Fender 69 Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar

Pros: great value, great tone, reliable, versatile
Cons: no metal tones

FEATURES

21 frets, solid mahogany body with F-hole and fairly large cavity under the controls, volume and tone, 3 way selector, maple fretboard. Bridge is old ash-tray style tele bridge, fundamentally crude but good enough for some of the...

Pros: Lightweight, good looking
Cons: Volume and tone knob placement.

For those of you considering one of these guitars, I can recommend it without reservation. It is undoubtedly one of the best I've ever owned. Sounds great, strings remain playable long after they'd have been trashed on another guitar. And, the thing...

Pros: A great affordable guitar that plays like a dream!
Cons: None

Three months ago, I was at the music store perusing the wall of guitars, picking up and trying out many different makes and models. I came across a reissue 1969 Fender Telecaster Thinline series. I picked the Telecaster up, plugged it into an amplifier ...

Pros: well-balanced on the strap, fast neck, lightweight
Cons: I REPEAT, it's not your classic Tele tone

The 1969 Telecaster Thinline Reissue is a reproduction of a semi-hollow variation of Leo Fender's classic design. Although I'm primarily a bass player, I've dabbled in the world of electric guitar (and I am a pretty avid acoustic guitarist). In the...

Pros: Comfortable, light weight, well made, a good value
Cons: Pickups are not quite "pro" enough.  The finish is too thick for my tastes.

Well I've done it again.  My alien hand pulled the trigger on an eBay auction that yielded this cool little guitar.  My G.A.S. is incurable.  I needed another guitar like I needed another F hole (pun intended).  At my advanced age the ...

Pros: light and classy,great tones
Cons: not as hot but well rounded sounds

This tele finds itself in between the 60's and the modern tech world. It has a classic sound no doubt,but it is not as hot as what you would call the standard tele sound.But remember this is a semi hollow guitar.The tech work is crafted by the work put into these guys in 1969. I own one and perform with it,and I like it.It has a great tone for blues and classic rock.If you are looking for something to play metallica with then look on to something else.The country sounds are really good, nice and full of twang. It is cosmetically put together well,very appealing to the eye and a great classic look.

Pros: Versatile- light- easy to fix!
Cons: minor parts or hardware rust quickly (eg. the tiny screws in the bridge saddles)

Well, what can you say about the body apart from how light it is due to the characteristic 'f' hole that effects that tone- not to say that is effected in a bad way! The extra resonance gained by having a semi hollow body blunts some of the sharpness in tone affiliated with the classic tele, thus making it just that little bit more versatile and mellow sounding but retains the quality of classic tele tone when using the bridge pickup. Unfortunately, this body is a very delicate one which is liable to chip if gigged with frequently. Screw holes do strip their thread very easily if you have to take the scratch plate off on a relatively frequent basis so you may find your self needing bigger and bigger screws!