Squier Paranormal Nashville Stratocaster Review 🎸 Fender Telecaster Meets Stratocaster Mash Up! 🎸

[@theguitaristas]

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[@monmixer]

Nov 06 here in the USA.

[@gh1985ify]

Kettle on, biscuits out, new Guitaristas video on. Normal service has resumed 😀

[@jonathanhudak2059]

Here here! 😊

[@tylerdurden5122]

Got myself some nibbles and a little sandwich 😂

[@jfinester]

I really like the design of this Strat/Tele. I’ve always thought a double-bound Strat shape would be cool, and darned if Squier didn’t come up with one! It seems to sound pretty good too. I actually like the “quack” tones available with three pickups, and to me, a Tele bridge and neck pickup with a Strat middle pickup works better than three Strat pickups. I’ve had brass baseplates installed in my Strat, and they helped some, but it still doesn’t sound like a Tele. Probably because it’s not one! If the Squier’s bridge pickup’s basplate is really plastic, that would be a drag. It sounds pretty good stock,though, so who knows? Then you go and show us my other favorite design, the cherry-red Epi SG Custom. I want one, but shipping yours from the UK to thr US would probably eat up the discount you’re offering. Cool guitar, though. I’ve just got to figure out which of my guitars I can sell! My wife would like to see some of them go anyway.

[@jonathanhudak2059]

I like this one too!

[@craigpimlott204]

My wife tried that on ….so I just got rid of the wife …now I’ve got many guitars and less volume out of the Marshall than the volume from the GBH of the earholes I used to get …😂😂

[@jfinester]

@@craigpimlott204 I’m not getting rid of my wife! When I was gigging, she was really cool about my buying guitars as long as I didn’t overdo it. (She plays too, mostly folk-type acoustic.) Now that I’ve retired (for physical reasons), I don’t play anymore, and she doesn’t like that! Truth be known, I don’t either.

[@Rico__B]

Excellent review (and playing) Colin. I bought one last month--really enjoy it. I changed the mid-P-up cover to black, looks even better (I think). Cheers from Arizona!

[@tao694t]

thanks for talking about the frets, too . . . I never understood why fender uses Tall Narrow frets on so many of their guitars. . . I think they may be the least preferred style of fret - like speed bumps

[@50gary]

I loved it from Jump Street, cool guitar, cool colour (Brit. Spelling don't ya know). I do this all the time, tweeking cheaper guitars to make them different, fun,. and better guitars. My Squire Strat (100.00 pawn shop closet guitar) has 7 way wiring, position 1 is Telecaster neck and bridge, position 2 is all three in series, plus the reg. 5 way switching, good CTS pot and switch, David Allen Tru 54 pickups. Tele sound is valuable and covers. Sperzel locking tuners, and for good measure I converted the neck from wood screws and did a true bolt on neck by putting in metal inserts into the neck and actual machine screws making the neck/body joint much more solid and you can remove the neck without wearing out the holes in the neck. Did this about 2+ years ago, fun stuff. Brent Mason to name one has his Tele with the third middle PU installed, lots of Studio guys do this mod hense the name Paranormal Nashville. BTW I did a bookmatched flame maple top Strat with what I call a "block bodied" non-contour Strat. It had steam bent ebony veneer binding and Seymour JP-4 (bridge) under the wood top pre-amp, push pull pot for coil tap. Talked directly to Seymour and he made that PU for me. That project was back in 1983.

[@kcsvantasticvoyages9729]

I remember playing it at GC and it sounded great for price point

[@abcde2793]

Above the knowledge and facts this chanel provides it also give me a motivation to grab my guitar and play

[@theguitaristas]

I love that… it’s one of the most satisfying things about doing this for me! 😁👍

[@InfernalStateMachine]

Rory Gallagher loved everything about Teles, but also wanted the sss pickup cofig of the strat. He ended up hardtailing his strat. I wonder how he'd feel about this guitar. If you do another video with this, could you try some rory's riffs in the bridge+mid position? Cheers

[@touchthesun2448]

I kinda like it... I like it even better on the TV channel!

[@theguitaristas]

😁👍 Did you watch it last night without the ads Bob?

[@touchthesun2448]

@@theguitaristas yes, but I have KZbin premium (no ads) I love the TV channel!

