Fender Reso-Tele 2-Color Sunburst MN electric resonator guitar

General

The Fender Reso-Tele is definitely distinctive. This guitar has the characteristics of both the Fender Telecaster and a traditional resonator guitar. Its looks certainly make an impression, featuring a shiny resonator cone and a brass nickel-plated tailpiece. Other striking features of the Fender Reso Tele include the F-shaped sound hole, the familiar Telecaster neck pickup and the 3-colour Sunburst finish for added style.

Fender Reso-Tele: folk twang

The resulting sound is what you'd expect, a fusion between the folk feel of a resonator and the famous Tele twang. This guitar features the standard Telecaster neck pickup, aided by a Fishman Powerchip under-saddle piezo pickup that can be blended with the tone control.

Acoustic or electric?

Fender puts this Reso Tele among their acoustic guitars but it wouldn't be out of place in the electric guitar section. Either way, its C-profile maple neck has 21 frets, a rosewood fretboard and an artificial bone string nut as well as a maple body. Its cone is a work of true craftsmanship, made in Eastern Europe, where they also know how to play a spot of folk music. Are you in for a sound that is distinctive from the start? Then the Fender Reso Tele is your guitar.