Man this is great. That tele sounds so good! Warm, sharp, dynamic, smooth. Glad you are digging it so far; you seem comfortable with it already. Rock on!
thank you for sharing sound demo.. .. i suspects you shall be keeping that guitar.. njoy it. together your playing and test demo sound really versatile.
Been wracking my brain trying to solve my MIM Strat issues. Got one last year after playing an Epi Les Paul for 15 years. Fell in love with single coil, neck, and weight. Problem is, my hand cant avoid the volume button when palm muting...So I took it off. My hand length puts the pick or finger picking, directly into contact with the middle pickup...So it's completely lowered. The Tele looked liked the solution, but I also love the tremolo. Seeing as the Tele Deluxe is way out of my reach, this thing really hits the jackpot. You made some great harmonics and sound come out of it, definitely gonna try and pick one up. Thanks for the demo!
Mike M That is interesting, on my strat I wish I could roll the volume while I play like Jeff Beck but it seems like it’s in an awkward place for my hands. I gave up and just use a volume pedal for swells and stuff.
I have the same problem with regular Teles. That bridge! I still use my MIM DP Strat & Fastback for Fender stuff and Gretsch and SG for different songs/tones.
@@MuddyRainMusic They are! Check out their website under the retro category of guitars. They also make a Pete Dee signature model with a mini humbucker in neck position & medium frets. In Canada you can actually buy them at Best Buy but only in the emerald green.
bernie lalonde awesome that is good to know! I couldn’t find it on their website a couple months ago and Sweetwater didn’t have it so I was afraid they’d discontinued it. I wasn’t so sure about the Emerald green but the red is really beautiful in real life and more subdued than in pics online.
@@MuddyRainMusic Hey Steve! I did buy it on the weekend. It is awesome & was on sale & gave me an additional $50 off for floor model. It definitely punches way above it's weight class. Love the satin finish on the neck. Feels like a worn in neck. I've been trying a lot of much more expensive guitars & it compares if not outperforms many of them. Paid $650CAD(about $400USD).
bernie lalonde Awesome! Yes everything about it feels really high quality. The Jack looks indestructible! I have a custom shop strat which is really nice, but this guitar sounds and feels better to me. The fretboard feels really good and I feel like I have better bends and vibrato on it.
Excellent review and great playing. Yes, you should do more reviews. Glad you mentioned what amp you were using in the comments below. For us guys on a budget we know the reviewers are playing on far better amps. If you were looking for that one guitar that does many things well, this may be it. Thanks again
@@MuddyRainMusic I am a 6 month newbie playing mostly country and blues on an acoustic. Will probably get something like a Champion 20, since all my playing will be in house and personal. Like you I really enjoy the sound of a Tele, but always thought a whammy bar would be nice. The fastback seems to fit, but pricey for a beginner.
Carl White Yeah that’s true. I was thinking you could grab a Squier Tele and if you are good with tools, swap out the bridge to a bigsby. But then I priced it out and you’d still be in the $500 arena.
@@MuddyRainMusic Thanks for thinking about it, any and all advice is appreciated. Anything I get will be mail order, as i have at least a 400 mile ride to get to a decent music store.
Carl White I got this from Zzounds which came fine, but usually if I do get a guitar online, I go with Sweetwater because they do like a 52 point inspection on it.
I just bought a green one and really like it, feels like good quality and the neck is great, a little on the heavy side for me (8.8lbs) but that's just my personal preference, any way, sounds good and fun to play!
7:02 to 7:12 is where the magic tones reside. Very gratifying to see my good old PT getting some love on youtube. You don't see them around that often.
@@MuddyRainMusic Glad to hear it. I'll never sell mine, I play it more often than any other guitar I own apart from my SG w/splittable P90 'Buckers. Those two are my workhorses these days. The MIM Strat sits in the case! I thought they were discontinued, but apparently, they are back in production. Split one coil and select the middle position, that's what I like about this guitar.
Glad you pointed out that the neck is chunky. I was checking out specs on these, and the shape is listed as a "thin c". im more partial to the fender modern tele shape. It'd be great if they made that same exact thing with a regular hardtail. Im aware of the other fastback. Dont like the bridge pickup though. Or the fancy block inlays.
Awesome review bro. You’re a great player. And honestly most reviews are kind of one sided. You showed me all the sides I would’ve looked for if I seen this in a shop and played it for myself. Cheers bro!
