I think I did something wrong

After not playing this guitar for months, I decided that I was going to set it back up again and also ""mod"" the neck pickup.

I had set the action extremely low (as far as it could go without buzz) and removed the cover of the neck pickup. This would be simple if it wasn't for the fact I'm a fucking dumbass and instead of using the screws, I did an awful, disgusting, yet sturdy tape job on it to keep it in.

This resulted in, (I don't know what caused this, the terrible tape, the neck cover off, or both) an incredibly high output guitar that basically has its own built in overdrive/distortion.

If I put the tone knob all the way and selected the neck pickup, you get some incredible overdriven and distorted tones without pedals. It sounds genuinely insane and I love it.

The tone knob now basically acts as a way to add the distortion/overdrive/whatever you call it to the tone instead of how it would normally act. If you have the tone all the way down, it'll sound like how a tele neck pickup normally sounds with the tone all the way up. It's truly a great guitar.

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Pretty solid guitar for a good price

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.

From Gear Setup

its ok at first but long term is a burden

well its a telecaster what more do i say. it would be great if squier didnt make bullets so bottom of the barrel. bad fret edges, cheap feeling electronics, the worst thing are the tuners. a positive is that it is super lightweight. also mine is toploader only no stringthrough. quality control on mine is really bad like ive only had it for a year and the thing barley works anymore the wiring gave out and so you gotta really beat on the thing to get any sound. probably gonna use it as a mod platform

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Great guitar for beginner or expert!

You can't go wrong with a Telecaster. You can literally play any style of music. Update the pickups and you have an even better guitar. I changed out the pickguard, tuners, saddles, and pickups. I have a Fender Telecaster Player series and this is my favorite of the two.

From Gear Setup

Great and cheap guitar

I think this is awesome for the price. It sounds really good.

WHAT?!

This is awesome!! It says Squier, but it plays and sounds like a Fender. Great for beginners. i was extremely shocked when I first played this. It's amazing! :)