I bought this guitar 2 days ago from guitar center, returned it at 10am upon them opening and used that value i spent to get my 2nd american strat, This time a 2021 pro tele 2 which was a far better buy on first play through.
@@sharpenflat6002 lol yea ive had 38 guitars and believe me when I say I've learned my lesson many times. Best guitar I ever purchased was a 2127z Ibanez RGD prestige. Wish I never got rid of it. It had the best tremelo system I've ever laid hands on
Thanks for a great review. I bought this guitar in the same color a few weeks ago and love it. I am not much of a player, but enjoy fooling around when the mood hits me. I really love the sound of these pickup, and I love Tele's, but these sound great clean, which is all that I play. I have very small hands and this neck is perfect for me. As a matter of fact, the setup was perfect out of the box. The only issue I have had was the pickup selector switch would not stay on the bridge pickup last weekend. I opened the back cover and sprayed electronic cleaner liberally on the switch as I moved it back and forth, and that fixed the problem. I noticed a lot of small bits of black specks in the cavity, and that may have what caused the problem. Next time if it happens again I will clean it out before spraying. I have a collection of inexpensive guitars, and I like playing this one the most.
The pickups are really good! Most of the time with guitars in this price range I would rush to change them if I was planning on keeping the guitars but these are legitimately decent. The neck for me is still way too small but everything else about it is great. Glad you love yours!
Thank you for a great look at the Paranormal Cabronita Tele. I have small hands and think the neck will work for me. I like what you said about the pick ups. After I buy one will let you know. Thank you again.
Glad I could help Gerry, I think with smaller hands it will fit absolutely great. It was a nice feeling neck just a little slim for my taste but the rest of the guitar was surprisingly decent!
Sounds great, looks great, 6 pounds? Wow!!! That's great, and as of 7/15/2022, on sale at Sweetwater for $399.99. GREAT!!!!! Just ordered one!!!!! Thanks for great demo and review!
@@AudiomoMusic Hey, yes. I got the same color. There's a light blue at Sweetwater which I prefer. But it's "on order" and costs $200 more. I like a light guitar. Hope I love this. Will keep you updated. ✌🏽
Ideas for Mods: -*Mini toggle switch between the master volume/tone knobs to activate a series position for both pickups!* (I want to do that when I hopefully get one for myself) -Warmoth vintage modern roasted maple neck with stainless steel frets! I put them unfinished or with light tru-oil on most my builds with vintage modern profile to prevent neck dive on semi-hollows, and highly suggest the "boatneck" profile because I also dislike the super thin modern 'C' shape. But be aware that they're really behind due to COVID, and the wait might not be worth it. -Schaller locking strap buttons (of course) -Definitely swap the toggle switch, but I'd keep the pots unless they were really scratchy.
We agreed on the big old roasted maple neck, I think that's where we are going to be going with it... I definitely think it will benefit from that big time, the guitar honestly sounds great and I'm very surprised by the pickups. A bridge is going to be a must to, the stock one is very noticably cheap.
great review, I can see the work you put into it. As always really enjoyed the playing and the insight. looking forward to where you are going to take this modding wise.
I try everyday to post something of some value whether it's informative or entertaining for people, some days I do better than others glad you enjoy this man
Im interested in this guitar but my local shops only have them on backorder so I cant go and try it out. I love the sound. I have fairly big hands so I'm somewhat concerned about the very slim neck... Was going to try a normal tele to get the feel for the neck but think theyre not the same correct? Im looking for a good guitar for Neo Soul style playing... So going between this, normal Tele or a Jazzmaster...
Pretty much any Fender or guitar for that matter will get you to that style of music, the technique and amp is more important to nail that sound. The neck really is slim on this guitar, I really would say if you cant play one first to just shop in person and find the guitar that feels right regardless of the model
yes I do! I was thinking about getting that one at some point, I know they also make a cabronita style one that is semi hollow, i'll have to load up thomann and see what they have in stock
I don't know If got this bit of information from one of your reviews But I bought a squire "Blue" and I want to change the tuning pegs but fender pegs don't fit is there a set of pegs you would recomend I would appreciate it. AL.
Nice review. I have the same guitar and it's def v good for the price. Agree about the pickups - they seem more p90 to me but sound really good. Like you, I didn't much care for the skinny neck so mine now has one from a Fender Cabronita. Great improvement.
