Convince me

aroof

I am really really GASing for a American Performer telecaster, the neck humbucker one.
But I have way way too many guitars, including a nashville b bender tele. I dont play it a lot and I never use the b bender.

My plan is to put a vibramate and 'F' bigsby on the Performer. I'm looking at a bit of change from £1400. I'd sell the bender tele.

Am I being stupid and/or gone lockdown crazy? I kinda feel like the bender tele is a 'proper' USA tele while the Performer has some compromises and I may be downgrading, losing money and having to go into the minefield of selling (during lockdown!).

Any thoughts?

Funkfingers

American Performer is the latest in a bunch of Fender series names that have been applied to instruments of mixed origins.

The formula has consistently been wooden bits of equivalent quality to the American Pro series with Asian hardware. (The obvious comparator here is the PRS S2 series.) 

Pickups vary from model to model. Check the specs for whichever model you are considering.

IMO, the money required to purchase an AmPerf Tele and, then, fit a Bigsby would probably net a tidy, pre-owned, all-American guitar that has the Bigsby factory fitted.

aroof

Yeah I can def see the sense there, tx for that.

I also forgot that Id have to buy a Hiscox too cos they only come with gigbag (1k guitar with a bag, rly??).

I want vintage white, a neck humbucker, bigsby and Hiscox. I basically want Bernard Butler's telecaster. It just dont know if it seems realistic finding that secondhand.

Cranky

I'm opposed to humbuckers in general and especially on a Tele.  You shouldn't gas for something that I myself wouldn't want.

Sorry, I tried.

ennspek

If you really want to, do it. If not don't

chrisj1602

aroof said:

I also forgot that Id have to buy a Hiscox too cos they only come with gigbag (1k guitar with a bag, rly??).

A gig bag is enough for a Tele. And it’s away of reducing the cost of a USA guitar.

rossi

Teles dont need a case .They should always be combat ready .

crunchman

The Tele bridge is a key part fo the Tele sound.  A Bigsby might affect that.

Sassafras

Humbuckers on Teles are sacrilege and you'll end up a servant of Beelzebub in the firey pits of hell.

mbe

Sassafras said:

Humbuckers on Teles are sacrilege and you'll end up a servant of Beelzebub in the firey pits of hell.

Harsh 

shaunm

Sassafras said:

Humbuckers on Teles are sacrilege and you'll end up a servant of Beelzebub in the firey pits of hell.

Even just one, at the neck? 

aroof

Thanks everyone, some stuff to think about here.


Sassafras said:

Humbuckers on Teles are sacrilege and you'll end up a servant of Beelzebub in the firey pits of hell.

I'm definitely already going there