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Mik · March 29th, 2006, 02:05 PM

I haven't been on/around this forum for quite awhile, and haven't bought a guitar for years, coincidence?

I dropped by a Guitar Center yesterday (first time in over a year in any music store) and there it was: a blackguard Squier 51 in baby poop yellow for $125!

I had to tune it up and plug it in. then I had to buy it. It was ALL GOOD: tone, playability, construction, appearance 8)

$125 out the door! :D

I can't wait to set it up and...I don't foresee changing anything on it, not the pickups, not the tuners, nada.

I won't bother posting a pic, you all know 'em.

125 BUCKS! wow.

Mik

Eric Karonen · March 29th, 2006, 02:17 PM

Welcome back! I've missed seeing Jack.

I've given up trying to find a bargain, but the 51 seems like a legitimate inexpensive Tele from all the pumping here. I think I'll give it a look/see.

0le FUZZY · March 29th, 2006, 02:28 PM

<li>Good price !!
<li>I ain't dunn a thang tew mine yet neither. The plastic iss still onna pickguard but I already haff chips inna paint from leanin it up again the Twin and haffin it git kicked on accident.
<li>There haff been a lotta posts about this liddo thang and most of them haff been positive I noe mine were.
Li kiss ri cheer (click)

<li>Haff fun!!

MY KIND OF MUSIC !(click)

SMORE !!(click)

Please visit my page

jhundt · March 29th, 2006, 02:44 PM

haven't seen you around for a while. Glad you found a nice cheap instrument.

John E · March 29th, 2006, 03:54 PM

You gotta love it... LOL. You can't beat that with a stick... especially if it plays well. I am so DONE spending a ton on gear. Congrats, that's awesome. I recorded with a stock Artcore this weekend, it cost me $269. Sounds great, the sound guys couldn't get over it.

Alboggs · March 29th, 2006, 05:20 PM

Hi. I'd like to know if you got a Squire Tele for that price... or a Squire 51... of the Strat shaped humbucker bridge pup variety. Thanks.. Al Boggs

68tele · March 29th, 2006, 06:03 PM

Seen a coupla black ones at GC this week for an even hundred!

Mik · March 29th, 2006, 06:14 PM

Thanks for the "welcome back", Eric and J (Jon, right?), I had to drop by after this score!

Al, it's the Squier 51, with the bridge humbucker pup(coil tap), Strat neck pup, Tele style neck, pbass style blackguard and controls...here's a pic courtesy of Mus Fr:

coil tapped, the bucker gets a little twang-y!

Very bright sound, I am thinking of mods after all, drop in a tone control or install a cap or resistor (I'll look up what to do!) to tame the brightness, just turning down the guitar's volume control seems to reduce the brightness.

Mik

Mik · March 29th, 2006, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 68tele

Seen a coupla black ones at GC this week for an even hundred!

But not a Blondie! I shoulda tried harder, maybe a ziplock gig bag thrown in!

At $125 otd, it'd be like haggling over the price of postcards in Tiajuana.

Git 1!

Mik

pirana · March 29th, 2006, 07:10 PM

I bought one a few months ago cause I couldn't believe how well it played. I'm almost done modding it which includes repainting it, made my own p/g & control plate to accept a tele p/u switch, a telecaster top loader bridge & Glendale saddles & a Rio Grande humbucker. I've more than doubled the purchase price. Oh well, I can't help myself.

TG · March 29th, 2006, 07:18 PM

I modded mine beyond all recognition. But when I had the stock humbucker in there I did find that it got a smoother and more open tone with its treble edge dropped down just below the edge of the pickup ring and the bass edge a bit above it. It's worth a few twists of a screwdriver to check out.

harlycarly · March 29th, 2006, 08:56 PM

of $149, but getting a deal always sweetens the whole thing. I had a $75 gift certificate to my local store for Christmas '04. More than half a Squire 51. I brought mine home and kept thinking I was losing my mind, it just seemed wayyy too nice. Figured the pickups would catch fire, or the tuners would fall off. I'll probably keep mine as is, at least for the forseeable future. Seriously.... if you don't own one of these things you probably haven't played one. I loaned mine to fellow TDPRIer Dennis B. and I aint seen it in weeks!

Mine is blonde with a white guard that looks like it was finished with a bolo machete by the dude in Indonesia. Who cares? Adds to the charm.

