The test consisted of unamplified playing with and without a microphone, as well as through a Fender ‘68 Custom Deluxe Reverb amplifier. To explore the range of Fender Acoustasonic Player Telecaster’s tonal capabilities, I used a combination of heavy chord strumming with a pick, picked single-note lines, and fingerpicking. The Fender Acoustasonic Player Telecaster’s sound
It’s not particularly uncommon to experience “neck dive” with guitars, but I think that, in this case, the effect was pronounced due to the guitar’s small hollow body and its solid wood neck. The first thing I noticed was just how light the Acoustasonic Player Telecaster felt in my hands-it weighs just shy of 5 pounds-and, upon sitting down with it, I felt a bit of a downward pull on the left side of the guitar due to the weight differential between the body and the neck. The Fender Acoustasonic Player Telecaster comes in a Fender F1225 gig bag and is strung up and ready to play out of the box. Julian Vittorio Getting started with the Fender Acoustasonic Player Telecaster The entire electronics system is powered by a single 9V battery and can run for roughly 22 hours continuously before needing to be replaced. The three-way switch system is an adaptation of the five-way system found on the American Acoustasonic guitars, which feature 10 sounds to work with. These pickups work in concert with the guitar’s three-way blade switch to offer six hand-picked amplified sounds and an infinite number of combinations thereof via a blend knob. The first is a sleek, noiseless Telecaster-style pickup that sits between the guitar’s sound hole and bridge, while the other is a mini piezo-style pickup that lives underneath the saddle. To provide the electronic element of its hybrid design, the Acoustasonic Player Telecaster-which can partially trace its inspiration back to the first mass-produced solid-body guitars, released in 1950-utilizes a pair of pickups designed in collaboration between Fender and Fishman. The guitar also features a naturally oily and easy-to-play rosewood fretboard, which is a less expensive alternative to the denser ebony wood found in the fretboard of the original American-made Acoustasonic. This combination of design features allows the guitar to project and resonate with a similar level of definition and clarity to a traditional acoustic guitar, even when it’s not plugged in, in spite of having a much smaller body. Visually, the guitar features the same off-the-wall combination of organic delicacy and retrofuturist shapes for which the Acoustasonic line is known, while its electronics have been pared down to the bare essentials to make for a more straightforward playing experience.Īt its foundation, the Acoustasonic Player Telecaster is built just like a standard acoustic guitar: it has a mahogany body and neck with a braced spruce top, it’s hollow, and it features a traditional acoustic-style bridge. Let’s take a look at whether the Fender Acoustasonic Player Telecaster’s range of sounds fits a range of players.Ĭheck Price The Fender Acoustasonic Player Telecaster’s designįollowing in the footsteps of the original and more expensive Acoustasonic line, the all-new Fender Acoustasonic Player Telecaster hails from Fender’s brand-new Ensenada, Mexico, factory and aims to bring the guitar’s versatility to a wider player base via a streamlined design that costs roughly 40% less than that of its predecessors.
I recently had a chance to test the latest Acoustasonic Player Telecaster and, as someone who’s never played a true hybrid guitar, I found the experience to be as fun, inspiring, and surprising.
That all changed for Fender Musical Instruments in 2010 when the company-which has been producing guitars since 1946-introduced its line of Acoustasonic hybrid guitars, effectively blurring the line between acoustic and electric and offering an entirely unique way to produce both sounds with a single instrument. Sure, an electric pickup can be placed into an acoustic guitar but it still won’t sound like a solid-body electric guitar-or vice versa. While guitar manufacturers have been combining electronic components with acoustic instruments since the 1930s, conventional electric and acoustic guitars remain largely separate instruments with their own unique sounds, strengths, and limitations.
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