My wife purchased me one for my birthday in June that had been hanging in our local guitar shop since 2019. She noticed it within the first week or two of it being hung up and Id check it out every time we went in there. It was the penny color that they no longer make and it was my first Fender and first Telecaster. I absolutely love it. In truth it was your channel that made me want to get a Telecaster because they never had any appeal to me before. Well that and the fact that the color caught my wife's eye 3 years ago. Having the wife like it always helps.

I ordered one today. It will be my first American Telecaster.... Can't wait to get it.

Bought a Performer Tele with a humbucker neck pickup in Antique White (looks like a very light yellow) and absolutely love it. 😎🇨🇦🎸

I just purchased a used American Performer Telecaster tonight from GC. Not a speck of blemish. It was upgraded with locking tuners. Got it for $979.00. Can’t stop playing it. Thanks for the review.

Just got one in Penny Brand new on clearance for $679. Straight steal! Couldnt believe it when i saw it.

Bought it over a am pro II. Liked the neck and pickups more and dont regret it 3 years later. The yosemites are really nice and only 90 bucks if you need an upgrade on a cheaper tele.

I got the surf green one with humbucker in the neck last year. I got it from Chicago music and it's one of the best guitars I've owned.

I've never seen anyone show the resistance on a guitar demo in my life. And I'm kinda old! Nice job!

I’ve played a few different Performers and found them to be really good. I’ve preferred some over some US Pro2s I’ve tried. Thanks for the vid!!

LANDON! You gotta try out a Yamaha rse20!! I promised myself no more guitars for the rest of the year and I played one of the aforementioned and.. IMHO it's the sweetest budget model guitar I've ever played. Of course I bought it. I could go on and on about the neck and how well it plays, sounds and feels but maybe it'll be more entertaining if you did that instead.. All the best duder!

I got the exact color early last year. Absolutely loved it, but unfortunately had to let it go couple of months ago due to finances!! Hope to get one back in the future. I preferred it to all other Teles I have owned, the Player, the Pro and the Player Plus. Have not tried Pro II yet!

The guitar seems exceptionally well made for a current US model, with real care being evident in the details. Those Yosemite pups have a very pure, "hi-fi" sound to them, which is great if that's what you're after from a Tele. I'd actually like to to hear them in a "Thinline"... (Also: Good to see Gibson made something without QC issues lol)

That Honey Burst is gorgeous. I was eyeballing a Pro II in Roasted Pine over the weekend.

Hey man, just wanted to say I love your channel! Your videos always entertain, and are filled with really useful information not found in other places. Really interested in this guitar, and you answered a lot of my questions

I live in a very small studio apartment, so buying a guitar without a hardcase is my preference these days. One is all in need atm, and good quality gigbags. I like these more affordable options, so I can have 2 or 3 for the price of one (as long as they're good quality). I don't need to show off like I used to.

I bought a new American Performer Telecaster in Sonic Satin Blue back in 2019. I adore this guitar. It has a great tonal palette, it's effortless to play, and as Landon points out, its simple yet meticulous design harkens back to everything a Telecaster should be. So here is what I don't get: why is it that in virtually every KZfaq discussion on what line of Fender to buy, the Player and Player Plus series are compared to the American Pro II and Ultra with the American Performer glaringly ignored? It's as if it barely exists on anyone's radar. I'd really like to see it more in the conversation. Thanks for the great review, Landon.

I have an the predecessor of the Performer series, the American Special Tele, and it is awesome! The fingerboard feels as if the edges are rolled and you just can’t beat the sound. Very underrated. Has everything you need and nothing you don’t. For the minuscule difference in the money I’d rather have a Performer or American Special over any of the Mexican stuff because Player, Player Plus, Vintera, and Roadworns are no longer the bargains that they used to be.

Glad to see you doing so great with your channel! Cheers from Sudbury

I have 1 of these yellow with white pickgaurd it's a beauty 👍🎸

I agree a performer 2 with more colour options. That would be awesome. Good to know it compares to the JV series ! Thanks Landon! Always nice to watch your videos.

Hi Landon. I got the performer timber series Tele. Pine. Weighs 6.5 pounds. Otherwise the same guitar. You're right. Thanks.

I've got one arriving today. Can't wait.... looks gorgeous and sounds awesome (from what I can gather).

Today i got my American Performer! So excited!!

Great review - best I’ve seen. No nonsense straight facts and credible opinions. Covered every relevant item of interest to me - but now I want one ☝🏻

This is a very nice guitar. I had one and it was beautiful. I ended up selling it because it helped me realize I don’t like jumbo frets. I like medium jumbo.

