Description
The Fender Player II Modified Telecaster puts Fender’s original electric guitar design into the hands of the contemporary player. With its classic looks, modern bridge with brass block saddles and hassle-free locking tuners, this Fender Telecaster is built ready for those in search of a professional workhorse electric guitar that easily covers every playing style from vintage to modern!
Its duo of Fender Noiseless Telecaster pickups offers the full range of famed Tele sounds, from organic sounding rhythm tones all the way to rip-roaring chicken picking leads, all without any of the typical single-coil noise and hum. Partnered with its effortless feeling satin-finished Modern C neck with rolled fingerboard edges and its classic wood combination of Alder, Maple and Rosewood, you won’t want to put this Fender Player II Modified Telecaster down!
Key Features
- Rolled Edges – Unrivalled fretting hand comfort with an unparalleled professional feel. A premium feature often found on instruments way above this price bracket! This guitar has that wonderful worn-in feel, straight out of the box.
- Noiseless Pickups – Capturing the authentic tones of the beloved Fender Tele, these noiseless pickups offer the quintessential Fender tone without any of the unwanted noise and hum often found on vintage voiced pickups.
- Modern Wiring – Switch between parallel (standard) and series wiring for fatter, humbucker-esque tones for even more versatility.
- Enhanced Hardware – This Fender Player II Modified features a modern Tele bridge with block Brass saddles for classic Telecaster tones and increased comfort.
Classic Tonewoods
This Fender Player II Modified Telecaster comes equipped with the tried and tested wood combination of an Alder body in partnership with a Maple neck and Rosewood fingerboard. With Alder providing a beautifully balanced tone with a clear attack and a slight push in the upper mids, it blends perfectly with the articulation and brightness of the Maple neck and warm-sounding Rosewood.
Satin Modern C Shape Neck
Fender’s comfortable modern C shape neck profile is renowned for being Fender’s fits all neck profile. With enough wood to make even the most die-hard lovers of a chunky neck feel at home, the Fender C remains ergonomic and fast-feeling up and down the fingerboard. Its beautiful satin finish on the back of the neck provides an unparalleled smooth connection with the wood whereas the gloss headstock face helps provide classic Fender aesthetics.
Player II Modified
The Fender Player II Modified Series continues Fender’s long-standing legacy of embracing the needs and requirements of modern players and genres, as well as putting professional playing and sounding electric guitars and basses in the hands of as many players as possible. Built with modern tones and playing styles in mind, the Player II Modified series takes the foundations laid by the original Player II range but reimagines them with a selection of carefully thought-out refinements and tweaks, ensuring that these instruments are the perfect choice for contemporary styles. Featuring modern electronics, noiseless pickups and choice modern hardware, the Fender Player II Modified series pushes the Fender Player range further than ever before and ensures these workhorse instruments are made performance-ready!
Specifications
Neck
- Neck Material: Maple
- Neck Finish: Satin Urethane
- Neck Shape: Modern “C”
- Neck Construction: 4-Bolt Standard
- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5″
- Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
- Position Inlays: Dot
- Side Dots: Yes
- Number of Frets: 22
- Truss Rod: Single Action, Head Adjust
- String Nut: TUSQ
- Nut Width: 1.650″
- Nut Material: TUSQ
Body
- Body Material: Alder
- Body Finish: Gloss Polyester
- Body Shape: Telecaster
Hardware
- Bridge: 6-Saddle String-Through-Body Tele® with Block Brass Saddles
- Pickguard: 4-Ply Pearloid
- Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
- Tuning Machines: Deluxe Cast/Sealed Locking (all short posts)
- String Trees: Modern Dual-Wing
- Strings: Fender USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges), PN 0730250403
- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt with “F” Logo
- Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style
Electronics
- Bridge Pickup:Player II Noiseless Tele
- Neck Pickup: Player II Noiseless Tele
- Pickup Configuration: SS
- Controls: Master Volume with Treble-Bleed, Master Tone
- Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1: Neck Pickup, Position 2: Neck and Bridge Pickup, Position 3: Bridge Pickup
- Auxiliary Switching: Push/Pull Tone Control Activates Series Mode
Miscellaneous
- Deluxe Gigbag: Included
