Fender American Ultra Telecaster - Arctic Pearl with Rosewood Fingerboard Review

Great Modern Telecaster

Great looking, great playing, great sounding Telecaster! This Ultra doesn't seem to sound quite like a classic Tele' but definitely has its own cool Fender single-coil-sound Tele'ish thing going on. The neck feels great (a little more oval than chunky) and plays so smooth and fast. Gotta say thanks again Greg Savino for putting me into this Telecaster...highly recommended.

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Great Sounding Beautiful Looking Guitar

The photos online of the Arctic Pearl Telecaster Ultra don't do it justice. The finish is kind of iridescent, more like a white metallic finish. I purchased this Tele to add to my collection, as I never had a rosewood fretboard Fender before. My Stratocaster Ultra and my Tele Pro II both have maple fretboards. Since the Strat Ultra has the same neck profile as the Tele Ultra,… read more comparing the two, I lean toward the maple fretboard. The maple fretboard, to me, "Seems" slightly smoother to play on. What about Tone difference. My Tele Pro II came customized with locking tuners and noiseless pickups, so it is very close to the Ultra features. Comparing the Tele Pro II to the Tele Ultra, same gauge strings, same pickups, Tone wise, I can't hear any difference between the maple and rosewood fretboards, but that's just me. Again, I find playing on the Tele maple fretboard slightly more comfortable than the Tele rosewood fretboard. All in all, I love this guitar. I play it every day, along with my others.

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Fender Tele Ultra Texas Tea

I am not sure what I was expecting.I had a strat ultra back in 1990,1991 ish.Its almost dead on the neckshape of that guitar,something I've tried to find on a fender since.The neck is really thin,wide and flat and this guitar looks,sounds like a tele ,but feels way 1980s.It had some minor fit and finish issues,but nothing major that a setup wont fix.Overall minus a few tooling marks,really… read more high action and some serious relief in the neck I still give it 5 stars.It is really cool!Now I just gotta come up with the cash to get the stratocaster version.The case that this comes in is the nicest case I've ever owned.G&G who?This case is very ergonomic, lightweight,plush, well made,I dont know why companies like Gibson give you crappy cases,companies like Suhr sell you a G&G case that weigh a ton.Now I gotta go I gotta new guitar to play

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Excellent choice!!

I've a 72' Tele and now this one. What a difference a new model makes! This guitar plays incredible with great action. Tuners are excellent, color is beyond cool (Arctic Pearl) and it was an easy purchase through my man Phil Potts!! Love me some Sweetwater!

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The search if over

I've had dozens of quality electric guitars, some vintage and some new. I think buying and selling guitars in part of the process of discovering your own sound , style and who you are as a musician. Having said all of that I will never part with two particular guitars: my Novo Serus J and this, my new Fender Ultra Telecaster in Arctic White. The reasons a quite simple: the radius… read more on the ultra neck allows for easy chording and playing leads; the locking tuners and (mostly) the bone nut keep my ultra in tune "forever"; the fret work and rolled edges make the neck an absolute pleasure to play for hours on end; it's light weight; the pickups are balanced and quite. Lastly, the arctic white, although nearly impossible to capture in photo is absolutely beautiful. My Sweetwater consultant, Mike Brandt is the consummate professional; no hard selling and even days after my purchase called just to check in on me because I had the flu. Thanks, Mike, I'm fully recovered and loving my Ultra Tele!

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