You're lucky it fit! I tried fitting an American telecaster neck on and the neck pocket was cut WAY too small, no chance of getting it to fit so I ended up selling it
How you doing? Good review. I own a2019 Squier classic vibe '60's stratocaster and looking for something different. Are the pickups that different from singles from your point of view. The blue stands out and was going to buy the Squier classic vibe thinline '70's natural telecaster with the f hole that has humbuckers but I personally haven't played one yet and what I've seen on reviews didn't sound so good. So I'm going to buy another I just want something other than the strat. Thanks for any input. Would like to see your modification on the cabronita.
Be extremely careful with this. Take the neck off and measure the neck pocket exactly, I attempted to fit two different Fender necks on and neither were even close to fitting due to this Squier neck pocket being way too short. It can be modified to make a standard Fender neck fit but be aware of this before you spend any money 💰
Everything sounds great in those hands! Maybe it might be fun to do something interesting with the wiring, like a kill button or a phase switch or something whacky like that.
That sounds pretty intertesting Rowan, I just wonder where I would put said button, if it were a normal telecaster I'd have a control plate to mess with but nothing of the sort here
Awesome review as always Jim! Still kicking myself in the ass for not picking up the fiesta red model (my favorite color), this LPB model looks sharp, and sounds as good as it looks! I love the Squier J Mascis p-90 style pickup tone, even went as far as ordering a used set for a old JM build of mine, so I might have to grab one of these models before they're gone!
You know what, the firsta red bodies are popping up frequently alone in some of the places I source parts. If you're interested I can shoot you some info and you can scoop one up and build a partscaster maybe?
💪😎👍 OMG I'm in love with my "Chupacabra" (Cabronita means "little goat" so I took it one step further! Ties in with "Paranormal" name!) Found mine in the two-color Sunburst -- kind of a tobacco type color -- for $250 on Black Friday! This guitar is frickin' amazing!! Great demo, man!
Hey man, love your videos, very informative. I just got one of these from reverb, supposedly "Brand new", and it has a few finish defects, most notably one almost crack on each side of the neck joint and a notable paint finish defect there too.. I contacted the seller and he says that it is normal for Squiers to have finish defects, as they are "cheap guitars"... Is it really normal??
Sadly yeah, it is pretty normal. It all comes down to how these guitars are stored and transported but I do see it all the time- it's not the dealers fault it's really on Fender and their methods of getting inventory across the world.
@@AudiomoMusic Bummer, I was hoping to receive a flawless guitar, since it is brand new.. I'm not sure if I should return it or not, since it is the Shoreline Gold version, and I can't find it anywhere else, and apart from those details it's amazing.. Anyway, thank you for your answer!
My new favorite guitar RUclipsr. Trogly is a bore! I'm trading a contemporary jaguar HH ST for this today. The contemporary jaguar is great, but this has so much style and originality. I'm excited.
Trevin I don't know how this notification didn't pop up at first ( this happens from time to time on YT) , but I'm happy I went back and was manually responding to comments and found this. Thank you so much for the kind words, and yes, this guitar just screams originality plus it's light as a feather. What do you think of it so far?
Thanks for all the info, maybe the thinner neck will appeal to young women we ha e smaller hands. As for the tuners there is a method to how the strings are wound on the peg so they don't slip.
Definitely a solid point in regards to it working well for women. An overlooked thing my wife has found makes a big difference in how comfortable an instrument will be is the actual nut width - typically Japanese guitars come with a thinner nut width and that makes a huge difference to her ability to be able to sit and play for longer. I'm happy you found this useful overall Laurie thanks!
@@AudiomoMusic Mmh. Okay, i will check this out. I got the affinity and just ordered the cabronita. From the different construction and potentiometer of this two they will definitely sound different.
A bolt on neck is going to have less sustain than a glued in set neck which will also have a bit more warmth to it. In this case, there isn't a definitive one is better than the other in that design sense, it all depends on the specific guitar, pickups, and what you intend to use it for. With higher gain a semi hollow will be more likely to feedback faster with standard non noise cancelling pickups, but it won't be as drastic as a full hollow body. In the case of this guitar, it's much more of a thinline meaning it was one piece of wood with two chambers cut on each side which isn't a true semi-hollow. It does feedback a bit but I'm going to chalk the majority of that to the actual pickups. If it had humbuckers I don't think it would be nearly the same.
