NGD: Squier Affinity Butterscotch Tele

[bluesky636]

Just picked up a new Squier Affinity Butterscotch Tele today at Gutar Center's Memorial Day sale. It was on sale for $160 and I traded 3 Boss pedals I no longer use for a net cost to me of $85. Not a bad deal. She is a real looker and I named her "Buttercup" (All of my guitars have names: MIM CAR Standard Strat = Big Red; black Ibanez GRGA32 = Black Beauty; red Lyon by Washburn = Little Red; and red Yamaha bass = Deep Red).

I also modify all of my guitars so for Buttercup I have ordered a set of GFS Neovin noiseless pickups (I hate 60 Hz hum), staggered locking tuners, stainless steel bridge saddles, CRL switch, Switchcraft Mil-Spec phone jack, Schaller strap locks, and a few small odds & ends. I normally replace the pots with CTS pots, but I was quite surprised when I opened her up to find she is equipped with full size pots instead of the crappy nickle size pots that most import guitars have. They seem to work smoothly and sound good, so I decided to keep them for now. I'll probably also install a Greasebucket tone circuit (I like it on my Strat.) I've also already removed the treble bleed cap that was installed and rewired the tone pot Gibson vintage style. She should sound really sweet when I am finished. :)

[sonic_777111]

With all those upgrades this'll be awesome. Pics please?

[bluesky636]

When she's finished. :)

[rustneversleeps]

Congrats on the find. Can't go wrong with a Squier in my book.

[bluesky636]

Thanks.

[HoboMan]

Congrats on the new Tele.

Everytime I pick one up at GC I'm always amazed at how nice they play.

[bluesky636]

She really is a looker. The neck and frets are nicely done and the body color is fantastic.

[bluesky636]

Here's a quick shot:

http://inlinethumb34.webshots.com/46177/2987765140090987409S600x600Q85.jpg (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2987765140090987409yHekWx)

[Dr. Jimmy]

Just picked up a new Squier Affinity Butterscotch Tele today at Gutar Center's Memorial Day sale. It was on sale for $160 and I traded 3 Boss pedals I no longer use for a net cost to me of $85. Not a bad deal. She is a real looker and I named her "Buttercup" (All of my guitars have names: MIM CAR Standard Strat = Big Red; black Ibanez GRGA32 = Black Beauty; red Lyon by Washburn = Little Red; and red Yamaha bass = Deep Red).

I also modify all of my guitars so for Buttercup I have ordered a set of GFS Neovin noiseless pickups (I hate 60 Hz hum), staggered locking tuners, stainless steel bridge saddles, CRL switch, Switchcraft Mil-Spec phone jack, Schaller strap locks, and a few small odds & ends. I normally replace the pots with CTS pots, but I was quite surprised when I opened her up to find she is equipped with full size pots instead of the crappy nickle size pots that most import guitars have. They seem to work smoothly and sound good, so I decided to keep them for now. I'll probably also install a Greasebucket tone circuit (I like it on my Strat.) I've also already removed the treble bleed cap that was installed and rewired the tone pot Gibson vintage style. She should sound really sweet when I am finished. :)

Guitars have a gender? ;)

[bluesky636]

Guitars have a gender? ;)

To me they do, as do cars.

[HoboMan]

Guitars have a gender? ;)

What, you've never heard of a guitar with balls?

[teleclem]

Guitars have a gender? ;)

I refer to mine as a female for some reason. Instinctively did it.

[bluesky636]

Well, now that my thread has become totaly off topic, I guess this will be my last post on the subject. :rolleyes:

[mikee1]

ITS NGD for me!!! I just got one of these in the mail!! I couldn pass it up for $100. Only tele ive got. Had a chance to play it earlier for about an hour and was VERY suprised!! plays great and doestn even sound to bad plugged into the rig!!! probably the best buy ive made in a long time

[bluesky636]

Here's an update with all my mods.

Invisible mods: Stock switch was replaced with a 3-way CRL switch. Stock pots were replaced with 250 Kohm CTS pots with a 0.022 ufd Orange Drop cap. Stock output jack was replaced with a Switchcraft mil-spec phone jack. Everything was rewired using teflon coated wire from Acme.

The top-load bridge was replaced with a string-through bridge from a Squier Standard Tele. Stock bridge saddles were replaced with GFS stainless steel saddles. My drilling (using a hand electric drill) for the string holes was a little off, but not bad. I don't see the back of the guitar when I play anyway. Stock pickups were replaced with a set of GFS NEOVIN Vintage Noiseless pickups. I have a pair of genuine Fender knobs on order for the new pots. Finally, the tuning machines were replaced with GFS staggered locking tuners. Strings are Fender Pure Nickle 10/46s.

