Bought one on Saturday OTD for $1850. Plays great right out of the box. I went to GC looking for a new Les Paul and came home with this. Very happy with my purchase
So, basically it's a $999 Tele with a $1,500 fretboard. I like the "Pale Moon Ebony" but, honestly, it looks like a Sharpie broke open over a maple fretboard. In no way whatsoever is this thing worth the price. Another great post. Cheers.
I agree , the fingerboard looks shit. At first I thought it was spalted maple or something. I guess the reason they can get away with it being overpriced ,is that they have also jacked up the price of everything below & above in their prices too in recent years. I mean 5 years ago , in England , a team built Custom Shop Fender Relic , for example was around £2500. Today you're looking at £3500 + ....
@@shaunw9270 It's truly a shame as Leo originally intended his company to make affordable, interchangeable instruments. BTW, I've lived in Florida since 1984 but I grew up in Ipswich. GO BLUES! Cheers.
@@kingbrutusxxvi Yes exactly . Florida eh? Nice . We have freezing cold severe winds and torrential rain all over the country ...I bet you're not missing England ! 😊
Actually, extreme heat and humidity 90% of the year isn't as much fun as it is for a week's vacation. I'd almost murder someone for snow. ;-) Cheers, Shaun and Happy Christmas.
I know you've always been a Gibson kind of guy, Austin. I've always been a Telecaster kind of guy. Your review, as faint in praise as it was, really sold me! Next time I'm in Portland Oregon I may have to pick this one up!
DARK KNIGHT! NOW. Btw. The guitar has custom wound pickups specifically for an "edgier" strat/tele sound. you can obviously get the smooth blues tones but blistering lead tones as well. Amazing guitar. Worth every penny!
Here's my vote for hoping you reviewing the Gibson Dark Knight Les Paul. Thanks for reviewing this though! I saw the Strat at my local store two day ago, so it was really cool seeing you review this today.
I think adding the sunburst on any beautiful top is criminal. Rear routing should also be done to show off those beautiful tops. Great job and thanks for the review.
I played the Strat version of this guitar at guitar center a couple weeks ago. It's amazing how well it played and sounded! Crazy good guitar. I actually considered buying it for a second and be in debt for like 3 years! Then I came back to my senses
It's weak on Fender's part.. The veneer is dead, it doesn't move in the light.. It literally looks like the horrid photoflame stickers from the 90s Fenders..
a great potential killed by that ..000000001 mm top. Your right, !!!! sad when the noteworthy characteristics become how they cut corners to keep the corporate god fed. How has this become the norm across the board????, from a cheeseburger, to a pair of shoes,
Well, most of the time these are Guitar Center special orders from Fender. Basically Guitar center has Fender make them a pile of guitars to sell as exclusives. Almost like a custom order of say 1000 guitars. Fender charges them to do it and GC wants to make a lot of the money so they upscale the price. In this case Fender had to stall their production models to make a pile of exclusive guitars. It would only be right for Fender to charge them based on that. It’s Guitar Center that makes the money grab because they think they have more worth than they do.
OK ok ok I don't know HOW I missed these incredible babes, but it must have been because in 2019 I was hog wild about the Fender 'Rarities' series and these just slipped by me. Anyway, it's 2024 and I finally found them and bought me a stratocaster! Then, sure enough, Austin had a comprehensive video waiting for me. Thanks Trogs. Rock on! JR
For that price you could get one built in most custom shops... Kiesel comes to mind. I love comming here to see how full of themselves Gibson and fender are it's insane. (Ps. This isn't me bashing the channel I actually love seeing all the reviews and unboxings ).
Makes me want to order a Warmoth.... usually Tele ground goes to the bridge being the reason for the hole. Possibly a stock body that was updated to the quilt but the extra ground to the shielding probably covers the shielding need. Also, to know if it is a compound radius, look down the neck from the headstock to the body, same way you look for a twist. You’ll see the change in the radius that way.
I tried the dark night LP at Guitar Center. Sounds and looks like a freakin BEAST. BTW, GC also did a rose gold SG guitar, I saw it in stock and immediately thought it was a custom shop model, but it was just $1600!
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Great review man! I love the sound of the bridge pickup and your playing’s definitely gotten better!
