Squier CLASSIC VIBE 50s TELECASTER (FULL DEMO)

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John takes apart and plays the best selling Squier Classic Vibe 50's TELECASTER. What will be the FINAL SCORE?

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A celebration of the birth of the Tele® in the early 1950s, the Classic Vibe '50s Telecaster creates incredible tone courtesy of the Fender-Designed alnico single-coil pickups. Player-friendly features include a slim, comfortable "C"-shaped neck profile with an easy-playing 9.5"-radius fingerboard and narrow-tall frets, as well as a vintage-style Telecaster bridge with barrel saddles and string-through-body design. This throwback Squier model also features 1950s-inspired headstock markings, rich-looking nickel-plated hardware and a slick vintage-tint gloss neck finish for an old-school vibe.

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[BartFunkBass]

I had a Fender American Performer Tele and sold it, bought a Squier Classic Vibe Tele and I love it! Classic Vibe line is great!

[JohnWDGTandTele]

Very, very true about the fretwork on these things. I have owned two of the classic vibe telecasters, and I actually loved both of them. However, the first one was a real turd build-wise. Not too long after I bought it the volume pot went bad, so I bought a complete electronics set up assembly made by 920 D. Also, the strap button screws started coming real loose so I would constantly have to tighten them. So, I went to Home Depot and bought some longer screws and took care of that. Then I had the same issue with the string catching under one of the fret ends and I didn’t know what was going on until I actually looked and saw the string underneath the fret. Later on, when I was playing, I noticed a sitar-sound and could not get it to sound right. I checked the frets and sure enough, I noticed that I had some high frets. I took it back to the place where I had purchased it from and they did the best they could. The person who worked on it said that he had to glue down one of the frets and had to basically knock down all of the frets. After a while, I checked online and saw that fender has a two-year warranty on all of their guitars, so I called the store to see if I could get a new neck. The store called me back and told me that they would simply replace the whole guitar. So, and in conclusion, I got a whole new classic vibe telecaster with much better frets and I had them set it up with the compensated saddles that I had also put on my previous telecaster. When I got home, I changed the electronics out to the 920 D electronics again, and put in the screws for the strap buttons. All in all, I am happy now. However, with these and probably any budget guitar, it is really best to go to a store and try it out and inspect it. Save yourself a lot of frustration. They do sound really good, though!! It’s just that the qc needs to be much higher. I mean look at what Cortek in Indonesia does with the SE line for PRS. Come on Fender…step it up a little.

[PaisleyPatchouli]

Nice chops buddy! And I love the CV Tele; I have one and got lucky with good frets on mine. I've had all sorts of real vintage 60s and 70s Fenders, (still have a couple) and this one is a keeper.

[marksmith]

Bought one about a year ago. Great guitar for the money. My freats are actually very good. It has developed one freat sprout through out this past year . I'll file it down and all will be good .

[manguitarletsgo]

I bought a brand new CV 50s Strat in 2019, and its frets were installed perfectly. I'd tried it in a store first, so was able to check it over before buying.

[dananthony]

Probably top 3rd my favorite guitar that has come out in the last 10 years.

[heavilymedicated]

I bought one of these. Got it set up and I love it. I can't put it down

[caseylee]

I've got an old 2012, built in China that I bought 2nd hand in 2017. It's amazing. I've played the newer ones from Indo, but they don't feel the same to me. But maybe that's just because I've had mine for so long. And my frets were perfect, but it was 5 yrs old when I bought it, and was maybe given a fret dressing b4 I got it.

[KillerKev]

I love mine, the best cheap guitar that I own. For the time being, all I did was upgrade the saddles to brass and kept the 3 vs the 6. I run it using a Marshall Origin 20H through a Marshall cabinet with vintage greenbacks. Love the little affordable tone monster. Love the neck-feels like my Gibson 1960 LP standard reissue.

[geraldboettcher]

The best telecaster that is affordable.... 👍 Just change the pickups to demarzio twang king set and you got a great telecaster.. For a low price.... 👍

[carljohnson]

Considering what is available from Epiphone and Ibanez, I think you were too generous with your score. I was at Summer NAMM when the Classic Vibe series was introduced, and I was blown away by the quality to value ratio. We immediately ordered some for our store when I returned. The ones we received were fantastic guitars for the money! Sounds like there may be some manufacturing issues nowadays.

[sundaynightdrunk]

I bought the cheapest Telecaster I could find at the start of pandemic lockdown. It's a Squier Bullet and I had no issues with fretwork, but the pickups were dead trash. Quickly swapped them with a $20 set of Alnico 5 Amazon specials, and it's a great beater guitar now, and probably my favorite thing to play out of Les Pauls and several Strats. The Tele mystique is real.

[sharkman]

I bought this exact model a few weeks back from Sweetwater. Mine had nearly perfect frets right out of the guess I just got lucky. I replaced the stock barrel saddles with brass compensated barrel saddles to get the intonation a little better and the brass looks more the part of the 50's vibe in my opinion. Mine plays and sounds amazing!!!! I can't believe it was so I didn't say "cheap"! I think "cheap" has a certain stigma to it and this guitar is anything but "cheap"! If you are in the position that you can only afford one guitar, this would be my suggested pick for you.

[rickclark]

These are good for the money, particularly used for an even better deal. I had two of them. Both just fine.

[Hammonds]

Had the fret problem on my CV 50’s strat and could lift them with my pinky nail. It went back and got this same Tele in its place and had it a few years now. The nut was cut badly but other than that no issues and frets are good still on mine. I put brass saddles and better Gotoh tuners and replaced the whole control plate with a pre wired harness and it’s on par if not better than my player series now.

[ludvigbydal]

This Classic Vibe 50s Tele really sounds great. Also the 9.5in radius and the truss rod nut at the headstock are great appointments to play and set better. Other than the frets issue I believe it's a great value for the money. I might think possibly this Tele is from a batch that indeed missed some QC or were being popped out to fast from the factory. Even with some fretwork money spent I think is still worth to buy it. Usually you could return it and get another one with the frets Ok at most sellers. Wonderful video thanks !

[davidsudak]

I have an Indonesian CV and I can’t think of a single negative thing to say about it, aside from the fact that I wish the neck were a little beefier. So long as you buy from a shop that can do a good set up for you, these are great guitars.

[LMacNeill]

How *would* you fix those frets, if you were to do it yourself? Is there some kind of "fret pressing tool" that would press the fret into the fingerboard better? Would those frets be something a luthier would fix, if you were to pay for a professional setup on the guitar when you bought it?

[sallgoodman]

I love the pickups on this guitar. I recently bought a secondhand, barely used butterscotch blonde model and I absolutely love that warm neck sound. Of course the bridge is nice and punchy. I had to address the issues you described in this video though. Frets. Pots. Action.