Squier Classic Vibe 50s

[Duff]

"Cherry Burst"

Zman,

Isn't that "Cherry Burst" a great guitar?

Mine picked me out at a GC one day when I was shopping for a tele or a blue Deluxe, of which they didn't have any that I wanted.

The "Cherry Burst" kept looking at me from the corner of my eye. I had to check it out and it was definitely beautiful with the mint green pickguard and the staggered sss pickups. I played it and that was all it took. I walked out with the guitar for a very fair price and love it to this day. I played it yesterday then switched to my CV '50s. Different tones but neither is a better guitar.

The "Cherry Burst" has that beautiful red sunburst color and the mint green pickguard and those special pickups. Does yours have the staggered pole pieces sss pickups? They don't look like regular Squire Standard pickups. And the guitar is awesome.

I have a HSS Fender Hwy One that doesn't sound that much better, if at all. I don't play it as much as I should. Thinking that it is in safe keeping could be a mistake. Anything mysterious could be going on with it. I need to get it out and play it.

There are a lot of great Squires out there right now and some awesome used deals you can get and then hot rod them.

If I'm going to hot rod a guitar I like to buy a guitar that plays perfect before I hot rod it. I like to start on solid ground so to speak, with a really good guitar that may have some cosmetic or wiring problems but no buzz and great low action, no cracks, and tuners that work. This way I know I have a decent item from which to build upon. This plan has worked and my "Black Pearl" sss affinity strat is a great example with its Seymour Duncan humbucking single coil sized pups and all new wiring. Next is the bridge tone knob mod and I don't know why I didn't get that done when I did the electronics over.

Let me know Zman on the staggered pickups on your "Cherry Burst". Thanks.

Hope someone gained something from my post.

Peace,

Duffy

"White Out" Squire Deluxe hanging with the Squire "Cherry Burst":

And hanging with a Squire Custom II P90 telecaster with the maple board:

Squire makes some great guitars, judging by thes awesome sounding ones.

 

[oldguy]

Duff.............. I've looked at those Strat pictures every time you post them again and I can't see what's holding them.................... They're not just leaned against those drums sitting on a hardwood floor, are they?

 

[Duff]

Oldguy

Oldguy,

They are just leaning gently against the drums and sitting on the strap post I suppose. They didn't fall and I take fairly good care of them, but they are players for sure, not beat up at all and kept waxed, etc.

I am playing the "Cherry Burst" tonight much to my delight thru my Danelectro Wassabi Overdrive pedal I got recently on a MF along with the Danelectro Wassabi Distortion pedal with is as I type being played into by my ESP LTD H-101FM, I think that is what it is called - a super strat type twin humbucker, Seymour Hot Rodded HB set uncovered JB in Bridge and Jazz in neck, that I just re strung. Had flat wounds on it and now it sounds soooooooooooooooooo much better, especially with that awesome Wassabi distortion pedal rolling. I waxed that LTD and oiled the rosewood board and it is an awesome inexpensive guitar that looks great, feels awesome - the hard chords just fall into my hands without buzzing or muffling. It sounds great and plays great as well. I'm playing the two tonight. Don't have to work tomorrow and am going to groove tonight.

H-101FM with the Seymour Duncan "Hot Rodded", Seymour's favorite pickups:

The "Cherry Burst" is plugged into the Wassabi OD and into my little new and great Marshall MG15CDR; an incredible bedroom amp.

The LTD super strat flamed "Super Liner" is plugged into the Wassabi Distortion and into my super neat stock Crate cream and gold V8 Palamino almost clean on the amp and sweetly overdriven by the Wassabi OD.

I took a gamble on the MF stupid deal two days in a row and went for them, never having played them and they are really impressing me. They are actually two pedals in one. In addition to having switches for HB's and Single's, they have separate buttons for the main effect, distortion or OD, and a separate button for Boost in 5 or 10 dB increments. You can use either effect separately, so the pedals can be used just as boosts if you want to push a small bedroom or other tube amp's preamp section into overdrive by assaulting it with 5 or 10 more dB of input signal. This is a potentially great thing.

When using both the effect and the boost it gives a strong sound, as you would imagine. Great pedals in my opinion.

