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Old July 8th, 2009, 05:24 AM   #1 (permalink)
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The Squier Tele Custom II with P90s Cool Kids Club

We didn't have a club. We do now.

I changed the knobs on mine to black Tele-style; they look wicked. Aside from that it's stock. Have you done anything to yours? CS

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Old July 8th, 2009, 06:51 AM   #2 (permalink)
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if I get the new Black Dove tele ca i join the cool kids club lol
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Old July 8th, 2009, 06:57 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I have had two of these in the past, cool guitars!
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Old July 8th, 2009, 08:27 AM   #4 (permalink)
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The Tele Custom Squiers with P-90's have some of the Spankiest pickups I've played.

Why did I sell my Blonde one???

I miss that guitar.

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Old July 8th, 2009, 10:05 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I turned mine into a twelve string and de-wound the bridge pickup to 7.4K to demiddefy it...
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Old July 9th, 2009, 02:52 AM   #6 (permalink)
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It's a Tele but it's very different from my CV.

Between them I've got all the tone I need!
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Old July 9th, 2009, 04:20 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Cool. Can i join?

I've had mine for a couple of years now.

Seymour Duncan SP90-2 bridge and SP90-3 neck. These are a lot hotter than stock and they suit the stuff i like to play. I only changed them because i had them there. Cream covers. Chicken heads. I swapped necks from a Squier Tele Custom i had around.

Will get around to the electrics soon and maybe throw the Duncan Designed back in for a bit.

This is my main player for sure. My Standard and Custom don't come out much at all.

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Old August 1st, 2009, 09:15 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Ive had mine for about a month now and it sounds amazing! really good weight,mite change the p'ups and pots when i get the money.
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Old August 1st, 2009, 10:05 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I couldn't find this "Owners' Club" thread when I got it.

I've had it for five days now and I really love this guitar. I have been A/B-ing it into a Crate Palomino V8 and a Cadenza SS amp for a clean jazz sound and it just sounds great for almost anything, but it is really built for rock. When I run an overdrive patch in my Zoom GFX-3, or my Dano Cool Cat CTO-1, it really comes to life. The Crate only has a gain, tone and volume, and you have to have some gain to have any sound. It is hard to get a loud clean sound, so I really wouldn't have to use a distortion pedal but the TO sounds great with the P-90s.
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Old August 6th, 2009, 11:20 AM   #10 (permalink)
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is this the closest thing to a vintage modified club on here? i'm getting a white vm ssh in about 2 weeks
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Old August 6th, 2009, 11:54 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Had one -- nice guitar, esp. for the $. Nice comfortable neck, and the duncan designed pickups sounded pretty darn good.

Heavy guitar though -- anybody else notice that?

Ultimately, it wasn't getting played all that much, so I sold it to someone who'd give it a good home and a regular workout.
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Old August 6th, 2009, 12:07 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Yeah it was the neck that sold me. I now know the difference is that its 1.65 at the nut over the slimmer 1.61 on the affinity tele my friend has (which i dont like)

just checked and am happy to see the custom II is also 1.65 at the nut :)

i have only tried the SH model but prefer the colour of this! i'll be playing sat down mostly, moving up from an electro acoustic so theres bound to be an increase in weight! :)

when i tried the SH I didnt notice the weight difference over the MIM tele I tried at the same time (didnt like it actually) and an affinity tele.

i'll get a good batch of pics up when i get it :)
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Old August 6th, 2009, 01:27 PM   #13 (permalink)
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is this the closest thing to a vintage modified club on here? i'm getting a white vm ssh in about 2 weeks
Here ya go:

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/guitar-ow...fied-club.html

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Old August 6th, 2009, 01:29 PM   #14 (permalink)
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ah bugger.. I did look too! this place has a much better name..

*grabs coat* ..
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Damn, thought we had another member.

The Hello Kitty Club is still more popular.

I'll never live it down.
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Old August 6th, 2009, 01:40 PM   #16 (permalink)
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haha that made me chuckle.

this club and the VM one should merge.. but of course, retain the cool kids tag
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Old August 9th, 2009, 05:56 PM   #17 (permalink)
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I've had mine for about 6 months now. I also own several other P-90 equooed guitars, and every time I pull out the Custom II to play, it reminds why I keep it. I love it. It's still one of my favorites.

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Old August 13th, 2009, 04:31 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Looks like I'll officially be back in the club within the next week or so. I bit the bullet and bought the one advertised in the classifieds. This will be my 2nd. I had to sell the first to help pay for some vet bills. I didn't need the guitar at all, but I missed the old one.
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Old August 21st, 2009, 12:18 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Old August 27th, 2009, 10:02 PM   #20 (permalink)
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I'm in, got mine for X-mas (I was a good boy as far as anyone knows). Love the pickups, I think I'll replace the jack cup and maybe look through the electronics...
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Old August 29th, 2009, 12:55 PM   #21 (permalink)
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I'm a cool kid again! Got mine via brown truck yesterday and I love it. Its getting a work out at band practice today. Posted a thread about it in the main forum. Click here if you want to read it.
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Old October 5th, 2009, 06:35 PM   #22 (permalink)
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I have one and love it. I want to upgrade the pickups. Which P90s are a fairly matched replacement as far as size and installation? I like Lollar or Seymour Duncan but heard the stock pickups are not installed typical.

