Believe it or not their Telestar sounds better than the acoustisonic. After researching Fenders semi-hollow body guitars doesn't sell well and music stores get a lot of returns and they have these as open box guitars.
@@nyctophobia9803 it seems like a trend now for brands to put out gear that tries to emulate other pieces of gear all while being as or more expensive as the real thing
Bilal Coxon he’s saying if it were built in Mexico I’m guessing. It’s just not worth 2 grand. For 2 grand I can get an American double bound tele with whatever pickups and bridge I want, and a more than decent acoustic guitar.
For future reference: Placing a mic in front of the sound hole generally isn't how acoustic guitars are recorded. The sound that comes out is often very boomy, and I know for dreadnought shaped acoustics at least, the body tends to resonate around F#/G making those notes appear much louder than the rest. Typically recording acoustic guitars is done by placing the mic around the 14th fret.
@@bobbyDD should I record in stereo if I’m using a KNA AP-2 Piezo along with my condenser? I’d find a great sound (what I thought) using stereo with em in GarageBand, at least using headphones. After everything is done tho it sounds mehh coming out of my phone.
Generally isn't? Based on what? Because it's actually extremely common lol. Actually, if you Google "how to mic an acoustic guitar", the first two images that come up are of an acoustic guitar mic'd from the "sound hole" lol. But what do I know I've just been recording music for 14 years
That's a fuck nah from me dog. The Taylor looks better, and I'd rather have the electric feel than the acoustic one. So the Taylor would be better for me...and it doesn't look like dogshit. The blended one is the only tone I like.
Id say a solid 800 to 900 dollars could be cut off by the end of the year. My main guitar is 625 and is the most reliable telecaster ever, especially for its price.
Gibson: We’re going to start alienating our customer base by making overpriced and underwhelming guitars. Fender: Hold my whatever the hell this thing is.
I play 3 hour sets straight through. Bought one, and OMG I am so happy. I play it more unplugged than not. Think of it as a Custom Shop guitar than a standard Fender.
sounded like an acoustic guitar with a flattened EQ. I almost spit coffee when you said 2k; fender is out of line pricing this as a quality acoustic taylor, cordoba, godin... hell even martin makes better guitars than this for less than half the price. telecasters and acoustics don't share design similarities that lend well to one another for the second time we see why....
but can it blend acoustic and electric guitar tones incredibly precise. If I owned one, I would replace the pickup for a seymore duncan hotrod and play with overdrive.
Personally I think these guitars look way better (when compared to the old tele-acoustic), and sound great. I wouldn't mind using it at all. I think the price tag is too much though, honestly.
@Smokeanaut wtf? Do you realize that the question was about the material and not the thickness, right? Cause you can get .010/.047" strings in phosphor bronze and .012/.056" strings in nickel.
I have one of these. Here's my 2-cents. I write songs and play rhythm guitar in an alt country band. Best use is through a PA or acoustic guitar amp. (for songs that I would normally play an electric guitar, I use a amp/cab sim pedal.) You can't think of this guitar as an acoustic or as an electric or even as an acoustic electric. It is its own thing. No acoustic guitar feedback at really loud volumes, an honest "mic'd" acoustic sound when it is plugged in, and a decent enough electric sound that I don't bring two guitars to practice or gigs. It was pricey, but I tried all types of acoustic electrics and acoustic sims. And this blew every one of them away. So, you get what pay for... i guess.
I would like try 1 out for a few hours to base my opinion. I am sure at that price is quality made but I wouldn't spend that much without knowing it was going to serve my needs. Sounds like you are getting your moneys worth out of it though.
To be fair this guitar and a telecaster are apples and oranges. Completely different and for completely different uses. Why do they need to be mutually exclusive?
Just got back from NAMM... played this for about an hour. Pros: feels great, sounds great (high timber and natural reverb) and is a great blend, it is able to immediately switch to sounding like a normal crunch telecaster in bridge position Cons: price
Generally speaking, when one item is designed to do the job of many, it's seldom good at any of those jobs. For example, if I need a good knife, I go for the fixed blade in my pocket and not a Swiss Army Knife for obvious reasons. I would say exactly the same for this guitar; it appears to be just an expensive gimmick.
Had to get major back surgery with 4 fused disks and after healing discovered could no longer play standard wide-bodied acoustic guitars (too difficult reaching around the body). So I started playing thin-line electrics through a Boss AC-2 Acoustic Simulator pedal and that did the trick. I've tested this guitar in music stores, but to me it was nearly the same as the Ibanez series thin-line acoustic, the one exception being that the neck feels much more like an electric. Still, there's very little projection unplugged - same as the Ibanez and all thin lines. I suppose this is a nice option if you're disabled and money is no object, but I just can't get past the price tag. My 2 cents...
Umm, you missed the third pickup. There's an internal body sensor that works in conjunction with their new SIRS (stringed instrument resonance system) electronics to give a much more harmonically interesting sound. If you've got time to kill, check out the Anderton's review with Danish Pete bringing out the best this Fender has to offer.
Also, general thing, that pickup system is a totally new project by Fishman,. So brand new system and developing a new manufacturing system for the body all adds up to the price. It’s high but it’s because of the whole picture, rather than charging a lot for yet another tele reissue.
Typically Adam would ask the question in the title, and answer the question in the thumbnail. So it's not the same patent. Won't hold up in a court of law.
You didn’t even go through all of the tone options in the five way selector switch, the technology in this guitar is pretty amazing. Danish P did a pretty excellent Luke demo with this guitar on Andertons
You missed out on the mentioning the contact mic on the body at position 3. Usefull for anyone who uses year guitar as a drum. Overall I would buy one if I had enough money. Maybe if they come out with a made in Mexico version or something so they're more affordable I'd get one
You're being kind of misleading about what that guitar actually is. It's got an acoustic modeling system on it that simulates different types of acoustic guitars as well as a body sensor for percussive "body thumping" styles. You make it seem like it's only got two sounds when it's got a 5 way switch and a blendable A/B sound in each position.
