Fender 'parts bin' Tele

57Deluxe

oh dear...



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welshboyo

Call me weird..but I quite like it..

Strat54

Okay by me, its better than that horrible double cut Tele they did a while back. 

mikeyrob73

I like it 

but not at £1600 

meltedbuzzbox

its a great colour

impmann

FAR better than in that gipping sunburst they do on this model. Thats nasty.

Its 'interesting' but does it truly do anything different to a '72 Deluxe reissue, other than the tune-o-matic? Honestly, I doubt it'll make any real difference to the sound, although the feel may be different due to the large back angle needed to use one... but one does ask the question "why would you choose to fit one?" Leo's hard tail bridges were better, IMHO... A '72 reissue would be less than half that cost...

Style over substance, me thinks...

horse

mikeyrob73 said:

I like it 

but not at £1600 

 +1

Fretwired

mikeyrob73 said:

I like it 

but not at £1600 

+1 as well.

CasperCaster

Actually, I like that a lot. But I have form, given that around 10 years ago I REALLY wanted a Hamer Talladega that @guitars4you had for sale. Alas I didn't have the funds. I also liked the original US Elite Tele's from way back when.

I don't mind Fender doing these kinds of models, given they are there own mini range - they haven't cancelled all of their other US models in order to produce these, so no negative impact there - it's not like the Gibson model year thing! And with these models Fender can introduce a bit of variety into their catalogue. If a few models are misses than at least one may be a hit. I also don't think the pricing is that far off similar US guitars. And, if one of these models becomes really popular then a lower priced/ Mexican/ Squier version might follow c.f. the Cabronita's.

robinbowes

It's good, but it's not Johan Gustavsson good.

Gagaryn

Described as "ADJUSTO-MATIC BRIDGE WITH VINTAGE-STYLE TREMOLO"

I know Fender traditionally confuses tremolo with vibrato but they now seem to confuse tremolo with tailpiece.

SNAKEBITE

Not too bad really, I've seen worse!

dazzajl

Aesthetically I do like a tele to have a minimalist and tidy switching layout but I do like the neck/body/pickups combo 

duotone

Think I saw a video over the weekend of John5 playing it with a blindfold on

BluesyDave

robinbowes said:

It's good, but it's not Johan Gustavsson good.

I love these things but.....the Fender is waaaaaaaay cheaper.

OilCityPickups

CasperCaster said:

Actually, I like that a lot. But I have form, given that around 10 years ago I REALLY wanted a Hamer Talladega that @guitars4you had for sale. Alas I didn't have the funds. I also liked the original US Elite Tele's from way back when.

I don't mind Fender doing these kinds of models, given they are there own mini range - they haven't cancelled all of their other US models in order to produce these, so no negative impact there - it's not like the Gibson model year thing! And with these models Fender can introduce a bit of variety into their catalogue. If a few models are misses than at least one may be a hit. I also don't think the pricing is that far off similar US guitars. And, if one of these models becomes really popular then a lower priced/ Mexican/ Squier version might follow c.f. the Cabronita's.

I like it too ... Me, I'd prefer a half ashtray bridge ... but it's quite pretty.

ChuckManual

It looks fantastic.

Henrytwang

impmann said:

FAR better than in that gipping sunburst they do on this model. Thats nasty.

Its 'interesting' but does it truly do anything different to a '72 Deluxe reissue, other than the tune-o-matic? Honestly, I doubt it'll make any real difference to the sound, although the feel may be different due to the large back angle needed to use one... but one does ask the question "why would you choose to fit one?" Leo's hard tail bridges were better, IMHO... A '72 reissue would be less than half that cost...

Style over substance, me thinks...

Interesting point. I’m pretty sure that a deluxe reissue would be a cheaper option if you were looking for a Tele with two humbuckers.

proggy

I like it, with exception of the headstock.

Fez

Looks good to me though trying one in a shop could give my credit card the heeby geebies.

chrisj1602

I like it. I like LPs but prefer the feel of a Tele so this is tempting. It's a mahogany body with maple cap and mahogany neck too.