This Looks NOTHING Like the Photos! | Fender Parallel Universe Vol II Magico Tele | Review + Demo

[@Trog]

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[@rondobondo6600]

The green one is cool but I really like the blue one

[@rondobondo6600]

Did you say wall hanger......

[@hkguitar1984]

Wow, the Surf Green with the Ash wood grain showing through is beautiful.

[@hkguitar1984]

Interesting fact, typically Goldfoil Pickups utilize a rubber magnet (same magnets use for refrigerator magnets). One of the properties of the rubber magnet Pickups is that when using distortion rolling the guitar's volume back will not clean up the output, the tone will remain distorted.

[@motonegearchannel1510]

The gold foils really liked distortion more than I predicted they would. Killer axe

[@allisonholmesmusic97]

I came here after watching a 2 year old video about a 1976 Les Paul with a twisted neck. Your video editing skills have improved dramatically

[@kevindowney3337]

“1st fret neck depth” is my favorite part of every tear down segment

[@michael.davides]

I wish/hope Austin has an excel tracker going. Would love to see some data on all the measurements he takes!

[@holstorrsceadus1990]

@@michael.davides well, we could review every video and ....

[@paulypoobrain2929]

@@holstorrsceadus1990 I wouldn’t be too surprised if a fan out there has already done that.

[@nikomahal]

Yaaaas it's pure ASMR

[@kevindowney3337]

@@nikomahal you get it haha

[@xanderraymondcharles]

god I love this channel so much

[@showtime3162]

Your channel is sick man

[@jeffleecust]

Didn’t realize you were a troglodyte too. Your channel, Fluff, Trogly, 60 cycle hum, Ola, and Glenn are my constant watches. Mix in some Scallion and Dines and were good to go.

[@xanderraymondcharles]

@@showtime3162 ahhh thanks so much

[@xanderraymondcharles]

@@jeffleecust oh man im honored to be in that group of people. Thank you much buddy

[@jeffleecust]

@@xanderraymondcharles somehow I forgot Rebea and Nik Nocturnal but yeah man, you’re dope and you belong with these guys.

[@brentstabbs2262]

Just got mine in. I ordered blue and they sent green. After a couple minutes of upset, turns out I prefer the green after seeing this video and seeing it live (the photos definitely favored the blue). Plus the wood grain shines through beautifully on the one I got, so I don’t wanna risk getting a blue one like the video where the grain isn’t so prominent. This guitar is just perfect for me, plays and sounds great. So ritzy!

[@davidshepack2484]

My ex bought me a green P Bass that I love. Green wasn't an offered color, so I called Fender...they said it was blue, and it was common for blue to end up looking green.

[@brentstabbs2262]

@@RByrne The guitar is amazing as far as playability goes. Mine came with the action very low and surprisingly needed no further setup…because it was absolutely perfect. Combined with the neck, I’ve never felt more agile on a guitar. It’s a pure joy to play. Check the electronics (volume & tone knob) and all pickup positions before you buy…I’ve had trouble with both of my last Fender purchases (sight unseen) in this regard. I had to send back my first Magico because of a pickup problem that couldn’t be solved by anyone (it wasn’t dead, but it would cut out way too often to deal with) It’s not TOO much of a pain to fix or pay to get fixed, but when you’re spending that much, no reason to get something less than perfect. Sorry for the length, hope this got to you in time. In sum, I was attracted to the faux-ritzy look but it turned into the most playable guitar I’ve ever held, and that number is pretty high and includes a lot of higher end stuff that’s passed through the studio. Play it and you’ll see (or disagree!) good luck

[@shanonlandis217]

Heard “Mother of toilet seat” far too many times...

[@rongroves9620]

Agreed.

[@klonklone7787]

It’s not even called that, idk why he kept doing that. Makes the guitar less desirable calling it that. Almost like he’s making fun of it

[@geoffcowan2384]

I'm pretty impressed by the pickups.They almost have a Filter tron feeling with a little dirt. Especially like that neck pickup.