I like most of your videos, but man, you shoulda had someone tell YOU about this guitar before you attempted to tell US about it. Missed about 75% of the features.
@@TheLochs watch this video...it goes through each pick up position of the guitar and you can really hear how much this guitar can do ruclips.net/video/imali_T289E/видео.html
@@brin57 I saw that vid first also but I still think this review is dead nuts on the money. Andertons had a nice place to do their review this dudes at namm big difference. Regardless the entire issue with these comes down to price and price alone. Great guitar but they are asking way to much for it.
Always Andertons This joke did a review about a guitar he knew NOTHING about- This dude needs to do his research before he shares his uneducated opinion. Not following his opinion anymore.
@@drewbert7 I was only addressing the idea that sound quality in the review was an issue. Regardless though still comes down to price at least for a lot of us. Do I think the other guys who had a lot more hands-on time and a much better place to do a review did a better job reviewing this? Yeah of course I do but that is the point. For someone who had no prior time to play with this and had to give a quick first impression he covered it as best he could. I'm just saying let's keep things in perspective here before saying this review is so bad.
Erm You know that's NOT a tone dial, but a model / blend dial, from dreadnought through to parlour, hence the five way selection. Anderton's covered the basic functions pretty well. Which also explains the horrific price, sort of.
While this review might omit some of the tones you can get via the output jack, I do appreciate that it includes an acoustic recording with an external mic, since that tends to get omitted from most of the other reviews I've seen of the instrument.
Ah man, you missed the third internal pickup and the electronics dude. The fishman system is similar to the aura system that Martin use...the way that works blows my mind!
I think the thing with this guitar plugged in is the "simulation" of other microphoned acoustics (they said is more a image of the sound, some sort of EQ trick). The other two pickups (Tele and body) are kind like a bonus, to increase the versatility.
Depending on how you EQ them, piezos can sound good - once you're listening to them through a real speaker. The problem with a lot of music recorded off of piezos is that they're just sent straight to the mixing board, with maybe just a little reverb added in. That doesn't sound like a real guitar. You need to record some actual air moving from a speaker. It could be an isolated cabinet somewhere, with a microphone put up to it. Fine. But there has to be real sound somewhere in the recording chain.
I’ve been confused by a common statement I hear, “It feels great, it plays like an electric.” I’m asking if that’s a real thing. I play both acoustic and electric, learning acoustic first then being pushed into electric for live gigs. I approach the two in very different ways and I find the different neck profiles appropriate for both. Is it because I learned acoustic first that I like wide deep acoustic necks as much as electric necks? I find acoustics that have ‘electric’ necks very difficult to play. Any thoughts?
Nah you should have a small diaphragm condenser pointing towards the fret like a Rhodes NT-5 and have a large diaphragm condenser capturing the ambience and have it in a 3 to 1 set up.
what pistol goo said but also 5 to 10 other ambient room mics (they have to be over £300 mics under that are crap) and also mic the back of the headstock for more woody tones
That's what I was thinking. It seems too gimmicky for 2k. $2,000 is a good price for guitar used for gigs. This just seems like something to fool around with; nothing professional.
Have you ever played a Rainsong acoustic? They aren’t set up with super low action from the factory, but I was confident that I could lower the action quite a bit, given that the entire guitar is made out of carbon fiber. (The neck is super stiff and doesn’t flex when you pluck strings.) After filing down the saddle piece, and leveling out a couple of the frets, it plays like an electric, with absolutely no buzz. It sounds pretty nice, as well. It has a fairly flat response - not as rich as a good wooden instrument - but I’ve grown to like that sound quality quite a bit. It also gets surprisingly loud for its size.
I had one of those wretched Telecoustics (in red). Brought it to my first recording session in 10 years, and the studio guy (now my best friend) refused to record it, it was that bad. Richard Thompson did an ad for it, so I naively thought it must be better than what I was hearing LOL
Seems like you had decided you didn’t like this guitar before you tried it, you missed out most of the features like the body sensor, the fact that each position has 2 sounds that can be blended, including a boost on the electric pickup. It’s fine not to like something, but it would have been good to see you demonstrate all the features.
It seems to me you may have missed the entire concept of this guitar. I watched the Fender demo video and this is not an Acoustic "stand alone" guitar, it is a "Modeling" guitar. There are a total of 10 guitar "models", (8 acoustic and 2 electric) in this instrument with infinite variations. Watch the Fender demo, play it again and you may give it a better review. The electronics and custom American build is what's driving the price to $2k. Watch the Fender demo... listen to the sounds, go to your local store when they get one in, take a test drive and then determine if it's right or wrong for you. Here's a link to Fender's demo on You Tube: ruclips.net/video/w-HgCsUOXmo/видео.html
I have been an electric guitar player for many years now and I always found acoustics to be hard to approach. The "typically" higher action, much larger body, and less playability overall killed it for me. This guitar was very expensive but It was very approachable for me and ive loved the acoustic sound I get from them. Very niche customer however...
Ok so...I have a problem since we're talking about the other video... The Alvarez acoustic was also on your list, and I must say I received one 15 years ago and as time goes on, I fall more in love.. In a room full of guitars it's the one that everyone ends up playing on, it's clear and loud and I love it
The Tele-pickup kinda makes it sound like a hollow-body Tele to me... Blending the two pickups just sounds a bit muddy, at least with my headphones on...
I played the acoustasonic telecaster through a solid state acoustic amp (SR technology 100W). I used a LR Baggs preamp for the piezo pickup. I know this kind of problem even with expensive Gibson acoustic guitars, and the LR Baggs preamp can improve the sound considerably. For distorted sounds I used a mad professor sweet honey overdrive in chain after the LR Baggs. Works great. The acoustasonic guitar is very playable and the overall quality is 1A. It took some time, but now I'm very happy to use it. So it is possible to achieve a good sound, of course, with some tricks. Can do a gig with only one guitar with this setup. As long as you don't go for hard rock. Cons: This guitar hates tube amps. I would not recommend a tube amplifier for this instrument, if you go for a tube amp, it sounds metallic harsh and the mids are way too exaggerated.
