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Fender Lite Ash Telecaster Electric Guitar

Birdseye Maple neck and fingerboard. Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro2 pickups.

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"Poor Man's Highway One..." submitted May 7, 2008

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Sound: Very high quality Telecaster tone, thanks mostly to the pickups, but the brass saddles and lite ash body help. Bridge pickup is nice and twangy, neck is fat and jazzy. This guitar sounds like how you expect a Tele to sound. Extremely noisy with distortion due to single coil pups, but it's good noise... Feature: Got mine on clearance. Came with nothing, but I was able to get wrenches and a case easily. Some people replace the pots and switches on these, mine are working fine, no need to fix anything. Ease of Use: It's a Telcaster... Tone pot is seems to have a nice fat Gibby-type cap on it, volume knob has a user-friendly taper. Switch is quite. Both pickups is humbucking... Quality: It's on a par with the Mexi's, but the brass saddles, pickups, and ash body give it a slight edge over most stock Mexi's I've played. I've seen a couple lemons, I've seen some sweet ones, so QC is not as tight as it could be, but if you get a sweet one, you will be very very happy... Value: I own two of these. The aftermarket value on these has been soft, so before you spring for a new one, see if you can find something used. People don't want to pay $900 for a Korean guitar... I got my second one used for the same price you'd expect to get a used Mexi... Manufacturer Support: Fender blows... But they still make good guitars... lol The Wow Factor: Good looking, but decal is a little strange. I own two. Overall: I own two of these. My first one has a two piece body and is sweet. The swecond has a three piece body and while it has the same neck, hardware, pickups, etc., it's not as nice as the 2-piece body, IMHO. Both are good guitars, but my 2-piece body one borders on being a great guitar... For the price of a used Mexi, these are a steal. If you have to get one new, the Highway One is probably a better investment.
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"Great for the novice or pro player." submitted January 6, 2008

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Musical Background: guitar instructor, active musician
Music Style: you name it I play it.
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Sound: This unit compares both with my MIA tele and a HWY 1 I recently traded for. The Seymour Duncan pickups are really an asset to this guitar. Feature: Came with everything including hang tags. Ease of Use: Plays as well as any and better than some I've owned. Quality: A few little tweaks were needed at the onset. I had the place where I purchased it from do a minor fret dressing on a couple frets.No big deal. Value: I bought this guitar at a reasonable discounted price after negiotating with the dealer. Manufacturer Support: So far so good. The Wow Factor: This guitar has a slightly rounded body edge from that of my other Telecasters.This makes it stand out and have a better curb appeal. (for lack of a better expression) The unit I purchased was black.Very nice guitar! Overall: I'll probably keep this one for a while.
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"Best bang for the buck" submitted September 24, 2005

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Musical Background: 35 years playing
Music Style: Rock, classical, some jazz
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Sound: Sounds as good as any Tele I've played. Feature: Could have at least come with a setup manual with specs and a truss rod wrench. Quality: finish is flawless Value: Well worth the price I paid
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Fender Lite Ash Tele Customer Review submitted February 28, 2005

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Musical Background: honkytonk
Music Style: southern rock-rock-country
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Sound: This is just like playing a standard telecaster. I've played almost every fender guitar and this feels - sounds just the same as a standard. Feature: it is just like a standard. Quality: this product comes with the reliability of any fender. Value: well here I think you're just buying the color because it plays the same as a standard. Manufacturer Support: I have never had to repair my stratocaster and fender products are always built with top notch quality. The Wow Factor: it is a purty guitar Overall: Well I like changes butin my point of view about 3 years.
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"I hate to "fret" over a Fender..." submitted August 2, 2007

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Musical Background: 25 year hobbyist
Music Style: blues, rock
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Sound: Fine Feature: you know, .... tele features Ease of Use: well.... read the quality part Quality: I played one in a store.... The frets barely stuck out beyond the necks width... Just enough to be a bit scratchy and annoying..... Probably just a bad one.. Value: eh... I think the MIM's are better for the money Manufacturer Support: No idea The Wow Factor: Real, real pretty... Honestly, when I saw it I just knew I was going to buy it... LIke I said, probably a fluke.. If I found one that without that issue, I'd buy it. Overall: I really do hate to "hate" on a Fender... Just giving a heads up.
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"Fails to meet expectations...Doesn't compare with the MIM's! AVOID" submitted December 9, 2004

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Musical Background: Musical and Hobbyist player
Music Style: Country and Jazz
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Sound: sounds SO SO... Doesn't have the zing that my MIM Tele's have... Kinda of a hum drum general guitar sound that doesn't stand out.. Really have to make the amp do all the work.. Feature: Not anything special... Just your general Telecaster style body with a ventage style bridge and neck pickup. Quality: Although the Ash body is nice eye candy to look at... the electronics within is poor... Cheap is the word I want to say... found cold solder joints etc... Loose screws... Sears could have done better.. MIM's are still holding the spotlight for me....not this lite ash.. Value: Buy a nice MIM or hold out for an American made Tele... The lite ash tele is overpriced... period... should fall just below the MIM and just above the Squire Tele's Manufacturer Support: No experience with the Fender folks... The Wow Factor: Nice eye candy to be seen with on the stage... but serious music makers will be dissapointed with the bland sounds it makes Overall: It's going to be a tough guitar to trade-in... Most store owners probably know the value of a used overseas made Tele... I'll have to live with this thing for awhile and maybe someday some fool will offer me something of value for it... I can dream can't I..?
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