Fender American Acoustasonic Telecaster | First Impressions with Todd Wisenbaker

[@dangitbobby0001]

Cant wait till squire gets the design.

[@breakingrain9660]

Me too, it will be at 250 when that happens, and that’s when I will buy one

[@greysuit17]

Not happening

[@breakingrain9660]

greysuit17 why do you think that ?

[@greysuit17]

MrGamer historically that’s not what Fender has done when it comes to their more experimental guitars. If it doesn’t sell well definitely not. People are already going ape over the two grand price tag. It’s to nice with components & material for them to make a cheaper model that one sounds good and two they can’t make a cheaper version and make it profitable with out cannibalizing the higher end model. It’s not happening.

[@greysuit17]

Guru Music Lover true. Forgot about that, I’m remembering the Stratacoustic they made in the 80’s. It was a pretty awful guitar and with what you said still makes me think they won’t produce these in their Squire line but who knows maybe they’ll sell like crazy.

[@sunbeamtiger9876]

I'd say it's kinda like the answer to the question that nobody asked!!!

[@nateklug5933]

Sunbeam Tiger I asked it a few times lol hoping Gibson would do it first with a sg or les Paul

[@bartvandeperck90]

Actually I always found acoustic guitars sounding better than electric while electrics where nicer to play. A successful combination would be great.

[@ShiftingDrifter]

Haha... Like your comment, but I'm checking it out because an injury left me with nerve damage in my fingers. I had to switch to electric guitars and light gauge strings. I can approximate the sound of an acoustic with my ES-339 through a GT-001, but it would be nice to play an acoustic again. Taylor T5 series is nice, but they are pricey. Not even sure this is worth $2,000.

[@JamesGowan]

'If I'd asked customers what they wanted, they would have told me, “A faster horse!”' People don't know what they want until you show it to them” - Henry Ford Nobody knew the wanted the iPhone or iPad until it was unveiled. Apple now is a $50billion a year company.

[@soujoaozinho5040]

@@nateklug5933 it would be cool to have an acoustic lesPaul 💯💯💯

[@timsharkey1993]

I play in a Celtic folk band. Mostly strumming chords, but also a melody part here and there. This guitar would sound perfect through a PA system and would be much more comfortable to hold than a dreadnought for a guy like me who’s had back and shoulder injuries.

[@cawleyjewellers4601]

I would like to see someone line up the guitars this one is meant to emulate and go through them one by one and let the comments roll in to get a better understanding of how good this great looking guitar actually performs.

[@iradonaldwallsjr.9223]

Over 2000 for a telecaster with a cup holder,,, lol-

[@TopGuitarPL]

We watched and tested these Fender models at NAMM. So, our impressions are: It sounds really good. We also recorded a few samples with real sound, without overclocking the software.

[@GuitarversumSandraSherman]

You made it sound metallic, bc your right hand picks so damn close to the bridge.

[@mikebennett3848]

Guitarversum Sandra Sherman .

[@teresabrown9768]

I would absolutely love to have one of these guitars they look and sound amazing

[@mattymodeerf]

wow, that pos 2 princeton with juice sounds absolutely horrid. everything else sounded great though, really looking forward to playing one!

[@VvhowlinwolfvV]

You're right, it sounded like shit lol

[@flahprius]

Yeah, I agree. I think he's using it wrong. I think the magnetic pickup was designed to sound like a Tele pickup through an electric guitar amp, when you're actually using a full range acoustic amplifier. He used the simulated EQ curve through an actual electric guitar amp.

[@jefflitchfield4950]

Horrid. This thing does clean well and possibly only.

[@moxiemusic3739]

It's like when you put an overdrive on a clean channel and you get that same clean channel, with a separate impotent sounding drive... Anderton's demoed it right, I think paired with a separate slightly broken up amp with an acoustic amp for those tones would be an absolute tone monster

[@maddilynpeterson4180]

Great acoustic sounds, but more than anyone would ever need, pretty bad electic sound, and that in between holy shit that was terrible

[@BaktaBak3]

Nice job Todd explaining this new Fender. Really like it (the different sounds you can get out of this). Didn't know if I liked the "look" of it at first.......but liking it more.....so yeah.....it's growing on me . See you on Norman's Rare Guitars ! :-)

[@im58woody]

I think it sounds and looks really great. Nice review. Fender and Fishman did a great job on this guitar.