I bought one about 3 months ago. I am not the best guitarist, but find this one really fund to play. I notice that the fretboard is fast and I over shoot my slides until I get use to it. Lots of fun sounds. I bought the mahogany version. I like it.
Goddamn, it's simply expensive to make a high end guitar. If you want to buy a 150$ thing, then just do that instead. I very enjoy the design and the sound, although I won't buy it. I was born at a time, when even little FX pedals costed a big bunch of money. The kids nowadays think that everything has to be extremely cheap and at the same time whining about a general loss of quality. Today everything is way cheaper to make and way cheaper to buy, even the good stuff! Just be happy to be alive..
You are wrong. There are 3 pickups: piezo, magnetic and contact. You are not blending two pickups. This thing works little like modeler guitar. You have few guitars impulse response (guitar profile) and you can blend them. Check the manual. Anyway this guitar looks good but sound...
The worst part about having an acoustasonic guitar is when people ask you what kind of guitar you have you have to tell them you have a fucking acoustasonic
While a little pricy I think its a pretty cool idea. The first strats were crazy expensive for the market and people weren't fans right away. This is a pretty cool style of guitar and I hope it gets cheaper with more practical qualities in the future like some of the famous guitars did. Always up for new innovations, unlike gibson who simply likes to sue people over copyrights of super old and repetitive designs.
I like the looks of the body, it's unique in a good way, but I also love the look of the top wood and the arm cut being different colors. Like kiesel guitars are doing. That tele headstock is the ugliest thing about the guitar
I have an older version in purple (which I like) but this new design is for sure an improvement. The cutaways look like it would be much more comfortable to play. My main complaint about my telecoustic is how hard the corners of the body dig into my forearm.
I made one of these about 10 years ago. True. I based my design on the telecoustic and I did it for one reason which was to be able to take the neck off and put it in my luggage when I moved overseas. The reason it plays so well is the neck is is an electric neck. But the light strings compromised the tonal complexity.
This is the worse sounding demo of this guitar I've heard so far. So I recommend the haters go check out other reviews before setting their opinion of it in stone.
Geoff Bosco Agreed. Check out the Andertons and Reverb demos. This guitar is what the Taylor T5 should have been. The neck will be faster on this, and 8 different blendable sounds from one guitar. Not sure what this guy was playing through, but it did not do it justice.
2000$ bucks really?? It's crap. Taylor Academy could dance around half the price. Heck, my Washburn acoustics sound better. Fender is a great electric guitar company. Acoustic isn't really their territory.
@@crigonalgaming1258 Way to address the substance of my comment. And everyone keeps comparing this guitar to guitars it's not competing with. The Taylor T5 is the same price as this and the Fender sounds way better as both an acoustic and an electric and you never hear a peep about the T5s price tag.
@@crigonalgaming1258 Just go watch the Andertons video. It's one of the best sounding electro acoustics yet. Yes, seriously. This guy butchered it!!! And plugged it into a Shoe!!!
Brian H oh yes. Andertons is a store made to sell guitars. They have all the best mixers in the world to mask guitar deficiencies. Of course they'll do it to sell you the axe. But I could buy a 500 dollar guitar off of Cort and it would blow me away than this thing. A MIJ Tele in Fender Japan would literally murder this overpriced shit to pieces it's not even funny. It is a meh acoustic guitar, and shitty for an electric guitar, forget being overpriced. It will collect dust on the shelves like the Stratocoustic guitar, whilst competing in a price range where potential buyers already know what they want. Too niche, and too expensive.
Pos 5 and 4 are four separate guitar modelers, with the tone knob being a blend; pos 3 is the piezo and a transducer, with again, tone knob as blend; pos 2 is piezo and mag; pos 1 is mag. I have to build these all day, for a living, just thought y'might wanna know.
I'd just buy a godin multiac. You get a thin-necked classical with the ergonomics of an electric, an integrated preamp+synth and cash to spare with the same budget. Props to Fender for making it a decent instrument, the first acoustic strats and tele sounded and felt super dry.
I’m not huge on the acoustisonic tele, I mean you can’t have a tele without it’s neck pickup. However it is a great option for an acoustic electric. Great video, keep up the good work.
Sorry your review isn't correct. 5 settings on the switch are modelled to different types of guitar with volume and blend dials. You haven't a clue what it is. Look at Fenders demo or Andertons. Your using the 5 position switch like a regular electric. You need to 're look at that guitar again.
I played one today and it makes it considerably Louder than the semi hollow I compared it to also it sounds great plugged in to the fender acoustic amps I tried it on. It has a beautiful and unique sound and it is versatile. To each their own I guess.
Me personally, the first time I saw a picture of the Fender Accousticsonic I fell in love with it, it's literally what comes to mind when I say "Acoustic Electric guitar"
My literacy teacher brought this into school today to show me and he let me play it... it’s actually a brilliant guitar, I love it. Would definitely recommend buying it if anyone is considering it!
I like the jack of all trades thing this does. For someone that has multiple itches that has to he scratched and can only have one guitar I think this is perfect.
So my Black Acoustasonic arrived this morning, on opening the box, the gig bag people frowned upon was way better than I expected, and the guitar looked incredible. So the sound/playability test next. To be honest the acoustic sounds are really great and the electric also, however it’s not great when adding a distortion or overdrive pedal in fact for the price it’s very poor sounding I’m afraid. And the action is a lot higher than I expected on a tele neck. So overall I’d say it’s a 7/10 . The pros are, the look,the acoustic sounds, and the weight it’s really light, the cons. the electric guitar overdriven sounded really bad , and the price because of that sound.. Conclusion If the overdriven electric guitar setting was a lot better this guitar would be outstanding 👍 and worth the cost
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The acoustatonic two guitars in one for the price of two guitars
The perfect explanation
I paid 129 dollars for my Squire Bullet Tele and 89 dollars for my Acoustisonic Amp! My Epi 339 sounds great.
