Buying myself an instrument for Christmas is getting to be a habit! last year was a Cigar Box Guitar, the year before was a piano, and this year its a Squier Classic Vibe 50s Telecaster in butterscotch! TBH it’s as much my reward for persevering with BLIM as it is a Christmas pressie!
I love how you can just see the grain of the wood through the finish. And the sound! I’ll get round to posting a recording eventually but I have a feeling that the other guitars in the rack are going to feel neglected in 2025
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Happy NGD Ian & Congratulations!
Can’t beat a Tele for fun times! What amp are you playing through?
Hope you have a blast - Rock On!!!
Tod
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Congrats Ian, that is a really nice looking guitar.
Tele in butterscotch is top of my wish list when I have the means.
Enjoy. Looking forward to hearing you play it at some point.
Best wishes,
Alan
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Looks yummy 
Congratulations!
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Looks good Ian and if its anything like my brace of ASATS it will be a joy to play. A well deserved end of BLIM reward !
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Love that guitar cheers Hec
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Cheers Tod!
I have a Blackstar ID Core 20, and a Fazley (me neither until I found an online store called Bax music, it’s their own-brand gear) 5w tube amp. Even though it’s only 5w I’ve had to get an attenuator to be able to play it cranked up! Without the attenuator any volume above 2 is too loud for me in my living room. Having said that, when I make recordings and when I’m using My Practice Assistant (i.e. when I’m hooked up to the PC and using headphones) I use an ancient Zoom G1Xon multi-effect pedal set up to emulate a 1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb, with a smidgen of reverb and a touch of compression
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Congratulations! I really like that, good show!
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Hi Ian,
Happy NGD 
I like that one vey much and wish you a lot of time together 
Greetings
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Nice, Telecasters are a very versatile guitar, that’s why I like them. I had a Classic vibe but found it very heavy and ended up trading it for a different brand Thinline copy which was about a pound and a half lighter, much better for me, plus it had P90’s which I really like!
Have fun with it and enjoy it!
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I love that Black Guard look, congrats and enjoy!
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This is featherlight compared to my Vintage LP, which is heavier than a precision bass!
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That’s a really nice tele. They look great in butterscotch blond.
I have a classic vibe (60’s) and it sounds great. I don’t know what the difference is compared to the classic vibe 50’s that you have, but I’m sure you are going to have a lot of fun with that guitar -and just the right time to get it as you will have the xmas holidays to play it.
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