99 quid you can get decent after market pickups , Tone Rider Iron Gear Wilkinson, even the tuning pegs, it makes a great upgrade base but it's crazy what you can get these days, it gives everyone a chance no matter what budget to pickup a guitar
you can fully upgrade and make it gig-worthy for even cheaper than 99 quid , a set of Artec TFA40/TRA44 alnico pickups costs around £20 an alternative would be the Wilkinson Low Gauss Ceramics set for the same price, a Wilkinson Compensated tele bridge for £15, Guyker locking tuners for £18, a PureTone output jack for £5, 250K or 500K CTS pots for £8, and an Oak Grigsby 3-way switch for £10. All these for around £76 give or take and you still have a budget for something like a Joyo JF-03 distortion pedal for £20 if you have 99 quid budget😂
Couldn't have timed this better man. Was planning on buying one of these in a pack for my nieces 10th birthday. Wish I had started playing at that age instead of in my thirties!
I remember even in the 80's if you bought a guitar for $99/GBP you were going to be stuck with something that was really rough. You have a lot better choices now.
In case our friends across the pond weren't sure - Pony is slang for rubbish/crap. Great review Col, best part of the working (from home) week for me is the latest Guitaristas episode! Have a great few weeks. 👍
I look forward to watching this one Colin. I got the East Coast cabronita tele baritone for £150 and, even though they dropped it to £99 in the sale shortly after (DOH!), I still think I got a bargain. Swapped out the pups but other than that, it's perfect for the job as it is and well made/finished. Lee's doing a good job with these - getting kids playing decent guitars as their first guitar (and old men like me on their 14th guitar ;-) ).
That looks and sounds a damn sight better than the cheap Woolies knock-offs that were about when I was a kid, and all for under a ton???? For a minute I thought Rick had come back to life...... and then I looked at the screen.😉
Afternoon Col, £99 it's a no brainer for any budding new guitarist and Lee is not gonna put his name to any old shite (I hope) Epiphone take note if you want to win back the hearts of a new wave of beginner guitarista's. Better than the planks we started are journey with 😂😂
I olso, wish I hadI had started playing guitar before I was in my 30s. Like the Vunce Gills, Brent Masons. Redd Volcarts, in the world of Tele players did.
Brilliant guitar for a beginner, or someone who may want to have an inexpensive t-style to knock around with. I watched that interview of Lee by Andy. Lee Anderton seems to truly care about a beginner's experience with their first guitar. Smart move by him.
That would be a cracking wee guitar to put into an open tuning for a dedicated slide machine. By the way, I walked past the Kursaal last week, down visitng the in-laws. Its amazing the musical history that place has and a shame its not been restored to its full potential.
Great review as always Colin. The thing with the East Coast/Andertons brand is i guess they NEED to make it playable and decent for a beginner. Throwing crap out of the door would just ruin the rep they've built and by association everything connected to them like Victory etc. Lee Anderton is essentially a retailer who wants your money like everyone else but he does come across as genuinely wanting people to have a good first guitar experience. Which is more than you get from a lot of retailers, particularly online ones.
Because this guitar is as good as it is, I would be far more inclined to buy from them again in the future. I think they value their reputation and heritage very highly and that is reflected in their service.
Thank you sir for your awesome channel. Regarding removing the pick guard either loosening the neck or elevate the neck pick to the maximum height then it would be easy to remove the pick guard hope it helps. Thank you for your helpful reviews and definitely many people will be very thankful for your great works. I certainly recommend people to support your channel. Best regards from 🏴.
All the other commenters said it all, some thoughtful remarks so nothing to add but... when you put it back together and played it through the Princeton I got an instant Clash vibe. I KNOW you like that. Two thumbs up from me, I'd buy one today if they were for sale stateside at a comparable price. What's not to like? Cheers from chilly Dallas!
Similar story for me growing up but instead of the Quo it was Wilko's black Tele in Dr Feelgood.Very nice for the money and good to see the colour matches the advertized models which has been a problem with the cheaper Jets [its a JT300 you have btw]
The frets look shiny and well dressed and medium-jumbo sized which I prefer. Just a suggestion: Could you please start doing a quick fret rocker test to see how well they did at leveling the frets? If the frets have high spots it is kind of a major concern because it is not an easy or cheap imperfection to fix. Cheers, Colin.
great video, good guitar. these things are now even cheaper than buying a kit to put together yourself. great value for starter for a backup or for non standard tunings or a 5 string open G for Stones stuff.
Always a great friday when you have posted a new video. Loved the jam with the soulfood, looked like you were really having fun, even pulled the guitar solo face a few times. Fantastic. See you next week. Cheers
I've gotta say, just on visuals alone, that's the highest quality, cleanest routed, well put together super cheap guitar I have ever seen. It's incredible what can be achieved for so little. Even the grain pattern of the rosewood looks fantastic, and there's even a little bit of figuring on parts of the maple neck. You got lucky with that, but you certainly don't expect such quality looking timbers on such a cheap guitar. Good on Anderton's for making quality a priority for his line of budget instruments. These guitars, as well as Lee's standards, provide a great service to the guitar community. Most importantly, they give beginner guitarists an excellent way to get started with a quality instrument that plays right, and sets them off on the right path. We all know what atrocious, low-quality guitars look and play like. Just think about how many people give up playing guitar due to those horrible "instrument"-shaped objects. This guitar is an example of what all budget brands should strive for. Well done, East Coast!
