Squier Tele Custom £199.99
Meet the guitar that some have described as "instant Keef!"
Simon Bradley, Tue 23 Oct 2007, 12:08 pm UTC
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User comments (1)
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Once set up correctly the guitar plays alright, the neck's a bit of a cricket bat though. The duel humbuckers don't have the power for Metal but do just fine for rock. The construction of the guitar is solid and just what you'd expect from Squier.
If you're into Franz Ferdinand, then this will do you just fine. On the other hand, if you'd rather be John 5, you'll need to put some more powerful pickups in there.
Mine doesn't really inspire me very much and spends most of it's time in its' case (which wasn't included, although on the description on the right it does say case included!).
Depends what you're after really, but this isn't really my cup of tea, it may end up on Ebay.
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MusicRadar rating
Pros
The vibe is sheer Keef Richards!
Cons
Shame about the wobbly toggle switch.
The bottom line
Squier is going to sell loads of these. The RRP is well below what we'd be prepared to pay.
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Tele Custom
- Price:
- £199.99
- Country of Origin:
- Indonesia
- Available Controls:
- 2 x Tone, 2 x Volume
- Available Finish:
- Black only
- Bolt-on Neck:
- 1
- Bridge:
- 53mm
- Case Included:
- 1
- Cutaway:
- 0
- Fingerboard Material:
- Maple
- Fingerboard Radius:
- 7.25
- Fretless:
- 0
- Guitar Body Material:
- Agathis
- Hardware:
- Chrome
- Includes Bag:
- 0
- Left Handed Model Available:
- 0
- Neck Material:
- Maple
- No. of Frets:
- 22
- No of Strings:
- 6
- Options:
- Squier's Standard Tele goes for £199.99 while the even more affordable Affinity Tele retails at £139.99. Fender '72 Tele Deluxe from the Classic Series costs £629.99
- Pickguard:
- 0
- Scale Length (Inches):
- 25.5
- Scale Length (mm):
- 648
- Weight (kg):
- 3.6
- Weight (lb):
- 7.9
- Width at Nut (mm):
- 42
- Phantom power:
- 0
- Tremolo:
- 0
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