A superb gateway into the time-honored Fender® family, the Squier® Affinity Series™ Telecaster® delivers legendary design and quintessential tone for today’s aspiring guitar hero. This Tele® features several player-friendly refinements such as a thin and lightweight body, a slim and comfortable “C”-shaped neck profile, a string-through-body bridge for optimal body resonance and sealed die-cast tuning machines with split shafts for smooth, accurate tuning and easy restringing. Loaded with dual Squier single-coil Tele pickups with 3-way switching for genre-defying sonic variety, this model is ready to accompany any player at any stage.
FEATURES
- Thin and lightweight body
- String-through-body bridge
- Slim and comfortable “C”-shaped neck profile
- Two Squier single-coil pickups
- Sealed die-cast tuning machines with split shafts
STRING-THROUGH-BODY TELECASTER BRIDGE
A string-through-body bridge improves resonance through the body and increases string tension for a rock-solid feel.
SQUIER SINGLE-COIL TELECASTER PICKUPS
Voiced in-house at Fender, these Squier single-coil pickups produce crisp, articulate tone for a wide variety of styles.
SEALED DIE-CAST TUNING MACHINES WITH SPLIT SHAFTS
Sealed die-cast tuning machines have a smooth action for accurate tuning, and the split shafts make changing strings a breeze.
BODY
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Body MaterialPoplar
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Body ShapeTelecaster®
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Body FinishGloss Polyurethane
NECK
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Neck MaterialMaple
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Neck FinishSatin Urethane with Gloss Urethane Headstock Face
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Neck Shape"C" Shape
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Scale Length25.5" (648 mm)
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Fingerboard MaterialMaple
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Fingerboard Radius9.5" (241 mm)
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Number of Frets21
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Fret SizeMedium Jumbo
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Nut MaterialSynthetic Bone
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Nut Width1.650" (42 mm)
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Position InlaysBlack Dot
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Truss RodHead Adjust
ELECTRONICS
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Bridge PickupCeramic Single-Coil
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Neck PickupCeramic Single-Coil
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ControlsMaster Volume, Master Tone
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Switching3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge, Position 2. Bridge and Neck, Position 3. Neck
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ConfigurationSS
HARDWARE
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Bridge6-Saddle Strings-Through-Body Tele®
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Hardware FinishChrome
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Tuning MachinesSealed Die-Cast with Split Shafts
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Pickguard3-Ply Black
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Control KnobsKnurled Flat-Top
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Switch TipBlack
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Neck Plate4-Bolt Squier®
MISCELLANEOUS
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StringsNickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
