I've owned a number of teles up and down the line - mij, mex, mia special, mia standard, ultra, player, Baja, esquire, nocaster, highway one -- I find this one radically stands out, relative to its middle position in the line (i.e., a modern high end MIM) for tone and play. I would go as far as saying that despite the high sticker price for a MIM, it certainly easily sounds and feels like at >$1k guitar. The big things I like are the neck and pickup tone. The four positions and out of phase are also useful. You can go from country to sultans of swing to jimmy page to jazz and all positions are useful and sweet. I also thought the 50s vintera I owned for a little bit was great, so I already liked the vintera line a lot. I thought I might initially try this guitar and flip it, as I did not think I'd prefer it and I also did not originally prefer the color. But, there is something in the 'under the fingers' feel of playing this tele that I sense in all my favorite teles---snap and pull and sing. I may let other(s) go and keep this one.
I purposely wire my teles out of phase on the middle position. Its a unique and even heavenly sound...if its too quite, you can step on an EP booster when your in out of phase, it not only bumps up the volume, but helps fatten that sound up a little bit. You can blow some minds with this sound.
Ive had that exact guitar, just in sunbursr and i must say. I love it. Its amazing. My only complaint is that the neck is too slim for me, but i have long skinny fingers. Also i think the fretboard is not the right color. Should be darker.
Adrian, now that you've had it for about six months, how are you feeling about it? I'm torn between this series and the Performer series for a few bucks more (and within the Performer series, I'm torn completely between the SS and HS versions...yes, I need help!). :-)
I don’t own either but have played both. I liked them both although I think this one has a slight edge over the performer tele. It just sounds like a tele should. I don’t think you’ll be unhappy with either though. I played a couple Tom Andersons right before playing this and honestly preferred this one. Still thinking about going back for it...
The Fender SRV USA strat has used Pau Ferro for years and was marketed as a deluxe feature /upsell. I also dislike the look of Pau ferro vs rosewood, some cuts of Pau are pale and dry looking, BUT in my experience I must say it sounds at least as good as rosewood. The new Gibson 60th Anniv. Les Paul Burst offers Pau Ferro as an option but they call it "Bolivian Rosewood" I believe. Though the blanks they use are virtually indistinguishable visually from rosewood. A little lemon fretboard honey treatment darkens it up nicely.
Amazing playing .You sold me Just bought one on ebay .Looks so good and sounds even better (when you play it lol).Do you know the weight of that one out if interest .?
Eduardo García Pujol thanks brother .. I got a fender Japanese hybrid 60 .. basically the same guitar with a more better quality .. Couldn't be happier !
@@mariomessina1147 According to Fender's website the 60's modified Vintera's are a "60s C-shaped maple neck with satin back finish." I have yet to see one myself, but several distributors list them as having satin backs with a gloss head-stock.
Semper Invictus I’m surprised if that’s the case the stratocasters have the vintage tint in gloss on the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s models . Maybe they wanted something different for the 60’s telecasters . Whether you get the regular 60’s or the modified version it’s a C shape neck , the 60’s saw the change to thinner necks , only the 50’s models have chunky necks
I have the 60s modified seafoam green with a 75th anniversary logo/decal on the back of the headstock. The back of the neck is definitely satin finish and super smooth on the hand. Great guitar.
I own this guitar in this exact color. It's great, especially the back of the neck. It feels great. I may sell it though because I just can't get down with the Pau Ferro fretboard. It's actually been sitting in a case for the past three years. Why do I do that? I don't know.
@@thebluerino4269 Just a personal thing. I don't like it. That doesn't mean you shouldn't. I sold the guitar last Christmas and I hope the new owner loves Pau Ferro and gets years of use out of it. It's a great guitar.
