Telecaster Shootout! Squier Classic Vibe vs MIM vs USA
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0:02 Opening Jam
2:22 Review
10:56 Video Details
12:05 Final Thoughts
14:09 Neck Pickups Clean
15:49 Neck Pickups OD
17:30 Middle Clean
18:38 Middle OD
19:36 Bridge Clean
20:31 Bridge OD
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The Fender Telecaster. Without a doubt, the Greatest Electric Guitar EVER MADE!! 😀🎸👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎶🎶🎶☘️🍀
Its cool how right they got things in the 50’s and 60’s. Fender, Gibson, Vox - not too much to improve upon
Those 50’s CV’s rival many US Teles I’ve played!
Throw a Warmoth on and some rockin Pickups. 💥
Can’t go wrong with a Tele at any level. I’ve got a Squier Bullet, and a Fender American Professional - both are fantastic! 😁👍
thoughtful as always, thanks.
Many thanks Jack, always enjoy your videos, ✌😎✌❤👍👍🎸🎸
Great video comparison Jack, but in all honesty, your playing does make cheaper guitars sound better than they are. Your squeezing the best out of each instrument.
FYI, for anyone whom cares. The classic vibe, MIM vintage and American vintage all fit the same size parts.
Great vid, Jack! I have a couple of each and they're all excellent , in their own right! Love all your playing...especially the opening jam...just beautiful!! 😎
Thank you very much!
I am a beginner and have the Squier . It sounds and feels amazing. Thanks for a great review Jack. Great playing too!
What a fantastic video have a good day Jack ❤😊
Really spot on commentary! I've got six teles,: 3 Squiers (50's,60's and 40th), two MIM (player plus and 72 classic series thinline reissue) and a China made modern player (which was originally meant to be a Squier, but they stuck the Fender logo on it). I think you really nailed the comparison on the wood, necks, pickups and hardware. All are amazing, all have shortcomings and all are definitely upgradeable.
They all sound good but that Custom Tele on the wall though...!
Damn, I thought I died and went to Telecaster heaven.
Thx J.
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The Squier sounded great to me, if I needed a guitar that would be my no brainer, maybe buy two of them and just be happy.
Great comparison! I have an American but I agree that the MIM is the best bang for your buck. I liked the licks from "My Rebecca". 🙂
Love my Fender 50s Vintera Telecater which I put Brad Paisley La Brea pickups in the neck and bridge and I play that through my Hot Rod Deluxe IV that has a Weber 12F150 speaker! IM LOVING THAT COMBO
I love the videos on the AO 50s LTD tele as it's so rare! There aren't many vids to be found
Considering how simple the original Telecaster was, there must be more variations on it now than any other model! Neck profiles and radius, woods, pickup types, bridges, controls, string guides, pickguards - we’re spoilt for choice and you can always put one together that’s different again :)
MIM my pick of the 3
I have a 2015 MIM Standard Tele (predates the Player) and I replaced the 6-saddle plate with 3 brass compensated saddles on a Fender USA ashtray plate, and put on a 5-hole guard with a wood mounted neck pickup. It's sorta like a '50s Tele with a '70s neck.
My other Tele is a 2019 Vintera '50s Tele and all I did to that one was put on a black guard. I have a set of compensated barrel saddles in the case. I like having a Tele with all of the '50s features without paying for a reissue.
I wonder if I got two good ones LOL
All I want now is one more MIM, a Road Worn Vintera '50s Tele.
As far as today's presentation goes, I can barely tell that the Squier has a rougher "vibe". When I looked at a CV years ago, I was surprised how heavy a pine body can be. I don't have a preference; I could make any of them work.
I'm lucky in that i bought my classic vibe squier when they were built in China. After i had owned it a year or so, and reading so many things about professional set ups, i decided to have a go at doing my own set up on it. I purchased a book on how to do it, a bit risky i know, but what the hell, how hard can it be ?
The result was truly amazing, it is so so easy to play now. It was great before, but out of this world now. I also fitted it with some brass adjustable compensating saddles, then more recently a pair of seymour duncan quarter pounders. As i play more blues/rock they did it for me. I've now ended up with a fabulous guitar that suits me to the ground.
Recently purchased a Harley Benton DC-DLX that is much better than expected, this is going to be receiving the same treatment.
I love the pink tinge on the Classic Vibe.