That Zenta 'Telecaster' inset was very evocative of when I started playing guitar too. The blonde body/white pickguard and Fender-ish styling was used by many other beginner brands at the time like Jedson, Arbiter, Top Twenty, Audition, Eko and Satellite.
As an acoustic player, I had a hankering for a cheap Tele for mucking around on at home and had been looking at kits. Then I saw Anderton's 5 Tele Blind Test vid and exactly 24 hours later it arrived to my door. I was impressed with the set up and finish. Tuners and saddles are a bit meh. I reshaped the neck a bit to take down the shoulders and oiled it. Fitted an old strat pick up in the middle with a mini switch on the plate and put a set of 10s on it. I'm pleased with it, compared to starter guitars from 45 odd years ago it is excellent, and a good platform to play around with custom ideas on.
I love the look of this guitar. Very classic. I would love to see you take this guitar and first change the wiring harness to one with a tone bleed, then change to brass saddles and see how it sounds. Then, if still doesn't sound great, upgrade the pickups (like to Bootstraps) and check again. Last, nut and tuners. All these upgrade would be about $200 US + or - $25 or so. I think it would be a monster with these upgrades -something to fall in love with. I have the same TE-62 you reviewed, I changed the wiring tree and added brass saddles and saw no need to change the pickups, though still considering it. It is a great little guitar. The amount of guitar you can get with a few upgrades is astounding and the best part, you won't run into anyone else with one.
Excellent review and playing Colin! Yeah, if these would have been around in the late 70's/early 80's, I could have convinced my Dad to let me have one. He'd have wanted me to be the next Roy Clark though. lol
Another great video Colin, £99 and its good enough for rock and roll. What an age we live in. 🙂wish it was like when i was a nipper. thanks for posting.
That is a very well made guitar for a £99 Tele Colin. Well done to Andertons for doing this. Well worth playing around with it even if not a begginer. I love these guitars I like to swap parts and even take the shine of the body. They definetly can become at least x3 better with electronics swap. For begginers is fine as it is.
Good Friday evening, thank you for the nice and quality review of the Telecaster of the mentioned brand. I don't think there's any need to turn your nose up at cheap guitars. Good stores usually know how to ensure the sufficient quality of the product sold. I'm only a home-type guitarist, I'm not good, but maybe in my advanced age I can usually judge the quality of an instrument (suitable for my needs). This brand fulfills everything needed not only for beginner guitarists. An active or professional musician will probably reach for a different brand, understandably for various reasons. From a purely personal point of view, I am happy for these brands. I have lots and lots of SX, Jet, Encore, HB, Squier, etc. at home. They make me happy, they are technically and qualitatively enough for me. So far, I've always had a lucky hand when choosing. I also have significantly more expensive brands, but for me it was just a matter of a little whim or, for example, a gift. I wish you a nice weekend and greetings. Pavel CZ.👍👍👍
Nice review as always Colin, I’ve just pulled the trigger on the Eastcoast Thin line in sunburst. Lovely guitar, however I haven’t had time yet to give it a good play. I have bought a set of IronGear pickups for it, so I’ll get those fitted when it goes for a full setup. Keep up the great work!
This was as organic a performance as I've seen on this channel. The Status Quo jam was almost like we were witnessing an out-of-body experience. Like we couldn't tell where the guitar ended and Colin began!
Col, you couldn't make it cheaper! Seriously considering getting an East Coast and throwing in some upgrades to see what can be achieved for around £200 all in. Keep the reviews coming (this week beverage was coffee, snack was a pink lady apple 🍎)
My third guitar, which I sti have, is just like the one you started out on (mine had no name on it anywhere). It was a step up from the first two (a single pickup and then a twin pickup guitar which both came from that well-known music retailer Woolworth's), but the next one - a black CMI Tele deluxe copy was the first one that felt like a proper guitar. I wish I still had that one. None of them were as good as the beginner guitars, such as East Coast, that are available now. I bought an East Coast Strat copy for a friend of mine who was interested in learning (I thought she'd like something with a more elegant shape than a 'workhorse' Tele), and not only does it look lovely, in a blue sparkle finish, its actually a really nice player.
Since proving that tonewood isn't a thing in the electric guitar realm scientifically, it would stand to reason that the electronics and amp are what really matters. So as long as the pickups aren't horrible you can build it from anything like Leo fender did, and having a good speaker in your amp helps alot as well
The East Coast looks great value for a starter or doer upper guitar. Some of your review met my expectations,(the ceramic pickups, cheap electronics and will just about do machine heads ), but the rosewood board, finish and through body stringing are exceptional at the price point.
