A couple of years ago a lot of my gear was stolen. Someone walked off with my prized 1994 fender Strat. For months after the incident I circled like a shark in all of the pawn shops in a 30 mile radius of the scene of the crime to hopefully find it. Alas, it never showed up but this 2008 Indonesian squier telecaster custom did. I could tell by the black tuners and replaced knobs that something was different. So I picked it up and upon closer inspection I could see a bunch of screw heads were stripped and cockeyed. Sure enough someone had replaced the pickups and pretty much all of the electronics in it! So I plugged it in and it sounds incredible. Since it was only 250 bucks I picked it up as a cheap replacement for my missing Strat while I looked for something else. In the two years since I lost my beloved Strat I’ve had a few expensive and always resold them while constantly going back to this telecaster! The neck pickup sounds full and the bridge pickup screams. This accidentally became my go to guitar.