Model Name Classic Vibe Telecaster® Custom
Body Alder
Bridge Vintage Style Strings-Thru-Body Tele® Bridge with 3 Threaded Steel Barrel Saddles
Machine Heads Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Hardware Chrome
Unique Features Double-Bound Body,
“C” Shape Maple Neck,
Synthetic Bone Nut
Model Name Classic Vibe Telecaster® ‘50s
Body Pine
Bridge Vintage Style Strings-Thru-Body Tele Bridge with 3 Brass Barrel Saddles
Machine Heads Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Unique Features “C” Shape Maple Neck,
Synthetic Bone Nut
Model Name Classic Vibe Stratocaster® ‘60s
Body Alder
Bridge Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Machine Heads Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Hardware Chrome
Synthetic Bone Nut
Model Name Classic Vibe Stratocaster® ‘50s
Body Alder
Bridge Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Machine Heads Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Synthetic Bone Nut
Model Name J5 Telecaster®
Body Alder
Neck Maple, Modern “C” Shape,
Bridge 6-Saddle Tele® Bridge with Humbucking Pickup Cutout
Machine Heads Standard Die-Cast Tuners
Hardware Chrome/Stainless Steel
Bound Top and Back,
Synthetic Bone Nut
I've never had to re-level frets on any of my Squiers that came new or barely used. The only guitar necks I have that need it are an 80's Squier HM, and my Fender Strat Plus Deluxe. Both due to heavy use.
No need to replace the nut. They are the same Fender uses for $2,000 guitars.
Nice fantasy on the neck adjustment idea. No proof of rigidity in the necks. Baseless and inaccurate opinion. None of mine need any more than my Fenders, and a 1/4 turn is all that's needed either way. Maybe once or twice a year, just like all of my guitars that get use. Haven't stripped a bolt yet.
You could replace the tuners if you want. I haven't had any problems there either. If it stays in tune, it's good for me, and My stagemasters are FR with lock nuts. No need for a change there either. String trees are no different than what came with my AVRI.
I'd replace the pickups on most Fenders anyway. Not a big fan of a lot of them. Pots, switches, not a big cost.
The CV Teles are coming with Brass and Steel saddles. Not sure why you would want to change that.
I bought my CV for $260 tax free, shipped free, NEW, and all that was needed was to change the pickups and guts. Another $90 and I have basically a Fender with the sound I want for $350. That's why GC stopped stocking them here in Vegas.
Is it worth some tuners and a bridge-block (you have no proof that the plate or saddles are any different on a CV than a low level Fender) to spend more on an American low level guitar instead?? The cheapest AM NEW Fender is $499+tax, + the pickup upgrade, would have cost me $625. If you feel like spending $275 for some tuners, and a Bridge block, be my guest. Like I said before, Fender loves you.
Model Name: Standard Stratocaster®
Body: Alder
Neck: Maple, Modern “C” Shape,
Pickups: 3 Standard Single-Coil Strat® Pickups (Ceramic Magnets)
Bridge: Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Machine Heads: Fender®/Ping® Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
Parchment Plastic Parts
Only difference between that and a $800 AM Special??
Model Name: American Special Stratocaster®
Body: Alder
Neck: Maple, Modern "C" Shape,
Bridge: Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Machine Heads: Fender® Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
** Greasebucket™ Tone Circuit,
** 3 Texas Special™ Pickups,
3 Texas Specials, a few more caps and 10 minutes more of wiring time for $300. I can get better results for $80.
So once again... Talking completely out of your ass!!
Body Alder
Bridge Vintage Style Strings-Thru-Body Tele® Bridge with 3 Threaded Steel Barrel Saddles
Machine Heads Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Hardware Chrome
Unique Features Double-Bound Body,
“C” Shape Maple Neck,
Synthetic Bone Nut
Model Name Classic Vibe Telecaster® ‘50s
Body Pine
Bridge Vintage Style Strings-Thru-Body Tele Bridge with 3 Brass Barrel Saddles
Machine Heads Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Unique Features “C” Shape Maple Neck,
Synthetic Bone Nut
Model Name Classic Vibe Stratocaster® ‘60s
Body Alder
Bridge Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Machine Heads Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Hardware Chrome
Synthetic Bone Nut
Model Name Classic Vibe Stratocaster® ‘50s
Body Alder
Bridge Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Machine Heads Vintage Style Tuning Machines
Synthetic Bone Nut
Model Name J5 Telecaster®
Body Alder
Neck Maple, Modern “C” Shape,
Bridge 6-Saddle Tele® Bridge with Humbucking Pickup Cutout
Machine Heads Standard Die-Cast Tuners
Hardware Chrome/Stainless Steel
Bound Top and Back,
Synthetic Bone Nut
mistermikev wrote:you'd still have to contend with:mistermikev wrote:bone nut vs plastic???
