Fender American Ultra Telecaster - Ultraburst with Rosewood Fingerboard Review

The Tele I Hoped For

I bought the Tele Ultra to sit next to my Lone Star Strat and could not be happier! In short, it plays better than advertised and sounds so good I'm making up words to describe it. The playability of this guitar is 10/10. If you're interested, go for it! As for my Sweetwater experience, I cannot say enough good things. My gear shipped the day of purchase and arrived the next… read more day. The Tele was double boxed and arrived in truly perfect condition (and almost in tune!). The setup was perfect and it was 100% playable the minute it arrived. The case is light, very sturdy and and perfect to protect my investment. Finally, the pictures don't do the guitar justice. It's flawless and gorgeous - more like fine furniture. I bought it to keep and can't be happier. Thank you to my rep. Dan A. and all of the Sweetwater team. Thanks for another addition to a long history of positive experiences.

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Fender American Ultra Telecaster

From the moment I opened the case the playability was just fantastic. Feels comfortable in your hands and no set up needed. Great guitar!

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I like it a lot!

First, props to the staff at Sweetwater: The purchase was easy, the sales person was excellent, and the tech's set-up (at extra cost, of course) no doubt improved the guitar's action. I like this Tele a lot and play it every day; beautiful instrument! But, I also play (on a daily basis) a '79 Gibson "The Paul" and it is a better axe in terms of playability. Don't get me wrong,… read more as I said, the Tele is a very nice guitar, but I find myself wondering if the set-up can be improved upon? In any event, I would without hesitation buy another guitar from Sweetwater!

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Nice guitar but....

I purchased my new Ultra telecaster two weeks ago. I have to admit it is a fantastic guitar. It has everything on it that normally would be an add-on on other telecasters. Now here comes the but! When i plugged it in to my amp it has an open ground and as a result it buzzes. Touch any metal part of the guitar and it goes away. This what's telling me there is an open ground somewhere.… read more Its not a big problem but I find it frustrating that one pays significant amount of money for a guitar and the darn thing buzzes. This also happened to me on a 2019 Gibson Les Paul Studio I bought. I'm faulting the manufacturers on this type of workmanship. I can fix the ground but my point is, with the money I paid for this guitar and my other one, both American made, I shouldn't have to open up the guitar to fix anything! Shame on you Fender! Your quality control on these guitars are slipping. With noiseless pickups, I shouldn't be hearing noise. That being said, setup and intonation was spot on out of the box! The case is extremely nice. I just wish they could have made the guitar truly noiseless!

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A Musical Gift to Myself!

Last October I picked up a friend's Les Paul & we played a livingroom concert for about 2 hours dispite being distanced across the room from each other. I once had a Thinline Telecaster but never really got into it & couldn't get much out of it. I've always played swampy fingerpicking acoustic blues so ended up selling the Thinline Tele. Thing is, I have poor hand circulation &… read more recently have only able to play my acoustic guitar for 15 or 20 minutes before hand cramps set in. From that long playing session I decided an electric guitar would work for me again. Now what to get. I like high end guitars, who doesn't, but affordability was a factor. The 2020 American Telecaster Ultra fit my budget & the Ultraburst fit my not so flashy taste. My goal was to improve, I wanted deep, clean tones for blues, I wanted to get into flatpicking a bit more & spend a lot more time playing. This American Telecaster Ultra did all that for me. Concern that it might play way to bright turned out not to be a factor, the tonal range of this Tele provides the right sound for a variety of styles & the American made, '98 vintage Fender Blues Jr amp I use with it compliments the tonal flexibility that I was looking for. The carved body & tapered neck make the guitar a real pleasure to play for longer sessions. I opted for the tortoise shell pickguard as a more subtle upgrade but I'll safely store that original white guard with the sticker on it. The American made aspect mattered to me. It was a gift to myself for the December holidays, where solitude has been commonplace in these times, What better than an instrument you can spend hours enjoying & be really proud to show off when we get back to our music parties with friends?

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