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I could not be more surprised at this guitar! I got it on a whim because it said it had hotter pickups and less hum. This baby has no hum at all and the pickups are so good I can't. see myself replacing them with texas specials which was my initial plan. They are loud and versatile. They can twang or thump which is what Texas specials excell in. The craftsmanship is flawless and the glossed maple fret board plays as good as any MIA telecaster. Only gripe is the weight which I have learned to deal with. Plus all telecssters and asats are heavy. It contributes to the tone. I have bought a PRS SE Tremonti, an Epi LP Ultra Pro, an MIM deluxe players strat and this in 2012. This one truly is the best of the. bunch!

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I bought the arctic white one. What a beautiful Telecaster. Flawless craftmanship. It's every bit as nice as my $1,400 american made Stratocaster. And it was only $599.00. I am 63 years old and been playing for over 50 years. I have owned dozens of top name brand guitars and this Telecaster is awesome. It did require some setup to my preferences, different strings, string nut, truss rod and saddle adjustment but thats no problem, I do that to all of my guitars. I like a low, smooth, slippery action. It's a fast little screaming Telecaster. I couldn't be anymore happier with this purchase. zZounds is the best for fast, friendly service.

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I treat my guitars very well. I expect this guitar to last indefinitely. I did a playoff between this and a standard Epiphone Les Paul. This fit me better and was more suited to playing the blues.

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For the money, the Fender Standard Telecaster is the nicest guitar I've purchased. The neck is absolutely beautiful. Silky smooth satin finish on the back and high gloss on the fingerboard makes it feel like your fretting on glass. The stock pickups sound surprisingly great. I've played everything from Blues to Metal on mine and it's handled everything I've thrown at it. Nice tight crunchy rhythms and crystal clear twangy leads. The bridge pickup is as hot as the humbucker on my Gibson SG Special. Speaking of the Gibson SG, it came with razor sharp fret ends which I had to file smooth. This MIM Fender came with lovely rolled fret ends. Are they as perfect as an American model? Not quite. But for half the price you absolutely can't beat it. The Lake Placid Blue finish is beautiful and flawless. The only upgrades I've done and plan to do are the addition of strap locks and I swapped the stock tuners for Fender locking tuners. There's nothing wrong with the stock tuners, but the Schaller designed locking tuners just function better. Overall this is a fantastic guitar for little money. Don't let the fact that it's made in Mexico dissuade you. It plays better than the Gibson USA SG I own and was a hundred dollars cheaper.

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I feel that this Tele will be with me for many, many years to come.

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Received it in less than two days. WOW!!! is all I can say. I have been a professional musician for almost 50 years and have never played anything as smooth as this. I have a Gretsch Double F hole hollow body and it is tops but, this tele has it all. Straight out of the "cold" box after getting it warm I tunes it slightly and began playing away. I run mine through a Fender FX212R and sounds awesome. Thank-you zZounds for making this available at such a low price. Sounds as good as American made in my estimation. VERY PLEASED!!!!!!

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Interest free payments on a guitar is awesome!! Service was great and I received my guitar a day earlier than estimated!! Guitar showed up in perfect condition, this thing is a beauty. I bought the Lake Placid Blue and I couldn't be happier, the tone is amazing.

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I've had this standard tele for 3 weeks now, and I have yet to see an imperfection in the build, materials, or paint job. This guitar is solid. The stock pickups are very nice. In the future I may experiment with Lindy Fralin's or such, but for now, these are just fine. The maple neck is smooth and easy to play, and the candy apple red paint is luscious. I play it through a Fender Super Champ x2 and the combination is really nice.

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The Fender Standard Maple Telecaster came to me the day after ordering it, well packaged and as advertised. I couldn't be happier, I will check zZounds for all of my music needs first from here on out. Here in one day, free shipping, I still can't beleive it.

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This guitar met and exceeded my expectations. It's built very solid and the playability is quick and smooth. For a $500 guitar it's really good, and has great tone on all settings. Haven't had to deal with support but I've heard good things about Fender customer support.

