rubis Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Ooooh yeah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 4 hours ago, Nail Soup said: I purchased a Squier Bullet in Daphne blue earlier this year for £150. Very happy with it - I think the Bullet sounds more Tele-like than the Squier Affinity. I did pay a bit extra to get that colour though. that one looks very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 On 27/06/2020 at 14:37, mcnach said: that one looks very nice Yeah, fell in love with the looks.... but it sounds and plays great too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 Little update, now the honeymoon period is over... Nah, who am I kidding? Still honey moon! I love this guitar. My Fender Stratocaster and the PRS look at it with envy, as I seem to just grab the SX Tele 9 out of... 9 times 😛 I took it to a local guy to get the frets level perfectly, and I haven't even changed the pickups. I love the bridge one, the neck one is not the best, but I don't want to change anything in it, I can't believe just what a great guitar is for £129 plus £50 for the fret levelling (it was only on the region around the 12th and 15th fret a bit, nothing major, but I do like to play guitar-hero a lot 😛) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnt Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Short video on Thomann's cheapest T-style: that simple Candy Apple Red isn't quite Purple (see above), but still has me thinking. Whatever I decide, I want a maple fingerboard on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, bnt said: Short video on Thomann's cheapest T-style: that simple Candy Apple Red isn't quite Purple (see above), but still has me thinking. Whatever I decide, I want a maple fingerboard on it. If you like the candy apple red and maple combo, and prefer lacquered necks, the SX one is very nice too. Edited September 24, 2020 by mcnach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 On 23/09/2020 at 18:12, bnt said: Short video on Thomann's cheapest T-style: that simple Candy Apple Red isn't quite Purple (see above), but still has me thinking. Whatever I decide, I want a maple fingerboard on it. I have the blue one. It only cost £77 back in March. Played great out of the box with little or no tweaking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnt Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Um ... sandblasted Teles at a nice price? There's a green one too. Be still, my beating wallet: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnt Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 More Purple, this time in the Squier Classic Vibe range: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 A while back I picked up a very nice Harley Benton Tele with a Paisley finish which played quite nicely. A trip across Hertfordshire to @gary mac's where he installed a Bigsby-a-like trem, dressed the frets and installed a new set of strings and it now plays lovely, thanks very much. Geeetarist friends don't believe it's a budget model. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 2 hours ago, TheGreek said: A while back I picked up a very nice Harley Benton Tele with a Paisley finish which played quite nicely. A trip across Hertfordshire to @gary mac's where he installed a Bigsby-a-like trem, dressed the frets and installed a new set of strings and it now plays lovely, thanks very much. Geeetarist friends don't believe it's a budget model. I really enjoyed working on your Tele Mick, nice player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Think Harley Bentons advertising for their Tele could have been a little less like self-pleasure: Twang King Go on, say it aloud, you`ll get there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 On 04/11/2020 at 18:25, bnt said: More Purple, this time in the Squier Classic Vibe range: Well well well... The Squier Bullet Telecaster was sold out, and they told me they'd have another shipment in September. In September they had the Stratocaster but not Tele. It's ok. I don't need ANOTHER Tele, loving my red SX. However.... this? Classic Vibe range? Nice tinted and lacquered neck? I just ordered one. Thanks for the heads up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edstraker123 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I'm just awaiting a J&D mini in surf green ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edstraker123 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) It was an absolute steal at £65 ( Just spent more than this on a scratchplate for a partscaster I'm building !). Finished perfectly , pickups sound great , setup decent enough. Half the price of a mini squier. I think I'll pick up the full size thinline next for £118 - there are loads to choose from...... https://www.dv247.com/en_GB/GBP/Guitars/T-Models/cat-GITARRE-GITEGTELE Edited November 10, 2020 by edstraker123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnt Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 DV247? I remember when they were Digital Village, then kind-of forgot about them after I moved to Dublin. I'm out of the cheap Tele market for the foreseeable, though, since I went in a different direction, as per the "Headless Guitars" thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edstraker123 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Andertons emailed a promo for this the other day : How could i resist ! Squier FSR Classic Vibe '70s Telecaster Deluxe in Sea Foam Sparkle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Nice try Vader, but I will not turn to the dark side 😇 ash tele .... how much ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 On 05/11/2020 at 18:03, Lozz196 said: Think Harley Bentons advertising for their Tele could have been a little less like self-pleasure: Twang King Go on, say it aloud, you`ll get there. I was thinking they're not going to shift many of those in Yorkshire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted November 26, 2020 Author Share Posted November 26, 2020 On 04/11/2020 at 18:25, bnt said: More Purple, this time in the Squier Classic Vibe range: Well, I check an email I had from Andertons last week and find out that the estimated delivery is... summer 2021!!! 😲 Then I see that this is for a second batch, as the first one was sold out already, phew, mine is still expected in early December 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 Oh, a large box? Being delivered today? I wonder what it contains! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 1 hour ago, mcnach said: Oh, a large box? Being delivered today? I wonder what it contains! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Picked up a Squier CV neck and tuners recently for a Telecaster build, very impressed with the quality and starting to think maybe I should have just bought a whole one of those, bit late though as all I need now is some pick-ups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 Delivery truck left. I may be unreachable for a while. First impressions are nice, but the SX was built better. There are a couple of minor cosmetic flaws (a tiny bubble on the neck lacquer, some small flaking of the lacquer by the nut) and the nut slot for the high E is a tiny bit too low, so the open string chokes a bit against the 1st fret but fretwork is otherwise good (on the SX I had to level 2-3 frets around the 12th-15th fret area on the treble side). It is beautiful, the neck is really nice, a bit slimmer in profile than the SX... I like both, to be honest. Sounds... the pickups are a bit meatier than the SX, but not substantially better or anything: it's just a slightly different tone. With what I know now, if you just want a cheap but nice Telecaster, I'd pick the SX over the Squier... but the Squier is purple, so... Let's see after I adjust and set it up more to my preferences, balance the pickups etc. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 Okay, now I had the purple Squier for a bit, my impressions have changed somewhat. I was a bit disappointed at first because the CV series basses (early ones, 2013-14) I've had were perfect out of the box, so I had very high expectations. I had heard that the CV series had lost a bit, and it makes sense when you see everything else has gone up in price but the CV pretty much stayed at the same price. After taking care of the nut a bit... things are a lot nicer. I didn't really do anything else to it, I've been too busy and I didn't want to spend too much time on it. That neck is fantastic. Very smooth edges, low profile, fretwork is very good... it plays extremely nicely, and the pickups are better than I was expecting. It's a great guitar. Don't get me wrong, I still love the SX and I would be very happy with just that one, but the neck on the purple CV Telecaster is worth the extra money, for my liking... However, if I just wanted a Tele for around £100, yeah, very happy with the SX. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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