@@thebluerino4269 It's not uncomfortable, I just prefer Rosewood, the feel and look. The neck is very comfortable and might be the best thing about the guitar. One thing however is that the frets may stick out a bit too much. I didn't notice it until right before I sold it because a review mentioned it, so I looked and yeah, they were out a bit too much. That's when it bothered me. LOL, but there's no problem playing it. The back of the neck slides like silk. It's nice. Let me know what you think when you get yours. I hope you love it.
@dark days That really isn't true. There are good necks, there are not so good necks and there are shitty necks. A good neck is one that is straight, adjustable, with good fret dressing and a well adjusted nut. A typical neck these days, needs a fret job as soon as you take it out of the box. The necks Fender (and other manufacturers) sends out these days would have been an embarrassment to the men and women who worked at Fender 60 years ago. Many $200 guitars from Malaysia have better necks than $3000 Fenders. I know this from personal experience.
@@Goth108 Well I own one and the neck is damn good. So is the whole guitar in fact. I honestly have no clue what John is complaining about what he's talkin about the freaking neck other than the excuses he gives. And I've been playing finding since I was 18 years old and I just turned 60. So can I comment??? Or do I need your permission to do so??
@@johnnylance The one I have didn't need any of that; in fact she's one of the sweetest guitars I've ever owned and I've owned about 10 or 12 Fenders in my life. Now if you feel the need to adjust the neck or mess with the frets that's on you. I don't unless it's really really bad..... which is why I like to test-drive my guitars before I actually buy them. A lot of folks don't. Some folks like to make that guitar their own instead of the company's own.
@@Goth108 I sent two of them back and bought an Ultra. The neck on the Ultra is FAIR to middle'n. I think the problem is that younger people have never experienced what a real vintage Tele feels like. Necks should be better with the machinery they have these days, but they are not. And that, in the words of the younger folks, SUCKS.
$1049 for the baja telecaster more or less, which was $825. that puts me out as a customer - I'll just find the switch and build one instead. Fender is pushing the limit on making standards and mex standards with minor changes and jacking the prices up. I guess it's good for anyone with the baja - it'll push the price of that up. I literally did skip buying one just now and bought a pickguard, switch and pickup set instead.
Agreed. 3M green scuff pad and old English scratch and dent for dark woods will help take care of that. About 5 minutes of scuffing and it works good for polishing frets also' apply old English and let sit for a couple minutes' wipe dry. Hydrates the fretboard also' about every 2/3 string change.
It's an iconic, funky sound and sounds great in a mix or full band situation. And you can always adjust your amp settings to compensate when using it to beef up the tone. It's not exactly meant to sound good in a bedroom or practice situation.
@@Nightbreed82 two opposing but very accurate descriptions of the out of phase feature. I'm trying to figure out when to use it. Is it really much better than the clean bridge pickup?
Without the great Baja pickups. At least according to the Fender website. Sweetwater says it has the custom shop twisted tele but Fender say “hot 60s” with “jazz bass Alnico five magnets” etc. I love..LOVE the twisted tele pickup in my Baja. I wonder if these are as good.
The equipment used to capture good quality sound into a computer. Usually a combination of sound card and pre amp, with multiple inputs and a usb out (at the very least).
dark days no, if PRS can figure out how to continue to use rosewood, why can’t Fender? At least apply some lemon oil or neck honey and give that pale wood some depth and gloss.
@@johnk3195 im not the biggest fan of pau.but its harder than rosewood and sustainable.fender makes and sells a shit ton more guitars then prs.from what i understand prs had a quite a backstock of Brazilian and other rosewoods.so does fender.they just save it for higher end and custom shop.but as farming practices becomes more sufficient and furniture makers stop raping rosewood because of the regulations.alot of guitars will get it back.i dont know why everyone is obsessed with super flat,even looking fretboards.some firguring should be appreciated and welcomed for a change.
That series 4th spot on the switch is a gamechanger for the tele. A whole new group of people will be checking it out.
Played these. Fender nailed it with them both (50’s and 60’s).
Jim, I'm a regular viewer of your demos. You do an incredible job, thank you!
