For the string issue... Just loosen the neck and push down the neck until the strings are centered properly ( then retighten )... I do it from time to time with most guitars ... yeah it's new .. and "should be perfect" ,but we have to do what we have to do as guitar players...Nice video! I subscribed... see you on the next one! Thanks!

Please keep making these videos - you’re honest and straight talking and I trust what you tell me. Really good review - please continue sharing your wisdom with us, the fledgling guitarists out there. Cheers! Kierri x

Update Feb: the retailer has offered to take it back and send it to Fender UK for viewing/assessment. What the remedy(s) will be I do not know, but will update here as and when. Meanwhile, thanks for all the views and comments, much appreciated.

Thank you for the honest straightforward review and heads up on the possible shortcomings - cheers.

Awesome video. The best and most thorough demonstration with added real world detail. I enjoyed this and learned a lot ( even in the comments!).😊 Cheers Marm, you are a good fella to watch. Thanks for the great job❤

Thanks for showing these issues, now I have changed my mind!

Nice man. Great review. I can tell you're an experienced player based on the points you're making, and your insight is valuable for smart shoppers. Appreciate you.

I'm planning on purchasing this model. Now I will look for these shortcomings when assessing the instrument. Thanks for the review!

Ive had one for about a year and its amazing. it was perfectly setup from new. its the most comfortable guitar i have ever played

After adjusting the truss rod on my American Vintage II '57 Strat, which requires removing the neck, the high E string was like yours. I loosened the bolts and pushed the neck to the side while retightening the neck, and it fixed the problem. It's a neck pocket + neck heel "problem". It is wood afterall, and there's also supposed to be some give there.

I appreciate your video review and sharing your experience with the Player Plus Nashville Tele from Fender Mexico. I had tried out a couple of these in 2020 and found that the necks were not wide enough to comfortably keep all the strings in perfect place for me. This is most common with Asian built guitars that generally come with 42 mm (or narrower) nuts. I was in love with the "Nashville" concept though, so I decided to take a crack at putting my own together and so with mostly parts from Fender (Body, P/U's, tuners, etc.) and others that were carefully selected I put mine together, being very careful with my measurements and bridge placement, especially. I also wired it up "Brent Mason" style, with a third control knob to blend in the Strat P/U. Finally it was coming down to possibly having to buy a Fender USA neck or a Warmoth, when I literally tripped over a neck being sold by Guitar Center that was made by Fender (Custom Roasted Maple w/"Flat Oval" shape, 12" radius), with a 43mm nut. That was the piece that solved the whole puzzle for me and the guitar plays beautifully in the hands with no issues, whatsoever. The necks are available from multiple retailers and on Fender's site also. If you remain in love with your Nashville, but need a little extra room for the E strings, then this might be your answer also.

Great review! Today I tried this guitar in a shop. It is a fantastic piece of wood....

Thank you, this was a helpful review!

I really enjoyed your video, as I was considering ordering this guitar online. As a result I will only buy my Fender after a thorough inspection and playing at my local shop. Greetinfrom North Carolina! It's ashamed you don't have more subscribers! Well you should and you can count me as one. I look forward to seeing your other reviews.

Thank you for the helpful video. I was considering and it has too many red flags. I appreciate it.

Thanks for the frank assessment for this Nashville Plus, with issues that should never be there even at Classic Vibe prices let alone the totally ridiculous $1600CAD new asked for in Canada! My 2020 Player Series Lead II bought on a clearance sale, was great right off the shelf so I know that Mexico can build well if they want to. I guess the two years since things have gone downhill badly.

Bought the exact Tele in December, my first Tele, got to say from playing it in the shop I've barely picked anything else up... the neck is incredible and 12" board just perfect for me. No issues with the saddles, control plate etc on mine, the string alignment could be slightly adjusted on the high E side but that is easily done (loosening the bolts to adjust) as I'm sure you've probably done by now. Overall I could only recommend, but as always... best to try before you buy. Great demo btw

Nice review, thank you. I bought one a year and a half ago, Opal Spark is the color (Blue ). It is a remarkable guitar. I was always a Les Paul and Strat guy, but I now consider this my Number One, for gigging, especially.