Landon the Mandon strikes again with another absolute gem. Cheers, man.

Four months ago I got same Telecaster, my sweet spot. I always Play PRS and Les Paul, so I can change to this Telecaster easily. Jumbo fret, a little hot twang Yosemite PU. I really love it！

I bought the performer strat body and neck from stratosphereparts (using the serial number look up tool to match a neck to the correct color body) as my first some-assembly-required guitar. The strat has the larger 70's headstock which, frankly, I'm not in love with, but everything else is great. I went with the satin lake placid blue finish which, along with the headstock, adds a bit more individual character to what would otherwise be a pretty standard, no-frills guitar.

Best sounding axe I own in Many ways

Well I was well on my way to buying that exact model Player Telecaster. Till I dropped by our weekly neighbor jam and a buddy brought his G&L semi hollow ASAT fitted with G&L's version of P90s (neck and bridge). The owner kindly let me play it. And and I still have a smile on my face. So in closing I still plan on the buying the player telecaster. But looking for an ASAT Special on the used market👍

Great video Landon. I think these performers from Fender are really nice. I have the same one you demoed here and I love it. I put an ObsidianWire 4 way harness in it and compensated brass saddles on it and it’s my favorite guitar. It was great right out of the box too. It has a really good neck on it imo. Love it. Thanks for all the videos over the years. It’s been fun to watch. 😊

Love my Performer Jazzmaster. I'm addicted to palming floating trems, so when they announced it, I jumped. It is my #1 daily player for more than a year now, and from the first time I plugged it in, I was magic-carpeted back to the definitive sounds of my youth with the Ventures and Beach Boys. I did wish for more color options, mine is vintage white (really yellow), but my PRS Tremonti is up for sale and my Casino and Nitefly don't get played much.

What a performance. Wapners on at 6:00

You do such a good job displaying the guitars. You could probably get a job on The Price Is Right.

Got a 2021 American Performer Strat HSS. Love it. My #1 guitar

I have the sonic blue one. These are great! My favorite tele.

Nice review! I bought three telecasters this year...a CV 50s, performer telecaster... same color, and a professional II in dark night. I liked them all... but for some reason I gravitated towards the warm fat tones of the performer. I play mostly clean and I've never played a better sounding clean guitar. It almost doesn't sound like a telecaster... because the tone is so full and warm... which I actually think is a good thing. I didn't care as much for the professional II clean tone but the professional II guitar is extremely well made and he has the push push. But for $50 I bought a freeway switch for my performer that gave me the same extra tone as three push push but even two more tones. I bought all three of mine used. My performer and professional II both come with hard cases... but professional II was about $400 more. Considering my performer had hard case and freeway switch installed I wasn't getting any more value out of the professional other than a fatter neck which I don't care either way ... since both the professional II and performer necks are outstanding... just comes tone to preference, tone and color your prefer. I like them all really but sold my professional II. I don't think either one is better than the other... just preference. You get a hard case with the professional II and push push...if you need it. Otherwise for $50 but a freeway switch for the performer and get even more tones than the professional II. Again I absolutely love the clean tone of the performer which I don't think can be beat.

Own it,love it

I love that colour, you can't beat a Tele!

I own a Telecaster for one reason and one reason only. Every time I see one in a store I want to take it home. Especially that one - maybe the version with a humbucker in the neck position.

I like the Fender American Performer Telecaster Hum - Aubergine with Rosewood Fingerboard :)

Thanks, Landon. They did a very decent job on matching the two piece body on this Tele. I've noted that often isn't the case with Fender today. All too many natural wood finished bodies from them have poorly matched halves, or thirds. It just looks odd, in fact cheap, and would put me off buying those particular guitars.

My Am. Performer Tele is one of my favorite guitars. Mine has a maple board and a humbucker in the neck. I intended to buy a Pro II Tele that day, but the Performer was the one that I bonded with.

My Squier bullet strat from 2010 came with that deluxe gig bag. The times are changing for certain.

Love my mustang performer. Really well put together and sounds great.

Could you put the Performer "Hum" on your list of ones to check out please and thank you.

Just ordered a demo model in sonic blue from Sweetwater for 1200. It will be my first American fender.

I bought a performer tele in vintage white a couple of months ago and it is a superb instrument. Since buying it I have not played none of my other guitars. You can get so many different tones from a tele. I wish they would have given this current model the nitro finish like fender did with the highway one series they had a few years back, I think they were spec out the same except for pickups I believe those had Texas specials. The Yosemite pickups are some great sounding pickups, I think I will not charge them out for now.

