I've got a Squier Standard Tele. I really think with a little bit of tweaking it's become the best guitar I've ever owned. I used to have a Gibbo SG at the same time and hardly ever used it because I had the Tele. Tele's are the best guitars in the world. 60 year old design, and they've never had to change it.
I really do enjoy listening and playing this type of guitar. At the moment, I only own a Squire Telecaster copy (cheap Japanese version). I'm in the process of saving my pennies for a real Fender American Vintage 52 Telecaster and a Marshall JVM 410H amplifier with 1960 Speaker Cabinets. what I really hate is Americans that use the word "Cool" over and over. Extremely irritating. I'm Australian/British subject. Born in England and living in Australia.
Maybe I just got lucky - and how many times have I heard that said by other owners - but my Mexican Telecaster is superb - certainly wouldn't swap it for this custom!
Very nice model but some of us like the dark sounding front pick up - in fact the last thing I want my Tele to sound like is my Strat - an entirely different animal. My current Tele was assembled in Mexico but I must have been lucky (a comment you often hear about Mexs) because it is the most playable and greatest sounding guitar I have ever owned.
Get back to us when you design a terrific guitar that thousands of people will buy and love for one of the largest, if not the largest, music companies in the world.
@PopExpo I have played some really poor Fenders from this period as well. A 55 year old guitar that has spent all that time on the road is subject to a lot of wear and tear. The guitars I've played from the CS have been very good - 'rip off' is a little subjective. In addition, there are some very good independent companies making very high quality copies with 50s specs...so it's not all bad news.
cool guitar...Id like to try that bridge PUP. Don Mare makes a similar Broadcaster spec pup based on a 0038 model, its like 10K, I bet it screams. I prefer the lower 7K winds though for classic Tele spankage.
@PopExpo If somone is looking for 50's style Strat it's hard to go wrong with the Eric Johnson. Great build quality and attention to detail at $1500. Im, also digging the 60th anniversary series Tele's.Both these guitars are production instruments.
I agree, I don't think it's a ripoff, but I think what he meant is that they are WAY overpriced which I think is true. They could bring the dang prices down some.
@celtno1 No, the standard 52 is an excellent guitar. Rest assured, its bought and played by pros and is a steadfast solid tele. The CS one is of course very very good but i think the neck pickup thing shouldnt mislead you, this one has a strat sound which, well, isnt the point of a tele....
"there's a lot going on..." It seems to me these retros are all pretty much the same... I can see how someone might think they would become a better guitarist with a copy of an old guitar... hmm. I must have been lucky because theTele Mex I picked up on Ebay for £200 plays and sounds fantastic and has an amazing range of tones.
He seems to say in 2008 the 52 Tele RI was made in USA-- I don't think they were after that, even though they call them "American" vintage. Am I wrong ?How would U know?
@StreeTRacR008 I know this comment is super old, but go on Bare Knuckle Pickups' website and look up the "Modern Metal" clip for their lowest output tele pickups. Listen to that brutality. Plus, that chunky neck is great for chugging, brutal riffage. Plus you can play pretty much everything else on a tele, rock, jazz, country, funk, blues, tell me something you can't play on a Tele
I just can't quite get that sound outa my tele. Im not very good at "dailing in tones". What settings do you have on your amp? Treble, middle, bass, reverb, gain etc?
...ole pops is jus being EMOTIONAL (we young uns donna know nuttin). ive owned a 49 tele. yeah they have there own sound and feel. not necessarly better. new guitars ,old guitar ,cheap guitars overpriced guitars -get seperate from the hype and emotions and there are a number of great guitars across the board.
I always wonder why these demos are done with the tone wide open. It makes the sound thin and tinny and actually would turn a beginner off buying the guitar. Wouldn't it be better to demo them using a rounded musical tone? Most older tele players buy them because the front pickup is great for jazz.
the only reason jim's tele is able to to metal is because he has emgs in the neck and bridge pickups, A normall tele cant get close to being that heavy
i guess the easiest way i can say this is, i have an original 1955 stratocaster and the quality (both in craftsmanship and sound) surpasses anything the "custom shop" has EVER PUT OUT. and that guitar (the 55 strat) was built on a regular production line. all i'm saying is fender needs to stop ripping you kids off and start offering quality products again.