I bought the same guitar in October '23 and the 3 issues you mention (Intonation, high E string 'roll off' and wonky control switch plate) aren't a problem on mine. Not meaning to show off or anything. Guess I just got lucky. Really love this guitar. I swapped out the black scratch plate for a white/cream with black trim. Looks lovely. Thanks for reviewing it.

Great playing sir! The first thing I look at is distance string 1 from the edge, and if string 1 runs parallel to the edge. Next is fret buzz. Thank you for pointing out the saddle issue and options.

I work with cnc machinery and unfortunately quality issues can arise due to many various reasons. Quality Control is the real issue here....how that has left the factory baffles me! I have just bought one of these guitars today so thank you for this video, i will definitely be looking to see if the guitar has any of these issues...and also, great playing 👍

I happened upon your KZfaq posting quite by accident actually. Trying to get some comparison information on the Fender Player Plus versus the regular Player model (not that I even need an additional guitar mind you 😂). Like you, I probably wouldn’t have noticed those problems, but will watch out for them in the future. Thanks much for those tips! Regarding Teles in general, I happened to pick up a MIM Fender “Factory Special Run” (FSR) Telecaster a couple of years ago (an ash, butterscotch FSR) and have been quite delighted with the quality of that product. So much so that when I happened on another one (used), I purchased it as well😎. Both of these instruments have proven to be real “keepers”. I did add Fender staggered locking tuners and better Gotoh brass saddles, as well as “Pure Tone” multi-contact 1/4 inch output jacks (I highly recommend these by the way😉). However, other than those additions, one or the other of these two guitars have become my main gigging Telecaster. Considering that I also own a Fender “Ultra” Model Tele, that’s high praise for these $400 dollar US guitars😎. At the price point for Corona, California-made instruments, I’ve found these MIM models can be quite the bargains, with little to no trade offs between their American counterparts. I’ve also found the same experience with the MIM Player Strats👍 PS - love your playing by the way😎.

Brilliant review. Subscribed.

Great job and thanks! 🎸

Quite nice video, great playing! I just got 6 months ago the Nashville in sunburst color, I dont have the problem with the 1st string too near the border, but I do have the problem with the 6th saddle, I had to cut the spring in half. in general terms the guitar is great, fantastic neck, really balanced and had the right weight (based on my personal preference). initially I did no like too much the noiseless pickups, but then I set the height of each one (test different positions) until I got a really defined and clear tone, finally I tried different EQ in my amp (treble, middle,bass) and the pickups delivered really great tones. The pick ups are very versatily..... loving the guitar...Im enjoying a lot playing it.... (im still loving more my strat....but I have enough love for both)

Very nice clean demo. There is a used Fender Deluxe Nashville Tele locally. I'll see if it has any of the issues described.

Wow what a lemon guitar you got. My Indonesian is top notch just like my American professional 2. Pickups changed and man it's just as good!

I have that same guitar but mine is beige and black pick guard. I am jamming with you on the end of your video. KEEP DOING JAM VIDEOS you're AWESOME 👍😎

Nice review. Thanks.