[@duffman18]

Gold foil pickups are really unique. There's nothing like them. They sound very "textured" if that makes sense. They have tons of overtones. It's a very full thick sound for single coils

[@Dark01-l7f]

You know its a good vid when he starts off the first part of the vid with “Well......”

[@handwriting8804]

All of his videos start with well what you mean?

[@Dark01-l7f]

@@handwriting8804 i mean all of his videos entertain me

[@gordonpenny1842]

Well played dgentelman! So unfortunate you had to explain that one! Lol 😂

[@ethanpeed]

@@handwriting8804 L

[@OutaTimeFPV]

Ok, but it’s the smudge on your lens that’s bothering me the most

[@nolanswiger694]

Posted before 3:00 am? We are lucky!

[@Michael-fi3uu]

In 2 hours it’s 1 for me

[@Michael-fi3uu]

I know that

[@Deke1]

@@guitarocd9984 Who told you that?????

[@dustyhill7279]

If u is Eu u knows you've stayed up too late when you see trogly in the feed

[@kevinberg84]

Welcome back!

[@TheArmedHermit]

You’re right Trogly, it looks WAY better here than the promo photos. Blue all the way. And that case! I’m in love, I want one really badly now. Plus it comes with my favorite pickups ever, gold foils. So killer!!!

[@shaneroberts9466]

I purchased this exact Daphne Blue model and it is truly VERY different than any of my other 13 Fender Tele's. This guitar is basically custom shop. My pup readings are Neck - 6.25, Middle - 3.29, Bridge - 6.85 so there is some variance between your readings and mine. My guitar weighs exactly 7 lbs, zero ounces. This thing sounds so different and feels so good. The flamed neck is really nice but overall in terms of its custom neck shape I like it but I now prefer the Brad Paisley neck shape which is also a custom "V shape. The Magic Tele is a true keeper for the price which I got discounted. Its not too much bling because its tasteful and different. They did a great job with this model release.

[@MrCipolenio]

That starting jingle makes me so happy

[@StumpyMcGee123]

I love that case color

[@Atka59]

Made for a Mariachi Wedding Band. Polka music is in those guitars futures!

[@nikomahal]

Does anyone else get excited when Trogly shoots back ohm readings or measurements...I swear his voice makes it extra precise

[@pgiuliano7]

I have a custom shop Strat from the 90’s heavy quilt maple neck with beautiful heavy gloss finish it is stunning. However it took 10 years for all that gloss to completely Crystallize and allow the tone of the guitar to come through. So be careful what you wish for even though it is beautiful and eventually will be a fabulous player. It also has the most beautiful Ash body with like a white wash finish see-through love the show

[@jamesshaw476]

I like these type of videos instead of the ones just looking at listings on Reverb or Craigslist

[@buttkrusher]

Love your show Trogly, HOWEVER, you've reviewed some pretty gaudy Gibson's, that purple modern Flying V comes to mind, so I wouldn't be so hard on the Fenders'. And to call a $2300 guitar a "wall hanger", well my friend, it seems like your getting a little out of touch with a large portion of your audience. I could get 4 guitars that I would love for that amount of money and have enough left over for lunch.

[@jp2246]

I like the green I think the wood grain showing through the finish is nice

[@kenhull2386]

Love your Fender shows! More Tele's.....More Thinlines! Your demos are honest and entertaining. Keep it up!

[@geralr]

First! Thanks Trog for the great content.. that’s all I need to say

[@Dark01-l7f]

Sorry sir you tied for first

[@lauriedepaurie]

Cheap looking but expensive actually suits the guitar. Goldfoils were used on the cheap MOTO over the top guitars, and this guitar hints towards it quite well imho I actually really like it. Very original design from fender...

[@Watergrovey]

Love the sound of those goldfoils!

