Fender American Ultra Stratocaster & Telecaster Demo 

Indeed

yeah and not blues stuff

@@Flore-162 blues is also clean who said it isnt😑😑 dumbo

A lot of people are mainly concerned with the sound. I don't think people could tell the difference in a blind listening test. Would you not agree? Therefore you can pass an educated opinion upon hearing it... no? Its a cash grab IMO

@Cletus Anfernee Jackson By cash grab I mean... a grab for cash in this particular instance.

Nailed that one man. That’s who the cheap guitars are made for I think. Lol, oh well....

​@@ShredCo If one is just concerned about the sound, he can buy a 150 euros second hand Harley Benton, put some P90 pickups on it, and have it fine tuned / improved by a pro for 100 euros or so. It'll sound as good or even better than a 800 euros Fender, because when it comes to solid body guitars, the sound is mostly made of the pickups and the amp you buy. But the thing is, a guitar is not only about sound, it's also about playability, comfort, aesthetic, appeal and the way it makes you feel, and those things have no price. On another note, spending money on an expensive guitar hurts when you spend it, but you're not actually losing a lot of capital, if you take good care of your guitar you'll be able to sell it for a good price when you need money. If you buy it on the second hand market, you'll be able to sell it for the price you bought it, no loss. It's not like buying an expensive smartphone or anything like that. You buy the guitar, AND its value.

Very true

Merry Christmas to you , save up every xmas and buy yourself a bad ass guitar. I can't play to good but I want that tele

I just bought a cobra blue ultra strat maple , what do you honestly think of the tele ? I love the strat so much I want this tele now , if you can help appreciate it .

@@egoandy1188 ..... You know it's sweet !

Thanks so much for responding!

Daniel Hartman so what do you think? Are you loving it?

Do it! You wont regret it 👍🏼

This model sounds different to others, I think is not too much into country sound which I like the most of it

I got mine and I can tell you that this tely does it all. I got a rid of all my other guitars as I don't need them anymore. It's fantastic guitar. Playability and sound are just superb👍

Exactly the same for me!!!))) Already have 2 Strats and I'm falling in love with Tele))))

Traditional burst is like the worst color of the 6 lol

Which one do you like better?

@@krisersn3092 Hard to say, each has it`s own place. Been playing both almost every day and the necks and the tone make for a enjoyable ride. If I had to pick one it would be the Strat because of the lack of Tele hum.

I played a quality acoustic guitar (Taylor’s to Martin’s) my entire life so a big change for me to go to an electric (thanks in part to a workplace injury) but I am truly enjoying playing my ultra even more than I expected too! And it sounds and looks gorgeous. It was worth the extra money by far and I think I will make the transition better than I hoped. Don’t regret purchasing a quality instrument right out of the gate now. Makes such a huge impact.

Well maybe Fender shouldn't have called it an ultra lol. For the price, it should be standard. You can get equal in quality and much better guitars for the same price with stainless steel frets. No need to defend Fender. That shouldn't be a big deal, but I think these are things Fender reserves for their more expensive guitars merely to justify the price. I have Martin and PRS guitars that cost substantially more this Tele so I don't say this because I couldn't afford it. It just makes sense to me.

NeglectedField boomers? You mean angry horny little shit heads complaining about stainless steel frets.

Correct!

Totally agree

diesel828 true but we all know a fender is a fender just like my corvette is not a Ferrari, it’s fast but it’s just not a Ferrari 👍🏻🍺

Yup. Cheap labor in foreign countries will do that for you.

@@markd4768 "A Fender is a Fender" is a poor argument for quality or value.

What’s a locking timer?

@@floriancapitulo2499 It's a device that freezes time. Good feature. Look into it.

Is it so hard to get that they are not perfect and are going to continue to be refined until they are? I think everyone would agree that they don't have exactly the same sound as traditional ones, and Fender is probably going to iterate until they get that sound from noiseless ones. It's not some grand conspiracy, just step by step iteration. They're also not saying that you need to ditch your previous gen ones and buy these. Why wouldn't they put their latest pickups in their latest guitar?

Ultra Luxe!

Ok Steve.

I also don't understand why they dropped the wheel truss rod adjustment! It seemed like such a good idea!

True i was gonna go with the ultra but then heard the pro back to back and came home with the pro

The Texas Tea has an alder body. I believe some of the transparent finishes have an ash body.

Just starting to play. Is the Boss Katana 50 a good amp to start with?

relicsun And the current model equivalent of your Tele is at essentially the same price point as this Tele (the Fender MSRP of the American Original is $1849 and of this American Ultra is $1899) so I’m not entirely sure what your point is, especially as most of the differences on these Ultra versions are meant to be about how they play rather than how they sound (especially with the vintage voiced versions of the Ultra Noiseless pickups like this Tele has)? 🤷🏼‍♂️ Some people will prefer to make those sounds with something that feels more vintage and some will prefer to use something that feels more modern, why not just let them rather than feeling the need to criticise?