Thats because of the thin painting on the body. You can see the color of the wood under (through )the paintings. very intresting....
Great comparison! And sweet playing. What’s your opinion of the current players Tele. I was interested in the Vintera 50s modified with the twisted neck pickup . Until I realized it had a 7.25 radius and baseball bat neck.
I have a MIM tele. Is my main (only) axe. On it's second set of frets. I love the neck on this guitar.
Great demos Jack. I've owned a USA tele for around 20 years, it's great, it feels like the real thing, I'm extremely happy with it. Meanwhile, last year I bought a 70s thinline tele classic vibe based on a hunch it could be OK. It's fantastic! The build quality is amazing and the sound is spot on. Now I'm confused about guitar origins! 🤣
It’s pretty amazing how bright the MIM and US neck pups sound. I actually prefer some mud on my Tele neck… the bridge is for my clean tones. But that’s because I play super high gain punk rock. It’s always interesting to see everyone’s preferences re tone. Thanks for the comparison video!
Jack.. I know for sure I am older than you 😂 I have been playing guitar and piano since I was 6-7 and I am 44 going to be 45 soon been playing since I was 6 years old and I have and played many and have many tele’s and you did amazing.. besides the Jimmy Page Dragon & Mirror custom models I have because he is my guitar hero.. I have 4 Teles’s & you did an amazing job showcasing each and making each sound good with cost and tone and build quality 🤘🏻🎸🤘🏻 I am blues/Rock background and you nailed it and glad I subscribed to you and found you by accident on recommendation honestly.. Your input was fair and honest and that’s what I look for. Keep rocking my fellow musician! O that note … the newer Squier Tele’s are nothing like the older and the older classics are better by far👍 you did great without being harsh like most. Keep it real and you keep me and few other subbed. Don’t be a sellout!
I've been watching your review videos. Can you review the Monoprice Stageright 15watt amp? I'm curious about your opinion on it
Leo got it right the first time ❤
Great analysis as always, Jack. What are your thoughts on the oft ignored American Performer series? I have an American Performer Telecaster that I adore
I think they're really good. I had an American Performer Stratocaster for a while which was an awesome guitar. I have a modified American Special Telecaster which is the model that preceded the Performer series, and I love it.
American original 60s for me. Double bound, nitro finish, 9" radius. I have one but it's a shame Fender stopped making them.
My AO60s is one of my favorite guitars.
I basically want that same spec. I’d get a Jason Isbell, but with a 9.5 neck…. And to be honest I’d prefer the custom shop Nocasters pups.
I like the tint of the squire neck? I get what you are saying about the weight. I had one and it was over 10 lbs and I wasn’t working for me at that weight. Mim is always the best value! Great playing buddy!!!!
Favorite guitar I own is my 1998 vintage reissue ‘52 black guard. Best bridge pickup I’ve ever heard. Most comfortable neck I’ve ever played. Makes me wish all my guitars have vintage fret wire.
I will also say, everyone knocks the 90s vintage reissues for not having accurate 50s era necks. From what I can find on the internet, ‘52 teles had inconsistent neck profiles and even the thinner 90s reissues could be vintage accurate based on the specific neck profile they spec’d it after.
got one of each.....CV50 has Lollars....MIM has McNelly....USA Pro II has J.Shaw...all GREAT guitars. Second CV50 has Fralins...actually my favorite Tele of 7 total. Take CV50's neck pup and disconnect from the tone pot...no need of it...improves clarity and output quite nicely. Review on target! My HB TE52 has among the BEST built neck/fret boards of all of them...amazing for sub $200. Comparison: Brightier/Spankier neck pup with increased priced...all sounded nice!
Your videos are awesome. Very clear comparisons and much appreciated. The Squier Classic Vibe is an amazing line. There was a big drop off in quality between the China made ones and the Indonesian ones. Not even close. The frets on my Chinese one were custom shop level. That’s not an exaggeration. I’ve had both and the Indonesian made ones were sold off quickly.
You got a bad Indonesian one. My Indonesian spanks MIA Fender (I own some of them)
@@manonbassguitar I owned 2 Indonesian jazzmasters. Both had electrical issues and needed soldering and fretwork. Also had a Tele that needed fretwork and paint issues. The grain of the multi piece wood was always mismatched poorly. All 4 of my Chinese Classic Vibe 50s Teles were FLAWLESS and the pickups were better but that is more a preference thing. My Chinese Jazzmaster was also flawless. The one advantage the Indonesian ones have over the Chinese ones is that the Indonesian ones were always lighter. Chinese ones were heavy.