I really like your eye for detail....very picky,or like my Dad used to say..."Oh, well know your picken the fly shit out of the pepper" Thanks for you work rrr
RE bridge grounding wire.... on most telecasters it's not needed because the bridge is grounded through the metal pickup base plate, through the screws and into the part of the bridge plate that the pickup is attached to. As you've seen by the pickup cavities fender use the same bodies for different guitars, if the guitar had a shorter bridge (ie without the part that the pickup attaches to) or a pickup without the metal baseplate (noiseless type?) then the bridge would need to be grounded separately with a wire under the bridge plate. On this type of bridge with this type of pickup it's not needed. Hope that helps.
Nice looking Tele! I have been seeing these advertised and wondered why they were $2500, now I know lol. They lost me at "veneer", for a $2500 guitar they should have went with a solid maple cap and not a veneer. Yeah the fret board is different and hard to resource, but I think the price is a bit steep for a veneered guitar. It's just your basic Tele with a fancy fret board and while some people will jump on it for the collectors model aspect I don't see your average player paying that much for it.
The problem with that price point is that there are a lot of Fender Custom Shop guitars on the used market for less, and most probably play and sound slightly better.
@@chomp_5412 Yeah, its pretty. I do alot of quilted maple guitars, but my tops aren't veneers. They're about 1/4" thick. Lovely wood to work with. Doing a green Tele right now.
I’m a sucker for a matching headstock and that fretboards killer. It’s a lot off dollar for a (pretty much) standard spec tele with a paper thin veneer though. Keep up the top work. Loving your adventures in the world of Fender
I like it apart from the scabby looking fingerboard & oversized tuners . My rule #1, if it has the old style traditional Tele bridge ,it needs vintage Kluson style tuners . They work as well as the hideous locking ones .
With a ground going to the back of the bridge p'up, another ground to the bridge plate would tend to create a loop. Pretty guitar. Glad to see you enjoying Fenders.
2400 US dollars wow grog king I mean it just breaks my heart the ultras are 2500 plus tax in Canada I just got a performer on payment plan 1400 the lake placid blue nice but the Yosemite pickups ugh craptastic when it’s paid maybe I can afford a pickup swap lol really like your channel big fan love what you do for all of us thanks so much Tim from London Ontario canada
I have that neck on a custom body. I'm not a figured maple guy. I bought it with my Coronabucks. It is a dream. There's a fifteen second video of it on my thing.
So cool! That's the guitar I asked for a video to be made for! Awesome! 3xcept for the side dots on the neck. I just bought my all time favorite acoustic and have thevemae issue with not being able to see the dots right away. Awesome video though! 😎🎸🎸🎸🎶🎵
The body is pretty. The fretboard is unique...but I'm not sure I really like it beyond just finding it interesting because it's different. One thing I never find appealing on a Fender is a painted headstock. Not sure why because I love a black Gibson headstock, but it always makes a Fender look cheap to me. Oh well, to each his own.
I kinda like it for a Tele, both clean and dirty I think it's pretty and bet the GC price paid some rent for them. It is a business known as not the best deal in the general comment, the used pricing sucks they think everything in the store is gold, the manager's are in on every deal in all sales, can't get them to toss anything in with no discounts at least in the LA Mesa CA store.. I avoid it as much as possible things like oils and cleaners and picks My most recent purchase was a Guild 67 dreadnought style acoustic, I would like to see the strat version.
I bought the Limited Edition Gibson rose gold SG Standard In mid November. It matches my rose gold Les Paul Traditional! This tele is good looking & I saw the dark knight Les Paul when I bought my new SG. The dark knight is cool as well.
Just heading back from playing a pale moon start, had the intention to buy but nopes, it was heavily blemished but still full price and the sound is super super bright for me
I absolutely love it, pretty much my dream guitar for post-punk. Only things I'd change are black inlays, neck humbucker (thankfully it's routed) and access heel. And price of course :P
That Tele sounds great. I’m always messing with the the tone knob for my bridge PUp. Some times I go for full treble for certain passages. I played a lot of my American Tele this year. It has actually made me a better guitarist, constantly tweeting the tone to taste.
