'98 Affinity Tele

you have a very affordable decent sounding and playing Tele with no collecter value..go nuts!..

 

after spending thousands of dollars and owning dozens of guitars and modding lots of them...….…………..here's what I would do....play the crap out of it..good luck

 

New strings are not an upgrade---but that is all I would do

 

When you say 'thick body', that says not Affinity to me. What is the actual body thickness?

As others have said, you will not affect the resale value in any way by repainting it. Go nuts.

There are thousands of mod threads here, just use the search bar.

 

The early Affinitys had full thickness bodies (and rosewood board necks).

They did a couple of nice colours, the "butterscotch" was a nicer shade than the later Affinitys and I used to have a lovely surf blue one some time ago, that was an option.

Great Squiers, nice necks, tough as anything and fun to either mod the heck of, or play as is.

 

Thickness of 1997 and 1998 is the same as a regular tele, the thinner top load body was introduced in 1999.

Even though I like to see nice inventive colouring as the ones above, it's just not for me. I'm more of a traditional look kind of guy (but with a twist)

I went nuts on a blue 1997 (transformed into a Nashville tele), and a BSB/almost natural 1998 is still undergoing its transformation to an HS 70's chrome tele...

 

Howdy!

 

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Here's one I rescued. It started as a gray when I got it but was originally the penguin style black and white (I guess). I have done other rescues if you look up my threads you can find them.

Leave the stock nut unless it's damaged like a side is chipped off. I've seen more problem with intonation and tuning after someone 'upgrades' than not. Pickups will be fine. Focus on the pots, cap, switch, jack, cavity shielding, and shield the wire from the volume pot to the jack. Oh, and get a 4-way switch not a regular 3-way ... you can add a stealth LP humbucker tone to the guitar.

There is a rattle-can spray thread the last two weeks on here.
Don't strip the old paint ... that job ends up being a mess. Scuff the existing finish and overspray with primer and top coat.

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