A review & demo of the 2017 Fender George Harrison Telecaster. The Rosewood Telecaster was made famous by George Harrison. Used extensively on the Let It Be sessions and in public during the Beatles final performance on roof top of the Apple Building in London in 1969.
Initially made of two slabs of Rosewood either side of a thin layer of poplar and a very heavy guitar. There have only been a limited number of reissues of the Rosewood Telecaster including a Custom Shop version. Launched at the Summer NAMM show in mid 2017 the body features two slabs of Rosewood that have been chambered to reduce the weight. A thin layer of maple is sandwiched between the two rosewood slabs. The guitars is limited to 1,000 units worldwide. This is what Fender says about the guitar: "To honour Harrison's venerable career, Fender has created the George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster, a limited-edition commemoration that embodies Harrison’s elegantly restrained playing style and sound. Based on the original Telecaster created for Harrison by guitar designer Roger Rosemeil and Fender craftsman Philip Kubicki, this model remains true to its heritage with a classic look and the unique tone only an all-rosewood guitar can produce. The body is chambered for reduced weight and increased resonance. Other features include a rosewood neck with a laminated 9.5" radius rosewood fingerboard and a custom neck plate engraved with an Om symbol. A classic in every way, this refined instrument was born in the era that defined rock n' roll. George Harrison’s legacy is one of innovation and creativity, and the rosewood Telecaster became one of his primary instruments during a pivotal moment in his career." You can find out more information as well as the full specifications of the guitar on my website at: http://www.2tuguitars.com/george-harrison-telecaster.html Please check us out on: Facebook: @2tuguitars Twitter: @2tuguitars Instagram: @2tuguitars If you are interested in what equipment I used to record the video please see the links below.
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After a two week break we are back this week with a review & demo of a 2011 Squier Vintage Modified Jazzmaster Special.
With its offset waist and contoured body the new Vintage Modified Jazzmaster gives a nod to its iconic forbearer but has other things going for it that make it truly 'modified'. The unique top-loading hard tail bridge features string saddles which are adjustable for intonation and designed to have a 9.5" radius when sitting flat on the bridge plate. The bridge is anchored at the rear of the plate while the front sits atop height adjustment screws which can be raised or lowered to achieve desired string height/action while subtle adjustment at the rear (anchor) achieves the correct bridge angle. A custom set of Duncan Designed pickups offers tones from glassy smooth to jangly rockin' rhythm crunch with a vintage toned neck pickup and higher output bridge pickup. Other features include '62 Jazz Bass concentric volume/tone controls, vintage style tuners and a comfortable one-piece maple neck. You can find out more information as well as the full specifications of the guitar on my website at: http://www.2tuguitars.com/jazzmaster.html Please check us out on: Facebook: @2tuguitars Twitter: @2tuguitars Instagram: @2tuguitars If you are interested in what equipment I used to record the video please see the links below.
The Fender Cabronita Thinline Telecaster from 2013. After the success of the 2012 Mexican made Cabronita Telecaster, fender has taken the design a step further. The Cabronita Thinline Telecaster combines the Cabronita styling with traditional lightweight Thinline design.
