I have a surf sound patch and it sounds cool with it I think even though the Telecaster is not known for that genre to my knowledge. If I set to a patch with heavy distortion then it just gets nasty in a good way.

I mostly play clean with probably too much reverb some times but it sounds great for 7s, 9s, 13s etc. I use a little Fender Mustang GT 40 amp that is basically a practice amp but I have downloaded patches over time and then tweaked them to get what I want to hear. You get a bite or snap when you hit a power chord that I do not get with my other humbucker guitars. I was not expecting much with the pickups and electronics but I like how it sounds. The action is not as low as my Eastman but it is fine for me. I tested up and down the neck and the notes seem close. The intonation and setup on it seems pretty good to me. They are not polished out like the ones on my Eastman or Agile but they are not rough like a file either. The carve they do for the belly cut and the edge makes it a very comfortable guitar to play when sitting. That seems to be going away as I expect it to take a few days to acclimate and once it has time I will put a new set of strings on it. I messed with it a while unplugged and had a little rattle on the low E. I do not have big hands but have fairly long fingers. The neck is pretty big but is fine for me. I would guess that it weighs almost as much as my Agile LP. The guitar has a heavy feel to it but that is fine with me. To tell the truth, I was not expecting much as I guess I have played with too many messed up pawn shop copies of Fenders. I am probably not as particular with that as some folks and may be missing something. I think you really have to see it in person. The pictures on the Rondo site do not do it justice and neither does the one that I attached. I cannot find anything that looks like a cosmetic flaw anyplace on the guitar. I like natural wood and would not think of painting something like this. So far as the guitar goes, I think it just looks cool. Just based on buying two guitars from them I have to say that they are good at customer service and very reasonable on shipping charges. I had a question about the shipping and got a very prompt response. I ordered it last weekend and Rondo started processing the order first thing on Monday. I was at my cabin in the mountains but the wife brought it up to me yesterday. I received my SX Ash Telecaster from Rondo on Thursday.

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