Great video, as always. As far as that Tele goes, I just don't care for it. I've seen it a few times before now and I can definitely appreciate it, but it just doesn't "do it" for me personally, but it takes all kinds so fair enough. I'll take the Texas Tea Ultra with the lovely cuts and gorgeous neck and pocket the extra cash. By "pocket" I mean immediately spend it on some other random gear I just can't live without. 😉
Robert hates a tele neck pickup, I kinda dig it, it has its place.... Granted, the 1st Tele's had no neck pickup, but still... I kinda wonder about that shreder sometimes.. hehehehe
A guitar's ground wire should somehow connect directly with the strings. On a Les Paul the connection is usually from the control cavity through a drilled passage to the stop bar stud in the top of the guitar. On a Telecaster there is usually a drilled passage from the control cavity through the top directly under the bridge pan. If your ground wire is connected to the bridge pickup base those are usually metal, and thus the connection is through the bridge pickup's mounting fasteners to the bridge pan, which is conductive to the bridge screws and saddles and strings. A Stratocaster is usually grounded to the tremolo spring(s) stop which is conductive through the springs to the bridge/tremolo block and then the saddles and strings. That about taps me out on what I think I know about instrument ground paths.
Not wrong. As long as the strings make it to ground through metal contact you’re good. It was interesting on this guitar that the little divot for the ground wire was CNC routed, but the hole into the cavity for a wire was not drilled. Lastly for $2500 they could have shielded the cavities and backs of all the plates and also connected those to the ground.
@@HBSuccess Good point concerning the grounding and wiring related to cost. I agree, for a $2500 instrument that is a real mess of wiring/spaghetti under the control plate.
I think people are focusing so much on the fact that it isn't a full top that they are ignoring the fact that it is a beautiful guitar and limited edition. I would bet these are worth more than 2500 in the near future.
Very Pretty Guitar! The black headstock reminds me of the 80's E- Series Strats and Teles. The fretboard is very cool! Wonder if it will have any cracking issues over time if it's in some climate with real drastic humidity changes and not looked after well (hey we've seen it happen many times). Only big negative IMO, the bridge pickup sounds terrible.
You need to get PR money/marketing from Hershey! :) Love the look of these guitars, ALL of them! Is the single coil Neck pickup custom wound? Sounds VERY nice! great review!
I work at guitar center and apparently when it comes to the dark Knight there was a mixup with the name. It was meant to be dark night but it seems that someone in corporate really likes Batman.
The lack of a heal cut, strap locks, S1 switch, they can keep it. Might as well be a MIM. Didn't even do the Ash body or individual saddles. I picked up last years Tele Deluxe with Shawbuckers and a solid rosewood neck; that is special. They dropped the ball on this one. That fretboard is like putting locking tuners and nice pickups in a Squire, just isn't worth it.
@@duffman18 That's a bold claim, but I am seriously interested in why you think that. I know it's a preference, but you are the only person I've heard say that. I've owned both, but I prefer the American. Now if we are comparing American standard to a MIM, I'd lean towards the MIM for price. But its close. My preference is the Elite series for the neck shape, pickups, and wiring setup. I have a Tele Deluxe for the solid rosewood neck and wiring setup. That said, I did put Lollars in both, but I still have the noiseless pickups. What's your take?
Everything sounded fine and dandy until you mentioned the price. I literally got a brand new Ibanez J Custom RG for a little less than that and it came with an actual AAA flamed maple top and a tree of life fretboard inlay. And that goes without saying that it's a custom shop quality build with the prettiest finishing touches I've ever seen. Sure, the aesthetics on these look banging, buy you'd expect more substance. Especially since they were released for black friday, which is all about scoring good deals.
@@corygoff9996 that is a very advanced technique and i do not feel confortable teaching it until i completely dominate it which will take about 5/9 years
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It is astonishing how efficient you are with your videos.
Bought one on Saturday OTD for $1850. Plays great right out of the box. I went to GC looking for a new Les Paul and came home with this. Very happy with my purchase
I really wish more guitars had those fretboard!
So, basically it's a $999 Tele with a $1,500 fretboard. I like the "Pale Moon Ebony" but, honestly, it looks like a Sharpie broke open over a maple fretboard. In no way whatsoever is this thing worth the price. Another great post. Cheers.
