That 63 Fender sounds amazing and the heavily mod Squire ( to my ear) sounds just about as good. Great playing by you too! I'm not a stickler for brand name or top of the line to me it only matters if the guitar works for you and helps you accomplish what your saying musically. The Squire line of guitar's has improved on the quality alot in the last 5-10 yrs and still affordable for average person.

Best one of these videos I've seen yet. Great break down and contrast, and great playing. I have a Chinese 50s Vibe Squire Tele modded with Lollar pick-ups and pots, and I'm quite fond of it.

I bought a secondhand Classic Vibe, just put on a 6 saddle set up, love the guitar.

Sweet jesus... That 1st Tele through the fender amp is classic perfection. They really did get it as good as it could ever be in the 1st years of production! Appreciate the effort you put into this. The Squires sound really good. I had a real 73 cutom Tele that I would kill to have back. Sold it in the early 90s for $500!! Lol. I recently played a squire telecaster custome. While not the same, it blew me away in looks and playability. A new authentic wide range from fender would make it quite possibly hard to tell the difference. They had a Fender "squire series" black lable that was so good I baught it instead. The neck is amazing, but the body is poplar instead of the standard woods fender used. I upgraded the tuners and bridge and it's ultra cool in its own right. Pickups are great with overdrive, but almost indistinguishable from one pickup to the next. Installing new pots and some fender fat 50s should keep the guitar under 600 and totally a keeper. Interesting how you mentioned headstock thickness. It plays a MAJOR roll in the sound and sustain of a guitar in my opinion. I can hear the tonal difference between pickups in a guitar without plugging it in also. Mostly because of magnetic pull I guess. I've had (and sold) probably more then 50 gibson, fender etc over the years. Yeah, I would rather have the U.S. guitars, but even those can be hit or miss. Especially the 70s models. But the squire, and lots of guitars made in China etc have uped the game BIG TIME. I have an Alvarez Masterworks OM that is my desert Island guitar. I own high end Martin's and a Taylor 810 that are awsome, but the "made in china" $900 dollar guitar is over the top in terms of playability and most importantly in my opinion for a acoustic guitar... SOUND!

All 3 are great guitars. But I love the modified classic vibe with bigsby. So versatile.

Great video and comparison! Definitely did a Moore player friendly video the most I’ve watched lately. I just picked up Squier Classic Vibe 60s Thinline and love it. Compliments my Fender Nashville Deluxe. Thanks for the video!

I have had a Pine CV tele and suspected that the neck was under size. I bought a Warmoth thinline tele with a thick 1"v neck. Sweet. The Squire is definitely undersized in their necks and I find the thick V neck to be very comfortable in my hands.Squires are OK but I'd recommend buying a used Fender tele to start. Don't invest in China. Warmoth's (American made Fender licensed custom necks and bodies ) can be had at good prices sometimes too.

Great ending playing - Fender sounded great.

Just to clarify... The earlier CV's, which were made in the Grand Reward factory in China, have... Alder bodies, Tonerider alnico 3 pick-ups, Full size Alpha pots. The later, Indonesian ones, are made at the Cor-Tek factory, and dont have any of the above.

All my Fenders are made in the USA except one, its a Squier Stratocaster made in Korea I've had for about 20 years, sound and quality wise its far away from the others, but still sounds good, its comfortable and plays well. Really enjoyable video you created here.

I love the squiers but that original is something special obviously. It just sings and snaps and does all the things a tele should. The squiers are solid too, I love my CV 50s tele

F those Classic Vibes didn't have tiny necks I would have like them but the neck is too small.

Nice playing..

Very nice explanation 👍🏻

Amazing guitar player! Great sound guitar!

Great great playing!

the Bigsby's mass is what gives that one the extra sustain. good demo. the dried '63 sounded semi-hollow and anemic compared to the others to my tastes.

The classic vibes are the real thing and definitely not knock offs as they’re designed by Fenders

Nice video. You really get to the point. You're a slick player too. My observation is that almost all things wood on Squiers are scaled down slightly. Actually that's why I prefer them as I don't have large hands. THANKS! btw... you sure that's really rosewood on that Squier fingerboard?

original has an articulation the squiers just can't match

With all due respect, 3 Tele’s what? Sound? Finish? Feel?

Knock-offs......I'm out...see yer...boomer.