[@stoneskippersound]

My review of the actual guitar: First let me say, I had high hopes for this. I play in a country rock band with lots of guitar changes during our set. This disrupts the flow of the show quite a bit. While I would never use something like this in a studio setting, I saw this as a potential solution for me on stage. I ordered one. When it arrived, I unpacked it and played for about 30 minutes, and decided it wasn’t for me. Why? Well, first the good part: It really does sound great plugged in. There are several good, useable acoustic sounds, and the Tele pickup is also passable. What I didn’t like was the tone/blend knob layout. In a live situation, where I’m singing lead, and trying to switch between electric and acoustic sounds, there is no way, in some combinations, to switch back and forth with ease. It would require carefully switching the 5-way to the right position, and then making sure the blend knob was in the right setting. WAY too much to think about, when the whole point was to try and simplify. This sort of switching might be great in a studio setting, where you have a lot of time to tweak and find just the right sound, as in the video above. But I have great vintage “real” acoustic guitars that I would much prefer to record with... As I said, this was supposed to be for live playing. Also, I really didn’t like the feel of the guitar. I could not escape the feeling that I was playing a Baby Taylor. It doesn’t feel like an acoustic, and it doesn’t feel like an electric... so, does it feel like an old pair of jeans? Uh, no. Look, guitars are very personal beasts. To feel comfort on stage, you’ve got to have something in your hands that feels familiar. This couldn’t have felt more foreign to me. And, it did not have the feel of a high end guitar (read price tag). This felt like something that should be under 1k. I’m sorry to say that, and I’m not one of the “looks new/different and therefore can’t be good” haters who have lined up here to poopoo on Fender’s parade. I’m just writing this in the hope of dissuading people from ordering this online and having to return it; a gamble i wittingly entered into, and lost $114 in return shipping costs. If you think you may be interested in this, GO PLAY ONE IN A STORE. Don’t buy it online. Fender gets extra points for development and innovation. I just don’t think it quite landed. At least not for me. YMMV. Cheers.

[@philh98]

Check out the Andersons' demo of this Guitar

[@moxiemusic3739]

key factor is that bad mafk Danish Pete, boy RIPS

[@arricat5e311]

No

[@SunnyBeeRandomTuber]

Notice that none of the recent videos did much for strumming as a rhythm guitar but focuses on trying to get action and sonic attenuation from individual strings

[@karpaslatka5734]

I want to hear some black metal played on this.

[@guitarnotions]

Nice review! Innovative! The possibilities stand-out! Looking forward to trying one out.

[@chingsengdaring]

I want one 😍 i always wanted an acoustic in shape of tele

[@denisblack9897]

that's how you create art, boys... you don't make art, you make versatile tools for artist

[@ronaldgraham4587]

Fender it's about time. Looks good. Need to try a demo now.

[@neilshack3366]

just a modelling guitar - Line 6 did this 17 years ago with the Variax 500

[@StewartBrand85]

"let's see how it sounds through the Princeton with some juice" - "awful" is the answer

[@joemartin8496]

yep

[@Ram44]

Nothing like an unbiased "everything about the guitar is great" review!

[@jdubbjazzbass]

would love to have a Bass like that..

[@markd4768]

Why wasn’t this guitar made before now? This is exactly what I always wanted! And fender just figured it out for me! Now the price will determine if I’ll purchase one or not?🇨🇦 remember we pay way more for things here!🏦

[@myrondcunha5670]

Starts at $2000 the last time I checked :) [Yeah the price is gonna be EVEN WORSE here in India :')]

[@randellestoque3266]

How much more here in Mars haha

[@myrondcunha5670]

Ha! Bet even Elon does better justice to customs 😂

[@jenniferstine8567]

My city has an older used version for $400. It would be mine now if I had the money.

[@Chrust1369]

I wanna see John 5 demo this.

[@altoid8450]

If someone would have told me this was a new J5 signature I would've believed it.

[@b.i.g.brothersinguitars249]

But then again price will gone up:)

[@altoid8450]

True. I'll keep my mouth shut. Haha

[@PhantomOfTheMall]

Already heard it retails for $2,000!! God forbid it goes any higher for a “Signature Model”....yikes!!