Thanks for the rundown video on this - great stuff! I've have this exact guitar since Feb '22, now don't get me wrong, I absolutely love it, but here's some of the issues I've noticed: - Bridge intonation does seem to go back slightly too far, but not as extreme as your low E! I noticed also that the small allen key bolts in some places actually sit down into the screw cavity below, which makes it a tad uneven and annoying. - Exactly the same issue with the lack of real estate for the high E string and it seems that there is a lot more that could have been utilized from the low E side - it's really annoying and i was considering either shifting the neck or getting a new nut cut (maybe) - The nut was very badly done and I had pinging when bending the high E and B strings around the 2nd/3rd fret (which i crazily did not notice in the store!). - Further to the nut slotting I actually had a big issue at my first gig where the high E popped out of the nut slot completely a few times when i played an open chord hard.... nightmare for a solo gig, but I got through it! My solution was to actually replace the string tree with one i could reverse in the same hole and bring it slightly closer to the nut(it's pretty far back!) I also clamped it right down and I haven't had any issues since. - Another issue I spotted that yours has too is the neck pocket gap was quite large on one side - I'm unsure if it's supposed to be like this, but it bugs my perfectionist brain a little! - last issue that I seem to have is that there is something wrong with the wiring or grounding when the pull-push knob is pulled, just a little crackle, but if hold onto it and adjust it then it's very noticeable. Also, for the record, my control panel is parallel - yay! It was interesting to see some similar issues with your guitar - I'll definitely be keeping mine, but it was a lesson learned to even think to check these aspects... I just knew it was the right one in the shop!! :D

I bought one of these about three months ago. I find I tend to use the middle pickup more than others. Mine does not have the top string/fretboard edge problem. Like your guitar the control plate is not parallel to the bridge plate. The pickups are quite bright, such that I wind the tone control back a hair if I have the vol up full. The brightness calms down at lesser volume settings. I use a Roland JC40, a very bright amp, and find that it works better with a G&L ASAT Classic that I have fitted with Tone Rider Tele pickups

Sure would think the bridge placement is not to spec , I get the frustration, especially realizing from quality control to customer care being lost within corporations these times we live, the day when people cared what they sold and took pride in there work was cut from a different cloth and vanishing from the world. Thank you for the video, learned much from this and things to be aware of when looking at guitars. Excellent playing! Be well!

The Nashville Tele is caused by Brent Mason, who is a famous Nashville studio musician and he was the first one to put a middle pickup in a Telecaster. About the strings not aligning neck, is caused by the neckpocket not being cut right. You can see it in the video, around 10:50, that there is a gap between the body and the neck. Så you can loosen the neck and pulle it closer to the body, to close the gap and then the strings will align again. But maybe it also can be caused by the bridgeplate not being placed correctly on the bode.

After watching this video, I immediately went to look at my 2020 Nashville. This was the last year the Nashville was produced before the player plus Nashville. The small E string looked fine, the selector switch assembly was parallel to the bridge and the bridge springs looked great with plenty of room for adjustment. Just lucky I guess

In my experience the issue you mention with the top string sliding off is an effect of rolling off the action when the outside bridge screw on the string is lower than the inside. If you adjust them to be the same height it should help. I'd probably return a brand new guitar where I had to do cut a spring to intonate and there was an obvious flaw like the crooked electronics. It does look like it's all off a touch and I would be concerned that it won't age well.

I'm surprised you didn't send it back with all the flaws. They are not minor. I am now second guessing my want for this guitar. I suppose buying it from a shop that stocks them is the answer.

I don't know what amplifier you connect it to but it sounds very good, as I said in other comments; the defects that he found are very disappointing and one is not comfortable seeing or feeling them; the question that occurs to me is if buying Warmoth body and neck and some quality electronics, would you get the same sound? I think it would be cheaper. Give me your opinion. Thank you

I’m with you, man. I ordered a Fender American performer recently and sent it back after two days of wrestling with it. Frets were so bad they actually choked out the notes from the 12th on the high e up. Just stopped bends dead in their tracks. I’ve been doing setups for years now and there was no way of adjusting the problem out without the action being 3mm off the board. I haven never seen a guitar of such poor quality, Fender is all about the name on the headstock, their quality control is diabolical.

Excellent video - so grateful for your post. Now that you have corrected the e string and intonation issue using the next resetting method, are you happy with the guitar? Or do you regret buying it? I am interested in the Nashville telecaster and want to know if I should persist with buying it if, even after it has been corrected, it's still a lemon (or not really playable).

