All user reviews for the Squier Classic Vibe Telecaster '50s [2008-2018]

bah everything has been said about this guitar. Me apart from a problem with the jack that is unscrewed, the rest is nickel. For 300 euros, we had a very good violin.

UTILIZATION

The handle is big, it's a great pleasure, I could play hours on ds.

SOUNDS

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OVERALL OPINION

It's a wonderful guitar.
From scratch, I've had a few. I'm not a guitarist out of the ordinary, far from it, I just itches for fun and for my songs, but for the first time I love the feeling of the instrument on which I play.
It's weird feeling. My old guitars were nice, but she had finally no personality. I took them versatile, pretty, but I tired very quickly and I ended up selling them.
The telecaster is another matter. It sounds incredible, cutting to perfection, a fishery that gives you wings. Should we compare it with guitars more expensive? In fact I do not care, I do not care whether or not it is superior to the model it is supposed to emulate. What I know is that when I take it, even without the plug it will come out something good.
A guitar that does not ruin her man and has a soul, it has become rare nowadays. I just wanted to emphasize, that this notice.

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UTILIZATION

Channel ultra comfortable.
but easy to learn and slides alone.

SOUNDS

The microphone handle is a bit "soft" but I play one so it does not bother anyone.
The microphone stand is punchy and crystalline.

OVERALL OPINION

This will be a year.
I tried a few and do not regret my purchase.
It is a bit heavy but it quickly so it is compulsory to play nice.
I tried a Telecaster Mexico and I have not found any difference to the touch. Only the microphone handle is clearly different.

See other reviews. I put 9 for the jack, which sometimes tends to loosen a bit, but nothing really annoying.
Special mention to the brass saddles, giving a big plus to the sound and style compared to the Tele bridge with modern-type 6-jumpers. Oh, and the mechanics take very well the agreement to have no fear about that.

UTILIZATION

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The neck is great, and has nothing to envy the Fender that I had the opportunity to test, and I do not speak that Mexican standard! It slides alone, it is comfortable, neither too fat nor too thin.

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The guitar weighs his weight, but we made it quickly (though I do not look like Arnold Shwarzenegger!).

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Access to acute, meanwhile, is the same as for any other Telecaster: not bad, but could be improved (if that's your main selection criterion, it is better to choose a Start 'or superstrate, but it is not the same sound or the same face ... = p

In terms of getting good sound, nothing more simple: a 3-position selector (rather flexible, but I do not think it's embarrassing, on the contrary), a volume knob and one tone, to control the two famous singlecoil microphones that fit the beauty. The bridge pickup is very punchy, clean AC Twange in dry and saturated sound you get angry very acidic and one would expect from a Tele, riffs punks out on their own, it is enjoyable. One can even go up to push the vice in the big distortion, cash it very well the shock ... for riffs that metalheads going very well; on the other hand for frenzied solos I think it lacks the level of output, a humbucker seems to me more appropriate (a short video as an example ==> http://www.youtube .com / watch? v = J6YLqnHo _n- ( ) ) As for the neck pickup, it is true that it lacks a chouille fishing but overall it is very very simpa, warm and bluesy to perfection.
AH, and no background noise like "buzz", I just wanted to point out is a very good place for singlecoils!

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SOUNDS

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I play a little bit of everything and follow me beautiful in all my delusions, either of blues, funk, rock or even metal (yes, really!). However, as stated above it lacks a bit of output level over a skyscraper of humbuckers equipped, so guitarists will prefer something more muscular, or they will add a hot track and everything will be fine (I really hesitate to do so, but I really love the sound of microphones that I can not bring myself to!)

In terms of sound, as stated above is what is usually expected of a Telecaster: rather crystalline and slamming.

I mainly play a Fender Vibro Champ on xD, and obviously it goes very well with this amp ... the sound is very good.

I love all the sounds, so I do not hate (yeah, obviously ...= p). But I use a lot less intermediate position, although it is very nice too.

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OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a little over a year now and I tried lots of other models, Strato, the Tele, Fender and Squier home, and frankly, it has nothing to envy of her peers . It crushes the Squiers first prize, she also crushes mex 'standard, and as was said below, to find a sound quality equivalent must be put roughly 3 times the price Fender, except for the Baja, with which is about "kif kif," but I hate the heat, and I find the system "S1" does not add much (in any case, it's not worth the price difference with this Squier .. . Fender logo costs decidedly expensive).
I love this guitar, it is excellent. She has only two flaws in my opinion: the jack that sometimes get loose a little, and the neck pickup lacks a bit of potato, but is nevertheless very good ... nothing so annoying.