[@poison4822]

I found it kzbin.info/www/bejne/moLaZapvjMyLmbM

[@renodavid]

I love the various acoustic guitar sounds presented here. Interestingly, the main weakness with this guitar seem to be the electric sounds. The first electric sound in this video is absolutely horrid. There’s a weird and disturbing distortion happening there. I’m surprised it made it into the video.

[@AllThingsTechSC]

I was thinking the same thing as a marketing guy

[@NorseLax07]

It needs a neck pup too!

[@AyySmittay]

I believe the reverb was very much overdone on the electric pick up tone. That echoing horror just doesn't sound right lol

[@cmkilcullen8176]

agreed

[@ASSman864]

@@AyySmittay yea

[@Cassius_Qureshi]

Fleetwood vibes. Anyone else?

[@veganvendetta2960]

I wonder if the external pickup could be changed. Also I would like to hear this guitar un-amped ... unplugged... if you guys could release a video of this.

[@dugbert5]

Love the look, Gate the tones.

[@REPS-kb7up]

Hmmm, first editions... sure you wait to buy one. My first issue will be worth a fortune very soon. This is innovative and here to stay. Just listen!

[@deansupreme92]

When are they going to be available for purchase, and what is the price range so I can save up the money. I want to play one now.

[@john564holloway]

Sweeeeeeet!...Love Fishman & the dreadnought sound is incredible!

[@pastorthomaso]

I wish he would have gotten his picking hand away from the dang bridge so we could hear a more rounded tone. Reverb's demo was much better and better sounding.

[@3acharyy87]

Tom Ouweleen My thoughts exactly for most of the video. It was a good demo, but it’s naturally going to be very tinny playing that close to the bridge the whole time. I wanted to hear if it could resonate

[@chimachonga17]

Not knocking on the player, he is obviously very good and played appropriate music but so many demos seem to be done by guitarist who main electric guitar. The texture of acoustic is lost as they pick and strum so close to the bridge. It's always interesting watching others play, everybody has their own sound.

[@CalumDuell]

awesome review and great playing!

[@tallpaul8880]

Get a Tonewood amp for your acoustic guitar if you like your guitar already it will take it to another level it’s a lot of fun to play with and gig! You won’t be sorry.

[@EDVERSiTY_DECOM]

This thing looks sick. I hope they make an actual electric Tele off of this.

[@JoeGariano]

Fender's answer to the Taylor T5/T5z series, which has been out for a number of years now.

[@indrasetyawan656]

First impression... W😍W After 5 second... Strange sounds, noisy and pricey 😥

[@tedallan9336]

3:20 sounds like "David and Me" (Jerry Jeff). Love it!

[@paolocaridi5356]

Lovely...how much is the price?

[@andy96356]

Why doesn't any one talk about the amp should you use an acoustic amp or electric amp

[@1funkybasslady]

Actually you can use BOTH types of amps with this guitar depending on what kind of sounds you are going for. Just use an A/B switch. You can also run both amps at the same time. I have the Taylor T5Z (Fabulous guitar!) and I use a Fishman LoudBox Mini Charge and a Fender Custom Shop ‘64 Deluxe Reverb with an A/B switch. Loads of tones and loads of fun.

[@DaigoParry]

Wow! Interesting! I like the innovation

[@ismaelbenelbaz9544]

I want It all I want It all I want It all And i want It now

[@BadWolf_JT]

It's cool looking, but way overpriced for a modeling guitar. This is a $900 guitar, tops.

[@harvey1954]

Actually it is more expensive due to the electronics that Fishman puts in it. That's what drove the price up. I just bought a used one today. First time I've seen anyone sell one used in over a year.

[@nfectedpsychosis]

What would you expect? You pay more for name and novelty than you do for quality. Not to say fenders aren’t quality. At least it ain’t a Gibson

[@engleharddinglefester4285]

It's a modeling guitar?? I'll see ya later.

[@OakLawnSpeedShop]

Will be on clearance at every GC next year.

[@anthonycashero7605]

Sweet idea.Thanks.

[@spost26]

This guitar was made to play Dear Prudence

[@divyamgautam1407]

Or Big Love

[@brooklynboy1000]

this is for the girl who wants to be a singer/songwriter and asks daddy for $2000 so she can buy a stupid toy.

