Fender Review: Standard Telecaster (MIM)

History:

Purchase: Scored my Midnight Blue Standard Telecaster via eBay from a pawn shop in Wichita Falls, Texas. Some poor Texan is out one sweet axe!

What I Like About This Fender Standard Telecaster (MIM): Let's start off with the fact that I don't care where the Fender is made. Let's face it, a Fender isn't exactly the Space Shuttle and Leo wasn't building terribly complex units when he fired up in the early '50s. That said, I'm really impressed by the quality built into this standard tele. The neck feels and performs great, the quality of the purplish blue finish (it transforms depending on the light quality and type hitting it), the hardware is of more than adequate quality and I'm not inclined to upgrade the pickups (which is rare since I tend to "frankencaster" my Fenders since my first strat purchase from Guitar Center in 1977. A great clean tone out of both pickups (I really like the tone of the center, combined setting) and it breaks up nicely through my Ampeg VT-60.

What I Do NOT Like About The Fender Standard Telecaster (MIM):

Fender Standard Telecaster (MIM) Quality Rating:

Review Summary: This one stays stock...I can't think of what to change! SWEET!

Rating of this Fender product: 4

This Fender Standard Telecaster (MIM) Electric Guitars Review Submitted By: RustyKnight

Review Date: 2003-09-27