OK guys. Let's leave our preconceived ideas behind (especially about bridges - God how boring the 3 saddle vs anything else arguement is
) and just assess the new Tele on it's merits.
I have, over the last few years, managed to collect what is now a very large collection of Telecasters in their various forms and mutations. When I buy each guitar, naturally I play them to find out if they are good bad or indifferent playing guitars. Sometimes when I play a guitar it becomes immediately obvious that the guitar is a real player, as opposed to one that goes on the wall as a collectable.
I recently bought a brand new American Standard Tele, mostly because of the fact that it's the first new Tele model in quite a while. I had also read quite a few posts on this forum and others, where eveyone was raving about how good the new Tele is.
Well, I have to say that I absolutely LOVE my new American Standard Tele. It's a real
player and the changes that have been made to the design appear to be all aimed at achieving that fact. Also, I have had several comments from people on how great it sounds as well, indeed my band mates asked me last night "why aren't you playing the new Tele?"
And by the way, the new hard case is great as well.
So, do yourself a favour and try one... I'm pretty sure you'll be gassing for one shortly afterwards. I am now seriously considering buying another one, in a different colour to put on the wall, as I think this model will be remembered fondly by history as a good move in the evolution of the Tele.
