Agile guitars

Agile guitars

Nothing beats an original Les Paul, Telecaster, Stratocaster or PRS-model guitar. I'm sure that most guitarists, when asked, prefer the real deal. Problem is that Gibson's, Fenders and PRS's don't come cheap. For starters on the guitar market, or guitar players with a smaller wallet, there are lot's of alternatives. 

The "big" guitar brands have their budget lines, for example Epiphone for Gibson and Squier for Fender, but more interesting are the "clone" builders. They build the popular guitar models, often for a fraction of the price of the original, and this market is huge, ranging from "cheap" Chinese build guitars to the most expensive handmade custom "clones". One of the guitar brands offering budget guitars is Agile guitars. Agile guitars runs an impressive line of models, with flavours for everyone.

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Agile guitars by Rondo Music

Unlike "normal" guitar builders, Agile guitars are build, commissioned by "Rondo Music", a USA (Claremont) based music store, established in 1959. Besides the Les Paul and PRS styled Agile's, Rondo Music also sells SX, Telecaster and Stratocaster shaped guitars. As a result, Agile Guitars aren't sold by other guitar sellers. Rondo Music sells their Agile guitars only through the internet, with a focus on Ebay selling.

Besides Agile guitars, there are lot's of guitar stores who sell a line of guitars, which they have produced under there own name or brand. Agile differences with these "store brands" offering a very extensive line of models and finishes. All major guitar models / clones are in Agile's catalog, from standard factory to custom guitars, and some more. Agile guitars are produced in Korea.

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Agile guitars, the AL models

As said, Agile guitars runs a very extensive range of models. One of the most reviewed Agile guitar on the internet is the Les Paul styled AL series. Agile's from these series are considered to compete with the standard Epiphone les Pauls. The luxery Agile AL 3000, top of the line within the Agile AL series, should even compete with entry level Gibson Les Pauls.

This Agile Al 3000 features an ebony fretboard, triple bindings and Alnico pickups. Specifications not to be ashamed of for a 450 USD priced guitar. The entry level Agile AL 2000, priced around 200 USD is also Korean build, and according to different reviews on the internet, offers great value for the money. Within the Agile AL series, there is an almost unlimited choice in colors and finishes, compared to the entry level Epihines and Gibsons.

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Agile guitars, the Septor, Interceptor and Intrepid models

Surprisingly, Agile guitars manages to offer 7, 8, 9, 10 and even 12 string guitars for incredible competitive prices. The Intrepid 8 string for example, is available for only 499 USD. More strings, more money.

The Agile Septor, Interceptor and Intrepid guitars all offer more than 6 strings, and like the Agile AL series, lots of colors and finishes can be chosen. All the Agile Septor, Interceptor and Intrepid models are PRS / Strat, modern and radical styled guitars.

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Agile guitars, custom shop

Every four or five months a year, Ronde Music opens their Custom Shop for new orders. In the Agile Custom Shop, you can have your guitar build from the ground up to your specifications. Here also, Agile's prices are a fraction of the prices you pay for Custom Shop guitars from the major brands.

Anyway, if you have the time, and you are unknown with Agile guitars, take a look at the Agile guitars on Ebay or at Rondo Music. I'm sure you will, like me, be surprised by the specifications and prices.

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Fender CS Indian Stratocaster

Fender CS Indian Stratocaster

From the hands of Fender Custom Shop Senior Master Builder Marck Kendrick comes this stunning piece of work, the Fender CS (Custom Shop) Indian Stratocaster.

Like the Fender CS Birdflower and the Fender CS Chris Craft Esquire Boat Art LE (sold!), this Stratocaster is also for sale at the German Music Store. From time to time I take a look at their site to see if they have new "Custom Shops". As they are the largest music store in Europe, they have the funds to aquire the most beautiful and expensive guitars, like this CS Stratocaster. This Custom Shop guitar is not a new item, but it sure deserves a closer look!

fender cs indian stratocaster neck

fender cs indian stratocaster output and knobs

 

The Fender CS Indian Stratocaster has a transparant finish with, airbrushed on the body, a very detailed indian head. It's a masterpiece; the feathers from the headdress expand over the pickguard, and like the indian's hair, it seems like they actually are arranged on top of the Stratocaster's body.