[@theguitaristas]

@@touchthesun2448 Cheers mate! going to try and finish the strummer project this weekend 🤞

[@touchthesun2448]

@@theguitaristas very cool... I can't wait to hear it

[@explorervango880]

I like the gold and double bound. Not a strat guy either. I like Telecasters. In this case I think the look with the three pickups the strat shape works better. I’d buy another SG first-I have a Special, but not a Jr.

[@1thommyberlin]

it's a beauty! I WANT one like right nowsville, daddio!

[@davidcatalano3781]

As a person living across the pond in the US of A. No disrespect intended, you sure do sound like Peter Green when you speak. And your guitar playing is excellent also ! Many blessings and well wishes from a Yankee blues player. And by the way Peter Green is my favorite guitarist to ever come out of England no disrespect to Eric or anyone else. And of course Peter's partner in crime the great Danny Kirwin! And I totally agree p90s are my favorite! It does sound like a Stratocaster and a telecaster!

[@marcohermans3207]

Why would it ruin the humbucker sound if you should mod it? Look at the Brent Mason Tele and tell me what's in the neck position? Yes it's a mini humbucker and Brent takes full advantage of that neck Pickup. That cat knows how to play a country lick or two and combinig rock,jazz ,pop and country...One of the best in its class if you ask me.This is a perfect guitar for someone who loves this kind of playing. For chordal stuff this is a also suberb option if you want more tonal possibilities. Oke it's not a spot on Strat sound on the positions 2,3 and 4 but it's close enough to fool people. The purpose of the Nashville Tele was to have access to a lot of different sounds which could be archieved with one guitar. Squier Paranormal Nashville Stratocaster does that....Mission accomplished. Does it look weird? Yeah, because I never seen such a guitar but never judge a book by looking at its cover. I think I give it a try with this one.

[@txkflier]

This has led me to the Squier Paranormal Strat-O-Sonic in crimson red transparent. It looks more like a strat body with P90-ish pickups. Now I could go for that!

[@jonathanhudak2059]

Get one they're great guitars! I bought one in the TV Yellow style color/finish recently

[@theguitaristas]

Check out my review of it!

[@txkflier]

@@theguitaristasBy golly you did review it, I watched the whole review, and commented that I liked it. How about that! 😎

[@jonathanhudak2059]

@@theguitaristas got the Stratosonic after watching your review Colin! 🥰👍

[@theguitaristas]

@@jonathanhudak2059 Excellent! I've now got a mini humbucker to try in the neck of mine... coming soon!

[@VinnieGillespie-pq3pt]

Looks like you can put a humbucker in the bridge! Would I need to re-route the bridge pickup slot to fit a humbucker in it?

[@chriswiggin8894]

I know you like the colour Colin but I think its a shame Fender rarely roll out anything in the their classic 'heritage' colours these days. To me Fender guitars never look better than when they are in sonic blue, foam green, shell pink or even Olympic white (with rosewood board). It's almost like you have to buy custom shop to get anything in these colours these days.

[@RobertMillard-v4h]

Great content as usual - could you make a video on the yellow SG thats in the frame over your R shoulder? Been curious about that one for some time seeing it in the videos!

[@theguitaristas]

And here it is!... from a while back: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWnEe4ePaZumi9k

[@daviddehass6877]

It would be fun to mod that into a Esquierocaster with a bridge cover. That would be one classy guitar.

[@paulcopsey6573]

Actually not bad for the money. Looks pretty good, & hours of endless fun working out all the tones you could get. In the world of "even better if..", maybe aged white pick guard to match the binding? The bright white is a bit in your face given the nice Aztec Gold. I might have found that a bit more fun, especially at the price point, than the Fender US Tele that I never loved & traded. Not being a Strat fan, a nice happy, cheap dabble down that road too, if that's where you might want to go. I'm with you on that Straty tone thing though, need to plug a Les Paul in to get over it now.

[@johnladdsmusic]

A buddy of mine got a MIM Fender Nashville Tele. It felt nice, but I couldn’t get along with the noiseless pickups…they sounded muddy to my old ears

[@thewhiskyscout1238]

I got a cup o’ tea and a Tunnock’s I am ready to get stuck in!