@AudiomoMusic Awesome!! I have some new 250K CTS solid shafts here. I just bought a Cabronita today (got a good one this time) so I'm looking at full shielding, and upgrading the pots, orange drop cap, Switchcraft switch, and a Tele-socket, and new tuners. I might go with the Gotoh SD91 non-locking, or staggered height ones, depending on if I want to take the string tree off. I love the neck, color, and the pickups sound pretty good. 🙂
Where is your store located. I am trying to find the white sister to blue one you profiled today. Can you help me please. I await your reply... AL REID.
Hey Al I'm not actually a full service store, I buy and sell used guitars only and don't ever deal with brand new guitars for sale. If you are trying to find the white version I can help you out just let me know I've seen them in a few differenet shops.
I'm going to guess the reason why Fender/Squire don't use the trapezoid shaped boxes is because they don't really make the more radical shaped body styles, like flying Vs, explorers, etc
I've gotten lots of guitars in strat/tele shapes that all come with the trapezoids inside the main box, Fender just don't do it for whatever reason. As long as the guitar shows up damaged I don't really mind either way at the end of the day
Some success, some very deal breaking probelms. Hardware was a drop in replacement ( I used Gotoh ) however I couldn't get past how skinny the neck was, I tried to fit on an American Telecaster neck and the fit was not even close ( the neck pocket on the body was cut completely incorrect to Fender spec ). I found this to be unbelievable considering there are cheap generic bodies that cost under $100 that are cut correctly to fit a Fender neck but a Fender licensed product couldn't do so without modification that I wasn't willing to invest the money in. A shame, the rest was pretty good
Those pickups were a nice surprise. I was wondering if you're going to use new or secondhand parts for the upgrades. It'd be interesting to see how a guitar with secondhand upgrades would compare in price to a similar spec new instrument. Love that blue, I just recently realised that I have far too many brown guitars !
@@AudiomoMusic I'm on the other side of the river ... I wish it had "true" Jazzmaster pickups instead of these sort of hybrids. But I do think the design offers a sound that is not quite a P-90 and not quite a Jazzmaster so something quite unique.
Yes Sir, I put these into it and also replaced the bridge with a Gotoh as well, both drop in replacements no modifications needed. www.stewmac.com/parts-and-hardware/tuning-machines/solid-peghead-guitar-tuning-machines/gotoh-locking-vintage-oval-knob-6-in-line-tuners/
I bought one and i'm going to return it. I found the pickups very muddy and i'm not a huge fan of the neck. I bought it with the intent of modifing it, but at the point i'd have changed all the pieces that bother me i'd have spent an awfull lot of money that i could have used to get a nicer guitar... but anyways: are you happy with the mods you've done, and there's a video of it? Maybe i got inspired to keep it!
I sold it, neck was a dealbreaker and the body was not routed correctly to accept a USA fender neck without modification. We both wanted to modify it because the idea and design are great, but at the end of the day it would have been smarter to build one from scratch imho
@@AudiomoMusic yeah, that was my thought too... i allways wanted a light guitar (back isssues...) and i allways liked the jazzmaster pickups... the idea is awesome, the execution of it was poor... i mean, you can work with it, but at that pointyou' be spending more than the guitar is worth and not getting the best of it... i have a 50s classic vibe strat for years, and i've changed basically everything on it... it sounds good, but plays poorly because of the neck, which is the same on allmost every classic vibe guitar... in the end, playing isn't fun anymore because of fret buzz and because it is very unconfortable to play..
First things I did were replace the bridge and tuners, totally transformed the entire feel and stability of the instrument. It's unfortunate that a $430 dollar guitar needs these kind of upgrades to even compete with similar priced guitars from other brands just because of the name on the headstock.
Beware! I tried putting a Fender American Original 50s neck on this body and the neck pocket on these particular squires aren’t even close to the correct spec and require lots of sanding of the cavity to make it fit correctly
Jason you just unintentionally got one of the worst internet memes stuck in my head for about 2 hours with this comment. I pray to god you don't know the deja vu meme or it's going to be stuck in yours right after you google it.