[@dougreed9843]

That was a nice Fender review I believe since you expanded your sales it has caused a better fair m an manufacturer promotiom of the brands over all I am saying your maturing along the way is cool to take notice of your professionalism unbecoming finely groomed. Great Job

[@ReeWebster]

Aw man, I wish they'd used the big pick guard that's on HH deluxe, but you're right, she's a beauty.

[@sevenbeowulf8238]

Green for sure!

[@Rightk777]

I like the green, and yes I like that it matches the case.

[@scottmthw]

Idk what types of toilets Trogly is accustomed to but they must be different than the basic white ones I’ve used

[@Slime-Man-Extreme]

no toilet seats were harmed in the making of this film

[@TomO.3678]

I love Telecasters but not particularly thin lines. I love Surf Green, so, the cases are magnificent too. Do they have the poodle lining?

[@thehound2161]

Those are my two favorite Fender color's. The surf and the Daph... yes. These are up there for me.

[@dannyrivers3922]

After you said you weren't blown away from the sound of the guitar you go in to explain the sound kind of like you thinks it's pretty damn good. Bright but not harsh. I feel that's one of the hardest things to accomplish

[@jimmyjames2022]

Wow those Mágicos look great, Fender can give me all that gaudy! Not sure about those pickups on clean, but distorted they redeem themselves a bit.

[@barrygoins6900]

Best clean I've heard in awhile but don't like the dirty. Trogle that is the best playing I have heard you do on a demo good job buddy

[@ak47dragunov]

Body needs a darker finish to really highlight all the white MOTO. It's practically invisible from a distance tbh. Neck could stand to be baked/roasted maple instead to boot

[@HayleyVonHorror]

That telecaster is so pretty! 💕

[@AntmanFelix]

This pretty much how I am specing my Custom Telecaster except with plain white binding on the neck and body with white blocks and tradition tele configuration. Nice to see Fender do something like this

[@lassesuurmunne8340]

Woow looks even nicer than the photos!

[@yetanotherbassdude]

Would love something like this but in black and just with a normal Tele pickguard in the ol' mother-o-toilet-seat or maybe in a tortoiseshell, and definitely with a nitro finish. I just feel the pickup rings with a separate pickguard just make the gestalt of it a bit busy when you've got all the binding as well and make it a bit of a garbage-wagon. Love the idea of a thinline Tele with gold foil pickups, though. Really interesting and would be a fantastic slide guitar platform!

[@tekman55]

This is the best playing video I’ve seen. The blue tele with the green in the background. Mmmmm

[@josheakinsmusic]

The blue one is really nice!

[@Calbertone]

Great review as usual, thank you !

[@dannyrivers3922]

You look like you were having a lot of fun playing on it!

[@tylerschott5387]

This tele with distortion (and clean) sounds fantastic

[@nerdbot37]

That's a pretty great shoegaze guitar. Bet those clean tones would sound great dripping with reverb or chorus or whatever.

[@billnelson9413]

Definitely my style. Been waiting since winter NAMM. A couple of videos showed how nice they were.

[@specialk5257]

These guitars are like having Roman-style columns in front of your suburban home. Faux-chic.

[@songwriterjj6022]

That should be the standard guitar at all Las Vegas wedding chapels!

[@Genocyberia]

Wake up babe, new trogly video

[@BaconatorJames]

I love that case! I have the 'Parallel Universe' Tele Deluxe ('Troublemaker") in blue, but it came with their deluxe plastic case. I heard the Gibson HP cases (metallic ones) had probs with their latches, so I decided not to upgrade to it for my ES-339.

[@tjstevens001]

That is beautiful, very unique!

[@DougCanney1]

They were talking about you in the Gibson Les Paul forum on Facebook today. There’s a bunch of members on it. Comments were all mostly positive, for your info. A few took issue with your voice, haha. They say you’d make great cartoon voice.

[@gordonpenny1842]

Hi! I checked it out and could only see awesome photos but no comments about Trogly. Could you send a link please? Thanks Doug.