I agree , the fingerboard looks shit. At first I thought it was spalted maple or something. I guess the reason they can get away with it being overpriced ,is that they have also jacked up the price of everything below & above in their prices too in recent years. I mean 5 years ago , in England , a team built Custom Shop Fender Relic , for example was around £2500. Today you're looking at £3500 + ....
@@shaunw9270 It's truly a shame as Leo originally intended his company to make affordable, interchangeable instruments. BTW, I've lived in Florida since 1984 but I grew up in Ipswich. GO BLUES! Cheers.
@@kingbrutusxxvi Yes exactly . Florida eh? Nice . We have freezing cold severe winds and torrential rain all over the country ...I bet you're not missing England ! 😊
Actually, extreme heat and humidity 90% of the year isn't as much fun as it is for a week's vacation. I'd almost murder someone for snow. ;-) Cheers, Shaun and Happy Christmas.
@@kingbrutusxxvi Cheers M ! , Have a good un mate .
Absolutely stunning finish
I know you've always been a Gibson kind of guy, Austin. I've always been a Telecaster kind of guy. Your review, as faint in praise as it was, really sold me! Next time I'm in Portland Oregon I may have to pick this one up!
I think matching headstocks should come on all guitars! They just look boss!
DARK KNIGHT! NOW. Btw. The guitar has custom wound pickups specifically for an "edgier" strat/tele sound. you can obviously get the smooth blues tones but blistering lead tones as well. Amazing guitar. Worth every penny!
Here's my vote for hoping you reviewing the Gibson Dark Knight Les Paul. Thanks for reviewing this though! I saw the Strat at my local store two day ago, so it was really cool seeing you review this today.
I think adding the sunburst on any beautiful top is criminal. Rear routing should also be done to show off those beautiful tops. Great job and thanks for the review.
I played the Strat version of this guitar at guitar center a couple weeks ago. It's amazing how well it played and sounded! Crazy good guitar. I actually considered buying it for a second and be in debt for like 3 years! Then I came back to my senses
Same, but I did buy it, am in debt now, send food.
@@jaklcide ***one food sent***
2499 should get you a real flame top. Fail.
Lol what do you expect- it’s GC the Wal-Mart of the music world. It’s a fitting analogy to their chain: Too corporate and Not worth the money.
It's weak on Fender's part.. The veneer is dead, it doesn't move in the light.. It literally looks like the horrid photoflame stickers from the 90s Fenders..
a great potential killed by that ..000000001 mm top. Your right, !!!! sad when the noteworthy characteristics become how they cut corners to keep the corporate god fed. How has this become the norm across the board????, from a cheeseburger, to a pair of shoes,
Both GC and Fender want to make the most profit possible.
Well, most of the time these are Guitar Center special orders from Fender. Basically Guitar center has Fender make them a pile of guitars to sell as exclusives. Almost like a custom order of say 1000 guitars. Fender charges them to do it and GC wants to make a lot of the money so they upscale the price. In this case Fender had to stall their production models to make a pile of exclusive guitars. It would only be right for Fender to charge them based on that. It’s Guitar Center that makes the money grab because they think they have more worth than they do.
OK ok ok I don't know HOW I missed these incredible babes, but it must have been because in 2019 I was hog wild about the Fender 'Rarities' series and these just slipped by me. Anyway, it's 2024 and I finally found them and bought me a stratocaster! Then, sure enough, Austin had a comprehensive video waiting for me. Thanks Trogs. Rock on! JR
For that price you could get one built in most custom shops... Kiesel comes to mind. I love comming here to see how full of themselves Gibson and fender are it's insane. (Ps. This isn't me bashing the channel I actually love seeing all the reviews and unboxings ).
Makes me want to order a Warmoth.... usually Tele ground goes to the bridge being the reason for the hole. Possibly a stock body that was updated to the quilt but the extra ground to the shielding probably covers the shielding need. Also, to know if it is a compound radius, look down the neck from the headstock to the body, same way you look for a twist. You’ll see the change in the radius that way.
That is one of if not the most beautiful guitar I’ve ever seen.
Can you please do personal collection video?
I tried the dark night LP at Guitar Center. Sounds and looks like a freakin BEAST. BTW, GC also did a rose gold SG guitar, I saw it in stock and immediately thought it was a custom shop model, but it was just $1600!
Great review man! I love the sound of the bridge pickup and your playing’s definitely gotten better!
