Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar 

Comments about Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar:

Just started playing again and impulse purchased this fender. Best decision I've made in a long time. Warm, fun and beautiful. Buy one...

Comments about Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar:

A local musician plays a tele. Has a strat as well but the work horse guitat is the tele. I bought the Hollow body version as I heard they were good. I have a "Fender" strat (old one), a SG 335 Classic and am Epiphone Les Paul Pro. I find myself grabbing the tele more than the others. Fun to play and great sound with the Humbuckers. I will say that Musicians Friend was GREAT helping me with this.

Comments about Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar:

Love it!
I have owned this guitar for about 10 years now. I re-wired mine with a 5 way switch and a coil tap volume knob. (My wiring diagram is from a PRS) The pickups are wired such that they can easily be split to become 4 single coils. This adds some strat and classic tele sounds. I play it with a Vox amp and really could not be happier with the sounds I can get.
The bridge saddles could be a better quality, but otherwise I am very satisfied with the fit and finish. The tuners are a real plus, just like a P bass.
A great looking guitar, plays well, lots of variety in the sound. Neck is still true as an arrow after a decade.

Comments about Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar:

I bought the 2 tone Ash 72 RI. It sounds nice and woody, much different sounding than my Les Paul and Stratocaster. I left a review when I first got it and I'm still amazed at the sounds I can get out of it. It travels to all my gigs with me. The Fender Mex factory knocked one out of the ball park with this guitar.
2 tone, 2 pick ups, too nice
I've had mine for a couple of years and not a problem.
I'm sure I could sell this to anyone who played my guitar.

Comments about Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar:

Well made, great Musicians Friend price and overall a nice sounding instrument for the budget minded.
What a pretty piece of worh this guitar is.
Given the price and where it was made it was out of the box ready to play
Good solid value for the money and with the sale that Musicians had for the holidays I had to get three different guitars

Comments about Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar:

You want to buy a Fender at a reasonable price for a little more "woody" of a feel and sound. This might be it.
I search for a few weeks for a guitar I could use for blues/jazz. I looked at lower end Gretch, Epiphone, all semi-hollow bodys. I finally selected this tele. I was a little nervous because of the made in Mexico stigma, but I was quite suprised. It's a great guitar for the price.
Maybe it's hit or miss with these Mexican Fenders but mine seems pretty well built. It's more fun to play than my American Strat. Nice maple fingerboard, great fit and finish, no flaws I can find. I just had to set the intonation and I was good. The pickups are probably not the best HB's in the world but after playing around with the heights, I put them back where they were, a little low, and I like them there. The action is set just a hair higher than my strat but again, it plays well and for know I will leave that alone as well. I am pleasantly suprised by this guitar's quality.
I don't know how you could argue that this is not a very good guitar for the price. I think my best advice is that once you get all off your gear setup properly for this guitar, you will love it.

Comments about Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar:

I have played guitar for over 13 years now and I've been searching for a semi-hollow body to add to my arsenal for almost a year's time. I have played everything from the big Epiphone and Gibson axes to Paul Reed Smith. As a matter of fact, after playing one of these, I chose it over the PRS Custom Semi-Hollow SE. The neck is buttery smooth, love the thin profile. I can play rock, country, blues, and bend the strings to the moon and back with this axe. It's so versatile that this has become the guitar I will play ALL the time. I can switch between music genres at the drop of a hat, and everything I play sounds good.

I played it in the store through a tiny Fender amp and it sounded great. When I got home and rigged it up to my Crate GTX212 (120 W), I was amazed. If you wanted to upgrade, you could purchase new pickups, but to be honest, the ones it comes with are hot already. Whether played clean or overdriven, this guitar has it all. It was also nice to get a semi-hollow and a Tele all in one guitar - that doesn't disappoint.

Comments about Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar:

I would have rated this guitar higher had it not been for the failed pickup.
Has great low action and was setup fairly well at the factory. Simple controls, light body and simple to play (easy on the fingers). I own several Telecasters of various types, both Fender and Squire and was looking for a more full humbucker tone without the "distortion" that most humbuckers seem to have according to my ear.
Everything about the guitar seemed to be quality, up to the point that the neck pickup failed in just one week. Tne other point which bothered me was that the sixth tuning post would not accept the larger string from a set of "tens".
Fender developed the most economical and simple method of producing guitars when they attached all the "guts" to the pickguard. This was definitely a design breakthrough compared to the design and manufacturing methods employed by their competitors. Fortunately Fender guitars have a number of features that appeal to musicians, but I have always felt that telecasters are overpriced based upon their design and the fact that nearly all are produced off-shore.

Had a similar Squier guitar been available I would have bought it, as I have had no problems with any of those that I have owned.

Comments about Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar:

Buy this IF: You need versatility and your play spans more than one genre.

Dont BUY IF: You are a trying to get a super-chunky sound.
Great looks. Lightweight. Fast neck. Different sound (Semi-Hollow).
Minor issues. Need to upgrade pots & caps if you want to have better humbucker range/tone. Tone knobs may become loose.
Great guitar for the price. Would be hard finding more versatile guitar for the money.

Comments about Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar:

I have several guitars... actually to many. My Thinline is really something special the more I play it the more I like it. I constantly will shift between 3 or 4 guitars when I practice but when I pick up the Thinline it is hard to put down and switch to something else. BTW mine is a Mexican assembled Thinline. As far as I am concerned you can play any style of music with this guitar. If I could only have one guitar I think I would go with this one.
I'll be brief. I have 4 Telecasters and each one is different, but the Thinline w/ the 2 humbuckers is my favorite. I love the simplicity of the setup. 1 volume, 1 tone and a 3 way switch. Each position on the 3 way switch gives you a distinctly different sound which you can further alter with your tone knob on the guitar or the knobs on your amp. I can get more treble out of my humbucker Thinline than my other Telecasters that all have single coils. My preference is to play with the P/U selector switch in the middle utilizing both humbuckers. But I also love the sounds when using either the bridge or the neck P/U. Great sound, great feel, great guitar.
I have the natural with the white pearl pickguard. Beautiful and flawless overall.
You could spend lots more money on lots of different guitars and not touch the fidelity of a 72 re-issue thinline.