Believe it or not their Telestar sounds better than the acoustisonic. After researching Fenders semi-hollow body guitars doesn't sell well and music stores get a lot of returns and they have these as open box guitars.
Leo Fender wasn't a musician and Les Paul was. The thing about it Les Paul had an ego trip!
No. Two guitars for the price of three.
A telecaster with a cup holder
Lol. Fucking awesome. I will forever hold this comment deep in my heart.
Take off the strings and it becomes a training toilet for your kid
Best comment of 2019.
@@tabby842 Ha! (Terrible pun inbound,) That joke was the SHIT!
Are saying this on every review....
2000$? Might as well get an actual decent Tele and an actual decent acoustic
Right! I was thinking the same thing.
Funny things both cost less combine😂😂
@@nyctophobia9803 it seems like a trend now for brands to put out gear that tries to emulate other pieces of gear all while being as or more expensive as the real thing
Exactly... more likely 200$. I waited to hear like 499$ and I would still consider it expensive, but 2000$ for that sound? Damn ...
@@stevestizzy novelty guitar from fender made in us for 500$ would be a steal
What if you drop a pick into the hole?
It goes to the *void*
it goes into an object with infinite density
Rip pick
It Ain’t comin’ back my friend
those are the questions that keep me up at night
All it needs is a hit song recorded with it and everybody will want one.
The Gold on the Ceiling effect.
Yep
@@armara70 Serious q: What is the "Gold on the Ceiling effect"?
@PP Storm Thank you. Super helpful. 👍
@@SeanRyan14 what is it
When you make a clickbaity thumbnail but also have too much samurai honor so you add a spoiler
TwistingWords Adam Neely actually talked about this kind of thumbnail, think he called it “Anti-clickbait” or something similar
@@marlin2131 I was about to say the same thing.
@@marlin2131 there's gotta be a benefit for the creator, I often don't click vids if it's click air and I clicked this one because of the honestly
@@marlin2131 Yes because it's literally what the video is about. It poses a question, and the video answers it.
TheColourYellow yep Adam Neely the patron saint of r/antiassholedesign
Acoustasonic the hedgehog
Acoustahedghehog*
No
2:45
Nice joke dude
Ha
Not into it at all. Might buy one though if it was $350.
or even 500$ could be a "decent" price, but 2000$??? man i'd rather buy a taylor
350 for an American made fender? What's wrong with u?
Bilal Coxon he’s saying if it were built in Mexico I’m guessing. It’s just not worth 2 grand. For 2 grand I can get an American double bound tele with whatever pickups and bridge I want, and a more than decent acoustic guitar.
no, they pay you 350$. Then you would accept it. and they apologize to you.
Bingo. Way too much $$$$$ for what it is.
For future reference: Placing a mic in front of the sound hole generally isn't how acoustic guitars are recorded. The sound that comes out is often very boomy, and I know for dreadnought shaped acoustics at least, the body tends to resonate around F#/G making those notes appear much louder than the rest. Typically recording acoustic guitars is done by placing the mic around the 14th fret.
This isn't helpful for what I do but honestly thanks for this. If I ever record acoustic songs I'll remember this
Thanks for this ! Didn’t know
Usually stereo setup as well with another stick mic around the ass end of the body pointing at the bridge.
@@bobbyDD should I record in stereo if I’m using a KNA AP-2 Piezo along with my condenser? I’d find a great sound (what I thought) using stereo with em in GarageBand, at least using headphones. After everything is done tho it sounds mehh coming out of my phone.
Generally isn't? Based on what? Because it's actually extremely common lol. Actually, if you Google "how to mic an acoustic guitar", the first two images that come up are of an acoustic guitar mic'd from the "sound hole" lol. But what do I know I've just been recording music for 14 years
Would be cool if it was $300-$400. But $2000? No way.
I thought the first models were around that price, I don't see what makes these worth that kind of money
these are american made lol
@Marion Hinzman That is a solid comment!
@Epic Rhino Films I like your comment!
I didn't read it, btw.
No 800$. But 2000$ is still overpriced.
Eh-looking, eh-sounding, and expensive.
I'm out.
Cheap looking, cheap sounding, but not cheap.
*ahem* Eh-xpensive
@@dotChrollo Best
Yea man....
That's a fuck nah from me dog. The Taylor looks better, and I'd rather have the electric feel than the acoustic one. So the Taylor would be better for me...and it doesn't look like dogshit. The blended one is the only tone I like.
Price will kill this thing in six months to a year. Fender has been drinking Gibson's brand of kool-aid.
Hahahahahahah
Id say a solid 800 to 900 dollars could be cut off by the end of the year. My main guitar is 625 and is the most reliable telecaster ever, especially for its price.
I died laughing. 😂😂👏👏
Is Gibson's brand of kool-aid overpriced and spoils quickly?
@@wafsinc just nailed it and dropped the mike
Gibson: We’re going to start alienating our customer base by making overpriced and underwhelming guitars.
Fender: Hold my whatever the hell this thing is.
@@0megalul309
When a company has set high expectations for their brand, the consumer base will hold them accountable if they betray those standards.
Seems like this guitar is a jack of all trades, but a master of none. Nice demo!
Ooooh
I really hate that saying. But yeah.
The last line of that saying is, "Still better than one."
But yeah, I’m on the 'just buy two guitars and save cash' bandwagon...
@@thatellipsisguy8984 Buy a nice Yamaha Acoustic and a Fender Player Series, definitely getting better sound for a lower cost doing it that way.
I play 3 hour sets straight through. Bought one, and OMG I am so happy. I play it more unplugged than not. Think of it as a Custom Shop guitar than a standard Fender.
sounded like an acoustic guitar with a flattened EQ. I almost spit coffee when you said 2k; fender is out of line pricing this as a quality acoustic taylor, cordoba, godin... hell even martin makes better guitars than this for less than half the price. telecasters and acoustics don't share design similarities that lend well to one another for the second time we see why....
