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Better than Custom shop
I always loved the look of a butterscotch tele. To my eyes, it is one of the classic beauties. In my mind I thought I wanted a 51 Nocaster, because I believe Fenders Custom Shop guitars are the coolest guitars out there. But the two samples I tried out had poorly finished fretwork and poorly set up for the money. I saw this new 52 Hot Rod Tele on GearWire and knew immediately that was for me. All Nitro cellolose neck body, butterscotch blonde finish plus a vintage humbucker to boot. This guitar far exceeded my expectations for quality! And my instrument has one of the lightest weight Ash bodies I've ever sampled. By the way, the specs show pickup selector to be wired like the standard '52 Tele, but that's not the case. Position 2 is both pickups together. Great great tone!!!
Reviewed by Bluesfan64 on 2/28/2007 who plays Blues, Rock.
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Sweet...
I just got this beauty- The tone is amazing especially in the middle position when both the humbucker and the hot bridge pickup are firing. To my ear the sound is the best of a Les Paul and a hot traditional Tele. The tones, especially when combined with my Fender Princeton Recording tube amp is inspiring me to write and play a new kind of music! A priceless investment.
Reviewed by vaillantk on 3/2/2007 who plays Original Rock & Blues.
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Fender American Vintage Hot Rod '52 Telecaster Ele
Simple Beauty
Fender American Vintage Hot Rod '52 Telecaster Electric Guitar
I love this guitar. It's superbly light and comfortable to play. Of course it sounds awesome! I feel like I am channeling Luther Perkins when I hold this baby. Thank you Fender. Get it!
Reviewed by Robert E Kane on 6/21/2007 who plays Rock, Rockabilly.
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great vintage telcaster sound
I have had this American 52 Vintage Telecaster re-issue guitar for about 2 yrs, and it has the best action of anything I've ever played. Lightweight, easy to play, great telecaster sound. Versatile, great clean sound, but with effects can do almost anything with it. I love the Jerry Garcia style, and this guitar is great for it, but you can also use it for the most up to date thrash if you want. Again, the playability is unmatched, and the action is even better than an old Strat I used to play.
Reviewed by Jensen John on 2/26/2007 who plays jam band rock and anything fun to play.
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Great guitar
I bought my sample last September based on advice from Danny at Guitar Centre in Nashville. Since I'm a "guitaroholic" with more than 20 guitars at home, this guitar was meant to be a backup guitar for my other 3 CS Teles. This guitar has become my main piece. There is no doubt it is as good as my other CS guitars - and they are great, but it has a tone which I just find unbelievable. I don't think there is any Les Paul nor strat sound here, it's definitive Telesound, but deeper and richer. I use two amps, a cranked up Marchall JCM 800, and a Fender Junior Pro at just a bit dirty, simultaneously which gives a fat rock sound which I just love
Reviewed by Henrik on 8/19/2009 who plays rock.
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The Karma Sutra of Teles
First off, I wasn't lucky enough to get the one-piece ash slab, but I did manage to get this guitar for 1600, new. Sweet. As the title suggest this is the Karma Sutra of Teles: each position leaves you wanting more, and more, and more. Position 1 is your classic tele twang, just a little bit hotter. Position 3, with the mini HB, gives you that fat dark tone, great for jazz and blues. Position 2 was most surprising, soundiing some-what like a strat. You can get nice funnk and rhythm sounds. Really nice and unique. As far as the build goes,top notch. Like I said earlier, a one-piece slab would put this guitar at a 9.9. As for now it's a 9/10.
Reviewed by ddada on 10/17/2009 who plays anything with soul.
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UNBELIEVABLE
This guitar is unbelievable! Everything about it is perfect, from the blonde finish, to the wood grain, to the neck shape, to...everything. Out-of-the-box, this is the best setup Fender guitar I have ever seen. I literally tuned it, and it was ready to go, no setup needed. The pickup sounds are incredible, and you can achieve just about any sound you want. The neck feels and plays fast. The vintage bridgeplate and saddles are aswesome. I could not be happier!!
Reviewed by Scott on 3/20/2009 who plays Rock, Blues.
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If I could only have one guitar, it would be this one
This is an extremely versatile guitar. In the bridge pick up you can hear that classic Telecaster twang. But on the neck pick up, this guitar sounds more like a Les Paul, pretty fat tone. Now I can gig with one guitar and have amazing cleans and great hi gain tones. Try Gibson Vintage Strings with it (sounds great)...
Reviewed by moguelator on 1/23/2009 who plays Metal/Rock.
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Tele tones and smooth overdrive capability in 1 guitar!
OK, I always had to have a 52 Tele, but could never get past the standard neck pickup of the regular 52 model, it had a pretty weak output and bassy sound. The Hot Rod model took care of all that, with the mini humbucker it produces unbelievable jazz tones. Now you can quickly go from smooth overdriven sounds or mellow jazz notes to the very familiar rich Tele twang as fast as you can flip the 3 way switch over. There's nothing bad about this thing, all the selectable tones are full and chimey with no trace of harshness or ear piercing trebly sounds sometimes associated with some Tele bridge pickups. The vintage Tele pickup on the 52 Hot Rod is perfect for me. Use a good tube amp, you'll be amazed. And the in between sound with both pickups engaged is a beautiful blended sound, well balanced with full rich piano-like notes. Beyond the sound, it's just an awesome piece of craftsmanship. Beautiful nitro finish, extremely well shaped neck making it so easy to play smoothly. It just feels right when you hold it and play it. And it's a real eyecatcher, gets lots of compliments. You won't regret getting one to call yours.
Reviewed by Dave Welch on 12/11/2008 who plays Country, Classic Rock, Blues, Jazz.
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Best non-custom shop Fender out there.
I love this guitar.
I have 2 Teles and a Custom Shop Strat and since I picked up this one it has been my go-to guitar for shows and the studio because of its playability and its tone. It has so much body and presence and that neck pickup is fantastic.
I always say you can judge how great an electric is by how it sounds before you plug it into in amp. This thing is great and is definitely worth a look for anyone out there looking for a new guitar.
Reviewed by Adam on 5/19/2008 who plays Rock/Latin.
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