Fender Limited Edition Player Series Telecaster Review | Roasted Maple Neck and '51 NoCaster Pickups

[@Leepal1969]

I've got a standard Player Series Telecaster winging it's way to me and I can hardly wait.

[@muscularmidget8132]

Got one laying around in the closet waiting for me to get unpacked for my bday tomorrow. So hard to wait.....

[@surfreverbguy7364]

Thanks for the vid! I’m loving my Player Strat with roasted neck and fat 50s pickups they dropped at the same time as the tele!

[@Po1itica11yNcorrect]

Bought the same player strat in sonic blue. My player tele like the one in this video arrives tomorrow.

[@roqueeeeeeeee]

I went to my regular shop looking to buy a Blackstar HT5 and while trying it, i happened to pick this guitar to try it. The sound blend between both was near to perfect. Later on I was told it comes with the 51 Nocaster pups and I think that made the big difference, cause I went home with my new amp and tried it with my 2 Teles (MIJ)and the sound wasn't even close. And the roasted maple neck is also lovely and gives it a lot of character. Best Mexican Tele I ever tried by far. I enjoyed it so much I'm replacing the pups of one of the teles by the nocaster.

[@SxSxG666]

I built an almost same looking guitar with an mim roasted neck and an one piece Affinity body and changed the pickups with Saymour Duncan's Quarter Pound and put in better potis. Now I got a really good sounding tele that doesn't need to hide from expensive guitars.

[@iframes2d]

You have inspired me to consider this guitar. Your playing was very nice to listen too

[@cbailey089]

wow the tones are amazing

[@surfinjim]

I don't know if this roasted neck trend is really based on real advantages: a few months ago I purchases a Shijie strat (after watching Darrell Braun's video). The neck was perfectly straight, and the setup perfect. 3 days later, I opened the case and the neck was bowed like an arc.... Easily fixed, but I didn't expect that with a roasted neck...

[@Full_Deflection]

I recently got a great deal on a player Tele. I have locking tuners for it, plan on getting a roasted maple neck, and still undecided on pickups. All in, I’m still right around $1100 with pricier pups included. It’s a hell of a way to make the exact guitar you want. Like you know how it sounds when you look at it.

[@leebell1895]

I thought these guitars were exclusive to GuitarGuitar stores in the U.K?

[@opaaria195]

Great review.

[@bsideguitar]

Thanks so much!!

[@laurencekimber8093]

Great review. I'm a new player and after a few too many rums, I now own this guitar 🤟 Nice to hear it played well. Can I ask what amp this is being played through?

[@bsideguitar]

HA! Love this! I use a Victory V40 amp, very Fender style amp.

[@dr.stevenpennym.d.3241]

Great video thank you. I can make any guitar sound great through the right amp. But what we want to know is how is the setup. Is there any dead spots in the frets. More technical stuff please.

[@majunior1944]

Setup from factory doesn’t matter. Every player has a different setup for their own comfort.

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

Very nice vintage vibe to the colour. The Strat style stamped saddles are unforgivable tho. I love them on my Strats but not on a Tele. I prefer 3 saddle Tele bridges but there’s nothing wrong with 6 saddles if they’re block or cast but bent steel look stupid. I got them on a Cabronita Tele and swapped them out with blocks. That’s a very hot Tele. I’d rather buy a used HW-1 Tele than the Player for €1000! Well I did buy two already for a total of €1200 awhile back.

[@enzostranobass]

When you shoot and want to add slowmo after in post, ALWAYS record at 120 FPS otherwise the slowmo will be laggin

[@joshk2181]

What kind of other options would you look at up to about the 2k price point for teles? I wanna do the KR thing in open g and remove the 5th string. It also seems like there's value in upgrading to a brass bridge? I could do it in parts or is there anything setup with nicer pickups or appointments that would be worth looking at? the gibson es-339 is tempting too

[@triplej38118]

Nice review! How would you describe the difference between the nocaster pickups and the standard player series pickups?

[@bsideguitar]

Thanks! The Nocaster are definitely more mellow and vintage-esque vs the players which are a bit hotter and brighter.

[@stanconato5047]

has it the rolled edges?

[@maxwhitten8376]

Thanks for your help!!!👍👍

[@bsideguitar]

🎸🎸🎸 glad it was helpful!

[@maxwhitten8376]

@@bsideguitar I've been eyeing this one. Thanks for the heads up. I appreciate you. Best wishes for 2021.

[@andyhojguitar3126]

Worth an upgrade from a Squier?

[@nomdom]

Just out of curiosity, do the frets have a glossy or satin finish?

