@ruminantmelanoid5444
And yet they still refuse to do stainless steel fretwire.
@rudiyantohalim736
Besides the push pull, that guitar should have come with Stainless Steel frets
@xy-st9dz
Looks like you were really enjoying playing it. When I see someone getting into it like that it tells me more than words can.
@ddbrock9675
I dig it. Love humbuckered Teles, and that weird grain is cool. My back will love that weight.
@Von_Dead
It’s 2025, Stainless steel frets should be standard at this point
@rumanrobert
And still no arm and belly contours. They want to make modern, comfortable instrument, and still don't provide the most important features to make it ergonomic.
@bryonmartin9221
I have too many guitars... but this is the best sounding guitar of any demo I've ever heard on YouTube. The sounds are just sunning. Guess I gotta sell some guitars to make room!
@mattsanders5922
That is seriously beautiful! Damn, Fender!
@guitarnutbolinuli5788
Who else does a review, with guidance on how to mod/improve to taste??? Only Phil, thanks so much!
@JohnnyBeane
Sweet guitar!
@bshingledecker
Another Tele mod that Fender never picked up on, is putting the selector switch at a slight angle. As it comes from the factory, with the bridge pickup selected, you cant wrap your finger around the volume control. Thats all.
@jeffreyeagen4896
That looks great and sounds awesome! Definitely worth adding the coil split!!
@paulketchupwitheverything767
I've got a $100 Yamaha Pacifica base model that looked similar until I changed the stock, black humbuckers for Wilkinsons. It plays and sounds pretty good.
@makermark67
That one seems like a cool guitar. Seems like a missed opportunity with not having the coil split already on the guitar. But easy enough to add. Another great video, thanks for this one!!
@Sage·Texas·Senior
My Daddy played an Ivory colored fender & had a small amp, starting in the 50's! listened to him play most of the time I was living at home,. Fond memories of the Fender!
@pablowentscobar
I have a Squier HH Tele, I love it. Fantastic doom and sludge platform. Good stuff Phil.
@rondelio8562
In 2023, I built a telecaster with solid Ash body, standard maple neck, 2 humbuckers in a semi-standard Tele bridge. The bridge has the traditional 'ash tray' design, but with Strat style individual string adjustments, with a LP style 3 way switch where the old Fender style usually sits. You still get the Tele twang out of the bridge pup and a very warm tone from the neck pup. It cost me less to build it the way I wanted to than it would have to buy a Fender and mod it. I also added a slight belly curve and front indenting, like a Strat . The pickups were custom from Denver, a set of Planet Tone pickups - the Legacy model, I think.
@aaroncurry279
Pretty sure from my experience with both USA and MIM Fenders, day one on the job Fender employees get assigned to drill the pickguard pilot holes. Always has to be several crooked ones or recessed so deeply that only a couple screw threads catch.
@bakstabbath
I built a Tele with a chambered one piece Alder body and 1/4 inch flamed maple cap. Roasted maple neck with Rosewood board. It weighs 6.5 pounds and has some magical acoustic sustain. I think total cost including SD Hot Rails Tele pickups was $750.
@zog62