Okay I really want one of those and I love Squier cuz they're always in my price range.. used one's
bought one of these recently. I'm very happy with it.
love your style and sound. Really dug that progression at 8:22.
Thanks man I really appreciate that, most of the time the internet tells me I suck and should quit guitar so that made me smile a bit 😂
I bought this guitar 2 days ago from guitar center, returned it at 10am upon them opening and used that value i spent to get my 2nd american strat, This time a 2021 pro tele 2 which was a far better buy on first play through.
@@sharpenflat6002 lol yea ive had 38 guitars and believe me when I say I've learned my lesson many times. Best guitar I ever purchased was a 2127z Ibanez RGD prestige. Wish I never got rid of it. It had the best tremelo system I've ever laid hands on
Thanks for a great review. I bought this guitar in the same color a few weeks ago and love it. I am not much of a player, but enjoy fooling around when the mood hits me. I really love the sound of these pickup, and I love Tele's, but these sound great clean, which is all that I play. I have very small hands and this neck is perfect for me. As a matter of fact, the setup was perfect out of the box. The only issue I have had was the pickup selector switch would not stay on the bridge pickup last weekend. I opened the back cover and sprayed electronic cleaner liberally on the switch as I moved it back and forth, and that fixed the problem. I noticed a lot of small bits of black specks in the cavity, and that may have what caused the problem. Next time if it happens again I will clean it out before spraying. I have a collection of inexpensive guitars, and I like playing this one the most.
The pickups are really good! Most of the time with guitars in this price range I would rush to change them if I was planning on keeping the guitars but these are legitimately decent. The neck for me is still way too small but everything else about it is great. Glad you love yours!
Thank you for a great look at the Paranormal Cabronita Tele. I have small hands and think the neck will work for me. I like what you said about the pick ups. After I buy one will let you know. Thank you again.
Glad I could help Gerry, I think with smaller hands it will fit absolutely great. It was a nice feeling neck just a little slim for my taste but the rest of the guitar was surprisingly decent!
Dude! Somehow I missed this one. Haven’t seen you use a looper very much. Was pretty cool
After watching Tobias for years, using a looper seems pointless for someone like me haha
Sounds great, looks great, 6 pounds? Wow!!! That's great, and as of 7/15/2022, on sale at Sweetwater for $399.99. GREAT!!!!!
Just ordered one!!!!! Thanks for great demo and review!
That's an awesome find and congrats! Did you get the same color? I'm sure you're going to love it, let me know what you think when you get it
@@AudiomoMusic Hey, yes. I got the same color. There's a light blue at Sweetwater which I prefer. But it's "on order" and costs $200 more. I like a light guitar. Hope I love this. Will keep you updated. ✌🏽
Ideas for Mods:
-*Mini toggle switch between the master volume/tone knobs to activate a series position for both pickups!* (I want to do that when I hopefully get one for myself)
-Warmoth vintage modern roasted maple neck with stainless steel frets! I put them unfinished or with light tru-oil on most my builds with vintage modern profile to prevent neck dive on semi-hollows, and highly suggest the "boatneck" profile because I also dislike the super thin modern 'C' shape. But be aware that they're really behind due to COVID, and the wait might not be worth it.
-Schaller locking strap buttons (of course)
-Definitely swap the toggle switch, but I'd keep the pots unless they were really scratchy.
We agreed on the big old roasted maple neck, I think that's where we are going to be going with it... I definitely think it will benefit from that big time, the guitar honestly sounds great and I'm very surprised by the pickups. A bridge is going to be a must to, the stock one is very noticably cheap.
Seems like all those semi-hollow bodies they all have a little extra growl great demo thank you
great review, I can see the work you put into it. As always really enjoyed the playing and the insight. looking forward to where you are going to take this modding wise.
I try everyday to post something of some value whether it's informative or entertaining for people, some days I do better than others glad you enjoy this man
Im interested in this guitar but my local shops only have them on backorder so I cant go and try it out. I love the sound.
I have fairly big hands so I'm somewhat concerned about the very slim neck... Was going to try a normal tele to get the feel for the neck but think theyre not the same correct?
Im looking for a good guitar for Neo Soul style playing... So going between this, normal Tele or a Jazzmaster...