Just for the heck of it' would like to have seen the fender aerodyne tele throwed in for comparison.
Do you have any plans on reviewing one in the future?
I don’t have any actual plans to but I’d love to. I assume you mean the new line with the matching headstocks? I’m jonesing for one of the Daphne blue Stratocasters
When I watch these videos I generally turn the screen away and listen through Bose speakers. Knowing that you are rotating through the three guitars as yo play it is nearly impossible to detect a difference. That is enough to tell me that I can’t go wrong with any of them.
For the neck & neck/middle I liked the Squier. It had a thicker woodier sound. The other two had a lot more treble and scooped mids and not as bassy as the Squier either, I'm sure they're better in a band, but I prefer the fuller sound for sitting in the living room.
On the bridge, it was the same clean, but overdriven, the Squier sounded a tad muddy, where the others sounded livelier. Don't know that I had a preference between the MIM or the American though. They both sounded good.
Agreed. That Squier had some girth!
It's those Alnico steel guitar pickups. They're gonna twang no matter what variation. Video proves that point pretty well. As Nashville session guitarist Grady Martin put it "The telecaster has a tone that kills Johnson grass for 50 feet around it." Yes, all the rest depends on what the player feels good playing and cost of course.
Jack, do you think you would be willing to check out the Sire T styles and discuss them? I havent encountered one, but I'vr own4d their MM bass, and couldnt be happier
I’d definitely be willing to, it’s just a matter of getting access to one.
Wood selection, amount of time for finishing and detailing necks and frets , quality of hardware & pick ups are the price difference justifications. A cnc router works the same way in any country.
I played a squire sonic Tele at GC and at $200, I was very impressed.
Should’ve bought one a week before where they were $150!!!
I have a MIM standard Telecaster, it's fit and finish easily match my USA FSR Stratocaster. The only mod I did to the Tele was to change the pickups. The ceramics seemed too loud and lacked the articulation I was looking for. I replaced them with Fender 64' vintage.
OB-viously the 'White & Gold' would be your favorite...
This is quality playing...
a few knob twists and they'd be indistinguishable... does it play well? does it output the right stuff for my pedals/amp? is it in budget? Winner! great comparo btw
The discontinued Squier Affinity was my first Tele. Not a bad entry. I have a CV Thinline 70s now.
I have two Strats, MIM Deluxe Player's and a MIJ Squier from the mid '00s. Both great guitars. I feel no need to spend any money on a USA model.
The DP has USA hardware as the Mexican and US factories are always swapping parts with each other depending on their needs!
lol dude you are a champion. Made me crack up about the classic vibe. It’s true. I love mine. But I replaced the electronics and bridge. That’s said, it’s my go to guitar…
I just bought an ugly green squire esquire with one humbucker for $145 shipped amazing playable, entry-level guitar for the money I was very surprised
I've got one of them earlier old-schoolChinese Cv50's. It's great. The fretwork even is better than a lot of the Mexican or sometimes even US ones I laid my hands on.
HOWEVER: the frets are soft. They wear down way earlier. Still great guitars, but frets would seem to me the last thing you skimp out on. Because they're pretty costly to replace. Anyway, great guitar (great pickups as well) but you know.. you get what you pay for. Fret material is where they cut costs. (Kinda silly: they really put attention to how the frets are finished, but they won't last long)
love the tele, dont like the pickups in some models. Texas specials or fender stacked noiseless are great options. Also Duncan hot rails and Dimarzio tone zone T with a strat pro track in the neck for heavy stuff. (requires a new pick guard with a strat neck pickup route). The Mexican Tele is the best bang for the buck, just replace the ping tuners. But great guitars.
I recently switched my tele to 10s and while thru body sounded amazing except for bends which would always be harder than normal, top loaded made it have less tension, easier to bend, and have a general bouncyness that I usually associate with telecaster sound.
Just my two cents hoping this helps someone out there in that eternal search for that "sweet" tone.
I just ordered a American vintage ii 72 telecaster thinline. Now you have me worried about quality. Is there anything I should look out for quality wise. Just getting back into playing. Haven't had a electric guitar for 20 years or so. Love the looks and sound of the American tel in the vid.
