood and it sounded a little better. eventually decided to get a used American professional II instead. it has a push-push switch to make a bit fatter sound and comes with a nice case. must say that guitar center is a better place to shop than it used to be. mine even had a used Gibson Les Paul custom shop.
My first Tele is an MIM 2015 Standard. I put on a vintage bridge plate and brass saddles a while back, along with the ashtray. A few months ago I installed a Vega Trem II but the makeover has stalled for now. I'm going to replace the neck pickup with a CuNiFe WRHB and will use stacked pots and knobs, 250K for the bridge and 500K for the WRHB. Each pickup will have Vol & Tone. I don't know how it will work and sound because it's still requires guard and body routing.
My other Tele is an MIM 2019 Vintera '50s Tele and I am happy with the way it is, but I did install a black guard. I like that it has all the '50s features (except for the poly finish haha) without spending reissue money. I like my Teles old school, the Standard is more '80s with a 2020's trem.
I do like the new Player II, as I am not a fan of Pau Ferro, I choose maple over that every time.
Is the Vintera II higher quality overall? I can kind of give or take specs. I like bigger frets, but for the most part, as long as a guitar is well set up and stays in tune, I can make it work. I prefer a tone that is too bright for most people. Very glassy and full of presence. Feeling like I should get a Vintera II. Any thoughts? No way to try either out where I live.
I think the look/spec/price of the new player 2 series makes it pretty appealing. I’d would love to see a detailed comparison on standard, player, classic, baja, player 2. I must take issue with one point made in this video - If you believe higher price = better guitar, I have a bridge to sell you (its price is a little higher than the last bridge you bought from me, but I aged this one to look like a much older bridge).
Not what I said though - I said the Vintera is a better guitar, which happens to be more expensive. Not that "more expensive guitars are better"
Have you ever tried the Player Plus series? I'm asking because I'm in the process of building my own partscaster and I was considering a Tele Player plus neck for the project since I found one at a good price, but I'm hesitant because I tried the old player "1" series and I didn't really like the feel of the neck, sharp edges, sticky feeling and overall feel just not there.
I was wondering how much difference there is between these 2 necks since with rolled edges and satin finish at least on paper the player plus series should addres two of my main complaints about the player 1 series.
I have both Player and PP, and the necks are totally different. Huge difference. Flatter and very rolled on the PP. I love it.
Honestly I love mine, I just bought a chambered version that just sings away
I got the lefty Strat on hold but of course they call me when I’m broke said it would not be available until October but got it last week
Which Tele’s blow your mind? Looking for recommendations
They’re all good. Model doesn’t matter. If you don’t like the sound, change the pickups.
Sounds good to me
Nice color guitar, goes good with the fretboard. I'm a Fender guy, BUT done with the corporate 💩‼️ G&L is better guitar than fender. And I gotta say that the Tease SBH-HD guitar I bought is surprisingly good for the money ‼️
I feel like everyone has drank the Kool aid , I'm not paying that much for guitars that were 600 a year ago lol
G&L really does make great guitars. Their Tribute line is fantastic!
Fender is better because finding replacement parts are easier
@@ramencurry6672 Both are great. There's no need to have to feel like one wins and the other loses. G&L evolved a lot of Fender's designs but Fender is great
@@grawman67 G&L is great but getting parts is more difficult. I wanted a new pickguard for humbucker single coil and Humbucker to change pickups. I had to customize it and it cost about $150 just for the pickguard. If you need a new neck or different type of aftermarket bridge , it’s also more difficult. Fender is more easy to work with
Other than the rosewood board, I don’t view these as a huge upgrade…and I can’t stand the vintage style tuners.
But great playing as always!
Funny I used to not like vintage tuners as well. Now I love them. Watching some videos on how to change strings quickly with them helped. They are also super light.
Tuners, pickups, bridge and even the neck doesn’t make much of a difference. All the parts can be replaced to what you prefer
Awesome review, Jack! I'd love to see you tackle the Vintera II series and maybe similar brands like G&L or Sire, etc.
Keep it up. You have one of my favorite guitar channels on the site.
It has a different feel than the American standard. I don’t care for the medium tall frets on the professional II series. I could not vib with this guitar at all. It took me a while to figure out why I wasn’t able to feel at home on this guitar and it was the taller frets. I’m pretty sure the other neck specs were the same on both models.
So when you look at all the telecasters made and this one now shown, when you boil everything down it’s about the neck with the tuners. Everything else, the pickup, the bridge, switch, balance and volume pots can be purchased separately as genuine Fender parts. So the neck is what everyone is talking about. Right? Just build your own. Get a custom neck like from Warmoth and play. Resale later is the one benefit. But I never bought a guitar thinking about how much I was gonna make 5 years later. There are other things to do like building guitars and mixing, swapping components for the fun of it.
Agree on the pickups. I’m not a fan. I found the bridge pickup on the one I played to be harsh and, honestly, kind of ugly.
Dammit, now I have to get another tele.
Don't swap out the pickups. They are good pickups.