[@thegee-tahguy4877]

Today is 1/30/19. I walked into a GC in RI today to ask to play the new Acoustasonic. They had NO clue what I was talking about. There was none to be found in the entire store nor had they seen any. I believe Fender now hedges its bets more than ever by controlling production to under-match the response they get on-line to new products. Much like the new Channel-Bound Strats which never seemed to be available in my area, these Acousasonics will soon be just another product that came and went. I hope I'm wrong, but let's talk this time next year.

[@jeanaponte743]

Es una guitarra preciosa con el típico sonido Fender. Quiero unaaaaa!!!!!

[@gregory7958]

I want an acoustic telecaster bass

[@michaelbaker5547]

This is a game changer. Good for Fender for pushing innovation along. Too bad it’s out of the price range for most players though. Hopefully they’ll come out with a stripped down version for $1k.

[@masterrick2759]

Sounded like he had the gain on 10 for the electric part. Should've also done 7 and 5 with some power chrods and some open chords so we could tell more about the bridge pickup

[@InGodsCompany01]

2k no. Fender single coil buzz, still alive. Lets hear 2.0 version.

[@Fresh_Tacos1234]

Question is Can you play it without amp?

[@jordancarton5714]

Anyone know what songs he was playing. All of them sounded nice.

[@kevinchavezvlogs]

That’s a $500 guitar that sells for $2,000 There are far better guitars for $2,000 You can get an American Strat and a great acoustic guitar for $2,000!!!

[@leel1130]

KevDogg Films totally agree cheaply made all by machines too.

[@DaigoParry]

That’s not a $500 guitar. But that’s not a $2,000 guitar either...

[@kalebmitchell2258]

Yeah but can you switch between them instantly

[@imandan1966]

Price is completely reasonable

[@kevinchavezvlogs]

Kaleb Mitchell Godin Acs + Roland GR55 You can have a Strat,Tele, Les Paul, 5 different acoustics, 3 nylon classical guitars, 16 different pianos, 32 synths, 12 different amp models, different tunings, and sooo much more INSTANTLY switchable for about the same price as this POS

[@PeterDad60]

I wish he played it unplugged!

[@beniaminozetu3960]

It is possible to play without using an amplifier? If it is, what about the resonation? It resonate like an acoustic guitar or not?

[@ben-si3dk]

Would it have killed you to just strum some open chords so we can hear how it compares to that full body acoustic sound?

[@jesse_cole]

"Let's hear how it sounds through the Princeton with some juice on it..." !@##$#$!@^&*%$%^##@% Yep, yeah, nope... back to the acoustic sound...

[@vicjames2743]

Jesse Cole my thoughts exactly lol. Oh man. Not much good on the single coil

[@RayZ3822]

Yeah. A little heavy on the juice. I was pretty on board until that segment.

[@DustinSmith796]

Played this at guitar center.

[@Facebook57]

Back in the day's working on the Grammy's live 6 gave me a guitar deal but I was trying to get a Fender Telecaster deal that is nice I am a Fender Telecaster guitars man

[@danielibarra1075]

Thats awsome i love the thin neck thanks god bless you

[@MountShastaMusic]

Interesting, but on the single coil pickup, you can definitely hear 60-cycle hum.... STOOPID !

[@reloading_and_gun_channel]

Does this Guitar have a sound of its own ? Or just sounds of other guitars.

[@harleykingman]

ONLY FROM THE BOYS AT FENDER !!!! I LOVE IT !!!!!!!

[@Sdivleli]

Interesting tone

[@jonedilbertoalura1282]

the biggest question is can it Djent?

[@naroxcpe1964]

Let all the fools buy this thing now and in 1 year you can get one for half price when they start unloading them used. Have a nice day.

[@reloading_and_gun_channel]

Naroxcpe not sure I'd buy one half price after a year, I'd rather buy a guitar which has its own new sound..

[@SpaceDisco1]

don‘t tell them!

[@SuperEdge67]

Naroxcpe Or just get a Mexican one when they come out.

[@owenjacka2658]

New fenders are just not to the same quality! Ofc this is a random as hell design idea but I got a 2017 American professional jag when they came out for £1545 and there was so many design faults and had to send it back to fender because the whammy bar jammed, happened AGAIN when I got sent a replacement (it was damaged in the factory when being repaired). Just replaced it with a stay trem whammy bar which was fine, no problems at all. Sold it a few months later. A lot of design faults on it for a guitar that cost that much. The quality of the big companies guitars seem to be going to shit. 2nd hand 90’s American strays and tales are where it’s at!

