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Published on 07/14/14 at 16:02reported maple keys, I would have preferred the great sleeves VM or CV. I intend to change. Otherwise nice.
The rest: why buying this guitar?
I was not looking tele or other guitars, but with a friend all cheap guitars we tried. There were 5 or 7 squier affinity and sounds were compared to empty, and I came across this one that sounded great vacuum. So I try a live Southwestern Tele still connected to see the difference, and in fact the sound was great. I bought it!
I knew that the electronics (pickups + wiring) is pure crap, I have not even tried on an amp.
After trying many Chinese and Indonesian squier, I am convinced that lag does not select the wood, and can be dropped onto a skyscraper in 7 songs that sound or rotten one or two songs that sound top, knowing that there is alder. I have two VM and CV are alder top. Affinity but overall it is the. The painting is very bad, any poc even light, she jumps. In fact I bought the body, the rest to change!
UTILIZATION
if we know the choice you can get a good guitar, but the pickups are rotten. It is better to take a hundred euros more a vintage modified, they have very good microphones, I compared to seymour duncan, Di Marzio, gibson (mics that I have on my guitars), and it the fact. The problem is that VMs are few alder (I have only scratch alder, ash, mahogany, still yuck). The handle is playable but compared to a VM or CV is not terrible. There was no difference between the affinity series and vintage modified the classic vibe series (in strat) and a standard american strat is to say whether the affinity are rotten throughout.
SOUNDS
empty, all the ones I've tried, this is the only one that was his level, connected = rotten, sounds, this is rubbish, while between my and my gibson vintaged modified or my species, it there is not a gap (wiring Indonesian and Chinese is by no cons on all series, but the microphones vm series and HP are good).
There was awesome in lag for guitars in alder is that you can come across excellent body (as good as us), so try but do not buy vpc as wholesale there has an occasional ringing, vm and CVs are more regular but try anyway, there are the normal and exceptional sounding (for alder, and pine on Tele cv for guitars in Agatis basswood and I do not know, I do not like these woods = neutral)
OVERALL OPINION
I think if we do not know recognize the sound of an empty skyscraper and that no flashes above, better save to buy a Classic vibe out where wiring can keep everything, because ultimately for the body I found excellent sound, microphones change (I did put sp custom, leaves changing pickups as to the top), the handle to change (not yet, I want a CV or any vm maple, but not found) and painting again (my lovely wife will take care of), it is expensive, it will return me 600 € / 700 € to the output (it is clear that explode standard Mexican) !!! Basically the best range lag for me (thus subjective) the classic vibe, VMs have the same level except that there is almost no natural wood (alder, alas only jazzmaster special, and I have two, they are great with minor mods, but micro SD origins), I do not know the modern player, Mexican I is not terrible compared to CV (handle as beams, sleeves VM and CV are awesome), roughly between the CV and the Tele RI52, for me it is useless, say it must spread price between 180 € and 1850 €, but in my opinion, between € 300/400 for a lag below sucks, and a fender, over € 1800/2000, below it sucks and you should find several opinions from different people who say that between a TV and a CV is the RI52 'scam. But especially avoid affinity. Squier Tele therefore the classic vibes are tops, vm are all good .... except the body is wooden crate, and if you want a fender, especially avoid the stuff below the RI52 between the two , well it's not great (I exclude the modern player I do not know, I speak only guitars I tested, so you can have Mexican great, I did not fall over, simply) , and affinity, it's worth nothing. I will not repeat that choice for the vacuum which I flashed for the out, with custom sp a valid handle and the painting I have to redo the bridge and also to change, it will take me 600 / 700 €!!! Because I have a Tele that I love but totally inrevendable (it corresponds to the squier japan sq I sold off and are now too expensive and rare Bazaars hypermarkets). So I think it is worth buying good Chinese / Indonesian or good us, not the bottom lines of Asian or low ranges of us that are identical to Mexico if you hide the "mase in usa". So my opinion on the affinity strat and Tele series is: guitar rotten, save € 100 and get a vintage modified.
The only positive thing is that the body thinner than a normal Tele is nice. My technique when I try the guitars in stores, I do not watch the handle to not be influenced by the squier / fender and made in, so I did that sound and feel real.
