Squier Classic Vibe Telecaster Thinline - major GAS attack help!!!
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FuseG4
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Re: Squier Classic Vibe Telecaster Thinline - major GAS attack help!!!
I suck at describing things but I know what you mean.
I feel like if you play and set the amp in a way that accentuates that...thinline sound that they have, they sound "thinline". But the difference is subtle and they can sound like regular teles for sure. You sort of have to be listening for the difference and it's sort of a feel thing as well. Spongey maybe.
I feel like the attack gets a little softer and theres some airy harmonic junk going on. On most of em.
I have played some also that were kinda heavy, were ballsy sounding but were kinda ice picky.
I suck at describing things but I know what you mean.
I feel like if you play and set the amp in a way that accentuates that...thinline sound that they have, they sound "thinline". But the difference is subtle and they can sound like regular teles for sure. You sort of have to be listening for the difference and it's sort of a feel thing as well. Spongey maybe.
I feel like the attack gets a little softer and theres some airy harmonic junk going on. On most of em.
I have played some also that were kinda heavy, were ballsy sounding but were kinda ice picky.
Diego
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Re: Squier Classic Vibe Telecaster Thinline - major GAS attack help!!!
There's a slight difference in tone, it's more noticeable with lower gain but if you're playing with higher gain and particularly high volume, you'll notice a different bloom to notes as they turn into feedback.
As mentioned already, they just feel different as well. Softer I guess it's the word. I would say the attack mellows out a bit, but this can vary so much from guitar to guitar. Still, Thinlines are a great recipe and makes you wonder why there's no Strats like this, except for the EJ Signature Strat which, as amazing as it probably is, looks so wrong with that F hole...
Anyway. Thinlines are the ****.
There's a slight difference in tone, it's more noticeable with lower gain but if you're playing with higher gain and particularly high volume, you'll notice a different bloom to notes as they turn into feedback.
As mentioned already, they just feel different as well. Softer I guess it's the word. I would say the attack mellows out a bit, but this can vary so much from guitar to guitar. Still, Thinlines are a great recipe and makes you wonder why there's no Strats like this, except for the EJ Signature Strat which, as amazing as it probably is, looks so wrong with that F hole...
Anyway. Thinlines are the ****.
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astrozombie
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Re: Squier Classic Vibe Telecaster Thinline - major GAS attack help!!!
It’s a little hard to describe. The difference is that the thin line is “woodier” sounding. Think of how a Tom sounds when a drummer hits it lightly. That sort of inflated quality. I don’t know if it would be more prone to feedback etc but I can’t see that being probable with how little of the guitar is actually hollowed out.
From what I’ve read the thinking design was meant to make the guitars lighter, not affect their sound. That might give you better insight as to what the difference is. Come to think of it, Fender doesn’t even claim these sound any different to a regular telecaster. They just claim that they jangle or chime, etc. But regular telecaster also do that in spades!
Fender is such a strange company. You can pickup a $300 guitar and it feels like Ike or their $1800 models. You can hand someone a $700 guitar and say it’s worth $1300 and have them believe you. While some models are crazily different, I find the majority of them are all similar guitars within their price ranges and only specific changes in spec will produce a truly different instrument from its peers.
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It’s a little hard to describe. The difference is that the thin line is “woodier” sounding. Think of how a Tom sounds when a drummer hits it lightly. That sort of inflated quality. I don’t know if it would be more prone to feedback etc but I can’t see that being probable with how little of the guitar is actually hollowed out.
From what I’ve read the thinking design was meant to make the guitars lighter, not affect their sound. That might give you better insight as to what the difference is. Come to think of it, Fender doesn’t even claim these sound any different to a regular telecaster. They just claim that they jangle or chime, etc. But regular telecaster also do that in spades!
Fender is such a strange company. You can pickup a $300 guitar and it feels like Ike or their $1800 models. You can hand someone a $700 guitar and say it’s worth $1300 and have them believe you. While some models are crazily different, I find the majority of them are all similar guitars within their price ranges and only specific changes in spec will produce a truly different instrument from its peers.
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Re: Squier Classic Vibe Telecaster Thinline - major GAS attack help!!!
