Tele Showdown! Fender Player or Squier Affinity - Colemans Music

[@ChadwickRider]

I believe the Player Series also has a thicker body. If you want to gig with that Squier you can really do so with about $130 in upgrades... basically get some Fender Alnico 5 pickups, something like Tex-Mex. Then get a Tone Shaper wiring kit that has all U.S. made parts (CTS 250k pots, Oak Grigsby switch, 22 Orange drop, treble bleed and cloth wires)... BOOM, you're all set. A lot of country players do this.

[@HeirWulf]

Hi, Do you plan to add subtitles for English speakers? Thank you

[@voiceofexperience]

I have one of each! Sometimes you need a "name" on the headstock; other times you need a "beater". They sound slightly different: the Squier is more "rough & ready"; the Player more "modern". The Squier neck pup is perhaps not the best by itself, but it's fine when used together with the bridge pup (ie the middle position). I've recorded with them both, depending on what sound would best suit the track. They're both good guitars imo.

[@jonip8593]

Wich one do you think is better for rnb?

[@Mandobird1]

The 2021 Affinity Telecaster has a tummy cut, string through body, and gloss headstock. It even comes in the same butterscotch blonde as the Mexican Player featured here.

[@tyecook9630]

Yep yer right, that can't be a '21 affinity. They also have the slightly wider nut now and the "newly voiced" pickups whatever that means

[@bobcabo4509]

I'd certainly go for the Squier instead of $800 more for the Fender. In fact, I'd rather buy five Squiers for the price of the Fender.

[@peterwilson8039]

So in the video you say that the $1000 guitar is better than the $200 guitar because "you'd know", and then you do a jam where the two guitars sound essentially identical. Thanks for clearing that up for us.

[@paulconnell1309]

lol

[@AMIRNORAZAN]

Agreed, it's about the 'feel'.

[@dzungpham]

To sound compare, it would be better as if you would use finger picking with slow melody rather than strumming or with high tempo. the difference remains in the quiet not the noise.

[@TheCleaner6969]

But with the money you saved you can upgrade parts & still save lot

[@lellegrolle9495]

one thing about the affinity i like, you can hear the guitar better in the mix when playing to music and recording, .ceramic mic in affinity is very bright and i like that. one thing i dont like with the affinity is the tuners

[@thebadplan9244]

But I think with some tweaking on pedals can make you sound closest.

[@salsabilahmedshrestho960]

theres more body to the tone of the player telecaster. and I can vouch for the feel difference as I played them side by side.

[@ASM881]

Next video, Lamborghini vs Yugo, which is better?

[@RaviLogan86]

Both sound good!

[@genebrenner855]

I wonder how they compare clean.

[@b08m4rt1n]

The Affinity is ringing badly on the bridge pickup during hot buttered.

[@DMSProduktions]

Very LITTLE in it! The Fender had a little more low mid to the sound, so the pick ups were comparable on the bridge units anyway. The neck pick ups were more marked. The Squier was darker, but again not drastically, BUT it was there!

[@brianekholm8461]

Affinity was definitely less harsh...👍🏼

[@duckfluff]

The player feels so good, so I guess I will have to save up instead of getting a squier affinity...

[@justinwood2519]

I got a Squire Affinity telecaster on a trade, the shaft on the volume potentiometer broke. When I got to replace it I found it has 500k pots. I made a little mistake with a 250k.

[@yvandewever6518]

Was this a 2021 series model Affinity? I hear they are much improved.

[@cranbournemusiconline]

Mid 2021 they launched an upgraded version. Lots of improvements on the new model!

[@chandlermiller8099]

@@cranbournemusiconline how do you know if it's the upgraded

[@martinchocoo]

imo the squier´s mics dont handle distorition as well as the fender´s, those sound way clearer

[@guilhermeteixeira1753]

What about squier's body? I heard that it is narrower/thinner than the body of traditional teles, is that true?

[@cranbournemusiconline]

Yes! Slightly!

[@UMK3HumanSmokeUMK3]

I thought they changed that for 2021 and are full size body’s now?

[@cranbournemusiconline]

@@UMK3HumanSmokeUMK3 I think the models that have just been released (July 2021) are now thicker. The newest model also has a body contour on the back.