For 300 euros from a German website which shall remain nameless (lol), it is a very good value for money.
Obviously, this choice I would do without any hesitation. Try it, it's worth it. Really.

the bridge is a brass trigger guard, there are 21 frets. the handle is C I believe, and maple key. 2 microphones "standard" one volume, one tone, 3-position selector.
I give 8 points for tuning machines do not leave my rope acute mid very stable (but it does not mean almost)
cons by the selector position is light and moves at the slightest blow on it ...

UTILIZATION

The handle ... Whah! I did not like Squier, I have a stratocaster ibanez law follows (excellent) and a Gibson ES335, 1967 ... the weight collector is nickel. The grip is like a telecaster, ie very pleasant, very rock 'n' roll is a bit "industry, and plays." You feel it in you, more than a strata, if it is comfortable, does not this union with the body ... the neck is satin, which, without making a highway in ESP or other .. makes it very soft, fast and pleasant. Rather late, it still feels something in his hands. The bends are well chosen.
Only problem, access to acute (which will return in the sound problem) if this is correct, it's still a telecaster! and bends tend to curl and have to watch not make a nice "TWANGGG" slapping strings sisi ca ... happens to the best of us ^ ^
But for her, that's another story ...:

SOUNDS

And yes! sound but in a corner of mouth to all my friends Zikos!
The handle, if it offers a nice roundness to the solos, and its a good rock 'n roll a little lack of power for these solos. but changing the channel, I do not feel a man's death.
The bridge is harder to tame, and in general, the bridge pickups make me fast enough earache. But now that I understand ... it wild while! Do not just use it for ballads chordal ^ ^
The live sound is good, a little amp settings fairly simple, and go to "Kiffer" his game!
I play on fender or marshall amps tube, etj'adore each time it makes the guitar amp in this case (which is very gratifying for the guitar!).
Oops, it is useless to try to play a search for settings with the tone and volume, lowering the tone it changes nothing, then proceeded to a ca direct his rough dull, limited to twelve o'clock ^ ^ like the volume that spoils the character of the guitar, which is beautifully tempered to the base!
but I do not like my work or my tone volume in general, so it does not bother me at all.

OVERALL OPINION

I have been using a little over a year. I tried many models, desfois 200 euros more expensive! and my choice is facing it, a Squier, whereas before I was a strong critic of the brand ...
I like his look, his simplicity, his, her sleeve. I do not like the knobs or adjustment mechanisms for low E which do oscillate in hertz can be after ... is this a fault on mine!

Good value for money is going to say (although for a Squier, well not too soon they moved their butts!)
And I will ever see this option because this guitar is really a whole, a fairly taking part of me!

already mentioned above, Chinese manufacturing as we know today has little to do with the reputation it sucitait few years ago, the specifications require both a guitar and made that any or elsewhere in the world of jumpers .. brass finish and very good overall, varnishes etc. .. alnico pickups of very good quality, excellent violin, potentiometers are progressive and big! no comparisons with lower-end Squier, I will not comment on the quality of the frets (alloy) because it is too soon to tell, the guitar is only one year.

UTILIZATION

the handle is really a treat, a little thinner than my Start U.S. and faster, the varnish can interfere with nine moving for those who have sweaty hands, it's not my case .. its lightest weight is reasonable that a stratum, but we still feel we have something on épaules.l access to the treble is clean that we can therefore expect a telecaster ..
for sound, it's also surprising is that this guitar, whatever the position, the quality of the two microphones and their differences are that you get a pallet of its super interesting, see below.

SOUNDS

the telecaster is a very typical quitar with sounds obvious but a singular contrast to what one might think, although very typed it may be necessary in any style of music, for blues it is a refference for the funky, too, for reggae is the top in both rhythmic solo, is like the big rock and punk .. no comment! that's really the value of a Telecaster, a guitar truly distinctive and yet so versatile, which was different from a Stratocaster sometimes too flexible at the expense of a little singular personality.
the pickups are ALNICO the magnet are built based on aluminum / nickel / cobalt, making it a configuration Vintage, with a little less powerful magnets as ceramics but suddenly it delay the vibration of the string and thus sustain, which in itself is not the highlight of a telecaster .. I plugged in my two amps that is, a roland cube30X (transistors) and a head 18 Watt All Tube epiphone valve senior coupled to a speaker eminence blackheart 112.
on the neck pickup many said was missing fishing, I'm more reserved on this point and I think the bridge pickup is the cause, it is indeed so powerful when you pass the bridge to handle ago actually a difference in level, it's just the balance of the two is a little lag, the clarity of the neck pickup is really good, very serious indeed less powerful than my Start, do not forget that it ' is a lipstick .. but when you turn the volume and gain on the amp you do not feel any weakness of this microphone.
The intermediate position is extremely interesting because it combines precisely these pickups really different, with a bit of twang to delay it all is finally the bridge position is really surprising, it is true that the output level is high and the rock in posibillité Solicitating are high, the crunch and saturation to suit him perfectly, very focused on those mediums that fans will love it!
I could note 10, but given a relative imbalance of pickups I put 9 ..

