@@SuperBroncosguy This is funny, because I have the CV 60s double bound Tele and it is absolutely killer. I play it as much as my Fender Blackmore Strat.
you know what, these are made in Indonesian Cort factory, which also made Ibanez guitars too. I suppose they had polished their QC staffs so better guitars are coming out of the factory in the recent years, since the Ibanez released Premium line. Really good times to be a guitar player.
Excellent demonstration of the incredible Squier Classic Vibe Tele. All of the qualifications need to cease when it comes to Squier CV's. They are excellent guitars period. Not just "for the money" or "for a Squier", etc. They're brilliant period. I got in fairly early when the word first started to break on the CV line and in 2009 I bought a CV 60's Strat. 12 years on (which blows my mind) the guitar STILL amazes me with it's great feel & tone...it just gets better & better. In addition to the 60's Strat I have a CV Tele Custom, a CV 50's Strat and just got a CV Starcaster....all incredible instruments. BTW, it's a fact a lot of smaller guitar channels are run by guitar enthusiasts who aren't the best players. So when you said your playing was going to be bad I expected the worst...brother, you have a great sound & style. Very Mike Bloomfield & Yardbirds Eric Clapton. Don't ever sell yourself short because then it just becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. Excellent video with tons of great info for those not into Squier CV's like we are, awesome job....Subbed.
My wife just bought me an Indonesian CV 50s Esquire for Xmas...and it plays just as good as my 1985 MIJ telecaster custom 62 vintage reissue... which just happens to play way better than my USA Highway One Telecaster. The pickups are where the USA Tele has an edge... but not enough to justify the price difference between the CV and the USA.
I have a 2010 CV tele Squier made in China and it is a beautiful guitar. I recently changed the pickups out for Fender Texas Specials and was very surprised in the lack of difference between them. I regularly gig with this guitar, and my '73 Strat. Great guitar, very well built and 11 years later, it's still a great guitar.
Nice review! I agree with your assessments. Fender says the saddles are chrome covered brass. The neck fit and finish and frets are spot on. The metals, pickups and tuners are cheap, but mine holds tune really well and sounds great. After a year it’s holding up great and I’m gonna keep it because it sounds great. At first I was bummed by the tuners and pups but they work and sound great so...
I just found on marketplace a Squire Classic Vibe 50´s tele, made in 2012 for a bargain. And must say I really love it so far. Just cleaned it, new strings, and action setup to fit me. And just been playing it now for hours ! Took a look at the pots and the cavities. No minipots, but a real ones, and very nice shielded cav. no humming. Neck is just a great finish. Now I dont know if previous owner did some work on this guitar, or it is this good out of the box. I just love it ! the vintage ashtray bridge, the brass saddles, no problem with intonation and / or adjusting action. but most of all, this silk smooth thin c neck is just great. I was expecting to not like fretboard lacquered and to remove that, and mabey having to do some fretwork job on it, but no, Its actually really great finish ! I cant find a thing to whine about on this classic vibe 50´s tele from 2012. I'm so glad I found this great guitar ! !
I was a Fender, Gibson, Ibanez and Martin salesman in a large music store for a couple of decades and before that I bought and sold vintage USA guitars as well as being a professional musician myself.. The Squier classic vibes are good playable guitars. It cost 500 hundred dollars more to get just 10 percent better quality in a Fender Mexican build and 500 more than that to get another 10 percent better quality in a USA build. So a Classic Vibe is 80 percent of a great guitar.
I've got a 2019 version of this CV Tele in butterscotch with the black guard and its an Indonesian made one and all I can say is that it's one of the best guitars for the money that you pay. I love mine and its become my main writing guitar. I would suggest everyone check them out. Some fenders can be a bit scetchy but the classic vibe squires are pretty consistent and I've had no problems with it at all. There great for upgrading, I've put fender custom shop 51 nocaster pickups in mine and it shines.
yeah its a great guitar! usually i play les pauls but i needed a Tele to have something different. i will upgrade it soon with new electronics and pickups! feeling is great as it is!
I’ve had one for a few months now. Very pleased with it. I was apprehensive about ordering a guitar that I had not actually played, but the price was unbelievably good. The build quality is excellent. I had to change the tone pot because it was ineffective, but after a set up, which was well worth it given the overall price, it plays like a dream. It sustains into the middle of next week, even with a set of 8’s (I have rather “wimpy” hands). So I can thoroughly recommend this guitar.
I ordered my Squiers, a strat..VERY NICE, with big assed blemish on the bottom of the body. I got it for a great price! And the Tele arrives this afternoon.
I just picked one of these up in a pawnshop for $100.00! I'm very pleased with it. I plan to swap the p'ups and saddles, and add a 4 way switch. I Love this Guitar.
I just received my Cl.Vibe Custom Telecaster. Into factory quality is AWESOME right out of the box. Just ordered a Cl. Vibe Esquire which are HTF right now.
I’ve had great experiences with Indonesian Squier guitars. The one I still have is not going anywhere. I prefer the 60s neck profile but I’m ready to check out the CV 50s profile.
Last year, I bought a Squier Bullet Telecaster (supposedly) in a limited edition red sparkle finish. Also Indonesian made... That electric guitar out of the box was one of the best guitars that I have ever seen as in properly setup. I just had to lower the saddle height just a tiny bit and the truss rod in the neck was set perfect. I've been playing many instruments since the early 1980s, and I write and record a lot of commercially licensed music as a songwriter/composer under performance rights organization, BMI, Inc. I can cover any type of genres/styles that I am writing and recording on this one telecaster guitar... From blues, jazz, alternative, funk... People have said that for years about the telecaster and it's 100% true you can cover many genres/styles of music. Have a great upcoming holiday season!
