Squier CV 50s Tele MN BB Reviews

Beautiful guitar - bad QC

To preface this, I knew this is a "lower" budget guitar and I just fell in love with how it looks and it's a telly, c'mon now.

Pros:

- Beautiful finish, even with some minor issues, the wood grain or poor finish at places gives the guitar an "honest" look

- The neck is just wonderful to hold, it truly is - some do not like this type of neck, but frankly, I do

- Controls (volume, pickup selector and tone) are nice and feel sturdy

- Pickups are your standard telly, plenty of youtube videos on these

Cons:

- In total, QC failed on this one, let's start it off:

- Buzzing on 9th, 10th, 13th fret (known issue with a guitar with no compound radius) - went for a quick setup (not pro-level), adjusted the neck, adjusted the action, dead notes on many many bends

- Not so much QC fault, but getting intonation "just right" on this guitar is really a painful job due to the 50's vibe and the 50's bridge

- Tuners are... gorgeous, but they honestly should be replaced, they can hold a tuning, but turning them is a chore and are not precise

- Small weird "burn" markings on 12th fret, as if though someone re-fretted the 12th fret, it's a really strange mark

- Guitar needs a complete fret dressing and potentially new frets

In conclusion:

- As any online purchase (especially in this price range), you are taking a risk here. Is this an amazing guitar for a beginner or a 2nd or 3rd guitar? Yes - but ONLY if lady luck smiles on you and you get a good one or you are ready to dish out additional money for a luthier setup

- Do I regret purchasing this beaut? No, however, I do wish it did not come with such glaring issues that I need to shell out a couple of hundred additional euros for the guitar to be in proper playing condition (might as well get a Fender at that point)

- All in all, beautiful guitar, amazing feel, poor QC

price/performance

conclusion of long time searhching i decided to buy this guitar. best decision if you can't afford a fender.

Great guitar

I really love the looks of it and its sound is amazing. Only issue is the lacquered somewhat neck, makes it difficult to do proper sliding and scale work, for me at least. The weight is also quite heavier than expected.

Very good (but not perfect) guitar for a starter.

Bought as a gift to my sister as her first electric guitar. The fretboard feels really nice, the finish is pretty, and I should say it sounds decently for the price. In the long term the guitar suffers a little bit in keeping the intonation and in my opinion it has some hardware quality lacks (both the bridge and the tuners feels a bit cheap and they're guilty of causing tuning stability problem, but they can be easily upgraded). Overall a very good guitar for a starter. Delivery impeccable as always.

Great tele

I wanted to try a tele for a change and this one surprised me. Previously I played some older Squiers from the Affinity serie. They were not even near as good as this one. Squier has definitely improved their quality over years.

This one is a good resonating instrument. Extremely playable. Stays in tune. It has the lowest action among all my guitars. The fretwire is much harder than on MIM. After months of extreme use it almost has no traces on the fretwire. Fretwire is also well polished and has no sharp edges.

I love it's neck pickup, however it is a bit microphonic. I need to be careful and not knock on it. The bridge pickup is a bit ice-picky. But it was too easy to put them both in balance. I don't adjust it anymore it stays perfect.

I also love it's gloss finish. It stays clean an feels warmer, doesn't get wet or collect fat. It is beautiful and shiny. This is a perfect instrument for someone's first guitar. It will endure all the learning. It is super responsive and playable even unplugged. Later on you can think of a guitar with some better electronics because it does have some noise levels compared to MIM or Am. I grab this one more often than my LP or MIM strat if I want to practice. This means something.

Now that I've played it for a few months, I can rate it more objectively. All in all very well made guitar, soundwise it's all you need a tele to be sounding like. The stock pickups are great really, I was planning on changing them prior to actually playing the guitar. But yeah, they sound perfectly fine. Now, the setup was indeed balanced out of the box and the guitar played nicely, that's why I gave it full stars. And of course, the action was just a bit high for my taste, but again - that's really up to personal prefference. Tuners - great. The fret work is smooth.

The only possible downsides, and that really is nitpicking here, are the too glossy neck and the old school type bridge - again, they work perfectly fine, and honestly have a practical quality to being like that. The thick gloss seals the wood and reduces the possibillity of moist- or heat caused cracks and dents. 3 saddle bridge is what they used on the vintage models, and it stays in tune so yeah - you're really getting a workhorse of a guitar. It's meant to be played a lot... you can totally gig with it as it is.

Nice Tele yes!

Strings very soft, fretboard excellent, slides and bends like wow!

Body finish is great too, final step before my usa, well worth it.

A good Tele for beginners!

I like that the Tele does come intonated, but the action comes so high for electric guitar and if a beginner who is learning by himself then the action might be "normal for them" and that might be bad in the future. But otherwise a very good and instrument. The tone is a bit different than american/Mexican teles, the American Tele sounds more bright and crisp, but the Squier has more of a thicker sound and the highs are a bit quieter. Good for a beginner. I would recommend to others starting out.

This is my modding guitar

I buy this guitar to mod, following the forums. Changed everything. So most of the standard parts fit. Except: Locking tuners, I had to drill a 10mm over 8mm hole. Metal control plate covering electronics, had to enlarge the hole to fit American size pots. Knobs also had to change for that too.

It is heavy. But I play it on the couch so no big deal for me.

Also you need to do some fret work and some sanding to have a nice neck.

Best affordable electric guitar out there

For the price, you really can beat this guitar. I've had the guitar for a few months now. Very easy to play (the setup out of the box was ok), I did not expect the guitar to be this well built. Sound is what you would expect from a tele, super versatile. The finish is very glossy, so mind that if you don't like it.

Fab guitar, good price, scratches the telecaster itch I had.

As per the title. Also, given the price point I have been comfortable making changes to the guitar (Bigsby bridge, etc).

Good twang.

Great for the price

Bought this as a temporary axe since my regular american standard telecaster in another country, but quite stunned by the quality of the guitar. Sound is what you expect from a telecaster, and the build quality is quite high.

Wasnt expecting it to be this good, definitely a price/performance guitar, strongly recommended.

Very nice telecaster

Very playable right out of the box, I gave mine a little more neck relief as it was pretty much perfectly straight .

Swapped out the saddles for brass compensated and that is pretty much all the modding I will do with this guitar - Not sure if I prefer the sound of the brass or original saddles better but the intonation is now perfect.

Frets leveled but not really rounded, fret edges are dressed for the most part but further down the neck it gets ever so slightly rougher

It sounds great - very versatile

best guitar ever played for the money...at least

A WONDERFUL INSTRUMENT

I got one about a month ago and i can't stop playing it.

I definetely find the sound and the feel of this instrument better than the one on the low-end Fender counterpart.

Totally worth the money, super easy playability straight out of the box and even better with a proper setup.

Build quality is awesome: the guitar is sturdy and every component feels really in place.

The butterscotch finish, the pine body and the maple neck give her a stunning look.

The only thing I have to point out is that in the Indonesian model you don't get the brass saddles, but you get nickel ones, and I suggest changing the plastic nut with a better one (not necessary but i find it worthy).

Without exaggerating i can say that i have never felt more satisfied with a purchase for the price, definetely worth the money.

Excellent craftsmanship of those classic vibes

This instrument is very well built and looks absolutely amazing.

The sound is very much to the bright side, especially on the bridge pickup. I was used to play my guitars with volume and tone all the way up to the maximum, but for this guitar you might want to dial down a little bit.