I never tire of listening to that guitar; Is the theme yours or a sample base? Thanks from Spain

Great video, I am considering this guitar. I personally would have returned it. You've pointed out some pretty bad QC issues that IMHO would affect the playability. That high e-string is definite to close to the edge. If I had to take a guess, I would say that the entire bridge is shifted to much to one side and too forward, exactly what you said. Lovely guitar, but the QC on that particular one would have me heading straight back to the dealer. I think what I would do, and I'm not suggesting that you do it, is loosen the strings and then loosen the entire bridge assembly to see if there is enough play to shift the entire bridge assembly so that the six strings are even across the fingerboard.

In looking at my tele my switch plate is parallel they messed yours up also my bridge is set further down from the neck for sure to bad they didn’t make it right.

I sold my Strat and bought a G&l ASAT Classic S with alnico pickups, which is equivalent to your guitar, except it's custom shop build quality. I installed a Free-Way 10-way switch, which gives you classic Strat switching plus N+B in parallel, N+M in series, N+B in series, B+M in series, and all three in parallel. If you have a three single-coil pickup guitar, I highly recommend the switch. The in-between positions are great and the series positions give a slight volume boost and a "humbucker-ish" tone.

@10:17 looking at my Squire tele. that bridge does look like its 1mm to 2mm closer to the neck (based on the pickguard which isnt really a good metric) but judging by the intonation issue you got, that might be the case.

I had a 2017 Nashville Tele. Although it was a great players guitar, it needed sorting by an experienced guitar tech. It’s had the high E string close to the edge of the finger board (at the 10-13 frets). Then had fret sprout along the full length of the neck. Once that was sorted, put in S1 push, push switch and finished with full set up. Shame Fender stick out such nice guitars which are half finished. Makes me wonder if all these videos we see with artist demos have had a tech look over them first. 🎸😉👍🇬🇧 22:03

I’m in the market for a tele soon but I ll definitely buy in store so I see the one I’m getting.

Thanks so much for the honest review. It's a real shame to have issues with a guitar that would set me back about $1600 CDN. I was about to buy the same guitar online from a big-chain music store here in Canada, but you've completely dissuaded me from doing that. I have always been a tele guy since I first picked up a guitar in 1965. I have a couple of Strats too and occasionally like to bring one of them out to the gig. But now that Im getting "up there" in age, I want to bring only one guitar and I thought Id treat myself to a Nashville Tele. But, if there are quality control issues as depicted in your video, I think I'll pass on it. Re the switches: I too do not like the size and "clunkiness" of the Fender 5 way OR 3 way switches. I bought a blank control plate and installed a Gibson style selector switch in an up and down configuration I also installed a push pull pot to engage the middle pickup on my parts caster. Works MUCH better than the fiddle-y 5 pos switch. Much easier with the Gibson switch and, on the rare occasion that I want the "quack" of the Strat, I just pop up the tone pot switch. Best of luck with your guitar issues and again, thanks for posting.

Enjoyed the review. Had considered one of these but felt they were on the heavy side though with the other problems i will leave well alone. If I do buy a Fender tele it will be from Japan. 😅

Can you please tell me where you purchased your Nashville Telecaster ? So I don't order mine from the same place. Also what do you think of the plastic nut ? I think I may get either a Bone nut or Graph Tech nut. Thank You for your video on the Nashville Telecaster 🎸

Truly almost pulled the trigger on this one. Then the staff at the store pulled out a Japanese Fender 50's Strat and it blew out the Mexican Nashville, including the other Player series stuff in that showroom. I walked out the store with the Japanese Strat.

Tenho uma guitarra igual. Não veio com nenhum dos problemas apontados. É uma fantástica guitarra. Duas guitarras em uma. Boa para férias, viagens, festas familiares…. Sem defeitos e cheia de virtudes. No entanto, não dispensa as Tele ou Strats, para ocasiões mais profissionais. É importante perceber a filosofia ( honesta) do construtor.