The rest: why buying this guitar?
I was not looking tele or other guitars, but with a friend all cheap guitars we tried. There were 5 or 7 squier affinity and sounds were compared to empty, and I came across this one that sounded great vacuum. So I try a live Southwestern Tele still connected to see the difference, and in fact the sound was great. I bought it!
I knew that the electronics (pickups + wiring) is pure crap, I have not even tried on an amp.
After trying many Chinese and Indonesian squier, I am convinced that lag does not select the wood, and can be dropped onto a skyscraper in 7 songs that sound or rotten one or two songs that sound top, knowing that there is alder. I have two VM and CV are alder top. Affinity but overall it is the. The painting is very bad, any poc even light, she jumps. In fact I bought the body, the rest to change!
UTILIZATION
if we know the choice you can get a good guitar, but the pickups are rotten. It is better to take a hundred euros more a vintage modified, they have very good microphones, I compared to seymour duncan, Di Marzio, gibson (mics that I have on my guitars), and it the fact. The problem is that VMs are few alder (I have only scratch alder, ash, mahogany, still yuck). The handle is playable but compared to a VM or CV is not terrible. There was no difference between the affinity series and vintage modified the classic vibe series (in strat) and a standard american strat is to say whether the affinity are rotten throughout.
SOUNDS
empty, all the ones I've tried, this is the only one that was his level, connected = rotten, sounds, this is rubbish, while between my and my gibson vintaged modified or my species, it there is not a gap (wiring Indonesian and Chinese is by no cons on all series, but the microphones vm series and HP are good).
There was awesome in lag for guitars in alder is that you can come across excellent body (as good as us), so try but do not buy vpc as wholesale there has an occasional ringing, vm and CVs are more regular but try anyway, there are the normal and exceptional sounding (for alder, and pine on Tele cv for guitars in Agatis basswood and I do not know, I do not like these woods = neutral)
OVERALL OPINION
I think if we do not know recognize the sound of an empty skyscraper and that no flashes above, better save to buy a Classic vibe out where wiring can keep everything, because ultimately for the body I found excellent sound, microphones change (I did put sp custom, leaves changing pickups as to the top), the handle to change (not yet, I want a CV or any vm maple, but not found) and painting again (my lovely wife will take care of), it is expensive, it will return me 600 € / 700 € to the output (it is clear that explode standard Mexican) !!! Basically the best range lag for me (thus subjective) the classic vibe, VMs have the same level except that there is almost no natural wood (alder, alas only jazzmaster special, and I have two, they are great with minor mods, but micro SD origins), I do not know the modern player, Mexican I is not terrible compared to CV (handle as beams, sleeves VM and CV are awesome), roughly between the CV and the Tele RI52, for me it is useless, say it must spread price between 180 € and 1850 €, but in my opinion, between € 300/400 for a lag below sucks, and a fender, over € 1800/2000, below it sucks and you should find several opinions from different people who say that between a TV and a CV is the RI52 'scam. But especially avoid affinity. Squier Tele therefore the classic vibes are tops, vm are all good .... except the body is wooden crate, and if you want a fender, especially avoid the stuff below the RI52 between the two , well it's not great (I exclude the modern player I do not know, I speak only guitars I tested, so you can have Mexican great, I did not fall over, simply) , and affinity, it's worth nothing. I will not repeat that choice for the vacuum which I flashed for the out, with custom sp a valid handle and the painting I have to redo the bridge and also to change, it will take me 600 / 700 €!!! Because I have a Tele that I love but totally inrevendable (it corresponds to the squier japan sq I sold off and are now too expensive and rare Bazaars hypermarkets). So I think it is worth buying good Chinese / Indonesian or good us, not the bottom lines of Asian or low ranges of us that are identical to Mexico if you hide the "mase in usa". So my opinion on the affinity strat and Tele series is: guitar rotten, save € 100 and get a vintage modified.
The only positive thing is that the body thinner than a normal Tele is nice. My technique when I try the guitars in stores, I do not watch the handle to not be influenced by the squier / fender and made in, so I did that sound and feel real.