No, not at all - I'm simply comparing them and bringing up a critique about modern corporate practices. I personally think Fender has cut corners with newer models, but as I mentioned in the video, it's still Fender, and Fender still make a high quality instrument.
As you said Jack, little difference in sound quality, but for feel the white one must be a fair deal better.
Really? I liked the white one better myself… to each their own I guess 🤷♂️
I have 3 Telecasters, an AO 50's,a MIM (payer or something, honestly not fussed) HH and a old "beater" CIJ that ive upgraded pretty well every removable part on including fitting EMG's. I love them all, the MIM (newest) is the only stock guitar, the bridge pick-up on the USA was changed ASAP as it was yeah nah, not acceptable. The JDM one is what i play the most, i do prefer the neck profile on the US one.
The Squier was warmer and seemed to have more output. Tone wise, I liked it. The issue I have with them is the amount of work it takes to make them really playable. That's why like you, I'd go for the Mexican. The tone was similar to the squier, but I'd imagine it was much more playable out of the box.
Absolutely. The Squier actually frustrates me in that regard because the tone is so on par, but the playability is so lacking.
Im not done w the video so he may cover this but in my experience the sounds on the lower end are often good. Over time, the lower quality hardware and workmanship are what can create a challenge when you go low end. Squire is a student guitar. If you want to play it 20-40 hours a week and tour w it, you are doing to be making adjustments.
Keep in mind, the Squire CV’s went from China production to Indonesia so it seems that’s where the said changes came into play. Here’s where it may get confusing, traditionally, Indonesian guitars are a step up from China ones. But with the CV’s it’s kind of the reverse of that. Granted, these are high/fast production guitars so it may depend more on the exact guitar you get your hands on, but the consensus seems to be that the early Chinese Tele CV’s were better. 🤷♂️
I snagged a used China CV Tele and had to fix the bridge alignment…but otherwise I’m extremely impressed with it. It’s a bit heavy (8.1lbs)but not crazy for the level and a quite beautiful pine body. I think I’ll keep it. It’s not far from my MIM Baja Tele in all honesty.
But my American Special is still my #1.
Mexican Standard just prior to the player series is the Holy Grail for me ! Reason being that series had run for about 7 years and Fender kept upgrading them until they became terrific ! Mind you I like ceramic p/ups thought I would confess that.
As a life-long Gibson player (when it comes to electrics), I am considering getting some kind of a Tele just for fun, but I don't want a project. I have gone through the project-guitar thing a few times when I was younger. I am old now. So what do I have to pay for a T type guitar that does not immediately need fret work, and that has decent controls that at least work and don't fall apart?.
Player series
I have a Squier Contemporary (3-4 years old) and a recent MIM Tele. I wouldn't put one over the other.
Traded my MIM Stratocaster for a 2014 American tele deluxe with Dimarzio Twang Kings and haven't looked back since
First off, I’m not a Tele’ guy, I have 4 Strats but have ventured into Tele territory a few times. I think Leo got it right, it’s so basic you can’t screw it up. No matter what level of Tele you get it sounds good. In your comparison I actually noticed the US one sounds better at clean tones to my ears than the others, but as soon as you stick any overdrive in that becomes hardly noticeable. Ive had Mex Teles in the past, I have a 2020 CV 50’s right now, but I never fancied the cost of spending the extra for a US one just for the clean tone. That said, I’ve always WANTED to like the Tele, it’s just that when I get one it sits on a wall.
It's not the instrument usually but rather the player. Very tasteful playing. Give Segovia a $20 guitar and he'll make it sing ! 😊
You can pick up American made Teles for around a grand, not much more than a new Mexi.
What I always look for is a lighter guitar, American made seems to have more of them.
My first decent guitar was a Mexico 60s style Telecaster that my mom got for me a long time ago and maybe one of the American made 1950s reissues would be slightly better but I would never buy one unless I was primarily a Fender player or if I had an insane amount of money to burn because the difference in quality is almost negligible from what I've heard and the difference in price is massive
I'm surprised that nobody is talking about the Squier classic vibe 70s thinline limited edition Tele. It's a Fender product with block inlays and neck binding. Not that those things make the guitar better to play, but it looks pretty cool and it's a huge departure from the norm for fender. There's 3 regular videos and two shorts on all of TH-cam and none of those mentions anything about the binding or inlays. Why is nobody talking about this? The only other bound fender neck I've seen are the ~$700 channel bound necks on Sweetwater. I'm thinking of buying one but I currently don't have a Tele and I'm torn between the classic yellow mim and the thinline....but the thinline is an HH configuration. Maybe both! But I think the thinlines are almost sold out, and they're $449 with $45 off so $404 which isn't bad. Decisions decisions....
