Congrats.....what kind of pup is in the neck? A 'bucker?
In other words, Merry Christmas to me! Ordered this from MF on Black Friday and got the 15% discount plus a free gig bag rebate deal. Not bad!
I've never really considered myself a "Tele guy", but this will make my 4th, so I guess that makes me one!! Two Squier Classic Vibes, a G&L Tribute ASAT Classic Bluesboy Semihollow, and now a Squier VM Cabronita Tele with Bigsby. I started drooling over this guitar as soon as I saw the product announcement a few months back. And the reviews have been very solid. Guitar Player included this model in a recent article about good guitar buys under $500, and Premier Guitar made it a "Premier Gear" pick: http://www.premierguitar.com/article...-bigsby-review . Several of us were admiring it HERE.
It was back-ordered when I placed the order on Black Friday, but is supposed to ship this week. Pics to follow as soon as possible....
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Congrats.....what kind of pup is in the neck? A 'bucker?
Sweet! That pickup looks like kind of a Gretsch knock off. I wouldn't think they could afford to put real Gretsch pups in there. I bet that is fun!
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
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- j. johnson
The neck pickup is Squier's "Fideli'tron" humbucker, their take on the classic Gretsch Filtertron. Should have some nice clean jangle and some nice dirty bite.
P.S. Now you know why I've been selling some pedals....
DVM's Ever-Expanding Gear List:
Guitars - W-A-A-A-Y-Y too many to list. Check 'em all out HERE
Amps & Cabs - "Kap'n Kerrang-aroo" BYOC 18W TMB kit amp head; Mojave Coyote head; Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Lacquered Tweed Ltd. Ed.; Allen Sweet Spot kit amp; BYOC Tweed Royal kit amp; Epiphone Valve Jr. combo + mods; Drive 2x12 cab / Celestion G12M Greenback + G12H30; AB Custom Audio 1x12 cab / Celestion Alnico Blue
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Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson
Lucky you! I love the look and sound of that git - must resist~!
Cool! I think they hit yet another one out of the park with this guitar.
The guitar finally showed up today. Very impressed so far. Like all the higher end Squiers I've owned, the neck is great. Setup is excellent, though I haven't checked the exact intonation with a tuner yet, and I did raise the bridge pickup a bit to balance the volume better with the Filtertron-type humbucker at the neck. Both pickups sound very good--the humbucker is full and round with nice clean note definition, and the bridge has that classic Tele spank. No tone control, but I haven't missed it yet. Bigsby seems to work well, though I haven't really exercised it thoroughly. Mostly ran it through my Allen Sweet Spot tonight--need to play the guitar through my other amps and see how it reacts. But so far, so good!
DVM's Ever-Expanding Gear List:
Guitars - W-A-A-A-Y-Y too many to list. Check 'em all out HERE
Amps & Cabs - "Kap'n Kerrang-aroo" BYOC 18W TMB kit amp head; Mojave Coyote head; Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Lacquered Tweed Ltd. Ed.; Allen Sweet Spot kit amp; BYOC Tweed Royal kit amp; Epiphone Valve Jr. combo + mods; Drive 2x12 cab / Celestion G12M Greenback + G12H30; AB Custom Audio 1x12 cab / Celestion Alnico Blue
Pedals/Effects - ZILLIONS, including DVM's Home-built Pedals - See some HERE and HERE, TOO!
DVM's Gear Photos
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Congrats on your Tele. Glad she sounds good.
Sweet!
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson
Congrats...she looks sweet!
Nice guitar. Could you wire in a push/pull volume/tone knob into the existing volume knob spot? I like to mess around with my tone knobs for different sounds. It is a very nice guitar as is, needless to say. I'm just wondering if this mod would be quick and easy, or if there would be more to it?
Great Guitar congrats to you that look like a cool axe, is this filtertron type pickups sounding fatter that the classical single coil from Fender ?
Guitars:
1978 Fender Telecaster Thinline Custom USA, New Nash TL-72 Thinline Telecaster, 1965 Harmony Meteor, H71, 1986 Fender Telecaster Esquire MIJ, New Martin J-41 Special, 1933 National Duolian, 1941, New Eastwood Mandocaster 12 strings
Amps:
Tweed Vibrolux Custom Denis Manlay, 1976 Fender Deluxe Reverb Silverface
Nice new axe, DVM! Despite being a headbanger, I have a soft spot in my heart for Teles too.
Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
Effecten: "Thesis 96" Overdrive/Boost (aka DVM OD2), Hardwire DL-8 Digital Delay/Looper, DigiTech Polara Reverb, DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory and CF-7 Chorus Factory, Danelectro CF-1 Cool Cat Fuzz
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Bosstastic! Right up my street.
Glad you got the Black Friday discount, I did too!