I have a mid-90s MIM Tele. I see that as basically a lower mid-grade instrument, but I like it a lot. In the last six months or so I have played several squier teles in stores, and a couple of them have felt to me every bit as good as my MIM and as good as several U.S. built teles in the same stores. I am sure the hardware is not as good, but the playability was there. The Squiers were priced at $219, $230, etc. Maybe those were sale prices, I don't know, but they were real bargains, IMO.
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