Squire Sonic Telecaster Electric Guitar, Butterscotch Blonde, Maple Fingerboard

I tried out some sub-hundred dollar Telecaster copies, Glarry and a few other knockoffs, but I have some history with Fender, having purchased a 1966 Fender Mustang in the mid-70's as my first "real" guitar as a kid, so I eventually decided to fork out the extra hundred bucks and change for the Fender quality and name. Boy, did I ever make the right decision. This guitar is awesome. It was well packed and set up perfectly right out of the box. I own a 1999 Mexican made Stratocaster and a 2024 Fender Sonic Stratocaster as well, but I wanted a Telecaster for its signature Tele twang and bite. This beautiful butterscotch Telecaster with blonde maple fingerboard delivers in spade. It feels terrific and it plays exquisitely. Great job, Fender.UPDATE: I was offered the Glarry GTL tele replica for $50 by an EBay seller and I couldn't resist. I bought that one, too. It's a surprisingly great guitar. The finish is beautiful, just like the Fender and the maple neck is as straight as can be, though a bit thick. It sounds awesome and plays beautifully. I was going to replace the bridge pickup until I opened up the Fender and saw that both guitars have the same ceramic pickup. I replaced the old style tele bridge with a $10 modern telecaster bridge, so I can tune each saddle individually and I did order a telecaster replacement neck for $35. I now have an exact twin for my Fender Sonic Tele, with one exception: the Glarry body is made of Basswood, which is a lot lighter than the Maple/Poplar body on the Fender, so, even though they look the same, the Glarry is quite a bit lighter. I've ended up spending under $100 total for the Glarry, plus parts, to get the guitar that I wanted, but I had to expend quite a bit of time to get there. I easily did over $100 worth of work on it, so I still have NO regrets about buying the Fender Sonic for $199 as it was great right out of the box. If I ever purchase another telecaster, it will be a Fender.

I bought the Strat also and had to do the same with fret sprout on the Tele. It’s great now.Although the Tele is quiet (no hum) I still will copper line the cavities.For the price it’s great. I’m thinking the use of Poplar and thinner size works quite well as its sustain is great.I’m still learning but I took the opportunity to buy both offered by Amazon.I love it/them.

It arrived within 3 days, in a very dusty box. I was concerned. The old box was difficult to open, but then; it’s a beautiful guitar! I checked the neck and no problems! Tuning keys so far, aren’t holding a tune over night like my Strat that stays in tune with locking keys, of course, it could be the Fender strings: cheapie. How does it sound? Great! I’ll have to buff the frets as they are too high and a bit tacky, but very little. They made a good guitar for under $200.00. I’ll make it a great guitar!! Well worth the money for beginners of pickers! JGL

Plays great, after tuning, looks beautiful. I will add more after I use it on a gig. Of my 5 telecaster copies, this is one of the best. Maybe because it is a Squire by Fender or that it is a special version of a Squire by Fender Telecaster, but it is as good as the 70's and 80's brand new Telecasters that I bought off the walls of music stores when I was a traveling musician. According to Amazon, this was the last red one they had, but I bet they are all good no matter what color they are painted. So far, so good.

Guitars incredible for the money and I think just in general. I am a professional full-time guitarist and for some reason I like these cheaper squire Sonic and classic vibe guitars more than expensive American guitars. I'm sure the Americans have fancier finish and look prettier and whatnot, but I don't care about that stuff. I also like these cheaper guitars because they are much lighter in weight, which I prefer. I was very surprised about how good the pickup sound. Also, I have bought other squire sonics I liked them very much but they did need a little help with the fret ends being sharp. For some reason this one was just about perfect out of the box.

I was skeptical until the guitar arrived in perfect shape ready to play. Amazing tone and feel...classic Tele sound. Fretboard very smooth ...guitar plays like butter...ran it thru a Fender amp and I was in Fender heaven. A great replacement of not better guitar than my 80's strat....plays just like it in many ways. Love that guitar is light as a feather...fits my body size perfectly...I am in ❤️.

This is an inexpensive model that fits well into learning to play electric guitar and provides a lower cost opportunity to add and test 3rd party attachments. So far it has sounded pretty good with an "old folks garage band".

Not sure if I got a used one (that wasn’t advertised as such) but the craftsmanship seemed really shoddy. It came scratched and dirty, and the white part seemed like it was whittled with a pocket knife - edges are not smooth.It sounds okay, but I’m still waiting on the amplifier to arrive. Will update the review as soon as it arrives in case I have any issues with it plugged in.