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This is a fantastic guitar. Plays wonderfully- action is good, frets are great. Slightly chunky neck which I like more than I thought. Very easy to jump to chords from anywhere on the neck. The secret agent pickup is a little quiet compared to the bridge, I will try to adjust bridge pickup height so there isn’t such a dramatic difference in volume when switching between the two. Bridge pickup is great, good Tele bite but can get nasty in a good way when rolling the gain up. Will definitely handle blues and hard rocks sounds. Super lightweight, by far the lightest electric I have ever had. I am NOT a fan of factory aging but the road worn isn’t excessive. The black sparkle is cool and the paisley pick guard is great. Wish the whole body had been sprayed instead of fake wear on the finish but I can’t complain too much because I still bought it! Overall a great guitar.

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Can’t put it down !! Looked at all the reviews on utube and wasn’t sure which way to go put took the chance and don’t regret anything. Kinda high priced considering it’s made in Mexico but fender hit it out of the park with this one. Secret agent pick up is my favorite and gives some awesome tones. Just get it you won’t regret it.

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This is my fifth tele. My first decent guitar was a late 60s tele I gigged in the 70s-80s. I have two Americans and A Mexican at present, and just got the Brad Paisley Esquire. This is a different sort of creature. Mine is light, 5 pounds 11 ounces. Neck is a v-shaped, which will take some getting used to, but I decided to try it after I played some Tele-style guitars with v-necks by a great guitar maker here in Brooklyn. After unpacking it and tuning up, I ran it direct to my Princeton with a touch of the amp’s reverb. Pots feel and sound good. The bridge pickup is hot and sounds great. As with any Tele, the tone control gives you a lot of options. As some reviews have noted, the Seymour Duncan neck pickup is not as hot as the bridge, probably because it is hidden under the pickguard. One guy commented that he would lower the bridge pickup to get a more even output, but since I tend to favor neck pickups, for now I’m going on the idea that I can use the bridge pickup as an easy volume boost when needed. The second position, both pickups engaged, is a great sound, and again the tone control gives you a big range of sounds. Like Mr. Paisley said in the Fender promo video, the wood itself is very resonant. I haven’t run it through any pedals yet. I wouldn’t say there’s fret sprout, but I can see taking a file to the ends at some point. Waiting to see if the humidity of the studio makes up for whatever conditions the instrument has endured in the warehouse and shipping.Like other vintage-style Fenders, the truss rod adjustment is at the heel, not on the head. You can either loosen the neck and get in there with a screwdriver, or use a special tool that only requires removal of the pickguard to get to the adjustment. It didn’t come with any tools, but I have the Allen wrench for the saddles and have ordered the truss rod tool from Stewmac. Overall, like I said, it’s different from most Teles. But I think it’s a keeper. It’s slightly relicked. I find this kind of thing silly, but don’t mind. It’s how it the plays that counts, and the overall finish is nice, including on the neck. As with any good Tele, there’s the vibe of a simple, brilliantly engineered piece of gear. It was the first solid-body electric and for my money it’s never been improved on.

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