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    Default Re: Fender Tenor Tele - First Impressions

    Quote Originally Posted by Baron Collins-Hill View Post
    Update: 5 pounds 7 ounces.
    That's 3 pounds shy of the legal definition of "Telecaster"

    Thanks for the review, great demo. Looking forward to getting one when the next batch comes in.

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    Hmmm. Maybe my taste is in my mouth, as my favorite ash tele's have all been at or under 7 pounds, with one 8 pound exception. And swamp ash's popping tone tickles my ears much more than the hard sound of heavy ash. I doubt that Fender would be able to produce light weight ash guitars for a reasonable price, so maybe that's part of why they went with alder, whose medium weight seems to sound quite good in the demo in this smaller 4 string. So 5 lbs 7 ounces is thrilling!!

    I need some help understanding the legal tele definition idea. Whatcha got?

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    It was just a joke. The 2 Teles I've owned were both just under 9 lbs, but admittedly they were Squiers (Classic Vibes). It was the only thing I didn't like about them. 5 1/2 pounds seems amazing, though they're obviously smaller.

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    Okay, i was wondering what i was missing out on. There was once a MIJ Squier tele in the house; not as good a guitar as its Strat counterpart and with the weight on the heavier side of medium with basswood body was uninspiring. You might like a lighter weight Tele or G&L ASAT.

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    Hello Baron,
    I agree about the break angle problem on the first string. On mine the high E has a changy chorus kind of tone when open because of the lack of a string tree.

    I think staggered tuners like the ones that come on the E. Johnson strats might be the solution. I put a set of staggered post Sperzel locking tuners on my wish list, which I'm hoping will improve the problem and will be a direct fit replacement - no drilling.
    https://reverb.com/item/38807-sperze...-locking-tuner

    About the grounding and buzz - I had great success on a project guitar by replacing the pickup wire with shielded wire, covering the bottom and sides of the pickups with copper tape and building a shielding box out of copper tape around the jack plug.

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    Default Re: Fender Tenor Tele - First Impressions

    A full year later (after the limited release), and a friend of mine found a brand new butterscotch Tenor Tele sitting on the floor of the Sam Ash store in Houston yesterday. I just got off the phone, and they're shipping it to me in Colorado for free. Score! (And I didn't have to pay an eBay premium AND pay to have it shipped from Japan.)

    I also ordered a set of Fender locking tuners (which are shorter than the standard ones), and that should resolve the break angle on the head stock for the top 2 strings (without having to install a string tree).
    Last edited by wololoco; Dec-10-2020 at 6:36pm. Reason: Additional information

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    Quote Originally Posted by Baron Collins-Hill View Post
    Cheapish gig bag that also comes with the mini strat. Nothing to write home about but does the job. I hope I can find a better solution down the road.
    Did you end up upgrading the case? What did you go with?
    Tenor Guitars: ARTIST TG100EQ (CGDA), Fender Tenor Tele (GDAE).
    Mandolin: LM-220.
    Others: Seagull M4 "Merlin"(DAdd), Ashton BNJ50 Banjo, Epiphone MB-100 Banjo.

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