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Based on the ever-popular '52 Tele, The Fender American Ash Telecaster Electric Guitar comes complete with all the features a true Tele enthusiast looks for. Includes premium ash body, modern one-piece U-shaped maple neck with a 9-1/2" radius, 22 medium-jumbo frets, and string-through-body American Series Tele bridge with steel bridge plate for added sustain and richer tone. Classic biting and ringing tones come standard thanks to 2 vintage-spec pickups and a 3-way switch.

Fender American Ash Telecaster Electric Guitar Features:

• Premium ash body
• One-piece U-shaped maple neck/fretboard
• 22 medium-jumbo frets
• 9-1/2" fretboard radius
• 2 Modern Vintage Tele single-coil pickups
• 3-way selectors
• American Series Tele bridge with steel bridge plate
• 25-1/2" scale length

Fender American Ash Telecaster Electric Guitar Includes:

• hardshell case

Order it right now and get ready to kick some serious ash!

Fender American Ash Telecaster Electric Guitar

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Best I've Ever Played!

Posted by GuitarManXLNT from Cambridge City, IN on Jun 4, 2007

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Gigging Musician for 38 Years

Reviewer's Play Style: Country, Classic Rock, Oldies

Just received my Am. Ash Tele (8502) and I have to say, this is the best US Made Tele I've ever owned, or laid my hands on! I've owned several Teles over the years, but this Am. Ash Tele beats them all hands down! At 50 years old, I know what quality is, and this is a first class US Made Tele in all ways. I've never felt a neck as satiny smooth as this one. Your hand just glides over it. The fretwork is just fantastic, and the overall fit and finsih is just superb! It has been a long, long time since I've handled, played or owned a guitar that almost leaves me speechless, but this one does! For the money, I don't think you can beat the value of the 8502 Am. Ash Tele. Leo Fender would be proud of this one! If you can only afford one "nice" Tele style guitar, BUY THIS ONE!

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Fender's best kept secret

Posted by Mark Bowerman from London, UK on Apr 29, 2007

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Semi-professional working musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Anything but metal!

Having played many Telecasters of all kinds over the last 30 years I was intrigued by the design brief of the "8502". Could it really do the '52 reissue with a modern twist thing successfuly? Well it does, and some! I think I could have spent years trying to upgrade another Tele to the standard of this one. It has the lot, traditional body feel, a comfy neck, a well thought out take on the modern bridge design AND great sounding pickups, neither too "vintage" dark or too "modern" bland. The no load tone control is just icing but, like all icing, very sweet. Why isn't this Fender's "standard" American Tele?

PS: please excuse the low "features" score but I can't in all honesty give a tele high marks for features. It scores a 10 only if you're smart enough to realise it has all you need.

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Best Tele there is

Posted by FenderMan_OH from Ohio on Dec 3, 2006

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Gigging musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Country, classic rock, blues

The regular American Series Tele is a great guitar, but you can have an even better one. I've tried the '52 re-issue, but I think this one beats it tonewise and in the looks department. (No yucky butterscotch pudding color here.) The ash body and "modern-vintage" pickups give this guitar an even snappier and twangier tone. I've had this guitar out on 2 country gigs, and it rips! You can cut through without having to max out the volume. Also, the tone control on this guitar really tames the guitar when needed....one of the most effective (and useful) tone controls I've ever had. Get the honey blond model....it looks great, although not quite as yellow-ish as it looks in the picture...it's actually more of a white color than anything. I have 3 Gretsches and 2 Strats which all sound great, but this one beats them all for country music. I'm sure this guitar would do well in most rock outfits, but if you play country like I do, you gotta have one of these!

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Good guitar.

Posted by Anonymous from Magnolia, AR on Sep 29, 2006

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock , Blues, and Country

I recently bought one of these guitars and I kinda already knew that it would be a keeper. Still I was nonetheless curious for that confirmation that only comes from seeing and playing a new guitar firsthand. So when it arrived I tried it out and it exceded my expectations about a tele. The tones are vintage of course but they are pure and straightfoward and get the job done nicely. Country and Blues-rock sound really good on this guitar. But hey its a tele, that's to be expected. Out of the eight guitars I own, this one is my favorite now.

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The Sleeper from Fender

Posted by Kansas Stratcat from Kansas on Apr 28, 2006

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Country, Blues

I bought this guitar without playing one first, and how was I suprised. Right out of the box, it played great. The quality is superb. The neck is really comfortable, and pickups are good and hot. These guitars have a very vintage vibe to them. I play it through a Fender Custom Vibrolux, and the two instruments really compliment each other. This one is a keeper. I use it for mainly country picking, but I've played it on a couple of blues, and rock numbers, and it shines on those too. Country music is where it really shines. Get yourself one of these, you won't be disapointed.

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