@Mr Tom I also bought a Squier Bullet Telecaster last year in the seafoam colour. It was a bargain used one, I had heard so many good things and didn't own a Telecaster. This guitar is really nice to play, lovely neck, and since changing the pickups it sounds as good as any Telecaster I've heard. Unbelievably good, versatile guitars, I can't stop playing mine. 👍
@AhmadBurmed I bought mine a few years back, and the one.. That I have in front of me is fine. I've had no issues with the switch. Replacing the switch in any telecaster style guitar is not that hard to do if needed to do like a few years further in the future. I play 14 instruments, and all of my string instruments acoustic and electric I learned over the years how to fix and update parts on all of them if needed. The one thing to know, is Fender is replacing the Squier Bullet Series with the new Sonic Series. From what I understand, the bodies of this new series of guitars are supposedly thinner. My recommendation, is whatever guitar you buy, make sure the retailer store whether online or locally has a great return policy. Once in a while, you see a few bad products in any massed produce products out their.. guitars, cars, ect. Good luck to you.
I have an Indonesian Affinity Strat HSS and it is simply beautiful to play - I use it for recording stuff but I need a gig guitar so next up us this one in that classic shade
Due to the quantities involved these are likely made on modern highly accurate machinery, look at videos of American factories where the machinery is ancient and it's all down to skill. Aside from finish, pickups, tuners I doubt there's much to choose between a higher end Squier and a Made in USA, get a luthier to fettle and aside from the name on the headstock very few would see the difference in a blind test. The quality of guitars now is amazing, now back in the 60's a cheap guitar was plain awful, anyone starting out today has no idea how lucky they are.
Hi! this will be my next guitar, and thanks for the insightful vid! :-) I've got *one question* , on 8:19 you mention the shielding for the 60c-hum this Indonesian model has... So do you mean that the Chinese model does NOT have that? Thank you!
I’ve had one for a year. Great guitar. My Fender player Tele had horrible fret sprout this winter. My CV Tele didn’t. I think it’s the roasted neck on the CV
I recently purchased a Classic Vibe 69 Thinline Tele, right out of the box it was set-up perfectively and played very nicely. If the name on the headstock was missing, I would've guessed it was definitely a true Fender. I swapped out the stock pickups (not that there was anything wrong with them, I just don't like hum) to Fender Ultra Vintage Noiseless pickups and the thing just sings, twangs, and rocks just as a Tele should.
I love the classic vibe 60s stratocaster all it needed was its neck adjusted after that its a great playing guitar I also have the classic vibe tele to the frets were a little ruff a little rounding off now it feels good and plays good to
Hi , have just had delivered a 2018 made in China tele , bought online from guitar guitar in England, not brand new but in mint condition , but my oh my the set up is second to none fitted with daddario strings, it's impeccable, the neck is the best playing neck I've ever played on , it's so easy , it's incredible!! 😊👍
Leo Fender created a phenomenon. Since then, it's been copied, diced, spliced into different configurations without being able to escape from the basics, innumerable attempts made to misinterpret and misrepresent it, but it and it's younger siblings, the great Stratocaster and all say Leo was our father in their inimical sounds and tone. Genius. 👍
A very good review. StrIght forward not trying to show off like a lot do. Have the Indonesia one in white, but someone. Said that it's only the Chinese one that has the cavaties lined with copper paint, and not the Indonesia ones. You made yours sound really good. Am I right in thinking you are a blues man? Your plying. Sounds like that to me, I Hope you don't mind me saying that. You made the bridge pick up sound realy like I think a tely should. I find the guitar really heavy though, thank you very much for a great review.
Thank you for your video, yestuaday i got my new telecaster cv50 made in indo, i very very happy with this guitar, very good shape neck, gross neck is very good touch, very good colour finish body and sound is very greats for me, (Warm and Mellow I Love it)♥️
It's really no surprise that the quality is so good. The Squier is built by Cor-Tek (Cort), who build guitars for almost every major brand you ever played. Cort's own brand instruments almost without exception get great reviews.
A friend of mine bought a CV Strat back in 2011 and I was surprised to find that it played as good as my American strat. While the pickups weren't as good, they we good enough and could easily be changed, for a minimal investment.
I have the first chinese series of the stratocaster CV 60's. Bought in 2008, the guitar sound better than my old American standard and my new Vintera. This is awesome
I'm sure the Indonesian CVs are great guitars, and really good value for the money. Most of the Chinese CVs were that too. It's just that a few of them were insanely good instruments. I already had an Am. Std. Strat when I bumped into my CV, and no reason to get another. I picked it up idly in the shop (I'd heard good things, but I was just there for strings) and bought it minutes later. It already felt like a custom shop Fender, but with an insanely beautiful quarter-sawn flame maple neck that even they don't often get! I've modded it with a big brass trem block and saddles, CTS pots and custom pickguard. Kept the pickups. I'd certainly sell my U.S. Strat before I ever considered selling the Squier (and it'd be for less than I'd ask for the CV too).
Haha, strikingly similar story here!...must be 7 or 8 years ago now I had purchased a 50's cv strat from long and mcquade and I had it for a couple weeks and stopped in to buy strings. As I was at the counter paying for them one of the sales guys was behind the counter just noodling on a beautiful blonde tele that I recognized as as the cv 50's and I asked about it. It had just arrived that day on trade and had a few minor dings and I asked if I could check it out. I sat with it in the shop for about half an hour and I was completely blown away by it. That magic thing just happened that maybe only a few guitars in your life will ever make happen and I seriously didn't wanna put it down but I did and left with my strings. All the way home and sitting at home for a few hours I couldn't stop thinking about it so I called the store and begged them to hold it until the next morning for me even without a deposit on it. The guy was so cool and was like "I get it" and put it in the back for me until the next morning when I got back there and promptly traded the strat I had just bought for it. Sometimes in life a person actually finds the great love of thier life, their soulmate if you will and know instinctively that they've found "the one" and that's really the only comparison I can make. I've never met another that I would rather have and I doubt like hell I ever will. I'm sure I'll experience more guitars in my life that are absolutely great and might own some of them but she's just "it"...
