When archtop guitars reach its peak as the guitar of choice for players mainly in the 50’s. Thinline models of the guitar was introduce to be its follow-up version, that also became a popular guitar to use among jazz, blues, and rockabilly guitarists. Their era was still drawn to a close when players begun switching to solid body guitars with a more modern design, versatility and better volume output, revolutionizing playing styles and genre of music we know today.
Fender Telecaster was developed by Leo Fender in Fullerton, California in 1950, on a period were archtop guitars dominated the scene. The bold effort of finding the key ingredients on creating a solid body guitar that could make a significant impact has paid of for Fender when other companies has failed to do so. Making the first mass-produced solid body Spanish style electric guitar the Telecaster, originally named the Broadcaster.
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- Single cutaway pine tonewood body
- Neck is bolt-on and has a C-profile made of maple
- 21 medium jumbo frets maple fingerboard with black dot inlays
- Set of Vintage-style machineheads in chrome
- String-Through-Body Vintage-style Tele bridge plate with barrel saddles
- Equipped with Alnico III single-coil pick-ups for the vintage blonde, while the butterscotch blonde having Alnico V single-coil pick-ups controlled by a 3-way switch blade, a master volume and master tone
Body and Neck: The Telecaster Classic Vibe 50’s has pine for tonewood. Modeled after the 1949 prototype with vintage blond finish protected by a 1-ply black scratch plate. Although pine is softer compared to ash and alder, it is a resonant wood as well yet underrated, reflecting and vibrates, producing a pronounce clean to sweet warm overdriven sound. The butterscotch blonde finish the Classic Vibe Telecaster is also available is based on the 1950 Telecaster made in ash body that came after.
Neck is bolt-on using plate and screws with a modern C-shape profile top by a vintage tinted gloss to give it an aged look marked with black inlay dots made of maple. The fat neck of the original Telecaster that has 7.25-inch radius fingerboard is replaced with a slimmer and flatter 9.5” inch radius board fitted with 21 medium jumbo frets to make it even more comfortable to play.
Pick-ups: For better sound output, the vintage blonde is equipped with Alnico III single-coil pick-ups, while the butterscotch blonde having Alnico V single-coil pick-ups installed, which is arguably much louder especially when playing overdriven. Both guitars pick-ups are placed on the neck and bridge controlled by a 3-way switch blade for selecting pick-ups, a master volume and master tone.
Hardware: String-Through-Body Vintage-style Tele bridge plate with barrel saddles and Vintage-style machine heads in chrome keeps the string in order and fine tuned.
Final Thoughts: Squier Classic Vibe 50’s Telecaster reminisces that glorious day for the brand. The guitar is also made affordable for everyone to experience, which features developments in the design, and components use that surely would once again stood the test of time.
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