New Fender Tele hybrid released

stonevibe

I kind of like these, but not at two grand!

https://www.gearnews.com/namm-2019-fender-american-acoustasonic-series-telecaster/

Funkfingers

Like the blog author says, if the technology eventually trickles down to the MiM price bracket, interest will increase.

stonevibe

Funkfingers said:

Like the blog author says, if the technology eventually trickles down to the MiM price bracket, interest will increase.

That would be me then

Jalapeno

Burn it !!!!!

BeardyAndy

I really like them. I like the way they've kept the Tele' shape by insetting the paintwork and i love the fret board wood.

stonevibe

Jalapeno said:

Burn it !!!!!

The second person to say that to me today about this guitar!

JerkMoans

It’s new. It’s different. It’s innovative.

So the progressives of the guitar world will pillory them for it  

77ric

I don’t get it, neither a tele or an acoustic, jack of all master of none and all that. 

Mind you I rather like it in Seafoam green, for some reason. 

johnnythefox

Got quite exited when I read the title, love my tele's, but the video left be rather underwhelmed !

chris78

Haven't they done this before with a telesonic and stratocoustic or something?
They were utterly terrible

Funkfingers

77ric said:

neither a tele or an acoustic, jack of all master of none and all that.  

Hence, ideal for a Rock band lead vocalist who needs to play rhythm guitar on a few songs in the band’s live set.

DrJazzTap

That is ungodly 

EricTheWeary

Problem is these days I wouldn't get a good price on trade in for my old diesel  Telecaster. 

uncledick

I see they've reversed the Tele switch/knob layout.  Just wrong to me...

steer

Blurgh. 

barneyd

It kind of looks like someone ate two guitars and this is what they shat out.

enjo

It's a thinline tele with the hole in a different place and a comfort cut.
I like the green one quite a bit. Nice to see something different although I can't see myself every buying one.

Gassage

Yes, a solution to no-one's problem ever.

stonevibe

Gassage said:

Yes, a solution to no-one's problem ever.

I hear Gilmour's got one on order. 

ESBlonde

Nothing in this world seems new:

Years ago I had a Washburn SBT21 in white
http://guitarz.blogspot.com/2012/05/late-1980s-washburn-sbt-21-piezo.html

If I'm honest it was lightweight, very easy to play and did that acoustic strummy thing in a band very well. It was not very good for fingerpicking or delicate sounds, but excelled in that high feedback arena of the tiny pub corner beside marshal stacks.

Bebopper