[@jamesmgreen15]

Sq Nashville: Looks like a substantial and interesting offering at the price. Epi: I think some offers have started to appear, so perhaps their dreamland pricing is genuinely bonkers?? I hope some small shops (and yourself) don't get fried on that "deal". Good again:)

[@forces48]

for a starter its not bad . but they don't have enough dog in it, I think, Colin your program its the best .

[@theguitaristas]

Cheers man... 'not enough dog' is a great way of putting it! 😆👍

[@victorbeebe8372]

Yeah I think I would prefer the contour. I think Warmoth makes Strat bodies with Nashville pickups arrangements.

[@jeffcooper3433]

Split post tuners 😂

[@theguitaristas]

Ah yes that's it! 🤣👍

[@ranman58635]

Saw one at gc yesterday. I have not desired a gutiar new til now

[@scottbogfoot]

Excited for this one! 😃

[@paulsworld2]

Ok Colin enough Fenders lets look at some PRS's!!!! The new SE Custom 24 is a good one for you to review.

[@theguitaristas]

mmm... I might relent and get the DGT soon. Plain goldtop and no birds is more my thing I'm not so keen on those bright coloured flamey birdy things 🤨

[@paulsworld2]

We have heard that before from you. Come on lets have a pint and review LOL.@@theguitaristas

[@flrpitflrp1965]

I’m not a fender/ strat fan. That being said, they look kinda sharp. And the knobs aren’t as close to the strings as a normal strat. I might havta look into one. Though not the red. Nice video

[@DeffoZappo]

The only thing more wrong than this guitar is seeing a strat with a tele headstock

[@jonathanhudak2059]

That would be hideous! Hate the Tele headstock.

[@catmandoodoo7903]

Perfect. Chilling with my snoozing toddler daughter and watching Colin and his Crocs playing a guitar she prevents me being able to afford 😹😹 It’s one of my favourite times of the week 😎

[@southboundguitar]

I've got a toddler son. Same boat!

[@iamanovercomer3253]

​@@southboundguitarone day you will be an old fart and the guitar won't be able to help you with things that you did when you were younger, your son can also he might be playing 🎸 with you also, then you can get the 🎸‼️

[@TexaTim]

Damn....you just made me order one! I did not have a Tele or Strat, ticks all the boxes. My wife will be thrilled! Thanks again for all your hard work to keeps us informed!

[@theguitaristas]

🤣👍

[@tylerdurden5122]

You just have to remind your wife how much money youve saved by not buying a tele AND a strat. Girl math😅

[@buzzedalldrink9131]

@@tylerdurden5122or just grow a pair and tell her you just bought a guitar because you felt like it.

[@queeffersthrlnd1620]

@@theguitaristas is this a good guitar to get if I cant decide between a tele or strat? I was stuck between them or a contemporary tele. This seems to be the mid ground between them.

[@theguitaristas]

@@queeffersthrlnd1620 👍👍

[@Poldek.Misiak]

I'd love to see your review of the Epiphone Nancy Wilson Nighthawk/Fanatic someday. A very underrated guitar and offers a lot for the price including a hard case. Cheers 👍

[@aallen7339]

Yes please review the Fanatic!

[@murrayguitarpickups9545]

The neck pup has a high dc resistance but its a smaller bobbin with thinner wire. Its a good example of how dc resistance doesn't necessarily correlate with output. You can have two pickups with the same DC but vary wildly. I recently did a Tele set with a 9k bridge and 5k neck but the 9k had thin wire, 5k had thick wire so the amount of copper in the circuit is about the same and the volume is about the same. Looks like they are still not using baseplates on Tele bridge pups, I have one here and they sound good considering but, come on Fender!

[@polymorphism1966]

I love my Les Paul, and Epiphones… but I do love a good Strat. What i like about this one is the strat shape with the telecaster hardware

[@johncollins5552]

more hardtail strat options the better

[@jeffberg8015]

I kind of like it. I was considering a Nashville Telecaster as a possible future purchase and this ticks those boxes while having a cool character.

[@doogledog1740]

The pot brand is "SH", (Song Huei Electric Co., Ltd. (Taiwan). Used in a lot of Squier models.