Pretty much any Fender or guitar for that matter will get you to that style of music, the technique and amp is more important to nail that sound.
The neck really is slim on this guitar, I really would say if you cant play one first to just shop in person and find the guitar that feels right regardless of the model
I'd love to see this one in a comparison Vs the Harley Benton TE90... You know... The red one with P90's.
Big love from Spain
yes I do! I was thinking about getting that one at some point, I know they also make a cabronita style one that is semi hollow, i'll have to load up thomann and see what they have in stock
How about wood behind the bridge, is it possible to put a Bigsby on?
You'd have to swap the bridge out for a different bridge that accomodates a bigsby but if you did that yeah a b5 bigsby would fit on no problem
I don't know If got this bit of information from one of your reviews But I bought a squire "Blue" and I want to change the tuning pegs but fender pegs don't fit is there a set of pegs you would recomend I would appreciate it. AL.
The gotoh vintage locking ones fit, a lot of the fender branded ones do not funny enough
Nice review. I have the same guitar and it's def v good for the price. Agree about the pickups - they seem more p90 to me but sound really good. Like you, I didn't much care for the skinny neck so mine now has one from a Fender Cabronita. Great improvement.
You're lucky it fit! I tried fitting an American telecaster neck on and the neck pocket was cut WAY too small, no chance of getting it to fit so I ended up selling it
great review dude !
Going to trade a cv strat for one of these. Very much looking forward to it.
How you doing? Good review. I own a2019 Squier classic vibe '60's stratocaster and looking for something different. Are the pickups that different from singles from your point of view. The blue stands out and was going to buy the Squier classic vibe thinline '70's natural telecaster with the f hole that has humbuckers but I personally haven't played one yet and what I've seen on reviews didn't sound so good. So I'm going to buy another I just want something other than the strat. Thanks for any input. Would like to see your modification on the cabronita.
wicked review!! that's a totally stunning finish.
Thanks! It absolutely was a gorgeous shade of lake placid blue
@@AudiomoMusic gotta say I agree! We had the sunburst one in store, I definitely prefer this one
@@HickiesMusicStore 🧐 The sunburst
is GORGEOUS!! I found mine for $250 and
I wouldn't want any other color! ☮️+💜+🎶
Great review helped with my decision,might put a rosewood neck on mine
Be extremely careful with this. Take the neck off and measure the neck pocket exactly, I attempted to fit two different Fender necks on and neither were even close to fitting due to this Squier neck pocket being way too short. It can be modified to make a standard Fender neck fit but be aware of this before you spend any money 💰
Everything sounds great in those hands!
Maybe it might be fun to do something interesting with the wiring, like a kill button or a phase switch or something whacky like that.
That sounds pretty intertesting Rowan, I just wonder where I would put said button, if it were a normal telecaster I'd have a control plate to mess with but nothing of the sort here
@@AudiomoMusic That's a very good point... One to which I do not have an answer. 😅
hey, that would be wacky. nothin' like a good ol' kill button.
Awesome review as always Jim! Still kicking myself in the ass for not picking up the fiesta red model (my favorite color), this LPB model looks sharp, and sounds as good as it looks! I love the Squier J Mascis p-90 style pickup tone, even went as far as ordering a used set for a old JM build of mine, so I might have to grab one of these models before they're gone!
You know what, the firsta red bodies are popping up frequently alone in some of the places I source parts. If you're interested I can shoot you some info and you can scoop one up and build a partscaster maybe?
@@AudiomoMusic I'd love that, thank you!
💪😎👍 OMG I'm in love with my "Chupacabra"
(Cabronita means "little goat" so I took it one
step further! Ties in with "Paranormal" name!)
Found mine in the two-color Sunburst -- kind of
a tobacco type color -- for $250 on Black Friday!
This guitar is frickin' amazing!! Great demo, man!
I got the same guitar he's showing here for $225 shipped off proaudiostar
@@Dragonette666 🥰 Awesome deal!
Congratulations & keep on rockin! 😎
Hey man, love your videos, very informative. I just got one of these from reverb, supposedly "Brand new", and it has a few finish defects, most notably one almost crack on each side of the neck joint and a notable paint finish defect there too.. I contacted the seller and he says that it is normal for Squiers to have finish defects, as they are "cheap guitars"... Is it really normal??
