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Friend of Leo's
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The Squier Tele Custom II with P90s Cool Kids Club
We didn't have a club.
I changed the knobs on mine to black Tele-style; they look wicked.
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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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Tele-Holic
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 511
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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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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Plymouth Meeting, PA
Age: 57
Posts: 317
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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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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Chicago
Age: 32
Posts: 184
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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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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: South West, UK
Age: 33
Posts: 121
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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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Friend of Leo's
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Quote:
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/guitar-ow...fied-club.html CS
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TDPRI Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Plymouth, MN
Posts: 12
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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.
--Steve |
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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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TDPRI Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: West Central MN
Age: 47
Posts: 79
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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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Tele-Holic
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 802
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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? Thanks Wayne Last edited by wetland10; October 5th, 2009 at 08:36 PM. |
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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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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Wales, UK
Age: 45
Posts: 218
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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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Friend of Leo's
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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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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Raleigh NC
Age: 44
Posts: 457
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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? thanks |
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Plymouth, MN
Posts: 12
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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.
TIA, Steve
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NEW MEMBER!
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 3
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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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Tele-Meister
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Chicago
Age: 32
Posts: 184
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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. Have fun, club members! EDIT: HAWK -- Great work! |
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: cincinnati ohio
Posts: 1
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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. Peace |
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