squier classic vibe FSR custom teles?

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 11:18 am

i can't remember seeing anyone post about these, and the first i noticed their existence was when i was in my local shop buying some cables, and saw a white one hanging up. THEY HAVE MATCHING HEADSTOCKS.

i just assumed white was the new model to replace the sunburst CVC, so didn't really investigate too much (i now have 3 white guitars), but today i saw a black one with white binding. am quite tempted.

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paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 2:21 pm

That white one is seriously bangin' but I'd probably want to replace the neck for one with a vintage radius, which would do away with the matching headstock, which would deflate bonrar and ruin everything. Very nice looking though.

Chris Fleming · Post by **Chris Fleming** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:07 pm

I've always fancied a white bound tele. These look pretty nice. Would prefer a Mary Kay white like I've seen before on the American Deluxe but the price on this is pretty decent

blane · Post by **blane** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 4:06 pm

double bound tele bodies aren't easy to get. So if the price was right and the color was what you fancy, it could be worth it to replace the neck.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 5:31 pm

Saw the black one, I have too many teles as is but they are great guitars.

Chris Fleming · Post by **Chris Fleming** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 6:18 pm

I'd probably go for a red tortoise shell scratchplate on both colours

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 6:39 pm

Played a white one while I was in Exeter a couple of months back, and even posted a picture thanks for noticing. But that black one's sex is certainly on fire.

James · Post by **James** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 7:06 pm

Dave - this is what I was hoping to find in the Bristol PMT. Love both colours.

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 8:49 pm

There's something about bound Telecasters.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 8:54 pm

Agreed. I'm not that arsed about green guitars (ignoring the fact that my Jazzmaster's green, obv.), but something about a sherwood green bound tele makes me go weak at the knees.

blane · Post by **blane** » Sat Jun 01, 2013 9:14 pm

benecol wrote:Agreed. I'm not that arsed about green guitars (ignoring the fact that my Jazzmaster's green, obv.), but something about a sherwood green bound tele makes me go weak at the knees.

I got a double bound green tele

its nice...

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George · Post by **George** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 10:17 am

Utterly fantastic guitars

No idea why anyone would spend the money on a fender when these are about

However, the one fly in the ointment with the custom is the pickups are quite weak and thin sounding but without the nice compensatory jangle you get from low output pickups. I'd say you'd probably end up wanting to change them

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 1:55 pm

George wrote:No idea why anyone would spend the money on a fender when these are about

If they wanted a vintage reissue Fender, which have quite a big fanbase given the high price of true vintage instruments.

blane · Post by **blane** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 3:05 pm

paul_ wrote:
George wrote:No idea why anyone would spend the money on a fender when these are about
If they wanted a vintage reissue Fender, which have quite a big fanbase given the high price of true vintage instruments.

The 7.25 fret boards. Squire doesn't make a single model with a vintage radius.

superfuzz · Post by **superfuzz** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 3:15 pm

blane wrote:
paul_ wrote:
George wrote:No idea why anyone would spend the money on a fender when these are about
If they wanted a vintage reissue Fender, which have quite a big fanbase given the high price of true vintage instruments.
The 7.25 fret boards. Squire doesn't make a single model with a vintage radius.

Yet...All things considered, everything that a forum has bitched about for years is coming to fruition through squier. So if we all keep bitching about frets and fingerboard radius, then we might see a squier vintage series.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 3:37 pm

blane wrote:
paul_ wrote:
George wrote:No idea why anyone would spend the money on a fender when these are about
If they wanted a vintage reissue Fender, which have quite a big fanbase given the high price of true vintage instruments.
The 7.25 fret boards. Squire doesn't make a single model with a vintage radius.

They do, although it isn't one you would want

: http://www.fender.com/en-GB/squier/guit ... elecaster/

George · Post by **George** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 3:44 pm

also if you want various other configurations, colours or contours etc

but most people generally just want a rank and file tele

blane · Post by **blane** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 3:53 pm

I love squier stuff don't get me wrong. At this point I can't justify a fender model anymore. A high end squire with a warmoth neck is still cheaper than most fender models and in my opinion just as good for my needs.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 6:19 pm

George wrote:but most people generally just want a rank and file tele

Then buy the Squier Standard, it's even cheaper, has similar pickups and a really comfy neck, also a 6-saddle bridge for better intonation. I bought one on a lark in 2004 because I'd never had a Tele before and was VERY impressed for the $200, gets all the classic Tele sounds I'd been after.

To me a rank and file tele is a tele Ã la the first three decades, not the ones they've been putting out since some point in the '80s when EVH-alikes ruled the roost. The modern Squier and Fender Teles are geared more towards being "all rounders", but I'm not that type of Tele player; I have a well-rounded guitar collection in which every instrument has some strong distinguishing characteristic, and if I'm going to play a Tele it better be EXTREMELY Telecaster. That is precisely why I, and others, would buy certain Fenders with these about. Not an MIA Standard, nor an MIM Standard... but an AV, Classic Series or MIJ/CIJ RI, sure. And I'm fairly certain I do it without an ounce of snobbery or frivolity given that I have plenty of partscasters that are mostly Squier with a bit of GFS or AllParts or Warmoth thrown in and don't say anything on the headstock at all, etc
I'd still sooner go for a Fender vintage reissue than a Squier with a 9.5" radius, cheap pickups beefed up with 500k pots and a neck pickup screwed into the centimetre-deep recesses of the humbucker route it erroneously has (despite the fact that Squier Standard Teles don't, because the CV 60s used repurposed MIM Standard bodies) just because it has some gloss on the neck.

I do acknowledge what you're basically driving at and think it's wonderful that Squier offer low priced alternatives to classic vibed Fender designs, but certain things do have me leaning more towards vintage RI Fenders or, under budgetary limits, similarly-spec'd partscasters.

George · Post by **George** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 7:34 pm

paul_ wrote:
George wrote:but most people generally just want a rank and file tele
I'd still sooner go for a Fender vintage reissue than a Squier with a 9.5" radius, cheap pickups beefed up with 500k pots and a neck pickup screwed into the centimetre-deep recesses of the humbucker route it erroneously has (despite the fact that Squier Standard Teles don't, because the CV 60s used repurposed MIM Standard bodies) just because it has some gloss on the neck.

I dont want to sound rude but Id question how much time you've spent with them

They're actually proper pickups which are more less certain to be toneriders. And they have 250k alpha pots with decent thick colour coded wiring.

They are also not repurposed Mexican bodies, least not be because the presumed logistics of shipping all that wood between countries when it can be milled in china, ive had an mim and cv opened up side by side and the routing on the mim was terrible and scruffy. The routs are clean and shielded on a cv.

I get that you want to separate the modern tele from vintage spec but you're utterly wrong to compare standard to classic vibe. Like, utterly wrong. The fret work is better, they are better put together and the parts are better including proper klusons style tuners. And for the sake of probably $50-100 in the used market in the us (probably) between a standard and a cv you'd be silly not to.

And At what point are all teles and all guitars just the same except for gloss on the neck here, or some other difference there?

The point I'm driving at is that they make fantastic guitars for the money which surpass Mexican in my honest hands on, under the hood experience and for less money. All I'm hearing really is that there isn't a 7.25 radius or vintage fret wire on them, which these days is a niche requirement but certainly a fair point. They're still real teles that get the vintage feel down pretty well as well as a few changes to make them easier to play