This is my favourite looking fender of the year. Period.
The most beautiful guitar I've ever seen.
I really like your eye for detail....very picky,or like my Dad used to say..."Oh, well know your picken the fly shit out of the pepper" Thanks for you work rrr
Great looking Telecaster love the fretboard and that Case is awesome but I really want to see the Strat!! Wouldn't mind seeing the LP either.🤘👽🤘
RE bridge grounding wire.... on most telecasters it's not needed because the bridge is grounded through the metal pickup base plate, through the screws and into the part of the bridge plate that the pickup is attached to. As you've seen by the pickup cavities fender use the same bodies for different guitars, if the guitar had a shorter bridge (ie without the part that the pickup attaches to) or a pickup without the metal baseplate (noiseless type?) then the bridge would need to be grounded separately with a wire under the bridge plate. On this type of bridge with this type of pickup it's not needed. Hope that helps.
Nice looking Tele! I have been seeing these advertised and wondered why they were $2500, now I know lol. They lost me at "veneer", for a $2500 guitar they should have went with a solid maple cap and not a veneer. Yeah the fret board is different and hard to resource, but I think the price is a bit steep for a veneered guitar. It's just your basic Tele with a fancy fret board and while some people will jump on it for the collectors model aspect I don't see your average player paying that much for it.
Why get cheap there? Couldn't agree more
I wouldn’t buy that shit you can get s way better guitar for 25 Hundo
The problem with that price point is that there are a lot of Fender Custom Shop guitars on the used market for less, and most probably play and sound slightly better.
Damn, that's a pretty tele. Kind of looks like the ones I build. :D Use the grain to accentuate the guitars beauty. :D
Paul Waldrop I literally said “wow” when he showed it for the first time
@@chomp_5412 Yeah, its pretty. I do alot of quilted maple guitars, but my tops aren't veneers. They're about 1/4" thick. Lovely wood to work with. Doing a green Tele right now.
Paul Waldrop You sell any?
@@alexm8437 Yes. Check out Waldrop Guitars on Facebook. I sell mainly parts, but do see about 10 guitars a year.
I’m a sucker for a matching headstock and that fretboards killer. It’s a lot off dollar for a (pretty much) standard spec tele with a paper thin veneer though.
Keep up the top work. Loving your adventures in the world of Fender
I know it kind of sound like too much money for something that is essentially an American Pro. that sells for $1500.
Thanks for keeping it real in these reviews. For $2500 there should be less flaws.
they look even better in person.
I like it apart from the scabby looking fingerboard & oversized tuners . My rule #1, if it has the old style traditional Tele bridge ,it needs vintage Kluson style tuners . They work as well as the hideous locking ones .
With a ground going to the back of the bridge p'up, another ground to the bridge plate would tend to create a loop. Pretty guitar. Glad to see you enjoying Fenders.
That wood does give it a uniqueness of its own.
This is my favorite telecaster! I like the wood on the fretboard, but I do agree that it should be darker. It’s a cool guitar!
so true about the dots! she IS a beauty!
Yeah, I think abalone would look cool 👌
2400 US dollars wow grog king I mean it just breaks my heart the ultras are 2500 plus tax in Canada I just got a performer on payment plan 1400 the lake placid blue nice but the Yosemite pickups ugh craptastic when it’s paid maybe I can afford a pickup swap lol really like your channel big fan love what you do for all of us thanks so much Tim from London Ontario canada
Congrats on the new baby!
I have that neck on a custom body. I'm not a figured maple guy. I bought it with my Coronabucks. It is a dream. There's a fifteen second video of it on my thing.
I would put a clear pick guard on it personally if I had this guitar, that would look sick
As you have already said Austin. It really is a fabulous guitar.
Looks Great under the black light .
So cool! That's the guitar I asked for a video to be made for! Awesome! 3xcept for the side dots on the neck. I just bought my all time favorite acoustic and have thevemae issue with not being able to see the dots right away. Awesome video though! 😎🎸🎸🎸🎶🎵
I love that austin occasionally throws in minecraft music in these videos lol
That fretboard is amazing, thanks for the review!!!
I agree a dye on the maple neck would have been nice, may a light coat of a charcoal leather dye, something to contrast some.
