Fender American Performer Series Telecaster | Demo and Overview with Mason Stoops

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We invited guitarist Mason Stoops to our studio get his first impressions of the new Fender American Performer Series Telecaster, shown here in Vintage White. Watch as Mason demos the all-new Yosemite pickups and "Greasebucket" tone circuit in a variety of sounds and styles.
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[@mr.mayhem3655]

This color on tele.. is just amazing.. the best color for Telecasters

[@tovsteh]

You are one of the very few who demonstrates a Telecaster the way I want to hear it played, and you are exceptional at it. Well done!

[@AndreaPirlo2023]

Man this dude is so good.

[@Alanoffer]

It makes such a difference hearing a guitar player by a musician , you can hear the tone of the guitar

[@waltercharles461]

Love this guys playing.

[@hiroprotagonitis]

Love this man's playing

[@davisjsnider]

I’ve watched the bridge pick up tune hundreds of times. Just so good. Bought the Penny one last year, best guitar I’ve ever played.

[@ryanfulldark2775]

Everything he says is true. I have the same exact guitar and it literally does everything, captures all the classic tones. The greasebucket circuit allows you to roll back the screaminess of the bridge to a sweet bite so nicely. The middle position is epic sounding. The neck is just silky and comfortable. Brilliant fretwork, utterly perfect action. It’s killer.

[@georged4578]

Would you recommend?

[@ryanfulldark2775]

@@georged4578 Without hesitation. It does it all.

[@catmakesmusic182]

i am thinking to buy my first tele so you say this is good?

[@ryanfulldark2775]

@@catmakesmusic182 Phenomenal guitar! 10/10 would recommend!

[@catmakesmusic182]

@@ryanfulldark2775 thanks for the reply! appreciated!

[@michalmikolajmaslowski3994]

Great video, Mason! Thank you.

[@matthewsommerville88]

So much taste to this guys playing

[@CC-te5zf]

He could make a broom sound good - what an amazing talent. Knows how to make a Tele talk as good as anyone I know!

[@Sasketchejuana_man]

So much of the tele sound really does come from the bridge/saddled as well of course the pickup combination

[@markpeters7772]

I have this exact guitar, boy it’s hard to put it down, my biggest influence is Page and I know on most of the studio recordings it was a Tele! Nice demo!

[@willistaylor4077]

Pure Sweetness = the Telecaster ! 💕

[@USNVA-yn6cp]

outstanding review and super tasty playing my friend!!!!!!!

[@petermarkovic8837]

Brilliant review and playing

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

You make it sound fab!

[@dannyroda7740]

Ive got a 2019 penny finish performer and I watched this video to make sure i wasn't dreaming. If theres anything else better out there, i don't care, I would still play this one. I love love the satin neck on this guitar, its almost like i am uncomfortable not holding the guitar

[@jazzydog]

Great guitar great demo!!. Thanks.

[@2500BC]

A standout guitar player - quite refreshing to hear. Some very tasty nuances and musicality. Also nice to see a demo of a tele where the playing is not masked by low volume preamp gain

[@joeymusic]

Loving the color!

[@garethconway8717]

Same old thing but love it. That guy has some some chops...

[@Noctuary75]

Great player

[@frankieroberts3444]

Fantastic ❤

[@artamussumatra6286]

Nice demo. You can’t go wrong with a good Telecaster, and Fender’s making some great ones throughout their entire range these days. I have an American Professional, and a Squier Bullet, love ‘em both equally.

[@guitarcenter]

Sounds like a rad collection!

[@benallmark9671]

Me too bro

[@CarstenGoeke]

super review ✌🏻

[@canyonproductions7683]

That looks cool! Nice pickin

[@KnifeCrazzzzy]

That’s a beautiful sounding piece for sure!!!

[@thadlogan51]

I just bought same guitar in honey. It doesn't really sound like any other telecaster I've played before. It sounds much warmer and fuller in a good way. Kind of like a mix between a Les Paul and a PRS core custom 24... not quite as bright as a custom 24 but clearer than a Gibson Les Paul... but still warm. Most telecasters I've played before sound much brighter. I have a 50s classic vibe telecaster and it has much more snap and brightness that I really dig too. You would never think they were both telecasters playing them side by side. The performer sounds and feels way more modern. I really love the performer and the CV for different reasons... completely different tones oddly. One just costs way more lol. Definitely no need to spend more for the professional unless you need a hard case or different sounding pickups. I'll take the sound of three saddle bridge and day over six. Some professional models have pine body like on my CV which is cool too ... so just depends on tone you want but none better or worse... just preference...