The tone and playability of the guitar have been significantly increased. Buttercup is a really sweet guitar now.

http://inlinethumb61.webshots.com/47228/2964839750090987409S600x600Q85.jpg (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2964839750090987409XohVDM)

http://inlinethumb33.webshots.com/48032/2997316030090987409S600x600Q85.jpg (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2997316030090987409wLYXmy)

http://inlinethumb60.webshots.com/48507/2407956810090987409S600x600Q85.jpg (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2407956810090987409McprNB)

http://inlinethumb29.webshots.com/47260/2060254250090987409S600x600Q85.jpg (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2060254250090987409JaKUnY)

[shane88]

cool - i'm thinking of getting a squire tele even more now

[TheReverendCommon]

i find the squier teles to be fantastic...

they play and sound great right out of the box...

now i want one!

[KennyWTelejazz]

I have 3 very different Tele's ....
i picked up this black 2000 Squier Affinity on the cheap used last year
a friend here, MacDaddy 355 sent me a set of pickups that he had collecting dust .....so i put them in her ...
she pulls her weight in my home studio & I love her for it ...
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa257/Kennywtelejazz/HPIM0299.jpg


Kenny

[bluesky636]

Nice.

[silvertone1481]

To me they do, as do cars.

:clips

Wait.....noooooo.....

[KennyWTelejazz]

:clips

Wait.....noooooo.....

hahahahaaaa the wait no part got me

just for that .......I'm gonna inflict a clip on you ..
after the deceptive intro its all Squier Affinity Tele for more than 75 % of the guitar parts
go....sic emmm... Blacky my Negra ...lol
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10486279


Kenny

[ef_in_fla]

cool - i'm thinking of getting a squire tele even more now

Just got my first one this week. After some clean up/fix up/set up, she's real nice. A '96 made in Korea.

http://www.leefritch.com/squier_tele.jpg

[Bikedude]

Got one of these about 5 years ago. You're right, they play great out of the box. Mine had a white guard, i switched out to a blackguard. I had a set of Sperzels laying around, and stuck those on. I put a six saddle string thru bridge on it,(had my buddy put it on a drill press to drill thru the body). I put some Lollar 52's in and man does it sound great now. Stays in tune, plays like buttah, and generally rocks. I get a lot of comments on how good the "Squire" sounds.

[KennyWTelejazz]

Nice.

say bluesky thanks ,

yeah buttercup is looking pretty nice after all the work you did on it
hope you have a keeper :aok

one thing that surprised me about my Black Squier Tele was the neck on it
I have a MIJ Squier Tele that i bought new in 84 when i was working at Mannys Music in the gtr dept
I had Jay Black do a fret job on it back in the day & I consider this gtr to be my # 1 Tele....( had lots of other work done to her also )
it turns out that my Black Squier Tele's neck has the same dimensions as far as the neck shape & thickness......
the main diff ...is the MIJ has a skunk stripe and the truss at the heel end of the neck
feel wise the Affinity neck is exactly the same as the MIJ neck was before i had the fret job done
i consider that to be a good thing

nice rapping w you

Kenny

[willc68]

I bought a butterscotch Affinity Squier new in 2003 and right out of the box it played great.
I thought I may have just gotten lucky with getting a good one but it is great to hear these guitars are impressing others also.
The control plate with pots and switch are on a parts tele right now so this one gets played both pu's full on and still sounds good.

[bluesky636]

I finished the last of my mods to Buttercup tonight. They are:
Replaced the black plastic jack plate with a nice shiny chrome metal one. Gotta have something nice to hold the Mil-Spec Switchcraft jack in place. :)

http://inlinethumb17.webshots.com/47760/2333536460090987409S600x600Q85.jpg (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2333536460090987409lIQTUS)

Added the Greasebucket tone circuit. I really like what it does in my Strat and it sounds even better with the CTS pots and Neovin pickups in the Tele. I also added a set of genuine Fender knobs which are slightly larger and heavier than the Squier knobs. I replaced the top hat knob on the CRL switch with the barrel type knob.

http://inlinethumb13.webshots.com/45836/2440151940090987409S600x600Q85.jpg (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2440151940090987409PVEBnY)

Finally, I replaced the single butterfly string guide with two modern string guides. Looks and works better. As the last cosmetic touch, I did not like all the small logo lettering around the Squier logo, so I carefully removed it all with 400 grit sandpaper followed by 1000 grit paper and lots of guitar polish. Now I have a Squier "Nocaster". Cool eh? :dude

http://inlinethumb01.webshots.com/47168/2473075100090987409S600x600Q85.jpg (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2473075100090987409ENVNIG)

[dspellman]

Nice tele. But I want to hear more about how you tell a car's gender. Do you have to put it up on a lube rack or what?

[bluesky636]

Nice tele.

Thanks.

[livingtoy]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but Bluesky636, where did you pick up that metal jack plate? I can't seem to find one anywhere.

[bluesky636]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but Bluesky636, where did you pick up that metal jack plate? I can't seem to find one anywhere.

Right here:

http://store.guitarfetish.com/Rectangular-curved-output-plate-chrome-FREE-jack_p_655.html

I throw the cheap jack away and replace it with a Mil-Spec Switchcraft jack from here:

http://www.newark.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?SKU=33M7158