Squier Tele Special Crewe

As some of ya'll know, a Squier Tele Special and a Fender Tele Special are NOT the same thing. On the Squier, the bridge pickup is the Fat one.

All I know about is the Indonesian version from around 2002 to 2006. Anyone got one, and if so, what are their manufacture dates?

Here's a freshly modded one:

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t25/Bubbanov/18NOV012009002.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t25/Bubbanov/18NOV012009003.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t25/Bubbanov/18NOV012009004.jpg

BTW they're supposed to have a short 6 saddle bridge and a rosewood board. Sorry about that! :oops:

Another, a little closer to stock:

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t25/Bubbanov/51JULY242007005.jpg


Am I really the only guy who currently has one of these? :confused:

I have one with a serial number starting with IC05. The 2004 Fender Frontline says it is a new model, and it is listed in the 2006 Frontline as well. 2006 was apparently the last year. I remember they were dropped from the online catalog by 2007 and MF was blowing their stock out and indicating it was a discontinued item during 2007. I got mine as a father's day present in 2007 through one of those MF blowouts for around $120 or $130.

So my guess is, they were made from 2004 through 2006.

The product descriptions indicated they were available in Satin Pewter Metallic (543), Black Metallic (565) and Walnut Satin (592); and that they had an alder body. Mine is Walnut Satin. I believe mine is alder, it seems harder and the grain look different than agathis. Mine appears to be a two piece body.

I didn't like the stock pickup configuration, so I did some carving and filling of the bridge pickup rout to accomodate a Tele pickup in the standard position. The bridge I have on mine currently is a Joe Barden American Standard Tele hybrid plate with RS Guitarworks steel saddles, and the pickups are the Seymour Duncan Antiquity '55 set.

Here's what mine looked like stock:

http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/549/medium/SqTeleSpcl2b.jpg

I don't have a full-body picture of it now, but here's a closeup of the bridge area showing the filling I had to do. (The bridge in this picture isn't the Joe Barden bridge that's on it now.)

http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/538/2005_CII_Squier_Standard_Telecaster_Special_bridge _side.JPG

It looks real nice, Did it come with that bridge? And if you put it on yourself, was it hard?