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I shopped and read tons of reviews finally decided on the butterscotch with black pickguard ! This thing is so sweet and easy to play! The neck fits my hand well and my speed has improved tremendously !My wife loves the tone and has noticed an improvement in my confidence when playing it!I have thirteen guitars, this is my number two fav under only my Fender Armstrong wildcat twelve string ! I say 599.00 has been well worth every 50,00 payment for this classy instrument ! Thanks zZ

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Great guitar for the price. Except for needing to be tuned, this guitar was playable right out of the box. Could not find a flaw anywhere on it. The finish and workmanship on it was phenomenal. Great guitar.

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This guitar kicks ass. That being said it is not an American Standard, and if you can get over that fact you can get a nice guitar pretty cheap. I have an American Standard and I bought this to turn into a "hot rod". The standard Telecaster is the perfect platform for creating your dream Telecaster. The stock pickups are decent. Nothing special but not terrible. After changing the bridge to a Dimarzio Fast Track 2 and tthe neck to a Rio Grande Dirty Harry, this is a badass axe! The hardware is high quality and the neck feels great. The paint on my Lake Placid Blue Tele is PERFECT- overall the craftsmanship is on par with my American Standard. The ONLY drawback for me is the neck having 21 instead of 22 frets, but that is it. The MIM Tele is competing for the starting job with my American Standard - And that is saying a lot. The guitar did take a bit of tinkering to get the action just right, but that will be a personal thing for every guitarist. This was my 4th guitar purchase from zZounds and they have all been perfect. Can't say enough. If you are on the fence this guitar kicks ass (especially for the dollar amount) and zZounds will do you right.

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This guitar sounds awesome my wife got me this guitar for our 11 Anniversary, because I always say I want to get a telecaster guitar but I forget to buy one well my wife didn't forget about it and let me tell you buy this guitar I can't stop playing the guitar Even without a Amp I got the brown sunburst Tele standard and highly recommend buying this guitar I have an older SRV strat and it used to be my favorite guitar to play now this telecaster standard guitar is ;-)

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I bought this 5 months ago. The pickups were OK, but I put a Grease Bucket Circuit on them and they sounded a lot better. The finish and setup on this guitar out of the Box was exceptional. It plays very nicely. I replaced the Bridge with a Vintage Bridge and put the original Bridge back on it. Installed Locking Tuners and Im very happy with this Guitar. I did buy a set of TV Jones Starwood Telecaster pickups on it and this is my Favorite guitar out of 4. Made in Mexico is a great well made Guitar!

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I won't say that these guitars are "better" or even "as good as" American made, expensive Fender models. I will say, however, that to my ears, they are sonically the equal - if a little different- than the $$$$ models. Moreover, the fit and finish are certainly satisfactory to my personal evaluation.Ive owned American made Teles and Strats. They were a joy to play. So is this one.A truly great value in my book. Just don't get worked-up about where its made. If you think about it, what difference does it make where they're made?

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I find after buying this guitar blemished in Lake Placid blue for $409, a truly great value. Also a pretty cool color, it seems to be a well built instrument, and to be honest, I can't find the blemish anywhere! It definitely sounds like a Tele, and is going to be an excellent backup for my Strat. After a few hours of playing, I like my strat better, but the strat is an American made, so it should play better. I like this tele well enough however that I would buy another at full price, if I had not found this one for $409!

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I ordered a blemished candy apple red telecaster and saved $100.00. First the bad: The fret ends were sticking out the sides of the neck and were sharp enough to make playing very unpleasant. I took the guitar to my local Luthier and he filed down the fret ends and did a great setup on the guitar. Now the good: After the setup the guitar has incredibly low action without fret buzz. The neck wood is slightly figured and beautiful. I love the candy apple red color. The guitar stays in tune and tone is very good. I especially love the bridge pickup because it has a lot more guts than a stratocaster bridge pickup. The neck pickup is smooth and jazzy sounding and both pickups together have a pleasant bell like chime. All in all, I'm pleased with my purchase and I accepted the fret end problem since I bought a blemished guitar.

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Great color lake placid blue...Came in perfect condition and a great sound from this tele. Thank You zZounds....