[@KingfisherLtd]

This guy reminds me of Steve Buscemi. Anyway the review is very helpful. Thanks

[@cinetaat]

Last part in the song. Is he using amp for that low gain sound, a pedal or was the guitar tuned to C#? I want that swampy tone!

[@trevor4533]

Nice. Been considering buying another faded sonic blue baja tele, but the satin sonic blue performer has me thinking...

[@nicolasmayrand7157]

Want that delay 😍

[@ezrabg]

How do the new Yosemite pickups compare to the Texas Special pickups in the previous American Special tele?

[@jayb6217]

I want one.

[@FLHCSfan68]

Now I want one of these... But with a Rosewood Fretboard.

[@stringlocker]

The jumbos are great

[@nickb8507]

Honestly i like the performer telecaster more than the the professional. The Yosemite pickups have a better sound to me.

[@Alynchmusic]

So does he approve of the bridge pickup I wonder? Great player!

[@Mr.Studies9599]

Hope mine sounds like that when it comes

[@BaloHasMusic]

Thank for the vid ! What is the song played at 1:32 please?

[@RileyReneau]

I wanna be this guys friend

[@Cheeso888]

What's it gonna be, Mr. Pink?

[@mugilandag]

My way or the highway !!!

[@andyleotell]

Why do I have to be mr. pink?

[@starrguitarworks]

This video is actually WAY more helpful than the 1/2 hour worth of nonsense over on the Andertons channel. Go figure.

[@cocopenguin21]

I love those guys though lol

[@starrguitarworks]

@@cocopenguin21 Agreed. Good comedy. Not so much for the demo, and forget about an actual review.

[@cocopenguin21]

@@starrguitarworks chappers fricken shreds though. I feel like he really shows what the guitars are capable of

[@starrguitarworks]

cocopenguin21 Shred fest on a Tele? Not exactly what I’m looking for in a demo/review video for this guitar.

[@753Jackson]

I don't want a shred fest tele demo in high gain with lashings of distortion and some gibberish about 'credits of the impirial realm'. Mason Stoops nailed it. His demo made me want this guitar 👍

[@MotherAndSon2008]

Love the sound! Can somebody tell me the name of the song starting at 3:08?

[@unaimunozlarios4718]

I need to know what song is. Sounds amazing!!!🙌🏻

[@ikozbari]

Does it have the glossy fretboard or is it rather that maple matte finish?

[@johannesveltmann5181]

Maple matte

[@BoozyBeggar]

Okay, the guitar is around $1200 or so, but how much for this dude's hands?

[@mismo358]

I wonder what settings his got on his amplifier?

[@pasdedeux4444]

Would this be suitable for a 50 year old beginner who mainly wants to play chords or is the fret size too large?

[@nicolasdelcastillo6497]

What's that vibrato / harmonic trem thing? Is it the amp? A pedal?

[@juno980]

probably the amp

[@guitarcenter]

Here's a link to the amp Mason's using here: www.guitarcenter.com/Fender/68-Custom-Princeton-Reverb-12W-1x10-Tube-Guitar-Combo-Amp-with-Celestion-Ten-30-Speaker.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA

[@franciscodasilva6373]

😍❤🎸

[@impossibur]

What song is played in the intro?

[@johnmckenna4256]

Fuck yeah!

[@jimg691]

Yeah, what he said.

[@neoaureus]

Mason Stoops .... when are you going to be in a Coen Brothers movie....

[@frankcline66]

I've got the honey colored performer, I can't truly see what I'd want with the more expensive models.

[@MrAMF50]

No you can't check them out at your local guitar center at least in NY as they don't stock them.

[@talmenik07]

Me too I been looking to try one out never was the tele one

[@poltad]

What’s with the hum?

[@diddymies]

60s cycle hum

[@daveclinton4945]

That's a Tele. No one will care when you're rocking

[@williamhurrelbrink3324]

What is the amp?

[@BingoBabyO]

I think its the Princeton

[@daveclinton4945]

68 Princeton reissue

[@JohannesLabusch]

Dang. The one I want doesn't exist. I want the honey burst, with a rosewood fingerboard and the neck humbucker.