Pretty sure the pickups he mentioned are on the 50s modified Tele. The 60's modified use Hot Tele pickups according to Fender.
I've owned a number of teles up and down the line - mij, mex, mia special, mia standard, ultra, player, Baja, esquire, nocaster, highway one -- I find this one radically stands out, relative to its middle position in the line (i.e., a modern high end MIM) for tone and play. I would go as far as saying that despite the high sticker price for a MIM, it certainly easily sounds and feels like at >$1k guitar. The big things I like are the neck and pickup tone. The four positions and out of phase are also useful. You can go from country to sultans of swing to jimmy page to jazz and all positions are useful and sweet. I also thought the 50s vintera I owned for a little bit was great, so I already liked the vintera line a lot. I thought I might initially try this guitar and flip it, as I did not think I'd prefer it and I also did not originally prefer the color. But, there is something in the 'under the fingers' feel of playing this tele that I sense in all my favorite teles---snap and pull and sing. I may let other(s) go and keep this one.
Did you end up keeping it?
Great video: thank you. Of the guitars in the Vintera line-up, this one is the most interesting to me.
I purposely wire my teles out of phase on the middle position. Its a unique and even heavenly sound...if its too quite, you can step on an EP booster when your in out of phase, it not only bumps up the volume, but helps fatten that sound up a little bit. You can blow some minds with this sound.
Those volume swells are like angels to my ears!
What a player. Would make anything sound good
Without a doubt that is the best sounding Kelly I've ever heard God I love that guitar that's going to be my next one😂
Somebody tells me what exactly is this fascinating scale this gentleman is playing ..
What a huge tone ! .
The Q minor aolean scale
@@hexxcfh835 Thank you
you mean the minor scale ( Aeolian mode )? .. OK but what’s Q ?
@@hottamanful just messing around
@@hexxcfh835 Thanks again..
But seems to me there is a lot of call and response - phrasing inhere .. something thought of a bit .
Ive had that exact guitar, just in sunbursr and i must say. I love it. Its amazing. My only complaint is that the neck is too slim for me, but i have long skinny fingers. Also i think the fretboard is not the right color. Should be darker.
Ugh. Dream guitar. Hoping to afford it this summer
Bought mine a month ago. Beautiful guitar. Haven't put it down
Adrian, now that you've had it for about six months, how are you feeling about it? I'm torn between this series and the Performer series for a few bucks more (and within the Performer series, I'm torn completely between the SS and HS versions...yes, I need help!).
:-)
I don’t own either but have played both. I liked them both although I think this one has a slight edge over the performer tele. It just sounds like a tele should. I don’t think you’ll be unhappy with either though. I played a couple Tom Andersons right before playing this and honestly preferred this one. Still thinking about going back for it...
That is a long time to keep a guitar hanging from your neck!
excellent review, thank you for going over all the possible tonal options
Always love your demos Jim. Awesome playing.
Lovely guitar and sounds great 👍
The Fender SRV USA strat has used Pau Ferro for years and was marketed as a deluxe feature
/upsell. I also dislike the look of Pau ferro vs rosewood, some cuts of Pau are pale and dry looking, BUT in my experience I must say it sounds at least as good as rosewood. The new Gibson 60th Anniv. Les Paul Burst offers Pau Ferro as an option but they call it "Bolivian Rosewood" I believe. Though the blanks they use are virtually indistinguishable visually from rosewood. A little lemon fretboard honey treatment darkens it up nicely.
it's been proved wood has no effect on tone
Great playing , enjoyed the vid
Amazing playing .You sold me Just bought one on ebay .Looks so good and sounds even better (when you play it lol).Do you know the weight of that one out if interest .?
Please in which position that intro was played?
Your playing might make me get this guitar home 😊
The intro is in the Bridge position , Hope you get the guitar someday !
Eduardo García Pujol thanks brother ..
I got a fender Japanese hybrid 60 .. basically the same guitar with a more better quality ..
Couldn't be happier !