[@theguitaristas]

Cheers! 👍

[@JonathanRodriguez-lh5mb]

An interesting guitar but I’m with you Colin. Not for me, I’m team Telecaster all the way. I’d suggest you check out the Squier Paranormal Esquire Deluxe. That looks right up you alley!

[@TheMultijesus13]

Played mine for a good 5 hours last night, so many sounds from this thing. I'm a strat bloke so having a tele/strat in one is a very interesting and fun concept for me. Definitely a 10/10 guitar based on its price, feel and performance.

[@nellayema2455]

I think that Squier did a good job with that design. It doesn't look like a "cheap" guitar with its gold color and double-bound body. I like that it comes with the vintage style tuners, as well. Is it for me? Probably not, but it would have been at a time when I could only afford to have a couple of guitars. It ticks off a lot of boxes for many, I'm sure.

[@newmanfertig886]

I dig it. Going to get one. My wall of strat, tele, strat, tele, strat, tele needs something new. ;-)

[@JosePineda-jn8jk]

@@newmanfertig886the one guitar to go into the middle and bridge the looks lol.

[@QuantumGamingUploads]

That is preety cool Tele/Strat Squier Colin. I was looking at these a while ago and found them to be very decent for the money. I like the double binding and thats a nice color as well. Sounds preety good. Thanks for showing another one.

[@TheSuperspyk]

Ooh this looks nice, need to get the kettle on and sit down with this one! Also - after you making me want to try an SG, I took an old guitar down to a shop and traded it in, picked up an epiphone SG classic with p90’s in Inverness green. Fantastic guitar! Never would have got the itch for one without watching your videos, so I hope you had a good rest!

[@mrcurtis73]

Great video. I bought the Squier Custom Strat about 4 months ago, it’s one of my favorite guitars. I’m a Les Paul guy, but I like Fender tones. I think this is a great guitar for LP players that want a little twang once in a while. 😁

[@Apollwn]

I wish they had used a more traditional strat body with contours. That would have ticked all the boxes for me.

[@iamanovercomer3253]

I have a strat and just got a Tease SBH-HD guitar ( tele) with a bridge humbucker and it is totally different than my strat. I don't think I want a tele with 3 pickups I do like that color

[@iamanovercomer3253]

If the strat and tele sound get to you. You might like a Tease SBH-HD guitar Alnico V 13.0 Humbucker Bridge Pickup- Alnico V 9.0 Neck Pickup- Full Size CTS .500 Pots -.047 Orange Pad Caps - Pro Series Switch all wrapped up with Gavitt Wiring 22 Crowned & Leveled Stainless Steel Ball End Rounded Frets on a unfinished 12" Radius 305 Modern C Shape (Light Satin) unfinished Maple Neck. 18-1 Tease Guitars Exclusive Locking Tuners 10-46 Strings 8 lbs Factory Set Up puts the Action at 1.75 @ 12th Fret $250

[@DaVinci0963]

Thanks for the tips about the saddles and the ashtray. Makes sense for any Squire if you don't like how or what yours is doing. The lack of contour isn't a deal breaker but would be nicer if it was contoured. If Fender contoured the "Nashville" would it still be or could be bound? Sorry, I didn't look. Thanks again Colin!

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

It'd probably only be single bound on the top mate...l think?

[@Bikedueder]

As far as Epiphone goes, I think they have gone insane. I am done with them. I got a lemon 59 for $749(GC special price), a Firebird for $599 before the price increase, and two Standard 50's in cherry burst and goldtop for $649 each, and I am out... They've gone nuts in the last six to nine months, and I will buy no more. Especially since Squier is putting out the same high quality as always, for hundreds less....

[@mikelundquist4596]

Not many new guitars get my blood up at this point, but this is pretty cool.

[@scottbrower9052]

I like that the control plate is reversed from its "normal" position on any standard Telecaster. This is a mod that many Tele owners do immediately anyway, allowing for easier access to the volume knob (for swells) whilst playing 👍

[@shamrockd19]

You should check out the telecaster thinline paranormal Cabronita. Fantastic squire guitar with jazz master pickups

[@Bikedueder]

THANK YOU for reviewing these. I just ordered a chocolate last night after seeing another couple reviews of it. I like your playing style more than most, and I feel you get more of the actual tone out of most guitars compared to the other guys. I am six minutes in, time to pour some coffee and hit play again. For these Squier Laurel fretboards, nearly every time I hit them with some red mahogany stain, and it makes them as close to rosewood than they will ever be. It also seems to swell the deep grooves in the grain, and smooths the wood out. Usually the laurel has a very dry feel, and look like driftwood. Fretboard treatment alone usually only lasts a week or two, then it looks the same as when they came out of the box.

