For Tele Lovers Only

[grsnovi]

Check this (http://www.fender.com/news/index.php?display_article=693&sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4db5c1e9ae2e5d7d,0) out...

[clicktone]

That's some serious work... Beautiful...but probably a little much for me

[hcole]

Not really my cup'o'tea. Especially on a tele.

[zumaboy]

Silly...

[mattekelly]

Beautiful IMO but I certainly wouldn't feel like playing that. That's a glass case kind of guitar.

[PixMix]

Beautiful craftsmanship, but a little too over the top for my taste.

[Lublin]

Reminds me of those gaudy made in China guitars with "dragons eating elves" inlay themes.

[lumco]

Lame all the way around..maybe they should Relic it and it would look better.

[Lance]

A bit gawdy, I'd say.

[sfarnell]

That's something to hang on a wall in a case, not something to take out and play unless, of course, money is no object.

[Drew816]

The Fender Custom shop known as the "dream factory..."'

One man's dream is another man's nightmare; that thing does nothing for me at all...

[nniff]

Pretty, but...

[twangbanger]

I think it's beautiful ! Couldn't afford it but sure is nice to look at. what craftsmanship.

[Spawn]

Way over the top! I love the tele for it's simplicity and lack of frills. This belongs in a museum, not on stage IMHO.

[shredtrash]

It's cool but I'd have to take it to the gig and play the hell out of it. I'm not a collector so it's lost on me.

[jbraun002]

Nice.

It reminds me of the work they used to do (and still do) on banjos - very fancy and ornate. Almost belongs to another time.

[Teleman77]

Beautiful, I would be almost afraid to play it though.

[sanhozay]

i am not big on bling guitars, especially on a telecaster. however, that's not a tele guitar but a tele shape used as a canvas for artisan craftsmanship, and that i can appreciate and admire without prejudice. so, great post but you do not have a future in event planning. :)

[Gaetano Capuano]

Very nice

http://uploads.fender.com/news/fender/693/BF1.jpg

[stevieboy]

It's beautiful, and amazing craftsmanship.

There's simply nothing about all that work that addresses why I (and most of us here) buy a guitar, other than it's a tele. And I have been known to buy a tele or six.:eek: Heck, I couldn't even bring myself to take of the ashtray! But that fact has little to do with that tele, or why it was made. I do like it for what it is, and wouldn't mind seeing it in person, and picking a few notes on it.

[sabby]

I dig it! Pair it up with a Nudie Suit and go to town.

[Amplite]

Nice work! But I'd probably screw it up by fudging a full size humbucker in the neck and a little relicing!!

[DGTCrazy]

It's an amazing work of art....and would hope it would be appreciated as such. I doubt anyone who had anything negative to say about the guitar looked at it from that perspective. Anyone with inlay skills would have, as the talent to create that design is off the charts.

It only goes to to prove that you can't please everyone all the time......tough crowd here today......

[Frankee]

Anti-Tele

[evets618]

What? No matching amp!? :rotflmao

[Gaetano Capuano]

It only goes to to prove that you can't please everyone all the time......tough crowd here today......

Today? You mean ALWAYS :horse

[grsnovi]

What? No matching amp!? :rotflmao

Love to see it!

BTW - the player concensus seems to be: thumbs down

however I posted it because it reminded me of that uber-ornate Martin. Funny, I didn't care for the Martin but I like this tele.

Art for art's sake.

IMHO - it is over the top but I still like it.

I'm not certain in today's world of laser cutting and waterjet cutting that the "craftsmenship" is really there - I strongly doubt that this was a handcrafted job. But I could be wrong.

[Cornbread]

Anti-Tele

yeah, i'm more a basic plank fan myself