Fender Nashville Players Series Telecaster! Full Breakdown Review!!

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[TheGuitologist]

I think it really speaks well of Fender to send you a guitar. It at least shows they want to improve. As for the price, I'm going to say something no one in the comments wants to hear...the days of cheap, good, name-brand guitars is pretty much over. Mass inflation over the last several years has done its job and fleeced those of us in the poor and middle class rungs. It's driven up the prices of raw materials and labor so much that, yes, even a Mexican guitar has to be this price to turn a healthy profit. It's not just about the materials and labor, it's also about marketing, tooling, taxes, and every kind of overhead you can think of. It's even worse for a company like Fender, who import guitars and try to do business in California. I don't know for the life of my why they insist on remaining in that state. They could probably shave a couple hundred off the price in corporate taxes and other fees and duties just by moving their HQ somewhere more business friendly like Texas, Florida, or Tennessee.

[cantfindamerica]

I’m 60 years old, I came up during the time when guitar building was in the era of one had to spend between 1K to 1.5K to obtain a good guitar. 2 and 3 hundred dollar guitars were horrible. They literally couldn’t be played.
Thank the guitar industry for adopting the CNC machine. Now it’s possible to purchase a $150.00 dollar guitar. And have the luxury of installing high end parts so for around $500.00 bucks you can have a 1K quality guitar. I call it a luxury because one gets to choose exactly what one wants and likes, That is traveling a little bit into custom shop territory.
People spout the fact that it’s stupid to hotrod a cheap guitar?
These days good bones are quite easy to find. And saving money has never been a stupid idea.
Thanks for this channel and a shout out to Fender for keeping it real.
But will Fender put the outcome of information gathered in this article/video. To good use, Only time will tell. Signed a Gibson and Fender customer for many moons!

[caseylee]

Black Friday weekend of 2022, I found a Player Plus Nashville telecaster, Opal Spark ( metallic blue) on sale for 32% off. I thought it'd be a second or a blemish model. And when it arrived, the box said " pick this box last". In other words, it was the last box on the pallet. But I figured since I could return it if it was a bad one, no risk. But it was perfect. And I'm not stretching the truth. No fret sprout. No shim needed. I did lower the action, but I do that on all my guitars. Maybe I just got lucky, but I'm super happy with it. But I only paid $700 for mine and that to me is a fair price. Thanks for the post, Sean. Your channel rocks! ...P.S. Cathy's pickups sound better!

[druber]

I had to watch this again. No BS, tell it like it is. Plus, the no nonsense fix and setups that you do. Great work!

[MashaT]

I’ve been waiting for this vid to drop! It’s good to hear Fender is listening and is open to criticism. That gives me hope.

Everything you said is spot on. I really don’t think it’s worth a dime over $699 retail when you compare it to what’s out there for even half the price and account for the Fender name on the headstock. For what they’re asking, it should be immaculate out of the box and using higher quality materials. It should be perfectly setup and ready to go, short of a truss rod tweak at the most to account for shipping from the factory/retailer to the customer. How can it leave the factory with that plinking noise on the high e? The wiring shouldn’t be a bird’s nest of a mess, even if there’s a lot going on — they can put a few ties to tidy it up so people who need to make repairs or mods won’t have to start untangling the wiring to figure out what’s attached to where. The pickup wiring should be a bit longer in case someone wants to make mods or needs to make repairs to the electronics. You should not have to start fixing fret sprout and adding shims. Every guitar should have a contoured heel joint and not have that giant block (unless it’s a historic model, which this is not). Nobody can argue with their pickups being amazing. The guitar looks nice, but they should be using rosewood and other better quality woods — you can gorgeous, high quality wood on a FoJill for $100 bucks, so there’s like zero excuse on Fender’s part.

Point is, it’s not even close to $1200. They also need to learn basic economics 101. They’ll make more money if they can sell at higher volumes for lower price point. If most people can’t afford a Fender, they’re not going to be making nearly as much money as they could if people could actually afford them. They can 100% price their guitars much lower. It doesn’t cheapen the brand in any way. Quite the contrary. They could very easily sell $500 Fenders that check all these boxes when all the imports brands can now do that for half that, short of the iconic headstock and perhaps the pickups.

Thanks for always keeping it real, Sean. I hope Fender keeps sending you more guitars and really takes your advice to heart, as well as all of our input in the comments.

