Squier Classic Vibe 60s Thinline Telecaster Electric Guitar, with 2-Year Warranty, Natural, Maple Fingerboard

There are numerous sellers of this item on Amazon. I selected "Sold and Shipped by Amazon" as the seller. The box arrived intact and I was happy to see the box had a previous freight shipping label from Fender's San Bernadino factory to Amazon's Channahon warehouse.1. OVERALL: This guitar arrived well packed and blemish free. This is a beautifully built and finished guitar. The sunburst and double binding is a great look. The knobs/pots felt fine, and the tuners, bridge and nut were ok as well. A bit of string stretching and string lube and this guitar holds tune pretty well. The guitar comes with very light strings, feels like 9s. Easy to play, however I have a heavy touch and could hear the tuning issues. Swapped to 10s and all good.2. FRETS: The first thing I checked for was high frets with a fret rocker. Happy to find there were none.3. SETUP: Out of the box, the relief and action were out of spec but playable. The out of the box set up along with Fender's specifications are shown below.Relief at 8th fret, capo on 1st fret: 0.30 mm New vs 0.203 mm Spec.Action at 12th: 2.25mm New vs 1.6mm Spec.A quick truss rod and bridge adjustment produced the factory spec, that I was happy with, buzz free and no dead frets.It's worth noting that there were no sharp frets out of the box. It's winter and the humidity in my house is very low, in the teens. Within a week, I did feel sharp fret ends. Short term, I plan to keep this in a case with a Boveda humidity pack. I'll likely need to eventually dress the fret ends because I prefer to leave my guitars in stands, out of the case.4. Finally, the part that is subjective: I love the way this guitar plays and sounds. The neck profile is a bit thinner than I prefer but workable. The sound is classic telecaster.Overall, this is a well built guitar that will need a good setup out of the box. The one thing I didn't like was the shallow input jack. When using a right angle cord, the plug doesn't seat fully. Also a known issue with the constantly loose jack on this style Telecaster jack. The solution is to replace with an Electrosocket jack cup. There are several brands sold, I installed the one from KAISH and am very happy with it.March 31 2025 update: I did end up buying a Stew Mac end file and spent a quick 1/2 hour dressing the fret ends. Nice and smooth now. This guitar does seem to be more susceptible to humidity than my other guitars. Went away for a week traveling, came back to dead frets in the 5th fret area. A quick 1/2 turn to the truss rod to add relief and the issue was resolved. Also snugged up the four neck bolts. Had no similar issues with my other two guitars in the same room.

My teenage son bought this as his second electric guitar as an "advanced-beginner". He is super-pleased with it and plays it daily. He was particular to this specific model. I think his only criticism is the maple fretboard finish seems a bit "sticky" or "grabby". But I've read this can be dealt with easily enough. He also was on the fence about the 21 frets. In hindsight he would have appreciated 22 or even 24. But that can mean a very different guitar. It is hard to find everything you want in just one guitar. If you are going to own two electrics, a telecaster is a nice second IMO. Overall this is a great value.

VERY GOOD GUITAR......CAME SETUP OUT OF THE BOX VERY WELL.......ONLY NEEDED A SLIGHT TRUSS ROD ADJUSTMENT WHEN I CHANGED THE STRINGS TO 11'S....THE TRUSS ROD WAS VERY RESPONSIVE.......THE TUNING MACHINES ARE VERY GOOD AND SO ARE THE ELECTRONICS......ONLY TWO MINOR THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT THIS GUITAR....THE STRING FERRULES FELL OUT WHEN I WAS CHANGING STRINGS AND THE STRING TREE WAS REALLY CHEAP LOOKING BOTH FIXED REALLY EASILY........UPDATE....I ALSO BOUGHT THE FENDER CLASSIC SERIES TWEED CASE FOR IT AND BOUGHT THE FENDER VINTAGE BRIDGE WITH BRASS SADDLES AND THE FENDER BRIDGE COVER AND A FENDER WIRING KIT FOR IT...........I HAVE NEARLY $1000 INTO IT AND IT WAS/IS WORTH EVERY PENNY........I LOVE THIS GUITAR AND SMILE EVERY TIME I PICK IT UP AND PLAY IT..........IT JUST PROVES IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WERE A GUITAR IS MADE OR HOW CHEAP OR BUDGET IT IS IF IT'S GREAT THEN IT'S GREAT END OF STORY..........I HAVE BEEN PLAYING GUITAR SINCE I WAS 10 IN 5TH GRADE 1981.......SO I KNOW WHAT A GOOD QUALITY GUITAR FEELS AND SOUNDS LIKE........I HAVE HAD PROBABLY AT LEAST 200 GUITARS GO THROUGH MY HANDS SOME CHEAP SOME VERY EXPENSIVE AND EVEN A FEW VINTAGE FENDER AND GIBSON GUITARS AND THESE CLASSIC VIBE GUITARS BLOW AWAY THE VINTAGE AMERICAN MADE BUDGET GUITARS FROM THE 50'S AND 60'S............