A new member of the Squier family, the Tele Custom is an affordable hybrid of two popular Telecaster designs. Fusing a '72 Tele Custom with a Tele Deluxe, this guitar has two high-output humbuckers, a three-way pickup selector switch, and independent volume and tone controls. The Squier Tele Custom features a solid Agathis body and a bolt-on maple neck with a maple fingerboard.
Technical Info
Model name: Squier Telecaster Custom
Series: Squier Standard Series
Body: Agathis
Neck: Maple, C-shape (gloss polyurethane finish)
Fingerboard: Rosewood, 7.25 in. Radius (184 mm)
Number of frets: 22 medium-jumbo frets
Scale length: 25.5 in. (648 mm)
Width at nut: 1.650 in. (42 mm)
Hardware: Chrome
Machine heads: Standard die-cast tuners
Bridge: 6-saddle strings-thru-body Tele bridge
Pickguard: 3-ply black
Pickups: 2 chrome covered humbuckers (neck/bridge)
Pickup switching: 3-position toggle
Position 1: Bridge pickup
Position 2: Bridge and neck pickups
Position 3: Neck pickup
Controls: Volume 1. (neck pickup), Tone 1. (neck pickup), Volume 2. (bridge pickup), Tone 2. (bridge pickup)
Strings: Fender Super 250L, nickel plated steel (.009 to .042)
Unique features: Dot inlays
Introduced: 7/2003