(Originally written by Hobbie/translated from Audiofanzine FR)
Squier Telecaster with a pair

of Duncan Designed P90 pickups

(Seymour-Duncan low-end). 3-way toggle switch,

volume and tone controls for each pickup,

Tele Custom-style pickguard, C profile neck with maple fingerboard.

Vintage blond finish.

UTILIZATION

Rather thick neck like I like them,

good overall finish.

Very pleasant maple fingerboard. The instrument is well-balanced, not too

heavy nor too light. The only defect in its design

is the custom pickguard, which makes

accessing the electronics more complicated.

SOUNDS

I play 70's punk music (thus mainly rhythm parts).

I use the bridge pickup mainly with

the distortion sound of a Fender Hot Rod. This combination sounds full and warm, and it

has a strong personality with a good sound definition

when the distortion is not excessive. Small con: this pickup

has a lower output level than the neck pickup.

Sometimes I use the neck pickup or the combination of both

pickups for arpeggios in clean mode with a

reverb. The sound is thicker but still quite brilliant.

You can sweeten it turning the tone and/or volume

controls. But the controls generate noise,

which is annoying if you want to control

the volume with some precision. But it isn't my case.



OVERALL OPINION

I've been using it for four years and I'm very satisfied with it!

It's a good-quality guitar but not expensive, so I don't get

angry when I see new scratches on it. The only problem

I've had was with the connector,

which got loosen. But that's a well-known problem on many

Telecasters.