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Modern player plus vs. pre 2016 Nashville Deluxe

Discussion in 'Telecaster Discussion Forum' started by justusberlin, Dec 15, 2020.

  1. Dec 15, 2020 #1
    justusberlin

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    Hallo everyone,

    I am kind of set on a Nashville Deluxe but I am also considering a Modern Player Plus and upgrade it with a 52 reissue wide range HB. From all the videos I watched this could give me the desired sound. I am not into the super twangy vintage sound (the shawbuckers 2 sound does not appeal to me at all for example) are there any alternatives or should I focus on getting a Tex Mex Pup Nashville.

    Any advice apprecciated!
     
  2. Dec 15, 2020 #2
    cenz

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    The Nashville Tele and the MP Plus Tele are two completely different guitars. The pre 2016 Nashville has a alder body/21 frets/3 Tex-Mex pickups as opposed to the MP Plus pine body/22 frets/MP Tele neck pick up/MP Strat middle and not a real great HB in the bridge. Even changing the bridge pickup probably wouldn’t be worth it.

    if I were you, I’d go with the Nashville. I have an MP Plus that I like very much for what it is, but you’ll probably never get an MP to sound the way you want, and end up hating it.

    Good luck.
     
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  3. Dec 15, 2020 #3
    nickmsmith

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    my Nashville Power Tele with Tex Mex pickups is without a doubt, one of the best guitars I've ever played.
     
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  4. Dec 15, 2020 #4
    justusberlin

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    Thanks cenz and nickmsmith, kinda what I read before/thought.
     
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  5. Dec 16, 2020 #5
    justusberlin

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    used the waybackmachine and got the specs from the Fender website directly, maybe this could be useful to somebody as well
     

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  6. Dec 16, 2020 #6
    medownsouth

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    nice
     
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    Johnny 99

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    Thank you for the info re 2016 DNT. I’ve been looking to confirm the spec’s on mine, particularly the PUPs, for some time as I didn’t feel the info Fender Customer Service provided was 100% accurate.
     
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    Fenderdad1950

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    Bought one of 2019 Nashville Deluxes.
    I had no idea that I preferred the 9.5 radius over the 12 radius so much. Sold it. Things one finds out about himself.
     
  9. Dec 24, 2020 #9
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