I had the Pete Dee signature version of this, but as a CCM performer, I just wasn't down with the Adicts symbology on it around the 12th fret, although the other card inlays were cool. So, I returned it to Guitar Center about 12 days after I bought it used. Saw these more generic Fastback II B's, real cool. Planning to get one eventually. If I don't like the wide range style humbuckers, I might put in a Seymour Duncan Hot Rod set. Probably will add locking tuners, like the Pete Dee. For $599.99 you just can't beat all the features of this guitar. It is pretty heavy though, as much as some Les Pauls in the moderate range.
Nealix D. That’s interesting, I looked up the Pete Dee model and those pickups almost look like the Filtron pickups on my Gretsch hollow body. Were they single coil tappable? This guitar is so high output that my already too loud Fender Bassman was sounding harsh, so I just changed the tubes to lower gain preamp tubes and now it sounds just about perfect without ripping your head off on volume level 2!
@@TheJeff1492 Yes, the Filtertrons on the Pete Dee have a push/pull tone pot on both pups that you can set as desired, so you can tap them both separately or together. It's a very versatile guitar.
Nealix D. That’s cool! Sometimes Ineishnthere was a thinner, spankier sound out of the gretsch but it always sounds like, well, a hollow body! I know some people change the pickups to P90s. I wonder what single coils would sound like on it...
Yes it does. With any kind of tremolo arm I always use Big Bends Nut Sauce on all the parts the string touches to keep things smooth and that helps a lot., especially on my gretsch.
I got the red one about 5 months ago. I took the string trees off and it really helped maint tuning with the bigsby. But isnt it just a badass guitar?!
Great guitar , however Its it VERY heavy, heavier than some less pauls, I was not expected that from a T style guitar and the bigsby cant weight that much can it>? the neck is too thin for my taste, soI am returning it but still great guitar for someone and it looks GORGEOUS
Steve Sullivan Music At home I am just running a pedal board Seymour Duncan Stage 170 and into a custom 1x12 cab but at church I run my pedal board through an HX Stomp
Hi, I read that you bought that guitar and I see that you play in a church with a hx Stomp, could you tell me what opinion do you have of that guitar? I also play in a church and use an hx stomp and I want to buy that same guitar, would you say you recommend it?
@@moisesalcerro1204 hey there --- the guitar guitar is great --- I do like the neck profile, the body style and the radius -- it sounded pretty good at church through the pedalboard and stomp,,,,,I have not bonded to the guitar like I thought I would so I am not sure if it is right for me --- Right now I have a Michael Kelly tele style guitar and a Balaguer Growler that I mostly use in church and those fit me very well same with my Peavey Wolfgang. I like the Fastback but I am not sold on it 100 percent,,,,but that is just me
Natalia Novak Hi there, yes I find it to be very versatile and honestly I don’t think it would be an ideal guitar for metal. It doesn’t feel or sound like the typical schecter shredder guitars. I’m not sure about Canada, although another commenter might have bought one in Canada. I got mine on Zzounds.com.
@@MuddyRainMusic hey thanks so much for the reply! That's good to hear! I really like the look of this guitar but I thought it was a metal guitar because of the two humbuckers so I wasn't sure about getting it. I might just get this then if I can find it.
Natalia Novak Yeah they sound to me more like vintage gibsonish, like fat and full but not screaming hot or anything. I had a Heritage goldtop and the humbuckers sort of sound like that. Plus you can tap either or both of them for a single coil sound.
Hey how’s it going? Strangely telecasters have a wide variety of neck profiles, so it’s hard to compare. At least compared to my 1990s MIM Tele, this schecter feels a bit thicker in the neck, but your mileage may vary depending on what tele you are used to and how big your hands are.
@@MuddyRainMusic thanks very much for your response. I’ve played a 72 custom deluxe telecaster which felt comfortable. That’s what I’d be comparing it to. I’m thinking with the 14inch radius on the schecter would make it a bit of a faster neck?
@@Sattvaarising I’m not sure. To me, faster neck mostly comes down to string gauge and action more than neck profile, but I’m also 6’3” and have big weird alien hands.
@@MuddyRainMusic Don't you find that bridge pup a little too bright and the neck just a little too warm? Maybe it's just my VOX, coz it's fine through El34s.
@@mattgilbert7347 Hi, I have noticed this guitar in particular sounds pretty different through different amps. I mostly play it through a 59 Fender Bassman reissue, and I ended up changing the preamp tubes to tone it down a bit, it was just breaking up too fast.