The non-Guitaristas out there need to stop being snobby about these cheap guitars. My artist tc59 was bomb-proof. You can learn setup, modding and playing for less than a hundred quid? Rock-on. Nice one as always Col.
It lacks a bit of precision but that would be expected at this price point. I am amazed at what you can get for £100 these days. A great beginner guitar, or an additional instrument that can be used more casually. Also perfect if you like tinkering with parts.
I'm really not a telecaster man. How ever, if someone were to take an instrument like this, upgrade it a bit, and hide the brand name, Even someone like Joe Bonamassa, would pick one up (imagine that happening) and give it a play, at least once. Colin, I'm always impressed with your willingness to review what is clearly a CHEAP guitar, and then we all discover that Gibson, Epiphone and Fender are going to be in trouble AGAIN. I sure hope that they take notice, and learn that they are loosing a ton of business, because that won't provide entry level priced guitars. Well, Maybe not, then folks like East Coast would loose out. I wonder, what would an East Coaster sound like with a $600 price tag? (still affordable) Beginners take notice, You or your folks can get a guitar for little money, that as Colin said, "it sounds great". And just imagine, for a few hundred, you can have a guitar that's better than a REAL tele, for less than half of what a tele costs, even if you pay to have the upgrade done by a pro. Oh by the way, the guitar player world has lost another legend. RIP Richard (Dickie) Betts, (Alman Brothers Band) ;-)
Late to the party here but wow! Jeez Colin you made that bad boy sing! Andertons & Guitar Guitar damn good so could not see them taking a risk on reputation by kicking out cheap trash. This is by all accounts a decent instrument, yep helps being played through good gear by a guy who can play damn good, but it held up well. Folk so lucky these days getting gear like this for these prices. Great vid mate thanks!
I was going to order an inexpensive guitar from anderons, but shipping to the usa was more than the price of the guitar. Its all good. I already have 5 teles as it is.
Wow - so, it's not all show with the big 'A', this really is a great, entry-level/value guitar, with cash to spare for a small amp, if you're a beginner, or upgrades, if you're a modder. I really need to scratch that T-type itch with one of these guitars. No need to apologise, Colin, at all. You are keeping body and soul together in this time of multi-layered income streams, so you go, girlfriend, come back in May, fully refreshed and ready to slay us all with another ramble about new (to you) guitars. Ramble On, as a well known band once sang!
Hi Colin, great review as always. I always thoroughly enjoy your playing and telecasters are my all time favourite. If you’re looking for ideas on guitars to review, the single P90 Fender Noventa Teles from a couple years ago are interesting and different. Kind of like a Telecaster Junior. Would love to get your take on those. Rock on mate! 🇦🇺🤘
I'm increasingly amazed at the value guitars like these represent. I remember the first guitar I bought - a Squire Strat - back in the late 80s. It cost more than this and was awful in every way. The paint finish was rough, the tuners struggled to keep in tune and the pick-ups were very weak. The worst thing, however, was the fret finishing. It felt like running your fingers up and down razor blades. I remember a Ted Nugent quote saying practice until your fingers bleed. He must have had a squire too.
I like Andertons. They make fun videos. Been wanting to get a guitar off of them, but I've been on a tear spending money on guitars and amps! Why do we do this? I'm happy with all my gear! But i want more! For 99 bucks, why not? I need a tele! Strats nope. Firebird, the neck didn't do it for me! Teles have nice necks! I'm fed up with the u.s. and I'd rather give my money to foreigners. Looks like i found my tele. I wonder who makes good tele pickups? I'll have to research. For 200 bucks, you could trick it out pretty good. Hopefully, it's light my neck surgery makes playing terrible at times.
I remember when East Coast first appeared as I'd been dealing with Terry and Simon at PMT since soon after they started in that little London Rd shop in Southend. (On a side note I do find it bizarre that they both just kinda vanished. They lived and breathed the business and we used to have a few great laughs when I visted the Southend 'superstore' when they were there). My nephew learnt on an Eastcoast guitar and to be fair, for the money it was more than decent. One good bit of progress has been some very affordable quality guitars..
The issue is the neck pocket schematics. When you buy a budget guitar your either going to give it to a beginner or you’re buying a platform and intend to upgrade. I bought a Harley Benton because it had a genuine ash body. I messed up the neck trying to upgrade the dots only to find out that there isn’t a single neck I could purchase that was going to fit properly because the body thickness caused the neck pocket to be routed shallow. Upgrading some of these isn’t quite so easy. So you got what you got.
The perfect mod platform, sand the logo off,hit the back of the neck and the headstock with a lite sanding just so it can except a few coats of linseed oil, upgrade all the hardware and pickups and you have a fender looking tele.
And after spending all that money, still will not sound like a fender. These bodies are made with crappy wood. You can change all hardware, but the wood its still the same crap.
And what pray tell me does the difference in wood in an electric guitar make, don't give me that tone wood nonsense please, I sold my fender because it was over priced, I bought 3 nice guitars with the money @@PedroMiguel-if3ll
I can see what you did there, you were thinking about the Eastwood Road out of Rayleigh. Great beginner guitar to get kids & older learners on the road without the really cheap crap that used to get punted around years ago. Not a Tele lover myself, but great video to accompany re stringing a couple of Les Pauls.
