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"It’s the most impressive Squier guitar I’ve played this year, and probably my favourite in a few": Squier Paranormal Troublemaker Telecaster Deluxe ......
Dec 16, 2024
Squier's affordable Tele Deluxe is a mash-up of Fender and Gibson design points
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"At times, it was easy to forget that I was playing a Squier…": Squier Paranormal Troublemaker Telecaster Deluxe: What is it?
If you’ve kept an eye on new releases from the Fender and Gibson electric guitar stables recently, you might have noticed a bit of role-reversal going on. First is the reissue of Gibson’s Victory, which takes the form of an (albeit humbucker-loaded) doublecut. Meanwhile Squier has opted to take a different angle with its longest-running outline, with the distinctly ‘Nashville-esque’ Troublemaker Telecaster. Have we found ourselves stumbling into the Upsidedown?
Not quite, however, the Troublemaker does form part of Squier’s most recent run of Paranormal guitars, which takes its cue from Fender’s Parallel Universe: delivering reimagined versions of its designs, indulging our ‘What if?’ games of Fantasy Guitar Line-Up.
Now, Gibson doesn’t make a T-style guitar, and for the benefit of trademark infringement bounty hunters, I'm going to reiterate, only Fender and it’s associated brands do. But with all that said, if Leo and Les had sat down for a beer (and maybe they did), there’s every chance they might have turned out something resembling the Troublemaker.
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