The back of the body, including the cover for the electronics, is decorated with feathers and a bleached wild west animal skull.

Another detail of the Fender CS Indian Stratocaster is the inlay of the same animal skull and feathers in the neck. The output and the three knobs are just clean chrome, a nice contrast to the full decorated CS Stratocaster. I haven't seen a lot of these cool clean chrome knobs on guitars, but I really like them a lot.

Last but not least, the humbuckers almost have the same "woody" color as the pickguard, and here also, the paintbrush expands. The Fender CS Indian Stratocaster is packed with these little details.

I took the liberty of using the pictures of the Fender CS Indian Stratocaster from the Musicstore  website, these images are great, and they show all the wonderful details of this CS Strat. Musicstore sells the CS Indian Stratocaster for just under 10.000 Euro. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find more specific technical information.



fender cs indian stratocaster  full back



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Fender CS Indian, 2 Stratocasters and 2 Telecasters

One of the reasons I like to post about CS guitars like this, is the fact that most of the (Fender) Custom Shop guitars are built in small numbers, or "one piece", and after they are sold, it's difficult to get information and pictures once these CS guitars are removed from the sellers website. Also many of these limited Custom Shop Fender's can't be found on the Fender website anymore.

Senior Master Builder Mark Kendrick from the Fender CS built 2 Indian Stratocasters and 2 CS Indian Telecasters.
The German Musicstore aquired 1 Indian Stratocaster and 1 Indian Telecaster.



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Stolen Fender CS Indian Telecaster

When searching for more information about the Indian Stratocasters and Telecasters, I found the Musicstore announcement about the theft of 50 Custom Shop guitars in the of night the 1st and 2nd of december 2007. Among these stolen exclusive CS's was the Fender CS Indian Telecaster!

The complete list of the stolen CS guitars :  http://video.musicstore.de/diebstahl/index_EN.html
The theft in 2007 was all over the news and on the forums on the internet, but I can't find any information about recovery, so I assume these CS guitars are still "missing". The reward for the recovery of the stolen CS guitars was set on 30.000 Euro, or at least 5000 Euro for the recovery of a single guitar! 

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Fender Chris Craft Esquire Boat Art Limited Edition

Fender Chris Craft Esquire Boat Art Limited Edition

 

Fender Chris Craft Esquire Boat Art Limited Edition

"When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.".

This famous quote from the leading English art critic and thinker of the Victorian era, John Ruskin states what Chris Craft, builder of premium yachts and boats stand for;  the quote is written on their website.

Chris Craft and also Fender, especially the Fender Custom Shop, are  USA icons. John Ruskin's quote might as well be on the Fender website. Both company's have a long history, and they stand for craftsmanship and dedication. In the Fender Chris Craft Esquire Boat Art Limited Edition, Fender and Chris Craft blend together in a remarkable Telecaster.

Fender Chris Craft Esquire Boat Art Limited Edition

Like the Fender Birdflower, The Fender Chris Craft Esquire Boat Art Limited Edition was presented on the NAMM 2011 Show. These Fender Custom Shop guitars are one of a kind, demonstrating the skills of the Master Builders of the Fender Custom Shop. The Fender Birdflower comes from the hands of Yuriy Shishkov and the Fender Chris Craft Esquire Boat Art Limited Edition is one of John Cruz's masterpieces. 

Fender Chris Craft Esquire Boat Art Limited Edition

Not only the Fender Chris Craft Esquire Boat Art Limited Edition Telecaster was crafted by John Cruz, he also made two sublime extra's, a model Chris Craft boat, and a matching Morris & Holmberg guitar case. The neck plate of the guitar is engraved with the signature of John Cruz.

Both the Fender Birdflower and the Fender Chris Craft Esquire Boat Art Limited Edition are at this time still for sale at the German Musicstore; the Birdflower for a stunning 45.000 Euro, and the Chris Craft Esquire Boat Art Limited Edition for 8.569 Euro.

Update: According to the Music Store website, the Chris Craft Esquire Boat Art Limited Edition they had in stock, is sold.

More information about the Fender Chris Craft Esquire Boat Art Limited Edition ?

