Tokai Breezysound ATE52 - Affordable Telecaster Review - Better Than Fender?
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Completing the line-up for our first 'affordable' T-Style comparison is this weeks review guitar from Tokai. Renowned for making 'better than original' copies we check out this Chinese version and find out if Japanese quality control is all it's cracked up to be. Warning: there will be waffle!! πΈ
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00:00 play in & coming up
01:11 a nice looking guitar
01:53 made in Japan (& China)
07:50 not widely available
08:33 body & neck specs
10:53 nut, tuners, & bridge
11:52 what does it weigh?
12:08 availability, cost, & colours
13:45 neck profile & measurements
14:07 fingerboard & frets
16:05 frets mods & rockers
18:32 pickup readings
19:46 under the hood
22:17 this is what it sounds like unplugged
22:55 this is what it sounds like plugged in
24:34 let's play something
26:27 guitar vs player
30:25 the telecaster sound
31:21 the comparison guitars
33:07 next weeks film
34:37 also coming soon...
35:44 so what did we think?
38:10 born to jam
Signal Chain Info: TC Polytune / Boss CS3
Drive Pedals (when on): Soul Food / RAT
Boss DD7 / Boss RC5 Looper
Amp: Fender 65 Princeton Reverb 1 x 12
UA OX Attenuator
Mics AKG C414 & SM57
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 into Protools
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