Fender Player Series Tele MN BTB

I've always had problems with Strats, the pickups and the tremolo would always be just 'off', I always had a feeling that the sound could/should be better. I just wanted to have a hassle-free guitar that I could play and not have to deal with tuning issues and intonation problems every time I changed the strings. I bought a cheap Harley Benton Tele to see what they were like. I was impressed but in the end I wanted a better quality instrument. I bought the Fender Player Tele and I absolutely love it. It looks gorgeous and sounds fantastic (great pickups). A very small set up out of the box (intonation) and then it played like a dream. No more whammy bar nonsense, just plain old rock 'n' roll and blues now (and hard rock, and metal, and country, and pop, and even a little bit of jazz, it can cover them all). Highly recommended.

First off, I'm not a professional musician, I just jam with my room mate. I've had quite a few guitars over the years but none actually played like this one. To be honest this guitar has been a childhood dream of mine. I really love the maple neck, yea I know, it's a matter of taste, but i think the roughness goes well with the guitar's natural twangy sound. It somehow retains the "guitar" sound even with heavy fuzz or overdrive.

When it comes to build quality it really seems that Fender managed to solve important issues they had over the years. Good job! The guitar was perfectly set up. even the intonation was proper and it came with a document that was hand signed by the people who oversaw the quality control and set up process.

Thomann delivered as always. Good packaging and management. They set the bar pretty high. Thank you guys!