[@colelocke4967]

The first time I heard the term "Mother of Toilet Seat" was in the early/mid 80's in Dan Forte (aka Teisco Del Rey) Off the Wall column in Guitar Player magazine. Some of the others I remember he used were Mother of Bowling Ball, Mother of Countertop, Mother of Linoleum.

[@dtyndall11]

I love it. Pre-ordered one from Sweetwater in surf green, come on February!

[@bradleyard4195]

I have an old '60's Harmony Bobkat H15V that has the DeArmond gold foil pickups. They've become my all-time favorite pickups, very reminiscent of P90s, but still with a tone all their own. I'd love to build a Les Paul style guitar (or even a PRS style guitar) with some of those, it would probably sound amazing.

[@tekman55]

I love the surf green guitar!

[@jamesgoodine6107]

dude your playing has really improved, youve been practicing im sure haha

[@gilh3947]

Lol

[@motonegearchannel1510]

That sounds super jangly and 3d to me. I love that skinny middle position. Tasty guitar! I like the green one.

[@harry_mair]

I would absolutely rock one of these with a middle pickup to get that funky strat position 4

[@Greg042869]

Requires embroidered lapels to play on stage, doesn't it?

[@diesirae2031]

So the FENDER Parallel Universe Volume II Strat Jazz Deluxe RW SFG is comming? I have not seen this one anywhere!

[@joermnyc]

I would have made the pickguard and top “ring” all one piece... that seam line looks bad. I’ve noticed Fender has most of their cases back-ordered everywhere (I’m waiting on a Jazzmaster case for a project, and a Mustang bass case for a used buy that didn’t have a case (I normally would pass, but this is a nice enough example in a great color)... I wonder if that’s why there’s a delay in these coming out.

[@thebuggingoober7359]

Please keep using that thing that shows us the shape of the neck it's very informative

[@SeanCorpuz31]

love those teles.. Austin, I think the GoPro cam is a bit foggy.. :)

[@Max_94]

Hi, do you guys know the new serial number of 2019 and 2020 USA Gibson? Looks a bit different

[@matthewhegge1738]

I like it, would look great in a emerald green or cobalt blue

[@elliottsmith8636]

Thanks trogly for reviewing the guitars I cant afford but they dont have at any local music shops. It's like a second hand go on them

[@alexb5275]

Just me or is the head cam got smudges on the lens?

[@mickeyjohnson1137]

The pickups look like Guitar Fetish pickups. I wonder how they compare electronically to the GFS pickups.

[@TheAtariCreep]

Green was the way to go!!!! Beautiful guitar.

[@Michael-fi3uu]

Is it actually called mother of Toilet seat

[@mishunny]

The official name is "Pearloid", whereas "Mother Of Toilet Seat" is like a colloquial name, referring to the material used in bathrooms and the material it imitates, which is Mother of Pearl.

[@kevinr.3542]

Fender is going to love seeing all the toilet comparisons on this new $2000 guitar. They should have called it "The Sh#tter"

[@Michael-fi3uu]

@@kevinr.3542 I wish lol

[@tjnugent62]

I just ordered the Epiphone Inspired by the 59 Les Paul. This guitar is getting stellar reviews. Would you review them when they finally ships.

[@chrisggoodwin777]

"Mágico"="mah-hee-co," which is Spanish for magic

[@chrisggoodwin777]

@WaurufEx you're correct, I mistyped. Muchísimas grácias para su ayuda con la traducción

[@KeithSouthwest]

¡Si!

[@riangarianga]

@WaurufEx Mágica would have made much more sense, since guitarra is a female noun. I don't know who comes up with these weird names at Fender's marketing department, it's just one word they had to get right.

[@brodananda3213]

it may be the magician as well. cheers

[@dannyrivers3922]

I think that's the point with the v shape is so you don't notice it because its easier to play

[@Mastertexter]

Considering to buy one of them eversince they were shown on NAMM in 2019... then the pandemic happened... but seeing this vid... I think I actually will have to get one. GODDAMNIT these aren't fuckin cheap.

