The Squier 40th Anniversary collection celebrates the 40-year journey of Fender’s entry-level brand.

Featuring aged chrome hardware, an anodized aluminum pickguard, a vintage-tinted maple neck, an engraved anniversary neck plate and satin finish throughout, this Tele® honors the heritage of the Squier catalog and its ancestry.

The first instruments to bear the Squier name were introduced in 1982, answering the call for genuine Fender® designs at accessible prices. The Squier 40th Anniversary collection celebrates the 40-year journey of Fender’s entry-level brand with special editions of the Telecaster®, Stratocaster®, Jazzmaster®, Precision Bass®, and Jazz Bass®, all available in Gold Edition and Vintage Edition variants.

The Squier® 40th Anniversary Telecaster®, Vintage Edition is a soulful tribute model trimmed with a collection of classic features for the retro-minded Squier enthusiast. Featuring aged chrome hardware, an anodized aluminum pickguard, a vintage-tinted maple neck, an engraved anniversary neck plate and satin finish throughout, this Tele® honors the heritage of the Squier catalog and its ancestry. Player-friendly refinements of this commemorative model include a slim and comfortable “C”-shaped neck profile for an easy playing feel, vintage-style tuning machines and 3-saddle string-through-body bridge for authentic performance and style, and Fender-Designed single-coil pickups with alnico 5 magnets for familiar Tele tone.

Body:

- Body: Nyatoh

- Body Binding: Black

- Body Finish: Satin Urethane

- Body Material: Nyatoh

- Body Shape: Telecaster®

Neck:

- Fingerboard Material: Maple

- Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)

- Headstock: Telecaster®

- Neck Construction: Bolt-On

- Neck Finish: Tinted Satin Urethane

- Neck Material: Maple

- Neck Shape: "C" Shape

- Number of Frets: 21

- Nut Material: Bone

- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)

- Position Inlays: Black Dot

- Side Dots: Black

- String Nut: Bone

- Truss Rod: Head Adjust

- Truss Rod Nut: 4 mm Hex

Hardware:

- Bridge: 3-Saddle Strings-Through-Body Tele®

- Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top

- Hardware Finish: Aged Chrome

- Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Squier® 40th Anniversary

- Pickguard: 1-Ply Black Anodized Aluminum

- Pickup Covers: Neck: Aged Chrome; Bridge: Black

- Strap Buttons: Standard

- String Trees: Dual-Wing

- Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)

- Switch Tip: Black

- Tuning Machines: Vintage Style

Electronics:

- Bridge Pickup: Fender® Designed Alnico Single-Coil

- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone

- Neck Pickup: Fender® Designed Alnico Single-Coil

- Pickup Configuration: SS

- Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup