birv2
May 25th, 2009, 03:51 PM
I went to the Memorial Day sale. Not much there I was interested in, or could afford. So I did my usual thing: pick up a Squier and noodle through various Fender amps. I like noodling, since I live in an apartment and rarely get the chance for uninterrupted louder volume noodling. I also choose Squiers because I figure if it sounds good through the amp, then it's a good amp. Not that Squiers aren't good! It's just that they're $700 cheaper than the Standard US strats.
So there I was noodling and this guy came up and complimented my playing and said it sounded like a $2000 guitar from across the store. :D Nice compliment.
He was looking at Telecasters and asked me if I would play a couple of Teles for him to help him decide. First a BSB Affinity Tele, which is the one guitar I don't have that I want to get someday. Then a $950 thinline Fender Tele. I swapped them out a couple of times. They both sounded great, and I pointed out that it was apples and oranges, since the thinline uses HB's. In either case, I thought the Affinity sounded very good, and the thinline did not sound 6 times better. He bought the Squier and we exchanged phone #'s to get together and jam sometime.
How about that?
So there I was noodling and this guy came up and complimented my playing and said it sounded like a $2000 guitar from across the store. :D Nice compliment.
He was looking at Telecasters and asked me if I would play a couple of Teles for him to help him decide. First a BSB Affinity Tele, which is the one guitar I don't have that I want to get someday. Then a $950 thinline Fender Tele. I swapped them out a couple of times. They both sounded great, and I pointed out that it was apples and oranges, since the thinline uses HB's. In either case, I thought the Affinity sounded very good, and the thinline did not sound 6 times better. He bought the Squier and we exchanged phone #'s to get together and jam sometime.
How about that?