[@neandertaler3683]

Oh I wish this came out 2 years ago. Still love my Player Tele, but PU will be changed sometime and the neck is ok, but feels wobbly some times and could be better. Plus + roasted maple looks and feels great

[@marth_6126]

I've been contemplating picking up a Nashville Tele, swapping out the neck for roasted maple, and swapping a couple of the pups out too (i.e. Eric Clapton strat pup for mid for starters) This incites me, but I'm also worried it'll end up costing me as much as a high end Tele at that point anyways. I at least hope I could flip the default neck and come out even there.

[@SxSxG666]

Get the Body from an Affinity. Some of them are really nice one piece bodies with a good finish you can get for around 100 bucks. I built a tele with "expensive" parts but a cheep Affinity body and I couldn't tell it from a more valuable part. It doesn't devalue the quality of the guitar a bit.

[@onurpuza1049]

where we gonna find this . it’s not on the website

[@bsideguitar]

Gotta find them at independent Fender dealers. Try MusicVilla.com. If you call/email them they may be able to order one for you.

[@brucemerryman7365]

Chicago music exchange

[@Po1itica11yNcorrect]

Bought mine on Reverb. Also bought the sonic blue player strat w/ roasted maple neck.

[@Po1itica11yNcorrect]

I was able to pick this tele model up on Reverb for $899 new. They were asking $999.99. If someone is in the market for one, I recommend sending a message to sellers and asking them if they will take $899. Chances are that at least one of them will accept the offer. Because they were willing to knock $100 off, I bought the Limited Edition Strat with the roasted maple neck and Fat 50's from them also. Again, they took $100 off the price of the Strat and I got that one for $899 too. Just food for thought for those thinking of buying a LE Players Series Strat or Tele.

[@67er_matze97]

Maybe it's just me, but again and again I tend to think that soundwise a roasted maple fretboard is closer to rosewood than to maple (not roasted) - but I admit we are definitely on nerdish territory with this statement. Anyway - your Guitar sounds amazing imho !!!

[@bsideguitar]

Ha! For sure and on the super guitar nerd territory, that most likely has to do with all the moisture coming out in the roasting process ;) rock (and geek) on!

[@67er_matze97]

@@bsideguitar ha! promise I will !! same to you my friend !!

[@donnaadams6855]

Just bought one

[@cooltunesmadeeasy]

I rented one today was gonna buy it..found that the bridge had terrible volume loss ...and. tuning stability..maybe it's my guitar?..someone let me know

[@bsideguitar]

I have not experience that. I would be cautious of basing your decision from a rental that may or may not have been cared for.

[@burnsyblues]

Just ordered one. Lets face it there no different to american ones really, and id always upgrade pups, its the darker neck for me - its so nice

[@guitarman704]

Mines is being delivered today. It’s the look of the neck and the upgraded pickups that did it for me.

[@vyvynylification]

Would you say the pick ups are an actual improvement? I read custom shop 51 nocaster pick ups and assume it will sound as good as any american... Or should I save 150 euro's and get the regular one with alnico 5´s?

[@ItsJustRyan89]

I’m thinking the same. Going to pull the trigger on this though.

[@vyvynylification]

@@ItsJustRyan89 I did also pull the trigger BUT there's 2 limited editions. This one with the CS '51 nocaster pick ups AND roasted maple neck and one with the normal maple neck and CS 51 Pu's. I got the latter. I own another ltd player tele which is stock but comes in burgundy mist CS color and I love it! It's such a good guitar, really hope this one will feel the same.

[@ItsJustRyan89]

@@vyvynylification am I right in saying then, you’ve gone for the standard maple neck? I’m based in the U.K. and have the same options. Why did you go unbaked, can I ask? Cheers

[@vyvynylification]

@@ItsJustRyan89 Correct. Only because I usually dislike the look of roasted maple. I also dislike how pale the regular maple neck looks on mexican instruments but I can live with it. There's however a ltd strat with cs fat 50s and a roasted maple neck on a sonic blue color. I adore the look of roasted maple on that. That said: I do like how the roasted neck on your guitar gives it a more used/vintage vibe due to the darker color and it is considered an upgrade. More stability in the neck from what I read.

[@ItsJustRyan89]

@@vyvynylification yeah, £50 more for roasted but I think it’s going to be worth the gamble. That blue strat is beautiful, I’ve just got a shell pink AO 60s, so no need for a new strat haha

[@ItsJustRyan89]

I know this is a 2-year old video, but I’m having high e slippage on mine (just arrived today) is that just me?

[@chriserickson5801]

I’d buy it in a heart beat if it came in a left handed version.

[@trochartist]

0:53 “nother” is not a word. Nice guitar though.

[@voiceofexperience]

Those "vintage" pickups sound weak & wanting compared to the standard "Player" pups. Sounds like some "jazz box" rather than a Tele. Also "roasted" maple necks are just a gimmick, and a rather unattractive one at that. The standard Player Teles are fine just the way they are.

[@yurita1984]

Nice talk you're talking. But playing is very poor 😔