Had a similar problem with a Vintage V62 Tele where the neck pick up was a bit low so wanted to lift it a bit, but as its screwed into the body had to remove the pickguard and had issue with it not clearing the pickup so had to remove the neck. Then I put neck back on adjusted the pickup height removed it again replaced pickguard then the neck again. What a faff, but only way to get pickup height correct. However the Guitar is worth it really happy with Wilkinson appointments, and the distressed one I bought looks cool and the neck on it is outstanding.
The action looks really high. I've bought cheap guitars in the past and at first they seem great. That is, until all the annoying faults start to emerge. Things like tuners, intonation that can't be fixed, things coming loose etc. I don't buy them anymore but for beginners they are perfect. Just wish guitars like these were around when I first started. Thanks for the vid.
I'd say not having to change out the tuners on a 99 pound guitar is something to get excited about. Olympic White and Rosewood is also one of my favorite Teles. I think all guitars need to be 12" radius or more.
Andy @Guitargeek will be chuffed with the plug and so will the Captain, But I was thinking both Andy and yourself need some kinda sponsorship from Crock's as you both wear them for your demo's . Top work love you both 👍. PS just £100 it sounds better than the one I'm playing 😮, great review
Great review Col - how I would have loved this rather than the first guitar I had that was like playing a cheese grater ! I’ve always found the neck pick up on a Telecaster to be weak - but I’ve only ever owned Squiers so maybe that’s why ?
Really nice guitar for the price. Sure, you could whine about the pickups or tuners but it’s got all the basics, and the rosewood board is pretty nice. Good review, if I lived in England I’d probably have to get one!
99 quid you can get decent after market pickups , Tone Rider Iron Gear Wilkinson, even the tuning pegs, it makes a great upgrade base but it's crazy what you can get these days, it gives everyone a chance no matter what budget to pickup a guitar
you can fully upgrade and make it gig-worthy for even cheaper than 99 quid , a set of Artec TFA40/TRA44 alnico pickups costs around £20 an alternative would be the Wilkinson Low Gauss Ceramics set for the same price, a Wilkinson Compensated tele bridge for £15, Guyker locking tuners for £18, a PureTone output jack for £5, 250K or 500K CTS pots for £8, and an Oak Grigsby 3-way switch for £10.
All these for around £76 give or take and you still have a budget for something like a Joyo JF-03 distortion pedal for £20 if you have 99 quid budget😂
why is it Toneriders sound so good in a tele?
I just wish I could have got stuff like this 50+yrs ago.
Colin it's brought out your inner Quo 😂
Wilkinson gear is great.. stuff is cheap as chips and delivers every time.. no need to run to Seymore!
Couldn't have timed this better man. Was planning on buying one of these in a pack for my nieces 10th birthday. Wish I had started playing at that age instead of in my thirties!
Sounds good to me. Shocking price! Nice review I wish these were available when I started out many years ago!
Man where were these back in the day!?! Great review!
I paid 500 bucks for a decent beginner guitar when I was coming up. This is far better than that guitar. The value is insane now.
@@aaronhiggs same, I bought an Epiphone Special that had sharp frets and action high enough to Limbo!!
I remember even in the 80's if you bought a guitar for $99/GBP you were going to be stuck with something that was really rough. You have a lot better choices now.
they were in our dreams....and we had to wait another 40 years for affordable playable instruments....pitty 😢
Rosewood fretboard for £99 when epiphone are laural for gibson prices.
And Fender with the ghastly pau ferro fingerboards.
My sentiments exactly
Epiphone is out.
Truth.
@@lasombra_brThose are horrible.
When you watch the video with Lee explaining how much more you get for an additional $5, it makes you realize what a deal East Coast is.
I came here to say the same thing. That interview on the Guitar Geek really enhances watching this.
That was a great interview. A must watch for all first time buyers.
just had a look on guitar guitar,the lefty is £20 off, so its just £79.Blooming heck.
In case our friends across the pond weren't sure - Pony is slang for rubbish/crap. Great review Col, best part of the working (from home) week for me is the latest Guitaristas episode! Have a great few weeks. 👍
Pony and trap = crap! Rhyming slang.
Thank you for the info 👍
Gracias😅😂
And confusingly a pony is also twenty five quid.
I'm from Texas, I've never 'pony' used for that, thanks. Can you maybe explain 'taking the piss'?
I look forward to watching this one Colin. I got the East Coast cabronita tele baritone for £150 and, even though they dropped it to £99 in the sale shortly after (DOH!), I still think I got a bargain. Swapped out the pups but other than that, it's perfect for the job as it is and well made/finished. Lee's doing a good job with these - getting kids playing decent guitars as their first guitar (and old men like me on their 14th guitar ;-) ).
What pickups did you go for? I picked up the eastcoast baritone in blue!
99 quid and all of that fun? Rick Parfitt would approve for sure!