I had a Squier thinline CV telecaster for years and it was absolutely amazing. Sounded great, played great and felt good in the hands. The only drawback I couldn't get over was that it was a Squier and not Fender. I know, that's really dumb, but for some reason it made me value it less. That being said, the classic vibe tele and a classic vibe strat were two of the best guitars I have bought and sold over the years.
I had a Squier thinline CV telecaster for years and it was absolutely amazing. Sounded great, played great and felt good in the hands. The only drawback I couldn't get over was that it was a Squier and not Fender. I know, that's really dumb, but for some reason it made me value it less. That being said, the classic vibe tele and a classic vibe strat were two of the best guitars I have bought and sold over the years.
Re: Squier Classic Vibe Telecaster Thinline - major GAS attack help!!!
Had a mexican one around '03-04, was pretty cool and distinctive vs regular teles... mightve been in part about the oldskool ashtray+barrels bridge, though.
Then had some life changes, needed some money, so... gave it up in a bad deal to some ahole who possibly also stole or at least tried to steal my girlfriend (little vague on the details, do recall some pretty odd vibes though). Oh, and then, most of that money conveniently disappeared after I got illegally searched by some crooked cops after what may have included a public urination incident? Or maybe drinking in public?
Again, kinda vague on the details, just recall having c-notes with watermarks and security strips and stuff before getting drunk, and finding inkjet printered cheapo copies in their place after a brief catch-and-release "arrest" that somehow never made it into the books and ended abruptly with a so-called "warning". Cash wasn't with my beer money either, but squirrelled away good, so it only left my person when the cops patted us down.
Ah, youth... ANYWAYS...
With the ~$450 price tag on the CV's, you might consider holding out for used Mexican or Japanese though?
Had a mexican one around '03-04, was pretty cool and distinctive vs regular teles... mightve been in part about the oldskool ashtray+barrels bridge, though.
Then had some life changes, needed some money, so... gave it up in a bad deal to some ahole who possibly also stole or at least tried to steal my girlfriend (little vague on the details, do recall some pretty odd vibes though). Oh, and then, most of that money conveniently disappeared after I got illegally searched by some crooked cops after what may have included a public urination incident? Or maybe drinking in public?
Again, kinda vague on the details, just recall having c-notes with watermarks and security strips and stuff before getting drunk, and finding inkjet printered cheapo copies in their place after a brief catch-and-release "arrest" that somehow never made it into the books and ended abruptly with a so-called "warning". Cash wasn't with my beer money either, but squirrelled away good, so it only left my person when the cops patted us down.
Ah, youth... ANYWAYS...
With the ~$450 price tag on the CV's, you might consider holding out for used Mexican or Japanese though?
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Francois
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Re: Squier Classic Vibe Telecaster Thinline - major GAS attack help!!!
Terrible GAS !
I also had tele GAS because something I think my Tele is not real Tele : it is a Deluxe with two Wide Range Humbuckers, a (too heavy) Strat headstock and Gibson styled electronics)... So sometimes I would like to get a real Tele... and sometimes I am looking a the Thinlines (the with one single coil + one Wide Range HB)
Actually you can get pretty cheap hand indonesian made Thinline Telecaster... But if the thread cured your Tele GAS, it is cool.
Mine was cured just by thinking of a another guitar
a Korina Flying V (with strings going through the body).
Terrible GAS !
I also had tele GAS because something I think my Tele is not real Tele : it is a Deluxe with two Wide Range Humbuckers, a (too heavy) Strat headstock and Gibson styled electronics)... So sometimes I would like to get a real Tele... and sometimes I am looking a the Thinlines (the with one single coil + one Wide Range HB)
Actually you can get pretty cheap hand indonesian made Thinline Telecaster... But if the thread cured your Tele GAS, it is cool.
Mine was cured just by thinking of a another guitar
a Korina Flying V (with strings going through the body).
Francois
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Re: Squier Classic Vibe Telecaster Thinline - major GAS attack help!!!
I agree ! (and would love trying the Eric Johnson thinline Strat.)
I agree ! (and would love trying the Eric Johnson thinline Strat.)