Man sorry this happened to you on your first tele, its a great guitar. I own several Fenders and all are USA made, my brother in law has some MIM fenders and there's definitely a difference in quality. I recommend maybe getting a used USA telecaster. I own several guitars Fenders, Gibson's, Jackson's and Martin, but nothing compares to my American Stratocaster, buy USA.

What amp is it connected to please?

I think you just got a Friday afternoon before siesta made guitar. I have a 2023 made Sianna burst Nashville player plus Tele that is perfect in every way. Even has a book match two piece body. I've been playing Nashville Tele's, All custom made since 1988 and I replaced them with the player plus for a working tool as the old ones are too good or expensive to risk outside the home studio. I also use ALL the tone settings but normally just one tone for any given song or application. Thats why I play Nashville's. Sure I have my favourite tone settings but it's not always up to me. Often the director wants another sound and the Nashville will most often give it. Failing that, It's the amp or chain that needs changing. You should know all this? Only mod I made on the Player plus is an extra string tree on the D & G strings mainly to get the G down as it suffered the classic tele behind the nut buzz and a new graph tec nut filed out to suit Thick N Thins perfectly. It's the best modern gigging guitar I've ever owned.

To me the sound seems excellent; if after reading the negative comments regarding the construction it cannot be fixed, what can be done is buy a Warmoth Kit, but the pickup configuration must be the same; what I like about this guitar is its sound, with more body than the Stratocaster; (with more body I mean depth; in Spain we say body; for example, a Les Paul has more body than a Stratocaster)

Thank you for your review, I've just ordered one of these and I will be looking at my new arrival in close detail. Very disappointing from Fender. I'd be taking it back to the supplier.

I bought a regular player plus tele and it also has that bridge issue. I can't quite get the low E string intonated. The rest are fine. Other than that I don't really like the pots. It has those "nothing...nothing...nothing...and then BAM" pots. What kind of a guitar player would want that? But it's a problem on a lot of newer guitars. When all is said and done I like the guitar a lot. It plays super nicely and sounds good. I don't think the bridge is a Mexico problem, but a Fender problem. I've found people who have had that issue when the guitars were first introduced, and I got mine only a couple weeks ago so they still haven't fixed it. Pretty ridiculous. Luckily mine is close enough but I should be able to get it dead on.

Those quality control problems are a legitimate complaint. I would have never accepted that, and if Fender didn't fix it then they'd be done for me. Did you ever get this issue resolved?

Thank you

Hello again, friend; I have received two copies of the Fender Nashville Telecaster from Gear4music; the first one had a crack and they changed it to a second copy; I find myself with a problem and that is that the strings come a little oblique in relation to the fingerboard and the bridge of the body in such a way that, as it happens to you, the first string escapes from the fingerboard; I think I'm going to exchange it for another copy; but, and this is my question, is it possible to find a specimen that comes from Mexico in good condition? The sound that you emit through the video is impeccable and, in that sense, I want a Nashville but it occurred to me to make it myself with Warmoth material; what do you think of this?

Best review of the Nashville Tele I've seen, if only to warn of possible pitfalls. One issue is possibly understandable, but three? Strangely, the p/u setting that I'm most disappointed by is the all-three position. It seems it just loses some umph in that configuration.

My saddle springs seem to be the correct size. Look like the pic and not like the springs on your guitar. Consistency? Also, I have similar problem with the treble E string too close to the edge of the fretboard. I thought it was only my guitar, guess not. I'm gonna try and adjust bridge position slightly to see if I can position the string better. Not sure that's possible.

I had a squire classic vibe where the high e string was too close to the side of the neck and kept falling out. I sold it as a result. I determined it was because the neck wasn’t centered (I suspect yours isn’t either). I’m shocked how many fender guitars, including expensive ones like yours, don’t have centered necks. I have a player tele plus top that I love but I picked it up at the store and made sure mine had a correctly centered neck based on my last experience. Lots of ones I saw had necks that weren’t centered.

You should to take it back to the music shop mate

Thanks for the great review. However, strong disagree on the in-between sounds, those are where I live 3/4 of the time.