I'm pretty sure these Vintera 60's modified necks are satin-- not gloss.
They are all gloss necks in the vintera series with a aged tint to look vintage
@@mariomessina1147 According to Fender's website the 60's modified Vintera's are a "60s C-shaped maple neck with satin back finish." I have yet to see one myself, but several distributors list them as having satin backs with a gloss head-stock.
Semper Invictus I’m surprised if that’s the case the stratocasters have the vintage tint in gloss on the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s models . Maybe they wanted something different for the 60’s telecasters . Whether you get the regular 60’s or the modified version it’s a C shape neck , the 60’s saw the change to thinner necks , only the 50’s models have chunky necks
I just picked up a tele 60s modified and the neck feels satin, despite what they call it.
Very nice guitar. Gig bag is useless.
I have the 60s modified seafoam green with a 75th anniversary logo/decal on the back of the headstock. The back of the neck is definitely satin finish and super smooth on the hand. Great guitar.
Do you have a video on your technique of playing with a pick while using your fingers?
These are essentially redone Baja teles for the modified ones.
I own this guitar in this exact color. It's great, especially the back of the neck. It feels great. I may sell it though because I just can't get down with the Pau Ferro fretboard. It's actually been sitting in a case for the past three years. Why do I do that? I don't know.
whats wrong w the Pau Ferro ?
@@thebluerino4269 Just a personal thing. I don't like it. That doesn't mean you shouldn't. I sold the guitar last Christmas and I hope the new owner loves Pau Ferro and gets years of use out of it. It's a great guitar.
@@Claytoonzcom dumb question but was the neck still playable or comfortable I guess? I just bought this model and I’m scared it might not be
@@thebluerino4269 It's not uncomfortable, I just prefer Rosewood, the feel and look. The neck is very comfortable and might be the best thing about the guitar. One thing however is that the frets may stick out a bit too much. I didn't notice it until right before I sold it because a review mentioned it, so I looked and yeah, they were out a bit too much. That's when it bothered me. LOL, but there's no problem playing it. The back of the neck slides like silk. It's nice. Let me know what you think when you get yours. I hope you love it.
Very good presentation.
Would be all over this guitar EXCEPT No access to truss rod without neck removable.
Chrome barrel saddles? They look like brass to me.
The bridge saddles changed from brass to steel and then back again!
"A little..." Can you show the actual range of the controls?
Noob question...do these guitars have a truss rod, if so, how do you adjust?
At the very bottom of the neck dude. Can take the neck off to adjust or remove pick guard and buy a special tool without having to remove the neck
What I always want to know and they never say is: how good is the damn neck??? The neck is everything.
@dark days That really isn't true. There are good necks, there are not so good necks and there are shitty necks. A good neck is one that is straight, adjustable, with good fret dressing and a well adjusted nut. A typical neck these days, needs a fret job as soon as you take it out of the box. The necks Fender (and other manufacturers) sends out these days would have been an embarrassment to the men and women who worked at Fender 60 years ago. Many $200 guitars from Malaysia have better necks than $3000 Fenders. I know this from personal experience.
@dark days well, how is your experience with this specific model? If none, why comment?
@@Goth108 Well I own one and the neck is damn good. So is the whole guitar in fact.
I honestly have no clue what John is complaining about what he's talkin about the freaking neck other than the excuses he gives. And I've been playing finding since I was 18 years old and I just turned 60.
So can I comment??? Or do I need your permission to do so??
@@johnnylance The one I have didn't need any of that; in fact she's one of the sweetest guitars I've ever owned and I've owned about 10 or 12 Fenders in my life.
Now if you feel the need to adjust the neck or mess with the frets that's on you. I don't unless it's really really bad..... which is why I like to test-drive my guitars before I actually buy them.
A lot of folks don't.
Some folks like to make that guitar their own instead of the company's own.
