If you like the famous twang of a Tele, but prefer something with just a bit more warmth and fullness to it, you might want to take Fender’s ‘72 Telecaster Custom for a test drive… you won’t be disappointed.
These black beauties switch things up a bit with a “Wide Range” humbucker at the neck — hence the warmth — but they also sport that muscular look so popular during the ‘70s (just check out those amplifier-style knobs!) and come in both alder & ash bodies, depending on which finish you choose.
Specs Include: Alder Or Ash Body, Maple Neck (Tinted, U-Shaped,) Maple Or Rosewood Fretboard With 21 Frets, 25.5″ Scale Length, Single-Coil At The Bridge, Wide-Range Humbucker At The Neck, Two Volume & Two Tone Controls, 3-Way Pickup Switching, Vintage Strings-Thru-Body Tele Bridge and more.
This is a real player’s instrument, with a punch you can only really find from a customized Tele. And I just love that sleek, sleek black…
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February 18th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Best of the tele combinations, ( having played a ‘standard’ 2 sibgle coil tele, and a ‘thineline’, 2 humbucker tele) this is the one with the best range of tones, brittle tele punch from the bridge and rich, full sounds from the humbucker. well made, solid instrument but mine had a problem with pickguard static, and a noisey single coil,- after trying all sorts of remedies, ( static dryer clothe, replacing the pickgaurd, etc etc) – the solution that seems to work is an aluminum pickguard ( powder coated black) and copper shielding the single coil cavity,- the sound was worth the hassle.
October 7th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
I have had a Tele Deluxe for about a year. I actually traded in my 98 US Fender Strat for it. It had a better ‘fun factor’, if you will. The concensus (sp?) seems to be the biggest problem being with the static due to a ‘half’ shielded pickguard and possibly a grounding issue. A local music store suggested using AC duct (metalized) tape to shield with and I did this 100%, and whereas I do notice that the static is quieter, there is still some around the neck humbucker. Before I shielded I was also getting static ‘pop’ off of the strings themselves. This is incredibly annoying. I will probably get a new custom pickquard and have it shielded with something that WD music sells. Also, I’ll copper shield the cavities. And I’m not beyond getting rid of any cheap die cast metal or plastic parts. I’m wondering if they don’t inhibit more static charge. On a side note I own a Carvin TL-60 with humbuckers and that thing is rediculously well shielded. It’s quiet as a mouse! Tho, it’s a totally different (and tighter) playing guitar. It has it’s perks, tho. (like the Fishman acoustic piezo bridge). If you really appreciate this style of guitar and want the humbuckers, just even consider doing a custom build from the ground up via Warmoth.
Vikki
There was mention about the guitar’s overall ‘muddiness’ (fullness to some) and someone suggested switching the pots, but tedious and time consuming adjustments had to be done to the poles of the pickups.