[@Forest_Fifer]

Every time I catch sight of that binding, it looks like the edge of the guitar is damaged.

[@ernieflanaganstingraybassm1463]

Beautiful guitar and i love it very much !!

[@dmyers9230]

Awesome review, thanks. If I needed another guitar that green one is gorgeous. Pickups are very P90 fat centers it seams. Almost humbucking roundness.

[@Paul_Lenard_Ewing]

In my book it is the coolest looking Fender ever. I would have preferred a humbucker at the bridge. I have a Gold Foil in the neck position of one of my guitars. It is cool for accompanying parts of a tune but not for any serious rock. A toaster style PU cover would keep the vibe over that HB.That is what I did on my guitar.

[@strategyxd4325]

Wow that is one beautiful guitar

[@glenkepic3208]

My first electric bought in '72 (Audition) when i was 15 had Gold Foils. The only thing i like about this.

[@tjnugent62]

Blue is really for you!

[@duffman18]

Nothing like gold foil pickups. They sound completely unique. They've got such a complex textured sound. Tons of overtones compared to regular pickups. I'm glad they're making a comeback, a few companies make gold foil pickups to fit in your normal pickup spots, like humbucker versions for a les Paul, or tele sized single coil ones, the bigger bridge one and the smaller neck one, and the strat size pickups etc

[@paulmclaughlin4092]

Can you imagine a darker wood for the Magico, maybe Walnutm Rosewood or Koa? The MOTO binding would really pop!

[@bobdobslob]

Eye of the beholder.... not my cup of tea. I am glad you like it though. Keep up the awesome work.

[@clarkbabin9799]

I was thinking that the blue wouldve looked better with a black binding and inlays. I prefer the blue of course but not jazzed about the binding.

[@hugofuentes6156]

Can you post a video of these with your new fender amp??

[@jamqc24]

“Then I thought why not buy both of them” Jesus if money weren’t a problem

[@nathanielvargas3863]

I get what you’re saying but he buys them to review then sell them.

[@DatBoi-mo9vc]

@@jacobray8685 look at his video backlog and youll see where the moneycomes from

[@jeffshawn9568]

I buy lots of les pauls im not rich..

[@justinjohnson2616]

I’m looking into getting my first fender. I want to get a tele. Witch one should I get.

[@Riverdeepnwide]

Oh man there's so many flavours of Tele available now, dream a dream and if someone hasn't made it already, someone will. Sometimes it finds you.

[@matthewf1979]

I really want to love a Telecaster, but I just can’t seem to find one I like. I’ve yet to try one with a PAF style humbucker in the neck. Maybe that’ll scratch the itch.

[@Transcendentalx]

I like the green one better, but yeah the sensation of different color with the case and the guitar is so good and the case wouldn't look so good if it was blue

[@caseyjones7404]

Nashville Deluxe with the Fererro kneck @ 899 was the greatest

[@jjones8817]

The more flame, quilt and/or birdseye in a maple neck the less stable the neck will be. Get a roasted maple neck if you want the figuring.

[@dr.lyleevans6915]

Especially in a vertical direction

[@markjamesmeli2520]

Their not exactly "Sea Foam Green," but they come awfully close. If they were a red finish, deeper than your standard SG red, that would be awesome. Some very sweet tones here. ROCKABLE!

[@boechlerguitarsandrepair]

Ah yes. My favorite pickup ring maker. Egnacio

[@floopusdoopus]

I love how this looks but you can’t beat the new strat jazz

[@NINEWALKING]

What glue where you sniffing Trogly? :) Real Mother of pearls and than binding around the body? They only need to find a speciment that big right? :) Like few feats wide shell :)

[@stkbkr1]

them MOT's get lost w/ maple fingerboard but overtime, they are going to age beautifully.