Any thoughts?

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Old October 5th, 2009, 08:55 PM   #24 (permalink)
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I have one and love it. I want to upgrade the pickups. Which P90s are a fairly matched replacement as far as size and installation? I like Lollar or Seymour Duncan but heard the stock pickups are not installed typical.

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Not sure about the Lollars or SD's, but as long as the bracket from the stock pups fits on the new pups, you can install it just like the stock ones. Otherwise you'll have to install them Gibson-style. I believe it just takes the two screws into the body with some foam in between the pups and the body.

Check out this video with the Tonerider Hybrid pups installed. They sound pretty good and it looks like he was able to use the stock brackets for installation.

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Old October 6th, 2009, 12:59 PM   #25 (permalink)
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I have a major, major hankering
I am determined to be a fully paid up member of this club - soon.
But I only just bought a CV. Choice was between a CV or a Custom II.
I chose the CV and I'm really happy with it, but i still got an itch that it just cant reach ;)

How on earth do I hide a vivid yellow guitar from the good lady .. sigh .. did they ever do these in camo?
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How on earth do I hide a vivid yellow guitar from the good lady .. sigh .. did they ever do these in camo?
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Get one in black. Maybe she'll never notice. I know what you mean about wanting one of these. Even though I have one, I find myself wanting the black one as well. Its such a great guitar and to be honest, it sounds great on any amp I've tried it with. I think that has something to do with the P90s. I had the same opinion of my Casino which also had P90s.
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Old November 3rd, 2009, 10:18 PM   #27 (permalink)
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I am in!!
great bang for the buck - and i wanted to check out P-90s - never played them before...



I replaced all the mini pots with proper fender/cts pots, put in an electrosocket, and swapped out the stock pups for SD SP90-3 in the bridge and SD SP90-1 in the neck. I also put on an old wonderbar i had from another tele.

what a fun guitar this is!




My only question here is about the neck, which seems unfinished... can anyone who has had one of these for a long time tell me how i can expect this neck to age with use? i figure that the minimized (or lack of) finish will mean that it will discolor easier and/or quicker. any pointers about what to expect? Pictures?

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I wanted one of those but I got a good deal on a used Yamaha SA503TVL and I think I'll be done with P-90's. But the Squier's look really good.
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Replacement tuners

Does anyone know what replacement tuners are drop in replacements for the stock ones? I'm looking for the vintage 'split post' style tuners.

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Stripped!

Dude, what a steal from Sam Ash. I got it for $249, delivered, plus I got a free Squier Stratocaster Mini-Player for good measure!

Mine lasted all of two days before I took it all apart...

First, completely disassembled 'er.

320 grit sandpaper to take off the logos & serial number. Then install the Sperzel locking tuners. It's nice to have a drill press...

Then time to dig in with the random orbital sander!

I'm pickup up a full set of electronics to replace the garbage in there. Switchcraft jack & toggle, CTS pots, probably Lollar P90's, copper tape shielding and I'll have to pick out some nice knobs.

Who said Agathis isn't a great body wood? It's really nice looking, and it weighs at least a pound less after shaving all that polyester off.







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The Tele Custom Squiers with P-90's have some of the Spankiest pickups I've played.

Why did I sell my Blonde one???

I miss that guitar.

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I'm with you john, but I have some of the answers as to why I sold mine.

Pickups? Yup. Great sound, spanky as hell. My favorite thing about that guitar.
Why did I sell? Well, it was heavy, and the neck didn't fit my hands like my favorite tele does. (CIJ '62 RI) It just didn't get the play time.

I (sometimes) miss it too.

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Tuners for Tele Custom II

I'm new to this forum/site so bear with me. Does anyone know if there is a decent direct replacement to upgrade the tuners in the Tele Custom II ?
They would'nt necessarily have to be locking tuners...just good ones.
It would be nice to have a drill press, the Sperzels look great and I know
they're quality. HAWK, beautiful grain on you're guitar..after the upgrades
you are going to have a killer tele. I have the Blonde and I Love the color
so I won't be going that route but you gave me some ideas...I'm definitely gonna change out the pots and jack...I will probably keep the stock P/Us..
I really like the tone, but we'll see as I've only had mine for a couple of weeks. I appreciate all the good info on this forum. I dig telecasters.

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What are you guys doing about the 250K pots? Are you replacing them with 500K? I like mine, but I keep wondering how swapping the pots would alter the tone, any thoughts?

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i just went straight for the 500k ones. seemed like a better match to me

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