I've seen a few people comment that the saddles are chrome-plated brass, and Andertons mentioned it in one of their videos. Not sure how plating affects sound though, I need to hear a side by side.
Thanks for the video. FYI I bought a Classic Vibe Tele' (Chinese) 10 years ago and was going to use it as a back up guitar for an Edinburgh Festival show of 23 nights. I ended up using the CVC rather than my vintage Strat as it was so good. The build quality is better and has brass saddles. I tried a new one last year, it's definately inferior. I still have the Squier but recently bought a Sire L7, different level altogether.
How ya doing? I bought a 2020 Squier classic vibe stratacaster and I too was very pleased with the playability and craftsmanship. I'm glad that nothings changed because with all the unknown guitar companies out there now it only takes a bad review to ruin the name and trust .Peace.
They were staying true to type with the steel saddles for a 50’s. I just got this guitar yesterday. The tuners actually seem like they will be fine staying in tune. They are stiff to turn but smooth. Both pickups surprised me. I thought Id want to toss them immediately but Ill keep them for now. So far so good the whole guitar. And yes, the neck feels great and its wider than I was expecting!
Yep. Good pieces of wood dried and cured and finished well are going to last and hold up. If you want to upgrade the cheap electronics or tuners, have at it! Can’t replace the neck or the body without having a different guitar completely!
I have a 2019 classic vibe based on the new specs, but mine is still made in China. Mine unfortunately needed fret leveling and had some sharp frets. The neck is slightly misaligned, but after some fret work it sounds great.
I have a 2015 CV 50s Tele made in China. The tuners I replaced with Gotoh vintage. Then I put a fender fat ‘51 neck on it and brass saddles on the bridge. The electronics are good. It’s heavy but it sounds good. With the fat neck it’s my favorite guitar.
The Chinese CV's were made at the Grand Reward factory, and the Indonesian CV's are made at the Cort factory. Both make excellent guitars. The people who are slagging off the Cort ones are clueless trolls. They make MANY different brands in that Indonesian factory, including Ibanez, Washburn, Schecter, and many others.
Thats only your opinion. I have had both Tele's Made in China and Indonesia ones and the Made in China was Superior in every way. Better pots better frets, even the screws were put straight. It's not going to be Fender/Squire difference but definetly the earlier Chinese Teles were better quality.
I hope these Indo Teles are good. I'm pickin one up TODAY at GC! By the way, by the way you were talkin, I expected you to sound like me! Brother, I can't wait till the day I sound like YOU!! Nice!!
Howdy;) I’ve been playing for 50 and am very good at what I do. Please don’t sell yourself short. You’re doing better than 75% of players I run across on TH-cam. If you’re looking to improve, consider instruction from a good teacher. It can make all the difference. Just my 2 cents worth. Thanks for sharing your thoughts here. I agree with your assessment of this Tele. I bought one a few months ago thinking that this is going to be a joke, but honestly it's better than some of the 54 RI's I’ve owned. Well done.
I have a Squier Classic Vibe 50's Tele-Chinese made, which I bought new in 2016. I love it. The neck is very comfortable. The tuners work well, it stays in tune forever. I have the brass saddles. I did upgrade to 10's for the strings, the 9's (for me), were too thin. It matches well with a Vox AC10!!
Really GREAT demo Zelon! I wonder about the "Buffer" that You mentioned. I missed the name/manufactor, sorry ... That Buffer sounds very good - tight but also with great Grit! I recently bought a 2017 Sunburst CV Telecaster, beautiful guitar, a liitle too heavy at 3,3 kg for my taste. (My CV Strat 50:s is only 2,8 kg) How much do Your CV Teles weigh?
I think my Squier CV (Indonesian) perhaps wasn't as smooth as yours . The frets feel jagged and maybe a little lumpy in spots, and high E catches on the 3rd fret. I agree on the tuning machines and the saddle; they could be better. HOWEVER. Those are relatively minor fixes. It sounds and plays great, better than my other Squier (which needed a bit of work; ugh, the action...) The CV Tele neck (fret wire edges aside) feels like a dream. I used to rely on the neck pickup of a guitar, which is where my right hand seems to gravitate toward. On the Tele, I'm starting to trust the bridge pickup--it sounds that good!-- though my right hand hasn't wandered far. By and large, I *really* love this guitar, and with a couple of tweaks, I can see it being my go-to single-coil and an absolute workhorse overall.
Got bit by the Tele bug a few years ago...a USA, a few MIM's, and several Squier CV's, all amazing guitars. I think only one of them is made in China, the rest of my CV's are made in Indonesia. I also have 3 Jackson Pro series set-neck-thru, all great and all made in Indonesia. Circling back to Squier CV's, nearly impossible to beat, ready to upgrade with and Fender components, unlike Bullet's or Affinity's where things are intentionally designed not to line up :(
ive got a 2014 classic vibe chinese butterscotch blonde. excellent guitar . just changed out the jack input to electrosocket for $5.95. the stock tele jack inputs are crap. other than that, no complaints. pretty good for $379.00. btw mine has brass saddles which i prefer. i never had any issues with the tuning machines.
I have several Chinese 50’s versions they are different from the Indonesian version. pick ups in the Butterscotch Chinese version are warmer sounding, smaller neck profile which is why I bought them. If your looking for that standard bright Tele sound country sound and thicker neck also called somewhat a baseball neck then the Indonesian might be the one for you. if your looking for that smooth R&B sound funk sound you decide I’m never selling my Chinese versions that’s how well they sound, feel, and look, and play please don’t get Hung up on where there made. Hope this helps who Evers Even looking at these types of guitars you can’t beat them for the money. To me I have Fender guitars but some of these Chinese versions play and sound and feel just as well if not better I know someone might have a totally different opinion you be the judge if you find them to buy play one I dare ya. Lol 😂 you make get hooked.
i have a 2018 CV 70s strat and the tuners are perfect. i bought a CV 60s tele a week ago and the tuners are much more stiff, but still work fine. I played a 50s CV tele while at the store, and those tuning machines felt like literal plastic. It seems pretty hit or miss. Theyre all solid guitars tho
Those early Japanese made Squires are just as good as a USA Fender. They weren't made to be entry level instruments. they were made for market share over there and to compete against the knock offs. Jack Pearson plays Squires professionally onstage. He likes the ones from Indonesia also. Jack Pearson is a great guitarist.