Hey Eric, you ain't that far a drive from TO to VT. Cmon down and pick one up. My local place is GuitarSam in Montpelier, although you can find 'em anywhere. I too have seen these on roadtrips where I went to a GC for $119, and heard of 'em for $99 also.

bigericplatt · March 29th, 2006, 09:08 PM

It's the guitar that got me back into electrics. Saw all the good reviews and purchased one. Did a few changes to mine (new jack, bridge, nut, pickups and wiring). And a setup. Plays nice with 11 flatwounds on it. Gets a totally different twang than the Tele.

I'm even more amazed at how well it stays in tune and plays.

Only downside . . . both my '51 and Squier Tele are black with white guards. And 1 piece maple necks. My wife thinks she's seeing double.

Southpaw433 · March 29th, 2006, 11:08 PM

I have a 51' even though I'm a lefty , it was too good of a deal to pass up, a nut change and I was in Bid-ness :P

oh my oh my !

Hey Joe · March 29th, 2006, 11:47 PM

I put a .022 cap across the volume pot on my '51 and it took the ice pickiness right out.

Leon Grizzard · March 30th, 2006, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigericplatt

Only downside . . . both my '51 and Squier Tele are black with white guards. And 1 piece maple necks. My wife thinks she's seeing double.

That's not a downside - it's a good strategy. Wives are less likely to notice a new a guitar if it looks like the others.

TG · March 30th, 2006, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leon Grizzard

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigericplatt

Only downside . . . both my '51 and Squier Tele are black with white guards. And 1 piece maple necks. My wife thinks she's seeing double.

That's not a downside - it's a good strategy. Wives are less likely to notice a new a guitar if it looks like the others.

Mik · March 31st, 2006, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hey Joe

I put a .022 cap across the volume pot on my '51 and it took the ice pickiness right out.

That's what I'm thinking, I'll try it, thanks!

Mik

harlycarly · March 31st, 2006, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hey Joe

I put a .022 cap across the volume pot on my '51 and it took the ice pickiness right out.

Did it decrease the loudness at all??

Hey Joe · March 31st, 2006, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by harlycarly

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hey Joe

I put a .022 cap across the volume pot on my '51 and it took the ice pickiness right out.

Did it decrease the loudness at all??

No loss in volume. It just sounds like it has a tone control rolled back about half way.

March 29th, 2006, 02:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mik Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,809	Again, of Cheap guitars... I haven't been on/around this forum for quite awhile, and haven't bought a guitar for years, coincidence? I dropped by a Guitar Center yesterday (first time in over a year in any music store) and there it was: a blackguard Squier 51 in baby poop yellow for $125! I had to tune it up and plug it in. then I had to buy it. It was ALL GOOD: tone, playability, construction, appearance 8) $125 out the door! :D I can't wait to set it up and...I don't foresee changing anything on it, not the pickups, not the tuners, nada. I won't bother posting a pic, you all know 'em. 125 BUCKS! wow. Mik __________________ a "motor-bike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocations, to excess."-T.E. Lawrence

March 29th, 2006, 02:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
Eric Karonen Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Age: 57 Posts: 3,245	Welcome back! I've missed seeing Jack. I've given up trying to find a bargain, but the 51 seems like a legitimate inexpensive Tele from all the pumping here. I think I'll give it a look/see. __________________ Sounds the tough horn, and twangs the quivering string. --Pope (1688-1744)

March 29th, 2006, 02:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
jhundt Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands Age: 55 Posts: 4,026 13 Photos	Mik - welcome back haven't seen you around for a while. Glad you found a nice cheap instrument.

March 29th, 2006, 03:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
John E Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,399	$125!!! You gotta love it... LOL. You can't beat that with a stick... especially if it plays well. I am so DONE spending a ton on gear. Congrats, that's awesome. I recorded with a stock Artcore this weekend, it cost me $269. Sounds great, the sound guys couldn't get over it. __________________ Click to Visit Sundad - Father and son acoustic trio

March 29th, 2006, 05:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
Alboggs TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Posts: 30	Squire 51? Hi. I'd like to know if you got a Squire Tele for that price... or a Squire 51... of the Strat shaped humbucker bridge pup variety. Thanks.. Al Boggs __________________ What a great collection of guitars I'd have... if I'd known then... what I know now...

