Fender American Professional II Telecaster - Olympic White with Rosewood Fingerboard Review

My First Telecaster

I love this guitar. It's beautiful, feels nice in my hands and it sounds great. I'm already playing way more than I was before. And thanks to Paul for the great service. I look forward to doing more business with Paul and Sweetwater over the years.

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This covers all tones - Strat, Les Paul, Es-335, even Metal

I am a believer - single coils can blow away a humbucker if wound right, with the right magnets, and the right hardware and tone wood. I have owned every mainstream guitar and this tele is my new gigging monster. I can not believe the bridge pickup it growls with amazing sonic balance. I was able to dial in The Cult's booming chords, the Stones Start Me Up, Mike Campbell's perfect… read more Petty tone, even Van Halen, Metallica, and Jet's tone. The Middle pickup is beat in series if you want full humbuckers tones like Lenny Kravitz, the Bridge tones mirror SRV - I mean nail them even better than my strat. I am in love with this guitar. The neck is absolutely butter, bending notes in the upper neck is effortless with the radius and extra reach is easy with the contoured heel. The weight is spot on 8 lbs, which is perfect and it balances well on a strap. Again, the tones I am getting are bringing my tone alive for Classic Rock, Blues, Country and Southern Rock., I have a PRS, Les Paul, Es-335 and a Strat and some custom guitars, but this guitar is WAY more utilitarian and effective. The Olympic White color is drop dead gorgeous and relic-y with creamy overtones. The Rosewood neck feels right to me but the neck did have a bit of fret sprout but c'mon it's a tele neck with rounded edges, some fret sprout is going to be present. The case is lightweight, molded and has very thick furry felt. Very happy with this guitar and so glad I didn't settle for a MIM. If you ever doubted a tele as being to tele sounding, this guitar solves that issue. Buy one!!

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Am Pro II Tele

My first impression has not changed. I have had this guitar for a couple of weeks now and still impressed. The neck feels perfect. Frets and neck finish are good. Overall weight is good. The V-Mod pickups sound good clean and with heavy gain. It is a keeper.

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It's a great tele!

After spending forever looking at different telecaster models, I finally pulled the trigger and decided to give the pro ii a shot. It arrived in two days. The first thing I noticed when I picked it up and strummed it was how amazing the neck felt: the satin finish and deep c (compared to a more glossy modern c neck on my other guitar) felt like a dream. It resonates very well and… read more the pickups give you the tele sounds you probably already love if you're looking to pick one up. I haven't quite found a use for the push-push control on the tone knob, but that's a feature I can play around with. Worst case scenario I just don't use it in the alt position. It's a great guitar anyway. For aesthetics I swapped the pickguard with a mint one and I think it looks amazing. Sweetwater did a great job on the setup! The action was low but reasonable and it was intonated very well. Thanks for making this one easy!

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Oh Wow!

I made the trip to Sweetwater today intending to play all rosewood necked Tele's in the store. This was one I asked them to set aside as the drive was long and two of the three in the store had sold; ironically this very guitar was my "pick" of the three. I played this through a Fender Blues Jr amp and immediately made my decision. This guitar sounds and feels perfect. It's going… read more to be a studio guitar and I plan to record with it all day tomorrow. Oh and I bought the amp too. Staff was amazing and every person working there was helpful!

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