Fender set the shop up in Japan to make Fenders for America (to compete price wise) but they were called Squiers in UK and elsewhere so it was a different deal back then, not like the Squier name that has bounced from every factory from Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia ever since - two different Squier periods basically. Todays' MIMs could just as easily be Chinese Squiers if Fender wanted, it's just business and where the CNC machine feels like working. lol I remember owning so many Japanese Squier Strats that were good - maybe get $50 when I'd sell 'em, looking back they were at least as good as the $430 CV Squiers today - maybe not quite but close. 🎸
The Fender Japan plant was actually making “lawsuit” Fenders, essentially copies, copies that were so good, possibly even better than USA built Fenders if the time Fender bought them. I had a JDM Tele years ago, should never have sold it. I have a USA one now but the proper JDM (export and jdm aren’t the same) stuff was/is crazy good, at the time i purchased it new, direct , it was literally squier pricing and better than any mim Fender stuff around at the time. I looked at a jdm tele but in Ash the price was only $500 less than a mint “used” AO 50’s Tele , no hard case , no nitro and not 1 piece body so i just went USA.
Thanks for your review! I myself bought one a few months back,the butterscotch one the same as yours. I agree totally with your opinions and find it to be a very nice neck to play. I however was hoping that it would be a bit 'lighter' in the weight so I will be definately sitting down with it and wont be doing any of my 'Wilko Johnson' movements!!!
Not sure about your review on the tuners because I have both a CV Tele & a Strat and the tuners are impeccable. Mine hardly ever go outta tune even with heavy bends and some whammy bar action.
Just ordered one. Looking forward to getting it next week. If the difference is imperceptible, as it is between my Epiphone LPs and my Gibson LP, or my Mexi Strats and an Amercian Strat, then I'm forever swearing off the name brands. Either make it night and day or give me the affordable model...I'm not Joe Bonamassa!
Tengo una igual a esa Squier Tele 50,s , y es fantástica, BONITA, muy buenos acabados, suena muy bien, es muy ligera de peso ( lo cual aprecio mucho, porque me gusta tocar de pie, con la guitarra colgada, tipo actuación ). me costó un precio insuperable de sólo 375 euros (APROX. 395 $ ) con una funda ligera incluida. POR ESTE PRECIO, NO SE PUEDE PEDIR MÁS. iF YOU LIKE TO BE A GUITAR PLAYER, AND, YOU HAVENT TOO MUCH MONEY...ITS YOUR GUITAR. THANKS FOR YOUR VIDEO
I believe the brass bridges were a change based on the year, not the origin. I have a Chinese one that has steel. It’s a couple of years old. When I bought it, it was clear they weren’t brass in the description.
The pickups in the Indonesian Squier are very twangy. I have a Mexican-made with custom wound pickups in it. The bridge is similar to the Duncan “Quarter Pounder”…very powerful. The neck is patterned after a Strat neck. I wouldn’t mind owning one of these Indonesian ones with the stock pickups.
It’s as simple as this, for the money they’re hard to beat. My only quibble is that the necks are thinner than everything else by Fender. I like thick necks but there just me. I’ve a Squier FSR 60s Custom Esquire in LPB and it’s a stunner.
The Indonesian CV guitars are extremely good quality, I have 50's CV Strat & it feels as good as my American Special
I've a cv 70's & it rocks.
@@SuperBroncosguy This is funny, because I have the CV 60s double bound Tele and it is absolutely killer. I play it as much as my Fender Blackmore Strat.
Have a Squire Esquire and quality of materials and playability are AWESOME 🤩
They are very nice. But not quite as nice as the Made In China Classic Vibes...
you know what, these are made in Indonesian Cort factory, which also made Ibanez guitars too. I suppose they had polished their QC staffs so better guitars are coming out of the factory in the recent years, since the Ibanez released Premium line. Really good times to be a guitar player.
PRS? Surabaya factory?
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@@sonidamara5018 Perhaps !!
Excellent demonstration of the incredible Squier Classic Vibe Tele. All of the qualifications need to cease when it comes to Squier CV's. They are excellent guitars period. Not just "for the money" or "for a Squier", etc. They're brilliant period.
I got in fairly early when the word first started to break on the CV line and in 2009 I bought a CV 60's Strat. 12 years on (which blows my mind) the guitar STILL amazes me with it's great feel & tone...it just gets better & better. In addition to the 60's Strat I have a CV Tele Custom, a CV 50's Strat and just got a CV Starcaster....all incredible instruments.
BTW, it's a fact a lot of smaller guitar channels are run by guitar enthusiasts who aren't the best players. So when you said your playing was going to be bad I expected the worst...brother, you have a great sound & style. Very Mike Bloomfield & Yardbirds Eric Clapton. Don't ever sell yourself short because then it just becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.
Excellent video with tons of great info for those not into Squier CV's like we are, awesome job....Subbed.
My wife just bought me an Indonesian CV 50s Esquire for Xmas...and it plays just as good as my 1985 MIJ telecaster custom 62 vintage reissue... which just happens to play way better than my USA Highway One Telecaster.
The pickups are where the USA Tele has an edge... but not enough to justify the price difference between the CV and the USA.
Sounds perfect to me - I have several Teles (USA, MIJ) each sound different but they all sound like Teles!