... 03/20/2020: Seems like a great guitar. Three questions: (1) What is the battery box used for? (2) Can the guitar paly without a battery in the battery box? (3) I do not know much about pickups, so why do these pickups have three pole screws to one side of the pickup, and on the other pickup it has three screw poles to the other side?
mailvilla Hi there! These pickups are passive and so there is no battery or battery box on the guitar. As for the screws, I think that’s just how they designed them to be, no special function or anything.
@@TheJeff1492 Hello Steve, thank you for your fast reply. I am still a little confused. There seems to be a small battery box on the back of the guitar. If that is not for a battery, then what is under that little cover?
mailvilla Hi, I’m not sure what picture you are looking at to see a battery box. On mine there isn’t any cover or anything on the back of the guitar. Could you send me a link to the pic?
@@TheJeff1492: My apologies Sir. I must have been looking at a different guitar. Thank you so much for your fast reply. www.guitarcenter.com/Schecter-Guitar-Research/PT-Fastback-IIB-Electric-Guitar-Metallic-Red-Black-Pickguard-1500000210895.gc
Man this is great. That tele sounds so good! Warm, sharp, dynamic, smooth. Glad you are digging it so far; you seem comfortable with it already. Rock on!
Samithy Vandercamp Thanks! I’m really enjoying it! Part of the sound is the 1959 Fender Bassman I was playing it through!
Love the Bigsby on the Teles. A very cool look.
thank you for sharing sound demo.. .. i suspects you shall be keeping that guitar.. njoy it. together your playing and test demo sound really versatile.
Thanks! I still have it!
I'm so intrigued by the versatility of this guitar - I hope to try it out someday!
Been wracking my brain trying to solve my MIM Strat issues. Got one last year after playing an Epi Les Paul for 15 years. Fell in love with single coil, neck, and weight. Problem is, my hand cant avoid the volume button when palm muting...So I took it off. My hand length puts the pick or finger picking, directly into contact with the middle pickup...So it's completely lowered. The Tele looked liked the solution, but I also love the tremolo. Seeing as the Tele Deluxe is way out of my reach, this thing really hits the jackpot. You made some great harmonics and sound come out of it, definitely gonna try and pick one up. Thanks for the demo!
Mike M That is interesting, on my strat I wish I could roll the volume while I play like Jeff Beck but it seems like it’s in an awkward place for my hands. I gave up and just use a volume pedal for swells and stuff.
I have the same problem with regular Teles. That bridge!
I still use my MIM DP Strat & Fastback for Fender stuff and Gretsch and SG for different songs/tones.
Beautiful playing. Great video!
Thanks!
Thanks for posting. Nice to see a real world review from an actual purchaser. Trying one out this weekend.
bernie lalonde I played it at a gig this past weekend and really enjoyed it! Are they still making them new?
@@MuddyRainMusic They are! Check out their website under the retro category of guitars. They also make a Pete Dee signature model with a mini humbucker in neck position & medium frets. In Canada you can actually buy them at Best Buy but only in the emerald green.
bernie lalonde awesome that is good to know! I couldn’t find it on their website a couple months ago and Sweetwater didn’t have it so I was afraid they’d discontinued it. I wasn’t so sure about the Emerald green but the red is really beautiful in real life and more subdued than in pics online.
@@MuddyRainMusic Hey Steve! I did buy it on the weekend. It is awesome & was on sale & gave me an additional $50 off for floor model. It definitely punches way above it's weight class. Love the satin finish on the neck. Feels like a worn in neck. I've been trying a lot of much more expensive guitars & it compares if not outperforms many of them. Paid $650CAD(about $400USD).
bernie lalonde Awesome! Yes everything about it feels really high quality. The Jack looks indestructible! I have a custom shop strat which is really nice, but this guitar sounds and feels better to me. The fretboard feels really good and I feel like I have better bends and vibrato on it.
Nice playing. I just bought the Emerald Green one off the back of your demo - thank you
Cool, how do you like it?
Excellent review and great playing. Yes, you should do more reviews. Glad you mentioned what amp you were using in the comments below. For us guys on a budget we know the reviewers are playing on far better amps. If you were looking for that one guitar that does many things well, this may be it. Thanks again
Carl White Thanks! I like the guitar a lot! What amp are you using?
@@MuddyRainMusic I am a 6 month newbie playing mostly country and blues on an acoustic. Will probably get something like a Champion 20, since all my playing will be in house and personal. Like you I really enjoy the sound of a Tele, but always thought a whammy bar would be nice. The fastback seems to fit, but pricey for a beginner.
