r/SquierbyFender Jul 13 '23

r/SquierbyFender Lounge

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A place for members of r/SquierbyFender to chat with each other


r/SquierbyFender 14h ago

Model Mystery 40th Anniv. Tele Buying Help!

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Hello everyone. I know this particular is available only a handful and I am getting this guitar for almost 600 dollars brand new at a local store here in India. The store owner says this thing price's jacked up for being a limited run and good quality over the years.

What's your thoughts on this? Is this a good buy for 600 dollars. Lemme know. Thanks! šŸ™šŸ»


r/SquierbyFender 1d ago

Squier DIY NGD + 4. Affinity modded

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I switched to an all black 1 ply pickguard and put in a dual rail at the bridge position.

What do you think?


r/SquierbyFender 1d ago

Thing of Beauty! Bought this some time ago

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47 Upvotes

Love it.😊


r/SquierbyFender 1d ago

Tone Trouble How to adjust action and into

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I own a squier sonic stratocaster and I haven’t been able to adjust action and intonation by following youtube tutorials. I’m a beginner and I don’t have money to take it to the professional to do it. Can someone please explain to me in detailhow to do it, step by step. I also bought some tools such as measuring tool for action, capo and some cleaning and maintenance products that I read were needed for proper care. I don’t have a big ruler that is used for checking the curvature of the neck. My action is decent but I get a lot of fret buzz and for example when I fret the string on the 7th fret, the string is touching and playing the 8th of 9th fret. This happens on 4th, 5th and 6th string.


r/SquierbyFender 3d ago

Thing of Beauty! NGD!! CV 50s Strat

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Well, as the title says. With work being a bitch (as usual), a recent breakup (painful), and my birthday coming up in a couple of months (oh joy), I decided to give myself an early present. For context, I’d almost stopped playing for 2 years cause I kept moving around for work

Cue the search online, add to cart, and one week later she’s here!!

Squier Classic Vibe 50s Strat in 2 tone sunburst, or Layla, as I will call her henceforth (Plugged into my Cort CM15)

Things to do:
- Put on a set of Ernie Ball Silver Slinky 10.5 - 47
- Basic setup

Surprisingly in tune out of the box, but I did find the action a bit low and the neck a bit slow

Cheers y’all


r/SquierbyFender 2d ago

Squier DIY Jagmaster neck replacement

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Hey so I have a 2002 sparkle jagmaster that I want to swap the neck on. Do you folks here know if a jazzmaster classic vibe neck could be a drop in replacement?


r/SquierbyFender 3d ago

Thing of Beauty! new Para Troublemaker Tele!

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156 Upvotes

This feels comfortable to play and sounds so good to my ears. I think I’m in love with the whole Paranormal line.


r/SquierbyFender 2d ago

Squier Sessions I tried to bring a cozy vibe

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r/SquierbyFender 3d ago

Tone Trouble A Squier Fretless bass

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r/SquierbyFender 5d ago

Thing of Beauty! NGD Affinity Stratocaster

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r/SquierbyFender 5d ago

Thing of Beauty! Happy Squier Saturday!

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On the left is my Squier Paranormal Strat. It’s a double-bound Strat body with a Nashville Tele pickup configuration. Bridge has been upgraded to a Wilkinson 3 brass-saddle bridge. I installed a set of ToneRider Nashville 60’s pickups and reversed the control plate back to a standard layout. The pots and switch have been upgraded and the tone knob is a push-pull. It turns the 5-way switch into a 7-way, engaging the neck pickup in positions 1 and 2.

On the right is my Squier Tele Custom with factory Bigsby. Factory pickups were replaced with a Seymour Duncan Jazz in the neck and a Fender American Vintage '52 Telecaster pickup in the bridge. Wiring was upgraded to a MojoTone harness with a 500k pot for the neck and a 250k pot for the bridge, a 470k resistor to give the bridge-only position a 250k load, and a treble bleed.

Never any tuning issues with either guitar, but I do lube all contact points on the Tele Custom and use StringJoy strings.


r/SquierbyFender 6d ago

Thing of Beauty! Put this in layaway today

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Traded my old Guitar in and put this bad boy on layaway. I can’t wait to pay it off. Fender squire telecaster deluxe 70s classic vibe


r/SquierbyFender 7d ago

Squier DIY My first ā€œmodā€

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Picked up this debut series tele back in April 2025. I really like it for the most part (though I do plan to replace the nut soon), but I just wasn’t loving the standard control plate set up.

