Squier Paranormal Series Cabronita Telecaster Thinline Electric Guitar With Maple Fingerboard 2-Color Sunburst

I bought this guitar about a year ago now, a friend of mine was teaching me how to play, wanting something that sounded decent for under $1k or so. The blue one caught my eye, and I picked it up. My buddy took it over to one of the rooms in the show with an amp inside to test it, and he was absolutely blown away by it. He couldn't believe it. As for me, since I'm still relatively inexperienced, I have a bit more to say as someone still learning. It's incredibly comfortable to hold, and comfortable to carry. The neck is nice and thin, making it easier for me since my fingers are still kinda blundering around a bit, but I don't feel like I have to strain my hand to play compared to when I'm using one of my friend's guitars. I like how it sounds both plugged into an amp and unplugged. It's simple, it's pretty, it more than gets the job done. I'm still very happy with it. Take this review with a grain of salt obviously, since I'm not the most educated, but I think the Benjamins I spent on this were worth it.

These guitars are phenomenal...I'm pretty much a guitar snob with fantastic guitars such as SG standard..SG special..American professional telecaster 2...strats..1976 les Paul...60th anniversary jaguar. Etc... Yhese guitars keep up with them.. I bought the rosewood neck..and it blew me away. It stays in tune..it plays like a dream..leads are easy on this guitar..so good that I bought one with a maple neck..Just as good with a different sound. This guitar is so good that I would plug it back in after playing ..just to make sure I wasn't Hallucinating...and I wasn't. This would be a phenomenal 1st guitar or a great deal if you want a guitar with p90s. I can't say enough about the quality of these guitars. Wow...

I will be using this guitar at home, studio and stage. Perfect finish on this two tone burst guitar. The neck set up is great and feels perfect. Light weight under 6#. Hardware is good and solid. The pots and switch are smooth. The pickups that I thought I would replace with American pups I won't have to change because when you get in the band mix these stock ones cut through just fine.

I liked the looks of this guitar when I first saw it in an email from Fender. The looks didn't disappoint in person, but the feel did. High action and sharp fret ends were very disappointing. I am capable of fixing both issues and it was on sale so I went for it. Fresh strings and a setup made it a keeper (for now).

Like another buyer wrote,( I bought it twice). So I went in with a mindset on purchasing a fender tele and everyone of them was hanging at the highest level where I couldn't reach except the Squire's so I picked up this one( in blue) and immediately I was blown away on how smooth the neck was almost to the point of being to good ( nothing to file down, no sharp edges, smooth as a babies bottom). I asked the question of the nut material and I got an answer of plastic. So I'll get one to put in( tusq or bone), and that will help some. I think the bridge is fine, I don't think replacing it will change much at all, ( my opinion). I've read where many have criticized Chinese metal vs Mexican or American metal is better, REALLY, NOT LIKELY. ( Again in my opinion replacing the bridge won't change much if any) just a good adjustment and that should be fine as for pickups they sound great. The pickup covers are a little cheesy, would like to see nice replacement for them but not yet found any. Tuning machine are not holding all that well, I'll replace them with some lockers, also as one other has mentioned the jack is well kind of loose that to will get a new one but other then that. So I fell in love with that neck but I had my heart set on a fender so I brought it back and I bought a fender tele instead and brought it home and started thinking about the Squire telecaster I had taken back and I again loved the perfect neck on it. I went back three days later and bought it again. And it is also so light weight that's a plus. Hope that helps.

I have this Thinline in Olympic white. It's a beautiful guitar, very lightweight with the hollow body. The tone is amazing out of the stock Jazzmaster-style pickups (which are actually p90s in disguise). I play through a Vox AC4 and can get anything from crunchy blues to ballsy stoner rock and everything in between. I brought it to a guitar tech for a setup and the only upgrade he recommended was swapping the output Jack for a Switchcraft with an Electrosocket mount. He was impressed by the weight and sound, and he said the tuners are great quality. He had to reduce some relief in the neck and dress the frets, but it was well worth the $100 setup as this guitar is a keeper. Love the slick maple neck and string-through body too.