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Edited March 12, 2023
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I copied pasted my FP post on the amber and cherry FMT HHs that were on sale in Jan, except now the Black Cherry Burst is the only one on sale (dang it, this is the one I wanted
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The Fender Special Edition Custom Telecaster FMT HH is kind of Fender's version of a Les Paul standard, mahogany body with real carved maple cap (not veneer), mahogany neck, two humbuckers (both Seymour Duncans that sell for $220 by themselves, with coil splitting), set neck... along with some telecaster stuff (through the body six saddle bridge, telecaster single cut body shape, although it has carves instead of the typical flat slab tele design), etc. I have been researching these for a while, and they are pretty much universally well reviewed, and for several years they were almost never in stock when selling at the $999 MSRP.
ProAudioStar has them for $599 shipped, marked as used, but I believe this is just to get around the Minimum Advertised Price rules. For other guitars marked used from PAS, I received a new guitar that still had the shipping label over the seal from being shipped from Fender to PAS. I waited until I received my order for this FMT HH before posting the deal here to see if I got a new one, and it was the same as the others, still sealed from Fender shipping to PAS. That said, there is no guaranty that no one will get a previously opened guitar, but if so and something is wrong with it, either return it, exchange it, or have Fender fix it.
The guitar I received (Amber) is perfect, setup with a kind of high action, but perfect finish, after a quick setup and tuning it plays great. I am doing a full setup now to lower the action, oil up the fingerboard and all of that, but figured I would post because the guitar is good and the serial checked out good on Fender's serial checking site and had 10/22 born date for warranty.
Link:
https://www.proaudiostar.com/used...el-fb.html
Here are the specs:
https://www.fender.com/en-US/elec...04520.html
DBG review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHZmbJXqwXc
Alamo MC review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E8tJ6MoPOg
If you want a case, here is the best deal for a great case for this guy:
https://www.adorama.com/fe991512406.html
Original FP post:
https://slickdeals.net/f/16370314-fender-special-edition-custom-telecaster-w-laurel-fingerboard-used-600-free-shipping
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On the other hand, I also ordered a "new" red one from Adorama for $100 more and it was all scratched up on the back and had a small repair on it. Also, the wood they used for the fret board was not good quality and was very inconsistent. I sent it back right away and saved $100.
Weird, eh?