The semi-hollow alder body of the Shoreline Gold and 2 Colour sunburst models (the white blonde has a ash body) with f hole and dual Fideli’Tron™ humbucking pickups, it serves as an extremely distinctive and powerful take on Fender’s original solid body guitar. Other features include a modern “C”-shaped maple neck with urethane finish, 9.5”-radius maple fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and black-dot inlays. A three-way toggle pickup switch, single-ply white pickguard (black on White Blonde and Sunburst models), a single knurled chrome master volume control and vintage-style string-through-body Stratocaster® hard-tail bridge. You can watch the video by clicking on the picture below. If you like the video, please give it the thumbs up and hit the subscribe button for more videos about the guitars in my collection. You can find out more information as well as the full specifications of the guitar on my website at: http://www.2tuguitars.com/cabronita-thinline-telecaster.html Please check us out on: Facebook: @2tuguitars Twitter: @2tuguitars Instagram: @2tuguitars
5 quick differences between the Fender Standard Series Telecaster and the Fender Player Series Telecaster. The Fender Standard Series has been a staple of the Fender Catalogue for over thirty years. It has been revamped on a number of occasions with different specifications and colours but has kept the heritage of the Telecaster alive. Produced at Fender plant in Ensenada Mexico. The range is the biggest seller for Fender. Over the past three years Fender has been actively revamping and updated it product lines and along the way has renamed the models. The first to get rebranded was the American Deluxe Series which was renamed the American Elite Series. The next year the American Standard Series go make over and became the American Professional Series. Most recently the American Vintage Series took on the new moniker of the American Originals Series. The humble Standard Series was the final line to get its make over and the Player Series was born at the Mexico facility. With an updated list of finishes and redrawn body style the quick differences between the two ranges of Telecaster range from the subtle to the obvious. Join us as we take a look at 5 quick differences between the models.
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In 2011 the Fender Telecaster celebrated its 60th birthday. To commemorate the milestone Fender produced a series of 12 special designed limited edition Telecaster. One of these special Telecasters was a Cabronita Telecaster. It was available in Black or Sunburst finishes. It stepped away from the normal’ Telecaster’s by having only a volume control, humbucking pickups opposed to the single coil pickups, a lower bout only pick guard and a hardtail Strat like bridge. This versions of the Telecaster proved to be very popular and in 2012 Fender decided to produce a limited edition Mexican made version of the guitar. Again this was well received and Fender decided to put the guitar into full production. Initially available in White Blonde, Black and Sunburst the latter two colours were replaced by Surf Green and Candy Apple Red. Some of the early production models feature the Special Edition sticker. A year after the success of the Cabronita Telecaster a Thinline versions was released in Shoreline Gold, White Blonde and Sunburst. The Fender Custom Shop and Squier have also released versions of the Cabronita Telecaster guitar.
Fender Cabronita Telecaster Telebration @ www.2tuguitars.com: http://www.2tuguitars.com/cabronita-telecaster-usa.html Fender Cabronita Telecaster @ www.2tuguitars.com: http://www.2tuguitars.com/cabronita-telecaster.html Fender Cabronita Telecaster Thinline@ www.2tuguitars.com: http://www.2tuguitars.com/cabronita-thinline-telecaster.html You can watch the video by clicking on the picture below. If you like the video, please give it the thumbs up and hit the subscribe button for more videos about the guitars in my collection. If you are interested in what equipment I used to record the video please see the links below. Please check us out on: Facebook: @2tuguitars Twitter: @2tuguitars Instagram: @2tuguitars
In the late 1960s Fender was looking to revamp the Telecaster. The 1950s had brought us the Blackguard Telecaster’s and then the Whiteguard Telecaster’s. In the 1960s the Fender Custom Telecaster with its Rosewood neck and double binding had been released. In 1968 German luthier Roger Rossmeisl designed the Thinline Telecaster. A semi hollow body to reduce the weight of the guitar featured an F hole and redesigned pickguard. Released in 1969, these guitars were a popular alternative to the slab bodied standard Telecaster’s. They still featured the two single coil pickups and standard Tele bridge. In 1972 the Thinline’s were updated further. Out wen the single coil pickups and they were replaced by the Seth Lover designed Fender Wide Range Humbucking pickups. The pickguard was redesigned again and the bridge became a hardtail Strat like bridge. Further 70s refinements were featured such as the three bolt neck plate and bullet truss rod. The headstock was adorned with the Thinline name. Today these guitars are both available in the Fender line up and are commonly known as the 69 (series 1) or 72 (series 2) Thinline Telecaster’s.
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Back in 2003 Fender released a limited run of 69 Thinline Telecasters. The guitars were finished in Olympic White and also featured a matching headstock. Nothing too special you might think, well the body front and back along with the headstock were adorned with a flame pattern. The natural grain of the mahogany body beneath the Olympic White finish was revealed by the by the flame pattern. The run of guitars was limited to 250 in 2003.