I like the CCR lick in your playing! Should be a maple cap not vaneer.
The body is pretty. The fretboard is unique...but I'm not sure I really like it beyond just finding it interesting because it's different. One thing I never find appealing on a Fender is a painted headstock. Not sure why because I love a black Gibson headstock, but it always makes a Fender look cheap to me. Oh well, to each his own.
I kinda like it for a Tele, both clean and dirty I think it's pretty and bet the GC price paid some rent for them. It is a business known as not the best deal in the general comment, the used pricing sucks they think everything in the store is gold, the manager's are in on every deal in all sales, can't get them to toss anything in with no discounts at least in the LA Mesa CA store.. I avoid it as much as possible things like oils and cleaners and picks My most recent purchase was a Guild 67 dreadnought style acoustic, I would like to see the strat version.
One of the really few guitars im drooling over,but ofcourse i cant afford it.
Yes, please check out the dark knight Les Paul
I bought the Limited Edition Gibson rose gold SG Standard In mid November. It matches my rose gold Les Paul Traditional!
This tele is good looking & I saw the dark knight Les Paul when I bought my new SG. The dark knight is cool as well.
That SG looks amazing!
Just heading back from playing a pale moon start, had the intention to buy but nopes, it was heavily blemished but still full price and the sound is super super bright for me
I absolutely love it, pretty much my dream guitar for post-punk. Only things I'd change are black inlays, neck humbucker (thankfully it's routed) and access heel. And price of course :P
Good looking Tele! Black headstock goes great with the rest.
Yes , we do need a dark night les paul review :)
That fretboard is gorgeous
That tele is gorgeous
My Eric Johnson Strat has a cream case just like that.
Looks like marble halvah... beautiful
That Tele sounds great. I’m always messing with the the tone knob for my bridge PUp. Some times I go for full treble for certain passages. I played a lot of my American Tele this year. It has actually made me a better guitarist, constantly tweeting the tone to taste.
Yes , review the Dark Les Paul !!!!
An Ultra would be nice in this color choice !
Great video, as always. As far as that Tele goes, I just don't care for it. I've seen it a few times before now and I can definitely appreciate it, but it just doesn't "do it" for me personally, but it takes all kinds so fair enough. I'll take the Texas Tea Ultra with the lovely cuts and gorgeous neck and pocket the extra cash. By "pocket" I mean immediately spend it on some other random gear I just can't live without. 😉
Robert hates a tele neck pickup, I kinda dig it, it has its place.... Granted, the 1st Tele's had no neck pickup, but still...
I kinda wonder about that shreder sometimes.. hehehehe
I have the 2020 in transparent aquamarine I love it and comfy
Can someone explain the placement of the grounding tab.
On my tele this tab is located under the bridge on the pickup screw. Is that wrong?
A guitar's ground wire should somehow connect directly with the strings. On a Les Paul the connection is usually from the control cavity through a drilled passage to the stop bar stud in the top of the guitar.
On a Telecaster there is usually a drilled passage from the control cavity through the top directly under the bridge pan. If your ground wire is connected to the bridge pickup base those are usually metal, and thus the connection is through the bridge pickup's mounting fasteners to the bridge pan, which is conductive to the bridge screws and saddles and strings. A Stratocaster is usually grounded to the tremolo spring(s) stop which is conductive through the springs to the bridge/tremolo block and then the saddles and strings.
That about taps me out on what I think I know about instrument ground paths.
HK Guitar excellent explanation HK.
HK Guitar good job HK.
Not wrong. As long as the strings make it to ground through metal contact you’re good. It was interesting on this guitar that the little divot for the ground wire was CNC routed, but the hole into the cavity for a wire was not drilled. Lastly for $2500 they could have shielded the cavities and backs of all the plates and also connected those to the ground.
@@HBSuccess Good point concerning the grounding and wiring related to cost. I agree, for a $2500 instrument that is a real mess of wiring/spaghetti under the control plate.
I think people are focusing so much on the fact that it isn't a full top that they are ignoring the fact that it is a beautiful guitar and limited edition. I would bet these are worth more than 2500 in the near future.
Sounds amazing but I’ll say the fret edges are surprisingly rough. They had to be filed down on mine.
Fretboard looks great, but the sunburst looks a bit... simple... just a thick black, not much "burst".
