George's Rosewood Telecaster

dudley07726 · Post by **dudley07726** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:13 am

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/TeleRWLTD/

to be produced in Ltd. edition again

wj350 · Post by **wj350** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:41 am

Hmmm....my wife loves Rosewood...maybe I can convince her it would complement our living room...

winston · Post by **winston** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:12 am

That's a beautiful guitar. It's a bit expensive though IMO. I have a couple of Tele's in my Fender collection. They are great guitars.

teb · Post by **teb** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:18 am

Gee, maybe it will boost the value of my '86. I was going to take it out in the driveway and beat on it with chains for a while to give it some relic value, but maybe now I won't have to. Surprisingly, in 40 years of playing, it's the only Fender product I've ever owned.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:12 am

So what's next? The Gallotone Limited Edition reissue of the 'Guaranteed not to split' model John Lennon made famous? It'll probably be a steal at only $2799. Sheesh!

jwh · Post by **jwh** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:44 am

This IS a Beautiful guitar but it's over priced. Same old story.

winston · Post by **winston** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:59 am

Todd send it over here if you are not partial to it. I promise to not beat on it and to give it a good home among it's own kind.

teb · Post by **teb** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:47 am

Brian, I think I'll hang onto it for a while as it plays pretty nicely and if folks are crazy enough to pay four grand for the next reissue, it should appreciate a bit. The Japanese electronics are pretty junky, but the wood work is first rate. I replaced the switch with a high-quality four-way and the pots with good ones and that helped. Next will be the pickups - as soon as I decide which ones to replace them with and get energetic.

winston · Post by **winston** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:34 pm

Keep me in mind if you ever tire of it Todd. I have a very small collection of Ricks and a much larger collection of Fender products and whats more, they all get played.

mfb · Post by **mfb** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:18 pm

If you really want one, you can still get a brand new Fender Japan Rosewood "Harrison" Tele for less than $800.The Fender Japan guitars are great value for the money.

An asking price of $5000.00 for the LTD just doesn't make any sense, in my opinion.

Granted, it looks fantastic and is well built, but $5,000 worth?

jimk · Post by **jimk** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:56 pm

Yer payin' for the fame, not the guitar.

JimK

lyle_from_minneapolis · Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:19 pm

The sizzle not the steak.

wj350 · Post by **wj350** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:00 am

Manuel makes a very good point--Fender Japan products are really first class instruments if you've never tried one. I've got a CIJ '57RI Strat that is one of the best guitars I own. Many come stock with Fender USA p/ups; if not, they're easy to swap.

Todd, you're tele is gorgeous!!

Bill

winston · Post by **winston** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:42 am

Some of my Fender guitars are Japanese made RI versions. My son also has a whole collection of Japanese Fender guitars and basses.

I have to say that I agree with Manuel, they are top quality instruments. In some cases they are better made than their American counterparts IMO.

wheres_the__love · Post by **wheres_the__love** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:08 pm

You can not compare current fender japan (CIJ) models with the 80s-90s reissues or from the current custom shop ones.

the current japanese models are veneer and painted necks while the other much more expensive ones are real solid rosewood.