March 29th, 2006, 02:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
0le FUZZY Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kolly-forn-knee-ya Posts: 9,999 6 Photos	<li>Good price !! <li>I ain't dunn a thang tew mine yet neither. The plastic iss still onna pickguard but I already haff chips inna paint from leanin it up again the Twin and haffin it git kicked on accident. <li>There haff been a lotta posts about this liddo thang and most of them haff been positive I noe mine were. Li kiss ri cheer (click) <li>Haff fun!! MY KIND OF MUSIC !(click) SMORE !!(click) Please visit my page

March 29th, 2006, 06:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
68tele Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: East Northport NY Posts: 813	$100. Seen a coupla black ones at GC this week for an even hundred!

March 29th, 2006, 06:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
Mik Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,809	Thanks for the "welcome back", Eric and J (Jon, right?), I had to drop by after this score! Al, it's the Squier 51, with the bridge humbucker pup(coil tap), Strat neck pup, Tele style neck, pbass style blackguard and controls...here's a pic courtesy of Mus Fr: coil tapped, the bucker gets a little twang-y! Very bright sound, I am thinking of mods after all, drop in a tone control or install a cap or resistor (I'll look up what to do!) to tame the brightness, just turning down the guitar's volume control seems to reduce the brightness. Mik __________________ a "motor-bike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocations, to excess."-T.E. Lawrence

March 29th, 2006, 07:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
pirana Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 299	I bought one a few months ago cause I couldn't believe how well it played. I'm almost done modding it which includes repainting it, made my own p/g & control plate to accept a tele p/u switch, a telecaster top loader bridge & Glendale saddles & a Rio Grande humbucker. I've more than doubled the purchase price. Oh well, I can't help myself. __________________ Guaranteed not to cause eternal torment in the place where the guy with the horns & pointed stick conducts his business... Frank Zappa

March 29th, 2006, 07:18 PM	#11 (permalink)
TG Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Beside a bog in the west of Ireland Age: 48 Posts: 6,335 9 Photos	I modded mine beyond all recognition. But when I had the stock humbucker in there I did find that it got a smoother and more open tone with its treble edge dropped down just below the edge of the pickup ring and the bass edge a bit above it. It's worth a few twists of a screwdriver to check out.

March 29th, 2006, 08:56 PM	#12 (permalink)
harlycarly Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Republik of Vermont Posts: 700	They're Great Even at "Full" Price of $149, but getting a deal always sweetens the whole thing. I had a $75 gift certificate to my local store for Christmas '04. More than half a Squire 51. I brought mine home and kept thinking I was losing my mind, it just seemed wayyy too nice. Figured the pickups would catch fire, or the tuners would fall off. I'll probably keep mine as is, at least for the forseeable future. Seriously.... if you don't own one of these things you probably haven't played one. I loaned mine to fellow TDPRIer Dennis B. and I aint seen it in weeks! Mine is blonde with a white guard that looks like it was finished with a bolo machete by the dude in Indonesia. Who cares? Adds to the charm. Hey Eric, you ain't that far a drive from TO to VT. Cmon down and pick one up. My local place is GuitarSam in Montpelier, although you can find 'em anywhere. I too have seen these on roadtrips where I went to a GC for $119, and heard of 'em for $99 also.

March 29th, 2006, 09:08 PM	#13 (permalink)
bigericplatt TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 63	It's the guitar that got me back into electrics. Saw all the good reviews and purchased one. Did a few changes to mine (new jack, bridge, nut, pickups and wiring). And a setup. Plays nice with 11 flatwounds on it. Gets a totally different twang than the Tele. I'm even more amazed at how well it stays in tune and plays. Only downside . . . both my '51 and Squier Tele are black with white guards. And 1 piece maple necks. My wife thinks she's seeing double. __________________ Am I supposed to say something important here?

March 29th, 2006, 11:08 PM	#14 (permalink)
Southpaw433 Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pensacola Age: 54 Posts: 405 36 Photos	I have a 51' even though I'm a lefty , it was too good of a deal to pass up, a nut change and I was in Bid-ness :P oh my oh my ! __________________ http://steve-steveszone.blogspot.com/ Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted. John Lennon

March 29th, 2006, 11:47 PM	#15 (permalink)
Hey Joe Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lees Summit, MO Posts: 225 2 Photos	I put a .022 cap across the volume pot on my '51 and it took the ice pickiness right out. __________________ " I service society by rockin'. Im out there on the front lines liberating people with my music. Rockin' aint no walk in the park lady."

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