Also, there is screw tension adjustment on the top of each button. The tuners on the Affinity are all separate and attached via a nut that goes over each tuning post. I won't say these tuners are as good as what's on the American Standard, but they're darned close.
The pickup selector blade has good tension to it and smooth action. Crazy-good knob feel and performance for a sub-$200 guitar.Īgain the electronics shine here. The knobs are the metal knurled flat-top style with a side screw for tightness, and the knob tension on a turn is about as perfect as it gets. They're the best on a Squier model I've ever used. Easy to pick up and play, but still has enough weight so it feels like a proper Telecaster. The Affinity uses an alder body and not basswood, and the resulting weight as good as it gets. If that doesn't make sense to you, it will once you use a bridge like this. That's not a problem and I in fact prefer that, but the way the strings are loaded takes a little getting used to.Ī string is installed in the bridge by snaking it through the back, then pushing down so the string tilts up, allowing you to push the string through the bridge saddle. The Affinity is not a string-through-body but rather a top-loader. Loading strings through the top-loader bridge is a bit weird This is, by the way, another thing that's 1960's vintage-correct. I don't like the top hat, but that's what the Affinity comes with. There are two types of Telecaster switch tips. True to 1960's Fender vintage design spec, the Affinity requires the pick guard to be removed to adjust the front pickup height. I might swap out the front pickup later on.Īdjusting the neck pickup height requires removing the pick guard The rear pickup is full-on Telecaster goodness, but the front pickup doesn't have as much treble response as I'd like. In all honesty, there's very little not to like about this guitar, but here are my turn-offs. Second, it looks proper because of the headstock logo change from 1 color to 2-color (gold w/black outline.) Third, the neck. No electronics issues with this one at all, and I went with this model for three main reasons. This time around I went with the Affinity. That, and it sounded too "screechy" for my liking. But it had electronics issues so I had to part with it. A Squier Thinline model in Shoreline Gold. I've talked, and talked, and talked, again and again, about the Squier Affinity Telecaster. Squier Affinity Telecaster guitar (with rosewood fretboard) review
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