Yep, front pick up is very Strat-like-however 90% of the sound is created with fingers and individual technique. How many times have you heard a great guitar played by a dud player?-Sounds like shite right?-the instrument is not as important as the player.
why would you want a tele to sound like a strat?? just get a strat! teles are known for that kind of sound, if you don't like that sound, just get a strat! why would you waste so much money buying a tele that sounds like a strat, when you can just get a strat? that's just stupid.
sorry but that sounds NOTHING like a 52 Tele, nowhere near. The custom shop is actually part of the normal production line I reckon, just with diff stickers.
I just don't get it!.....if it's called a 52 Tele make it to 1952 spec.Its like when they had the Danny Gatton model and had Bill Laurence pick ups in it.I'm sorry Fender I love you but I feel its just a rip off.
I've got a Squier Standard Tele. I really think with a little bit of tweaking it's become the best guitar I've ever owned. I used to have a Gibbo SG at the same time and hardly ever used it because I had the Tele. Tele's are the best guitars in the world. 60 year old design, and they've never had to change it.
my friend just got a 52 reissue with a seymour duncan mini humbuggy and the ash body, and man that thing can sing!
I really do enjoy listening and playing this type of guitar. At the moment, I only own a Squire Telecaster copy (cheap Japanese version). I'm in the process of saving my pennies for a real Fender American Vintage 52 Telecaster and a Marshall JVM 410H amplifier with 1960 Speaker Cabinets. what I really hate is Americans that use the word "Cool" over and over. Extremely irritating. I'm Australian/British subject. Born in England and living in Australia.
Maybe I just got lucky - and how many times have I heard that said by other owners - but my Mexican Telecaster is superb - certainly wouldn't swap it for this custom!
or rather a 59 body and a 60 neck. i sold it in in1973 to a friend. its cool to be able to see and play it still.
Very nice model but some of us like the dark sounding front pick up - in fact the last thing I want my Tele to sound like is my Strat - an entirely different animal. My current Tele was assembled in Mexico but I must have been lucky (a comment you often hear about Mexs) because it is the most playable and greatest sounding guitar I have ever owned.
G&L kicks dawg, have to agree with you there.
If i buy that guitar one day im totally gonna play Communication Breakdown :)
Get back to us when you design a terrific guitar that thousands of people will buy and love for one of the largest, if not the largest, music companies in the world.
i would note that thats a rather large difference in instrument quality.
@PopExpo I have played some really poor Fenders from this period as well. A 55 year old guitar that has spent all that time on the road is subject to a lot of wear and tear. The guitars I've played from the CS have been very good - 'rip off' is a little subjective. In addition, there are some very good independent companies making very high quality copies with 50s specs...so it's not all bad news.
cool guitar...Id like to try that bridge PUP. Don Mare makes a similar Broadcaster spec pup based on a 0038 model, its like 10K, I bet it screams. I prefer the lower 7K winds though for classic Tele spankage.
Need humbuckers for that. Find an SG or LP type. Although I would play ACDC on a Tele for the heck of it anyway.
The guitar is too good for that guy
@ZiggyT Well, it's a Telecaster shaped body and most of his models have the Tele headstock as well. But you're right, they're modified quite a bit.
@PopExpo If somone is looking for 50's style Strat it's hard to go wrong with the Eric Johnson. Great build quality and attention to detail at $1500. Im, also digging the 60th anniversary series Tele's.Both these guitars are production instruments.
the curvature of the fretboard. Fender does guitars with different neck shapes, just try some more different models.
I agree, I don't think it's a ripoff, but I think what he meant is that they are WAY overpriced which I think is true. They could bring the dang prices down some.
@celtno1 No, the standard 52 is an excellent guitar. Rest assured, its bought and played by pros and is a steadfast solid tele. The CS one is of course very very good but i think the neck pickup thing shouldnt mislead you, this one has a strat sound which, well, isnt the point of a tele....
"there's a lot going on..." It seems to me these retros are all pretty much the same... I can see how someone might think they would become a better guitarist with a copy of an old guitar... hmm. I must have been lucky because theTele Mex I picked up on Ebay for £200 plays and sounds fantastic and has an amazing range of tones.
agreed 100%
He seems to say in 2008 the 52 Tele RI was made in USA-- I don't think they were after that, even though they call them "American" vintage. Am I wrong ?How would U know?