Lovely stuff Colin, I really enjoyed your review.
Nice axe. "Just play it!" The Quo Rules! RIP Rick Parfitt. Long may you play. From a fan "across the pond."
✌️😎🤘
you are one of the higher talented reviews I really appreciate your talent
Thanks that’s appreciated! 😊🙏
That looks and sounds a damn sight better than the cheap Woolies knock-offs that were about when I was a kid, and all for under a ton???? For a minute I thought Rick had come back to life...... and then I looked at the screen.😉
Afternoon Col, £99 it's a no brainer for any budding new guitarist and Lee is not gonna put his name to any old shite (I hope) Epiphone take note if you want to win back the hearts of a new wave of beginner guitarista's. Better than the planks we started are journey with 😂😂
Although I wish I still had my first electric my Dear ol' Dad bought me in the early 80s, Hondo 2 les paul cutomish RIP Pop's ❤
I olso, wish I hadI had started playing guitar before I was in my 30s. Like the Vunce Gills, Brent Masons. Redd Volcarts, in the world of Tele players did.
Brilliant guitar for a beginner, or someone who may want to have an inexpensive t-style to knock around with. I watched that interview of Lee by Andy. Lee Anderton seems to truly care about a beginner's experience with their first guitar. Smart move by him.
They are also easier to shift at that price point.
That would be a cracking wee guitar to put into an open tuning for a dedicated slide machine. By the way, I walked past the Kursaal last week, down visitng the in-laws. Its amazing the musical history that place has and a shame its not been restored to its full potential.
Yeah shameful 🤷♂️
Great review as always Colin. The thing with the East Coast/Andertons brand is i guess they NEED to make it playable and decent for a beginner. Throwing crap out of the door would just ruin the rep they've built and by association everything connected to them like Victory etc. Lee Anderton is essentially a retailer who wants your money like everyone else but he does come across as genuinely wanting people to have a good first guitar experience. Which is more than you get from a lot of retailers, particularly online ones.
Because this guitar is as good as it is, I would be far more inclined to buy from them again in the future. I think they value their reputation and heritage very highly and that is reflected in their service.
Thank you sir for your awesome channel. Regarding removing the pick guard either loosening the neck or elevate the neck pick to the maximum height then it would be easy to remove the pick guard hope it helps. Thank you for your helpful reviews and definitely many people will be very thankful for your great works. I certainly recommend people to support your channel. Best regards from 🏴.
All the other commenters said it all, some thoughtful remarks so nothing to add but... when you put it back together and played it through the Princeton I got an instant Clash vibe. I KNOW you like that. Two thumbs up from me, I'd buy one today if they were for sale stateside at a comparable price. What's not to like? Cheers from chilly Dallas!
Thanks Colin...really great playing!🎯
Captain should come down here and give you a big thank you.
I'll take that rosewood fingerboard shes a beauty . . .
Similar story for me growing up but instead of the Quo it was Wilko's black Tele in Dr Feelgood.Very nice for the money and good to see the colour matches the advertized models which has been a problem with the cheaper Jets [its a JT300 you have btw]
The frets look shiny and well dressed and medium-jumbo sized which I prefer. Just a suggestion: Could you please start doing a quick fret rocker test to see how well they did at leveling the frets? If the frets have high spots it is kind of a major concern because it is not an easy or cheap imperfection to fix. Cheers, Colin.
I always think if you can’t hear any buzzing or fretting out you’re good so that’s my test… just play the thing! 😁👍
Now you'll have to get a west creek, northwest and north guitar on the show 😅 cheers, thanks for everything!
Wow!! I could definitely tell you were having fun playing it.. That guitar at that price is incredible.. Have a great time in the TV world Colin…
great video, good guitar. these things are now even cheaper than buying a kit to put together yourself. great value for starter for a
backup or for non standard tunings or a 5 string open G for Stones stuff.
Aloha Colin! Amazing how good these budget guitars are. Mahalo.
I love your videos. I watched you years ago before you were so famous and successful. Respect to you mate . St. Louis,. Missouri. Blues USA
Cheers man thanks for supporting! 😁🙏
Always a great friday when you have posted a new video. Loved the jam with the soulfood, looked like you were really having fun, even pulled the guitar solo face a few times. Fantastic. See you next week. Cheers
I've gotta say, just on visuals alone, that's the highest quality, cleanest routed, well put together super cheap guitar I have ever seen. It's incredible what can be achieved for so little. Even the grain pattern of the rosewood looks fantastic, and there's even a little bit of figuring on parts of the maple neck. You got lucky with that, but you certainly don't expect such quality looking timbers on such a cheap guitar.
Good on Anderton's for making quality a priority for his line of budget instruments. These guitars, as well as Lee's standards, provide a great service to the guitar community. Most importantly, they give beginner guitarists an excellent way to get started with a quality instrument that plays right, and sets them off on the right path. We all know what atrocious, low-quality guitars look and play like. Just think about how many people give up playing guitar due to those horrible "instrument"-shaped objects. This guitar is an example of what all budget brands should strive for. Well done, East Coast!
