Magaic/Supdman,
I bought the Tele Custom about 6 months ago. I love this guitar. A store was going out of business and I picked it cheap. It plays like a dream. It may not be a “Fender”, but at least it is a cousin.
I am still a beginner player, but this guitar has motivated me to play it more than the Jay Turser Strat copy that I also own. I am not good at writing reviews as some of the more gifted individuals on this form. The best I can say is, you will not regret buy a Squire guitar. It has the Fender name attached which hold close to the quality control.
Read the reviews for yourselves:
Tele Custom -¬ http://www.harmony-central.com/Guita..._Custom-1.html
Tele Custom II - http://www.harmony-central.com/Guita...stom_II-1.html
The following is from the Squire Website:
Telecaster® Custom
0327502
A new member of the Squier® family, the Tele® Custom is an affordable hybrid of two popular Telecaster® designs. Fusing a ’72 Tele Custom with a Tele Deluxe, this guitar has two high-output humbuckers, a three-way pickup selector switch, and independent volume and tone controls. The Squier Tele Custom features a solid Agathis body and a bolt-on maple neck with a maple fingerboard.
SPECS:
Model Name - Telecaster® Custom
Model Number - 032-7502-(Color#)
Series - Vintage Modified Series
Colors - (506) Black (Polyester Finish)
Body - Agathis
Neck - Maple, C-Shape, (Gloss Polyurethane Finish)
Fingerboard - Maple, 7.25” Radius (184 mm)
No. of Frets - 22 Medium Jumbo Frets
Pickups - 2 Chrome Covered Humbucking Pickups (Neck/Bridge)
Controls - Volume 1. (Neck Pickup),
Tone 1. - (Neck Pickup),
Volume 2. - (Bridge Pickup),
Tone 2. - (Bridge Pickup)
Pickup Switching - 3-Position Toggle:
Position 1. - Bridge Pickup
Position 2. - Bridge and Neck Pickups
Position 3. - Neck Pickup
Bridge - 6-Saddle Strings-Thru-Body Tele Bridge
Machine Heads - Standard Die-Cast Tuners
Hardware - Chrome
Pickguard - 3-Ply Black
Scale Length - 25.5” (648 mm)
Width at Nut - 1.650” (42 mm)
Unique Features - Dot Inlays
Strings - Fender Super 250L, Nickel Plated Steel, (.009 to .042), p/n 073-0250-003
Accessories - None
Introduced - 7/2003
Tele® Custom II
0327602
The Custom II is a super-affordable temple of tone with some tasty Tele tweaks that include a pair of blistering Duncan Designed P-90s with indepedendent tone and volume controls. The agathis body snugs up to an all-maple neck/fretboard with dot inlays, medium-jumbo frets, and a 25-1/2" scale.
SPECS:
Model Name - Tele® Custom II
Model Number - 032-7602-(Color#)
Series - Vintage Modified Series
Colors - (506) Black, (Polyester Finish), (507) Blonde, (Polyester Finish)
Body - Agathis
Neck - Maple, C-Shape, (Gloss Polyurethane Finish)
Fingerboard - Maple, 7.25” Radius (184 mm)
No. of Frets - 22 Medium Jumbo Frets
Pickups - 2 Duncan-Designed P-90 Pickups (Neck/Bridge)
Controls - Volume 1. (Neck Pickup),
Tone 1. - (Neck Pickup),
Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup),
Tone 2. (Bridge Pickup)
Pickup Switching - 3-Position Toggle:
Position 1. - Bridge Pickup
Position 2. - Bridge and Neck Pickups
Position 3. - Neck Pickup
Bridge - 6-Saddle Strings-Thru-Body Tele Bridge
Machine Heads - Standard Die-Cast Tuners
Hardware - Chrome
Pickguard - 3-Ply Black
Scale Length - 25.5” (648 mm)
Width at Nut - 1.650” (42 mm)
Unique Features - Dot Inlays
Strings - Fender Super 250L, Nickel Plated Steel, (.009 to .042), p/n 073-0250-003
Accessories - None
Introduced - 1/2004
I hope this helps in lowering the GAS attack both of you are having. When all else fails, feed the habit.
Guitars:
Electric: Washburn HB-30, Squier Tele Custom Deluxe, Jay Turser Strat.
Acoustic: Seagull S6.
AMPs: VOX AD30VT, Peavey Envoy 110.
Modelers: V-AMP 2, Digitech RP-100A.
Pedals: Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble, Digitech Bad Monkey, Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo, DOD VFX40B 7-Band Graphic EQ, Ibanez CS-5 Super Chorus.