@@Goth108 I sent two of them back and bought an Ultra. The neck on the Ultra is FAIR to middle'n. I think the problem is that younger people have never experienced what a real vintage Tele feels like. Necks should be better with the machinery they have these days, but they are not. And that, in the words of the younger folks, SUCKS.
i don,t know if u can get a better tele than the baja same as this ,only the heavy relic but big$$$$
2:30 looks more like bronze barrel saddles
itaintmebabe714 I think they are brass. They obviously aren’t chrome though lol
Bronze is more expensive than brass. Theyre brass.
Yes brass. I meant brass. Idk why I said bronze 😂
What a beautiful intro !
I would like to know if any of position 1 and 3 is hum canceling.
Thank you.
Both are, but not when out of phase
Something like Morley Ebtech should make it hum free in all positions.
$1049 for the baja telecaster more or less, which was $825. that puts me out as a customer - I'll just find the switch and build one instead. Fender is pushing the limit on making standards and mex standards with minor changes and jacking the prices up.
I guess it's good for anyone with the baja - it'll push the price of that up. I literally did skip buying one just now and bought a pickguard, switch and pickup set instead.
Everyone is raising prices.
would you buy one for 650?
Want.
Not a twisted tele pickup in neck.
Hate those light streaky fret boards. Pau Farro meh. Give me nice dark rosewood.
Agreed. 3M green scuff pad and old English scratch and dent for dark woods will help take care of that. About 5 minutes of scuffing and it works good for polishing frets also' apply old English and let sit for a couple minutes' wipe dry. Hydrates the fretboard also' about every 2/3 string change.
Fender says the pick ups you said it has is on the 50’s not 60’s
I gather that out of phase means "tinny and thin". Not much of a feature :)
It's an iconic, funky sound and sounds great in a mix or full band situation. And you can always adjust your amp settings to compensate when using it to beef up the tone. It's not exactly meant to sound good in a bedroom or practice situation.
@@Nightbreed82 two opposing but very accurate descriptions of the out of phase feature. I'm trying to figure out when to use it. Is it really much better than the clean bridge pickup?
"Feature", spelled "G I M M I C K".
How’d I miss this video?? Please forgive me RCR Graff. Riff on Jim!
Well… just like the Baja 60’s… 😉
Without the great Baja pickups. At least according to the Fender website. Sweetwater says it has the custom shop twisted tele but Fender say “hot 60s” with “jazz bass Alnico five magnets” etc. I love..LOVE the twisted tele pickup in my Baja. I wonder if these are as good.
tabs please...lol
I thought just for a second that was Joe Satriani demonstrating this guitar.
hair style ??
Stuff music like bold players
US made...?
I wasn’t sure considering the Gig bag vs HSC. They sound great!
I love the Twisted Tele pickup especially paired with a 4-way. Yep, yep!!
@@ldelcors they don't have twisted tele. Thats an error. It's a much darker pickup custom made for this guitar by Shaw. It's an ok pickup.
Not these pickups... ;o)
What is a recording interface?
The equipment used to capture good quality sound into a computer. Usually a combination of sound card and pre amp, with multiple inputs and a usb out (at the very least).
overpriced .
Aren't they all??? You either want it bad enough or you don't
Too bad it has game room paneling on the finger board.
Yes, it’s horrible.
dark days no, if PRS can figure out how to continue to use rosewood, why can’t Fender? At least apply some lemon oil or neck honey and give that pale wood some depth and gloss.
@@johnk3195 im not the biggest fan of pau.but its harder than rosewood and sustainable.fender makes and sells a shit ton more guitars then prs.from what i understand prs had a quite a backstock of Brazilian and other rosewoods.so does fender.they just save it for higher end and custom shop.but as farming practices becomes more sufficient and furniture makers stop raping rosewood because of the regulations.alot of guitars will get it back.i dont know why everyone is obsessed with super flat,even looking fretboards.some firguring should be appreciated and welcomed for a change.
@@johnk3195 Why don't you do the same thing IF and when you decide to get one yourself. I like the PF and a lot of players I like it as well.
PF boards are cool.