Squier Classic Vibe Telecaster '50s Electric Guitar  

This is positively the best electric I've ever played...and I've owned plenty of American teles that weren't half as good as this amazing little beast. Not only is the CV tele super well built, it stays in tune for days of string bending, smooth dressed frets, and the pu's have a character all their own that beats the stuff out of all other telecasters in my humble opinion. How can the very best sell for this price? Got to be a mistake. Or maybe Fender knows making a true value cheap is the way to a guitar player's heart.

A solid peice of wood, the stock pickups are really nice and twangy, the neck is really nice and smooth, and I LOVE the butterscotch blonde finish. The picture doesn't do it justice.

AMAZING quality guitar, absolutely no problems what so ever with the frets or pickups. The only thing I did to it was sheilded all of the cavities to get rid of some of the buzz.

You can not beat this guitar for the price!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have an American tele and I like the feel sound and playability better in my CV tele than it!!!

Great guitar

I've been a guitarist for over 20 years and owned many budget priced guitars so trust me when I say this: These guitars feel cheap!  The Neck has loads of gloss on it to the point that you feel like your holding plastic instead of wood.  The pickups stink.  It's super light and the finish covers the nut which makes it cheap looking as well. I'm not a guitar snob at all, infact I'm all about budget priced instruments but I can't believe some of you would say this guitar beats a mexican made tele...that's just stupid! There is no comparison.  This guitar comes nowhere near a mexican.  If you can't afford an American then spend an extra $100 and get the Mexican...you with thank yourself.  Do you really want a guitar made in china?

If you want a guitar that feels like plastic you'll love it. Seriously pick up one of these and play it, then pick up a Mexican and you'll be happy to pay the extra $100 for a much better instrument. Quality has never come from a factory in China.

The Mexican made tele's are a great value. Good woods, craftmanship, decent pickups, and good finishes.

You peoapl are out of your minds to think this is a great guitar.  Great biggining guitar, sure but to say that this is comparable to Mexican or even an American model is insane.

Standard Tele features with 2 Alnico 3 pickups ( note butterscotch has Alnico 5), modern radius neck, single tone/vol control, three way switch, brass saddles and vintage look tuners.

It has a relatively thin neck compared to the original.

This one had a three piece body, seen some with 2 piece body

All you need

Very well made.  very playable when I got it , did not need additional setup. Good fretwork, all in all much better than one would expect for a guitar at this price.  Remeber that the originals were built to a price.

Is this a custom shop high dollar guitar?  No, but is very very good.  I have a 52 reissue.  When I go out I take this guitar, at home this is the one that is out.

Neck pocket well done, finish had no imperfections.  The wood on neck was ok, I have seen neck wood vary from flame and birdseye to plain.

While not high end tuners, the guitar stays in tune. With solid bridge locking tuners are not as necessary.  Nut well done with no edges.

The fact that they had different (now considered better) finishes such as lacquer was a result of the technology at the time. Lacquer is easy to spray and dries quickly with a deep gloss. The issue with the new finishes is that they tend to be too thick. If it is that important by a custom shop or big tex at 5 times the price.

I doubt they could build one like this in 1950 with the available technology at this price.

This is a well made guitar.  I don't see people complaining  about quality when talking about their IPADS are made in China

For the price there is no way you regret this purchase.  Do yourself a favor, close your eyes and have some one at the store hand you different tells to try with your favorite amp.  Then pick the one you want.  You will be surprised once your preconceived ideas of price vs playability/sound are taken away by being blindfolded. Then look at it and smile.

No it does not have a satin neck and is, compared to an original or custom shop, somewhat over finished, BUT it is a great guitar at a great price.  Use it out of the box or customize the way you would any of your other guitars. May want to add nocaster/52 reissue pickups (look at Lollar's) as this guitar is worthy of cutomzation.

I have been playing guitars for over 40 years and amazed how you can get a guitar at a fraction of the real cost now  compared to the 1950's that play and sound as well as this.

The originals were conceived as cheap planks of wood to sell to the masses.  This is much better than that.

It's a Telecaster. Back to basics rock and roll machine.

Easily hangs with more expensive Teles. 

Really great at this price point!  Should probably be charging more (shhh....don't tell them)

Played great right out of the box, sits well in the band mix (punk/rock band, the other guitarist plays a Gibson) and was easy on the wallet. You can't lose with this one!