The Fender Chris Craft is a "Limited Edition", so there should be a certain number of guitars produced, or they have been produced for a certain period. I found different webshops who have the Fender Chris Craft Esquire Boat Art Limited Edition on sale, but I can't find how many were in the run. Another question is who initiated the original design, John Cruz, or was the Chris Craft company involved? If you have more information (maybe you are one of the lucky owners) about the Fender Chris Craft Esquire Boat Art Limited Edition, please leave a comment!

Fender Chris Craft Esquire Boat Art Limited Edition

Features FENDER Chris Craft Esquire

• Master built by John Cruz 
• 12/4 "quartersawn" Mahogany body 
• Urethane finish 
• 4/4 Mahogany neck 
• ´59 Esquire "C" Shape, 9.5" Radius 
• Nitro finish 
• White Binding 
• 6100 Dunlop Jumbo frets 
• Neck plate engraved "John Cruz Signature" 
• Nautical Symbol Inlays 
• Custom Shop Logo in 12th fret 
• Vintage 63 Tele Bridge 
• Vintage Kluson Mechanics 
• Morris & Holmberg guitar case

Electric guitars with acoustic pickups



fishman powerbridge on fender deluxe power

Electric guitars with acoustic pickups, an overview.

It's obvious that I'm interested in electric guitars with acoustic pickups like the Epiphone ES-339 Ultra, (the good and the bad), and the Fender Acoustasonic Telecaster.

In this post I present some other electric-acoustic guitars I like, and the acoustic pickup systems which give these electric guitars the possibility to blend electric and acoustic sounds.

Acoustic pickups for electric guitars

lr baggs t-bridge on electric guitar

The most common acoustic (piezo) pickup systems for electric guitars I found, come from LR Baggs, Fishman (both from the USA), Shadow (Germany), and GraphTech (Canada).

shadow nanomag on epiphone les paul ultra

LR Baggs, and Fishman concentrate their activities on acoustic pickups, mostly for acoustic guitars, Shadow also produces humbuckers, and GraphTech focuses on acoustic pickup systems for electric guitars.

graphtech ghost piezo acoustic pickup

Shadow offers the innovative Nanomag, Fishman scores with the Powerbridge, GraphTech invented the Ghost Piezo saddles and LR Baggs hits the scene with the X-Bridge and the T-Bridge. It's a niche market; only a small percentage of the electric guitars have the "extra", acoustic pickup. The Fishman powerbridge and the LR Baggs bridge are probably the most popular ones. Lot's of technical information about these acoustic pickups for electric guitars can be found on the producers websites.

Electric guitars with acoustic pickups

Obviously there are a lot more electric guitars with acoustic pickups than the ones below. These ones give a good view on what's available on the market, within the different price ranges.
Almost all electric guitars with acoustic pickups are also equiped with 5-way switches, pre-amps and dual output jackets; one for connecting the amplifier and one for connecting an acoustic amp or PA, for blending the electric and acoustic sound.

crafter sa(t) with lr baggs acoustic pickup

Crafter SA and SAT

The Crafter SA and SAT are Les Paul styled, semi hollow body archtop guitars. Sides and back from solid wood, and the tops come in different woods and colors. Both the Crafter SA and SAT are equiped with LR Baggs acoustic pickups. The SA also has a Kent Armstrong Lipstick pickup, and the SAT has a Kent Armstrong P90 humbucker. The Crafter SA(T) is fairly priced, around 550 - 600 Euro.

epi ultra III (3) with shadow nanomag

Epiphone Les Paul Ultra III (3)

The Epiphone Les Paul Ultra III (3) is Epiphones's answer to the demand in electric acoustic guitars. The Les Paul Ultra III (3) has 2 Epiphone Probuckers, and for acoustic sounds a Shadow Nanomag is mounted at the end of the fingerboard. The Ultra III (3) has a chromatic tuner onboard, and even a USB connection is available. After registration of the Ultra, Guitarrig software can be downloaded for free. The Epiphone ES-339 Ultra uses the same technology, my review can be found here and here. Pricing of the Epiphone Les Paul Ultra III (3) is around 560 - 630 Euro.



fender telecaster / stratocaster with fishman powerbridge

Fender (Nashville) Deluxe Power Stratocaster and Telecaster

For an acoustic plus, Fender added the Fishman Powerbridge to the Deluxe Power Strat and Tele. The Deluxe Power Telecaster comes with a middle strat pickup, and tele pickups for neck and bridge, the Stratocaster uses strat pickups for the neck, middle and bridge positions. These electric guitars with the Fishman Powerbridge have a five-way switch for blending the electric and acoustic sounds. Available for around 1100 Euro.