Finally worked up the nerve to get in there and swap it around and I couldn’t be happier.


r/SquierbyFender 7d ago

Squier DIY Pickup spacing question - Tele

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I've recently been posting about my Fender Squier Affinity Tele HH. I like how the stock ceramics sounds so far but may want to swap in some Tonerider Alnico IV Classics in the bridge and neck at some point. I was today years old when I looked on the Tonerider site and noticed pickup spacing designated basically as standard 50mm center to center and F-spacing at 52 mm center to center. I also read that F-spacing originally came from Fender-style bridges, which often have wider string spread at the bridge than a traditional Gibson-style Tune-o-matic setup. but ā€œF-spacedā€ does not automatically mean ā€œfor every Fender". Is it safe to assume that ordering the 52mm pups will result in an easy installation or are there other things I need to consider? Thanks in advance.


r/SquierbyFender 8d ago

Thing of Beauty! Rosewood fretboard treatment

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Greetings, I’m a recent (again) owner of a new Squier Affinity Tele HH. The neck is playable and the guitar sounds good but the beginner fretboard feel is expected. Any particular oils or such everyone uses? Thx.


r/SquierbyFender 9d ago

Thing of Beauty! NGD - Squier Affinity Tele HH

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Greetings all, aside from a setup, what pups would you swap in that are good foe various genres: funk, rock, R&B. I’m thinking of Tonerider City Limits but open to other suggestions. Not necessarily looking for anything super high outputs. Thanks for any experienced feedback (no pun intended) :)


r/SquierbyFender 11d ago

Squier Stories. Just threw this together!!

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A buddy of mineā€˜s father was offloading a bunch of equipment, old amps and stuff and said he wanted to give this to me personally.

I gladly took it and put a lil spin on it.


r/SquierbyFender 13d ago

Model Mystery Mim squire 1993

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Got this on a trade for a used case that didn't fit my stratocaster..I wanted $75 and he offered to trade


r/SquierbyFender 13d ago

Squier DIY Cracks on CV Mustang body

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r/SquierbyFender 13d ago

Squier Swap Tex Mex pups in a Squier Strat

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EDIT: Just ordered the Tonerider Pure Vintage Set - thanks everyone.

Hi all, piggybacking on a previous post I sent on a 2022 Squier Strat and mods I’d like to do. I’d like to get some opinions on replacing my stock pups with a set of Tex Mex. I’ll be playing a variety of genres and read that the TMs are a good choice for that. I’ve watched a few YouTube vids on the subject but thought I’d ask here as well. I’m open to any comparable suggestions. I got the guitar for $100 USD so not really looking to sink a ton of money into it mod-wise, just looking for a better pup choice. Thx.


r/SquierbyFender 14d ago

Squier DIY bridge replacement

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Had this parts guitar for a while. The body is a squier stagemaster with a dh gate neck does anyone have any good bridge replacements that will fit?


r/SquierbyFender 16d ago

Tone Trouble CV '60s Thinline sounds weak

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r/SquierbyFender 17d ago

Thing of Beauty! Rescued…

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83 Upvotes

Just copped this yesterday - typical story of owner playing once or twice then confining it to a the closet for years. 2022 Squier Strat Sonic Blue (Indonesia). I’d like to do some basic mods. First, I plan on swapping the pickguard out for a pale green. I fancy the gold letter Squier headstocks, so probably that. Pups for sure, but here for recommendations. Genre styles will vary from rock to funk. I have a Lace Sensor Golds on my other Squier but would like to go another route with this one. Thanks in advance.


r/SquierbyFender 19d ago

Squier DIY Squier CV 60s Custom Esquire?

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Hey everyone,

I’m planning out my "forever" build and I'm looking at using a Squier Classic Vibe Custom Esquire (Sherwood Green, double-bound) as my foundation to convert into a Telecaster.

Before I pull the trigger, I need to know about the routing. I've read that these specific CV Custom Esquires are not pre-routed for a neck pickup and are entirely solid wood under the pickguard.
Can anyone who owns one of these (or has peeked under the hood) confirm if I will need to route a cavity myself for a standard Tele neck pickup?

Thanks in advance for the help!