[@nieko3038]

I do like the gold, binding, old school bridge. No contours. Reversed controls I’d go with a tele shape too

[@jonathanhudak2059]

But then it would just be another Telecaster.... that's what makes this guitar so unique IMHO

[@murrayguitarpickups9545]

I think its called a scratchplate in Europe and a pickguard in the US. In Australia we tend to use a bit of both, that goes for a lot of sayings

[@catmandoodoo7903]

Another contribution to the GIT (Guitarista’s Independent Truth) fund.

[@theguitaristas]

🌟 Thanks man that's amazing and very much appreciated! 💯😁🙏

[@LGuitarB]

I actually thought that was a good quack there in position #2. Better than from an actual Strat, perhaps because of the Tele-style bridge pickup?

[@DavMcIntosh]

Thanks for this review - have been very intrigued by these guitars. Would also be interested in your opinion on the HS Paranormal Offset Telecaster - not many reviews of that online at all.

[@norseman61]

This is FAR more Tele than Strat. In fact, it’s just a Nashville Tele with the 2nd Strat horn on the body and a Strat headstock. In other words…. it’s DOUBLE cool! It’s settled. I’ll take it. Another great video, but that goes without saying. Your channel is top notch.

[@jeremyroastscoffee2495]

Bought both colors now that the price finally dropped. I can't wait for the Toronado to do the same. The paranormal series and the CV series are some of the best things Fender has done recently

[@sooperheep]

I bought a Fender baritone Strat neck and was looking around at bodies and found this body minus the neck on eBay. The neck fits perfectly, added a shim to get some neck angle cuz I also added a Stetsbar tele vibrato system. I had some Duncan antiquity pickups from a previous Nashville build I did with a 5 way harness so it all came together great! It’s got a very Vegas vibe with the gold sparkle and I love the double bound slab body which balances the longer neck well🤙

[@ericterry7117]

u just reminded me why I prefer the gibson, epiphone sound...thanks

[@blueeyedsoulman]

Just ordered one in Fiesta Red mate.

[@Blues-man.]

Another interesting and great video, truth and honesty alone with fantastic guitar playing. Thanks Colin.

[@oldguy5381]

Oh damn I missed this one, been looking at this one. I appreciate your input. Enjoy your day.

[@geraldhills41]

Never found a fender neck that plays better than most Gibsons!

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

I have one, and It's less about the look than it is about the standing balance. A body contour is useless, but a horn extending toward the 12 fret is essential to balance. This guitar has all that is important in both the Stratocaster (hard tail) and Telecaster. The bridge and middle together setting allows for the best overall output, tone and harmonics. Telecaster pickups sound best when NOT paired. The controls allow for all the pickup possibilities (some of which sound anemic). This guitar is definitely the best of both and far more usable (and comfortable) than the Nashville Telecaster. The most off-putting feature of the Telecaster design is the strap button being too far from the 12th fret. The Strat style upper horn is what I'd been hoping for (and even scoured the internet to find). I'm currently investigating strap button extensions for my Tele style bodied guitars.

[@monmixer]

You really should do a buy me a cup of coffee link also. It may not be a lot but every buck in the cup adds up. I may try your TV channel. You are very knowledgeable and you answer real questions for real people and that is very important.

[@Furtheronmusic]

Me; I'm a Strat player (lover). I took a Tele I had and made it a Nashville with the "Gilmour 7 sound" mod. But for me the Tele body without contours never feels as homely as the Strat comfort carves. So interesting and I like the Paranormal series concept but this ain't for me Colin.

[@dadsstash9842]

That thing is freaking beautiful.

[@aaronwalakay]

Maybe because it’s a different shape and the middle pickup in there causing interference it doesn’t sound like a tele at all?

[@stevenpotter-en2me]

I used to own the Fender Nashville 2006 Diamond Anniversary MIM Telecaster. See through Blonde and Ash Wood Body. Spectacular guitar, should have kept her. A guy offered me a MIM 2004 Telecaster and a 2001 MIM Stratocaster in trade for my Nashville...so 😢I took his offer.

