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Impressive for a budget guitar
The Fender Squier range has been a respectable brand ever since its introduction in the 1980's. This Thinline tele is no exception. I cannot understand how such a quality instrument can be produced for such little money.
It is not perfect. There were two scratch plate screws missing, but that was all. The finish is pretty flawless. it weighs next to nothing (2.7kg), the acoustic tone (which is frequently a good indicator of the eventual electric tone) is loud, bright and twangy, it has a comfortable, excellently finished neck with perfectly serviceable Kluson style tuners and the whole guitar generally looks the business.
They leave the truss rod slack for shipping, but this is a two minute adjustment and otherwise, intonation was well set and there really is nothing to complain about.
Of course the pickups could be improved but honestly, it still has the sound. It still sounds like a Telecaster. The bridge pickup is acceptable and the neck pickup typically weak — but good enough when both pickups are selected.
I gave up on trying to be responsible years ago, so these days my guitars are rarely less than a few thousand pounds. But I want a guitar that can get a scratch or a dent or two without giving me palpitations. Upgrade the pickups and it will be a solid and reliable worker.
It is not perfect. There were two scratch plate screws missing, but that was all. The finish is pretty flawless. it weighs next to nothing (2.7kg), the acoustic tone (which is frequently a good indicator of the eventual electric tone) is loud, bright and twangy, it has a comfortable, excellently finished neck with perfectly serviceable Kluson style tuners and the whole guitar generally looks the business.
They leave the truss rod slack for shipping, but this is a two minute adjustment and otherwise, intonation was well set and there really is nothing to complain about.
Of course the pickups could be improved but honestly, it still has the sound. It still sounds like a Telecaster. The bridge pickup is acceptable and the neck pickup typically weak — but good enough when both pickups are selected.
I gave up on trying to be responsible years ago, so these days my guitars are rarely less than a few thousand pounds. But I want a guitar that can get a scratch or a dent or two without giving me palpitations. Upgrade the pickups and it will be a solid and reliable worker.
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Surprisingly good!
Purchased for blues, clean & o.d. vintage tones.
Bulid & finish is phenomenal for a guitar at this price point, im really impressed with fretwork and overall feeling, great work! On par with my Yamaha PAC 611 HFM, for sure.
Set up, intonation & action was pretty good, absolutely playable since day 1. Mine has some issues with the toggle switch and the volume pot, sprayed some conduct cleaner and its ok now. But im gonna upgrade electronics anyway. Keep in mind that these are cheap components most likely to cause problems after some use.
Guitar is very light, due to semi cavities, and thats a plus if you have problems with your back or giging for many hours.
Tonewise, the traditional tele sounds mixed very well with the semi nature of this guitar, there is more "air" in the sound and slightly less of the "woody" & percussive quality of a solid body. Great combination!
Pickups are ok, they manage to capture a wide range of frequencies, bridge is definitely more hot than the neck.
Neck is fantastic, very comfortable for bends and chords. Tuners are...ok, i mean they can hold tune but there is some play and different tensions. Thats the second thing to upgrade.
Worth to mention that this guitar is vey loud unplugged, you can play easily without an amp for practice.
Summary: Its an excellent VFM guitar and pretty upgradable to, I guess with some minor tweaks this thing has some serious potentials!
(+) Pros
-Finish & Build
-Fretwork
-Neck shape very comfortable
-Tones
(-) Cons
-Pots & toggle switch on the "cheap" side
Bulid & finish is phenomenal for a guitar at this price point, im really impressed with fretwork and overall feeling, great work! On par with my Yamaha PAC 611 HFM, for sure.
Set up, intonation & action was pretty good, absolutely playable since day 1. Mine has some issues with the toggle switch and the volume pot, sprayed some conduct cleaner and its ok now. But im gonna upgrade electronics anyway. Keep in mind that these are cheap components most likely to cause problems after some use.
Guitar is very light, due to semi cavities, and thats a plus if you have problems with your back or giging for many hours.
Tonewise, the traditional tele sounds mixed very well with the semi nature of this guitar, there is more "air" in the sound and slightly less of the "woody" & percussive quality of a solid body. Great combination!
Pickups are ok, they manage to capture a wide range of frequencies, bridge is definitely more hot than the neck.
Neck is fantastic, very comfortable for bends and chords. Tuners are...ok, i mean they can hold tune but there is some play and different tensions. Thats the second thing to upgrade.
Worth to mention that this guitar is vey loud unplugged, you can play easily without an amp for practice.
Summary: Its an excellent VFM guitar and pretty upgradable to, I guess with some minor tweaks this thing has some serious potentials!
(+) Pros
-Finish & Build
-Fretwork
-Neck shape very comfortable
-Tones
(-) Cons
-Pots & toggle switch on the "cheap" side
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Great guitar for it's price
Worth the money, a bit of modification but it does the job pretty well
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Excelent buy
I am a beginner player. This guitar is easy to play, sounds great, and looks great. I enjoy it very much. Only problem was at a beginning when I had a buzzing string because of the nut slot not properly filed. Other than that quality is good and sound is excellent to my opinion.
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Very nice guitar, but don't expect the finish to be perfect.
Overall good guitar for the price.
Main complaint is about the finish quality:
The fretwork isn't great - the frets were rough and needed quite a lot of polishing, and it looks like the frets have caused small chips in the wood at the edge of the fretboard when they were inserted.
The nut was catching the low E string and needed to be filed.
The pick guard is slightly warped where it meets the neck.
Main complaint is about the finish quality:
The fretwork isn't great - the frets were rough and needed quite a lot of polishing, and it looks like the frets have caused small chips in the wood at the edge of the fretboard when they were inserted.
The nut was catching the low E string and needed to be filed.
The pick guard is slightly warped where it meets the neck.
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Great for the price - BUT
Got some troubles with the quality) After buying it sent it to my local guitar master, had to just disassemble and then fix many minor mistakes. I understand that transportation may cause minor problems with your instrument, but usually Squiers end up being worse in quality than many cheaper/equally priced instruments. After a week long set-up - perfectly playable and very cool sounding instrument. Just be ready for some work on your instrument if you’re going to purchase Squier
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great guitar
First special thanks to Thomann. They delivered this excellent guitar without any problem. Squier CV 60s Thinline has really good tone. I was really impressed with the neck on the guitar. It has a gloss urethane finish front and back. The fretwork is also good enough. Lighter than a typical telecaster
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overall feedback
amazing piece of kit sounded naff with 9 guage strings now fitted with dunlop 13s and hooked up to my marshal mg15msii it rivals my other tele's in my collection
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