I have a 2010 CV tele Squier made in China and it is a beautiful guitar. I recently changed the pickups out for Fender Texas Specials and was very surprised in the lack of difference between them. I regularly gig with this guitar, and my '73 Strat. Great guitar, very well built and 11 years later, it's still a great guitar.
Nice review! I agree with your assessments. Fender says the saddles are chrome covered brass. The neck fit and finish and frets are spot on. The metals, pickups and tuners are cheap, but mine holds tune really well and sounds great. After a year it’s holding up great and I’m gonna keep it because it sounds great. At first I was bummed by the tuners and pups but they work and sound great so...
Thanks for the review. CVs are great! I got an (Indonesian) Esquire, that I absolutely love!
I just found on marketplace a Squire Classic Vibe 50´s tele, made in 2012 for a bargain. And must say I really love it so far. Just cleaned it, new strings, and action setup to fit me. And just been playing it now for hours ! Took a look at the pots and the cavities. No minipots, but a real ones, and very nice shielded cav. no humming. Neck is just a great finish. Now I dont know if previous owner did some work on this guitar, or it is this good out of the box. I just love it ! the vintage ashtray bridge, the brass saddles, no problem with intonation and / or adjusting action. but most of all, this silk smooth thin c neck is just great. I was expecting to not like fretboard lacquered and to remove that, and mabey having to do some fretwork job on it, but no, Its actually really great finish ! I cant find a thing to whine about on this classic vibe 50´s tele from 2012. I'm so glad I found this great guitar ! !
I was a Fender, Gibson, Ibanez and Martin salesman in a large music store for a couple of decades and before that I bought and sold vintage USA guitars as well as being a professional musician myself.. The Squier classic vibes are good playable guitars. It cost 500 hundred dollars more to get just 10 percent better quality in a Fender Mexican build and 500 more than that to get another 10 percent better quality in a USA build. So a Classic Vibe is 80 percent of a great guitar.
I just ordered this guitar yesterday same color too for my beginner guitar, can not wait till I get it. Thanks for this review
Waiting on mine. Ordered last night. My buddy at work brought his in for me to play and i loved it
I've got a 2019 version of this CV Tele in butterscotch with the black guard and its an Indonesian made one and all I can say is that it's one of the best guitars for the money that you pay. I love mine and its become my main writing guitar. I would suggest everyone check them out. Some fenders can be a bit scetchy but the classic vibe squires are pretty consistent and I've had no problems with it at all. There great for upgrading, I've put fender custom shop 51 nocaster pickups in mine and it shines.
yeah its a great guitar! usually i play les pauls but i needed a Tele to have something different. i will upgrade it soon with new electronics and pickups! feeling is great as it is!
I’ve had one for a few months now. Very pleased with it. I was apprehensive about ordering a guitar that I had not actually played, but the price was unbelievably good. The build quality is excellent. I had to change the tone pot because it was ineffective, but after a set up, which was well worth it given the overall price, it plays like a dream. It sustains into the middle of next week, even with a set of 8’s (I have rather “wimpy” hands). So I can thoroughly recommend this guitar.
I ordered my Squiers, a strat..VERY NICE, with big assed blemish on the bottom of the body.
I got it for a great price!
And the Tele arrives this afternoon.
Good honest straight forward demo and review. Thank you. Just want you need from demo.
Thank you for weighing in on exactly what I wanted to know...
I just picked one of these up in a pawnshop for $100.00! I'm very pleased with it. I plan to swap the p'ups and saddles, and add a 4 way switch. I Love this Guitar.
My new Squier Tele is arriving today.
I can't wait!
I really liked the intro jam, very nice tone and even better playing
Great review mate, cheers for this
Classic Vibe guitars are a true gem 💎
i agree
I agree with you totally
I just received my Cl.Vibe Custom Telecaster. Into factory quality is AWESOME right out of the box. Just ordered a Cl. Vibe Esquire which are HTF right now.
I’ve had great experiences with Indonesian Squier guitars. The one I still have is not going anywhere. I prefer the 60s neck profile but I’m ready to check out the CV 50s profile.
Last year, I bought a Squier Bullet Telecaster (supposedly) in a limited edition red sparkle finish. Also Indonesian made... That electric guitar out of the box was one of the best guitars that I have ever seen as in properly setup. I just had to lower the saddle height just a tiny bit and the truss rod in the neck was set perfect. I've been playing many instruments since the early 1980s, and I write and record a lot of commercially licensed music as a songwriter/composer under performance rights organization, BMI, Inc. I can cover any type of genres/styles that I am writing and recording on this one telecaster guitar... From blues, jazz, alternative, funk... People have said that for years about the telecaster and it's 100% true you can cover many genres/styles of music. Have a great upcoming holiday season!
@Mr Tom I also bought a Squier Bullet Telecaster last year in the seafoam colour. It was a bargain used one, I had heard so many good things and didn't own a Telecaster. This guitar is really nice to play, lovely neck, and since changing the pickups it sounds as good as any Telecaster I've heard. Unbelievably good, versatile guitars, I can't stop playing mine. 👍
@AhmadBurmed I bought mine a few years back, and the one.. That I have in front of me is fine. I've had no issues with the switch. Replacing the switch in any telecaster style guitar is not that hard to do if needed to do like a few years further in the future. I play 14 instruments, and all of my string instruments acoustic and electric I learned over the years how to fix and update parts on all of them if needed. The one thing to know, is Fender is replacing the Squier Bullet Series with the new Sonic Series. From what I understand, the bodies of this new series of guitars are supposedly thinner. My recommendation, is whatever guitar you buy, make sure the retailer store whether online or locally has a great return policy. Once in a while, you see a few bad products in any massed produce products out their.. guitars, cars, ect. Good luck to you.
