2024 Squire CV 50s tele pickups.

[Grandfunkfan]

Can someone tell me what pickups are used in the Squire CV 50s tele. I've been reading conflicting posts about them. Some say tone riders but not which ones and some say Fender makes em. Crazy as it sounds I want to get some for a swap out. They have a cool thing I haven't heard before, lots of compression and a cool sneer when pushed.

 

[Twang Tone]

Can someone tell me what pickups are used in the Squire CV 50s tele. I've been reading conflicting posts about them. Some say tone riders but not which ones and some say Fender makes em. Crazy as it sounds I want to get some for a swap out. They have a cool thing I haven't heard before, lots of compression and a cool sneer when pushed.

Firstly, it's "Squier" not "Squire" - they've been around since 1982!

While I can't speak to the 2024 Indonesian Squier CV line, I do at least know some about the original Crafted in China Squier Classic Vibe line, made from 2009 to 2018 or so.

See, there was (and still is, I believe) TWO versions of Squier Classic Vibe 50s Telecaster - one in Butterscotch Blonde (which had A5 magnet pickups) and one in White Blonde (which had A3 magnet pickups). The White Blonde version came first, followed a couple of years later by the Butterscotch Blonde version.

For the Chinese-made Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, the White Blonde's pickups were A3 magnets (known as "TCA2's", from the sticker underneath).

"TCA2N(fender)-NK" - Neck Pickup Manufacturer Part No. 0074934000.
"TCA2B(fender)-BLK" - Bridge Pickup.

Neck pickups measured around 6.8-7.0K ohms.
Bridge Pickups measured around 8.4-9.3K ohms.

I believe the A3 pickups were Tone rider's Hot Classics Set. Alnico 3 magnets and a little more out put than others. The A3s were very popular at the time.

The Chinese-made Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele in Butterscotch Blonde (with the "TCA1" pickups) were a little weaker but clearer sounding. These were the same pickups that Squier (China) used in their popular Classic Vibe 60s Custom Tele and their Thinline Tele:

"TCA1N(Fender)-NK" - Neck Pickup sticker.
"TCA1B(fender)-BK" - Bridge Pickup sticker.

Neck pickups measured around 6.5-6.7K ohms.
Bridge Pickups measured around 5.8K ohms.

The "TCA1B(fender)-BK" bridge pickup in the Squier Classic Vibe 50s Butterscotch Blonde Tele used Alnico 5 magnets, the same pickups that Squier (China) used in their Classic Vibe 60s Custom Tele and their Thinline Teles. I would approximate these pickups with Tone rider's Vintage Plus set - Low output and twangy, but thinner.

Hope this helps.

 

[archetype]

Firstly, it's "Squier" not "Squire" - they've been around since 1982!

While I can't speak to the 2024 Indonesian Squier CV line, I do at least know some about the original Crafted in China Squier Classic Vibe line, made from 2009 to 2018 or so.

See, there was (and still is, I believe) TWO versions of Squier Classic Vibe 50s Telecaster - one in Butterscotch Blonde (which had A5 magnet pickups) and one in White Blonde (which had A3 magnet pickups). The White Blonde version came first, followed a couple of years later by the Butterscotch Blonde version.

For the Chinese-made Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, the White Blonde's pickups were A3 magnets (known as "TCA2's", from the sticker underneath).

"TCA2N(fender)-NK" - Neck Pickup Manufacturer Part No. 0074934000.
"TCA2B(fender)-BLK" - Bridge Pickup.

Neck pickups measured around 6.8-7.0K ohms.
Bridge Pickups measured around 8.4-9.3K ohms.

I believe the A3 pickups were Tone rider's Hot Classics Set. Alnico 3 magnets and a little more out put than others. The A3s were very popular at the time.

The Chinese-made Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele in Butterscotch Blonde (with the "TCA1" pickups) were a little weaker but clearer sounding. These were the same pickups that Squier (China) used in their popular Classic Vibe 60s Custom Tele and their Thinline Tele:

"TCA1N(Fender)-NK" - Neck Pickup sticker.
"TCA1B(fender)-BK" - Bridge Pickup sticker.

Neck pickups measured around 6.5-6.7K ohms.
Bridge Pickups measured around 5.8K ohms.

The "TCA1B(fender)-BK" bridge pickup in the Squier Classic Vibe 50s Butterscotch Blonde Tele used Alnico 5 magnets, the same pickups that Squier (China) used in their Classic Vibe 60s Custom Tele and their Thinline Teles. I would approximate these pickups with Tone rider's Vintage Plus set - Low output and twangy, but thinner.

Hope this helps.

A good reply, but not applicable. OP wants to know about 2024 produced pickups.

 

[dougbgt6]

A good reply, but not applicable. OP wants to know about 2024 produced pickups.

Thanks for your input, most informative.

But to add to Twang Tones reply with additional Indonesean details: I have a Squier Affinity and I replaced the ceramic pickups with CV alnico pickups, these were sold to me as Indonesian. Part numbers PTP 1601-1 and PTP 1602.

I just found this on Squier talk forum which confirms my part numbers.

"I once did a study over stock pickups in Cort-made Indonesian (mostly) telecasters. These are the model I have identified back then:

• PTP 1601: Squier Standard Neck Pickup ( alnico
• PTP 1601-1 EG6/VIBE: INDO Classic Vibe BSB 2019
• PTP 1602: Squier Standard Bridge Pickup / VM Cabronita with Bigsby alnico
• PTP 1603:
• PTP 1604: Squier Affinity Pack neck Pickup / FSR Bullet SFG ceramic
• PTP 1605: Squier Affinity Pack Bridge Pickup / FSR Bullet SFG ceramic
• PTP 1606: Fender Electracoustic neck pickup 007-4780-000
• PTP 1001/1002 Affinity strat pickups"

Doug

 

[Grandfunkfan]

A good reply, but not applicable. OP wants to know about 2024 produced pickups.

Thanks, that's kinda what I was thinking. No big deal, I was just curious. They just seemed like too good a pickup used exclusively for a lower end guitar.

 

[archetype]

Thanks, that's kinda what I was thinking. No big deal, I was just curious. They just seemed like too good a pickup used exclusively for a lower end guitar.

Right you are. Squier has put better-than-decent pickups into it's CVs over the life of the entire series. I've got two MIC CV Tele 50s A5 sets waiting for partscasters to put them in.

 

[Grandfunkfan]

Right you are. Squier has put better-than-decent pickups into it's CVs over the life of the entire series. I've got two MIC CV Tele 50s A5 sets waiting for partscasters to put them in.

That's my plan as well. Gonna put one together for my nephew. Can't think of a better introduction to the tele. Among all the attributes of those pickups is how forgiving they are for a novice.

 

[MAS Tequila]

The pups that some call Tone Riders, were made in the same factory as the Tone rider pups.

They may be similar, but they are not Tone Rider pups.

The current CVs have the same pups across the line, 50s, 60s, and 70s have only cosmetic differences.

 

[Rokdogguy49]

I have a 2024 Indonesian made CV 50.
The stock bridge is an excellent pickup. It uses Alnico 5 mags. It’s “Fender-designed” …I don’t know who makes it. It has a compressed twang and sounds great. The neck pickup is a little weak and to my ears sounds kind of blah.
I replaced them with Cavalier pickups which are excellent.
I do miss that bridge pup tone though.

 

[bendercaster]

As others have mentioned, the current CV bridge pickup sounds great. Not too bright, but not muddy or overwound sounding either. It is a little compressed, almost P90ish sounding, but still unmistakably a telecaster pickup.

The neck pickup is kind of weak though. Not terrible, but not nothing special either, at least in my experience.