New Squire STD Tele new strings

[Duff]

The chinese strings on my new Squire std tele must have been of poor quality because she really, really sings now with the new set of D'd*** 9's I put on her today.

This walnut satin finish std tele is really cool. Never thought a Squire could be so good.

Is it wise to install Fender tele pickups in the standard Squire tele, or stay with the stock pups?

Duffy
Winfield, Pa.

 

[t_ross33]

New strings make a world of difference IMHO. But 9's? Try 10's the next time you change 'em OK, some people pefer 9's... it's a cheap way to play around with your tone.

If the stock p'ups sound good to your ears, no need to upgrade. Unless you want to do it just for kicks, then go for it.

I wouldn't necessarily go straight to Fender though, these guys have a wide variety of, from what I hear, really great p'ups for very little dough.

Great guys to do business with as well.

GuitarFetish.com

 

[Kodiak3D]

I'll toss out an endorsement for Guitarfetish as well. I've bought two sets of pickups from them and I love 'em.

 

[markb]

The strings on every Squier I've tried in a shop are terrible. The Squier std pickups aren't bad but the gfs ones are a nice upgrade. Their lil puncher tele set are basically Joe Bardens on the cheap, vintage tone and noiseless.

 

[gtrwrks]

I like my GFS pickups:

 

[Algonquin]

Lot's of great choices out there Duffy. In the end it all boils down to personal preference.

I don't think there's anything wrong with keeping your stock pickups. Play the heck out of them for the next year or so and find out what you like, and what you don't like about them.

If you chose to upgrade, here's some links to some decent manufacturers.

Enjoy! :beer:


http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/electric/telecaster/index.php?page=all

http://www.kinman.com/html/myProducts/teles.htm

http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?section=accessories&cat=pickups&subcat=telecasterpickups

http://www.dimarzio.com/site/#/pickups/

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Congrats Duffy!

But the rule is: pics or it didn't happen!

 

[Duff]

Picks will follow. The Fender Super Champ XD will probably make any pickups sound great to the inexperienced ear; that amp is so good and sensitive with the ragin cajun speaker. The Squire std tele sounds great and is supposed to have alnico II pickups. It sounds, looks, and plays sweet. Never thought I'd get a Squire. Now they got me wanting to check out the new Squire standard deluxe strat that just came out: it's supposed to be equal to some great fenders and 250, stock. I also heard from Spudman that the Peavey generation x standard tele is a sweet item and priced inexpensively. I've had some good, dependable peavey equip over the years. My son still uses my Peavey TNT 150 bass amp thats like 20 years old with a huge speaker and it has never had any work done on it and sounds super great but not as great as his new SWR workingpro 15 with all its advanced electronics and DI out.

I was going to try a set of 10's on the tele last night: D'dxxxxxx Chromes, ribbon wound stainless steel flat wound, but I thought the flat wounds would deaden the tele twang and would be better put on another guitar. I also have a set of 11's in chrome flat wound. Maybe a Fender Hwy one strat hss or my SX GG1 Jr that is a copy of a gibson LP jr with two P90's: that is mighty bright and might sound really good with some smooth brightness. I don't want to break any necks though, I heard those ss flat wounds put a LOT of stress on the neck. If there is any truth to that I don't know.

Duffy
Winfield, Pa.

"Ain't wastin' time no more" Allman Bro's

 

[Duff]

Gtrwrks

What are those rails and what type of tele is that? Nice item I must say. How do the rails sound compared to the single coils? Are they way less twangy? Way less bright? Not that I don't like brightness. I like variety and also really like a harmoniously smooth dark sounding guitar. Different uses for different moods, etc.

Duffy

"Tuesday's gone with the wind" LS

 

[Duff]

Gtrwrks

What brand of guitar is that beautiful thing? That is really nice.

Duffy

 

[Duff]

10's on a tele

10's on a tele are a good idea? Didn't consider that. I like to bend a lot. Will the 10's restrict my bending?

Will they give it a bassier sound? Any preferred brands?

How about flat ribbon wound chromes in 10's on a tele? They might give it a nice mellow bassy smooth tone. What do you think about that idea?

Duffy
Winfield, Pa

Squire std tele '07
Peavey std Generation EX (EXP) tele '07, darker sounding and sweet, Peavey makes some beautiful guitars, unbeknownst to me until just recently. I had known that they made nice basses but not six strings.

 

[t_ross33]

10's on a tele are a good idea? Didn't consider that. I like to bend a lot. Will the 10's restrict my bending?

I came to 'lectrics from acoustic and bass guitars, so I tend to like a heavier guage. I've found a really good compromise in Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinkys, which is basically a set of 9's on the top 3 and 10's on the bottom 3. No problems bending here. Roundwounds definately needed for Tele twang IMHO.

Oh, a quick note about the GFS Lil Punchers that Gtrwrks shows in that beautiful specimen of a guitar: I just installed a Lil Puncher bridge p'up and I LOVE it. There are 3 versions to choose from which will take you from a vintage Tele sound to a more modern overwound one. I chose the middle ground, Vintage Modern, and split the coil with a push-pull volume pot. Very rich and harmonic in full bucker mode yet with all the Teletude I want and nice and clear in single coil mode, though the drop in output is quite noticeable (and expected). I'll likely have to set my stage volume for useful single coil tones, then dial back the volume a bit for full-on buckin'.

Trev