Fender Player Telecaster Left-handed - Butterscotch Blonde with Maple Fingerboard Reviews
Some folks think Teles are a twanging one-trick pony. They obviously never played a Fender Player Series Telecaster. Loaded with dual Alnico V single-coil pickups, this axe delivers everything from country twang to jazzy articulation to high-octane rock 'n' roll — and anything in between. A modern C-shaped neck and 22-fret, 9.5"-radius fingerboard give you a decidedly contemporary feel with fast action and comfortable playability. You also get a synthetic bone nut, 6-saddle string-through bridge, and Fender standard sealed tuners. If you appreciate classic Tele tone but crave a more modern flavor, pick up the Player Series Telecaster. But be warned — you won't want to put it down.
New for
Or pay $108.16 for 6 months with Easy Pay
See all payment optionsCustomer Reviews
Customer Added Media
Share Your Thoughts
Help other music gear aficionados by sharing your opinions of gear you've purchased.
Questions about the TelePMBCRLd2?
Or call us at (800) 222-4700
Sweetwater's Sales Engineers are regarded as the most experienced and knowledgeable professionals in the music industry, with extensive music backgrounds and intense training on the latest products and technologies. They are available to offer you personalized product advice any time you need it.
Highest Rated Reviews
My first tele!
This thing is a beauty! Bought this a couple of years ago and it has become my primary guitar to play.
All Around Great Player
I had owned a 2007 MIM Standard Tele and had liked it, but eventually sold it off to buy other gear. The 2020 Player Tele I bought from Sweetwater seems to be in a class above the old Standard series. This is not a case of just rebranding. The pickups sound more rich, the neck is amazing, and the fit and finish seem on par with the American made ones I've seen. The bridge pickup alone is worth the price of admission. The neck pickup is much clearer and open than the older MIM ceramic neck pickups. The bridge itself feels amazing for palm muting. One of the most comfortable bridges I've had for that method of picking. Really great value. The prices have gone up quite a bit since 2007, but so had the quality. Sweetwater was great to deal with and I'm very happy with my purchase here.
Very Nice!
I am very happy with my new guitar! It is beautiful and a joy to play!
Players Series
The new fenders mim players series guitars are great I have a strat and tele from Sweetwater and I could not be more impressed with these guitars. I want to play everyday.
Leftie
I have had this guitar for about a month. Adjust the intonation and turned the truss rod a 1/4 round and put some 10/46 strings on the guitar and I'm happy. Good little guitar. I've been playing several years. My guitars include a 2005 American Deluxe Fender Strat a 1995 Les Paul Custom and a Martin D28. The 2019 Fender player series Telecaster is the least expensive of all my guitars. I have play 2005 MIM standard telecaster. IMO this guitar is a much better product, this MIM player series Telecaster that I bought from Sweetwater Music plays well and stays in tune. I think this guitar is easily worth the price. Thanks to Wayne Davis for getting me the guitar I was looking for. Great service and on time delivery.
Plays nice
Great guitar for the value, plays well and customer service was excellent as always.
A great lefty option at last!
Truly grateful to Fender for getting this one right. It's a wonderful, well-made guitar at a reasonable price, which is a rarity in the left-handed world. The neck is comfortable and true, and the stock pickups deliver on the classic Tele sound*. Highly recommended; I actually prefer this to my 60th Anniversary American Standard.
*I use a VOX AC15C1 and a modified Fender Champion 600; sounds great through both.
My First Tele; Almost Perfect
Only problem was a poorly secured bridge saddle that went flying after my first string change. The cost of repair was cheap and I had a backup, so not a big deal. Love the feel of this baby, love the sounds. It's a nice yang to my usual stratocaster's yin.
Very happy with this guitar
I've been learning on an Epi LP Standard Plustop Pro and I love that humbucker sound, but eventually I wanted to be able to get some cleaner tones and occasional twang (Neil Young sounds great on the LP, Luther Perkins not so much). I couldn't find a lefty Tele Player near me, so auditioned a Tele Standard at my local guitar box store. I was very unimpressed with the sound, but it was a floor model, and at the very least the strings felt a thousand years old, so I took a chance on this Tele Player from Sweetwater.
I've been very happy with it, although it did need some setting up. Build quality feels very nice, and the sound is great, much nicer than the Tele Standard floor model I'd tried at GC. It arrived with the action set quite high, but with many of the highest frets still sounding dead to me, so I took it to a tech for setup (which is always a good idea) and sprung for having him level the frets too. They all ring out great now. I don't think any guitar is guaranteed to have ideal frets out of the box, so I think it's the luck of the draw (plus maybe how particular you are).
I've been playing this almost exclusively over my LP since I got it. Partly because I'm still getting to know it, but I love the feel of it too, much more comfortable in the lap than the LP. It produces a great range of sounds, and I just added a Wampler Tumnus Deluxe pedal which is fantastic for overdrive and for tweaking the tone. I'll still be bringing out the LP for the heavy stuff, but I'm very happy with the Player Tele for most of my playing now.
(I have to say there was a small shipping issue--the cardboard insert at one end of the Fender box, which holds the guitar in place, was not in place and the guitar was flopping about in the box. As a result the rubber cap on the pickup selector was damaged, but it was quick and easy to have Sweetwater send a replacement for that.)
