Review of the Fender Custom Telecaster FMT HH AM IL Electric guitar. Where to buy it?

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  • Special edition series
  • Body: Mahogany
  • Top: Flamed maple
  • Set neck: Mahogany
  • Neck profile: Modern C
  • Fretboard: Indian Laurel
  • 22 Jumbo frets
  • Scale 648 mm
  • Nut width 41.3 mm
  • Pickups: 1 Seymour Duncan SHPGP-1B Pearly Gates Plus Humbucking Pickup (Bridge), 1 Seymour Duncan SH-1N RP '59 Reverse Polarity Humbucking Pickup (Neck)
  • String thru body bridge
  • Colour: Amber

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This guitar usually has a price around 766.00 €

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Comment:

Bought one of this beautiful 2020 stock at Thomann’s, after reading all the positive reviews here, Sweetwater and Youtube.

Out of the box remark:

Double packed in a big box filled with paper by my Thomann Freunde as usual prevented any harm coming to the guitar. Strapped with head and toe security Fender tape assured me that the guitar was not been unpacked until now. And why should it, please read on!

No damage or flaws were visible on front, neck or headstock, besides noticing that the three-part mahogany body was a bit too different in wood grain and colour, in full light that is on the backside, something which will never be visible during playing however. Looks al little like I got a piece of Swamp Mahogany. But like Swam Ash, it seems to have a certain extra panache……

Out of the box playability:

I have several “ugly ducks”, e.g. a well bounced around the world ‘52 hot rod telecaster, with a similar Seymour Duncan SH-1 Vintage humbucker in the neck position, to which I wanted to compare this here 2020 FMT Tele.

I felt the neck up and down, perfect radius for my hand, frets flawlessly finished and shining like diamond, no dead spots anywhere, even the graphite nut was perfectly adjusted both in height and angle towards the tuning pegs!
I checked the action height on the beautiful grained freatboard: perfect!
I measured the pickups distance to the strings and placement: perfect!
Tuning pegs were already in tune half step down, very smooth and sturdy: near perfect!
Plugged it in on my Fender Bassbreaker: ….Silence of the Lambs….no humming whatsoever!
Turned up the gain nearly haf way, strummed the 6 month old Fender Super 250L NPs strings and….woweej what a groovy grungy fat sturdy new kinda guitar sound hit our planet!

Wow! Unbelievable! What a beauty both in appearance ( the front and neck that is!) as in sound quality.I am convinced the added swamp mahogany gives the guitar the extra unexpected “finesse” that not even my ‘52 Custom Shop Tele has.

The 52 Tele has moved away 1 step further from my practice stand.
This FMT has taken it’s place. I think forever!

I can only give you one advice: spend your money wisely and get one!
As soon as they come in at Thomann.

Thanks Thomann and Fender for putting this big smile on my face!

Comment:

I’m trying to find something which doesn’t exceed expectations with this guitar, after all it is "crafted in Indonesia" so that must be bad, right? Dead wrong! This is a Telecaster on a different level. Let’s start with the looks, there are three beautiful colour choices, I chose the transparent amber because the way it reacts with the flamed maple top is unbelievable. The photographs really don’t do it anywhere near enough credit. The matching lacquer is used on the neck and head-stock, so you do get a gloss finish on the back of the neck, which will not be to everyone’s taste. The body and neck is bound mahogany with a sensuously carved maple top and back. The fret-board is Laurel, which is a new finish for me but feels great. In addition to this the neck has been glued-in (yes a Fender with a glued-in neck joint) and it has been done beautifully. There are stunning mother of pearl dot inlays. All of the metal hardware has a darkened chrome (a sort of stone grey) finish which also looks great.
The tuners are of a very similar quality to my American Strat plus and it is a hard-tail strung-through bridge with 6 saddles to allow fine tuning of intonation and action. There is a graphite nut which is really premium feature and the factory setup is pretty good and completely playable out of the box.

So obviously the tone must be a let-down. Well, all I will say is that it doesn’t really sound like a stock telecaster. But, it has dual coil-tapped Seymour Duncan humbuckers which absolutely sing. There is so much tonal colour, cleans and driven tones are both fabulous on both pickups. I’m playing through my Bugera Infinium v55 for the cleans and using a tube screamer in front to give me a good crunch and driven tones and I can’t wipe the smile off my face!

In summary it looks, feels and sounds every bit a Fender custom-shop quality guitar and is such a novel twist on the Telecaster, that every guitar lover should have a look at one, because it really isn’t like anything else. Coupled with it’s super-model looks, it is truly versatile and is already my number one axe of choice!

Fender Custom Telecaster FMT HH AM IL vs ESP LTD EC-401 Olympic White

The guitar Fender Custom Telecaster FMT HH AM IL is usually 78 € more expensive than ESP LTD EC-401 Olympic White.

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ESP LTD EC-401 Olympic White
  • Special edition series
  • Body: Mahogany
  • Top: Flamed maple
  • Set neck: Mahogany
  • Neck profile: Modern C
  • Fretboard: Indian Laurel
  • 22 Jumbo frets
  • Scale 648 mm
  • Nut width 41.3 mm
  • Pickups: 1 Seymour Duncan SHPGP-1B Pearly Gates Plus Humbucking Pickup (Bridge), 1 Seymour Duncan SH-1N RP '59 Reverse Polarity Humbucking Pickup (Neck)
  • String thru body bridge
  • Colour: Amber
  • Mahogany body
  • Glued mahogany neck
  • Pau Ferro fretboard
  • 24 XJ Frets
  • Scale: 24.75″
  • Pickups: 2 Active EMG 81/60 humbuckers
  • Black Nickel hardware
  • Grover machine heads
  • Tune-O-Matic bridge with stop tailpiece
  • Colour: Olympic White
  • Matching case: Article number 172299 (not included)

Below have a look to the video of this guitar ESP LTD EC-401 Olympic White

LTD EC401 Review and Demo ESP

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Fender Custom Telecaster FMT HH AM IL vs ESP LTD EC-1000 Vintage Black

The guitar Fender Custom Telecaster FMT HH AM ILis usually 53 € cheaper than ESP LTD EC-1000 Vintage Black.

