Fender Player Telecaster Review - A Purists Guitar with That Classic Tele Tone

The Fender Player series Telecasters are easily becoming one of the best buys in the world of guitars. This straight-ahead Tele is really the guitar a Tele purist is going to appreciate and love.

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[sairabaldwin]

Have had mine for a couple of months and cannot stop playing the thing. Really can't get over what good value the player series is.

[tkimagesmedia]

I bought one of these a month or so ago. The price was reduced on a weekend special deal ($550 -ish) and I figured what the heck. In a search to find complaints I came up empty. It's a great sounding guitar and plays very comfortably. Your review is right on the money.

[paulcascio]

Just checking in from May 2024. I bought this guitar yesterday 05/19/2024 and it is amazing! This video is spot on and a big reason why i bought it. I wanted a traditional standard tele sound and this delivers! I also got a Hotone Mojo Diamond and Wampler Faux spring reverb pedal going through vintage (1980's) twin Randall 10 inch cabs. Sounds amazing AF. Blues on y'all!

[patrikstreng]

This is what makes Fender great. If you want a real Telecaster or Strat without any compromises to design, the Player series does just that for a very good price.

[ricklynn]

I actually ordered the fender player series plus telecaster. I got it in played it for a few hours and returned it and ordered just a standard player series telecaster. There are too many “ too modernized” features on that model. Yes, it has the locking tuners little bit of a better saddle, configuration material and the fancier logo, but there’s just something about a bare-bones true and tested simple telecaster configurations that I absolutely love. So if you want, just that spectacular simplicity of a telecaster, this is the series. I know tons of professional musicians that play in Nashville that gig these guitars for hours every single night, and they hold up to the abuse! that’s testimony enough for me. Great video!

[caddarstudio]

Got one a week ago... Same thing, butterscotch blonde. I plugged it in Fender Reverb amp and played a little with the settings until I got the tone right... AWESOME.

[camswar]

Great video! Ordered mine 2 weeks ago and can hardly wait. I don’t want to get rid of my Squire Tele though.

[elliotaustin]

Got mine in the post yesterday, what a beast it is!

[ipuya]

I got a different Mexican tele. The 50s Baja. In butterscotch. I just can't believe how good it is. The neck is a soft V which i love and the pickups were designed by fender custom shop, and it has a 4 way switch and an S switch so has all the traditional tones X 2. The body is swamp ash and weighs 6.8 lbs! I think it's the best tele ever!

[Dolmio]

Tuners on these are great, mine was left in its case for a month or so and 5 of the strings were still perfectly in tune and only my high e was off slightly.

[stephanvenner]

I have two of them. One in black and one in Tidepool Blue. I can't stop playing them and I look forward to every band practice. I hope the Corona Lockdown will end soon. Live this Guitars are amazing too.

[JamesAllen-xkbc]

I'll be buying one tomorrow. So excited!

[jasonq]

I just ordered one. I think the Tele does it all. Rock, blues, country, jazz, etc.

[Burgerofthehill]

Just found a used one for $400, I am beyond excited for it to get here.

[Dude_Guyman]

My dream guitar. I've been playing for 40 years but never actually laid hands on a real Fender, or Gibson. They are like unicorns, and dragons.

[peteralbertthomas]

I’ve had my Player Telecaster a week now. Absolutely love this guitar. I have Squire Classic Vibe too but my player is simply perfect.

[raytorvalds]

I have one incoming in a couple of days. I can't wait for it to arrive !
Liked and subscribed. That was a good review and fun to watch.
Take care, everyone !

[AndrewPrater]

Just picked one up thanks to your review. I'm excited for it to come

[TheStereoField]

Just bought one used off reverb and I can’t wait for it to get here! I’ve wanted one for years

[What_If_We_Tried]

Yep, agree 100% that these Fender Player series guitars are probably what the old American standards were, or close to it. So now I view Player series guitars as a solid foundation / platform to get a Fender exactly the way I like it, for about the same price, or even a little less than a "Made in America" version, and substantially less $$ than a 'custom shop'.

And that butterscotch blond Tele will be my next upgrade platform. Thanks for the video.