What do you mean “even Martin”? Martins are the best acoustics out there imo!
I think he just meant that martin makes on cheaper and better than this.
Cause the guy suck at setting up sound.
$2000??? I could almost buy a Gibson Les Paul standard for that much...
not...
$2,000?!? Sounds like a £75 acoustic / electric. You could get a Custom Shop guitar for that or a Taylor.
My $750 Taylor academy kills this tone wise
@@joeshmo4954 Same, my 110ce was $800 and I'd rather two of them before this
I was given a Taylor acoustic by probably the nicest old Lady in the world, needless to say its the greatest sounding acoustic guitar I've ever had
2grand I thought it sounds cool and looks decent but for 2grand I could buy a way better acoustic guitar
but can it blend acoustic and electric guitar tones incredibly precise. If I owned one, I would replace the pickup for a seymore duncan hotrod and play with overdrive.
Personally I think these guitars look way better (when compared to the old tele-acoustic), and sound great. I wouldn't mind using it at all. I think the price tag is too much though, honestly.
The real question is
Acoustic or electric strings?
Usually for acoustic/electric guitars you use acoustic, i do anyways
Just get Ernie ball hybrid strings
Why not both?
@Smokeanaut wtf? Do you realize that the question was about the material and not the thickness, right? Cause you can get .010/.047" strings in phosphor bronze and .012/.056" strings in nickel.
@@otter5pain310 Or D'Addario Nickel Bronze or DR Zebras.
I have one of these. Here's my 2-cents. I write songs and play rhythm guitar in an alt country band. Best use is through a PA or acoustic guitar amp. (for songs that I would normally play an electric guitar, I use a amp/cab sim pedal.) You can't think of this guitar as an acoustic or as an electric or even as an acoustic electric. It is its own thing. No acoustic guitar feedback at really loud volumes, an honest "mic'd" acoustic sound when it is plugged in, and a decent enough electric sound that I don't bring two guitars to practice or gigs. It was pricey, but I tried all types of acoustic electrics and acoustic sims. And this blew every one of them away. So, you get what pay for... i guess.
Not exactly a roaring endorsement but pretty much what I guessed. I wouldn't mind one.
I would like try 1 out for a few hours to base my opinion. I am sure at that price is quality made but I wouldn't spend that much without knowing it was going to serve my needs. Sounds like you are getting your moneys worth out of it though.
This is what I guessed, it's perfect for the gigging musician but at home in your own room or studio it's not that good.
For the cost I would honestly just buy a custom telecaster
Edit: thank you for the likes I really appreciate it. 😁
wouldn't everybody? you'd have to absolutely stupid to just buy this over either an actual tele or a great sounding guitar.
@@brandonauchterlonie9956 If you look at the "making of" video, youll see that its relatively new technology.
@@lvlultiplication9751 the next gen is probably gonna be cheaper.
To be fair this guitar and a telecaster are apples and oranges. Completely different and for completely different uses. Why do they need to be mutually exclusive?
For 2000 I can buy at least 2 or 3 good guitars
$2000? Ok
The Lord has spoken
eh thats not bad
Zach Isley “okké”
@@RudyAyoub I keep seeing you every where
Hahahaha ya wesekhhh afashtak
Just got back from NAMM... played this for about an hour.
Pros: feels great, sounds great (high timber and natural reverb) and is a great blend, it is able to immediately switch to sounding like a normal crunch telecaster in bridge position
Cons: price
It sounds like a mediocre version of everything it's supposed to be a blend of.
Generally speaking, when one item is designed to do the job of many, it's seldom good at any of those jobs. For example, if I need a good knife, I go for the fixed blade in my pocket and not a Swiss Army Knife for obvious reasons. I would say exactly the same for this guitar; it appears to be just an expensive gimmick.
Had to get major back surgery with 4 fused disks and after healing discovered could no longer play standard wide-bodied acoustic guitars (too difficult reaching around the body). So I started playing thin-line electrics through a Boss AC-2 Acoustic Simulator pedal and that did the trick. I've tested this guitar in music stores, but to me it was nearly the same as the Ibanez series thin-line acoustic, the one exception being that the neck feels much more like an electric. Still, there's very little projection unplugged - same as the Ibanez and all thin lines. I suppose this is a nice option if you're disabled and money is no object, but I just can't get past the price tag. My 2 cents...
Umm, you missed the third pickup. There's an internal body sensor that works in conjunction with their new SIRS (stringed instrument resonance system) electronics to give a much more harmonically interesting sound. If you've got time to kill, check out the Anderton's review with Danish Pete bringing out the best this Fender has to offer.
I swear I've seen this comment before
This also allows for percussive playing style too
Rick C that’s a good point and I am happy you added it. I saw theirs and I thought they dialed in some great sounds.
Thank you for pointing this out!!!
Also, general thing, that pickup system is a totally new project by Fishman,. So brand new system and developing a new manufacturing system for the body all adds up to the price. It’s high but it’s because of the whole picture, rather than charging a lot for yet another tele reissue.
Now the question is...electric guitar strings or acoustic guitar strings?
GFM Productions they come with bronze strings
Andertons is gonna try it out soon
Good question.
for the acoustic sound to be balanced you need to use acoustic strings
Jelly Joe yes but how would the bridge pickup handle the acoustic strings vs the electric ones
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that's an Adam Neely patented thumbnail.
im calling the feds.
You know what... You're right
Typically Adam would ask the question in the title, and answer the question in the thumbnail. So it's not the same patent. Won't hold up in a court of law.
but the real question where all waiting for is does it djent?
STEVIE!!!
Oh come ooon xD I was about to say that.
Djently
At ease djentleman
Yeah it but don’t expect distortion to sound good
When both pickups are being used, it just sounds like an amplified unplugged electric
You didn’t even go through all of the tone options in the five way selector switch, the technology in this guitar is pretty amazing. Danish P did a pretty excellent Luke demo with this guitar on Andertons
You missed out on the mentioning the contact mic on the body at position 3. Usefull for anyone who uses year guitar as a drum. Overall I would buy one if I had enough money. Maybe if they come out with a made in Mexico version or something so they're more affordable I'd get one
I kinda want one now.
