I've been gassing for a Lake Placid Blue telecaster for a long time, and although I want double bound (which I can't afford) the Vintera seems to tick the box. I tried the same guitar in a different finish and it was superb, but I can't find anywhere local to me with a LPB one in stock. My local(ish) PMT said they can order one in for me and do it for £689 as they're currently on sale but I think the price will go back up in feb so I'd need to act now. Something is holding me back and I don't know what? Perhaps that I don't like paying for something I haven't tried, and just because the one I tried was great doesn't mean the next one will be.
Has anyone tried these guitars? Any thoughts on the Vintera? Should I just bite the bullet? I basically want a telecaster with a rosewood/PF board, a decent sized neck (so not Squier) in either Lake Placid Blue or Candy Apple Red... I'd accept black too but I can't find any and I'd accept cream or butterscotch but all of those seem to have maple boards. I tried a player series in sunburst but compared to the Vintera I tried it did nothing for me.
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I wouldn't hesitate to get a vintera at that price. It's still a Mexican tele, but they have been improving, and at that price, not many better teles around. I do think I overpayed for my AO LPB tele
I have a Mod 50's Vintera Tele - maple board/chunky neck. I played it against the Player series (and the range up, which might have been the AO, cant remember). There is something indefinable (to me) that made the Vintera stand out. I did also pick up the 60's version (as I really fancied the LPB) but I didn't like the neck so much. Not a criticism of the guitar at all, just a personal preference for chunkier necks.
Id say go for it.
adam
The one thing that is slightly (and I do mean slightly) annoying is that the switch is a 4 way rather than a 3 way where position 3 rather than position 4 is the neck pickup only so if you want quickly switch from bridge to neck pick up you can't just whack the switch all the way across.