Im not one for matching headstock, but it works on this one. I like it alot.
Absolutely beautiful!
Looks great! Wouldn’t pay more than $1500 though. And that’s really stretching it.
Such a beautiful guitar
thats my new fav guitar, im gonna get one tomorrow :) badass
I'm hoping to see some of these types of necks start showing up on reverb.com or Straosphere.
Very Pretty Guitar! The black headstock reminds me of the 80's E- Series Strats and Teles.
The fretboard is very cool! Wonder if it will have any cracking issues over time if it's in some climate with real drastic humidity changes and not looked after well (hey we've seen it happen many times).
Only big negative IMO, the bridge pickup sounds terrible.
Trogly the improvement in your playing shows.
It's hard to imagine his voice being in sync with the video, I always think it's a voiceover.
Sitting here thinking the same thing.And $2500 for a veneer? Nope.Out of control.
Please get a Fendee HM Strat to review. Such cool guitars. I have one in Razz Berry and my tech has one in Ice Blue. Come on, don't let us down!;)
There was a Foto Flame Telecaster that looked exactly like this body that came out in the early 90s.
I love the wood, but for the money, you should get a more tricked out Tele, and better than a veneer.
Still looks real sick though.
is the shielding paint strong enough to have conductivity in all cavity?
You need to get PR money/marketing from Hershey! :) Love the look of these guitars, ALL of them! Is the single coil Neck pickup custom wound? Sounds VERY nice! great review!
I work at guitar center and apparently when it comes to the dark Knight there was a mixup with the name. It was meant to be dark night but it seems that someone in corporate really likes Batman.
The lack of a heal cut, strap locks, S1 switch, they can keep it. Might as well be a MIM. Didn't even do the Ash body or individual saddles. I picked up last years Tele Deluxe with Shawbuckers and a solid rosewood neck; that is special. They dropped the ball on this one. That fretboard is like putting locking tuners and nice pickups in a Squire, just isn't worth it.
Mexican fenders are better than American fenders anyway
@@duffman18 That's a bold claim, but I am seriously interested in why you think that. I know it's a preference, but you are the only person I've heard say that. I've owned both, but I prefer the American. Now if we are comparing American standard to a MIM, I'd lean towards the MIM for price. But its close. My preference is the Elite series for the neck shape, pickups, and wiring setup. I have a Tele Deluxe for the solid rosewood neck and wiring setup. That said, I did put Lollars in both, but I still have the noiseless pickups. What's your take?
That's a really nice guitar I guess I could have paint the frat board the same way
Quilt veneer or cap? I would hope for 2500 these wouldn't have veneers.
It's a Fender thing. Even the Custom Shop Teles have a veneer rather than a cap.
What is a good price to pay for those Widow's black blue green
Everything sounded fine and dandy until you mentioned the price. I literally got a brand new Ibanez J Custom RG for a little less than that and it came with an actual AAA flamed maple top and a tree of life fretboard inlay. And that goes without saying that it's a custom shop quality build with the prettiest finishing touches I've ever seen. Sure, the aesthetics on these look banging, buy you'd expect more substance. Especially since they were released for black friday, which is all about scoring good deals.
ya for that price you should just get something custom built, if your buying it for the fretboard
Ebony and ivory ebony?
Review an 8 string, it would be hilarious to see you trying to play it
LOL
Yeah, I don't think I would look forward to video documenting my first encounter with an 8-String.
I'm just saying
When are we getting the tutorial on how to pick up red chairs off the ground?
@@corygoff9996 that is a very advanced technique and i do not feel confortable teaching it until i completely dominate it which will take about 5/9 years
What’s the cap for between the volume and tone pot?
I'll take the Tele! Love the neck on the thing.
The tiny hill under the bridge pickup cover is for a grounding wire but I don’t know why it’s gone
Please do a review/demo of the Les Paul... I'd love to see it.
A 7 string tele edition of this Guitar would be amazing!!
@Osom Sith Much to their detriment, it would pull in other players that would otherwise not give them a try.
i would love to see a sg in same colour but with the jack on the side
That guitar ❤️
Cool fret board, and they put a veneer on top of the body? Then they charge how much $2,500?
I thought the neck had some sort of abstract art inlay before you explained what it was.