Ummm...I didn't know awesome came at such a good price.

Basically, for $350 this is a deal! This guitar is solid in every way that I can tell so far. The stock pickups sound great, the neck feels excellent, and the finish is just beautiful. For the price this honestly cannot be beat. Easily could charge double...thankfully they don't. If you don't mind having Squire on the head, don't waste your money on something double the price with the same quality. The only thing i will probably change is a little modification of the neck pickup and slap in a P90. But that's because of reasons completely different than the quality of the one in there.

The New Standard for Value

Well! This guitar is a major surprise - great hardware and wonderful sounding pickups, nice woods (mine has a flamed maple neck!) and a top notch fret job + all the correct vintage touches... an unbelievable guitar for the money. To put it in perspective, I have a USA Vintage Reissue '62 Stratocaster and several G&Ls, and this really is my favorite guitar. It is every bit their equal.

Good Guitar from Great Seller!

First off, this guitar is just superb for the money. I surfed the internet and read over 200 reviews on this Chinese made Telecaster and could only find 2 bad reviews and the two bad ones where very unfair. Second, I played a few of these Classic Vibe 50's Tele's in NYC and found that the shops selling them did not look after them, i.e. they where not set-up correctly and/or the sellers cared not, because they gave more attention to their high end axes. I heard from a few Muso friends of mine that Sweetwater was a great place to buy via the Internet. I called and asked if they could make sure the darlin' they send me would be properly set up, etc. etc... When my Tele arrived, via free shipping, I thought they packed it for the Queen of England. When I got it out of its nest I was blown away by the PERFECT intonation throughout the fret board. Sweetwater looked after me like I purchased a $10,000 gem. There is a saying in the Restaurant business, "Today's coffee customer can be tomorrow's Champagne customer." I look forward to purchasing my next "Champagne" Guitar in the future from Sweetwater.com!

Unbelievable quality!

This is a great guitar for the price. I got mine at Christmas time and immediately bought the CV 50's strat a couple weeks later. These guitars are awesome. No need to change the pickups. They nail the classic sound of a 50's tele. Plenty of twang when clean and snarl when you drive 'em. I personally think these are nicer than the MIM standards, but that's just my opinion.

Lives Up To The Hype

Love the guitar. Arrived a day early. Sounds great unplugged and super when amplified raw through my Carvin Bel-Air 2-12. Plenty loud. Great mix of tones with each pup and when adjusting volume and tone pot. Thanks for the Fender gig bag. I've been searching for a suitable replacement for the vintage Tele that I just recently auctioned. Chose Danielle Cummings and Sweetwater to make history with my collection.
Great going and thanks.

classic vibe tele

Great!

I bought it twice!

Everything about this guitar is great. The finish, the pickups, the neck. The best thing about this guitar is that it will fit the same parts that an American telecaster will, so if you want to upgrade you can do it easily. Most people think this is pricey, but you are getting quality! I have American and Japanese tele's and I have no problems with seeing Squier on the headstock.

Squier Classic Vibe Telecaster

The guitar arrived with an almost perfect set up. The truss rod was almost accurate, the bridge adjustments were almost perfect and the intonation was good.

I played this side by side with my 2009 Fender American Standard Tele. No major difference in playability.

The tone is a little more "in your face" than the American Standard. This is a Rockabilly guitar, too.

I'm going to dedicate the Squier to the Keith Richards five string tuning (GDGBD) eliminating the sixth string.