Great to hear the Quo again Colin. A bit of ‘Roll Over Lay Down’ 😀👍🏻
Great video mate. I really enjoyed it.
That Zenta 'Telecaster' inset was very evocative of when I started playing guitar too. The blonde body/white pickguard and Fender-ish styling was used by many other beginner brands at the time like Jedson, Arbiter, Top Twenty, Audition, Eko and Satellite.
I have a black one I just need to practice and practice some more, nice to see the insides I'm really happy with it
As an acoustic player, I had a hankering for a cheap Tele for mucking around on at home and had been looking at kits. Then I saw Anderton's 5 Tele Blind Test vid and exactly 24 hours later it arrived to my door. I was impressed with the set up and finish. Tuners and saddles are a bit meh. I reshaped the neck a bit to take down the shoulders and oiled it. Fitted an old strat pick up in the middle with a mini switch on the plate and put a set of 10s on it. I'm pleased with it, compared to starter guitars from 45 odd years ago it is excellent, and a good platform to play around with custom ideas on.
I love the look of this guitar. Very classic. I would love to see you take this guitar and first change the wiring harness to one with a tone bleed, then change to brass saddles and see how it sounds. Then, if still doesn't sound great, upgrade the pickups (like to Bootstraps) and check again. Last, nut and tuners. All these upgrade would be about $200 US + or - $25 or so. I think it would be a monster with these upgrades -something to fall in love with. I have the same TE-62 you reviewed, I changed the wiring tree and added brass saddles and saw no need to change the pickups, though still considering it. It is a great little guitar. The amount of guitar you can get with a few upgrades is astounding and the best part, you won't run into anyone else with one.
I was literally looking at these guitars and then you posted! Spooky!
YT can sometimes read minds: I wanted to know how to make Toad in the Hole once, and the vid was there when I turned on my PC!
Very tempted by one of these! My first guitar was a Vester Tele copy in 93/94 which was pretty good, ply body but I remember it sounding great
Excellent review and playing Colin!
Yeah, if these would have been around in the late 70's/early 80's, I could have convinced my Dad to let me have one. He'd have wanted me to be the next Roy Clark though. lol
I enjoyed listening while doing some busy work, another wonderful video!
Wow if you have a kid that is interested in guitar playing. Here you go. Great presentation Colin.
Another great video Colin, £99 and its good enough for rock and roll. What an age we live in. 🙂wish it was like when i was a nipper. thanks for posting.
Brilliant review as always Colin, what a lovely guitar for 99 quid beats my first Futurama hands down mate. Thanks as always
Gotta love some "Quo" 👍👏
Safe travels. 😊
Sounds great. I've liked the tone & character of every ceramic Tele bridge pup I've played.
Not bad at all for $99! Love the butter cream/aged white on Tele’s ! Great show Colin!👍😎👌
Great review, Great guitar. What more can you say 😀🎸 Thanks Colin 😊
That is a very well made guitar for a £99 Tele Colin. Well done to Andertons for doing this. Well worth playing around with it even if not a begginer. I love these guitars I like to swap parts and even take the shine of the body. They definetly can become at least x3 better with electronics swap. For begginers is fine as it is.
Cortez The Killer! 🤘 Nice review/guitar
LOVE your vids...THANK YOU!
Good Friday evening, thank you for the nice and quality review of the Telecaster of the mentioned brand. I don't think there's any need to turn your nose up at cheap guitars. Good stores usually know how to ensure the sufficient quality of the product sold. I'm only a home-type guitarist, I'm not good, but maybe in my advanced age I can usually judge the quality of an instrument (suitable for my needs). This brand fulfills everything needed not only for beginner guitarists. An active or professional musician will probably reach for a different brand, understandably for various reasons. From a purely personal point of view, I am happy for these brands. I have lots and lots of SX, Jet, Encore, HB, Squier, etc. at home. They make me happy, they are technically and qualitatively enough for me. So far, I've always had a lucky hand when choosing. I also have significantly more expensive brands, but for me it was just a matter of a little whim or, for example, a gift. I wish you a nice weekend and greetings. Pavel CZ.👍👍👍
Nice review as always Colin, I’ve just pulled the trigger on the Eastcoast Thin line in sunburst. Lovely guitar, however I haven’t had time yet to give it a good play. I have bought a set of IronGear pickups for it, so I’ll get those fitted when it goes for a full setup. Keep up the great work!
This was as organic a performance as I've seen on this channel. The Status Quo jam was almost like we were witnessing an out-of-body experience. Like we couldn't tell where the guitar ended and Colin began!
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Col, you couldn't make it cheaper! Seriously considering getting an East Coast and throwing in some upgrades to see what can be achieved for around £200 all in. Keep the reviews coming (this week beverage was coffee, snack was a pink lady apple 🍎)
I love the colour and the rosewood fretboard looks great
You calling my zenter shit..nearly spat me beer oot 😂
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@@theguitaristas that would look nice standing next to my crap zenta 🤣
Great couch guitar. Always just sitting there ready to go. If the dog takes a nibble so what?! Adds character!
