Description
The Squier Affinity Telecaster has long been the guitar players reach for when they want real Tele tone and feel without breaking the bank, and this Butterscotch Blonde example is a great case study in why. Its alder body wears a classic three-ply white/black/white pickguard and a two-color headstock logo, giving it a look that punches above its price point.
Under your hand, the maple neck carries a comfortable “C” profile with a 9.5″ radius rosewood-style feel and 21 medium jumbo frets, making chord work and bends equally easy whether you’re just starting out or have been at this for years. The 25.5″ scale length and 1.6″ nut width keep things familiar for anyone used to a standard Telecaster.
Tonally, you get the pair of single-coils Teles are known for: a bright, cutting bridge pickup and a warmer vintage-style neck pickup, wired to a 3-way blade switch and simple master volume/tone controls. The 6-saddle top-load bridge and chrome hardware round out a setup built for straightforward reliability, whether you’re playing country twang, indie jangle, or classic rock crunch.
Bundled in is TC Electronic’s PolyTune 2, the pedal that reinvented tuning by letting you strum all six strings at once and see every string’s pitch simultaneously on its bright LED display. Switch to single-string mode for a chromatic strobe tuner accurate to 0.1 cents, use the built-in Drop-D or capo modes, and enjoy true bypass with silent muting so tuning never interrupts your signal chain.
- Alder body, maple neck, 21-fret rosewood-radius fingerboard
- S/S pickup configuration with 3-way blade switching
- 6-saddle top-load Tele bridge, chrome hardware
- PolyTune 2: polyphonic + strobe tuning, true bypass, DC output
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