[@telecasterbear]

Understood. I was thinking the vintage white for me, but I would like that with the rosewood fingerboard. We all need to have a performer tele parts swap meet.

[@JohannesLabusch]

@@telecasterbear Great idea! OR ... it would be easy for Fender to set it up online so you could mix-match-and-order your dream combination.

[@everythingis2495]

I can’t play a guitar with a pick. This guy gives me a reason to stop trying.

[@jiricirtek8160]

I recommend trying and persisting with thumb plectrum, best out of both worlds and u'll get to it

[@JohnnyRebKy]

Thanks for actually playing the guitar instead of playing pedals!

[@lutetiumiodide1505]

Can't decide between a single coil or a humbucker

[@stinky_lizard]

If you're just starting or newer I'd definitely go with a humbucker, they're easier to control and won't sound as bad while you're starting to figure out how to play. On the other hand, a noob with single coils can be unbearable.

[@smgames9873]

The humbucker one because you can actually coil tap it on that version

[@adamkrauss303]

I was diggin the tones from this model while putting it thru its paces at GC. However, I have had a BIG issue on virtually all teles at GC with the horrendous fret finishing that can easily rip your fingers open. While this one wasn’t the worst I’ve come across it was still not great. The sales guys blame it on wood shrinkage which may be true but still unacceptable and not something I come across on such a global basis with other makes and models.

[@nicolasmayrand7157]

It looks really yellow anubody know if its that yellow ??

[@andreis5975]

That color is a blonde yellow, it comes in other colours thought

[@waggroad]

The colour is vintage white.

[@linsayspence7070]

Yeah Vintage white 👍

[@stringlocker]

That guitar needs nicotine

[@daveclinton4945]

Buttery yellow

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

He says the neck feels like a lot of the old Teles he’s played? Surely he isn’t comparing 7.25 vintage U shaped to modern 9.5 C?

[@rusticron3426]

🤡

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

@@rusticron3426 I own a American Special Tele, the precursor to the Performer and it’s nothing like a vintage neck! It’s a modern C with 9.5 radius and jumbo frets! The late Highway Ones also had this neck profile. They share the same profiles as the Performers. 22 jumbo frets. As far from vintage as you can get. I love em, hot pickups and they’re really hot rodded versions of a Tele.

[@az8999]

I just got one today. While it absolutely looks (from a distance) and sounds great the fit and finish in some spots is shoddy. The neck pocket on the body isn't evenly sanded on the edges and has pits with rough edges. The bridge plate bends on the raised edges and seems warped. Finally, the bridge plate doesn't cover one side of the pickup rout and the rout is visibly poking out from under it. I own several Teles and Strats and honestly haven't seen flaws such as these ever. I do really like the guitar despite this and it will get a lot of playing time live and at home as it sounds and feels really good. I just don't like shoddy workmanship and failed QC.

[@johannesveltmann5181]

I have the exact same complaints with mine.

[@voiceofexperience]

Jimmy Page's Telecaster sold more Les Pauls than any other guitar.

[@dafxtone]

You looks like John Connor in Terminator 2. Where are your laser ?

[@soundknight]

Same old thang

[@stringlocker]

Except for the superjumbos

[@alftupper9359]

I can't understand how a Stratocaster in that colour looks so good; but a Telecaster looks so insipid. I love Telecasters btw. This model sounds incredible. He's a great player.

[@cuteasxtreme]

That tele looks great TF you smoking

[@RickP2012]

“I’ll generally use the middle pickup”? Really? On a Tele?

[@artamussumatra6286]

RickP2012 Yea, the two pickups together become a super wide range humbucker. That’s my favorite position too.

[@musikus7092]

It sits under the pickguard. You can't see it 😉

[@patrickcasabuena345]

relax

[@davidgrissom2951]

Middle position great for rockabilly

[@marike1100]

Think you know more about Telecasters than this guy,? Doubt it.

[@yariv121]

I watched your video.....and i came to the undisputed conclusion: MAN !!! Its not the guitar...its the person that plays it!!!!!!.take a 6k$ guitar,put it in a no-skill player, you will get nada. Take a 300 $ plywood,chineese lousy pickups and put in Mr. Mattheisen's hands.....WOW. you'll get magic!!!!.

[@sooparticular]

no. this guitar is the best tele for pennies...what a great deal

[@FLdb-wj4wc]

Great player