My third guitar, which I sti have, is just like the one you started out on (mine had no name on it anywhere). It was a step up from the first two (a single pickup and then a twin pickup guitar which both came from that well-known music retailer Woolworth's), but the next one - a black CMI Tele deluxe copy was the first one that felt like a proper guitar. I wish I still had that one.
None of them were as good as the beginner guitars, such as East Coast, that are available now. I bought an East Coast Strat copy for a friend of mine who was interested in learning (I thought she'd like something with a more elegant shape than a 'workhorse' Tele), and not only does it look lovely, in a blue sparkle finish, its actually a really nice player.
Since proving that tonewood isn't a thing in the electric guitar realm scientifically, it would stand to reason that the electronics and amp are what really matters. So as long as the pickups aren't horrible you can build it from anything like Leo fender did, and having a good speaker in your amp helps alot as well
The East Coast looks great value for a starter or doer upper guitar. Some of your review met my expectations,(the ceramic pickups, cheap electronics and will just about do machine heads ), but the rosewood board, finish and through body stringing are exceptional at the price point.
The non-Guitaristas out there need to stop being snobby about these cheap guitars. My artist tc59 was bomb-proof. You can learn setup, modding and playing for less than a hundred quid? Rock-on.
Nice one as always Col.
Yay! I had a single pick up Zenta t style in that colour! It cost £25 in 1973!!
I paid £7 for mine used! 😂👍
Nice one. But Crocs and Fred Perry want a word.😀
The quality in these instruments for the price is pretty awesome!
What a fantastic video have a wonderful weekend Colin also Thursday was my dad birthday ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Great review as always! Like chatting to a knowledgeable mate. I’d love your thoughts on the East Coast Hollowbody. They look really good! 👍
It lacks a bit of precision but that would be expected at this price point. I am amazed at what you can get for £100 these days. A great beginner guitar, or an additional instrument that can be used more casually. Also perfect if you like tinkering with parts.
I'm really not a telecaster man. How ever, if someone were to take an instrument like this, upgrade it a bit, and hide the brand name, Even someone like Joe Bonamassa, would pick one up (imagine that happening) and give it a play, at least once.
Colin, I'm always impressed with your willingness to review what is clearly a CHEAP guitar, and then we all discover that Gibson, Epiphone and Fender are going to be in trouble AGAIN. I sure hope that they take notice, and learn that they are loosing a ton of business, because that won't provide entry level priced guitars. Well, Maybe not, then folks like East Coast would loose out. I wonder, what would an East Coaster sound like with a $600 price tag? (still affordable)
Beginners take notice, You or your folks can get a guitar for little money, that as Colin said, "it sounds great". And just imagine, for a few hundred, you can have a guitar that's better than a REAL tele, for less than half of what a tele costs, even if you pay to have the upgrade done by a pro.
Oh by the way, the guitar player world has lost another legend. RIP Richard (Dickie) Betts, (Alman Brothers Band) ;-)
RIP Dickie 😕
I bought two Eastcoast Baritones a while ago, they are fantastic for the money
That sounds amazing Colin!
nice vid mt, loved the quo part cool.
have a good weekend col, and your tv bit, look forward to your next effort m.
I got one of the east coast acoustic guitars and for the money its really really good
Holy shit, that's a lot of guitar for 99 pounds!!! I love the antique white as well. Wish I lived in the UK. I'd grab one in a heartbeat!😊
Late to the party here but wow! Jeez Colin you made that bad boy sing! Andertons & Guitar Guitar damn good so could not see them taking a risk on reputation by kicking out cheap trash. This is by all accounts a decent instrument, yep helps being played through good gear by a guy who can play damn good, but it held up well. Folk so lucky these days getting gear like this for these prices. Great vid mate thanks!
I was going to order an inexpensive guitar from anderons, but shipping to the usa was more than the price of the guitar. Its all good. I already have 5 teles as it is.
Thanks a lot for this video. Your playing is brilliant! My "Strat" (Yammie Pacifica) really needs a "Tele" brother ,-)
Wow - so, it's not all show with the big 'A', this really is a great, entry-level/value guitar, with cash to spare for a small amp, if you're a beginner, or upgrades, if you're a modder. I really need to scratch that T-type itch with one of these guitars.
No need to apologise, Colin, at all. You are keeping body and soul together in this time of multi-layered income streams, so you go, girlfriend, come back in May, fully refreshed and ready to slay us all with another ramble about new (to you) guitars. Ramble On, as a well known band once sang!
Hi Colin, great review as always. I always thoroughly enjoy your playing and telecasters are my all time favourite.
If you’re looking for ideas on guitars to review, the single P90 Fender Noventa Teles from a couple years ago are interesting and different. Kind of like a Telecaster Junior. Would love to get your take on those.
