Fender FSR Ash Cherry Burst Tele w/Texas Special P'ups

[FenderGuy53]

Features

• Body: Ash
• Neck: Maple, Modern "C" Shape, (Tinted Satin Urethane Finish)
• Fingerboard: Maple,
• Fingerboard radius: 9.5" Radius (241mm)
• No. of Frets: 21 Medium Jumbo
• Pickups: 2 Hot Texas Special Single-Coil Pickups (Neck & Bridge)
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
• Pickup Switching:
• 3-Position Blade:
• Position 1. Bridge Pickup
• Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
• Position 3. Neck Pickup
• Bridge: Standard 6-Saddle String-Thru-Body Bridge
• Machine Heads: Fender/Ping Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
• Hardware: Chrome
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648mm)
• Width at Nut: 1.650" (42mm)
• Vintage Styling, Fender Transition Logo, Parchment Plastic Parts
• Finish: Polyester

Does anybody have one of these? I'm diggin' the ash body, cherry burst finish and Texas Special's setup. I hope there's a Fourth of July "15% off" sale coming soon!

[JohnK24]

July 4th - $100 off a $699 and higher purchase at MF is on now

[FenderGuy53]

Originally Posted by JohnK24

July 4th - $100 off a $699 and higher purchase at MF is on now

Yep. I saw that one, John. Unfortunately, this Tele sells for $599 and would only be $50 off. I think I'd pull the trigger if I could score one on-line for $500!

[sjtalon]

The only thing I can say is, it is most likely the same pups as the Special, that being NOT the CUSTOM SHOP ones.

Howz the world treatin' ya Bob ?

[FenderGuy53]

Originally Posted by sjtalon

The only thing I can say is, it is most likely the same pups as the Special, that being NOT the CUSTOM SHOP ones.

Howz the world treatin' ya Bob ?

The "Special"? What's that?

Oh, and it's Ray...

[sjtalon]

Oh shoot ! I was thinking of another user here I had pm and emails with and thought that was you. I forgot his user name now. I recognized your user name as someone I knew, it's been a while. I'm on here a lot so many names run though my little hard drive up in my noggin'.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guita...lectric-guitar

That FSR caught my eye to. What a beauty ! A guy could always change the pups though if he didn't dig 'em.

[Clump]

Here's the NGD I posted when I got mine - http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaste...w-fsr-day.html

The pickups are not the Custom Shop Texas Specials, but I really like 'em.

[FenderGuy53]

Musician's Friend has these FSR's back in stock and they are selling them for $479.99 right now! What's the deal on these pickups? Are they Texas Special pickups or something else? Are they Alnico or ceramic p'ups?

[sjtalon]

Alnico. The bridge is wound pretty high, FWIW. They are just some new pickups they made up and plugged into the specials ( Strats too) and for some reason, decided to label them Texas Specials.

Like I said, they are NOT from custom shop, so if that pup floats any ones boat, you will be disappointed because that is not what you are getting.

To add, I am not implying there is anything wrong with them, just that fact. Folks look at specs and say hey cool, TS pups !! Well I just say it's misleading.

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P.S. Regardless, that git is a heck of a buy though !!!!

[JohnK24]

Originally Posted by FenderGuy53

Musician's Friend has these FSR's back in stock and they are selling them for $479.99 right now! What's the deal on these pickups? Are they Texas Special pickups or something else? Are they Alnico or ceramic p'ups?

I wonder if you'll get the extra $50 off of that with the July 4th offer ?

Too bad that don't have a decent FSR strat with some upgrades at the price, I would have it ordered already this morning.

[FenderGuy53]

Originally Posted by sjtalon

Alnico. The bridge is wound pretty high, FWIW. They are just some new pickups they made up and decided to label them Texas Specials.

Like I said, they are NOT from custom shop, so if that pup floats any ones boat, you will be disappointed because that is not what you are getting.

To add, I am not implying there is anything wrong with them, just that fact. Folks look at specs and say hey cool, TS pups !! Well I just say it's misleading.

I agree, it IS misleading. If Fender already make a CS Texas Special, then they shouldn't confuse the issue by making a DIFFERENT pickup and calling it the SAME name.

Originally Posted by JohnK24

I wonder if you'll get the extra $50 off of that with the July 4th offer?

This FSR Tele is currently marked down from $599.99 to $479.99, which is a 20% discount! The July 4 Sale is 15%, so I entered the coupon code to see if any additional discount would be applied - DOES NOT APPLY TO ITEMS IN YOUR CART.

I think I'm going to buy this Tele (and sell my Schecter PT).

[JohnK24]

Originally Posted by FenderGuy53

I agree, it IS misleading. If Fender already make a CS Texas Special, then they shouldn't confuse the issue by making a DIFFERENT pickup and calling it the SAME name.




This FSR Tele is currently marked down from $599.99 to $479.99, which is a 20% discount! The July 4 Sale is 15%, so I entered the coupon code to see if any additional discount would be applied - DOES NOT APPLY TO ITEMS IN YOUR CART.

I think I'm going to buy this Tele (and sell my Schecter PT).

CALL THEM !...ask about the additional percentage. I've done that several times and they've granted it each time.

[FenderGuy53]

Originally Posted by JohnK24

CALL THEM !...ask about the additional percentage. I've done that several times and they've granted it each time.

I'll DO that. Thanks!

[JohnK24]

Originally Posted by FenderGuy53

I'll DO that. Thanks!

good luck

[Fei Fong Wong]

I have owned one for a few weeks now and I must say that it is quite nice. I have an American std strat and it feels and sounds just as good. I had every intention of modding it (bridge, tuners, nut, etc), but I can't see why at this point. It's my first tele, so I'm still a noob, but it is quite nice indeed. Well worth the price of admission.

[Manish Boy]

SO,how to know for sure there not texas special pups?..i can´t afford the deluxe cherry burst and i´m thinking about get this one..if not txs...so fender put better pups here that in the current model i reckon..right?

thanks!!!

[Jesse Phillips]

Fender apparently has two different sets of Texas special pickups. If they are listed as custom shop Texas specials, that is what they are. If they are listed as hot Texas specials, they are not the same as the custom shop pups. The non-cs Texas specials came stock with my new American Texas special tele and I have seen them in some of the far offerings. That isn't to say that they sound bad though. In fact, the neck pickups sound pretty much the same to me and both have a dc resistance of about 9.5k. The bridge pickups are not so similar. The cs bridge pup has staggered pole pieces and a dc resistance of around 9.7, as I recall. The non-cs bridge pup has flat pole pieces and mine has a dc resistance in the 15k range.

[xagyg]

I ordered one from Music123/Musicians Friend a few days ago. Arrives in 1 day! I've been watching it go from Kansas City to Louisville to Honolulu to Sydney (Australia) ... now making its way up the east coast of Oz to Brisbane. Yeehaaa!

[Controller]

What do these weigh? Owners?

[FenderGuy53]

Originally Posted by Controller

What do these weigh? Owners?

Mine weighs a bit over 8 pounds...