Squier - Affinity Series Telecaster FMT SH - Crimson Red Transparent #0378280538
A superb gateway into the time-honored Fender® family, the Squier® Affinity Series™ Telecaster® FMT SH delivers legendary design and quintessential tone for today’s aspiring guitar hero.
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The Nantel Verdict
Bridge pickup delivering clarity and bite that no other guitar design can match. Simple, bulletproof controls that never fail on stage. Bolt-on construction providing snappy attack and easy decades of maintenance. The design that built Nashville, powered punk, and defined country-rock.
Bridge pickup with the tone knob rolled to 7 is the sweet spot most players miss - all the twang and bite without any harshness. Add some spring reverb for instant magic.
The Telecaster has been the workhorse of professional music for over 70 years because it does something no other guitar does as well: it sounds right everywhere. Country, rock, blues, punk, indie, jazz - the Tele delivers honest, reliable tone with zero pretense. It's the guitar you buy once and play for the rest of your life.
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Affinity Series™ Telecaster® FMT SH
This Tele® features several player-friendly refinements such as a thin and lightweight body with an eye-catching flame maple top (FMT), 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 a Squier single-coil bridge pickup and humbucking neck pickup for genre-defying sonic variety, this model is ready to accompany any player at any stage.Features
- Thin and lightweight body
- SH pickup configuration
- String-through-body bridge
- Flame maple top
- Sealed die-cast tuning machines with split shafts
Highlights
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 AND HUMBUCKING PICKUPS
Voiced in-house at Fender, the Squier single-coil bridge pickup produces crisp, articulate tone, complimenting the fat, rich sound of the humbucking neck pickup.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.
Body |
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| Body Material | Okoume with Flame Maple Top |
| Body Shape | Telecaster® |
| Body Finish | Gloss Polyurethane |
Neck |
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| Neck Material | Maple |
| Neck Finish | Satin Urethane with Gloss Urethane Headstock Face |
| Neck Shape | "C" Shape |
| Scale Length | 25.5" (64.77 cm) |
| Fingerboard Material | Maple |
| Fingerboard Radius | 9.5" (241 mm) |
| Number of Frets | 21 |
| Fret Size | Medium Jumbo |
| Nut Material | Synthetic Bone |
| Nut Width | 1.650" (42 mm) |
| Position Inlays | Black Dot |
| Truss Rod | Head Adjust |
Electronics |
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| Bridge Pickup | Ceramic Single-Coil |
| Neck Pickup | Ceramic Humbucker |
| Controls | Master Volume, Master Tone |
| Switching | 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup |
| Configuration | SH |
Hardware |
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| Bridge | 6-Saddle String-Through-Body Tele® with Block Steel Saddles |
| Hardware Finish | Chrome |
| Tuning Machines | Sealed Die-Cast with Split Shafts |
| Pickguard | 3-Ply Black |
| Control Knobs | Knurled Flat-Top |
| Switch Tip | Black |
| Neck Plate | 4-Bolt Squier® |
Miscellaneous |
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| Strings | Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges) |
| Legal Notice | WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm - www.P65Warnings.ca.gov. |
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