Another Fender electric guitar with a Fishman Powerbridge acoustic piezo pickup is the Acoustasonic Telecaster I wrote about, one of my favourites.



godin montreal with lr baggs t-bridge

Godin Montreal

The Godin Montreal is part of the Signature series from guitar builder Godin, located in Montreal, Canada, and they are well know for their new guitar concepts. The Montreal has a carved solid Mahogany body with two f-holes, Jazz Style. Godin was inspired by the Montreal Jazz festival when creating this electric-acoustic guitar. The Montreal blends electric and acoustic sounds by using two Godin Humbuckers and a LR Baggs acoustic bridge and a custom PreAmp. Pricing of the Godin Montreal is around 1600 Euro.

parker fly with graphtech ghost piezo

Parker Guitars (Fly Series)

Guitars build by Parker are something special, as Parker combines woods with modern composites and fibers. Apart from that, most electric Parker guitars are stufed with acoustic technology.

The Parker Fly DeLuxe, MaxxFly, Fly Select and others come in different, modern shapes and colors, and are powered with different humbuckers. What they all have in common is the acoustic technology from the GraphTech Ghost Piezo saddles. Parker guitars don't come cheap.



prs p22 with lr baggs acoustic bridge

PRS   P22 and (singlecut) Hollowbody II

For more than ten years, PRS is using LR Baggs acoustick pickup systems for the PRS Hollowbody II and singlecut Hollowbody II.

In 2012 PRS added the P22 in the program range, their first piezo acoustic pickup equiped solidbody guitar.
The LR Baggs system used in the P22 is the same acoustic pickup system that is used for the longer existing and popular hollowbodies. Only the design of this bridge is smaller than the original LR Baggs used in the hollowbodies, so it fits perfectly in the solidbody. The electric-acoustic guitars from PRS are expensive, starting with prices around 3600 Euro for the P22, and 4300 Euro for the PRS Hollowbody.



gibson les paul with lr baggs piezo pickup

Gibson Les Paul Piezo.

Unfortunately not in production anymore, the Gibson Les Paul Piezo, a Goldtop with EMG (rocking) humbuckers, and a golden LR Baggs piezo bridge. The Les Paul Piezo can still be found in (web)shops.





Gibson Custom Alex Lifeson LP Axcess

Still in production is the Gibson Custom Les Paul Alex Lifeson Axcess with Graphtech Ghost Bridge for authentic acoustic sound, and Floyd Rose vibrato. Humbuckers: Gibson's 496R and 498T. The first 50 guitars were signed by Alex Lifeson.

Fender Birdflower Telecaster, only one piece, built in the Fender Custom Shop

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Fender Birdflower Telecaster!

Take a look at this wonderful one of a kind Fender Birdflower Telecaster from the Fender Custom Shop, and read more! It might well be your last and only chance.....

Here in big pictures!


When going through the 2012 catalog of the German Musicstore my eye fell on the Fender Custom Shop Birdflower Telecaster, advertised with: "single piece" and a pricing of 45.000 Euro! It's the most expensive Fender Custom Shop ever build.
The guitar is built by master builder Yuriy Shishkov who was looking for a way to put some Claro Walnut to a good use. He presented the Telecaster on the Namm show in Los Angeles in 2011, and put hundreds of hours of craftsmanship in building this Telecaster masterpiece. No CNC machine or laser used! The fingerboard, headstock and the top are handcrafted, decorated with mother-of-pearl, different colors of abalone, silver wire and copper wire. What a piece of work!

Fender Birdflower Telecaster

I took the freedom of using the information and the pictures from www.musicstore.de where this diamond is for sale. I hope they don't mind. Only a little piece of information can be found about the Birdflower Telecaster, and when it is sold, we probably never see it again....

