Fender Standard Telecaster FSR Ash Electric Guitar with Vintage Noiseless Pickups 

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RECEIVED MY BUTERSCOTCH BLONDE ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO, IT IS A THING OF BEAUTY DESPITE A TAD ON THE HEFTY SIDE, RIGHT AT OR OVER 8LBS. AS USUAL, IT NEEDED A COMPLETE SET WHICH IT PROMPTLY RECEIVED AS WELL AS A THORO INSPECTION FOR FLAWS, CRACKS, LOOSE SCREWS, ETC. NOTHING OUT OF LINE AT ALL, PERFECT JUST LIKE MY OTHER TWO MIM (ASH FSR TELE AND LONESTAR DELUXE STRAT GUITARS. YOU CAN SENSE AND FEEL THE GREATNESS AS YOU PICK IT UP FROM THE BOX. IT FEELS LIKE TOP WOODS AND TOP METAL COMPONENTS FROM STEM TO STERN. NOISELESS PUs ARE TOPS, OFFERING A COMPLETE NEW TELE SOUND WHICH FITS IN WITH THESE TELE'S NEW FOUND GREATNESS. GET ONE WHILE THEY ARE STILL AVAILABLE. THANKS TO FENDER AND MUSICIANS FRIEND, I'VE FOUND MY CHOICE OF INSTRUMENTS AND I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER WITH THEM.

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Have only owned this gem for about a month but I was really impressed by it from the get-go. All frets were dressed and leveled perfectly which was a great way to start. Out of the box, the Tele needed a complete setup. First though I spent a lot of time looking the Tele over especially good for workmanship flaws. Happy to say that everything was perfect in every way. It has the feel of a great solid guitar. It set up quickly and easily with everything holding, this vouches for how well this Fender FSR Ash (MIM) was made and put together. The Alnico Vs sound a little fuller over the IIIs but you still get the Tele snap. I really wanted the FSR Butterscotch Blonde Ash but that model was out of stock. Luckily Musicians Friend had the sister model FSR White Blonde with Noiseless Vintage pickups in stock and I bought that one. Beautiful guitar !
This is the 2nd Fender MIM that I've bought lately from Musicians Friend, both are really solid guitars and players…. both perfect. The other was a Fender Deluxe Lonestar Strat MIM and I recommend either or both. Thanks Musicians Friend and Fender.

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I had an Epiphone Les Paul, which I named Maggie, which I absolutely love to death. However, I just wanted to add another guitar to my inventory so that I didn't always have that heavy humbucker tone all the time.

I had my eye on a butterscotch blonde Telecaster, but just couldn't pull the trigger on the butterscotch blonde with vintage noiseless pups at that price right now and was actually leaning towards a cheaper model. Then the white blonde with Vintage Noiseless pickups went on sale for under five hundred and I couldn't pass it up despite not being the color I preferred.

Got the guitar home and realized I really love the white blonde actually. The white blonde with the green-ish pickguard is really vintage looking, and really lends itself to the old-school look I was going for.

The guitar wasn't perfect out of the box. It needed a good setup, and if you look closely you could see little blemishes in the paint in spots, which luckily aren't big enough to see unless you're specifically looking for them. I also don't care if it's perfect since it's gonna get used and worn anyway.

I really like the pickups. The vintage noiseless sound great to me, plenty powerful in my opinion, although I haven't tried it out at big venues or anything. They seem to be doing their job because I hear no unwanted noise through them at all. The neck isn't all that powerful, but has a beautiful tone, and the bridge pickup is fantastic, perfect for what I was looking for. I might swap out the neck for a Jim Weider Big T eventually so it matches up with the bridge a bit better.

I'm coming from a Les Paul with a 12" neck, so the neck has taken some getting used to since it's a bit smaller, but I love it. I love the maple too, it plays beautifully.

If this guitar was the regular price, I probably would've saved up and sprung for the butterscotch blonde I really wanted. However, if the white blonde goes on sale for under five hundred like I paid, pull the trigger. For that price, it's a FANTASTIC buy and you'll be very happy.

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The Fender Standard Ash Tele with Vintage Noiseless Pickups is a wonderful guitar. I ordered it in white blonde one week ago while it was on sale and it was delivered six days later. The white blonde finish is absolutely gorgeous and the mint green pickguard makes for a great color combination that you don't normally see. The fretboard is also polished and that adds a nice classy touch to it. Personally, I think Fender guitars with a polished maple fretboard also feel nicer when you play them. This particular model does not have a polished neck though, just for the record--only the fretboard is polished.

The Vintage Noiseless Pickups are also wonderful. On the neck pickup, you can get those great blues tones. On the bridge pickup, you can get that great country twang. You can also get some great rock tones out of this guitar and you can obviously play through both pickups at once. When you plug into a distortion pedal, you can get as heavy as you want and--thanks to those Vintage Noiseless Pickups--you won't hear any 60-cycle hum.

The only problem I have is that the D string on mine buzzes. In order to take care of it, the guitar will require a setup. Aside from that, this guitar is perfect.

If you play blues, country, rock or basically anything, this Tele is certainly worth checking out. It's well-built and it's one of the best-looking guitars I've ever seen.

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this one plays as nice as my usa strat very fun to play bought mine in 2011

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Guitar was damaged in packaging not shipping, like a second or blem.

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I'd been eyeing a Tele for a long time, so I pounced when this one was on special, and I have not been one bit disappointed. Gorgeous finish, really fun to play, sound is bright, full and smooth. I also own a Takamine acoustic, a fender strat (mexican), and a Schecter C-1, and this is by far my favorite to play. I found the setup comfortable right out of the box. I don't know if you'd feel the same if you're used to higher-end equipment, but it's been great for me.

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I have always liked Tele's but not the noise, so when I saw this noiseless tele on sale I just had to have one! Well now that I have one I want another . This guitar rocks, great for RnR, country, blues and I love the sounds possible from it.Classic tele tone, very well made, fit, finish ,and set up right out of the box was real good. I did tweak the action a little after a couple of days. The guitar is very high quality, the neck is incredible, the guitar is heavy though. The ash grain shows through the finish which is a little heavy but I can't say enough about this guitar. And MF is great to deal with. The guitar was back ordered and I wasn't supposed to get it until Dec 12th and I got it in mid October. It was ,is a Christmas gift but I couldn't put it down so I got to keep it early, Merry Christmas to me !Great guitar, great price, great service, thanks MF !

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I was very impressed with this guitar right out of the box.Setup was very good. Intonation was on. Action was perfect for me.It does have some weight which is what you'd expectt form ash. I ordered the butterscotch finish which was flawless.The noisless pickups sounded great to my ears running through a pedalboard and small Fender Blues Junior. I have a collection of gibsons, fenders and ibanez guitars. This Telecaster fills a void that's been missing for quite sometime. It really covers a lot of area in the setlists. It works splendid for slide guitar as well.They could have done a little better job on the outside edge of the outside neck pocket. Little bit of a gap. But nothing that will effect the neck stability. My main BIG complaint is the trash of a guitar bag that is included with the guitar. Useless to me. Very, very little padding or protection considering the weight of ash. Including thicker and a more padded bag isn't going to break the bank at Fender. Other than that, this guitar is well worth the investment to add to your guitar arsenal.

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Gorgeous, noiseless Tele... gig bag is also a plus.