[@fernandogarajalde4066]

"FOR PARTS OR NOT WORKING: I bought this for my spoiled 17-year old son as a bribe to get him into college. A year later he handed me the pieces of the guitar and then ran off with his pregnant girlfriend and now all I have is this memory of a $2,000 instrument. Bidding will start at 49 dollars and no sense... "

[@pho3nix-]

Actually a really cool design, very innovative.

[@davidbresett2098]

Lot of different sounds. Real nice guitar.

[@scottacousticpgh]

It looks and sounds cool, but 2 grand for am acoustic guitar that you really cant play unplugged is stupid.

[@orlfane1622]

I have to agree with you. Why the fuck would you spend two grand on an acoustic guitar that you can't play acoustically . For half the price you can get a really nice Martin or Taylor and if you really wanna go all out spend a little bit more money and get a top end acoustic . they should have just made this thing in Korea and priced it at 800 bucks. I got a feeling they're gonna get stuck with a bunch of these because I can't see anybody spending this much money on this guitar. You'd think that for two grand you would get a solid color rosewood fretboard. Oh and the other thing for two grand you only get a gig bag. 😨.

[@quintas66]

I got a Martin GPCPA4 with Fishman for about $1400 US and it crushes this quacking toy.

[@dingo802]

I'm getting flashbacks of those over priced stratacoustic.

[@SteveEshleman]

There are other demos online (reverb) that offer a better sound representation. That said, I’ve yet to see a demo without intonation issues with the G string.

[@WilliamMignoliTheArchivist]

how come you didn't play in B#?

[@adamamiot5755]

Comes with a wound G string like on an acoustic or an unwound g string like on an electric?

[@BunkMasterFlex77]

Was the satin finish so that the guitar top can breathe and improve with age? 😕

[@xnegron70]

Does it sound when it's unplugged like a regular acoustic?

[@renobailey8516]

Imagine the country potential

[@raymclaughlin2739]

A friend of mine (rich doctor) brought this to a gig and kept insisting I play it over my D45. I played it about 5 minutes and was done. I honestly thought it was $500 or less so thought it was ok, so so. $2K??? Wow.

[@zatand6685]

That is freaking cool!!!!

[@greghindsmusic7502]

Can someone play this through a Orange Rocker 32 and let the distortion rip?!?

[@john564holloway]

How long will the GC stores get some in stock. Nothing on the website.

[@michaelpouchet]

www.guitarcenter.com/Fender/Acoustasonic-Telecaster-Acoustic-Electric-Guitar.gc

[@Geejayoh]

what do you clean/polish, the wood on mine doesn't have a polished finish on it

[@chrisosborneband4941]

so I have a lot of PRS and Ernie Balls and other models where the piezo output is separate...my question is - with this guitar, can I use a TRS cable and split the acoustic and electric outputs??

[@Junior1385]

The Best Hybrid guitar of all times

[@craigalexander6384]

Fair do's to the guy, he spent a load of time taking us through all the possible acoustic sounds - all of which sound pretty much the same and pretty much nothing like any acoustic I've ever played. £1500 for a guitar that doesn't sound like and acoustic and doesn't sound like a particularly good electric?

[@jritoli]

Fender's done really nice job on this guitar. They need to work on that 2K price though...

[@andrewventham]

"You can really..." [starts noodling and forgets to keep talking]

[@Gabaz76]

Prezzo? Price?

[@chasejarvis8001]

Cool now put those contours on a regular Telecaster please!

[@stephenlucas5740]

get in stock!!!!

[@forrestgibson7924]

What strings did you change out to?

[@roundprairiedairy7006]

maybe drop about $800 off the price. i’m not gonna pay $2700 CAD for this and no one else in their right mind would either...

[@ericmueller1987]

Whats it sound like unplugged?

[@mariemarain3871]

I want to know is Mede USA or Indonésie ?

[@hunterlowe2470]

That's like some serious bluegrass country music

[@yunushadic]

Price ?

[@useronefiveninesix]

Grateful Dead vibes!

[@KKMDStyle]

Can it play metal riffs?