Squier Vintage Modified '72 Tele Thinline 3-Color Sunburst

General

After the American Vintage and Classic Series versions by Fender, there's now also an affordable Squier version of the '72 Tele Thinline. This semi-hollow Telecaster - equipped with two Fender Wide Range humbuckers - is part of Squier's Vintage Modified series, which means that it combines classic elements with modern modifications. The vintage part may be clear enough, as it is the spitting image of the original from the seventies. The flatter 9.5-inch fretboard radius is the modification that allows for problem-free bending without that typical buzz you get on a vintage convex fretboard - even at a low action.

Squier Vintage Modified '72 Tele Thinline: semi-hollow body

The Telecaster Thinline is characterised by a partially hollow ash body with an f-shaped sound hole. Thanks to the chamber within, this guitar produces more acoustic resonance and hence a more open, clearer tone. This last part is emphasised by the maple neck and the two Wide Range humbucker pickups that produce the broad, rich, clean sound of single-coils in addition to the warmth and high output of humbuckers. The body has a classic 3-colour Sunburst finish and the neck is lightly tinted. Like the original, this Squier Vintage Modified '72 Tele Thinline features a solid strings-through-body bridge and a white pearloid pickguard.

The Squier brand

Ever since Fender introduced their first electric guitar in the fifties, many competing manufacturers have produced cheap imitations of varying quality. To offer the same reliability, sound and playability of the original at a reasonable price, Fender started a subsidiary in 1982: Squier (not to be confused with the Fender Esquire). Squier's guitars and bass guitars are built under supervision and to specifications of Fender itself, so that you can rely on the fact that you are purchasing an authentic, high-quality instrument.