Carvin has been making slim acoustics like that for years...There's nothing new in this guitar.
They might send you one for free because you make RUclips videos
Same
Wait till shecter starts making them and get one because you make RUclips videos
Don't commit suicide man!!!😭😭😭😂
You're being kind of misleading about what that guitar actually is. It's got an acoustic modeling system on it that simulates different types of acoustic guitars as well as a body sensor for percussive "body thumping" styles. You make it seem like it's only got two sounds when it's got a 5 way switch and a blendable A/B sound in each position.
Britton Stanaland Huh. Cool
You see, that’s funny because no one gives a shit
@@nehemiahzo_ why so salty?
Pepe idk but he seems to be a kid like 12, just trollin
For all that money they shoulda put a 15 way switch in it! Bwa ha ha ha
I had one of the original Telecoustic guitars and I'm dually shocked. 1. This sounds decent and 2. $2000?!?!?!
I like most of your videos, but man, you shoulda had someone tell YOU about this guitar before you attempted to tell US about it. Missed about 75% of the features.
like what? I'm interested. Don't know much about it.
@@TheLochs watch this video...it goes through each pick up position of the guitar and you can really hear how much this guitar can do
ruclips.net/video/imali_T289E/видео.html
the big question here is that " would u buy it or nah?"
Agree he did miss a lot of options, for me its not worth the money and it sounds very thin in most positions
@@josephineoto2641 A big Nah!!!! for me!
Really happy I saw the Andertons video first...
Yes. This guy seems to be doing everything he can to make it sound bad. Not to mention not even understanding how it works!!
@@brin57 I saw that vid first also but I still think this review is dead nuts on the money. Andertons had a nice place to do their review this dudes at namm big difference. Regardless the entire issue with these comes down to price and price alone. Great guitar but they are asking way to much for it.
Always Andertons
This joke did a review about a guitar he knew NOTHING about-
This dude needs to do his research before he shares his uneducated opinion.
Not following his opinion anymore.
@@Corpsecrank He quoted the price correctly, quoted the features incorrectly... doesn't matter where the review was done to be accurate?
@@drewbert7 I was only addressing the idea that sound quality in the review was an issue. Regardless though still comes down to price at least for a lot of us. Do I think the other guys who had a lot more hands-on time and a much better place to do a review did a better job reviewing this? Yeah of course I do but that is the point. For someone who had no prior time to play with this and had to give a quick first impression he covered it as best he could. I'm just saying let's keep things in perspective here before saying this review is so bad.
Erm You know that's NOT a tone dial, but a model / blend dial, from dreadnought through to parlour, hence the five way selection.
Anderton's covered the basic functions pretty well.
Which also explains the horrific price, sort of.
While this review might omit some of the tones you can get via the output jack, I do appreciate that it includes an acoustic recording with an external mic, since that tends to get omitted from most of the other reviews I've seen of the instrument.
1:00 Can't tell you how many times I played "ham and pineapple piezo" without knowing it
Ah man, you missed the third internal pickup and the electronics dude. The fishman system is similar to the aura system that Martin use...the way that works blows my mind!
I think the thing with this guitar plugged in is the "simulation" of other microphoned acoustics (they said is more a image of the sound, some sort of EQ trick). The other two pickups (Tele and body) are kind like a bonus, to increase the versatility.
There's actually three pickups, a magnetic, a piezo, and a contact.
Depending on how you EQ them, piezos can sound good - once you're listening to them through a real speaker.
The problem with a lot of music recorded off of piezos is that they're just sent straight to the mixing board, with maybe just a little reverb added in. That doesn't sound like a real guitar. You need to record some actual air moving from a speaker. It could be an isolated cabinet somewhere, with a microphone put up to it. Fine. But there has to be real sound somewhere in the recording chain.
Eric Kleefeld Or you can just run an acoustic guitar IR in the chain
I’ve been confused by a common statement I hear, “It feels great, it plays like an electric.” I’m asking if that’s a real thing. I play both acoustic and electric, learning acoustic first then being pushed into electric for live gigs. I approach the two in very different ways and I find the different neck profiles appropriate for both. Is it because I learned acoustic first that I like wide deep acoustic necks as much as electric necks? I find acoustics that have ‘electric’ necks very difficult to play. Any thoughts?
You shouldn't put the mic into the sound hole, it creates unwanted boominess, you should put it on the 12th fret
Santiago Siso id say around the 15th-17th fret
No it just sounds awful
Nah you should have a small diaphragm condenser pointing towards the fret like a Rhodes NT-5 and have a large diaphragm condenser capturing the ambience and have it in a 3 to 1 set up.
what pistol goo said but also 5 to 10 other ambient room mics (they have to be over £300 mics under that are crap) and also mic the back of the headstock for more woody tones
@@supermaxplayerminecraftcla8840 it's usually put on the 12th because it's the middle point of the strings, but ultimately it's a matter of preference
I was thinking it might be 500$... but 2k! No way I would sink 2k (likely more here in Europe) on that thing!
Thomann has it listed at around €1700. I still think Fender should bring it to the €1200 range
That's what I was thinking. It seems too gimmicky for 2k. $2,000 is a good price for guitar used for gigs. This just seems like something to fool around with; nothing professional.
WOW could you pls make a tutorial video of the "Under the bridge at NAMM" part?
Alot of mojo there....
That’s what I was thinking! Would love to learn that.
Have you ever played a Rainsong acoustic? They aren’t set up with super low action from the factory, but I was confident that I could lower the action quite a bit, given that the entire guitar is made out of carbon fiber. (The neck is super stiff and doesn’t flex when you pluck strings.) After filing down the saddle piece, and leveling out a couple of the frets, it plays like an electric, with absolutely no buzz. It sounds pretty nice, as well. It has a fairly flat response - not as rich as a good wooden instrument - but I’ve grown to like that sound quality quite a bit. It also gets surprisingly loud for its size.