Rock on mate! 🇦🇺🤘
I'm increasingly amazed at the value guitars like these represent. I remember the first guitar I bought - a Squire Strat - back in the late 80s. It cost more than this and was awful in every way. The paint finish was rough, the tuners struggled to keep in tune and the pick-ups were very weak. The worst thing, however, was the fret finishing. It felt like running your fingers up and down razor blades. I remember a Ted Nugent quote saying practice until your fingers bleed. He must have had a squire too.
I like Andertons. They make fun videos. Been wanting to get a guitar off of them, but I've been on a tear spending money on guitars and amps!
Why do we do this? I'm happy with all my gear! But i want more! For 99 bucks, why not? I need a tele! Strats nope. Firebird, the neck didn't do it for me! Teles have nice necks!
I'm fed up with the u.s. and I'd rather give my money to foreigners. Looks like i found my tele. I wonder who makes good tele pickups? I'll have to research. For 200 bucks, you could trick it out pretty good. Hopefully, it's light my neck surgery makes playing terrible at times.
I was hoping you would check review this brand. Thank you!
I remember when East Coast first appeared as I'd been dealing with Terry and Simon at PMT since soon after they started in that little London Rd shop in Southend. (On a side note I do find it bizarre that they both just kinda vanished. They lived and breathed the business and we used to have a few great laughs when I visted the Southend 'superstore' when they were there). My nephew learnt on an Eastcoast guitar and to be fair, for the money it was more than decent. One good bit of progress has been some very affordable quality guitars..
We definitely miss Terry & Si
@@theguitaristas I agree. Two great characters in the music scene..
I'll have to see if tomann here in the states carries this tele, sounds and looks great.
The issue is the neck pocket schematics. When you buy a budget guitar your either going to give it to a beginner or you’re buying a platform and intend to upgrade. I bought a Harley Benton because it had a genuine ash body. I messed up the neck trying to upgrade the dots only to find out that there isn’t a single neck I could purchase that was going to fit properly because the body thickness caused the neck pocket to be routed shallow. Upgrading some of these isn’t quite so easy. So you got what you got.
The perfect mod platform, sand the logo off,hit the back of the neck and the headstock with a lite sanding just so it can except a few coats of linseed oil, upgrade all the hardware and pickups and you have a fender looking tele.
And after spending all that money, still will not sound like a fender.
These bodies are made with crappy wood.
You can change all hardware, but the wood its still the same crap.
And what pray tell me does the difference in wood in an electric guitar make, don't give me that tone wood nonsense please, I sold my fender because it was over priced, I bought 3 nice guitars with the money @@PedroMiguel-if3ll
How about a 'Frankencaster' made of all the best bits, at the end of the series?
I can see what you did there, you were thinking about the Eastwood Road out of Rayleigh. Great beginner guitar to get kids & older learners on the road without the really cheap crap that used to get punted around years ago. Not a Tele lover myself, but great video to accompany re stringing a couple of Les Pauls.
Had a similar problem with a Vintage V62 Tele where the neck pick up was a bit low so wanted to lift it a bit, but as its screwed into the body had to remove the pickguard and had issue with it not clearing the pickup so had to remove the neck. Then I put neck back on adjusted the pickup height removed it again replaced pickguard then the neck again. What a faff, but only way to get pickup height correct. However the Guitar is worth it really happy with Wilkinson appointments, and the distressed one I bought looks cool and the neck on it is outstanding.
The action looks really high. I've bought cheap guitars in the past and at first they seem great. That is, until all the annoying faults start to emerge. Things like tuners, intonation that can't be fixed, things coming loose etc. I don't buy them anymore but for beginners they are perfect. Just wish guitars like these were around when I first started. Thanks for the vid.
For £99!!! Wow cheap guitars have come so far! Great vid Colin mate. all the best.
For the target newbie this thing is fabulous. Don't care much for ceramics, but it's not meant pour moi....
I'd say not having to change out the tuners on a 99 pound guitar is something to get excited about. Olympic White and Rosewood is also one of my favorite Teles. I think all guitars need to be 12" radius or more.
Andy @Guitargeek will be chuffed with the plug and so will the Captain, But I was thinking both Andy and yourself need some kinda sponsorship from Crock's as you both wear them for your demo's . Top work love you both 👍. PS just £100 it sounds better than the one I'm playing 😮, great review
Great looking and sounding Budget Tele...
Thats a very cool tele especially for £99! Look forward to your thoughts on the Lester mate!
Cheers Paul, coming soon…
Great inexpensive guitar, great video per usual!!
I got on of these and had a tech pal turn it into an esquire for a further £70 ......plays and sounds a treat ....am considering a new set of tuners
Great review Col - how I would have loved this rather than the first guitar I had that was like playing a cheese grater ! I’ve always found the neck pick up on a Telecaster to be weak - but I’ve only ever owned Squiers so maybe that’s why ?
I enjoy 😉 your channel. Don't like missing weeks, but you got to pay them bills, see ya, when we see ya 😊
Really nice guitar for the price. Sure, you could whine about the pickups or tuners but it’s got all the basics, and the rosewood board is pretty nice. Good review, if I lived in England I’d probably have to get one!
Much better this week😊
£69 Harley Benton bought for beginner, was all good and did job required ❤