Carl White Yeah that’s true. I was thinking you could grab a Squier Tele and if you are good with tools, swap out the bridge to a bigsby. But then I priced it out and you’d still be in the $500 arena.
@@MuddyRainMusic Thanks for thinking about it, any and all advice is appreciated. Anything I get will be mail order, as i have at least a 400 mile ride to get to a decent music store.
Carl White I got this from Zzounds which came fine, but usually if I do get a guitar online, I go with Sweetwater because they do like a 52 point inspection on it.
I just bought a green one and really like it, feels like good quality and the neck is great, a little on the heavy side for me (8.8lbs) but that's just my personal preference, any way, sounds good and fun to play!
Steve Miller It is a bit heavy!
7:02 to 7:12 is where the magic tones reside.
Very gratifying to see my good old PT getting some love on youtube. You don't see them around that often.
I'm loving it!
@@MuddyRainMusic Glad to hear it. I'll never sell mine, I play it more often than any other guitar I own apart from my SG w/splittable P90 'Buckers. Those two are my workhorses these days. The MIM Strat sits in the case!
I thought they were discontinued, but apparently, they are back in production.
Split one coil and select the middle position, that's what I like about this guitar.
Matt Gilbert Lots of good tones to be found!
Schecter makes some nice guitars for the money. Well made with nice touches to them at a reasonable price.
Glad you pointed out that the neck is chunky. I was checking out specs on these, and the shape is listed as a "thin c". im more partial to the fender modern tele shape. It'd be great if they made that same exact thing with a regular hardtail. Im aware of the other fastback. Dont like the bridge pickup though. Or the fancy block inlays.
Phil Smith What have you got against Bigsby’s?? 😀
Awesome review bro. You’re a great player. And honestly most reviews are kind of one sided. You showed me all the sides I would’ve looked for if I seen this in a shop and played it for myself. Cheers bro!
Hey thanks Austin!
For my ears, it sounds as good as others brands which sell their tele 2 or 3 X this price.
I had the Pete Dee signature version of this, but as a CCM performer, I just wasn't down with the Adicts symbology on it around the 12th fret, although the other card inlays were cool. So, I returned it to Guitar Center about 12 days after I bought it used. Saw these more generic Fastback II B's, real cool. Planning to get one eventually. If I don't like the wide range style humbuckers, I might put in a Seymour Duncan Hot Rod set. Probably will add locking tuners, like the Pete Dee. For $599.99 you just can't beat all the features of this guitar. It is pretty heavy though, as much as some Les Pauls in the moderate range.
Nealix D. That’s interesting, I looked up the Pete Dee model and those pickups almost look like the Filtron pickups on my Gretsch hollow body. Were they single coil tappable? This guitar is so high output that my already too loud Fender Bassman was sounding harsh, so I just changed the tubes to lower gain preamp tubes and now it sounds just about perfect without ripping your head off on volume level 2!
@@TheJeff1492 Yes, the Filtertrons on the Pete Dee have a push/pull tone pot on both pups that you can set as desired, so you can tap them both separately or together. It's a very versatile guitar.
Nealix D. That’s cool! Sometimes Ineishnthere was a thinner, spankier sound out of the gretsch but it always sounds like, well, a hollow body! I know some people change the pickups to P90s. I wonder what single coils would sound like on it...
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@@kenyoung5049 Livewire Power Strip: $30 Guitar Center.
Very good review and playing. Does it stay in tune when you use the bigsby ?
Yes it does. With any kind of tremolo arm I always use Big Bends Nut Sauce on all the parts the string touches to keep things smooth and that helps a lot., especially on my gretsch.
Yes, I do have to go out and get one!
Haha, fair enough!
Looking to learn guitar! Is this suitable for a beginner? Really caught my eye
Sure it is very playable. Good luck on your guitar journey!
I got the red one about 5 months ago. I took the string trees off and it really helped maint tuning with the bigsby. But isnt it just a badass guitar?!
Doy Rayburn Awesome! That’s a good idea! The other thing that helped a lot on my gretsch with the bigsby was Nut Sauce. Have you ever used it?
@@MuddyRainMusic That's good stuff, better than pencil lead witch leaves a mess. 😊
Great guitar , however Its it VERY heavy, heavier than some less pauls, I was not expected that from a T style guitar and the bigsby cant weight that much can it>? the neck is too thin for my taste, soI am returning it but still great guitar for someone and it looks GORGEOUS
It is quite heavy! I play it mostly in the studio, but I can imagine with a strap it causing some shoulder pain over the course of an evening live!
im agonizing on whether or not to buy this guitar, i have a few days to think it over but its not gonna be an easy decision.
