It paid for this:
Been after another Tele-type thing for a while but could never make up my mind, this bet made it up for me. Didn't have any spare cash to add and this fitted the bill perfectly. Didn't want the cash to vanish on food / bills etc... so used it straight away and celebrated my winnings.
Have always always been into these, and was close to buying the mexican variant at one point. Was excited when they announced the Squier ones initially and was determined to buy one, but the first one that landed in my shop had badly corroded frets, and inked up around the pickups holes to some hide wear / discolouration. Was obvious having that purpley tone you get from permanent marker, not jet black as people often think. Anyways, that put me off... but thankfully this one is a beauty, plays excellent. No duff frets or signs of poor manufacturing. Think the same inconsistencies can be said for much of the Vintage Modified line sadly, but there are very good ones out there. May upgrade things in due course, not sure it needs / warrants it but will blacken the backplate ASAP though.
Pretty niche sound wise really, but great for what it does do, and a departure from the Jag / Jazz thing I'm more familiar with.
I'm against giving guitars names but I want to call it Ronaldo, and get his face etched on a neck plate for it hahaa..
Anyways, chuft with 'free' guitar.