Sadly yeah, it is pretty normal. It all comes down to how these guitars are stored and transported but I do see it all the time- it's not the dealers fault it's really on Fender and their methods of getting inventory across the world.
@@AudiomoMusic Bummer, I was hoping to receive a flawless guitar, since it is brand new.. I'm not sure if I should return it or not, since it is the Shoreline Gold version, and I can't find it anywhere else, and apart from those details it's amazing.. Anyway, thank you for your answer!
My new favorite guitar RUclipsr. Trogly is a bore! I'm trading a contemporary jaguar HH ST for this today. The contemporary jaguar is great, but this has so much style and originality. I'm excited.
Trevin I don't know how this notification didn't pop up at first ( this happens from time to time on YT) , but I'm happy I went back and was manually responding to comments and found this. Thank you so much for the kind words, and yes, this guitar just screams originality plus it's light as a feather. What do you think of it so far?
Thanks for all the info, maybe the thinner neck will appeal to young women we ha e smaller hands. As for the tuners there is a method to how the strings are wound on the peg so they don't slip.
Definitely a solid point in regards to it working well for women. An overlooked thing my wife has found makes a big difference in how comfortable an instrument will be is the actual nut width - typically Japanese guitars come with a thinner nut width and that makes a huge difference to her ability to be able to sit and play for longer. I'm happy you found this useful overall Laurie thanks!
Great Demo. It would be interesting if they put the same pickups in they use on the affinity jazzmaster.
I was told they are the exact same pickups and judging by the teardowns I've seen of those I'm inclined to come to the same conclusion.
@@AudiomoMusic Mmh. Okay, i will check this out. I got the affinity and just ordered the cabronita. From the different construction and potentiometer of this two they will definitely sound different.
They will definitely sound different, ive yet to play the affinity Jazzmaster but id be interested in hearing how it compares tonally vs this guitar
I don’t think so. On their site, it says the Affinity Jazzmaster has ceramic pickup magnets.
Can you access the extra route of the pot cavity from under the pickguard?
No you cannot, that’d be a clever touch though.
Great video! But I’m confused how bolt-on neck and one body neck affect the tone, and whether the hollow body would creat noise in high gain
A bolt on neck is going to have less sustain than a glued in set neck which will also have a bit more warmth to it. In this case, there isn't a definitive one is better than the other in that design sense, it all depends on the specific guitar, pickups, and what you intend to use it for.
With higher gain a semi hollow will be more likely to feedback faster with standard non noise cancelling pickups, but it won't be as drastic as a full hollow body. In the case of this guitar, it's much more of a thinline meaning it was one piece of wood with two chambers cut on each side which isn't a true semi-hollow. It does feedback a bit but I'm going to chalk the majority of that to the actual pickups. If it had humbuckers I don't think it would be nearly the same.
Jim, does the Cabronita have 500K pots or 250K?
250k on those ones
@AudiomoMusic Awesome!! I have some new 250K CTS solid shafts here. I just bought a Cabronita today (got a good one this time) so I'm looking at full shielding, and upgrading the pots, orange drop cap, Switchcraft switch, and a Tele-socket, and new tuners. I might go with the Gotoh SD91 non-locking, or staggered height ones, depending on if I want to take the string tree off. I love the neck, color, and the pickups sound pretty good. 🙂
Where is your store located. I am trying to find the white sister to blue one you profiled today. Can you help me please. I await your reply... AL REID.
Hey Al I'm not actually a full service store, I buy and sell used guitars only and don't ever deal with brand new guitars for sale. If you are trying to find the white version I can help you out just let me know I've seen them in a few differenet shops.
You said it is a B stock so I’m surprised the quality was as good as it was. The fretwork is probably much better on one that’s not B stock.
Not necessarily, I've seen new out of the box Squier's and Fenders that have had significantly worse fretwork than this one on several ocassions
I'm going to guess the reason why Fender/Squire don't use the trapezoid shaped boxes is because they don't really make the more radical shaped body styles, like flying Vs, explorers, etc
I've gotten lots of guitars in strat/tele shapes that all come with the trapezoids inside the main box, Fender just don't do it for whatever reason. As long as the guitar shows up damaged I don't really mind either way at the end of the day
Sounds great!