*goes home to his 59* "oof, honey you won't believe the new generation these days 😧"
*SUMMARY*: meh I don’t like it 😂
Samurai summary lol
David Zilz 😂
Sounds like a 150$ travel guitar. I like the idea of a fender neck on an acoustic but the body does not give enough bass or resonance which is a must.
I had this nice little Yamaha looked similar, sounded decent plugged in. Did consider putting in a std pickup...
that guitar has active electronics it could make the sound of any guitar you just need to change the programming adding bass is easy
@@ciro_costa lol whatever believe man thats why we will see every famous guitars playing it *cough lol lol
My point is just that the pickup inputs of the guitar don't matter, because it has a sound engine.
@@ciro_costa I am not even going into pickups. No sustain or bass sound. The harmonics do not even sound special.
I think it looks cool, but I'd never buy one
At least fender innovates in something and keep minds out the box
I had one of those wretched Telecoustics (in red). Brought it to my first recording session in 10 years, and the studio guy (now my best friend) refused to record it, it was that bad. Richard Thompson did an ad for it, so I naively thought it must be better than what I was hearing LOL
Seems like you had decided you didn’t like this guitar before you tried it, you missed out most of the features like the body sensor, the fact that each position has 2 sounds that can be blended, including a boost on the electric pickup. It’s fine not to like something, but it would have been good to see you demonstrate all the features.
And plug it into something that doesn't resemble the sound of an old boot!!! He butchered it.
Yeah! This thing does at least 15 versions of plinky crap!
It seems to me you may have missed the entire concept of this guitar. I watched the Fender demo video and this is not an Acoustic "stand alone" guitar, it is a "Modeling" guitar. There are a total of 10 guitar "models", (8 acoustic and 2 electric) in this instrument with infinite variations. Watch the Fender demo, play it again and you may give it a better review. The electronics and custom American build is what's driving the price to $2k. Watch the Fender demo... listen to the sounds, go to your local store when they get one in, take a test drive and then determine if it's right or wrong for you. Here's a link to Fender's demo on You Tube: ruclips.net/video/w-HgCsUOXmo/видео.html
This guy reminds me of Kung Fu master in appearance. Not derogatory at all. He's handsome and is a bad ass guitarist!
I have been an electric guitar player for many years now and I always found acoustics to be hard to approach. The "typically" higher action, much larger body, and less playability overall killed it for me. This guitar was very expensive but It was very approachable for me and ive loved the acoustic sound I get from them. Very niche customer however...
Ok so...I have a problem since we're talking about the other video... The Alvarez acoustic was also on your list, and I must say I received one 15 years ago and as time goes on, I fall more in love.. In a room full of guitars it's the one that everyone ends up playing on, it's clear and loud and I love it
arent there 3 pickups?
The Tele-pickup kinda makes it sound like a hollow-body Tele to me... Blending the two pickups just sounds a bit muddy, at least with my headphones on...
A nice 600-800 dollar guitar but 2k is way too much
you had me convinced until you mentioned the price
I played the acoustasonic telecaster through a solid state acoustic amp (SR technology 100W). I used a LR Baggs preamp for the piezo pickup. I know this kind of problem even with expensive Gibson acoustic guitars, and the LR Baggs preamp can improve the sound considerably. For distorted sounds I used a mad professor sweet honey overdrive in chain after the LR Baggs. Works great. The acoustasonic guitar is very playable and the overall quality is 1A. It took some time, but now I'm very happy to use it.
So it is possible to achieve a good sound, of course, with some tricks. Can do a gig with only one guitar with this setup. As long as you don't go for hard rock.
Cons: This guitar hates tube amps. I would not recommend a tube amplifier for this instrument, if you go for a tube amp, it sounds metallic harsh and the mids are way too exaggerated.
I bought one about 3 months ago. I am not the best guitarist, but find this one really fund to play. I notice that the fretboard is fast and I over shoot my slides until I get use to it. Lots of fun sounds. I bought the mahogany version. I like it.
Goddamn, it's simply expensive to make a high end guitar. If you want to buy a 150$ thing, then just do that instead.
I very enjoy the design and the sound, although I won't buy it.
I was born at a time, when even little FX pedals costed a big bunch of money. The kids nowadays think that everything has to be extremely cheap and at the same time whining about a general loss of quality.
Today everything is way cheaper to make and way cheaper to buy, even the good stuff! Just be happy to be alive..
Kids these days wanting a fair price
This thing is so cool and sounds so unique. Not for everyone. It would be for or me, however, if I had 2 grand to dispose of.
I think if you replace the pickup for a hotrod, it could be the most reliable guitar ever witnessed.
You are wrong. There are 3 pickups: piezo, magnetic and contact. You are not blending two pickups. This thing works little like modeler guitar. You have few guitars impulse response (guitar profile) and you can blend them. Check the manual.
Anyway this guitar looks good but sound...
The worst part about having an acoustasonic guitar is when people ask you what kind of guitar you have you have to tell them you have a fucking acoustasonic
While a little pricy I think its a pretty cool idea. The first strats were crazy expensive for the market and people weren't fans right away. This is a pretty cool style of guitar and I hope it gets cheaper with more practical qualities in the future like some of the famous guitars did. Always up for new innovations, unlike gibson who simply likes to sue people over copyrights of super old and repetitive designs.
I was thinking the same thing and you said it well.
I can’t stand how it looks😂
I like the looks of the body, it's unique in a good way, but I also love the look of the top wood and the arm cut being different colors. Like kiesel guitars are doing. That tele headstock is the ugliest thing about the guitar
It looks so good to me, i really dont get how so many people don't like it
Yeah it really looks pretty terrible to me too. It's like somebody accidentally shot a tele with a cannon ball right through the body. LOL!
DuckTalesWooHoo1987 haha yea I’m not a fan
fugly.
my 75 year old father who has been playing the guitar since he was 11 or 12 years old says this is an awesome sounding guitar.
