What spec is this 2011 Fender MIM Tele?

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What spec is this 2011 Fender MIM Tele?

Post by crazyzeke » Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:20 pm

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So from the MX11 serial number it's a 2011 MIM, but other than that I'm stumped. This belongs to the bassist in my originals band and quite frankly, it's just about the best Tele I've ever played - totally screams on the bridge pickup, cleans up well on the neck pickup, one of the finest Mexican made Fenders I've come across. So much so it'll probably end up being on the record when we start tracking it.

Other than that I don't know what we're looking at as Teles aren't my speciality - six saddle bridge, Noiseless pickups, older style gold-edged logo, the machine heads etc should help give it away so I'm hoping someone knowledgable here can tell me exactly which model it is, spec wise. As far as I'm aware it's all stock, barring the fact it's been refretted twice.
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Re: What spec is this 2011 Fender MIM Tele?

Post by sal paradise » Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:07 pm

All features point to a standard. Fender definitely released Mexican teles with noiseless pickups, although I’m not sure if they were special editions or on all guitars for the years that feature them.
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Re: What spec is this 2011 Fender MIM Tele?

Post by crazyzeke » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:08 am

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Got my Meteora back from a pro luthier setup and it plays beautifully now, finally... only been waiting nearly 2 years (since I bought it around the time they came out) for it to play and sound this good. So 3 of my favourite Fenders next to each other. Not pictured: his black acoustic Fender bass with flatwounds on it (feels like playing a nylon string classical) otherwise it'd be 4.
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2022 MIM Fender Meteora, cosmic jade (top mounted input jack added)

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Re: What spec is this 2011 Fender MIM Tele?

Post by crazyzeke » Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:10 am

sal paradise wrote:
Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:07 pm
All features point to a standard. Fender definitely released Mexican teles with noiseless pickups, although I’m not sure if they were special editions or on all guitars for the years that feature them.
Yeah I'm just trying to track it down so we know the spec for sure. Fender's Serial Number Lookup, as expected, is basically completely useless. I still struggle to believe a company as big as them have had such a crappy system for them for literally decades at this point. Stuff like certain Fender Japan models only being placeable within a four year span for their manufacture date is crazy.
2003 CIJ Fender Jaguar, sunburst (SJAG-3n neck, SHR-1b bridge, 500K lead circuit pots/speed knobs, Mastery bridge, Buzz Stop, Squier JM JM vibrato plate, modified whammy bar)

2022 MIM Fender Meteora, cosmic jade (top mounted input jack added)

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