@@jarosdav yes, it is. but there are plenty options today. if you want to practice in flat or apartment I suggest to take a look at small stereo amps like yamaha THR or VOX Adio. I have 5w tube amp (marshall sl5, Fender Mustang II and Vox Adio and I have to admit the Adio is the best option for home practicing for me. Great sound and does not need to be loud to play nicely.

No. A footswitch is as close as you're going to get.

Im not sure, gibson firebird x might do that

Have you tried adjusting the pickups so the tops are a little closer to the strings? Can make an immediate difference if they were set up a little on the low side

Telecaster of course ;)

Ultra is more comfortable and versatile.

Get the ultra telecaster but if you want a strat it's better to go with the 50's strat

Update June 2021 - Fender have released a left-handed SSS Ultra Strat.

Supposed to...

@@TurtleRocker12 went straight over your head buddy. *whoosh*

@@adamboulton5560 you have to understand that I'm coming from seeing the ultra reveal and everyone commenting that theres nothing innovative about this line of guitars. I think they have some nice flourishes, and if people are being honest, they dont want them to be TOO different anyway. So I read this comment as maybe more negative. But I can understand it from the other angle too. 👍

@@adamboulton5560 You got served

indeed

True story

Suhr you can have it.

@@jamesm4957 Yup for only $2495 MAP for their HSS "Strat".

Agree with you totally, that's actually the only reason why i don't play Fenders, have two Suhr teles, they are just awesome.

you're not the first to say this ^^

LOL!

do the companies that you buy guitars from not make any money?

@@stratmagic6893 EXACTLY!

I totally agree. Especially about the stainless steel frets. My main Partscaster is about 20 years old with stainless frets and I´ve played it to death. The only thing I do every now and then is to give them a polish. They still don´t have any grooves and playing them feels like gliding on ice.

Cool Rene I thought that Strat sounded shit, I have a 1965. Tele sounded pretty ok

Millmoor Michael 😄 Apples and oranges… to each 👂🏻 it’s own 🎼

they don't S1 on tele works only in middle position. so you have 4 tonal options in total

i see a number of demo,s were they act like they dont know that it only works on middle position...thats why i bring it up....

@@jlgis77 yes, you're right. I've seen a vid where it was mentined it boosts the pickup in neck or bridge position. but is makes still the same for elites and ultra's too. just both pickups in series. I think it's pretty enough. Tele should be simple.

Unfortunately, there have been so many iterations of the S1 wiring, I believe that the assemblers can't even keep up. I purchased an Elite Strat. Though I love the guitar, I tried 3. The S1 worked/didn't work differently on each. I don't believe they ever got the wiring correct for the 1 position. I think they simplified it out of frustration and nobody is picking up on it.

@@northof50now yes, strat's S1 on elite is more complicated and has been simplifiad on ultra. I prefer simplicity, on strat defualt 5 tones is more than I liketo choose from :) but on the the S1 perfect. 3 classic tones plus one bonus :) but I could live without S1 anyway as I love sound of single coils

Fret work on my American & Japanese Fenders is so much better than on any Mexican model. I just watched a Silver Sky SE get put head to head with a Mexican Player Stratocaster and the biggest difference was the fret work. Perfect on the SE Silver Sky with well finished fret ends. Virtually no finish on the ends of the Player series and the frets were far from level. You do get what you pay for and there's a good reason these Ultra models are nearly three times the price of a Player Series guitar.

compound radius neck.

No, it's not supposed to. Only on the 2 position. It switches from parallel to series.

I find your whining to be innovative.

Dave Carsley I find your retort lazy and uninspired like these Fender.

They're also selling the same design at various price points, right down to as little as £500, ignoring of course the Squiers.

Um, they are in business to make money, as well as provide innovative products. Profit is only evil to Socialists.

Lol ya, so do others, like charvel GG for 2.5k ( almost identical design) or Ibanez ( the things called superstrats) etc. by coping Fender and Gibson designs from the 50 and sixties. There are so many brands basically coping those old designs to get a piece of cake because people actually love those ‘timeless’ designs. Anyway, play what you want and pay as much as you want for anything you want no one fucking cares!

ElectricGypsy Blues they have changed the term block, check out the specs. Slightly bigger and higher mass. These are very expensive guitars and should have stainless steel frets on them for the money

@@keanuuuu sorry man but in all these vids, when they turn the guitar around, it has the same angled block as the American Std. I just changed my block on my Am std to a solid Callaham block.

I see your point the AZ line has everything that I love on a guitar. Beefy baked neck, stainless steel fat frets and locking tuners. However I can´t get over the looks.