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Fender Custom Telecaster FMT HH AM IL

ESP LTD EC-1000 Vintage Black
  • Special edition series
  • Body: Mahogany
  • Top: Flamed maple
  • Set neck: Mahogany
  • Neck profile: Modern C
  • Fretboard: Indian Laurel
  • 22 Jumbo frets
  • Scale 648 mm
  • Nut width 41.3 mm
  • Pickups: 1 Seymour Duncan SHPGP-1B Pearly Gates Plus Humbucking Pickup (Bridge), 1 Seymour Duncan SH-1N RP '59 Reverse Polarity Humbucking Pickup (Neck)
  • String thru body bridge
  • Colour: Amber
  • Body: Mahogany
  • 3-Piece set-in neck: Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla)
  • Fretboard: Ebony (Diospyros)
  • 24 Frets
  • Fretboard inlays: Abalone flags
  • Tone Pros T3B-T & T1Z locking bridge
  • Binding
  • Pickups: Active EMG 81 & EMG 60 humbuckers
  • 1 Toggle switch
  • Gold-plated hardware
  • Colour: Matte Black

Below have a look to the video of this guitar ESP LTD EC-1000 Vintage Black

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Fender Custom Telecaster FMT HH AM IL vs Fender Jimi Hendrix Strat OWH

The guitar Fender Custom Telecaster FMT HH AM ILis usually 83 € cheaper than Fender Jimi Hendrix Strat OWH.

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Fender Custom Telecaster FMT HH AM IL

Fender Jimi Hendrix Strat OWH
  • Special edition series
  • Body: Mahogany
  • Top: Flamed maple
  • Set neck: Mahogany
  • Neck profile: Modern C
  • Fretboard: Indian Laurel
  • 22 Jumbo frets
  • Scale 648 mm
  • Nut width 41.3 mm
  • Pickups: 1 Seymour Duncan SHPGP-1B Pearly Gates Plus Humbucking Pickup (Bridge), 1 Seymour Duncan SH-1N RP '59 Reverse Polarity Humbucking Pickup (Neck)
  • String thru body bridge
  • Colour: Amber
  • Artist Signature Series – Jimi Hendrix model
  • Alder body
  • Maple Neck
  • C-Neck profile
  • Maple fretboard
  • 9.5 “Radius
  • 21 Medium jumbo frets
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Micarta saddle
  • Pickups: 3 American Vintage 65 single coils
  • 5-Way switch
  • Synchronised tremolo
  • White “aged” plastic parts
  • Reversed headstock
  • Jimi Hendrix signature rear headstock
  • Strings: Fender 250R .010 – .046 (Art 104112)
  • Colour: Olympic White
  • Gigbag included

Below have a look to the video of this guitar Fender Jimi Hendrix Strat OWH

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Fender Custom Telecaster FMT HH AM IL vs Charvel Pro Mod SD1 2H FR SW

The guitar Fender Custom Telecaster FMT HH AM IL is usually 31 € more expensive than Charvel Pro Mod SD1 2H FR SW, but the difference is so small that this can vary..

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Fender Custom Telecaster FMT HH AM IL

Charvel Pro Mod SD1 2H FR SW
  • Special edition series
  • Body: Mahogany
  • Top: Flamed maple
  • Set neck: Mahogany
  • Neck profile: Modern C
  • Fretboard: Indian Laurel
  • 22 Jumbo frets
  • Scale 648 mm
  • Nut width 41.3 mm
  • Pickups: 1 Seymour Duncan SHPGP-1B Pearly Gates Plus Humbucking Pickup (Bridge), 1 Seymour Duncan SH-1N RP '59 Reverse Polarity Humbucking Pickup (Neck)
  • String thru body bridge
  • Colour: Amber
  • Style: San Dimas Style
  • Body: Alder
  • Two-piece neck: Maple
  • Graphite reinforcement speed neck with rounded edges
  • Fretboard: Maple
  • Radius: 304.8 to 406.4 mm (12″-16″)
  • 22 Jumbo frets
  • Scale: 648 mm
  • Nut width: 43 mm
  • Pickups: 1 Seymour Duncan TB4 (bridge) and 1 Seymour Duncan SH1N 59 (neck) humbuckers
  • 1 Volume control with push/pull function for coil split
  • 1 No-load tone control
  • Floyd Rose FRT-O2000 double locking tremolo
  • Original strings: Fender 250L NPS .009 – .042 (Article Nr: 133191)
  • Colour: Snow White

Below have a look to the video of this guitar Charvel Pro Mod SD1 2H FR SW

2016 Charvel Pro-mod San Dimas Style 1 in-depth Demo - MasterThatGear!

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Where to buy the guitar Fender Custom Telecaster FMT HH AM IL

Thomann

  • Free Shipping.
  • Full warranty. If you have any problems, they take care of everything.
  • 100% reliable payment.
  • Leader in trouble-free shipping.
  • Usually Best price.
  • Best Reputation: They are the leading online store in Europe and have the best catalogue and information.

Amazon

  • Free Shipping and possibility of shipping in one day with Amazon Premium.
  • Full Guarantee but they are no experts in music equipment.
  • Sometimes better price.
  • He’s got worse stock than Thomann.

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