OVERALL OPINION

I've had a short week and it did not seem necessary to wait to give my opinion, it is legitimate in any case more than doing it after you try to store a few minutes as I ' I have read here .. in my case I played every day at least 1:30 every time, it seems sufficient to me, knowing that unlike a test store, my guitar is perfectly set (height cords, microphones, and also quality ropes, tie appropriate etc. ..) I try to store a standard mex tele and although I obviously did not play after 10h and the finish was as good, j I found that micro unquestionably lacked personality, I had even resigned to not buy American telecaster as too expensive ..
yeah, to summarize, I paid € 210 for this opportunity very good guitar and what I say without shame plays in a yard close to my Start U.S. 40th! at that price, i was close to pass on any defects and to this day, I have not really found luien ..

The characteristics for then, I'll never be the man for the job, then go see the old posts, anyway, it's a Telecaster Asia, its almost enough

UTILIZATION

Use ...
Dej handle is really impressive, very well dcoup either as top down, everything goes smoothly, it is a rgal, however, little flat, not on the frets, which are finite, but the veneer of the handle, very ... sticky shall we say. I had already found that the default MODEL Start here no change, it checks out, and slips, bah to beginners is not terrible. After that the paint wears quickly get used to, no problem, but I think this point should be clear.
Then ergonomics is that of a tele, it's good, but not Folichon, one goes up to 18 bp without box above, the heel does not help, you must have something to la- up to play, it's not very comfortable. A Tele, neither more nor less! For weight, happy that his is not agate, is quite Lger, your shoulder will thank you on this one
The good sound, ... Joker, the sound comes easy, its still good APRS subjective and I tell you my opinion just over there.
She must agree

SOUNDS

my style, blues, pop rock, rock, jazz and a little more time, even funk and country, but personally, I have not hooked his at all, I have enough t dumme! Everyone praised the guitar for these sounds sublime, bah I find it very EXAGRES.
Okay, 350 for a guitar, come first purchase, or as the first Tele, its very smoothly, but the microphones are all the same bland (at least on my model) and especially not an output level terrible! In his clear, it's not n'gale Crystalline Real Fender Mexican Std same. Relatively little of this cot Dfine for any position of selection of microphones.
However, it is in crunch begins to discover that, without either dazzle! Its very vintage, its not much sustain, but it's pretty banging, really interesting in bridge pickup. The pickups seem to handle missing fishing, clearly below. But in the end, the guitar developed a particular grain hear, not unpleasant, nice.
However, I contradict already read several reviews, this guitar is below the Mex Std. May well be the model essay n'tait pafait not, but I would say that its looking for is also not the same: I mean that sounds pretty modern and VERY fender will the Mexican sounds resolutely go the vintage Fender.

OVERALL OPINION

In the end, I have not bought. Be aware that this model, I tried long ago, I tried several models of Telecaster, also several models of Classic Vibe for me to make a more specific on the ide possible, and that my work is not vain, I hope to contribute to the site.
What I like most: her beauty she has something that I did not find a Fender, whether U.S. or Mex. Very beautiful, vintage cot attractive, but the sound is not versatile enough for me to compete Mex Std. Having compared the two models, there is no comparison, besides, I Specifies that the output level of the Squier is lower than the Fender. What I liked least ... its lack of dynamism and versatility in the sound: we like it or not, and I didn't have hooked at all, the sound seemed smothered lacked volatility.
In the end no surprises, good clean guitar 350 satisfy those looking for a good guitar not too expensive, typical Tele. In its price range, it competes quite! In contrast, no surprise, either, when one goes up in price, quality general too, and the Fender Std I liked more. APRS will remain Scrooge and those who truly love this guitar, all aps, all tastes are in nature.
Finally, I contradict the opinions of a lot of people, so, board, will try it, even if I critique a lot, it's worth it to be careful!