Fender American Special Telecaster Review

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Fender American Special Telecaster has been rated by 21 musicians.

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Overall Rating 4.72

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Features 4.73

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Quality 2.37

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Reliability / Value 4.82

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  • Body Shape: Tele®  
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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Wood: Alder  
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  • Finish: Gloss  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: C-shaped neck  
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  • Neck Joint: Bolt-on  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Radius: 9.50"  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Maple  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Nut Width: 1.6875" (1-11/16")  
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  • Tuners: Fender  
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  • Bridge: Tele bridge  
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  • Hardware: Chrome  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-Position Blade  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Single Coil  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Bridge Pickup: Texas Special™ Tele® Single-Coil Pickup Neck Pickup: Texas Special™ Tele® Single-Coil Pickup Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup Special Electronics: Greasebucket™ Tone Circuit (rolls off high without adding bass)

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Would you like a piece of advice? Trust from your fellow musicians who recommend this guitar by giving it the highest grades. Fender's American Special Telecaster is a great sounding instrument that handles well any kind of situation: live, studio or plain practicing. Great features and great sound will keep you satisfied, and you will feel that this axe is worth every cent you've invested. Fender is a well known guitar manufacturer, so it's no surprise that Fender managed to produce another great instrument such as American Special Telecaster.

Fender has put a lot of time and effort into choosing the right features for American Special Telecaster and tuning them right, and that just made a lot of musicians happy, causing them to award this instrument with the highest grades. Features of American Special Telecaster are brilliant and Fender should be proud of themselves for producing such a beautiful instrument with which you will also be happy, whether you decide to go for it.

American Special Telecaster is a professionally built guitar that is extremely easy to set up. Action is great, and easy to tweak. The finish is traditionally great, a main characteristic of nearly every Fender guitar model. This is an instrument that has both beauty and endurance. Fit with the best hardware, this guitar will provide you with joyful years of playing experience.

American Special Telecaster is a guitar that is built to serve you for a long time, that will not let you down and will keep you happy. That is no coincidence, because Fender does indeed make great looking and great sounding guitars that are durable and reliable as well. American Special Telecaster will perform well both on stage and in studio, so you may rest assured that American Special Telecaster is a good choice.