Alternate Reality Fender Tenor Tele

[Huck]

Let the gouging begin! I just saw a listing for a Fender Tenor Telecaster on a popular instrument buy-sell-trade site for $100 over list price.
This really is no fun at all.

https://reverb.com/item/32064481-202...e-limited-rare

2020 Fender Alternate Reality Tenor Tele - Lake Placid Blue - Limited & Rare
Listed by Leitz Music
Only 1 available $999.99 + Free Shipping

This would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

The good news is the overpriced Tenor Teles are not selling.

[derbex]

Guitar Guitar here in Edinburgh, who has my deposit for a butterscotch one, tells me that a big shipment of stuff from Fender is coming in next week, and that it should be there! Twitchy to say the least! Hope it appears!

You could be in luck Kevin, just seen an eBay UK ad from a Bournmouth shop quoting delivery in 3 days https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274265082962?ul_noapp=true

[fox]

£400 = $520 .... how much are they selling for in he States ?

[kmmando]

Fingers crossed Derbex!

[Huck]

Fingers crossed Derbex!

Two on Reverb in the UK Kevin!

[Huck]

Just an observation, on Reverb.

In the US the guitar was listed/marketed as a solid body electric "Tenor Tele".

In the UK the three that I has seen for sale are marketed as "Tenor Telecaster" in the tenor guitar section.

No big deal - just something that stood out to me.

[Huck]

Two Dutch sellers have them for sale.

[kmmando]

Mine arrived at last, thanks to GuitarGuitar in Edinburgh. Delighted and away to get it going! Yahoo!

[kmmando]

And, rawk! The new and hard to obtain Fender Tele Tenor finally arrives!

[Smurts]

Howdy folks! Mine arrived yesterday (in Ireland) from Thomann

A couple of irish suppliers are advertising them too so looks like theyve well and truly hit Europe now!

Can anyone give any advise in how to string it for GDAE? The strings it came with dont seem to be able to carry that tuning (the top and bottom ones anyway!)

[Huck]

One option on GDAE strings:
11p-18w-28w-42w ~ 65lbs. About 16lbs. per string.

Congrats on your new guitar.

[Smurts]

One option on GDAE strings:
11p-18w-28w-42w ~ 65lbs. About 16lbs. per string.

Congrats on your new guitar.

Thanks Huck!

Will give it a go, pretty much in line with my short scale tenor banjo strings!

[Huck]

You're welcome - if you can't find a 18w you can use a 17p.



Best of luck

[fox]

Most tenor banjo sets won’t have a heavy enough G string, best to use guitar singles or use a banjo set with and just buy a 42 G string.

[Mandobar]

Ernie Ball has a wound 18 single you can get. Try Just Strings or Strings and Beyond.

[Smurts]

Most tenor banjo sets won’t have a heavy enough G string, best to use guitar singles or use a banjo set with and just buy a 42 G string.

Yep, intention would be to use something like these and just swap out the g string:

https://www.eaglemusicshop.com/prod/...enor-banjo.htm

[fox]

Yes but Eagle sell the puretone strings as singles anyway, I use them for every steel string I use.
They do wound strings in .16 upwards.
https://www.eaglemusicshop.com/prod/...Single-Strings

[derbex]

Clifford Essex do heavy gauge sets -only 2 wound though. http://cliffordessex.net/index.php?_a=viewCat&catId=30

[kmmando]

And remember that they need to be nickel strings to work with the pick ups....not pb

[Smurts]

And remember that they need to be nickel strings to work with the pick ups....not pb

I would not have known that! Thanks for your advise, and everyone elses suggestions

[EJMUSIC]

Hey guys,

Im desperately looking for one of these in Fiesta Red, i've pre ordered from probably a dozen different sites, and have actually placed 3 orders only for them to be cancelled days later due to the fact they never had it in stock. Been waiting months and months for this instrument, I haven't been able to play live or rehearse and have had to put the band on hold because I don't have an electric tenor to play at the moment. My last two tenors were shoddy, so the Fender is really my only option at this time. If anyone can point me in the right direction.

[trodgers]

Here is a red one that is allegedly in stock at time of posting here. No financial interest - just trying to help a brother out!

[Mandobar]

Butterscotch in stock at MF

https://www.musiciansfriend.com/guit...68025000002000

[EJMUSIC]

Here is a red one that is allegedly in stock at time of posting here. No financial interest - just trying to help a brother out!

I tried purchasing from them. That was the third or fourth time I actually purchased one and it ended up cancelled because they made a mistake, thats the second time its happened with zzounds, and it turned out that the second time I tried to purchase from them it actually was in stock and they cancelled my order by mistake, then they sold it to someone else without considering holding it.

[Huck]

Hey guys,
Im desperately looking for one of these... If anyone can point me in the right direction.

Not the color your looking for but Walmart says they have one left:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Squier-Al...onde/862196428

Also Ebay has two:

https://www.ebay.com/i/174209798977?...algv%3DDefault

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Alte...cAAOSwtxdeXsz2

A simple Google search found these.

I've never had an Ebay order cancelled.