In 2006 Fender released another 250 guitars featuring the Olympic white body with matching headstock and the flame pattern. This time however some subtle differences were made to the designed. Still a 69 Thinline Telecaster, the flame pattern wrapped around the edge of the body from front to back, and instead of the F hole cutting through the flames pattern on the front the flames were re designed so that the wrapped around the flame pattern. You can watch the video by clicking on the picture below. If you like the video, please give it the thumbs up and hit the subscribe button for more videos about the guitars in my collection. Fender 69 Hot Rod Flame Thinline Telecaster : http://www.2tuguitars.com/69-hot-rod-flame.html If you are interested in what equipment I used to record the video please see the links below. Please check us out on: Facebook: @2tuguitars Twitter: @2tuguitars Instagram: @2tuguitars
Part of the Electromatic series that are made in China.
Electromatic® Pro Jet models take on a new voice and identity—chambered basswood bodies and arched maple tops resonate true to That Great Gretsch Sound!™, along with dual “Black Top” Filter’Tron™ humbucking pickups and a Bigsby® B50 tailpiece. Other classic features include rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and hump-block inlays, three-position pickup toggle switch, anchored Adjusto-Matic™ bridge, “G-Arrow" knobs, white pearloid pickguard with Gretsch® logo and threaded/knurled strap buttons. You can watch the video by clicking on the picture below. If you like the video, please give it the thumbs up and hit the subscribe button for more videos about the guitars in my collection. if you are interested in what equipment I used to record the video please see the links below. Please check us out on: Facebook: @2tuguitars Twitter: @2tuguitars Instagram: @2tuguitars
Back in 2014 Fender and Southern California artist David Lozeau collaborated on a series of designs that would adorn a set of Fender Standard Stratocasters. For the initial series of guitars launched at the 2015 NAMM show he produced six designs; a Rose Tattoo design, a Dragon design, a Sacred Heart design, a Tree of Life design, an Octopus Tentacle design and a Mariachi Skeleton Band design. The later two designs did not make it to the final production run. David also produced two designs for the Fender Custom Shop that were for special dealer events. They both had WWII themes and were called Rat A Tat Strat’s with one being a Bomber version and the other being a Tank version. Later in 2015 a final design was released, and this was the Voodoo Priest design. All the guitars were released in limited quantities with the VooDoo Priest design being the most limited.
You can look at David’s work by visiting his website at https://www.davidlozeau.com/ Fender released a video were David talks about the designs and you can watch this at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boxzFm0fLMk You can look at the video by clicking on the picture below. If you like the video, please give it the thumbs up and hit the subscribe button for more videos about the guitars in my collection. if you are interested in what equipment I used to record the video please see the links below. Please check us out on: Facebook: @2tuguitars Twitter: @2tuguitars Instagram: @2tuguitars
As Fender tried to broaden their guitar range in the mid 1960’s they designed the hollow body Fender Coranado. First released in 1966 the guitar featured initially one DeArmond pickup before being upgraded to feature two of the DeArmand pickups. A 12 string version was also released with the famous hockey stick headstock. For the bass players there was also a Coranado Bass.
The Coronado is famous for the birth of the Antigua Burst finish. As workers attempted to mould the binding onto the body of the guitar several pieces were burnt in the process and so had to be covered up with the finish and as a result the Antigua Burst was born.
Fender also experimented with with dyed Beechwood for the front, back and sides of some Coronado's. The colours were designated by a Roman numerals, 'I' – Green, 'II' – Gold & Brown, 'III' – Gold & Purple, 'IV' – Dark Blue, 'V' – Purple Blue, 'VI' – Blue Green. The numerals were only a rough guide however as they all looked totally different. These guitars were know as the Wildwood series.
By the early 1970s the Coronado had faded away only to be resurrected and reissued along with the Starcaster in 2013 as part of Fender Chinese made Modern Player Series.
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