@@randomglyn It is a Korean made Squier heavyweight Tele that weighs a ton... probably plywood and glue! Paid next to nothing for it. Big score. Has a larger Fender logo on the headstock with a smaller Squier logo alongside it. The only one I've seen that way. Great country twang, more than my much more expensive Teles. Thin and wide neck. Easy to olay. I will be applying your technique to a '51 Squier that I have though. Strings are kind of "boingy" for lack of a better term. Great vid! Thanks for your info.
I play Telecasters and all are string through, I bought an import Tele copy from a junk shop and it is a top loader, I noticed the difference straight away, I have been thinking of drilling it, I have a drill press for my Dremel and think I will use that to get them as straight as possible with the pilot drill.
That's a really good idea, I should have one of those. The string plate made it so easy. If you look at the first Broadcasters/Telecasters, their holes were all over the place
Hi, I'm Glyn as well . . . I also have this yellow strat off the fender website. Try using masking tape on the underside to prevent chipping the finish, also have you got a pillar drill, then you can guarantee the drill holes being verical.
Thanks, I have got a pillar drill but the throat depth isn't enough to reach the holes! I used it to make vertical holes in that little wooden block as a workaround to help guide the drill vertically, it still wandered a mm or so at least so def needed that plate to sort it all out for me, or it would have looked a right mess
Given that you have a drill press, why not use that directly to drill the guitar? Nice idea with the string-through plate, I hadn't seen those before. I've got a Squier Sonic Tele I'd like to do this to.
@@satanbane Hello, I've got a drill press but its not wide enough to reach to the string holes. That's why I used it to drill holes in that block of wood to follow them down straight, which worked to within a mm - close enough for the string plate to do it's job
Thanks, I've been looking at those and bent steel saddles would be nice. This bridge is quite good so far though, much better than the Squier Bullet I've got where the saddles move around while playing. This one doesn't do that
It sounds louder acoustically and richer as you'd expect. Still let down a little by the thin body but still sounds good. The string tension is heavier but I did put 10's on so I'd expect that. Overall it still feels like a low tension guitar compared to my other Strats
It wouldn't cost more than £5 to have the ferrules from the factory, but Fender doesn't want to do it? How is the neck in the Sonic series? It looks like your one is without skunks stripe. I used to have an Affinity with Skunks Stripe and it was one of the worst unfinished necks I ever played. Great playing.
The finish is really nice and smooth, almost like it has no finish at all but obviously does. It's not dirty or sticky feeling. The neck is too fat though, it's quite a deep D shape and the shoulders push into the crook of my thumb and base of my index finger, it needs sanding down a bit really! It's not awful but noticeably fatter in those areas than a Fender usually would be. The fingerboard is a maple cap but is very well done, you have to look very hard to see the join. It needs bigger frets too ideally, but is certainly a playable and fun guitar, I love the colour!!! Thanks for watching
I have numerous Teles. One us a top loader. Sounds excellent as is.
Some guitars are just great aren't they 👍
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It is a Korean made Squier heavyweight Tele that weighs a ton... probably plywood and glue! Paid next to nothing for it. Big score.
Has a larger Fender logo on the headstock with a smaller Squier logo alongside it. The only one I've seen that way.
Great country twang, more than my much more expensive Teles. Thin and wide neck. Easy to olay.
I will be applying your technique to a '51 Squier that I have though. Strings are kind of "boingy" for lack of a better term. Great vid! Thanks for your info.
I play Telecasters and all are string through, I bought an import Tele copy from a junk shop and it is a top loader, I noticed the difference straight away, I have been thinking of drilling it, I have a drill press for my Dremel and think I will use that to get them as straight as possible with the pilot drill.
That's a really good idea, I should have one of those. The string plate made it so easy. If you look at the first Broadcasters/Telecasters, their holes were all over the place
Your playing was really good. Interesting video
Thank you very much!
Hi, I'm Glyn as well . . . I also have this yellow strat off the fender website. Try using masking tape on the underside to prevent chipping the finish, also have you got a pillar drill, then you can guarantee the drill holes being verical.
Thanks, I have got a pillar drill but the throat depth isn't enough to reach the holes! I used it to make vertical holes in that little wooden block as a workaround to help guide the drill vertically, it still wandered a mm or so at least so def needed that plate to sort it all out for me, or it would have looked a right mess
Given that you have a drill press, why not use that directly to drill the guitar? Nice idea with the string-through plate, I hadn't seen those before. I've got a Squier Sonic Tele I'd like to do this to.
@@satanbane Hello, I've got a drill press but its not wide enough to reach to the string holes. That's why I used it to drill holes in that block of wood to follow them down straight, which worked to within a mm - close enough for the string plate to do it's job
Install a fender flat mount bridge. It will have saddles with the correct angle. It's just 3 additiol holes and makes a huge difference.
Thanks, I've been looking at those and bent steel saddles would be nice. This bridge is quite good so far though, much better than the Squier Bullet I've got where the saddles move around while playing. This one doesn't do that
how does it compare soundwise? do you notice change in string tension etc?
It sounds louder acoustically and richer as you'd expect. Still let down a little by the thin body but still sounds good. The string tension is heavier but I did put 10's on so I'd expect that. Overall it still feels like a low tension guitar compared to my other Strats
Not going to tune if you don't get the saddles back in the same spot 😮
@@rocknchuck They're roughly back as I could see the marks on the bridge plate from the screws. Different string guage now tho so I should check!
It wouldn't cost more than £5 to have the ferrules from the factory, but Fender doesn't want to do it? How is the neck in the Sonic series? It looks like your one is without skunks stripe. I used to have an Affinity with Skunks Stripe and it was one of the worst unfinished necks I ever played. Great playing.
The finish is really nice and smooth, almost like it has no finish at all but obviously does. It's not dirty or sticky feeling. The neck is too fat though, it's quite a deep D shape and the shoulders push into the crook of my thumb and base of my index finger, it needs sanding down a bit really! It's not awful but noticeably fatter in those areas than a Fender usually would be. The fingerboard is a maple cap but is very well done, you have to look very hard to see the join. It needs bigger frets too ideally, but is certainly a playable and fun guitar, I love the colour!!! Thanks for watching
No so sloppy playing. 😉
haha it looks like you should know 🤪