I know that there is a Squier Thinline out there and I'm pretty sure it's been discontinued. but I'm interested in it for *someday.* does anyone have any experience or knowledge about it?
I tried one last week, very nice guitar - the local music shop's closing, and I'm hoping the price'll drop a fair bit - it's had more than its fair share of knocking about in the shop, there's a few scratches and nicks, and a nasty case of belt-buckle rash. I THINK the one I tried was the Affinity series, it was a light tan colour, hollowbody, had a lovely low action and fast neck....like I say, I'll take it if they drop it a bit more.
I'm biased though - I love my Squier Custom Tele, wouldn't trade it for anything....
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
It's definitely one of the cooler Tele variants, Pearl. I'd go for one if available.
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I was trying to look into one of these the other day.
Hollow Artcores and the Gibson ES' (I've heard) since they're hollowbodied or semi-hollowbodied use a different fretboard length or something similar.. and because of that they don't bend like say, a standard strat.
Is this true of the Thinline Telecaster, too?
Used to be, was a part of me felt like hiding.. but now it comes through. Comes through to you.
This was the one I had hold of.....
http://www.squierguitars.com/products/search.php?partno=0340100521
and I use a lot of bends when I'm playing lead....didn't feel any different to me than my Squier Tele....sounded nice clean, had a nice twang to it....sounded good distorted, you could rock with it as well.....
http://www.squierguitars.com/products/search.php?partno=0327502506
and I chose that after trying a couple of Fender teles, I thought it felt smoother and the neck was soooo playable.....
BUT - like I said - I'm biased, some like Gibson, some like Fender, I like Squier......
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
I was trying to look into one of these the other day.
Hollow Artcores and the Gibson ES' (I've heard) since they're hollowbodied or semi-hollowbodied use a different fretboard length or something similar.. and because of that they don't bend like say, a standard strat.
Is this true of the Thinline Telecaster, too?
Thinlines feel like Teles. They have the same scale length (25.5 in) as a typical Fender, including a Strat. Artcores were probably designed to emulate the Gibby, Epiphone and Gretch hollows and semis that usually have/had shorter (24.75 in) scale lengths. But that shorter length is probably more of a tradition than related to hollow or semi-hollow design. For example, Les Pauls and SGs also have the same 24.75 scale length.
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