CV Tele vs ‘04 MIM

[JB_From_Hell]

If you were buying sight unseen for similar prices, would you go ‘04 MIM or CV?

[Blille]

Re: CV Tele vs ‘04 MIM

MIM

[FuseG4]

Re: CV Tele vs ‘04 MIM

I've always liked the CV teles for the price point but when it was time to buy a tele I could never pull the trigger on CV, even though it was more tele bang for the buck vs upgrading MIM and Highway 1 teles like I have done. Maybe it is neck shape and nut width, CV feels a little small, not as much shoulder to the neck profile maybe. Also I'm not a fan of butterscotch blonde which is most of the CVs I've come across in person. The white one with black guard I almost got when it was time to get my player series tele but I was looking for the late 50s sound so I figured I would check the appropriate boxes on alder/maple/3 steel saddles/a5 pickups. But I think white guard on a white tele looks better and looks late 50s anyways.

So I guess for me I go Fender unless I wanted a blackguard butterscotch with that somewhat darker rounder early 50s thing going on in which case I think the CV does a great job out of the box.

[Silence Kid]

Re: CV Tele vs ‘04 MIM

Very close, but MIM. They can both be very good guitars. One thing I would look out for - I once stripped a MIM body that turned out to be five pieces, with veneers front and back. I've on the other hand seen some very low piece-count Squiers, if you care about that.

[hamerfan]

Re: CV Tele vs ‘04 MIM

i liked the CV, the smallish neck worked great form. I did't like the thick glossy poly lacquer, so i went for a partscaster and some rattle cans with nitro.

[Blille]

Re: CV Tele vs ‘04 MIM

Now that I think about it, when was the year that Fender upgraded the MIM, it was 04, right?

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: CV Tele vs ‘04 MIM

I think '05. The '03 and '04 I've looked at on Reverb look like small frets.

[Blille]

Re: CV Tele vs ‘04 MIM

Thanks, so maybe it’s a tie