[goodbetrue]

Thank you very much for the review. The Fender guitar you played really sounds great.👌 I do understand the pricing, there are lots of Strat/Tele style guitars that are built well on Amazon, Walmart, Ebay such as Harley Benton and a few other Parts caster models like. They may sound good, but they are NOT "Fender".

That's what you are actually paying for: *The Name, The Legacy and the Logo* .🤭 In fairness the fretboard on that tele looks killer (especially the wood grain), other minor truss rod adjustments are easy to do, I just follow all the "set-up tutorials" on Youtube. And you are actually right, the fair actual price should be around $800 given the great Fender wood and the noiseless pickups. The extra $400, you are paying is for the Name and Logo, It's like owning a part of history. So, whenever anyone buy a Fender or Gibson, always remember that it's not just the craftsmanship or even the quality you are paying for but the name.💯👍😉

[g.k.dickenson]

"The Neck" is the heart of the instrument along with fret Level and truss rod adjustment. "A.K.A. Setup!"

[jeffrowlette]

I stopped this video at the 50 second mark to say, I have this guitar, used I paid $699 and it's spectacular....
Now...on to the rest of the

[abbaabbaabbaf]

I really apperocate videos like these. Every time I think about getting a new guitar videos like these bring me back down to earth

[Riverwind]

I got mine a 2016 paid 675$ (850 CAD) back then It's honeyblonde, no noiseless pickups (they are tex-mex which I prefer to get that tele twang). it had the ashtray bridge back then. I might have got lucky, it was setup better than most American ones in the store. One of my fav guitars still to this day. Around that price point it was a Monster for the price !

[richardherrington]

Just so you know I bought brand new in 1963 Jassmaster and a 1984 Stratocaster both made in America!!! Yes I want, not need a Tele, but not at 1000 bucks!!! I can have Sean make me one and Cathy make the pick-ups and have a Guitar that I can say it's hand made in America and be proud of it for 800 or less cause I truly don't know Sean's price on one!! So Fender this old Construction Worker Won't be buying a Guitar from you just for the Fender name, made in Mexico !!! Sean Excellent review and we will talk about a build as so as I pay all my Property Taxes!! God Bless Sean and Cathy!!!!

[glenclifton]

I bought a Mexico Strat used at a music store. A guy traded it in because it played like crap. It was one year old and has the flamed maple top. Beautiful but sucked to play. About an hour after getting it home it plays great . A little time saved me nearly half the price. Because of Sean, and others before I found him, I've learned to do this myself. Thanks Sean for all the knowledge I've gotten in the past year.

[scottrandal]

And this is why I love this channel you tell it like it is I was thinking 600 to 800

[yoster]

Props to fender for having the guts to even do this!

[ronaldyurchishin]

Excellent review. I have an old Tele I bought in used in 1978. Previous owner routed out the body (porly) for some reason. I had it restored the best the guy could do in 1981. Now the body is so dried out it can't maintain screws. I brought it to my local "down home" guitar shop in San Antonio, TX. It came down to saving the neck, bridge and pickups. Need a new body that will support a humbucker in the neck position, and control plate. If it sounds anything like your evaluation, it is money well spent! Thank you for getting me smart about setups

[Ron_Presley]

I was thinking $800 myself the whole way through the great video. Put the Reaper next to it and there is no comparison.Thanks Shawn and Cathy for the best guitar channel on the internet.

[robertbates]

In my opinion I would pay $500 as is. Through in a hard case $600. I have an Ibanez I payed $250 for that will give that guitar a run for the money. I did the same things Sean did to it. Plus it’s blue lol. Keep on encouraging people to learn how to set up their guitar. You have made me a better guitar owner. I thank you for that

[AmirFazadh]

I got a Squier Custom Nashville Strat, and I love it. Paid the princely sum of $412 shipped...REAL similar sounds, and the setup was pretty nice as well. Just the body shape is Slab Strat instead of Slab Tele. Super versatile!

[davidsummerville]

Fender picked you because your guitars are top notch and your channel is awesome. What a compliment them choosing you to give a review. I'm impressed and proud that this went down. Very cool! 😎🤓

[alanswanson]

To be fair it lists for $ 1, 020. Get the 15% Musicians Friend discount and you're down to $867. Nashville switching is a nice feature and hey you get 3 pickups! The Deluxe Nashville used to come with a contoured heel joint which should be included. Bought mine for $ 800 and sold it for $700. The power of the Fender brand!