BeachBumScott
Joined: Aug 31, 2009
Posts: 352
The Ranch, CO
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Posted on Mar 12 2011 09:58 AM
Don't let the cost of the Squiers fool you into thinking they are less of a guitar than a "Real" Fender. Put a blindfold on most folks and they wouldn't be able to tell them apart.
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Sure the tone of the pickups can tell you which guitar is which but as far as fit and finish I've felt sharp fret ends on 1000 dollar Fenders.
If we were talking Strats I'd take a Squier Standard,Deluxe,VM or CV over MIM Fender Strat and I played alot of MIM's looking for "the one". When I was choosing my Strat I had 800 bucks to spend and I went home with a Squier and 500 bucks in my pocket.
But then again I'm just a hack basement player so what do I know...
It's to bad the Squier Jazzmaster doesn't have a trem I buy one in a heart beat but at least I've got my Jagmaster, now to replace those humbuckers...
— "Maybe there aren't any surf bands; there's only surf music?" Tuck
Last edited: Mar 12, 2011 10:05:09
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Mar 12 2011 11:05 AM
You can always tell the difference between a Squier and a "real" Fender, and by real I mean the expensive ones, not the Standards. The necks are where you feel the difference and quality of all of the parts. And not in frets, just quality of wood and finish. It is certainly a tactile difference. Forget pickups, that is probably a minor difference. I'd rather have a guitar that felt good than one that sounded "good".
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Twinreverb
Joined: Dec 22, 2007
Posts: 216
Schenectady
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Posted on Apr 24 2011 07:27 AM
I haven't been here in a long time and I had to sell
my G&L Asat Classic and my Twin Reverb to pay bills.
Now some friends asked me to play guitar in there band
and we do 60's music with some Surf Music thrown in.
I'm using a friends Parker Fly Artist because I don't
own a guitar and I play thru a small Vox pratice amp.
I'm saving to get a new guitar and its will be the
new Fender American Deluxe Tele I played one yesterday
at our local GC. For me it can cover all the sound that I'm
looking for.
— Lou D
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Las_Barracudas
Joined: Apr 24, 2011
Posts: 1087
Surf City, NC
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Posted on Apr 24 2011 08:22 AM
I'd encourage you to check out some other make / models before pulling the trigger. While you can't go wrong with any of the guitars mentioned there's lots to choose from now-a-days that's outside the norm. Use this chance to be different I say.
Check out the Reverends, Eastwood, Hallmark, DiPintos, etc.
Of the 3 perhaps a tremolo equipped Tele?
— METEOR IV on reverbnation
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cyclopean
Joined: Mar 01, 2011
Posts: 40
innsmouth, ma
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Posted on May 02 2011 10:50 AM
Stormtiger wrote:
I have a Tele with a Jaguar tremolo unit but I use
roundwounds, can't bring myself to put flats on a Tele
while I normally use flats on a Jaguar. You can hear it
here with lots of reverb using both pickups, it stands
out best in the middle section of the song:
http://www.myspace.com/406410839/music/songs/Breath-of-the-Ocean-76887172
did you put that on yourself? i've got a gfs tele kit that i haven't built yet and i've been idly considering doing that to it. and wiring in a jaguar style high pass filter.
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cyclopean
Joined: Mar 01, 2011
Posts: 40
innsmouth, ma
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Posted on May 02 2011 10:51 AM
also, i have an sx tele that, acoustically, is one of the loudest solidbody guitars i own. it plays really nice, too.
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Stormtiger
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 2682
Ventura, CA
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Posted on May 02 2011 11:00 AM
I had someone at the local guitar shop route the body for the trem unit but they just hacked away some wood so the unit fit but didn't work at all. The guy had no idea how these units work and he did a lousy job, even placed the trem closer to bridge than I instructed him. I guess he thought he knew better than me. I had to chisel out the cavity myself to make it work properly. This is why I am wary of guitar techs and luthiers who arrogantly think they know everything.
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jackdelicious
Joined: Apr 28, 2011
Posts: 45
Auburn, WA
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Posted on May 02 2011 02:07 PM
Check out Dillion Guitars and even Fernandes "Decade" models... save you a ton of bread and more than match more expensive counterparts in sound and quality... also do yourself a favor and look for Matsumoku made instruments of the late 70's and 80's.
The current Dillion DJM61 Jazzmaster is equipped with a P90 in the neck and a coil tapped humbucker in the bridge position a nod to us Surf-twangers. Something Fender didn't think of when engineering their current Blacktop series JM's.  * the black tag you see marks the coil tap tone pot.
— El Cheapo Guitars
Surf guitar on the rails...
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