Hope I didn't offend anyone by not having the "White Out" and the "Cherry Burst" standing their with the drums without being on stands. I was very careful, but accidents do happen. Are you "freaked" by that Oldguy? I was cool with it at the time as they were solidly placed there.

I don't have any really beat up guitars, even my old used naturally relic'd ones that I take care of and don't pursue further relic'ing, like the "Black Pearl" and my recently completed hot rodded Squire Affinity P bass with a new black white black pickguard and a set of guitarfetish.com alnico Pro Plus P bass pickups that are quite hot and sound great. But I want a set of Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder P bass pups for it or another bass I might get.

I'm looking at a plain Peavey Zodiac P J bass with a tortise shell pickguard on a black body, brand new for 199. Does that sound like a good deal?

No careless disregard of the "White Out" and "Cherry Burst" intended. They came thru the photo shoot unscathed.

Peace,

Duffy

 

[ZMAN]

Yes Duff I have the staggered Poles on mine. They are the Alnico Vs and I have the same ones on my Squier Standard QMT. Now that guitar is sweet.
Of all the Squiers I find them quite noisy but very responsive. I always thought that the Cherryburst was a special edition, and they were when they first came out. Then they made them a regular production Standard color.
Unfortunately I like the Deluxes and the CV ten times as much and I rarely play it.
Brian

 

[Duff]

CV and Deluxe

I also like the CV and Deluxe and play them probably a lot more than the "Cherry Burst", but I always enjoy the "Cherry Burst" when I play it. The CV has that special refined sound to it. Mine is ready to play later today.

Duffy

 

[MAXIFUNK]

I know I'm late to this thread but,

I finally laid hands on both the cv 50's tele and the cv 60's strat.
both cost $349.99 USD

I could not believe how well made they were, there is not a guitar in there price range that can compete with this AXES.

I NOW HAVE SOME NEW GAS THESE ARE NOW ADDED TO MY LIST.
SO MANY GREAT GUITARS SO LITTLE MONEY AND TIME.

CONGRATS TO EVERYBODY WHO IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO OWN ONE!!!!!!!!!!

Maxi......................................... :rockon:

 

[ZMAN]

I am glad to hear that they are still making them. Sometimes they are just a one year deal. I have been to several music shops around the country and I rarely see them in stock. For you to find two is pretty rare. Probably with the economy they are not selling as fast as when they first came out. The quality is definitely there. The problem is that there are so many good deals on higher end used MIA and MIM guitars that the 350 price tag is not as appealing.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

I am curious which of the two you preferred?

 

[ZMAN]

I just realized you mentioned a CV50s Tele. Now that is one scarce guitar.
I have never seen one in person and everytime I look I get, "oh yea we just sold that one yesterday".

 

[MAXIFUNK]

I am curious which of the two you preferred?

The Neck on CV's 60 was very nice indeed! so the strat for sure.

 

[Tone2TheBone]

Said it before and will say it again I LOVE MY CV 50s TELE.

 

[Duff]

CV 50s

New one and modified with Fender Custom Shop Texas Special pups and a pearl aged pickguard. Awesome guitar.

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[Duff]

CV fifties

You may have read one of my posts about my new Lake Placid Blue, second CV fifties, that I bought, put an aged amber pearl pickguard and back plate on and loaded it with Fender Custom Shop Texas Special single coils and had the bridge tone mod done prior to picking it up.

Should have some pictures somewhere on here. It is beautiful, not to mention that it sounds great, plays great, and feels awesome.

Tonight I played my antique burst type CV fifties that is stock and it sounds awesome as well. It is about to get the mint green pickguard from my Cherry Burst that is getting an amber aged pearl pickguard that will eventually get some gfs pickups or Samarium Cobalts.

My new Fender American Standard Blizzard Pearl strat might look good with one of those eleven dollar Grizzly aged amber pearl white pickguards and back plate. However, with this guitar I may just go with a no drilling direct fit Fender pickguard. I'm going to stick with the stock pickups and maybe get a Fender American Standard Deluxe with the great sounding Samarium Cobalts and special tone circuit soon, or a Gibson LP studio or Musicman Stillouetto with HSH Demarzios. That Musicman might sound great but another option is a more affordable Fender JA90, P ninety real Seymour Duncan quilted red semihollow telecaster that has incredible sound, I mean really incredible sound, to me.

