Squier 40th Anniversary Telecaster Vintage Edition Electric Guitar Satin Dakota Red

Squier's 40th Anniversary Celebration Series might be the most vibey and desirable budget guitars Fender has made. With vintage feel and the looks of a much older and much more expensive instrument, the 40th Anniversary Telecaster Vintage Edition Electric Guitar might be the most beautiful Squier guitar ever. It's fundamentally a Classic Vibe instrument with different clothes on. Where the Gold Edition guitars wanted to bling things up to the extreme, the Vintage Edition goes the other way, so we have factory-aged chrome hardware, satin finishes and tinted necks across the board. The history of Squier and Fender Japan are inextricably linked, and so it's fitting that again these guitars evoke something of that history, with 70s-derived esoteric combinations of finishes, body binding and anodized aluminum pickguards. Fender-designed Alnico 5 Single-Coil pickups, three-way switch, master volume and tone controls are all very familiar and true to the origins of the first Teles. It looks and feels like a guitar that emerged from Fender Japan in the early 80s. A truly beautiful guitar that in 2024 costs around $350.

Great design, full thickness body, rich satin finish, nickel finished hardware, vintage styled tuners perfect with classic black body banding. Neck looks roasted and feels great. Fret finish was really nice. Black brushed aluminum pick guard finishes up the vintage style. Only needs some minor setup TLC. This guitar is top class recognizing 40 years of Fender Squire production. The upgraded pickups with Alnico 5 magnets sound great. Bridge setting is vintage 60's telecaster sound. Wow what a great sounding and wonderful looking guitar.

I am a retired pro musician with 60 years of road earned experience. My first guitar at age 10 was a '55 Fender Butterscotch Blond Telecaster passed down to me by the death of my mother's brother the original owner. With the foolishness of youth I let that guitar slip away. What a mistake. Fast forward 66 years I wanted my Telecaster back. The Squier Sonic Telecaster in Butterscotch Blond fits the bill for me. The build and finishing work on this guitar is excilent. All I had to change was a new set of strings. Playing it brings back a flood of memories. I defiintely got my money's worth with my Squire Sonic Telecaster.

This Squier guitar is way high quality than its price would suggest. With fresh strings and a few minor adjustments it feels plays and sounds amazing. I highly recommend this 40 th anniversary telecaster.

I had read about quality control of Squier. The guitar sounded good ,played ok, but had horrible fret buzz. I ended up trading it in on a Fender Players Telecaster. I know it is more money, but the difference in quality is very evident.

First the build quality is pretty much perfection, tone is very warm and woody, playability is excellent, and in general IMHO this thing is on par with some American made telecasters,or very close. I always change pickups in my teles only becau rails type of pup's I use hot rails type pickups for high gain lead work, nothing wrong with the stock pups though.