I have been saving up for quite a while so money isn't really an issue i can afford both, this will be my first like, real guitar because i have only had a squier strat before. I love the look/sound of telecasters but i wanted to add a neck humbucker and change the pick guard, but someone told me that would be stupid to do on such an expensive guitar. Now i'm confused.|||Hello there,
Both the American Standard and the American Special Telecaster are excellent guitars.
If you want a humbucker in the neck position, get a model that has that. It is not a simple matter to change the pickups on a Tele. On your Strat, the pickup cavities are large enough to put humbuckers in the neck or bridge position. With the Tele, the pickup cavity is cut small to fit only a single coil. So to change the pickup, you will need to have the cavity cut larger. That will require a different pickguard. Simpler and cheaper to buy a model that has a humbucker in the neck position.
I cannot see buying an American Special with plans to swap out the pickups. The American Special is a regular Tele with Texas Special pickups. You pay extra to get those pickups. Otherwise the guitar is the same. If you don't want Texas Special pickups, get a different guitar.
By the way, I trust you realize the Telecaster has a fixed bridge. Your Squier Strat has a tremolo bridge. So you will not have a whammy bar with a Tele.
Why are you buying an American Standard or am American Special if you do not like the pickups. That does not make a lot of sense to me.
I consider the Squier Strat to be a real guitar. Squier has a lot of models and the quality varies. However, the Squier Standard, Deluxe, Vintage Modified and Classic Vibe are all very good guitars. I think the Classic Vibe is the best buy on a dollar per dollar basis of any Strat on the market. I have some 80s vintage Squier Strats that are higher quality and better players than the new MIM Fender Standard Strat.
Later,
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