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Published on 09/03/03 at 15:00I bought for about $160 at a music shop, It was the new release of Squier which has affordable cost for each player with less budget for new guitar branded Fender, included me of course.. what a poor player I am..
The price was so fair on me.. and make me wanna try it out, I was thinking a new brand of Fender tele with low price kicks me out... rock on! no... blues on!! no... Tele on!!!
ya ya.. poor body I said when it hasn`t "back hole" for the strings, it built "really really" a solid body so the strings pass trough the tremolo bridge, not the body.. as the matter of fact, the Squier Tele (not the affinity) has the back hole.. ah it doesn`t look like Fender tele anymore.. (yeah it just a hole)
The pickup installed on these unit is so far so fair.. of course for reducing the cost products, it has less bright on neck even the tone knob were boosted, and less 'twang' from original tele I`ve expected, I always boost the presence from my headamp to get close the original tele sound, but the accuracy was distorted haha.. poor my babies..
Hmm.. let`s see the contruction, nice alder body with one-piece maple neck and fretboard, seems like Fender standard telecaster, crafted in china for lower cost product not the quality, it`s body is not too much different with Fender tele, I bet one step lower only than the body that Fender used, cause they always use poplar/ash/premium alder not like these affinity series.
Affinity has a fair tele sound at that prices, quite warm tone on the neck and not bad tele oriented on the bridge, My fave is when the switch positioned in the middle... less `twang` with more clarity and brightness (at that prices of course!) not bad...
Affinity has a fair tele sound at that prices, quite warm tone on the neck and not bad tele oriented on the bridge which has affordable cost for each player with less budget for new guitar branded Fender, included me of course.. what a poor player I am..
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
The price was so fair on me.. and make me wanna try it out, I was thinking a new brand of Fender tele with low price kicks me out... rock on! no... blues on!! no... Tele on!!!
ya ya.. poor body I said when it hasn`t "back hole" for the strings, it built "really really" a solid body so the strings pass trough the tremolo bridge, not the body.. as the matter of fact, the Squier Tele (not the affinity) has the back hole.. ah it doesn`t look like Fender tele anymore.. (yeah it just a hole)
The pickup installed on these unit is so far so fair.. of course for reducing the cost products, it has less bright on neck even the tone knob were boosted, and less 'twang' from original tele I`ve expected, I always boost the presence from my headamp to get close the original tele sound, but the accuracy was distorted haha.. poor my babies..
Hmm.. let`s see the contruction, nice alder body with one-piece maple neck and fretboard, seems like Fender standard telecaster, crafted in china for lower cost product not the quality, it`s body is not too much different with Fender tele, I bet one step lower only than the body that Fender used, cause they always use poplar/ash/premium alder not like these affinity series.
Affinity has a fair tele sound at that prices, quite warm tone on the neck and not bad tele oriented on the bridge, My fave is when the switch positioned in the middle... less `twang` with more clarity and brightness (at that prices of course!) not bad...
Affinity has a fair tele sound at that prices, quite warm tone on the neck and not bad tele oriented on the bridge which has affordable cost for each player with less budget for new guitar branded Fender, included me of course.. what a poor player I am..
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com