Your da needs a new pair of ears, this sounds mediocre at best. And for 2k? Forget about it.
Its just weird looking honestly
It comes in green, and that's awesome.
But the greenness can't overshadow the mediocrity, and that's saying a lot.
@@echoplots8058 true lol
I have an older version in purple (which I like) but this new design is for sure an improvement. The cutaways look like it would be much more comfortable to play. My main complaint about my telecoustic is how hard the corners of the body dig into my forearm.
I made one of these about 10 years ago. True. I based my design on the telecoustic and I did it for one reason which was to be able to take the neck off and put it in my luggage when I moved overseas. The reason it plays so well is the neck is is an electric neck. But the light strings compromised the tonal complexity.
Does this guitar have any place to store all the rubbers you'll need for after the show?
This is the worse sounding demo of this guitar I've heard so far. So I recommend the haters go check out other reviews before setting their opinion of it in stone.
Geoff Bosco Agreed. Check out the Andertons and Reverb demos. This guitar is what the Taylor T5 should have been. The neck will be faster on this, and 8 different blendable sounds from one guitar. Not sure what this guy was playing through, but it did not do it justice.
2000$ bucks really?? It's crap. Taylor Academy could dance around half the price. Heck, my Washburn acoustics sound better. Fender is a great electric guitar company. Acoustic isn't really their territory.
@@crigonalgaming1258 Way to address the substance of my comment. And everyone keeps comparing this guitar to guitars it's not competing with. The Taylor T5 is the same price as this and the Fender sounds way better as both an acoustic and an electric and you never hear a peep about the T5s price tag.
@@crigonalgaming1258 Just go watch the Andertons video. It's one of the best sounding electro acoustics yet. Yes, seriously. This guy butchered it!!! And plugged it into a Shoe!!!
Brian H oh yes. Andertons is a store made to sell guitars. They have all the best mixers in the world to mask guitar deficiencies. Of course they'll do it to sell you the axe. But I could buy a 500 dollar guitar off of Cort and it would blow me away than this thing. A MIJ Tele in Fender Japan would literally murder this overpriced shit to pieces it's not even funny. It is a meh acoustic guitar, and shitty for an electric guitar, forget being overpriced. It will collect dust on the shelves like the Stratocoustic guitar, whilst competing in a price range where potential buyers already know what they want. Too niche, and too expensive.
I really want one... but not enough to drop $2000 for it. Maybe it’ll go for cheap on the used market
That's what I'm hoping for
That looks amazing. I love the idea.
Dude I literally see you in every guitar video I watch. Who tf are you
Pos 5 and 4 are four separate guitar modelers, with the tone knob being a blend; pos 3 is the piezo and a transducer, with again, tone knob as blend; pos 2 is piezo and mag; pos 1 is mag.
I have to build these all day, for a living, just thought y'might wanna know.
i like your honesty that shows me i can trust your evaluations
what is under the bridge at namm ?!
Courtney Love? 🤔
-5,496 - I'll pass. I can see flavor-of-the-week country music using it, but again, I'm not country, and neither is anybody cool.
Ham and pineapple piezo kinda sounds like the theme of Cannibal Holocaust.
If my objective was to play with a cheap sound system why the hell would I spend 2000 dollars on the guitar alone???
I'd just buy a godin multiac.
You get a thin-necked classical with the ergonomics of an electric, an integrated preamp+synth and cash to spare with the same budget.
Props to Fender for making it a decent instrument, the first acoustic strats and tele sounded and felt super dry.
The best feature of this guitar? You can bring it on a canoe trip and use it as a paddle
I'll probably never own one but it looks amazing
You seem to have misunderstood the pickup system
Agreed! You could get one hell of a GREAT sounding Larrivee for $2,000.00!
I’m not huge on the acoustisonic tele, I mean you can’t have a tele without it’s neck pickup. However it is a great option for an acoustic electric. Great video, keep up the good work.
Sorry your review isn't correct. 5 settings on the switch are modelled to different types of guitar with volume and blend dials. You haven't a clue what it is. Look at Fenders demo or Andertons. Your using the 5 position switch like a regular electric. You need to 're look at that guitar again.
The “sound hole” is there for looks and to make it lighter,it does nothing
No it should definitely be louder then "electric guitar" without amp, something between acoustic and electric
Davolthe No it does nothing,literally Its not a hollow body
Jakub 556music but it’s not as quiet as a full solid body, it’s probably comparable to other semi hollows
Jamie Taylor yes but the soundhole really does nothing
I played one today and it makes it considerably Louder than the semi hollow I compared it to also it sounds great plugged in to the fender acoustic amps I tried it on. It has a beautiful and unique sound and it is versatile. To each their own I guess.
I really want one but I couldnt ever afford it
Me personally, the first time I saw a picture of the Fender Accousticsonic I fell in love with it, it's literally what comes to mind when I say "Acoustic Electric guitar"
My literacy teacher brought this into school today to show me and he let me play it... it’s actually a brilliant guitar, I love it. Would definitely recommend buying it if anyone is considering it!
There is an additional mic in the guitar... this is just a lazy review
finally.. an honest review
Was totally sold on this guitar till I seen the price tag. Good god man get a grip.
I like the jack of all trades thing this does. For someone that has multiple itches that has to he scratched and can only have one guitar I think this is perfect.
So my Black Acoustasonic arrived this morning, on opening the box, the gig bag people frowned upon was way better than I expected, and the guitar looked incredible. So the sound/playability test next. To be honest the acoustic sounds are really great and the electric also, however it’s not great when adding a distortion or overdrive pedal in fact for the price it’s very poor sounding I’m afraid. And the action is a lot higher than I expected on a tele neck. So overall I’d say it’s a 7/10 . The pros are, the look,the acoustic sounds, and the weight it’s really light, the cons. the electric guitar overdriven sounded really bad , and the price because of that sound.. Conclusion If the overdriven electric guitar setting was a lot better this guitar would be outstanding 👍 and worth the cost