an absolutely amazing guitar

although a bit on the pricey side, considering it is a fender, it’s definitely worth the amount you pay for it, it has an absolutely incredible clean sound which I use the most and a good distortion as well. The telecaster model sits nicely whether on a strap or sitting down and the frets are easily accessible, the back of the neck has a satin finish and your hands can slide easily along it making it very pleasurable to play. I love owning this guitar and it works well whether you’re fingerpicking or using a pick, the second I picked this guitar up I loved the feel so much that I absolutely knew it was the one I wanted

My first and still primary guitar for everything I do.

I love my mexican Telecaster standard. Bought it in High School after saving up the money for over a year, and it's been my go-to ever since. Pickups are smooth with tons of high-end, it stays in tune even with my heavy-handed struming, and it's never failed me.

I play mostly alternative/indie/shoegaze style music, and I work full-time as a worship leader at a church, and this is guitar has been everything I've ever needed.

Preferred Settings + Usage:

It scratches your tele itch

My first electric guitar . Had it for more than 20 yrs. Mine is the earlier version of Mexican Std comes with top loading bridge and the body was made out of 5 to 6 pcs of poplar wood finished in candy apple red. I think the newer stds are much better made. The original pickup sounded rather blad and doesn’t have the tele twang. Swap it out with a Dimarzion Twang King bridge and Duncan Vintage Tele Rhythm pickup and it brought the guitar back to life .

Great Workhorse

I bought this MIM Standard Brown Sunburst, maple neck Telecaster at a Shop near my home, it is MX14..., so I think it is 2014-2015 production.

I tried it and I found the setup to be pretty decent, not too much fret buzz for a tele, decent nut work, straight neck, solid hardware. In particular I found the knobs and selector to feel less cheap than the ones who were on a couple of Baja I tried. Finish on both body and neck is great, no issues with it, satin back of the neck is a great feature and gloss in front of the neck gives it style and feels great. I haven't found sharp frets, they are not the most rolled and refined frets you can try, but at the end of the day your hands won't be wounded and bleeding like with other "cheap" guitars I tried.

Ok, well the thing is, how will it behave plugged in? I tried it with an Orange TH30 in the shop and with my Rockerverb.

Everybody on the internet seems to complain about these "cheap, crap, bad sounding etc etc" standard CERAMIC (BLASPHEMY!) pickups. And I had some kind of prejudice before, but then I started playing. Well, I like these pickups. They can do almost anything and quiet good as well, I tried from super clean country/folk sounds to alternative rock/stoner rock sounds and they behave super well, I found the inner peace while playing it on dirty channel with a clean-ish setting and a volume-cranked TS9 between guitar and amp. I really love that sound. I really don't care if they are not alnico pickups, they do their job, I'm sure there are better pickups for every style, but these really are above expectations.

I haven't found either a really significant difference with the baja, maybe standard pups are a little bit hotter and less defined, but nothing more.

Clean and distorted in a power trio band the guitar really cuts through the mix nicely when you want, without being too noisy or having too much highs, it is right what you need when you want. Accepting the fact of using it without raising the Gain knob past 1 o'clock (with the SG I play with gain at 2 o' clock and believe me, it is waay enough).

Input jack feels a little on the cheap side but I haven't found it a total mess like other people.

Uh, I found it also to keep intonation better than my SG.

In the end: I think you get what you paid. I tried before it a PRS SE Singlecut, a Gretsch electromatic jet and a couple of epiphone. Maybe that was just the sound I wanted but I found it to be a lot more convincing and good sounding than those. It seems to be a great workhorse. It is simple, has got everything I need (but nothing more) and it seems easy to modify if you want/need/have GAS, etc.

Great deal, good telecaster feeling, good sounding workhorse. I am really enjoying with it.

Awesome guitar

My Tele is a '84 Gunblue Metallic American Standard with a maple neck. Over the years I did some modifications. I have replaced the standard steel saddles for black graphite saddles. Also I put in a 4-way lever switch, which comes with both te serial and the parallel option. The standard pickups have been replaced with Texas Special pickups from Fender's CustomShop. Originally, the pick guard was white but I changed it for a black one. For its 30th birthday, I put in new potmeters... It plays and sounds still awesome!

Easy to play, even if a little sterile.

Have never played another telecaster, so can't compare, but this model is surprisingly heavy and is difficult to 'connect' with. Slim C profile neck makes fenders easy to play in my opinion, and it sounds as twangy as a telecaster should. Bridge pickup is a little harsh, but in positions 2 and 3 there are very authentic usable sounds. At the end of the day, there is a particular feeling associated with performing with a telecaster tuned in open G which means I'll never get rid of it - even if only for a song or two in a set.

Just love it!

It was my first real guitar and altough it's a budget fender I found it very good. The tuners are suberb, the guitar stays in tune for about 50 minutes while gigging while playing solos and fast progessions of chords, (punk/indie progressions). The sound is also very good. It feels great too. Overall an excellent guitar, price/quality wise I rate it 5 stars.

First and best.

Best electric guitar ever made. It just works. No bells, no whistles. Just a solid no nonsense guitar that can cover any genre. 5 Stars.

"Whitney"

My favourite guitar. The very best of my gear. Sound brilliant, polyvalent design, solid-body and the pure taste and sound of the Telecaster... It was my first guitar (it wasn´t a Fender; it was a copy, and Squier but since there, the Telecaster turned into MY guitar.

Swiss Army Knife of Guitars

Love it. I got it in the late 80's and it's served me well since.