I just bought the Emerald Green one and it will be here tomorrow!!!
What amp you gonna use?
Steve Sullivan Music At home I am just running a pedal board Seymour Duncan Stage 170 and into a custom 1x12 cab but at church I run my pedal board through an HX Stomp
Hi, I read that you bought that guitar and I see that you play in a church with a hx Stomp, could you tell me what opinion do you have of that guitar? I also play in a church and use an hx stomp and I want to buy that same guitar, would you say you recommend it?
@@moisesalcerro1204 hey there --- the guitar guitar is great --- I do like the neck profile, the body style and the radius -- it sounded pretty good at church through the pedalboard and stomp,,,,,I have not bonded to the guitar like I thought I would so I am not sure if it is right for me --- Right now I have a Michael Kelly tele style guitar and a Balaguer Growler that I mostly use in church and those fit me very well same with my Peavey Wolfgang. I like the Fastback but I am not sold on it 100 percent,,,,but that is just me
Seems like a really versatile guitar. Can this play any genre, not just metal?
Where can I get this in Canada?
Natalia Novak Hi there, yes I find it to be very versatile and honestly I don’t think it would be an ideal guitar for metal. It doesn’t feel or sound like the typical schecter shredder guitars. I’m not sure about Canada, although another commenter might have bought one in Canada. I got mine on Zzounds.com.
@@MuddyRainMusic hey thanks so much for the reply! That's good to hear! I really like the look of this guitar but I thought it was a metal guitar because of the two humbuckers so I wasn't sure about getting it. I might just get this then if I can find it.
Natalia Novak Yeah they sound to me more like vintage gibsonish, like fat and full but not screaming hot or anything. I had a Heritage goldtop and the humbuckers sort of sound like that. Plus you can tap either or both of them for a single coil sound.
I have that guitar in that color.
Great video!!!!!! Are the necks on the schecter similar to the telecaster or are they a little thinner?
Hey how’s it going? Strangely telecasters have a wide variety of neck profiles, so it’s hard to compare. At least compared to my 1990s MIM Tele, this schecter feels a bit thicker in the neck, but your mileage may vary depending on what tele you are used to and how big your hands are.
@@MuddyRainMusic thanks very much for your response. I’ve played a 72 custom deluxe telecaster which felt comfortable. That’s what I’d be comparing it to. I’m thinking with the 14inch radius on the schecter would make it a bit of a faster neck?
@@Sattvaarising I’m not sure. To me, faster neck mostly comes down to string gauge and action more than neck profile, but I’m also 6’3” and have big weird alien hands.
Nice! I'm thinking of buying one. Are you still happy with it? Any problems?
I absolutely love it. No problems so far!
@@MuddyRainMusic Don't you find that bridge pup a little too bright and the neck just a little too warm? Maybe it's just my VOX, coz it's fine through El34s.
@@mattgilbert7347 Hi, I have noticed this guitar in particular sounds pretty different through different amps. I mostly play it through a 59 Fender Bassman reissue, and I ended up changing the preamp tubes to tone it down a bit, it was just breaking up too fast.
... 03/20/2020: Seems like a great guitar. Three questions: (1) What is the battery box used for? (2) Can the guitar paly without a battery in the battery box? (3) I do not know much about pickups, so why do these pickups have three pole screws to one side of the pickup, and on the other pickup it has three screw poles to the other side?
mailvilla Hi there! These pickups are passive and so there is no battery or battery box on the guitar. As for the screws, I think that’s just how they designed them to be, no special function or anything.
@@TheJeff1492 Hello Steve, thank you for your fast reply. I am still a little confused. There seems to be a small battery box on the back of the guitar. If that is not for a battery, then what is under that little cover?
mailvilla Hi, I’m not sure what picture you are looking at to see a battery box. On mine there isn’t any cover or anything on the back of the guitar. Could you send me a link to the pic?
@@TheJeff1492: My apologies Sir. I must have been looking at a different guitar. Thank you so much for your fast reply. www.guitarcenter.com/Schecter-Guitar-Research/PT-Fastback-IIB-Electric-Guitar-Metallic-Red-Black-Pickguard-1500000210895.gc
@Mailvilla Ah, I see what you're looking at. That's the neck plate. It has a bolt on neck. I have this guitar in this color