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Fender Toronado Electric Guitar (Rosewood, Black, with Gig Bag)

One-piece maple neck with medium jumbo frets. Popular after-market modifications factory installed. 3-ply pickguards. Vintage style hardware.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
           9 out of 10
Features:
           9 out of 10
Quality:
           9 out of 10
Value:
           9 out of 10
I Want It:
           10 out of 10
Sound:
           9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
           0 out of 10
Support:
           7 out of 10
 
 

"Best guitar in it's class... worst pickups ever."

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          7 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Support:
          8 out of 10
Submitted: 5/4/2004
Style of Music: Rock
Location: Atl

 

 
Feature:
I don't know what else you could ask for? Control over each pickup is real nice, and the knobs and switches are all out of your way (unlike strat). If you keep the pickups, the two screws on one side are a nice touch too allowing you to place the pickup any way you like, and with the individual screws for each string it's pretty easy to dial in something you like. It is very comfortable.

Quality:
When i romoved the back electronics cover a little piece of paint chipped off. And one of the tunning knobs is loose and anoying. I'm replacing that tunner, but will probably end up replacing them all. I have a mexican tele and did't have this problem.

Value:
Awesome value. It's really a one of a kind. I like how the Mexican looks a bit cooler than the American as well... so there is not that more expensive model you wish you had.

Desirability:
Way cooler looking then the jaguare and jazzmaster. The cream and the black with tortoise pickguards are classics and the red with black pickguard it pretty tight... the ones with with the pearl guard may be a bit too flashy.

Sound:
The guitar sounds good and loud not pluged in and gives good natural sustain. I thought the pickups sounded pretty good clean, but pretty much like crap distorted. I play post punk and I like vintage overdriven and somewhat distorted sounds... these atomic pickups are real muddy and buzzy distorted... maybe zz top is the only thing I can compare the buzz to... but unnatural and unclear. The guitar's features, looks, and feel were just too cool to pass it up because of this. I replaced the bridge pick-up with a seymour duncan seth lover original humbucker... sounded amazing... but problem there... in the original humbucker tradition, that pickup is not wax potted. I found out later that that can lead to crazy bad microphonic feedback (the squeal... not the good stuff), and mine did at live volumes. So I wax potted the pickup and solved that problem. Sounds awesome. Replace the pickups! I still gave it an 8 for sound because pickups are eaisily swaped and that big wood body is really what gives it a good sound... i would probably have prefered ash or alder though.

Support:
Don't know.

Overall:
We'll see when I record with it how it will compare to my tele with a seymour duncan lil 59 bridge. Right now the toronado is my main guitar, and I expect to use it live for a long time. If it somehow went away I would eventually replace it.

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"Les Paul sound Fender feel"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from pba.edu
Submitted: 3/16/2004
Style of Music: Rock, Punk, Acoustic
Location: Lake Worth, FL, USA

 

 
Feature:
The Hummbuckers have a high output witch I like and it is posible to dile in several diffrent sound with the pick up switch and tone knobs. The extended length gives a great bottom end sound.

Quality:
As well made as posible without being hand built.

Value:
Great price for this instrument

Desirability:
I love the offset waist. It looks diffrent but not freakish

Sound:
It rivals the sound of a gibson but its still characteristicly Fender

Support:
I Have not had any support issues

Overall:
This is my main guitar. I am extreemly happy with the playability and tone.

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"Great looking and excelent sound"

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          6 out of 10
Value:
          8 out of 10
I Want It:
          8 out of 10
User: a customer from worldnet.att.net
Submitted: 2/16/2002
Style of Music: Rock
Location: Chelsea

 

 
Poor craftsmanship and body wood quality.
I had to disassemble the guitar because there
was an interference between the pickguard and
the pickup's which prevented me to adjust the
pickup hight.
This is a string through body guitar and there
are six metallic inserts in the back to accommodate
the stings ball end. When I removed the stings
one of them just fell of the body because the
hole drilled in the guitar body was large in
diameter than the insert.
When I removed the pickguard, several screws
were lose. Same problem of the metallic inserts
on the back i.e., holes drilled were larger than
necessary. I had to insert pieces of toothpick
in the holes to be able to tighten the pickguard
screws.
If it wasn't for this manufacturing issues, it
will be a fantastic guitar. I think that Fender
should do something to improve this guitar model
quality.
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Fender Toronado Electric Guitar (Rosewood, Black, with Gig Bag)Customer Review

Overall:
          3 out of 10
Features:
          1 out of 10
Quality:
          2 out of 10
Value:
          1 out of 10
I Want It:
          1 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Support:
          1 out of 10
Submitted: 5/10/2004

 

 
Feature:
The location of the bridge in relation to the nut is terrible. It is so far out of sorts that I cannot tighten the saddles enough to get the intonation adjusted properly! This is a huge error, and as a result, the guitar is unplayable!

Quality:
see FEATURES

Support:
can't get a reply from them

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