22bti's Music Gear Setup

This guitar is way better than the old Squier Affinity Strat I had as a kid. The frets on my old one felt like a cheese grater and the whole guitar felt and sounded very cheap, but this one is better in every way. I bought the black one with a Pau Ferro fingerboard in late July this year and have been pretty happy with it since. At first the bridge pickup didn’t work, so I opened up the control plate and taped the solder joint in firmly (I don’t have a soldering iron, so that’s the best I could do), and that made the pickup work. Now both pickups work, but you can only use one at a time as the guitar doesn’t put out any sound when the switch is in the middle position. I have the guitar set up in D Standard and Drop C with 11-50 Dunlop Heavy Cores, and surprisingly didn’t have to file anything for them to work. The lowest string is a tiny bit loose when going to C but it’s still definitely useable. Normally you wouldn’t use a Telecaster for metal, but my amp pretty much makes every guitar sound the same so it works for me. My only other gripe with the guitar is that even when you have the neck relief set perfectly, you can’t get the action very low without fret buzz. All in all I didn’t expect much for the price I bought this guitar, and it exceeded my expectations but some of the issues it had could scare a beginner away. If you buy this guitar, I’d recommend trying it out before you get one but that’s a little hard to do this year.