Fender American Ultra Series Review: Fender Moves Above and Beyond Elite with the Ultra! 

That ultra sunburst is 🔥🔥🔥

I just bought the Ultra HSS Strat (classic burst with maple neck), and I really love it. I want the telecaster as well, but I wish they did a humbucker version with a splitter like the strat...might have been cool if fender did that to the maple one....still gonna buy one within the next year....these are the best guitars that Fender has ever made...it is a pleasure to play.

That tele is sick. Best guitars ever made if you ask me.

That Texas Tea strat is epic!

DANM.........that Cooper guy..... HE GOT SKILLS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

This tier of Fender guitars really sparks my interest. Cooper kills it on the Strat with cool jazzy sounds and the chicken pickin' on the Tele makes me want one of each! Great demo, guys. As always your videos cover everything we need to know about whatever guitars you're promoting. Thanks for keeping me up late at night again drooling over these latest Fender instruments!

Dude Cooper is like, not from this earth with his heavenly skills

You guys always have the best reviews. Cheers!

You guys make the best video descriptions. If i didn't live on the otherside of the world, I'd love to be a customer.

That finger style picking at the start was so nice

I pick up my Texas Tea Strat Ultra tomorrow. Can’t wait. Thanks for all the great information!!!

I’m more of a bluegrass acoustic guy but that ultra burst telecaster is fantastic! I gotta have one with a maple neck

Fantastic playing. I think Fender has really done a good job with the new pickups. But, there were definitely some tones in which I liked the "rolled off" highs of the Elite a bit better. When compared, side-by-side, as you've done, there was even a tone on the Ultra which sound overly bright. Would have loved to hear the Ultra with some tone rolled back - which I'm certain would have made it sound like the Elite. Excellent video!

These are nice! I'm digging that black midnight tele!👍

Thanks y'all. Good job!

I get my Ultra Tele this week! Texas Tea, baby! Can’t wait… but I have to!

Excited for that jazz master!

I have to say, after receiving mine, I was very dissatisfied with it. I immediately returned it. I don't think the noiseless pickup technology is there yet... the guitar sounds neutered compared to a true Tele. For some reason, the review videos are overwhelmingly positive, as well as most of the comments I've read. I returned my American Professional 2 to upgrade to the Ultra, thinking it would be the right decision -- my Pro 2 was having some weird grounding issue that I felt was not acceptable for a brand new instrument, so that pushed me over the edge to give the Ultra a whirl. In my opinion, the Pro 2 is a much better guitar. I find the neck on the Ultra to be too thin and I personally don't like the compound radius. The neck on the Pro 2 was heavenly, it felt so good in my hand. I just reordered it because I loved it so much. As for sound, I found the bridge pickup on the Ultra to lack the Tele growl and twang, and the neck pickup didn't have the beautiful, full sound that it should. Again, these review videos are misleading with their audio -- you really need to hear it out of your amp yourself. And, while the new body contours are comfy, I don't find them to make the guitar magically more playable, and I think the lighter body (due to less material) has a negative impact on the tone. I'm also convinced that the traditional 3-saddle Tele bridge is a huge part of that classic Tele sound. I know that this is simply my opinion and that many do love this guitar, but I wish I had paid more attention to the few negative reviews that there were out there. Also, the metal pick-guard (I got the Texas Tea color) is like nails on a chalkboard when you scrape it the wrong way with with your pick or fingernail. 100% no! The Pro 2 does have a slightly sculpted neck heel, which I love compared to the joint on my traditionally contoured Strat, but other than that, the body design is the classic tele shape. The pickups of the Ultra can't hold a candle to the Pro 2, and I would say the same for the neck. Also, you still get the additional "Series Mode" option when in the middle pickup selection position (push-push toggle on the tone knob). For the Ultra, you're essentially paying an extra $450 dollars for a guitar that doesn't sound as good, and has some flashier hardware and body designs that a lot of us Fender fanatics are not big fans of. If you're looking to spend this type of money on a guitar, I would highly recommend that you save yourself a few bucks and either get the Pro 2 model (you won't be disappointed) or go Custom Shop and design your own guitar, assembled by their top tier builders.

Why did they discontinue the truss rod adjustment with the dial on the body? I may be wrong, but wasn't that a feature on the Elite models? Did it have issues or was it just not worth it (i.e. It worked but was unnecessary)?

Duane Allman’s half brother looks like he wants this video to end so bad.

Cooper looks EXACTLY like David Gilmour!

Love the Texas Strat

What's the issue around with aluminum pickguard on texas tea ultra strat?? Just wondering!! I've heard from many people!!

I feel like tmTexas Tea is more of a rosewood fretboard finish. I'm more of a maple fretboard guy, but that Tele looks much better to my eyes.

Does this Tele suffer from neck dive? Badly especially since more wood has been sculpted away.

Does fender force you to set a minimum price?

Why no left-handed Ultra models Fender?

3:48 “CLF Research entered the chat room”

What strings are on the guitars

One of the best thing that happened with fender

A little too thin. Next time the carve outs will be carved off and bodies will feature fronts with no backs.

These are nice but that particular paint job for telecaster is a bit cheap looking. I saw this one in the store and not sure what they were going for but it’s a swing and a miss.

How much??

The demo starts at 14:14

Don't know what "Live in Tune 4" means. Can anyone help?

Go to 19:45 for the most important part of this video.

Why did he say “say it with me” 😂😂😂

why do guitar demo videos in general always have blues country style playing? as if these guitars cant display their beauty any other way?

If anyone is selling a set of 5th gen noiseless strat pickups please hit me up and I'll buy them ASAP, lefty trying to build my own Ultra Strat here :/ What an expensive project this'll be...

Those guitars won’t sound half as good with players who can’t play at the level of these guys.

Next time show the fretting hand.

Modern "D" neck..... No way.... I'll stick with the modern and deep "C".....

In this price not having a roasted neck with ss frets can't be accepted...

The Fender Telecaster is a piece of garbage...all of them

Now it's a fender body with a Gibson neck, lol