Fender Birdflower Telecaster

Features: 

• Premium Ash Body 
• "Claro walnut" blanket with Ivoroid Binding 
• AAA birdseye maple neck with modern C shape
• Ebony fingerboard with 9.5 "radius 
• 22 medium jumbo frets 
• Fender Texas Special neck pickup hand wound by Abigail Ybarra 
• Fender 1963-style Telecaster bridge pickup hand wound by Abigail Ybarra 
• 3-way switch and pots from the back of the cabinet mounted 
• Modern Fender tuners Pearl Button 
• Razor-thin, hand-polished lacquer 
• including Morris & Holmberg Flight Case & certificate 

Birdflower Telecaster back

Fender Birdflower Telecaster Video

The German Musicstore has been so kind to put a video online on their Youtube tv-channel, starring the Fender Custom Shop Birdflower Telecaster. It still is the most expensive Fender Custom Shop guitar ever.

Enjoy the video!

Fender Select Series, Carved KOA Top Telecaster

The Select Series from Fender, Custom Shop Luxary for a factory price.  

Until now, if you were in search of a real luxary Fender; Telecaster or Stratocaster, you had to visit the Fender Custom Shop. The normal Fenders do come streight out of the factory, and the exclusive ones, as said, come from the Fender Custom Shop. But where to shop if you are into a special Fender, but you don't have the budget for the real expensive ones? Fender gave the answer: the Fender Select Series.


Fender Select Series

The Fender Select Series

The guitars from the Select Series can't be compared with the standard guitars from the factory. Luxary woods, carved tops and flamed maple are rarely seen on Fenders outside the expensive Custom Shop. The Select Series though, gives you all of this at reasonable prices. This special serie is valued in between the very modern "The Luxe Series" and the very vintage "Vintage series", and they offer the best of both series. The Select Series are the best Fender offers from the factory production lines with the focus on the use of the best available materials, superior selected woods, re-designed electronics and a stunning finish. It's supposed to be the top of the factory production models. And the price? Yes, the Fender Select Series are the top of the factory line, and so is the pricing of these guitars, but you sure get a special Stratocaster, Telecaster or Fender bass from the Select Series for your money.

The Fender Select Series are, as Fender says, the "best ones". They're guaranteed to sound good, they have the best woods, and the best pickups, according to an article in the 2012 Fender Magazine. The Fender Select Series instruments are all limited, and won't be around forever, but in the future, new designs, new woods, and new innovations will be developped for the Fender Select Series.
These Fenders can compete with a custom shop guitar from any other guitar builder.

Koa,  special wood for special guitars

It's no wonder that Fender uses, like lot's of guitar builders, Koa wood for one of their exclusive guitars, the Carved Koa Top Telecaster, from the Select Series. Koa comes from Hawai, is in short supply, and is a very expensive, very high quality wood. Koa deeply shines from light to rich golden colors to dark, with strong grain markings. Very often Koa has a wonderful flame or curl which gives every Koa made guitar it's own unique, exclusive character. Koa gives the guitar a well balanced sound, with the warm tones of Rosewood, and the bright tones of mahogany. The colors, flames and curls make Koa one of the most beloved materials when it comes to building luxury, mostly acoustic, expensive guitars. From the Select Series, I put the spotlight on the Carved Koa Top Telecaster, as I'm a huge fan of guitars made of Koa.

Koa Carved Top Telecaster Fender

Koa Carved Top Telecaster Fender

Carved KOA Top Telecaster, a master piece from the Fender Select Series

The body of the Carved Koa Top telecaster is made of Empress, a leightweight wood, originally used for traditional Chinese and Japanese instruments. The body is chambered, like a labyrinth or maze which leaves the weight balanced, but still keeps a great sound. It is a good, leightweight alternative for the common used woods like ash. One of the spectacular features is the bookmatched Koa Top. Slightly carved and very elegant. The Koa top and the Empress body together gives the telecaster an impressive depth of 53 mm.
Surprisingly the Telecaster control-panel on the Koa Top fits wonderful in the top, and is also slightly carved. As an extra, the standard no-load tone knob has a bypass-click if opened completely, to provide maximum hight tones, and makes this Koa Top Telecaster a bit more versatile than the standard Telecaster.

For the Select Series, Fender produced some re-designed electronics. This results for the Carved Koa Top Telecaster in two Fender Select single coil elements. The neck element has a higher resistance than the more standard bridge element, which results in a higher output and  more agressive tones. By doing this, Fender created the so much wanted mix between vintage and  more modern tones.