I have an Indonesian Affinity Strat HSS and it is simply beautiful to play - I use it for recording stuff but I need a gig guitar so next up us this one in that classic shade
Due to the quantities involved these are likely made on modern highly accurate machinery, look at videos of American factories where the machinery is ancient and it's all down to skill. Aside from finish, pickups, tuners I doubt there's much to choose between a higher end Squier and a Made in USA, get a luthier to fettle and aside from the name on the headstock very few would see the difference in a blind test. The quality of guitars now is amazing, now back in the 60's a cheap guitar was plain awful, anyone starting out today has no idea how lucky they are.
Hi! this will be my next guitar, and thanks for the insightful vid! :-) I've got *one question* , on 8:19 you mention the shielding for the 60c-hum this Indonesian model has... So do you mean that the Chinese model does NOT have that? Thank you!
I’ve had one for a year. Great guitar. My Fender player Tele had horrible fret sprout this winter. My CV Tele didn’t. I think it’s the roasted neck on the CV
I had a 2020 Kramer Baretta made in Indonesia and fit and finish on it was quite good.
@ 6:15 - yes, I upgraded my pickups to Tonerider Vintage Plus - the neck pickup is now more like a strat, not muddy or woolly. :)
Great review! Thank you!
I recently purchased a Classic Vibe 69 Thinline Tele, right out of the box it was set-up perfectively and played very nicely. If the name on the headstock was missing, I would've guessed it was definitely a true Fender. I swapped out the stock pickups (not that there was anything wrong with them, I just don't like hum) to Fender Ultra Vintage Noiseless pickups and the thing just sings, twangs, and rocks just as a Tele should.
I love the classic vibe 60s stratocaster all it needed was its neck adjusted after that its a great playing guitar I also have the classic vibe tele to the frets were a little ruff a little rounding off now it feels good and plays good to
Hi , have just had delivered a 2018 made in China tele , bought online from guitar guitar in England, not brand new but in mint condition , but my oh my the set up is second to none fitted with daddario strings, it's impeccable, the neck is the best playing neck I've ever played on , it's so easy , it's incredible!! 😊👍
Leo Fender created a phenomenon. Since then, it's been copied, diced, spliced into different configurations without being able to escape from the basics, innumerable attempts made to misinterpret and misrepresent it, but it and it's younger siblings, the great Stratocaster and all say Leo was our father in their inimical sounds and tone. Genius. 👍
Pure poetry.
A very good review. StrIght forward not trying to show off like a lot do. Have the Indonesia one in white, but someone. Said that it's only the Chinese one that has the cavaties lined with copper paint, and not the Indonesia ones. You made yours sound really good. Am I right in thinking you are a blues man? Your plying. Sounds like that to me, I Hope you don't mind me saying that. You made the bridge pick up sound realy like I think a tely should. I find the guitar really heavy though, thank you very much for a great review.
Love your playing bro.
Thank you for your video, yestuaday i got my new telecaster cv50 made in indo, i very very happy with this guitar, very good shape neck, gross neck is very good touch, very good colour finish body and sound is very greats for me, (Warm and Mellow I Love it)♥️
Hi!
How about the neck and frets?
Do they feel nice?
I'm considering buying it online as my first electric
It's really no surprise that the quality is so good. The Squier is built by Cor-Tek (Cort), who build guitars for almost every major brand you ever played. Cort's own brand instruments almost without exception get great reviews.
I bought a Chinese made one of these in 2015. Such a well made instrument, and set up was fantastic. Would never sell it.
excellent review, thank you very much
I love the sound and the price is a steal.🎸👍🎶
Looks great. Sounds great. If it plays great, keep it!
A friend of mine bought a CV Strat back in 2011 and I was surprised to find that it played as good as my American strat. While the pickups weren't as good, they we good enough and could easily be changed, for a minimal investment.
I have the first chinese series of the stratocaster CV 60's. Bought in 2008, the guitar sound better than my old American standard and my new Vintera. This is awesome
I'm sure the Indonesian CVs are great guitars, and really good value for the money. Most of the Chinese CVs were that too.
It's just that a few of them were insanely good instruments.
I already had an Am. Std. Strat when I bumped into my CV, and no reason to get another. I picked it up idly in the shop (I'd heard good things, but I was just there for strings) and bought it minutes later. It already felt like a custom shop Fender, but with an insanely beautiful quarter-sawn flame maple neck that even they don't often get! I've modded it with a big brass trem block and saddles, CTS pots and custom pickguard. Kept the pickups. I'd certainly sell my U.S. Strat before I ever considered selling the Squier (and it'd be for less than I'd ask for the CV too).
Haha, strikingly similar story here!...must be 7 or 8 years ago now I had purchased a 50's cv strat from long and mcquade and I had it for a couple weeks and stopped in to buy strings. As I was at the counter paying for them one of the sales guys was behind the counter just noodling on a beautiful blonde tele that I recognized as as the cv 50's and I asked about it. It had just arrived that day on trade and had a few minor dings and I asked if I could check it out. I sat with it in the shop for about half an hour and I was completely blown away by it. That magic thing just happened that maybe only a few guitars in your life will ever make happen and I seriously didn't wanna put it down but I did and left with my strings. All the way home and sitting at home for a few hours I couldn't stop thinking about it so I called the store and begged them to hold it until the next morning for me even without a deposit on it. The guy was so cool and was like "I get it" and put it in the back for me until the next morning when I got back there and promptly traded the strat I had just bought for it. Sometimes in life a person actually finds the great love of thier life, their soulmate if you will and know instinctively that they've found "the one" and that's really the only comparison I can make. I've never met another that I would rather have and I doubt like hell I ever will. I'm sure I'll experience more guitars in my life that are absolutely great and might own some of them but she's just "it"...
I've seen a few people comment that the saddles are chrome-plated brass, and Andertons mentioned it in one of their videos. Not sure how plating affects sound though, I need to hear a side by side.
Chrome-plated sound more bright, but miss all tasty overtones that one might have with brass saddles.
Beautiful playing man!