@StreeTRacR008
I know this comment is super old, but go on Bare Knuckle Pickups' website and look up the "Modern Metal" clip for their lowest output tele pickups. Listen to that brutality. Plus, that chunky neck is great for chugging, brutal riffage. Plus you can play pretty much everything else on a tele, rock, jazz, country, funk, blues, tell me something you can't play on a Tele
I just can't quite get that sound outa my tele. Im not very good at "dailing in tones". What settings do you have on your amp? Treble, middle, bass, reverb, gain etc?
@WoWintosh trumpet, drums, cello, violin, tuba, bells, xylophone, annnnnd the triangle! :)
@PopExpo preach it!
...ole pops is jus being EMOTIONAL (we young uns donna know nuttin). ive owned a 49 tele. yeah they have there own sound and feel. not necessarly better. new guitars ,old guitar ,cheap guitars overpriced guitars -get seperate from the hype and emotions and there are a number of great guitars across the board.
Is this guitar good for older rock, I mean like early AC/DC, you know like high voltage and tnt.
Is this guitar suitable for jazz?
Is this guiotar suitable for jazz?
I always wonder why these demos are done with the tone wide open. It makes the sound thin and tinny and actually would turn a beginner off buying the guitar. Wouldn't it be better to demo them using a rounded musical tone? Most older tele players buy them because the front pickup is great for jazz.
Hey yall is this the same as a road worn?
please, please tell me a couple of the companies!!
the only reason jim's tele is able to to metal is because he has emgs in the neck and bridge pickups, A normall tele cant get close to being that heavy
So you've played all the custom shop guitars, I assume.
might help to tune up
why did he say a 9.5 radious would keep you from fretting out?
Sorry...no comparrison of a Flat pole piece bridge pickup and that of one that is staggard. The Flat ones sound very harsh.
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Yeah, remembered that a day after i posted that comment... Excuse my lack of brain cells :P
And yeah, original hardware costs way too much
Would rather have 7.25" radius
Sounds too much like a strat, needs a softer vintagier neck tone imo.
@StreeTRacR008 John5 has a couple people fooled into thinking he actually plays a tele...
@StreeTRacR008 john 5 and jim root play teles
@StreeTRacR008 jim root fx ..
Ya not a 52. its a player. custom shop style tho can't beat custom shop.tho true American engineering
Everybody else is looking at the guitar.......:))
I wish these guitars were as cheap as they used to be......
Who ever decided to block me needs to get a life.
@StreeTRacR008 Rage Against The Machine, John 5 >.>
Why would you want to have a '52 Telecaster with a neck pickup that sounds more like Strat :S
i guess the easiest way i can say this is, i have an original 1955 stratocaster and the quality (both in craftsmanship and sound) surpasses anything the "custom shop" has EVER PUT OUT. and that guitar (the 55 strat) was built on a regular production line. all i'm saying is fender needs to stop ripping you kids off and start offering quality products again.
change the sound from the 52's then its not a tele !
lol
Well well...
Its not related to 52 tele at all..
Everything is different...joke
Yep, front pick up is very Strat-like-however 90% of the sound is created with fingers and individual technique. How many times have you heard a great guitar played by a dud player?-Sounds like shite right?-the instrument is not as important as the player.
great yeahh... sorry wath pikups?????
This is not a reissue! A real 52...
why would you want a tele to sound like a strat?? just get a strat! teles are known for that kind of sound, if you don't like that sound, just get a strat! why would you waste so much money buying a tele that sounds like a strat, when you can just get a strat? that's just stupid.
@celtno1 no these teles are shit, the 52 is way better, this just a way of fender using a brighter pickup and charging you 50% more for this
u got busted...
This guy is rediculous. This Guitar sounds like trash. What is the point of making a Tele sound like a Strat? He is a shame to Fender Guitars...
sorry but that sounds NOTHING like a 52 Tele, nowhere near. The custom shop is actually part of the normal production line I reckon, just with diff stickers.
I just don't get it!.....if it's called a 52 Tele make it to 1952 spec.Its like when they had the Danny Gatton model and had Bill Laurence pick ups in it.I'm sorry Fender I love you but I feel its just a rip off.