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Squier Affinity Series Telecaster, Maple Fingerboard - Butterscotch Blonde

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Affinity Series Telecaster, Maple Fingerboard - Butterscotch Blonde

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A superb gateway into the time-honoured Fender® family, the Squier® Affinity Series™ Telecaster® delivers legendary design and quintessential tone for today's aspiring guitar hero. This Tele® features several player-friendly refinements such as a thin and lightweight body, a slim and comfortable "C"-shaped neck profile, a string-through-body bridge for optimal body resonance and sealed die-cast tuning machines with split shafts for smooth, accurate tuning and easy restringing. Loaded with dual Squier single-coil Tele pickups with 3-way switching for genre-defying sonic variety, this model is ready to accompany any player at any stage.

Specifications


Active EQ: No
Body Colour: Butterscotch Blonde
Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
Body Material: Poplar
Body Shape: Telecaster
Body Type: Solid
Bridge Design: String-Thru-Body 6-Saddle Tele
Bridge Type: Fixed String-Through-Body
Case/Gigbag: Purchased Separately
Controls: 1 Volume + 1 Tone
Country of Origin: Indonesia
Features: Thin Lightweight Body, Knurled Flat-Top Knobs, Dual-Wing String Trees
Fingerboard: Maple
Fingerboard Inlay: Dots - Black
Fret Profile: Medium Jumbo
Fretboard Radius: 9.5" / 241 mm
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Instrument Size: Full
Neck Body Join: 4-Bolt
Neck Body Join-Fret: 16th
Neck Finish: Urethane - Satin / Back, Gloss / Headstock Face
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: C
Number of Frets: 21
Number of Pickups: 2
Number of Strings: 6
Nut Material: Synthetic Bone
Nut Width: 1.65" / 42 mm
Orientation: Right
Pickup Brand: Squier Ceramic Single Coil
Pickup Configuration: SS
Pickup Type: Single Coil(s)
Scale Length: 25.5" / 648 mm
String Gauge: .009 - .042
String Type: Steel
Switching: 3-Way Blade Switch
Tailpiece: String-Through-Body
Tuning Machines: Sealed Die-Cast w/ Split Shafts

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Tremendous Value 1 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Sydney, Nova Scotia
For the price, this Tele is a superb deal. This guitar was well intonated and playable straight out of the box. The maple neck is as smooth as silk. The guitar is weighted and balanced perfectly. If you are a hobbyist guitar player that plays for enjoyment, you cannot go wrong with this. These are not your Grandpa's Squiers, the instrument quality produced by Squier these days is outstanding. Highly recommended.
Posted by M.S. MacLeod on Sep 8, 2024
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Telecaster 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Cobourg, Ontario
Love the sound feels great
Posted by James on Mar 24, 2024
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Surprised and Amazed 6 of 6 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Stratford, Ontario
Generally I'm a guitar snob. If it doesn't have the "badge" of honor, I don't give it a second glance. This guitar amazes me and I don't say that lightly. The neck is as good as my American Strat for feel and playability and the tone kills thru my little five watt Fender tweed. It has that early breakup bite I like at volume 2 of the amp. I have spare sets of Fender Custom shop Original vintage and Texas Specials but the stock pickups are staying put. I prefer the twang of this guitar better than my nephews American Tele. If this guitar had the Fender Logo on it, I wouldn't have known it was made offshore. I'm retiring my American Strat to a backup and using this one as my main guitar. I am surprised it's good enough to be a main stage guitar but it is. My only concern is the longevity of the tuners but they're easy to replace IF need be. We'll see. Otherwise, this guitar is a pleasant surprise.
Posted by John C. on Aug 2, 2023
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My guitar soulmate at last! 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Toronto (Bloor St.), Ontario
As a longtime G.A.S sufferer, I have bought, sold and traded too many guitars to remember. The newest iteration of the Squier Affinity Tele is the most comfortable, playable and sonically pleasurable of all the guitars I have ever owned. The light-weight poplar body and belly cut enhance the guitar's comfort. The satin neck with MJ frets is a joy to play and makes for effortless bends. And the pickups - despite, or perhaps because of, their often-maligned (unfairly) ceramic magnets - deliver the quintessential Tele bridge-position growl and bite in spades. In the middle or neck positions, when connected to a TS or other overdrive pedal, the guitar screams with sustain, harmonics and dynamics. I often play unplugged as well, and the guitar is quite resonant, which I love. This is a very good instrument, and at this insanely low price it is in my opinion the best value out there. I loved the guitar so much I got two. Only issue was one guitar had fret sprouts, but the tech at L&M took care of that and both guitars now play like a dream.
Posted by Johnny on Jun 21, 2023
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Tele sound 3 of 5 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Toronto (Bloor St.), Ontario
Had this guit for years now. Sounds great.
No where near the quality of fenders I have played, but still gives that tele sound if that's what you want.
A few hundo in upgrades and this could be everything you want.
Posted by anonymous on Dec 31, 2022
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Affinity Telecaster 13 of 14 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Toronto (Bloor St.), Ontario
I have never done a review of a product in my life. But it's been 2days since I purchased my Squier Affinity Telecaster. And I'm very impressed with this guitar I enjoy playing a wide variety of music from my time period. 70's and early 80's This guitar makes me hear that Clapton sound I'm no expert on guitars but all 3 position sound great when playing Cocain, or Charlie Christian. For the Price I so impressed looking forward to looking at the Affinity Jazzmaster So if you're looking for a quality guitar for a great price It's worth it.
Posted by Allan J Bowen on Jul 11, 2022
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