Thanks for the video. FYI I bought a Classic Vibe Tele' (Chinese) 10 years ago and was going to use it as a back up guitar for an Edinburgh Festival show of 23 nights. I ended up using the CVC rather than my vintage Strat as it was so good. The build quality is better and has brass saddles. I tried a new one last year, it's definately inferior. I still have the Squier but recently bought a Sire L7, different level altogether.
I managed to find a CV 50's Strat, Chinese made.
Lovely guitar. ❤️
Have a classic vibe 60s telecaster, awesome guitar 🎸
How ya doing? I bought a 2020 Squier classic vibe stratacaster and I too was very pleased with the playability and craftsmanship. I'm glad that nothings changed because with all the unknown guitar companies out there now it only takes a bad review to ruin the name and trust .Peace.
They were staying true to type with the steel saddles for a 50’s. I just got this guitar yesterday. The tuners actually seem like they will be fine staying in tune. They are stiff to turn but smooth. Both pickups surprised me. I thought Id want to toss them immediately but Ill keep them for now. So far so good the whole guitar. And yes, the neck feels great and its wider than I was expecting!
Evrething is great except the tuner wich i will change. They are crap put goto in.
Yes steel saddles are more 'tele" than brass
great review, thank you
Sounds great 👍
i can't recommend these enough, blown away at the quality 11/10 for the price
Great review
WOW, THAT THING IS GORGEOUS 😍, IM GETTING ONE.
Would this guitar be recommended for playing punk, hard rock?
It doesn’t matter where it was made, only how well it was made.
Yep. Good pieces of wood dried and cured and finished well are going to last and hold up. If you want to upgrade the cheap electronics or tuners, have at it! Can’t replace the neck or the body without having a different guitar completely!
and how well it is played
I have a 2019 classic vibe based on the new specs, but mine is still made in China. Mine unfortunately needed fret leveling and had some sharp frets. The neck is slightly misaligned, but after some fret work it sounds great.
What locking tuners drop right in, without needing holes drilled?
Love it
I have a 2015 CV 50s Tele made in China. The tuners I replaced with Gotoh vintage. Then I put a fender fat ‘51 neck on it and brass saddles on the bridge. The electronics are good. It’s heavy but it sounds good. With the fat neck it’s my favorite guitar.
Was that witches on the heath by buckethead at the beggining?
I would be curious to compare the pick-ups once you'll had changed the bridge for a brass one.
I have a few Indonesian made guitars and they are awesome, excellent quality!
The Chinese CV's were made at the Grand Reward factory, and the Indonesian CV's are made at the Cort factory.
Both make excellent guitars.
The people who are slagging off the Cort ones are clueless trolls.
They make MANY different brands in that Indonesian factory, including Ibanez, Washburn, Schecter, and many others.
Thats only your opinion. I have had both Tele's Made in China and Indonesia ones and the Made in China was Superior in every way. Better pots better frets, even the screws were put straight. It's not going to be Fender/Squire difference but definetly the earlier Chinese Teles were better quality.
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I hope these Indo Teles are good. I'm pickin one up TODAY at GC! By the way, by the way you were talkin, I expected you to sound like me! Brother, I can't wait till the day I sound like YOU!! Nice!!
Its right... Put brass barrells on it... it will push the sound on this great guitar a lot! Great video!
That's the sound!!
Does Fender really use brass saddles today? I know Gibson doesn't.
Does the fingerboard have a glossy finish?
Howdy;) I’ve been playing for 50 and am very good at what I do. Please don’t sell yourself short. You’re doing better than 75% of players I run across on TH-cam. If you’re looking to improve, consider instruction from a good teacher. It can make all the difference. Just my 2 cents worth. Thanks for sharing your thoughts here.
I agree with your assessment of this Tele. I bought one a few months ago thinking that this is going to be a joke, but honestly it's better than some of the 54 RI's I’ve owned. Well done.
How is the shielding in these new ones?
how are the frets? some say they are too small. I play Stratocasters with medium jumbo frets. thanks for the review and great playing
I have one and personally like the frets, its personal opinion but the frets are really well setup
do you like this one or the Double bound one?
I have a Squier Classic Vibe 50's Tele-Chinese made, which I bought new in 2016. I love it. The neck is very comfortable. The tuners work well, it stays in tune forever. I have the brass saddles. I did upgrade to 10's for the strings, the 9's (for me), were too thin. It matches well with a Vox AC10!!
Also, the weight is 7 lbs, 13 oz.
Oxcarthabu, when you switched to 10s from 9's you didn't have to change the but did you?
Really GREAT demo Zelon!
I wonder about the "Buffer" that You mentioned. I missed the name/manufactor, sorry ... That Buffer sounds very good - tight but also with great Grit!
I recently bought a 2017 Sunburst CV Telecaster, beautiful guitar, a liitle too heavy at 3,3 kg for my taste. (My CV Strat 50:s is only 2,8 kg) How much do Your CV Teles weigh?
The buffer sits in a copy of Klon Centaur made by a random guy from new old stock, military grade parts. It was really cheap and sounds amazing!
I think my Squier CV (Indonesian) perhaps wasn't as smooth as yours . The frets feel jagged and maybe a little lumpy in spots, and high E catches on the 3rd fret. I agree on the tuning machines and the saddle; they could be better. HOWEVER. Those are relatively minor fixes. It sounds and plays great, better than my other Squier (which needed a bit of work; ugh, the action...) The CV Tele neck (fret wire edges aside) feels like a dream. I used to rely on the neck pickup of a guitar, which is where my right hand seems to gravitate toward. On the Tele, I'm starting to trust the bridge pickup--it sounds that good!-- though my right hand hasn't wandered far. By and large, I *really* love this guitar, and with a couple of tweaks, I can see it being my go-to single-coil and an absolute workhorse overall.
Got bit by the Tele bug a few years ago...a USA, a few MIM's, and several Squier CV's, all amazing guitars. I think only one of them is made in China, the rest of my CV's are made in Indonesia. I also have 3 Jackson Pro series set-neck-thru, all great and all made in Indonesia.
