The success Fender as a brand is enjoying today won’t all be possible without the Telecaster. First introduced as the Broadcaster, then later change to the Telecaster, it is the first solid body guitar for the company that received a huge commercial success, and has gained a massive following in the guitar world were countless number of famous artist and seasoned players alike uses the guitar for their music.
Popularize by Fender, but it was made more affordable and mainstream through Squier Fender Affinity Series Telecaster, that now beginners and guitar players who would want to try out the Telecaster without having to spend much money for one, has a great opportunity to play this iconic guitar.
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- Single cutaway body crafted in alder wood
- Bolt-on C-shape maple neck
- 21 medium jumbo frets maple, rosewood or laurel fingerboard complete with inlay dots
- Set of Standard Die-Cast tuning machines
- Chrome 6-Saddle Top-Load Tele bridge
- Vintage-Style Single-Coil Tele pick-ups for the neck and bridge controlled by a 3-position blade pick-ups selector, master volume and master tone
Body and Neck: The simplistic shape of the Affinity Telecaster Squier has to offer is crafted in alder wood. It is a lightweight wood with tight grain that take finishes well, exhibited on the different colors the guitar has for players choose from. As a tone wood, alder gives the Telecaster a clear bright sound when compared to other wood, but it is less twangy than swamp ash.
The C-shape maple neck with 21 fret medium jumbo fingerboard complete with inlay dots is bolt-on to the body using plate and screws. All maple neck is best for per note clarity, sound definition and sustain. While other Telecaster models of Squier use rosewood for fretboard, that registers a more warm and creamy tones.
Pick-ups: Producing the sound for the Telecaster are Vintage-Style Single-Coil Tele pick-ups for the neck and bridge controlled by a 3-position blade pick-ups selector, master volume and master tone.
Hardware: Holding the strings while keeping it in the right pitch is a chrome 6-Saddle Top-Load Tele and Standard Die-Cast tuning machines.
Final Thoughts: Leo Fender never really played the guitar in his life, which makes his achievement more notable and very amazing. The Telecaster together with the Stratocaster has became a standard on making guitars, influencing designs and as a resource for other guitar makers to pattern their guitars.
The Telecaster may not be as ergonomic in design as the Stratocaster body has with its contours, and arguably the Strat has a slight edge in versatility for having three pick-ups selected in five ways for a better range of sound, that also can be played with a whammy bar on the bridge for vibrato effect.
Traditionally Telecaster is designed and appreciated this way for finesse play and classic tone it brings using only the two pick-ups. However, through the years there are other Telecaster models that came out like the Squier by Fender Telecaster Vintage Modified that has humbucking combined with a single-coil pick-up and Fender Modern Player Tele Plus with a humbucking bridge pick-up, Strat middle pick-up, and Tele single-coil neck pick-up.
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