What's the weight on that beauty ?
would be more interested in head-to-head against other higher price model, tho
[pretty good price jump, of course]
the problem with their pricing tiers is that there's always a lot of level of disappointment until you spend closer to 2 grand overall. There's three I'm looking at for personal interest more than can actually afford, but they all are not exactly what I want for more than twice the price of this one, but apart from a couple OK colors, I'm pretty sure I would want something lighter weight and whatever else more than this one.
all the colors don't come w' the dark neck, either.
Price doesn’t matter. It’s like buying clothes. A $100 coat may actually be more comfortable than a $500 coat.
Great video Jack, not too sure about the mucas green colour, but it zounds nice 🤭
Great color
The Birch Green Telecaster has an Alder body
It's too bad they don't make the Ventura Series in a Left HNDED Version. In fact too bad they don't make most models in a Left Handed Version!!!!
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Pizza and pasta and New Jersey. Good stuff
Love mine . . . what other people think / play are not relevant in my little world.
On my Ipad, the neck looks like ebony 🤷♂️, I wish
rosewood only in these models. got a maple one the other day, fender sprays clear over the frets then removes just the clear from the top if the frets. over time they chip and look like garbage
I've owned and worked on Vintera's. Pretty subpar in my opinion.
What did you feel was lacking with them? I was looking at their Vintera II Thinlines
Ok, I'm a Fender lover, and a lover of this channel. I might get slammed here (feel free to, by the way) but here we have an appirition of the ever so mystical "dud".
Sorry, this is not how a tele should sound. And it probably doesnt have anything to do with Jack, but to my ears, this tele is kinda lifeless and meh. I know OP can't agree with me, of course. And it's nothing against Jack, but this is a pretty bland tele. No worries, stuff happens. Just a great reminder for future buyers: play that damn block of wood before you buy it.
No I don’t disagree, that’s why I talked about the pickups being kind of a disappointment. They don’t sound bad, but they don’t have a ton of character.
I feel the player pickups are an upgrade only in the components like the magnets. But the old ceramic pickups of the Mexican standard sounded great I liked them so much more than the new player pickups
the only thing im not a fan of is the aged hardware against the non aged pickguard
Is this a Mexican built Tele?
Mine says made MIM Ensenada …serial number isn’t coming up in fenders site ?
Somehow I can’t help but feel this is more like a well built squire ??? I’m
Prob returning this …
This is where fender makes me crazy. Why can’t they offer this color with a maple neck as well. It’s a bolt on neck, not that hard.
My telecaster is the same color, surf pearl green with a maple neck. I know it's of the player series so I'm sure you can find one. I got mine a couple years ago from a music store in Chicago that sells on Ebay. Love it, no complaints, no problems and they ship quickly. Hope this helps you.
I end up thinking the opposite on a lot of Fenders wishing they made one I like except with a rosewood fingerboard..😂
A tele with 6 saddles is a non runner for me.
You're playing FREE cool .
I had a PFerro player tele and that guitar was utter crap. From the neck shape to the electronics and fit and finish....just a dud
MY DAD: “Son…there are people who stay awake 24 hours a day trying to figure out how to get your money.”
That sums up most of the entire guitar world. All marketing, man.
The pickups in the Player II strats and teles are the same as the pickups in the original Player Series strats and teles which in my opinion are very good. Fender only changed the pickups in the Player II offset guitars. This is straight from Fender and not just my opinion so if you liked the original Player pickups but not the Player II pickups then maybe you need to get your ears checked...
Shockingly broken bridge design. Only two screws to secure to the body resulting in these domed screws blocking the saddles on the E strings from intonating properly. Completely defective and terrible. They had a working design with the American Standard but they had to save a few pennies. Don't buy this garbage.
American Standards were wonderful.
Couldn't a person just put in flat screws?
@@grawman67 Theoretically, but they're never exactly level with the bridge and the worn screws can settle into the grooves in the much larger screws, too. It's just a bad lazy design begging for problems.
@@iancurrie8844 That makes sense. Thanks. Looks like the entire bridge would really have to be replaced then. Which isn't a huge problem but it shouldn't have to be done for an $800 guitar
Finally, a six saddle tele that is automatically inferior to a 3 saddle tele 😂
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So you get a commission and are giving an "Honest Opinion?" Forgive my doubt.
It's a Fender, so everyone expects it to be at least average. You accept commissions that you know will be ok. You don't accept shady commissions. It's common sense.
I get a commission on anything you buy through the link, not just this guitar. Which I very clearly stated.
Ok. So say the guitar in your video is a POS. ZZOUNDS sells fender and makes a tone of money. Are they going to be happy with you calling Fender out. No. Are you going to damage your own income by pissing off zzounds by saying this guitar from their BIG supplier is a turd? 🤔 I'm skeptical that you don't have a sense of self preservation. This is what we call in the real world a conflict of interest. TH-cam is full of it. It's the world we live in. But it's decidedly unethical and positively not "HONEST"
Actually Zzounds encourages me to be honest, and I told them I wouldn’t join the program without that freedom. It’s also the reputation I have with my channel. But thanks for the comments anyway.
@@JackFossettAt this point, it seems like fender's guitars are a better value than their amps
Yet another Tele...
Yep. But better than another bank bailout. Can always use another Tele.