Circling back to Squier CV's, nearly impossible to beat, ready to upgrade with and Fender components, unlike Bullet's or Affinity's where things are intentionally designed not to line up :(
Good review! What tuning keys would you suggest?
Grover's.
Even on my Ipad speakers it sounds great. 👍🏻
ive got a 2014 classic vibe chinese butterscotch blonde. excellent guitar . just changed out the jack input to electrosocket for $5.95. the stock tele jack inputs are crap. other than that, no complaints. pretty good for $379.00. btw mine has brass saddles which i prefer. i never had any issues with the tuning machines.
I have several Chinese 50’s versions they are different from the Indonesian version. pick ups in the Butterscotch Chinese version are warmer sounding, smaller neck profile which is why I bought them. If your looking for that standard bright Tele sound country sound and thicker neck also called somewhat a baseball neck then the Indonesian might be the one for you. if your looking for that smooth R&B sound funk sound you decide I’m never selling my Chinese versions that’s how well they sound, feel, and look, and play please don’t get Hung up on where there made. Hope this helps who Evers Even looking at these types of guitars you can’t beat them for the money. To me I have Fender guitars but some of these Chinese versions play and sound and feel just as well if not better I know someone might have a totally different opinion you be the judge if you find them to buy play one I dare ya. Lol 😂 you make get hooked.
i have a 2018 CV 70s strat and the tuners are perfect. i bought a CV 60s tele a week ago and the tuners are much more stiff, but still work fine. I played a 50s CV tele while at the store, and those tuning machines felt like literal plastic. It seems pretty hit or miss. Theyre all solid guitars tho
Those early Japanese made Squires are just as good as a USA Fender. They weren't made to be entry level instruments. they were made for market share over there and to compete against the knock offs. Jack Pearson plays Squires professionally onstage. He likes the ones from Indonesia also. Jack Pearson is a great guitarist.
Fender set the shop up in Japan to make Fenders for America (to compete price wise) but they were called Squiers in UK and elsewhere so it was a different deal back then, not like the Squier name that has bounced from every factory from Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia ever since - two different Squier periods basically. Todays' MIMs could just as easily be Chinese Squiers if Fender wanted, it's just business and where the CNC machine feels like working. lol I remember owning so many Japanese Squier Strats that were good - maybe get $50 when I'd sell 'em, looking back they were at least as good as the $430 CV Squiers today - maybe not quite but close. 🎸
My early jap strat is a gem
@@scottykingdavid I have one the early Japanese Fender Telecasters.
The Fender Japan plant was actually making “lawsuit” Fenders, essentially copies, copies that were so good, possibly even better than USA built Fenders if the time Fender bought them. I had a JDM Tele years ago, should never have sold it. I have a USA one now but the proper JDM (export and jdm aren’t the same) stuff was/is crazy good, at the time i purchased it new, direct , it was literally squier pricing and better than any mim Fender stuff around at the time. I looked at a jdm tele but in Ash the price was only $500 less than a mint “used” AO 50’s Tele , no hard case , no nitro and not 1 piece body so i just went USA.
Thanks for your review! I myself bought one a few months back,the butterscotch one the same as yours. I agree totally with your opinions and find it to be a very nice neck to play. I however was hoping that it would be a bit 'lighter' in the weight so I will be definately sitting down with it and wont be doing any of my 'Wilko Johnson' movements!!!
I believe Fender has the strong production SOP on their factories , there's no big difference right ?
Nice demo bud
what string gauge youre using?
Not sure about your review on the tuners because I have both a CV Tele & a Strat and the tuners are impeccable. Mine hardly ever go outta tune even with heavy bends and some whammy bar action.
It's a hit and miss I suppose, mine aren't too bad, but the tuners I had on say japanese made fender teles were better.
I'll be keeping my Chinese cv bsb telecaster.
Wow. I have the same guitar, the same hi-fi and the same TV. Great minds bro, great minds.
Just ordered one. Looking forward to getting it next week. If the difference is imperceptible, as it is between my Epiphone LPs and my Gibson LP, or my Mexi Strats and an Amercian Strat, then I'm forever swearing off the name brands. Either make it night and day or give me the affordable model...I'm not Joe Bonamassa!
Tengo una igual a esa Squier Tele 50,s , y es fantástica, BONITA, muy buenos acabados, suena muy bien, es muy ligera de peso ( lo cual aprecio mucho, porque me gusta tocar de pie, con la guitarra colgada, tipo actuación ). me costó un precio insuperable de sólo 375 euros (APROX. 395 $ ) con una funda ligera incluida. POR ESTE PRECIO, NO SE PUEDE PEDIR MÁS.
iF YOU LIKE TO BE A GUITAR PLAYER, AND, YOU HAVENT TOO MUCH MONEY...ITS YOUR GUITAR.
THANKS FOR YOUR VIDEO
I have a 2021 Indonesia 50's classic vibe telecaster and if honest... I think its amazing. I rate it as good or better than my mim
Mine feels and sounds great stock.
I believe the brass bridges were a change based on the year, not the origin. I have a Chinese one that has steel. It’s a couple of years old. When I bought it, it was clear they weren’t brass in the description.
I can't have mine sounds like that. I guess the difference rely on the fingers. Bravo!
The pickups in the Indonesian Squier are very twangy. I have a Mexican-made with custom wound pickups in it.
The bridge is similar to the Duncan “Quarter Pounder”…very powerful. The neck is patterned after a Strat neck.
I wouldn’t mind owning one of these Indonesian ones with the stock pickups.
it is a current production one?
Vs Tokai ATE52, any idea?
It’s as simple as this, for the money they’re hard to beat. My only quibble is that the necks are thinner than everything else by Fender. I like thick necks but there just me. I’ve a Squier FSR 60s Custom Esquire in LPB and it’s a stunner.