I like that Tack-Life caliper: Digital Metric, Digital SAE, Fractional SAE. Cool! P.S. Your Playing has improved greatly in the last few years. Keep it up.

LOVE the finish!

Great review. This one is real nice. I don’t know about the “grease bucket” and it’s supposed advantage over a regular tone pot. It sounds good for sure. Bare bones Tele is all I need. It’s very well made for sure, and it should be.

Nice ax, but I'm not sure it's worth the extra $800.00 compared to what it would cost to buy a poplar bodied Affinity series Squire and upgrade it with a set of $120 Yosemite's. Of course the name on the headstock has to be worth something.....I guess it depends on if you plan to resell the guitar at some point.

Perfect video, thank you !

Hey Landon, I had a Performer Strat which I recently just sold to a friend, great guitar and it was actually one of the sandblasted versions which were a Sweetwater exclusive. The grease bucket circuit is very cool and in certain positions on a Strat it allows you to be able to have all three pickups on at once too. The few differences between this model and a pro are of course this grease bucket circuit which we both mentioned, the headstock on the Performer isn't glossed over like a pro either ( ya... big deal lol ). Aside from the guitar case the only other two differences are the Yosemity pickups ( which I personally like - I even threw a set of them into a one piece swamp ash Tele body I purchased via Warmoth and for a $40.00 upcharge I even had it come in an ultra light body which is very well worth it imo. The body was 3 pounds 3 ounces which is beautiful 👍). Lastly the pro series comes with their Deep C neck which is a bit more chunky as opposed to this one which of course is the modern C. The Performer is without a doubt a great option if you're looking to save a few bucks when shopping for an American made Tele - Strat. The color yours came in is beautiful too man, since I saw you restringing it with the original strings I'm assuming you're either sending it back or just selling it, Either way, I'm sure it won't be too easy since it's such a nice guitar haha! Cool video / demo / review - whatever you want to call it :) Thanks, Tommy ~

I’ve got 2 of ‘em and my buddy the AP Strat. All 3 great guitars. Love the Alnico 4s in the Tele.

2 of my favorite strats I ever player were a am special and an am performer. maybe it's because of the jumbo frets, or just because they were very reasonably priced for american fenders, but after I move I'll see if i can try one again, and a tele, and see what I think now! btww, on paper the player plus has med-jumbo, but the ibanez definitely has jumbo frets

Love that color! Would love to see a comparison between this and your batman and a player series. 😃

Interesting choice vs Player series. Good T-shirt

Great playing. Looks beautiful

You are not only just a Tele guy but the best Tele reviewing guy on the earth.👍 I recently having huge crush on these. All three finishes looks beautiful. And the Fender logo is kinda my type. Can you tell me which is better? Compare to MIJ Hybrid II Teles.

Enjoyed your video! I also love the color of the guitar.

I like it. Great review & demo Landon. Not often I make a serious comment , but that's a seriously good guitar and USA made ,close price wise to some higher end or ltd ed Mexican models . If I were buying one in person, I would ask for a deal on a hardshell case.

Landon Bailey you can charter pick up for a Gibson paf Pro on the neck try and hear the difference as you got one nice guitar try it and change single pickup

This one's a keeper 👍

If you go back to the Fender American Standard of around 2010 - today's equivalent of those guitars is the Player series - yes the Mexican made guitars have improved that much, and the American Professional line has greatly improved over the former American Standard line. The Performer sits above the Player series and is as you described basically as good as a Pro but without the frills. I don't like gig bags, so when I bought mine I let the store keep it and got a further $50 off the price.

Keep up the good reviews.

Amazing video as always! Are you sure sure about the neck thickness figures? Your measurement shows 22.84mm (.8995") at the first fret and 22.54mm (.8875") at the 12th fret! Is the neck really thicker toward the nut, because that would be weird! PS. The faux cocked wah sound you are getting in the middle position with the tone rolled off is a blessed thing indeed...

Very nice. Thank you Landon. Beautiful Tele.

I really like the finish on that puppy! I would go with the hummer in the neck model. I also could go for a clone of the Pink Floyd shirt you were wearing! ✌👽👍🎸🎼🎶🎵🇺🇸🇨🇦⚡

This is a really nice demo. Thanks!

That is the same model & colour I bought as my 1st US Fender Tele. A bit of a pre semi retirement gift to myself. Had it for 2 years. I tried to love it, played it until the satin neck was shiny. It spent most of it's time hanging on the wall. I would just always grab another guitar, mostly Les Pauls or my 335. In the end I traded it for an inspired by Gibson, Epiphone 335 in iced tea burst with the figured top & back. You could argue that I was a couple of hundred £ out of pocket, but the 335 is awesome, sounds better, more versatile, does Tele sounds better than the Tele did & gets played. I hope the person that got my Tele loves it, it just did nothing for me.

