Keira WitherKay wrote
Airguitar wrote
dee wrote
Zulublues wrote
Before you pull the trigger, at least try out a Squier CV50. I and a few others have been more than pleasantly surprised by them. Mine is my #1 out of all my current fleet. The one that I would grab when running out of a burning house! Try one
Reinhard wrote
Another vote to try a classic vibe tele. Surprisingly well made, never thought I would buy a squier but it came home with me.
The Telecaster forum (www.tdpri.com) raves about them, with many guys using them over their other "Better" Tele's. Apparently they are quite the gem in the Squier series.
I did the same, and I can't tell you how much I love this guitar.
However there is a SMALL issue with the CV Tele, which seems to be the same with most Tele's wether MIA, MIJ, MIM, or any other acronym you can think of:-
They sometimes CRACKLE while playing them, especially at high gain settings. The fix is easy. Take off the scratchplate by removing the 5 screws and using a piece of scotchbrite (Pot scourer) and soapy water, scrub the inside layer until it's no longer shiny.. Then put it back on the tele..
This is a 10 minute job and well worth knowing about. It works on all guitars with plastic scratchplates.
sorry to be the stick in the mud but for as much as i'm sure the squire vintage vibe is great value for money ....which they are ...so no denying they nice guitars for the money ........ punching way above their weight (price range) .....however i truly can't see anyone realistically putting his/her american standard or better usa tele aside for the squire .... AND yes i've become quite a tele fanatic .....and i have played the classic vibe ........ on a few occassions......nice guitars but not "the holy grail" of tele's ............ and for all the hype i bet if i had to buy a squire classic vibe brand new or even a MIM tele in fact and offer to trade it for someones usa made tele (as long as it was 100% original and an american standard or higher model ) i doubt i'd have any takers ........ and that says it all
and the good news is that 2nd hand usa tele's are not that expensive if you can find em........... i seen american standards as low as R6500 yet i also have to admit i recently saw someone on gumtree trying to sell an american standard tele 2nd hand for more than i paid for mine new last year from a music store .. which is just crazy ....so don't take prices on face value shop around cos we all know discounted price and marked price are way different even up to 40% less which make a huge difference
This often happens on threads like this, so just to bring things back on track, the original question was :
Which is considered the nicest Teles, affordable without selling a kidney?
If you're lucky enough to find a USA Tele under 10 Grand, buy it. However we're talking affordable, so I'm estimating 5k tops..
That takes a lot of new guitars out of the ballpark as well as many used ones.
What are we left with? Used Mexicans and or new squiers.
I am by no means trying to put down American made teles, nor am I telling you a Squier is better.
I AM telling you that it's still a lot of guitar for not much money.
I gig with mine and I love it.