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I really love this guitar. i'm a Gibson man, I love the Les Puals, but this one caught me off guard, it's a break from the LP, and at this price, i'm gonna buy the blue one next week. it's really great, I recommend it to anyone, I played it for a couple hours. the craftsmanship of this is just beautiful.

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I spent a lot of time researching the MIM Tele before ordering one. The reviews convinced me to get one. When mine arrived, I unpacked it, looked at it, and noticed right away that the tone/volume/switch mounting plate was missing the bottom screw, and the hole drilling for that screw was very offset. Additionally, there was the beginning of a drilling very visible just outside of the bottom of the mounting plate. I immediately repacked it and shipped it back. I simply cannot imagine how QC could have missed such a glaring defect. This was the second Fender model in a row that I have had to send back because of defects. I totally blame those problems on Fender QC, I have never had anything but great service from ZZOUNDS.

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I bought my first telecaster from zZounds in 2010 and I believe it is a 2009 model- I have to check the serial number- back then the fret board had a satin finish. I bought another new telecaster last year in 2017 but actually received a telecaster with a 2015 year of production according to the serial number! Very strange. The 2015 has a gloss fret board. I am keeping the 009 strings on the 2015 model but had changed the 2009 telecaster from 009 to 10's. The pickups are hot and have a high output. I do my own set ups involving straightening the neck using the truss rod and setting the saddles up for intonation and action height which is quite a bit of work and takes me a few weeks as I constantly re-adjust things after playing the guitar and letting the guitar sit for a few days. I believe these telecasters offer the best value for the money, it is very difficult to get a better guitar for the price. The telecastser sounds very clear and powerful and plays ok. Its a winner.

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I play in a variety/cover band. I play a American deluxe tele. I love that guitar. One night I dropped it. Oh no!! Nothing happened to it but it got me thinking I don't have a back up if something was to happen to my Deluxe. Taking I don't have a back up just a Takamine acustic I play on a few songs. So I thought I get a just in case back up tele. The standard was ideal since I was not going to shell out a extra grand i have laying around anytime soon.Lol but I purchased the white tele and swapped out the pick guard for a single ply back one. I decided to try it on a few songs one night. All I did prior to that night was swop out the pick guard and strings. I fell in love with it. Let's just say my Deluxe had a break the rest of the night. it is a regular on stage with me now. No complaint about it. It might say Made in Mexico on the back but she says Fender in the front and oh Lord shes everybit a classic fender.

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Before I purchased this guitar, everyone had told me to get a Strat instead, and now months later I'm glad I ignored all of them because I couldn't be happier with this guitar! I'll never sell this guitar, it has everything I'm looking for

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Okay let me start off with the fact I have used zZounds before, almost 13 yrs ago to start up a home studio. I like their prices and the fact they deliver free most any purchase makes it a big deal to me because the nearest music store is over 50 miles away. That, and the fact that I don't get to "try out" anything first, leaves me to do research based on reviews of the products on several web-sites. So that stated, this purchase was part of a larger order that I will review piece by piece. Hopefully my opinions and research will be as helpful as those I have found here. Mexican Fender Telecaster w/maple neck: This being the most expensive of the 3 guitars I got I expected this one to be the best. Well I just got burned by the photos of this one, I bought a similar tele from zZounds about 13 yrs ago, the WHOLE neck was like dipped into the gloss, This one only has the gloss on the fingerboard (at LEAST) but the back of the neck is like raw wood! What's the DEAL?!? BIG disappointment! Out of the box it was way outta tune, on my other guitars there was a tag/sticker stating which inspector checked and set-up by... but this one has none. Hmmm, tuned it up, stretched the strings a little and rechecked... strings feel like 09s and I play 10s. The pickups are hot! Oh and you can get that "Tele Twang" outta this cookie! I'm seriously thinking of a can of Krylon clear for the back of the neck... May as well be playing a 2by4.... because of the lack of gloss this review reflects it in the "ease of use", "Quality" , "Value" and "Overall" ratings... still keeping it, but really disappointed.

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