[@calogeroavanzato398]

Nah, not liking that at all

[@realdocloco]

I really love mine - so much so that I finally decided to swap the neck and bridge pickups (pretty good from the start though!) with a "twisted tele" Fender CS set that I had in stock. I also put some brass intonated saddles (personnal preference). Now it's the guitar I play the most at home!

[@jevonwhite5193]

Nice! How's the build quality and neck playability?

[@realdocloco]

@@jevonwhite5193 I have many high grade guitars to compare. ( new and vintage). I don't like to talk about perfection but those Zemaitis are amongst the best build ones - Custom Shop level definitely, with lot of hand work.

[@wallyhitchcock845]

Fender is offering 30% off end of year sale on the limited edition fiesta red...if you have a Fender Play subscription you get an extra 10%...ordered one for $270 + tax...this is why I have 30+ guitars...at that price it would just be wrong NOT to buy it...besides the fact I have zero will power...it’s a deadly combination....did I mention it was Limited Edition?

[@stevegordon7194]

Let's say I am trying to find an affordable axe , 7 tones , built well , good electronics. Great job showing this one. For $450 a great deal. Thanks

[@cageliner]

Not my thing, really. I have two Squiers, but a Tele has brass saddles, a 5-hole guard and no middle pickup or humbuckers or body binding (like my pair of MIM Fender Teles 😄) That said, I do need a place for the CuNiFe WRHB I bought a few years ago... Strats please the body for comfort, but not the ears, at least mine.

[@FrankJmClarke]

It is really a Nashville tele with an upper bout. I like my Nashville Tele, the neck pickup doesn't sound like a Strat, so it justifies having a Strat too. As if justification is a real thing :). Keep up the good work Colin!

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

Hey Colin!! Good to see ya back fella... Im a bit with you on this, its sorta Tele sounding at the bridge then loses me a bit with the other two pickups (lm not into the quacky hollow sound much) lve got a Twisted in the neck and its got just enough poke. Did like the colour & dbl binding tho.. The plastic under the bridge..sheilding? Good review as per mate, but it ain't for me, unless all my mates wanna start a Pink Floyd rejig!👍

[@Iggytommy]

What?! The bridge pickup doesn't have a metal baseplate! 😯 What a con! It's not a Tele bridge pickup. Shocking! You would've thought they'd use the same pickups as the Classic Vibe models.

[@duncansmith5734]

Try the Aria Nashville 615 Mk2 - about £330 to £350 retail and a fantastic guitar in various finishes, including a George Harrison rosewood and a Wilko Johnson black and red.

[@70bluesville]

Coffee with Colin, my brother is back! I'm trying online zoom lessons with an instructor. Would you consider throwing in a playing tip of your style in some videos? I'm really only looking to play slow blues as my style of Praise and Worship music. I'm 58 and there is no desire to play publicly. Eric

[@dasczwo]

Its great. Dig the non contour strat thing. But best thing bout a imho strat is the neck pickup. Bout a tele the bridge. Dont care vor tele neck pup much, neither for strat middle. so On my nashville style i got a barky hot tele bridge, a tele neck in middleposition, and strat pup in the neck. Neck+bridge and all 3 pups available via pushpull. Thats how fender schouldve done it. Or leave the middle pup out kompleteley. Funny how heretic mixing up of specs rattles ocd vintag guitar jerds….

[@tubedude4859]

There is something about the looks of a Tele with a third pickup that is like nails on a blackboard . If you want a Strat then buy a Strat. I wish Fender would stop trying to re invent the corporate wheel with never ending models .

