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New Fender Shortscale Telecaster

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:27 pm
by Inconuucl
http://www.musicradar.com/us/reviews/gu ... ter-607720

How do you guys think it'll sound? I'm at least a little curious if it'll take the best or worst of both world. It looks funny, at the very least.

Re: New Fender Shortscale Telecaster

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:33 pm
by Uncle Grandfather
Inconuucl wrote:http://www.musicradar.com/us/reviews/gu ... ter-607720

How do you guys think it'll sound? I'm at least a little curious if it'll take the best or worst of both world. It looks funny, at the very least.
Looks like a winner, i love the pups chosen. Tele Custom is best tele.

Re: New Fender Shortscale Telecaster

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:41 pm
by Chankgeez
Kinda cute, kinda ugly:

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Apparently, "Juicy R&B tones lurk in the Telecaster's middle position, thanks to the combination of Fender and Guild pickups"

Re: New Fender Shortscale Telecaster

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 12:03 am
by bob the r0bot
Hey look, a short scale tele neck for jaguar projects.

Re: New Fender Shortscale Telecaster

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 6:30 am
by mpsa01
They are soooo small. I played one last weekend and it was a tonne of fun, but the body is maybe 20% smaller than a regular Tele, aside from the obvious shorter scale.

It definitely felt like a fun throwaround guitar, but I don't understand why they made the body so small.

For a comparison, it felt smaller than a Mustang.

Re: New Fender Shortscale Telecaster

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 3:31 pm
by foomanfat
The short scale seems interesting. The smaller body seems a bit of a bummer.

Re: New Fender Shortscale Telecaster

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 4:18 pm
by odontophobia
foomanfat wrote:The short scale seems interesting. The smaller body seems a bit of a bummer.

truth. after staring at the body for a few minutes it just seems slightly off. wouldn't mind playing one but whatever.

Re: New Fender Shortscale Telecaster

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 2:22 am
by van_muddlestein
meh. Not into short scale.

Re: New Fender Shortscale Telecaster

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 9:20 pm
by Swordfishtrombone
Looks pretty cool. I find that most guitars end up looking a bit big on me, so would be cool to try this out and possibly end up with a guitar that doesn't seem very big. Digging the aesthetics of it. I've always like the look of the thinline pickguards. Might have to check one of these out next time I go to get strings...

Re: New Fender Shortscale Telecaster

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 9:22 pm
by Chankgeez
I'd be interested in hearing what you think.

Re: New Fender Shortscale Telecaster

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 10:24 pm
by MEC
Strats too...

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Re: New Fender Shortscale Telecaster

Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 10:28 pm
by foomanfat
Man, that smaller strat body makes the jack plate look huge.

Re: New Fender Shortscale Telecaster

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:45 am
by Mudfuzz
no.

Re: New Fender Shortscale Telecaster

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:19 am
by Bellyheart
Gotta play one. The pickup combo is great.

Re: New Fender Shortscale Telecaster

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:58 am
by Chankgeez
foomanfat wrote:Man, that smaller strat body makes the jack plate look huge.
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