Thanks man appreciate it!
I have this model. Interested to see if you have modded or upgraded? I’d be interested to see the outcome.
Some success, some very deal breaking probelms. Hardware was a drop in replacement ( I used Gotoh ) however I couldn't get past how skinny the neck was, I tried to fit on an American Telecaster neck and the fit was not even close ( the neck pocket on the body was cut completely incorrect to Fender spec ). I found this to be unbelievable considering there are cheap generic bodies that cost under $100 that are cut correctly to fit a Fender neck but a Fender licensed product couldn't do so without modification that I wasn't willing to invest the money in. A shame, the rest was pretty good
Sorry to hear that. It’s an interesting concept for a guitar and it certainly is beautiful.
Those pickups were a nice surprise. I was wondering if you're going to use new or secondhand parts for the upgrades. It'd be interesting to see how a guitar with secondhand upgrades would compare in price to a similar spec new instrument. Love that blue, I just recently realised that I have far too many brown guitars !
I actually did just that with a few things! I have a few used parts I managed to scrounge up instead of just buying all shiney and new for this one.
I wish it had P 90s instead of jazz masters. I might buy it then
I agree, these weird kind of compromise pickups are a strange choice
@@AudiomoMusic I'm on the other side of the river ... I wish it had "true" Jazzmaster pickups instead of these sort of hybrids. But I do think the design offers a sound that is not quite a P-90 and not quite a Jazzmaster so something quite unique.
Any suggestions on some replacement tuners for this one?
Yes Sir, I put these into it and also replaced the bridge with a Gotoh as well, both drop in replacements no modifications needed. www.stewmac.com/parts-and-hardware/tuning-machines/solid-peghead-guitar-tuning-machines/gotoh-locking-vintage-oval-knob-6-in-line-tuners/
Love you playing style...you don't chug like most idiots....you play!!!
That's really nice of you to say man, I don't think I'm particularly decent at the instrument but I try to do it my way for sure
I bought one and i'm going to return it. I found the pickups very muddy and i'm not a huge fan of the neck. I bought it with the intent of modifing it, but at the point i'd have changed all the pieces that bother me i'd have spent an awfull lot of money that i could have used to get a nicer guitar... but anyways: are you happy with the mods you've done, and there's a video of it? Maybe i got inspired to keep it!
I sold it, neck was a dealbreaker and the body was not routed correctly to accept a USA fender neck without modification. We both wanted to modify it because the idea and design are great, but at the end of the day it would have been smarter to build one from scratch imho
@@AudiomoMusic yeah, that was my thought too... i allways wanted a light guitar (back isssues...) and i allways liked the jazzmaster pickups... the idea is awesome, the execution of it was poor... i mean, you can work with it, but at that pointyou' be spending more than the guitar is worth and not getting the best of it... i have a 50s classic vibe strat for years, and i've changed basically everything on it... it sounds good, but plays poorly because of the neck, which is the same on allmost every classic vibe guitar... in the end, playing isn't fun anymore because of fret buzz and because it is very unconfortable to play..
I love a thin neck…
Then you will love the neck on this guitar
Awesome
Get some Lollar blade masters as a pickup swap and decent tuners this thing will turn into a rock machine!!!!
First things I did were replace the bridge and tuners, totally transformed the entire feel and stability of the instrument. It's unfortunate that a $430 dollar guitar needs these kind of upgrades to even compete with similar priced guitars from other brands just because of the name on the headstock.
@@AudiomoMusic I wanna buy it just for the body lol, replace it with warmoth neck
Beware! I tried putting a Fender American Original 50s neck on this body and the neck pocket on these particular squires aren’t even close to the correct spec and require lots of sanding of the cavity to make it fit correctly
@@AudiomoMusic Damn shame. Might as well order a custom body from warmoth then lol
Yep, kind of defeats the purpose we both had in mind of saving money 😂
thank you for weighing the guitar.
Sounds very close to my mascis. I wonder...
Most likely the same exact pickups, wouldn't surprise me in the slightest
Man I just got deja vu. It’s the matrix I’m sure.
Jason you just unintentionally got one of the worst internet memes stuck in my head for about 2 hours with this comment. I pray to god you don't know the deja vu meme or it's going to be stuck in yours right after you google it.