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After being bombarded for so long by all the raves for the CV50s tele, and being that I was thinking of doing another Micawber or Esquire, I ordered one from Sweetwater for a sweet price. I have a shipment of parts on the way from Stewmac - pickguard for my project along with knobs and electrosocket jack. I'll post pics when done but this one is getting reverse plate mod w/ 4-way switching. Should be quick and painless. :thwap
 
stingx said:
I'll post pics when done but this one is getting reverse plate mod w/ 4-way switching. Should be quick and painless. :thwap
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What's the fourth position going to be: pups in series or no tone pot in the circuit? If you don't mind, could you list the links to the parts you bought? I might do something similar on mine eventually.
 
Eric said:
What's the fourth position going to be: pups in series or no tone pot in the circuit? If you don't mind, could you list the links to the parts you bought? I might do something similar on mine eventually.
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Normally with a four way switch on a Tele it's be the usual three choices plus the pickups in series. However, it sounds like he's doing Esquire wiring. Not sure what the fourth position would be for in that case.
 
marnold said:
Normally with a four way switch on a Tele it's be the usual three choices plus the pickups in series. However, it sounds like he's doing Esquire wiring. Not sure what the fourth position would be for in that case.
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Similar to this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Telecaster-Wiri...Accessories&hash=item27bce7fa23#ht_1307wt_920

I haven't ordered this piece yet. Gonna play it for a bit and decide the route I want to go. If I go go Eqsuire route then it's just ordering another scratch-plate from stewmac, harness and solder (the stock control plate isn't bad either - alpha vs. CTS so one other option is just rewire/mod existing controls).
 
Here's a quickie cell phone photo. Got home after good usable lighting :(

squier_cv50.jpg


Anyway, there's not much I can say about this guitar that hasn't already been said since its introduction in '08. It's a very well built instrument - the body is entirely vintage spec so anything that will fit a 52RI will fit this guitar without modification. The neck is great. I had mine cherry picked for me so I got a bit of flame on the back and sides of the neck. I also asked for a fairly light one and I got just that. The fit and finish were flawless. The frets were dressed very well and no jaggies. It was almost in tune when I took it out of the box and the intonation was DEAD ON. The action is puuuurfect. I am amazed at this product not just from a $$$ standpoint but just overall. I have quite a collection of instruments and some very expensive pieces but I will say this in all truthfulness - if someone changed the headstock decal and loaned me this I would have had no problem believing it was a much more expensive guitar.

So. I will play it as is for a bit, changing to 10s of course. Then I will decide on ditching the neck pup and begin the Esquire transformation. The lead pickup might just be my favorite thing about the whole guitar. It's great! Nice bite.

Oh, by the way, the pickguard and knobs are not stock. I got them from stewmac.
 
If I ever get a tele it'll have to be just like that, or normal aged white.
 
stingx said:
Nice tele, Brian :)
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Haha, thanks. Except for the neck pup (and control-plate flip), yours is a dead ringer for it! Mine's an '87 '52 RI that a bandmate at my former church sold me for probably about half what it was worth, simply because he wasn't playing it!

I need to gig it a lot more than I do. It has the funky original '50's wiring scheme, which takes some getting used to, but I actually like. Although many if not most think that that set-up won't allow for neck+bridge pickup selection, it's still do-able, you just have to put the pickup selector at the "in-between" "no-notch" setting midway between the neck and bridge detents. Which is what early Strat players did with their 3-position switches to get "quack."
 
Can't tell from your picture but can you see some wood grain through your finish? I can see just a hint in mine. A little more would have been perfect but I still like the finish just the same.
 
stingx said:
After being bombarded for so long by all the raves for the CV50s tele, and being that I was thinking of doing another Micawber or Esquire, I ordered one from Sweetwater for a sweet price. I have a shipment of parts on the way from Stewmac - pickguard for my project along with knobs and electrosocket jack. I'll post pics when done but this one is getting reverse plate mod w/ 4-way switching. Should be quick and painless. :thwap
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Whats the CV bit? Ive not come across this guitar model in the UK.
 
crowhue said:
Whats the CV bit? Ive not come across this guitar model in the UK.
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It stands for "Classic Vibe", but you won't see "CV" on the actual guitar. That's just our bit.

I'm sure there are a few Squier Classic Vibe 50's/60's Strat's and Tele's in and about UK. I'd like to see how some of the Heritage guitars compare against them.
 
Tig said:
It stands for "Classic Vibe", but you won't see "CV" on the actual guitar. That's just our bit.

I'm sure there are a few Squier Classic Vibe 50's/60's Strat's and Tele's in and about UK. I'd like to see how some of the Heritage guitars compare against them.
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Heritage? Those are Gibsonesque US-made guitars from the old Kalamazoo plant.

Did you mean the UK import brand "Vintage?"

vint3.jpg
 

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