All of these Squiers are using Synthetic bone, the same as new Fender AVRI.mistermikev wrote:stamped bridgeplate
Not exactly sure how you know this.mistermikev wrote:neck grain is rarely tight
100% baseless and inaccurate. Prove it.mistermikev wrote:neck pocket is cut loose as a goose 1/2 the time
Fenders have the same problem from time to time. Just saw a post about it on a Fender forum today. Still 100% baseless, and generalized possibly to entry level Squiers.
http://www.fender.com/community/forums/ ... hp?t=36194mistermikev wrote:6 piece agathis body vs 2-3piece basswood or alder
amer stds typically have one solid chunk of wood from the pickup cavity upward vs squires with glue joints right in the 'tone zone'
I can prove that even my Bullet has a solid piece going right through the center. So do all of mine that I can tell. Once again 100% baseless and inaccurate. None of those guitars are using agathis, all alder, and dense Pine on the CV 50's Tele, which has a character much like ash. How do I know this? I have a degree in woodworking.mistermikev wrote:fretwork is much better on americans
Absolutely generalized and baseless. I have Squiers that have fretwork every bit as good as high cost Fenders . Straight, no buzzes, level, beveled smooth, crowned and set as well as just about anything I've laid my hands on. This is only your opinion, and so far you're tanking hard.mistermikev wrote:by the time you level the frets, replace the nut(very important IMO), adjust the neck twenty times cause the wood isn't very rigid - then you strip the nut cause they used cheap chines metal on the truss and the bolt, replace the tuners, replace the string trees, replace the pots/jacks/wire/pickups/switches, replace the saddles (lets leave the crappy stamped bridge plate in just for argument)... you could have bought an american -they sell used for $450 all over the place.... or better yet... a warmoth/stewmac/allparts and american make it yourself.
I've never had to re-level frets on any of my Squiers that came new or barely used. The only guitar necks I have that need it are an 80's Squier HM, and my Fender Strat Plus Deluxe. Both due to heavy use.
No need to replace the nut. They are the same Fender uses for $2,000 guitars.
Nice fantasy on the neck adjustment idea. No proof of rigidity in the necks. Baseless and inaccurate opinion. None of mine need any more than my Fenders, and a 1/4 turn is all that's needed either way. Maybe once or twice a year, just like all of my guitars that get use. Haven't stripped a bolt yet.
You could replace the tuners if you want. I haven't had any problems there either. If it stays in tune, it's good for me, and My stagemasters are FR with lock nuts. No need for a change there either. String trees are no different than what came with my AVRI.
I'd replace the pickups on most Fenders anyway. Not a big fan of a lot of them. Pots, switches, not a big cost.
The CV Teles are coming with Brass and Steel saddles. Not sure why you would want to change that.
I bought my CV for $260 tax free, shipped free, NEW, and all that was needed was to change the pickups and guts. Another $90 and I have basically a Fender with the sound I want for $350. That's why GC stopped stocking them here in Vegas.
Is it worth some tuners and a bridge-block (you have no proof that the plate or saddles are any different on a CV than a low level Fender) to spend more on an American low level guitar instead?? The cheapest AM NEW Fender is $499+tax, + the pickup upgrade, would have cost me $625. If you feel like spending $275 for some tuners, and a Bridge block, be my guest. Like I said before, Fender loves you.
Model Name: Standard Stratocaster®
Body: Alder
Neck: Maple, Modern “C” Shape,
Pickups: 3 Standard Single-Coil Strat® Pickups (Ceramic Magnets)
Bridge: Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Machine Heads: Fender®/Ping® Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
Parchment Plastic Parts
Only difference between that and a $800 AM Special??
Model Name: American Special Stratocaster®
Body: Alder
Neck: Maple, Modern "C" Shape,
Bridge: Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
Machine Heads: Fender® Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
** Greasebucket™ Tone Circuit,
** 3 Texas Special™ Pickups,
3 Texas Specials, a few more caps and 10 minutes more of wiring time for $300. I can get better results for $80.
So once again... Talking completely out of your ass!!