[@jann_rygh]

had a Player Tele and sold it because didn't like it on the Crunch Channel on Neural DSPs - waiting for the Affinity now, because that Dark Tone just hits different in my Ears 🔥 Thanks for that tight and detailed Comparison!

[@Full_Deflection]

It’s a used Squier with some attention for setup and playability, then a pickup swap to sound better than the Fender and play just as well for about $300. That’s my pick anyway.

[@RARenfield]

Nice demo. Thanks. Any thoughts on the gloss vs. satin fretboard?

[@jeffreybabino8161]

Ok so what was your favorite guitar between the two

[@gusteyo9783]

hey guys! what colorway is this affinity?:) cant tell if its the 3 tone or 2 tone

[@cranbournemusiconline]

Its the 2 colour... the finishes on the Squiers have improved so much recently!

[@davidreidy5750]

Is that a cutout of GG Allen in the background?

[@cranbournemusiconline]

It’s Jimmy Barnes 👍🏻

[@rikkdpater7825]

Fender the best!

[@elias.albino]

I didn't see much difference, I'm really unsure which one to buy 😭

[@utenkbeing2845]

I don't see much different except for moneywise...

[@greg77hot]

I couldn't understand a word you guys were saying.

[@cranbournemusiconline]

Why is that?

[@jeffreybabino8161]

That sound very similar

[@gguzmann]

the neck pickup is def better on the fender

[@lukki7ster]

i mean, sure the Fender might be better. DUH you're comparing $300 vs $1000 plus no?

[@benlaatzdrums]

This fender model is only $600

[@lukki7ster]

@@benlaatzdrums not where i live, but fair enough.(i live in Canada)

[@TK-pd9lb]

Another "Can ya hear it" huh? Yeah I can hear a difference. The originals, I'll use a old axiom, up the neck had a more 'bukkerish tone a muffled, I don't use "muddy", while the upgrades had a twangier crisper kouder more single coil especially down around 12 and below ut really stood out to me. Thanks agaib for the tip on this vid! Oh Justin , Man I wabt your Tele....even before upgradeed. Mustard Blobde BLAXKguard! My dream Tele! Who? Prince? Springsteen? Yep, in 67 a Femriend in the 'burbs of NYC where I grew up had a regular white blonde(?) the regular Tele common color with, aggghhh, a white puck guard. I got to play it! I LOVE TELES...maybe my dumb brain handles master tone abd volume better ....I don't know...... Thanks again Man ...(I'm jealous.......... )

[@davids3313]

To me there is a slight difference in sound but not enough to pay an extra $500.

[@joerusso8950]

The player sounds far better to me, at times the affinity sounded awful. I am a firm believer you get what you pay for, the build is the justice ( hence the price ) people always trying to say budget guitar's are the same, but really their just trying to say it, because they can't afford the premium.

[@tylerchatman67]

There's nothing wrong with squiers, You can always Modify it anytime. Everybody has different taste, If u wanna pay triple Go for it, if you wanna save money, You can do that too.

[@manonbassguitar]

Wrong, I could make an affinity work for gigging. They sound exactly the same. I just got one that’s incredible. It’s a shit ton of hype. I used to be MIA Fender snob, but the Squiers of the last 10-15 years are spanking Fender, especially the new ones.

[@DasDutchman56]

I'll take the Affinity for $250 Alex.

[@geew1621]

snake oil considering the shaping of amps/effects.. affinity every time

[@gerdhermannwinkelhaus9879]

Mexico ist besser aber die sc.sieht gut aus,.

[@pmay222]

worst review on you tube... bullshit chat.. then play classic SG and STRAT riffs on a tele... clueless

[@cranbournemusiconline]

Thanks mate! Love you too!

[@ytmember2136]

Huge difference in tone. Fender is way much better.

[@whipit2404]

99% sure that's a bullet not affinity. Affinity is string-through, bullet is toploader.

[@BrianFair99]

Older Affinity models were top-loaders, after/during 2021 they became through body.

[@Ardolynk]

Moreover, the most recent Bullets were STB as well. Now they're changed with Sonic series, and Tele is back to top-load, unfortunately.