The carved top, and the use of Koa wood makes this Telecaster look very good. Combined with the Telecaster sound and the modern no-load bypass, the Carved Koa Top Telecaster deserves to be an item in the Select Series.

Koa Carved Top Telecaster Fender body

Koa Carved Top Telecaster Fender head

Fender Select Carved Koa Top Telecaster video

Below is a video of the Fender Select Carved Koa Telecaster. In this video the Koa Telecaster is shown, and the sounds of both pickups are demonstrated. The video is of excellent quality, so the carved Koa top, and the control panel plate which follows the carve of the Koa top of this Select Telecaster, is well presented. Worth watching!

Fender Acoustasonic Telecaster (vs Epi ES-339 Ultra)

Fender Acoustasonic Tele (vs Epi-ES-339 Ultra)

As I am the proud owner of a Epiphone ES-339 Ultra, I'm also very interested in other electric guitars with an acoustic pick-up system. One of these rare guitars is the Fender Acoustasonic telecaster.

fender acoustasonic fishman aura

Like the Epiphone ES-339 Ultra, the Fender Acoustasonic Telecaster is some kind of a hybrid. Apart from the "normal" electronics, both guitars have a little extra, something that perhaps doesn't attract the players who are into the the authentic sound of a Telecaster or a ES-339, but for those looking for an extra (acoustic) sound  in a typical Fender Telecaster or ES-339 body, they deserve a closer look. What makes these guitars different from the rest is the built-in acoustic pick-up system. I reviewed my Epiphone ES-339 Ultra with the Shadow Nanomag acoustic pick-up here (the good) and here (the bad). The Acoustasonic on the other hand uses the Fishman Auro system for acoustic sounds.

Fender Acoustasonic with Fishman Aura-technology

Fender came out with the Acoustasonic Telecaster in 2010, and later that year it won the "best of the show" award at the NAMM. Understandable as the guitar stands out in the crowd due to the innovations packed in it.
The Acoustasonic Telecaster is available in white and sunburst and at first look it seems to be a regular Telecaster as we all know them.
At closer look you can see that the iconic Telecaster bridgeplate is replaced by a rosewood bridge in the same style. Under the rosewood bridge Fender mounted the Fishman acoustic pick-up, and this one is the big surprise! Here the Telecaster get's the unexpected acoustic sound. At the top - side of the Acoustasonic the Fishman pre-amp is located. It has all the functionality and controls for the acoustic part of the guitar. Further more the neck pick-up is a Fender single-coil Telecaster, and the normal Telecaster controls for tone, and volume are set on the Acoustasonic Telecaster body. Nothing weird going on there.

Two outputs are available for the, seperate or mixed, acoustic and electric, pick-up systems. Both systems can be played and combined by using 1 amp or an electric and an acoustic amp, making it possible to play all styles of music you can imagine, and more. The body is hollowed which should help to generate a deep warm acoustic sound, and lower the weight a little bit as all the electronics bring in a little extra. Old Telecaster looks, new sounds!

fender acoustasonic telecaster fishman controls

Fender Acoustasonic vs ES-339 Ultra

The Epiphone ES-339 Ultra and the Fender Acoustasonic Telecaster have lots in common. They each have, in their own way, a classic well loved body type. Both instruments use innovative electronics to bring, next to the 339 and Telecaster sound, a (modulated) acoustic sound to live. Hollowed bodies, seperate controls for magnetic and acoustic pick-ups, double output to split and mix the sounds. The Acoustasonic with Fishman and the ES-339 Ultra with Shadow's Nanomag; both systems are discretely mounted in the bodies.

The controls for the acoustic pick-ups are located at the back of the guitar(Epiphone ES-339 Ultra), and at the side-top of the guitar (Fender Acoustasonic Telecaster). I would prefer the controls located at the side-top. My ES-339 Ultra has them on the back, and you have to move the guitar away to use them. I think Fender did a better job with the Acoustasonic telecaster, speaking in terms of ergonomy. When it comes to making a choice between the Fender and the Epiphone I think it all depends on the looks and charactaristics of each guitar. You either love the Fender or the ES-339. The body types and electric sounds of the Acoustasonic and the 339 Ultra have their own color, and as both acoustic systems are well developed, and offer balanced acoustic tones, there's the choice.

fender acoustasonic telecaster sunburst