I found t really hard to choose a tele in this price range (talking mid hundreds, the original II is too rich for my blood). The Squiers were all too heavy and one on demo in a shop (!) had a too deep cut nut slot on the a string, causing fret buzz even though the action was set much too high on the low end and a. Put me right off. I loved the vintara but could not get on with the rounded fretboard. I am not a great player with a tendency to tug the strings down and it was too easy for me to pull the high e right off the edge. In the end I went for a FGN Iliad j-standard. Not a true tele but close enough, that fitted my hand and my budget and is a sweet player.
Love my American Specail . Except for the pickups it's as close to a true tele I could afford
This has been an age old question on youtube. It's nice to get simple comparisons with clean tones. Seems almost impossible to hear any difference. Seems like the American is brighter than the CV, and notes sustain more, but I like my CV Tele a lot.
CV - th-cam.com/video/jMKtue-tJZI/w-d-xo.html
MIM - th-cam.com/video/jMKtue-tJZI/w-d-xo.html
USA -th-cam.com/video/jMKtue-tJZI/w-d-xo.html
My kids gave me a Sweetwater gift certificate for my birthday in August 2022. I used it on a CV Squier thinline tele. It was before Fender ,and others, did a price increase. Got it for $400 with a good Gator gigbag. I've got about another $400 in mods so it's around MIM money.I love how it's turned out. Not worried about any resale value. My son loves it. He will be the next owner after I'm called home.
My 2021 CV Strat was supposed to be replaced with my MIM. But the Squier is just too good and Better in some ways than the Fender.
You’ll be shocked to hear that I didn’t need my arm twisted, to keep both. 😅
Die Squire klingt am ehesten wie eine Fender !!!😊
My Classic Vibe is perfect! Ha, ha. Actually, I did have to upgrade the tuners as the originals were cheap and sticky. But otherwise, I'm good.
Cheaper guitars are less quality on purpose. Everything about it is cheaper. My opinion is that a MIM Fender should be exactly the same as a USA model. Same hardware and electronics. It should only be more affordable because of lower labor costs and more affordable wood. Otherwise, why even compare models.
They all sound alike dud
ok pal
Tele was,my first love but i'll never by the American. Most of the price, goes to California
I'm fairly sure that American Original 50s Telecasters are generally unchambered. And don't have gold hardware. That one you are playing is a limited edition with gold hardware and chambering.
Yes it is
you okay?
Mim sounded best to me.
La Squier plus de medium , bonne guitare pas cher ! . Pourquoi? Les micros !
My least favorite is the USA? Go figure. Maybe the chambering. A little too 'hi-fi' for a Tele for me.
Tone is coming from the speaker in the cab!
The Classic Vibe series are the BEST thing Squier has ever came up with! In the 90s you couldnt give a damn Squier away! They were absolute GARBAGE! Not so much anymore!
Best value for a tele??? Okay first get a Time Machine, go back to 2019 and buy a used AM standard for like 900ish bucks…. Ah these new prices are killing me. I feel like I’m priced out of buying new guitars. I get inflation and all, at some point it just feels hard to stomach.
Regardless of the quality, I struggle with the idea of paying over $1k for a Chinese Epiphone or an MIM Fender.
my squier has the worst fret job
Jack must be running out of ideas. Guess he needs more money for the new baby. Can't wait for the Gibson versus Epiphone video.
Who thinks we should start a religion, for the purpose of formally worshiping electric guitars and amplifiers?!! 😂
We all know squier uses cheap components to keep cost down
Are you growing a beard and musta? Ahahahahhahah.
all modern Fender and Squier guitars are trash. I’ve tried to buy everything from the classic vibe to the American pro ii in the last year and they were all returned as defective.
Instead, I’ve had to buy second hand older guitars to get decent quality.
Fender has the worst quality control in the industry right now.
That's right, you're now paying more for less, and that's definitely true for the amps as well...extra features just don't compensate for inferior build quality