[@louferraro6976]

Hi Colin , another great review keep up the good work ... couldn't help but notice,, you do realize you were sporting a shit eating grin while playing this guitar .. and I must say it looks good on you ! I bought one ( Sunburst ) for my son , and I just happened to have an old slab rosewood Strat neck sitting around .. swapped it out, then turned the controls around to the normal positions.. and with the tone control backed off to like 3-4 , not bad at all

[@mordokch]

I have a parallel universe tele strat that's quite similar to this, but with custom shop 69's (stock) - it sounds fabulous but the buggar won't stay in tune. Curiously it doesn't sound like a tele or a strat exactly, but somewhere in the middle. The pups are heaven 😇 So much so that I've fitted them in several strats since. I've thought many times that I'd like a nice nashville tele so this was an especially interesting vid to me. I'm not supposed to be buying any more guitars (lololololol) but this morning I've found myself trying to buy an old ish ibanez gem - never had one but I saw ed wynn from the ozric tentacles playing one recently and it sounded great. Now I must have one lol. Damn expensive. Ramble ramble ... cheers Colin 👍

[@theguitaristas]

Its ok we all understand and are with you all the way! 😂👍

[@gibgibGG]

Colin, although I'm not a fan of the Tele/Strat mutation I really appreciate what you do in exploring all kinds of Guitars 🎸🎸 I'm a happy supporter of the TV channel for a year now, and love it! 👍

[@theguitaristas]

Cheers man that’s appreciated! 😁🙏

[@Andy_E.2677]

I favorise the Vintage, but than Fender would do a new kind of model, and Squier would make a copy.. i would think about it, but who needs Guitars who are not Meat and not Fish? lol... but thx for this Video, i like your Reviews and Coments

[@oldasrocks9121]

Something about the Strat is just a little goofy, like its trying too hard. I'm amazed they wired the Gilmour switch in stock, that's points. A livlier set of Tele pickups and dark tortie pickguard would help immensely, put a steel backplate on that middle pickup so it can keep up.

[@Voxguitarsrock]

I like it. A lot.

[@RobCrawford23]

Good to hear Astronomy Dominie, a necessary thing for every tele demo (pity they didn't do a bridge pickup tone pot bypass switch to get the real tone. Would also say that if you like that Battett sound, see if you can borrow the Thorpy Scarlet Tunic, it really gives that slashing tele tone

[@feloniousmonk321]

I dunno why someone wouldn't just get a normal tele (a Nashville if they really wanted one). It just looks to me like an ugly-duckling crossbreed. Imagine there will be quite a few paranormals on ebay soon.

[@dingleberry6486]

These skinny modern C necks are absolutely dreadful. Need more clunkers & Soft Vs in the lineup, Fender

[@jeffhershberger]

I want to like it just because it's different, but those pickups need to go. Plastic baseplate on a Tele bridge? Bollocks! Get some proper pickups in there and it would be a beast. Cheers!

[@craigpimlott204]

That sounds better than the crappy Vintera I bought ..the fat 50’s supposed to be good ..I’ve got better sounding Squier pickups than those …the fat 50’s don’t sound any better for the stupid cost of em ..

[@michelvondenhoff9673]

Nice guitar but the name and the reversed controls are bit adolescent. Name it Nashville Tele and reverse the controls (in particular with an extra pick up!) and you have a nice affordable guitar. Aside of olive green this may be my fav colour 😊

[@thehonestguitarist6543]

She's a looker, Colin. Too bad there's no belly cut. At one time Classic Vibes were said to ship with unbranded Tonerider pickups which were quite decent. Cheers!

[@barrycole]

Kerang is not a benchmark tone my ears appreciate. Something with a broader more full range tone is where I live. The designs from Gibson simply sound better, more authentic.

[@markjones7365]

I bought an epophone SG custom in ebony,brand new for £520,and in no way is this one nearly a grand more in value…Gibson are ripping us off!

[@m.k.ultrasonic]

Check out Fender's Player Plus Telecaster for a similar (but better - humbucker!) configuration.

[@richardcranium8500]

Squier Parastupid Series. Ill take a Tele and a Strat this thing looks inbred. It makes good content for a film though! LOL

[@fisterroboto1044]

I'm only at the 10 minute mark as of now but I just wanted to get this in real quick. It would be awesome if Fender and Squier made the option of a toploader bridge standard on their telecasters (I mean the option to string both through the body and topload it). I'm a bit on the fence of a significant difference in sound but I can assure you it feels alot slinkier (I use a 10 gauge set of strings) and the tele plays so well. Ofcourse it's an easy to do modification but I'm just saying (my tele is a toploader only, I chose it because I loved how it played, but having the option to string both ways would have been even more rad if I wanted a change of feel). And great to see you back Colin. I needed some wise words and some rad playing from you today! Cheers