Fender Telecoustic and Stratacoustic?

Curtis

Hey everybody. I've got an old (not very good) acoustic guitar that I'm planning on replacing. I was thinking I would get an acoustic-electric for space purposes in college next year, but I was wondering about the Fender Telecoustic/Stratacoustic. I like the looks of it, and I like the weight and thinness of it. But since I'm sure not an expert, I was wondering, how good of a guitar is it actually? Can anybody help me out here? I want to learn more about it before I buy it. Thanks!

dangerine49 · Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2004 7:40 am Post subject:

Haven't heard too many good reports about them. Fender is not known for making great acoustics, except for their Guild line. If you are looking for an inexpensive acoustic check out Seagull (also Norman - made by the same company) and Ibanez.

weelie · Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2004 8:12 am Post subject:

Ibanez talman (tcy10) is similar, similarly priced and better. Or that's what people usually say, I haven't played either.

Curtis · Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2004 8:50 pm Post subject:

Sweet...Thx you guys, I'll check that out.

shindig201 · Tadpole Joined: 20 Mar 2004 Posts: 18

i heard about it. its pretty good.

Yoda · Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 11:48 am Post subject:

The Fender Telecoustic and Stratacoustic guitars are pretty much junk. I tried both about 2 years ago and I was not impressed although I must admit I never tried them plugged in.

owwdatune · Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 5:14 pm Post subject:

yoda--you are a member of a club that numbers thousands--due to the fact that fender dropped the ball bigtime in its promotion of those 2 guitars !!!----they aren't meant to be an acoustic or an electric...they were meant to be a direct recording acoustic/electric guitar--a studio guitar....used in that context they are a valuable tool for the recording guitarist--especially one working out songs in their home ...if i can find the original article from fender about this, i'll post it. Cool

Yoda · Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 11:32 am Post subject:

Hmmm.
Well I realize you already said they dropped the PR ball on this one but it seems to me that they didn't even TRY to get it right one little bit if it was only meant as a recording tool.

Here is the ad copy from Fender Frontline:

StratacousticTM

The Stratacoustic and Telecoustic have something for everybody. Acoustic players get their own little piece of the "Fender magic," and electric players get an acoustic guitar that finally feels like home. Stratacoustics and Telecoustics are modeled after the most popular guitar designs in the world, and feature laminated spruce tops, state-of-the-art, one-piece fiberglass bodies, and electric guitar necks with the trademarked Fender headstock design. Add Fishman Classic 4 electronics and you've got an essential piece of gear for every player!

Seems to me if they mean it has something for everybody then it should also be for folks who don't record, especially since that segment (the non-recorders) would be by far the largest segment of the guitar buying public. Further to that, it is touted as an essential piece of gear for every player.

Again, I realize your argument is that they dropped the PR ball but it looks to me like they did a heck of a lot more than just drop the ball. They forgot what the ball looks like. The interesting point is that I got this from Frontline 2002 and the current copy on the web site is identicle. They've had 2 years plus to re-word the ad copy to give some indication of it's intended purpose as a recording tool. If that's what it's really intended for. I can't seem to find any of my earlier copies of Frontline yet but I will keep looking. I am pretty sure that the copy has been the same since it's introduction which I'm sure is pre-2002.

I don't mean to come off as mean spirited or argumentative but I just don't see merit in your argument. If Fender made a mistake in it's promotion of the guitar they sure don't seem intersted in correcting that mistake. All it would take is a re-write of the ad copy. Pretty easy to do. The mag only comes out once a year nowadays. Plenty of time to get it right. That doesn't sound to me like FMIC considers it to be a mistake.

B7hendrix · Grizzly Bear Joined: 21 Jan 2004 Posts: 756

Like the looks not the sound Confused

owwdatune · Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:27 pm Post subject:

yoda...--i'm not making an argument-as you say- for or against those 2 guitars--i just mentioned what i had read in an article/statement/press release kinda thing which was about session players in Nashville and L.A.....it wasn't in Frontline--and i have no idea what frontline has to say about them-now or ever, and i couldn't care less about those two or any other fender for that matter !!!---i've had more than my share of fenders and now i've moved on to better things.....
i must say tho, i find it interesting that those two guitars are still in the line-up.....they must be selling or fender wouldn't be marketing them still--guess they didn't hear you said they are junk huh ??!!! Laughing

oh, BTW...this isn't meant to be mean spirited or argumentative. Cool

Yoda · Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 12:02 pm Post subject: