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question about the comparison between mexican fenders and fenders made in the US

pearljam7pearljam7 Posts: 447
edited September 2005 in Musicians and Gearheads
i was thinkin of making a guitar from warmoth but i decided to leave it to the pros

anyways

i was thinking of maybe getting the 50s telecaster in black
its made in mexico
will this sound almost as good as my american tele
or alot worse
a little worse??
i figured this is one of the higher end mexican fenders (at 659$ i think)
it looks like is has a nice neck and such

http://www.music123.com/Fender--50s-Telecaster-i40995.music

should i go the extra price and get an american??

what would you guys do??


thanks!
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  • pearljam7pearljam7 Posts: 447
    sorry
    also i forgot to ask before

    does anyone know of any good used guitar online shops??
    maybe an american from there...

    thanks
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  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    http://gbase.com/

    or the old standby of ebay.

    i haven't played any of the mexicans but they have released some quality stuff lately it seems.
  • pearljam7pearljam7 Posts: 447
    thats a good site
    they have alot of guitars
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  • dirty_frank_85dirty_frank_85 Posts: 12
    save up some more money and get an american tele. mexican g-tars are generally a step lower in quality of parts... the assembly of the guitars are however good, but pickups, tone controls, bridge, machine heads,frets, wood, everything.. will be better. and worth it.
  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,222
    a Mexi strat and American strat are almost the same...the only major difference is the pickups....the quality of wood almost identical except the american is slightly better
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