New Fender Ultra Luxe Vintage series
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Twangandy_
Tele-Meister
Top guitars they will play better than the vintage because of the 6 saddles
But I prefers the models that high play worst
Just because of the effect of marketing n my brain
But I prefers the models that high play worst
Just because of the effect of marketing n my brain
AquariumRock
Tele-Holic
So basically the Ultra II with more classic aesthetics?
Neat idea; I was down to an AmProII and UltraII earlier this year and bowed out of the ultras partly because of how terrible the finishes available on rosewood neck teles are.
Neat idea; I was down to an AmProII and UltraII earlier this year and bowed out of the ultras partly because of how terrible the finishes available on rosewood neck teles are.
Gladhander
Tele-Holic
That’s just dumb. An ultra vintage with six saddles?!?
I didn’t even see the forearm contours! I had to come back!
I didn’t even see the forearm contours! I had to come back!
Humbuckers
Tele-Meister
Ugh Teles with body contours… I want to give you my money Fender, but whenever I see contours I’m immediately out!
There's a thread on Strat-Talk; one of the posters played the Strats at a local dealer in Texas last week (he didn't out the dealer that had them on the floor) and he said the hang tag prices ranged from $2,849 to $2,999 depending on body wood, SSS vs. HSS, etc. He didn't play or price the Tele models.
NewTimerJH
Tele-Holic
So wait what’s the vintage part of these?
AquariumRock
Tele-Holic
That is a rough price hike over the Ultra IIs.
Kodachrome
TDPRI Member
Interesting to see Fender adopting an angled switch on the Telecaster, is that a first on a production model?
mimmo
Poster Extraordinaire
The Tele bodies have too much contours, I much prefer the old plane flat slab of wood. And a three saddle bridge. And a rounder radius. And...
Oh well, these are not for me. But I love the brand, so I hope they will sell well.
Oh well, these are not for me. But I love the brand, so I hope they will sell well.
AquariumRock
Tele-Holic
The Ultra IIs have them as well. These seem almost completely indistinguishable except for colors?
I guess pickups too. And the Ultra II has a compound radius neck. So very marginal differences for a ~$500 price increase.
It’s amazing how different people’s tastes can be. Forearm contour is essential to me. Why be less comfortable than necessary?
AquariumRock
Tele-Holic
I wouldn’t call it essential, but it almost had me buy an ultra II earlier this year. I will say the back contour or belly cut is a dealbreaker. I won’t buy a tele without one.
I think some people are just set in their ways. What confuses me is the blowback against contours. Like, are there really not enough options out there for slab Teles in 3TS? Obviously nobody has to purchase any guitar they don’t like. But the way some people talk, you’d think they were afraid of the guitar police raiding their gear room and snatching up all the traditional Teles and leaving electric green Floyd rose tele deluxes with heel contours and SD Invaders in their place.
Fender milks the “good ol days” cows pretty heavily. It’s hard for me to imagine a vintage guitar that hasn’t been channeled in spirit several times over the life of the brand.
Telecaster88
Friend of Leo's
I love the idea of forearm contours on a classic Tele body shape, but holy cow, three grand?
SomeAverageGuy
TDPRI Member
Some of these look interesting to me: I despise the sound of Fender’s Noiseless pickups but I do like many of the modern features. There has been talk of these guitars being relic or light relic (“roadworn”) and that would be a dealbreaker for me. I realize a lot of people like the relic thing but I hate it with the intensity of 1000 burning suns.
No kidding. They are testing the range where PRS has been selling its T style NF53.
These better be very nice guitars at that price. They need perfect fretwork, for example.
Maybe the finish checking and colors?
Ignatius Reilly
Tele-Meister
Differences to the regular Ultra 2 include a nitrocellulose finish with lacquer checking versus a polyurethane; clay dots on the Utra 2 Vintage; Pure Vintage pickups versus noiseless pickups. The Ultra Luxe Vintage has stainless steel frets whereas the regular Ultra 2 does not. Both have quartersawn 10-14" radius necks.
The difference in price is not surprising at all.
The difference in price is not surprising at all.
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