Squier 037-8203-550 Affinity Tele, Maple, BPG, Butterscotch Blonde

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A superb gateway into the time-honored Fender® family, the Squier® Affinity Series® Telecaster® delivers legendary design and quintessential tone for today's aspiring guitar hero. This Tele® features several player-friendly refinements such as a thin and lightweight body, a slim and comfortable "C"-shaped neck profile, a string-through-body bridge for optimal body resonance and sealed die-cast tuning machines with split shafts for smooth, accurate tuning and easy restringing. Loaded with dual Squier single-coil Tele pickups with 3-way switching for genre-defying sonic variety, this model is ready to accompany any player at any stage.

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STRING-THROUGH-BODY TELECASTER BRIDGE
A string-through-body bridge improves resonance through the body and increases string tension for a rock-solid feel.

SQUIER SINGLE-COIL TELECASTER PICKUPS
Voiced in-house at Fender, these Squier single-coil pickups produce crisp, articulate tone for a wide variety of styles.

SEALED DIE-CAST TUNING MACHINES WITH SPLIT SHAFTS
Sealed die-cast tuning machines have a smooth action for accurate tuning, and the split shafts make changing strings a breeze.

Features

• Thin and lightweight body
  
• String-through-body bridge
  
• Slim and comfortable "C"-shaped neck profile
  
• Two Squier single-coil pickups
  
• Sealed die-cast tuning machines with split shafts

Specs

General

• Series: Affinity Series®
• Orientation: Right-Hand
• Color: Butterscotch Blonde
• Country of Origin: Indonesia

Neck

• Material: Maple
• Finish: Satin Urethane with Gloss Urethane Headstock Face
• Shape: “C” Shape
• Construction: Bolt-On
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
• Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5" (241 mm) Radius
• Frets: 21, Medium Jumbo
• Inlays: Black Dot
• Side Dots: Black
• Truss Rod: Head Adjust
• Nut: Synthetic Bone, 1.650" (42 mm)

Body

• Shape: Telecaster®
• Material: Poplar
• Finish: Gloss Polyurethane

Hardware

• Bridge: 6-Saddle Strings-Through-Body Tele®
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
• Pickup Covers: Neck—Chrome; Bridge—Black
• Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top
• Switch Tip: Black
• Hardware Finish: Chrome
• Tuning Machines: Sealed Die-Cast with Split Shafts
• String Trees: Dual-Wing
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Squier®
• Strap Buttons: Standard
• Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.009–.042 Gauges)

Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: Ceramic Single-Coil
• Neck Pickup: Ceramic Single-Coil
• Pickup Configuration: SS
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
• Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup