All user reviews of 2/5 for the Squier Affinity Telecaster [1998-2020]

I bought this guitar at rock steady music in England for £100 reduced from £150 that is about $180 from $250.

great price, its a good starter guitar but i have started to grow out of it now. the pickups give out a relatively good sound for two single coils occasionally tinny sound but an alright price.

After about two weeks of playing, the guitars bridge pickup broke. i took this to the shop aand they were going to charge me about $30 for a new pickup. i went home and unscrewed it and all there was was a loose wire. After this the input broke due to a very flimsy screw.
I have a Marshall MG 10 practice amp obviously not very loud, and even if you put this on the brigde pickup and use distortion over half way, the amp will screech. i wasnt very pleased with this.

the construction in my opinion is poor. the screw and the wire as well as minor drops that can take large chunks out of it.

i think that this is a good starter guitar but it would NO WAY suite an intermediate guitarist. there is not enough variety for what you can do with this guitar and it takes a good amp head to turn out a good tone.

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Made in China country known for c scratch
21 frets
2 "microphones" in reality simple magnets
1 vol, 1 tune, a switch 3 positions
Bolt

UTILIZATION

Handle relatively pleasant
easy access to the last fret asymmetry requires
good balance slightly
good sound with the knob flight background

SOUNDS

I purchased it suited me nirvana period but my musical tastes have changed my opinion on the scratching of same
connected to a 110 sent through a ds1 and correct the distortion and the sound panel EXTENDED
the sound is crisp and clear dificil get a low volume

OVERALL OPINION

Used for 5 years
purchased for the look and the single coil pickups
aged very badly: rusted screws, input jack detached
first guitar
value for / discount
after troubleshooting a recess 400 sg I remake the same choice over

See other opinions, no need to repeat it, origin, the low-end made in china. all components are poor (supposedly alder body, but of poor quality as judged by the craters that form each screwing / unscrewing of elements, pickup rotten nut in plastoc who eats, knobs do not care who the camp, electronic buzz, welds made with hard ... the list goes on.). only handle mechanical and (oddly) are of satisfactory quality. The body and the table are roughly varnishes, shit, what is more, jumping at the slightest fart.

This scratch is not for me, is that of my cousin that I customized to improve history made a general rather mediocre to say deplorable.

UTILIZATION

The handle is the pleasant surprise of this skyscraper with, as I said to my surprise and mechanisms that guarantee a certain behavior tuning. the neck with maple fingerboard 21 boxes is fine and enjoyable to play. provided, however, replace the nut, that of the guitar in question having completely eaten in use, inducing an early mark down by the strings.

I add that the various knobs and pickup selector other tend to loosen and are therefore reliability and accuracy more than doubtful ...

guitar rather light, which is not surprising given the poor quality of wood used, what we realize by unscrewing / screwing the various elements (input jack, pickguard) as the original holes were transformed into real craters.

difficult to get a good sound as the original components, including the electronics are poor because producing hum and buzz of all kinds. the tone knob is very imprecise and tend to form the camp (like the pickups selector for that matter).

go, the average of the handle for comfort, efficiency and relatively good mechanical feel of the guitar.

SOUNDS

The original sound is generally poor, partly due to the hum induced by low-end electronics, but also because of the poor quality microphones.

the neck pickup is the most usable of the two, despite its rather neutral and lacking in character. However, it produces a clean, with good bass (when the hum problem resolved), both in saturation in the light remains its strong point.

however, the bridge pickup is good to put in the trash: her screaming, yucky and imprecise, a parody of his telecaster twang. I replaced it with a Di Marzio dp 173, not the best of the range, but given the poor quality of original components, putting microphones on this great scratching would be to give the pearls before swine. with this microphone, it's already much better, I would say it brings another dimension to the guitar is more accurate and less noisy, while giving access to the personality of a REAL mic telecaster. It also marries well with the rather original neck pickup in middle position (the one I prefer). This microphone, comfortable in his clear, incisive and proves effective in its full.

to be honest, I am using the original equipment and I put 4, mainly the neck pickup. Taking into account the replacement of the bridge pickup, my rating would rise to 7 / 8

OVERALL OPINION

I had the opportunity to play this scratch several times because it is the first of my cousin, but frankly, it's generally a good shit full of faults and noise of all kinds, with components only poor (electronics is a real gas plant, remove, making sure the holes, and you'll see!) and a sloppy finish. only the handle and lifts me surprised;

the boy found his guitar more and more unplayable, and I understand, but taking them all the same (first guitar requires), I offered to customize the story to make it playable. I then proceeded to replace the nut, the bridge pickup and pickguard (replaced by a black, pure aesthetic considerations for the coup), the isolation of the history of electronics eliminate noise and adjust full bridges .

After all these modifications, the guitar is almost usable, the hum is gone, and Di Marzio brings her easel in another dimension. ideally, it would have taken all the electronics again and change all the knobs, but given the magnitude of damage, I preferred not to attack me again but just a few welds and isolate all. go, 4 unchanged, 6 / 7 with.

In conclusion, a beginner guitar and no more, except to try an upgrade in my opinion essential if we are to get something out of this shovel That said, the various components are not made to last.