I have the exact same issue with the high E string slipping off the side on my only Strat. It's a little bit odd since my Strat is a custom shop one. But I'll try to finally ask a luthier to place a new nut on my Strat to fix that. But it is exactly the same issue, low E has tons of space while the high E has barely any and it gets worse the higher up the neck I play. But my player plus telecaster, I have the jade green one that is almost like your's but with no middle pickup. That tele has the strings fortunately perfectly in the middle and for whatever reason I also don't have the same intonation issue. But I did have a very similar intonation issue with my Performer Fender Mustang. But after correcting the intonation, it's now been fine ever since, but there's no more space to make adjustments. But yeah, looks like you need a new nut to fix your Nashville tele. But no idea why the intonation was like that, but hopefully you never need to touch that again.

Hi, definitely looks like this, the bridge isn't in the right place and the control plate is crooked. It is incomprehensible to me how that still happens today, where the milling is done with cnc machines and the drilling is done with templates. I only order guitars from Thomann because they will exchange the guitar for a new one without any questions. Greetings

4:00 I am so jealous of your left thumb! I have spent my musical life wishing I could put my thumb over top of the neck and still play cleanly on the bottom.

This is the second review I've seen with the same issues. This is unacceptable in 2024 on a $800 gtr. I choose to build my own. They are way over priced anyway.

Well, I would buy that guitar precisely for the intermediate sounds

Enjoyed the vid . I just didn’t understand why buy a Nashville tele ( 3 pups) when y’all just use a bridge or Neck pup? Just get a tele without a middle pup and rock on . 👍🎸

NICE VIDEO MY FRIEND

... don t think about to much about the mistakes on fabrication.... go and korrect it.... it may happen but.... I think it s a lovely guitar and the new specs are absolute necessary to a modern guitar

I had one. The biggest problem it had....it didn't sound anything like a Telecaster. I was going to have the bridge and neck pickup wired to position #2 but instead I traded it for a G&L. No regrets.

I bought a Roadhouse Strat made in Mexico and I never bonded with it at all.

One thing to try with the 1st string being too close to the edge: Loosen the strings, loosen the neck screws, gently pull the neck toward the 6th string. Look and see if the strings are more centered on the neck. Once achieved, retighten the neck screws and tune it up.

For the high "E" string that is on the limit of the fretboard, you can try to loose all the strings, loose slightly the neck bolts, and slightly move the neck in the neck pocket towards the high E string (if there's any room to do it).

I'll mention Only one thing. Slow down video and stop at 0.21 and you'll See very important facts that no video about telecaster hade ever mentioned...👉Strings are Off Set to Neck center and E bottom string is almost off the neck. Look at neck pickup where is close to the neck. Youll see String E is on Edge of the neck. That means bridge plat isn't in line with neck center line.

i think this is a hybrid between a tele and a strato i have just ordet one

I would write a letter to the head of fender and put this link in it with time stamps of the problems. That may very well create action down the line. Always go to the top.

Update March: Well, here we are TWO MONTHS later and Fender UK have still not sorted out my guitar. A month ago they told the retailer that they needed to send off for parts. They are not readily available? Even if they had to ask the US to ship them over? No update - silence. This is an utter disgrace - one of the crappiest service experiences I've had. Obviously, Fender care not a jot. Well, I'm voting with my feet and will never buy a Fender product again.

You got a Friday guitar

... let me say something about the new Fender like this I like the old sound of the originals.. but it s not only this.... if you searching especially the sound of the old wood.. you have to get an old one... but... as I said... it not only this.... they have a sound that is round all over and so is this guitar here.... it sounds like a new guitar... and didn t have the old sound... unfortunately .... but like the old guitars.... it s round all over I like it.... may be it's the wood... I don t know.... so don t think about the mistakes.. they may have.. correct it... and enjoy this wonderful sound ... I like it I don t like the fender guitars of the last decades... not round... harsh... and thin... terrible..!! but this new guitar is a progress

What causes that is the neck is not put in proper straightness.. If you loosen the neck and position it correctly it will lock down in the correct position. It is a pain in the ass.

