Fender American Professional II Telecaster - Dark Night with Rosewood Fingerboard Review

I love this Tele

I can't even feel my fingers anymore. I can't put it down. This thing sounds AMAZING!!

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Best Overall American Telecaster

Let's start by explaining why I think it's the best overall American Tele. I have a few MIM guitars, and also an Ultra Telecaster. If you have been tossing around in your sleep trying to decide between Am Pro II and Ultra, this review will help. Overall, the Am Pro II is better value than the Ultra. It's considerable less money, but just as much a guitar. The Am Pro II Telecaster… read more sounds more like a "Tele" than the Ultra. I've played them both back to back tons of times and I prefer the sound of the V Mods over the Ultra Noiseless. There is more character to the tone and it's also sweeter and more lively. There is one area where the Ultra Noiseless excels at — Higher gain. The Ultra Noiseless sound much fuller and less raspy when you really crank up the gain well past "blues" levels. The Ultra will do hard rock better, even though it still falls short of humbuckers. Heck, you can even pull off metal with it (to an extent). They also possess a brilliant and juicy bell-like quality that the V Mods II don't have. I love it on single notes. However, as said earlier, overall the V Mods sound better, but of course, they hum. The neck on the Am Pro II Tele is awesome. It's just a little thicker than on the Ultra. I feel very comfortable on both. Keep in mind the Am Pro II has narrow tall frets over the Ultras Medium Jumbos. What this means is that when sliding, you "feel" the frets more on the Am Pro II. This is something I'm fine with. That speed-bump effect. Others don't like this as much. I do feel complex chording is easier on the Am Pro II's narrow tall frets, but lead is a little more natural on the Ultra's medium jumbos. I like the American Pro II Telecaster so much that I bought a second one. In fact, this review is on the page of my second one, Dark Knight. My original one is Butterscotch and is the first guitar I always pick up for practice. My Dark Knight has a rosewood fretboard as opposed to the Butterscotch's maple, and while it's a great neck too, it has a tiny bit of fret sprout on the bottom. You can't feel it on the top side of the neck. This is more typical with rosewood since it shrinks more than maple, but I think it could have probably been dressed a little better at the factory. Not a big deal though as dressing a rosewood board is easier and cleaner of a job than it is on maple. Anyway, if you've been torn between Am Pro II and Ultra and don't have either… go Am Pro II. You will not regret it. I have both, but if I could only have one, it would be this one. Oh, one last comment. I haven't fully set up my blue one yet, but my Butterscotch Am Pro II Tele is the only guitar I have that intonates PERFECTLY at the open fundamental, at the 12th fret fretted and at the 12 fret harmonic… ON EVERY STRING. It's unreal. I don't except I'll get as lucky with the blue one, but maybe. Either way, this is great because Teles are not known for perfect intonation due to the pairs of strings that have to share each of the 3 barrel saddles. Big shoutout to Michael Duncan for the awesome service as always.

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Sweet Tele

I have to say the Pro II tele is a fantastic specimen from the smooth neck to the V-mod pickups to the push push knob, saddle and bridge upgrade and spectacular dark knight finish let alone the tones Fender left no stone unturned. Thank you to sales engineer Damon Spragia and Sweetwater for the awesome customer support and service.

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Heavenly Sent . “ Fender American Professional II Telecaster “

" Only the Best for Me " .. has been promised since the beginning of time , and Sweetwater is part of that " Best " I've been promised . All Sweetwater's products and Staff are not your normal sale representatives like " hurry up and buy anything " their representatives are people who play music themselves and are looking to help and inform you of what your interest is , they… read more will always be My first choice of business . re Rise Music

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Can’t Put It Down

I love this telecaster! Everything about it feels right. The neck is ESPECIALLY super comfortable to play, and the tinted neck gives it a vintage vibe without affecting modern playability. The pickups are versatile—neck, middle, and bridge all sound good. The series switch can help you fake a bridge humbucker sound where you've rolled the treble off. I considered getting a… read more custom shop tele, and while I'm sure it's marginally better, I'm fully satisfied with my American Pro II Telecaster in Dark Knight. My wife took one look at this guitar and told me to buy it. Everyone loves the color. Between the looks and tone, I promise that you'll have a hard time putting this guitar down. Shoutout to my man, Nick Grawcock! This is the third guitar he's helped me purchase at Sweetwater, and I couldn't ask for a more awesome sales engineer.

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