'There's much to appreciate here for more experienced guitarists, too'Īs you might expect, the Telecaster is a lively guitar acoustically-speaking, but plugging in reveals that, despite the reduction in size, there's no shortage of essential Tele DNA in the tones on offer here. This instrument would be fun to have knocking around in the corner of a living room for players of a larger stature, too, and it's been a long time since we've played a solidbody Fender that's weighed 6.5lbs or less - it's a real pleasure. Indeed, the lower string tension of a 610mm scale length - which will be abundantly familiar to Jaguar players - combined with comfortable Modern C neck profile and 241mm (9.5-imch) fingerboard radius make for a breezy, string bend-friendly playing experience, although the 'medium jumbo' frets are closer to medium-vintage as far as we're concerned. The Modern Player appears to be exceedingly well-made for the money, with neat and tidy fretwork and - a loose pickup selector switch tip aside - a dependable, reliable feel straight out of the box that should cope admirably with whatever you throw at it, whether you are a young beginner or an experienced player of smaller stature.

Though Fender's decision to incorporate a pickup branded with a marque that it has recently sold may seem a trifle odd, it wouldn't be the first time that the contents of a major manufacturer's parts bin have spawned a new model Gibson's Les Paul Deluxe, for instance, arrived in 1968 as a means to utilise leftover Epiphone mini-humbuckers when the company moved Epi production to Japan. Another obvious departure from Leo's blueprint come in the shape of the Guild humbucker that is present in the Telecaster's neck position.

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