Open Box Fender American Performer Telecaster Rosewood Fingerboard Electric Guitar Level 2 Honey Burst 197881283162

Play for my own enjoyment nice neck quality build

You will love the look & feel of this guitar right out of the box. Setting up the intonation was another matter. Ended up having to go on the internet to find out how to do it. It's not covered in the factory manual with the guitar. (3 saddle Bridge)!

This guitar is really great. I'm not sure why anyone would pay more for the professional after playing this, unless they want a fatter neck and different sounding pickups. I really like the pickups in this, they are very modern and warm sounding to me... not very vintage other than being low output...they definately are not very hot. I'm comparison my PRS core 24 guitar is much brighter sounding. Tone is kind of mix between my Gibson Les Paul and my custom 24... which is nice. Sounds really warm clean and fat in overdrive. I also have a 59s CV telecaster which is significantly brighter with more bite. You wouldn't think they were both telecasters they both sound so different. I'm glad this has three saddles versus six. I realized you can get better intonation with six but with six you lose brightness and resonance. I actually prefer this size neck over the professional too... and the body finish and everything is just as good as the pro. But you definately have to choose the tone and feel you like. I bought mine used with a hard case at GC... so maybe if I needed a hard case the professional may be worth the added cost... but again I prefer the thinner neck and three saddles... and the pickups on this guitar. I do wish the pickups had a little more output though. Other than that I can't think of a better guitar at any price point... and that's coming from someone who has much more expensive guitars than this one. I also prefer this to my American standard stratocaster but for some genres of music you really need the quack of a strat... and starts sound great for lead playing too. But for rythym playing I'm take a tele any day. My classic vibe 50s is epic to... just as any expensive tele... but again it's much brighter and not as warm... so really depends on the tone you are after... but CV build quality and pickup clarity is phenomenal...at least on mine. I almost like the balanced tone of this performer better than on my custom 24 but I like the snap on my custom 24 better... but sound and feel this performer is on par with my custom 24 and about $3k cheeper... so killer deal. Of course you don't get the fancy PRS flame top but I like the simplicity of this guitar... and I appreciate fender not needing to put fancy tops, neck binding, etc just to be considered a great guitar... Gibson is a joke that way... but I do own one too lol. I do have slight fret buzz on e-string... which is also present on my American fender stratocaster. My expensive PRS guitars never ever have this problem... so just something to note. But you can always send it back for a replacement at GC if you get a lemon...

Great guitar, I have American ultra strat and gibson LP but I keep playing my new performer telecaster I love the sound and feel of it but I am disappointed about softcase quality this guitar deserves nicer gigbag.

Love the satin finish and the rosewood fretboard was beautiful once I put enough oil onto it. *really dry. Fretwork was rough at best, my MIMs and Squires were better out of the box. The fret edges caught my hand on both sides plus I could see scratches on the frets 7 - 12, really rough on bends. The action was high, but neck relief was good. I'll change the strings soon and file/roll the fret ends as well as deeply polish the frets. Plays nicely and I can see this becoming one of my top three to pull down from the hanger and play. While the setup was sub-par, the electronics were well done - great pups and pots.

An American Telecaster was the first guitar I ordered. Sadly I never received it. 40 plus years later it's finally here. And I can't put it down. It sounds so good and plays so easily. I'll be gigging with it and writing songs with it. I couldn't be happier. I call her Honey B