Squier John 5 J5 Telecaster Electric Guitar

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Featuring a double-bound body, Squier humbucker pickups and signature finishes, the Squier John 5 J5 Telecaster is brought to you by the "Tele-King" himself!

What's special about this item?

Feature:	What it does:
Alder body	Light weight with a wide tonal range
Maple neck	Bright tone, full sustain and strength
Matching headstock	Painted headstock matches color of body
Strings-thru-body Tele hardtail bridge	Strings seated in body; more resonance and control

Overview

John 5's Squier signature model, the J5 Telecaster, is a double-bound beauty based on his oft-modded workhorse Telecaster.

Features include 5's distinctive black-and-chrome look, a double-bound alder body with a gloss black polyester finish, a polished stainless steel pickguard and chrome hardware or the all-gold model with Frost Gold finish, matching gold headstock, gold hardware and single-ply "gold mirror" plastic pick guard. The one-piece maple neck has a "modern C"-shaped profile, a matching black Telecaster headstock and a 12"-radius fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets.
The custom-designed humbucking pickups use a special dual-volume setup with the bridge pickup control in the front position and the neck pickup control in the back position (5 prefers this setup because he spends much time giving the bridge pickup a workout). Rapidly toggling the upper-bout three-way pickup switch gives you 5's signature "kill" effect by turning off the neck pickup volume and leaving the bridge control full up.

Features:

- Matching Painted Headstock
- Bound Top and Back
- Silver Squier Decal
- Toggle Switch Mounted on Upper Bout
- Chrome Switch Tip
- No Tone Control
- Neck and Bridge Volume Controls are in Opposite Orientation
- White Pearloid Dot Position Inlays
- Narrow Dot Spacing
- Synthetic Bone Nut

Specs

- Model Name: J5 Telecaster
- Body: Alder
- Colors: Black, (Gloss Polyester Finish)
- Neck: Maple, Modern "C" Shape, (Gloss Polyester Finish)
- Fingerboard: 12" Radius (305 mm)
- No. of Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo Frets
- Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
- Width at Nut: 1.650" (42 mm)
- Hardware: Chrome/Stainless Steel
- Machine Heads: Standard Die-Cast Tuners
- Bridge: 6-Saddle Tele Bridge with Humbucking Pickup Cutout
- Pickguard: 1-Ply Polished Stainless Steel
- Neck Pickup: 1 Custom Humbucking Pickup with AlNiCo 5 Magnets
- Bridge Pickup: 1 Custom Humbucking Pickup with Ceramic Magnet
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle
-- Position 1. Bridge Pickup
-- Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
-- Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Controls: Volume (Bridge Pickup), Volume (Neck Pickup)
- Strings: Fender Super 250L, Nickel Plated Steel,
- Gauges: (.009, .011, .016, .024, .032, .042)

Documents and Manuals

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 480-596-7195

Reviews

(4 ratings)

Submitted June 22, 2019 by Bryce F in Franklin, IN

"Best guitar out there for the money"

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I’ve owned this guitar for about 6 months ( I have both the gold and the black). The stock pickups sound great but can feedback with high gain . The feel and playability of the guitar right out the box was awesome . No flaws in the finish at all and the guitar didn’t have any issues with the frets ( no freight sprout at all ). I ended up swapping out the pickups in my black j5 to dimarzio evolutions and compared the pickups to the stock ones in my gold j5 . The pickups stock sound pretty damn good compared to the evolutions I’d say the evolutions are like 15-20 percent better .