Try one of those CV fifties strats, you might like it stock; it is a quality guitar for as low as 298 new around here but the main going rate is 349 around here.

I know you have some awesome guitars but might want to check one out. Obviously there are reasons why a lot of us have purchased them.

 

[Spudman]

or Musicman Stillouetto with HSH Demarzios.

Huh? Do you mean Silhouette?

 

[Duff]

Yes Spud, typo

Also, your Luke has EMG's right?

How do you like them?

That Nikon digital D90 slr for 1200 is calling my name. Have you tried one?

The Sillouette sounds like a nice passive strat style guitar.

 

[Miami-Ace]

Just ONE problem with my CV Tele

:dance Problem: Well, I hardly ever get to play my five other guitars. The CV Tele is surprisingly addictive. Feels good, sounds good and is very eeeasy to play.

One serious consideration ... with a happy ending. After a change of strings (different brand from the in-the-box setup) the intonation shifted a little.

I was concerned about whether the three brass saddles for six strings would create an adjustment problem. It basically was no sweat. The fact that it's easy enough to put a little side-to-side tilt on one side or other of the saddle makes it simple to get a high/low differentiation between two strings sharing the same saddle.

Anybody else have any interesting experiences with intonation or any other adjustments?

 

[Justaguyin_nc]

Man, i knew I should not have come to this site!!

That darn Pineboxed Tele sure does look and sound nice!
Seeing this thread is months old.. how you guys still liken' yours?

 

[t_ross33]

I was concerned about whether the three brass saddles for six strings would create an adjustment problem. It basically was no sweat. The fact that it's easy enough to put a little side-to-side tilt on one side or other of the saddle makes it simple to get a high/low differentiation between two strings sharing the same saddle.

Anybody else have any interesting experiences with intonation or any other adjustments?

I have 3 Wilkinson compensated brass saddles which allow for some accuracy from string to string. Tele's are built for sting-bending anyway, so spot-on intonation doesn't need to be as big an issue IMHO :french

 

[Robert]

I like the sound of mine, but I'm not 100% in love with the neck. Something about it makes me, well, hesitate.

 

[MAXIFUNK]

I like the sound of mine, but I'm not 100% in love with the neck. Something about it makes me, well, hesitate.

REALLY DETAILS??????

 

[Tig]

I was concerned about whether the three brass saddles for six strings would create an adjustment problem. It basically was no sweat. The fact that it's easy enough to put a little side-to-side tilt on one side or other of the saddle makes it simple to get a high/low differentiation between two strings sharing the same saddle.

You could always go with a set of compensated brass saddles. Wilkinson makes a decent one that GuitarFetish.com offers.

http://www.guitarfetish.com/thumbna...ges/products/wicotebrbrsa.jpg&maxx=0&maxy=300

They have 6 saddle style bridges, too.

 

[Robert]

REALLY DETAILS??????

I think it has to do with quality control, which is so-so with cheap guitars. I have a couple of uneven frets, which make a tiny bit of buzz. I am very picky. I don't like buzz.

The other CV '50s I tried before I bought mine had a much better neck, so there you go. I think it's just hit and miss with cheap guitars (although I have played expensive guitars which questionable quality control too).

 

[sumitomo]

The thing that I noticed on mine is,I really have to work harder with bending and vibrato as compared to my Warmoth Tele or the Strat artists,no buzz though.

 

[MAXIFUNK]

I think it has to do with quality control, which is so-so with cheap guitars. I have a couple of uneven frets, which make a tiny bit of buzz. I am very picky. I don't like buzz.

The other CV '50s I tried before I bought mine had a much better neck, so there you go. I think it's just hit and miss with cheap guitars (although I have played expensive guitars which questionable quality control too).

My CV Thinline neck does not buzz at all with the 9's on it that it cam with.. We'll see what happens when I out some 10's on and have it setup.
Also I think it has different treatment than the 50's the neck it is a much lighter color.