Mine is PERFECT.... No 2 guitars are the same. But that CAN be fixed....but it shouldn't need to be. Ugh...

They have had to use the bad routing of the switch/pot cavity as a datum point for locating the pickguard and bridge which then throws out the intonation adjustment. I would have sent it back I stopped buying high end guitars about 10 years ago after a major problem with 3 Gibson Les Pauls I only ordered one but it had to be returned twice and the third one was totally the wrong guitar and so that went back and I got a refund, the quality of those guitars was abysmal, since then I have bought 14 Harley Benton guitars from Thoman and these are budget guitars yet I have not had any problems whatsoever with any of them, some of them I have changed the pots switch and pickups but only down to personal preference , the stock parts were perfectly useable, I have had to do the odd fret level and general setup to my preference but you would do that to any guitar,I do tend to go for the higher end Harlwy Benton models though, I have just ordered the TE 25 Firemist which is a T type 25th aniversary model in Firemist Gold and is very well specced out and all for just £389 shipped, why dont you look into getting one I think you will be very surprised, they are so cheap because they dont have any distributer which would add a another 30-40% on if they did and then there would be retailers markups also, they do the fianal QC and setup at Thomann. www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_fusion_t_25th_firemist.htm

I had same intonation prob

I can build a custom Tele to my personal specs for $800 and get a guitar that's way better and it will be built to my spec.

... oh yes.... you buy with your eyes.... die new "cheap Guitars" are very attractive.... but I found out.... they sound good...!!

I don't understand Marmaduke the faults you observed are not acceptable on a £900 instrument. I would have taken it straight back and demanded to look through the stock till I found one I was happy with the consumer rights act is there to protect you from this shoddy workmanship.

Update April: Well, Fender gave up on trying to repair this dud and sent me a new one. That isn't much better to be honest. Lesson I learned: don't patronise Fender anymore. Over-priced poor products in my opinion, and zero customer service: no updates in three months, no apologies. What a way to run a business - resting on your heritage and customers flocking over the decades because of the name.

.... so do I..... never owned a Tele.... over 50 Years.... 🤔🙄

Great Honest Review my friend. I bought a 2015 MIM Standard Deluxe Nashville Tele for $749 Switched out the Cupped Bridge Plate for a Flat Stainless Steel one & Had to take out the Springs on the G,A & E Strings also found I could Grind down the Tapped Saddle End a tiney bit to dial in Intonation. I added a Pull Push Tone for Neck On. My Standard was the Last Year before the Player Series they only had 21 Frets & No Body Contour? But It took a bit of Guit Fiddle'n arround to get it Just Right. You probably know Your Tech Guy could Reposition the Bridge Plate to get it in the Exact Spot. But? WTF FENDER???? They seem a bit Woke Communist Agenda Type Corporation Now Days😂😂😂

Great video. The intonation and the string being close to the edge are deal-breakers for me. Disappointing.

Just my 2cents . I don't buy guitars newer then made in 2000. Which that said u should check out the fender japan stuff. U don't have quality issues! The quality is just as good if not better then the newer American made stuff . The japan stuff is far superior then Mexican! Also the vintage japan are made right down to the same spec as the originals and quality is amazing. Just food for thought

You can see the neck is not square in the pocket (gap on bass side isn’t straight) I would bet the neck pocket was poorly cut which could also cause the intonation issue. I’d send it back and get a new one

Send it back 🤨🤨🤨

Wow those faults are completely unacceptable !!!

Why didn't you call Fender on these issues?

Your bridge is wrongly aligned. I have seen three Nashville Player Plus Teles in a local shop and only one was all right in terms of QC! One had the string tree wrongly placed, so it wasn’t pushing strings down and another one had exactly the same problem as yours. The shop owner send them back to Fender the same day.