I was waiting for the explosion when you used the Gibson cloth on the fender. 🤯

My favorite part is how they wrote " telecaster" on the headstock. I want to get on just for that.

If you had to choose between this guitar and the Godin Stadium, which one would you buy? They cost almost the same where I live.

Ciao ,ottima recensione bravo un saluto dall Italia

I don't know why compensated saddles aren't standard.

Considered these when I got my tele, but opted to go the whole hog and got an Am Pro II. It's a nice burst (it actually looks lot nicer in your video than in Fender's still images, though I still prefer the siena sunburst I got), but I do not like the black pickguard. I think parchment would look so much nicer. Rosewood fingerboard looks very nice. Not a fan of jumbo frets myself and very happy with the narrow, tall they have on the Am Pro II. As for colours, I do like the sonic blue and vintage white they offer. Penny seems weird to me. But I see your point that there isn't a great deal of choice.

Hi @landonbailey ! How would you rate this one compare to made in japan hybrid II ? cheers!

This was an awesome review. Still a fan of fender jazzmaster series. Can you do a review on the postive spark gride 40watts smart desktop amp vs yahama desktop amp whenever u have the chance It's amazon most recommended. Idk what to choose, yahama or the positive spark grid. I'm new to electric guitar addiction after transitioning from classical acoustic guitars.

Why don't anyone ever review Fender Modern Player Plus Telecaster 🤔

Wait! You glossed over Fender not being able to put “Made in the USA” on the guitars anymore?? I hadn’t heard this. Please elaborate.

That's a sweet looking axe. Dig that color.

Hey, great video, I just wanted to ask if you would ever consider doing a tutorial for the song from the intro? Sounds really great and fun to play.

Hey Landon. Great video as usual. I have an Am Pro 2 Strat, bought a few months ago. Thinking of getting the Tele. Do they have the same exact pickups (v-mod)? Should I consider a different model Tele to have some variety in tone? If the pickups are the same, my Strat has the neck, pickup, and both (using the push push) that the Tele would have. Would a MIM Player be a good choice? Thanks!

Fender USA guitars cannot claim Made in USA unless they are fully made and assembled in the USA, so there is something on there that the cheaped out on and got Mexico or Japan to do, or outsourced the wood, or someone else made makes the pickup set. But good man for oiling that dry neck before restringing. Only have seen Gibson necks dryer upon purchasing

Is it so hard to source black pickguard screws? Sticks out like a black dress shirt with white buttons.

I have a question, perhaps the most important question: in the intro there are 3 boom noises, for Lan Don Bailey. Why aren't there 4 boom noises?

I have a performer neck on my Thinline tele but with a maple fingerboard. I love it and I love the jumbo frets. One con-I wish it had a glossed headstock. The satin headstock looks a bit cheap. Otherwise it’s perfect. I did swap the nut out for a bone one too.

Hello Landon, Thank you for all the good work that you are doing for guitar players like me, that are not experienced enough and that don’t have to much time to test everything. I really like the AM performance sound but i also see the advantages of pro II. Could you help to push me with the decision in one of the directions? Performer tele HUM or Professional II tele? Lets say that I’ve found these in a quite similar price. Just a few USD more. Thanks in advance

love the look of it, tried it yesterday. did not succedd in getting a warm neck tone out of it. i am looking for a jazz tele and unfortunately i dont think this is the one. altough i really want to buy it ^^

the MIJ Tele Hybrid II has a medium tall frets.

Amazing how dry fingerboard are from the factory. Simple step in the prep process....

I’ve two HW-1 Teles, 2005 and 2007, I love them especially the finish! I’d like a Performer but the colour choices are poor with rosewood. Satin doesn’t really do it for me. The honey burst isn’t great either. The Specials in LPB or Sherwood green are more my ballpark. Is Landon really Russel Crowe?!!!

43 on 1st fret make a Big difference then 42. Really better for my hand.

Maybe a performer vs Japan shootout would be very interesting

Honeyburst looks good, sounds like a Tele, though not sure what the Greasebucket sounds much different on YT compression. But... what's this "Errth" you speak of.

Surprised that you say its rolled edges, Fender don't say they are yet are specific in their Pro II and Ultra descriptions.

I have it. I bought it here in Chile 🇨🇱 and I absolutely love it!

Jumbo frets for the win

Do you record all the background music you use in your videos?