The smartest thing this channel ever did was keeping its ear to the ground, and adapting. They have realized its viewership is wide and as with the internet, it’s always in flux. Keep it up guys.
Love love love the offset tele. It's unbelievable how they're selling the Meteora at thousands of dollars and it's basically the same offset tele they're selling for 400 dollars/ 380 quid. I'll try my hardest to get my hands on one for sure. Great video as always!
Are you actually kidding me on that Toronado?! *) Shortscale, so easy on beginner fingers (and arms). *) Narrow/tall frets, so even easier on beginner fingers. *) 9-42 strings are standard, so easier _still_ on ... (you know the drill by now). *) Dual humbuckers, so don't care about electric noise. *) Standard Fender/Squire 4 bolt neck attachment, so if needed you can shim and micro tilt the neck for even lower action. *) A proper 22 frets. *) C shape neck. *) Hardtail bridge, so no troubles with tuning stability or tone due to a wonky bridge. *) Individual intonation adjustment for each string, so not fiddly like a standard 'brass bar' tele can be. *) Comfort cuts both front and back, so easy on the body if a beginner isn't used to handling an electric guitar. *) Dark coloured fretboard, so the strings are easy to see. (Indian Laurel actually looks great when oiled up a few times.) *) Vintage style tuning machines, so super easy to replace and 'lock' the strings, even if you didn't intend (or know you wanted) to. Also, you can temporarily take the strings off the headstock if, say, you want to clean the fretboard. Show me a more ideal beginner electric guitar of any brand, any price. Yes, I'll hold. 🤩
Okay, my Schecter Banshee-6 SGR. If your tastes are more modern rock and metal, you can get - Standard scale (allows down tuning on normal strings) Extra jumbo frets 9-42, HH, thin C, individually adjustable hardtail, Soloist-y body (smaller than standard strat) with cuts, dark fretboard with offset inlays. 24 frets with contoured heel joint. Graphite nut, with modern sealed tuners. 2 knobs, as opposed to the more fiddly 4. Basswood, as opposed to poplar. 14 inch radius, which makes everything except chords easier. Finally, only costs 200 USD, where the Toronado is 350 GBP.
Since this video first came out I purchased the Tornado in Lake Placid Blue. I cannot imagine a better “bang for the buck” new guitar on the market. I will replace the tuners first and eventually upgrade the pickups, but they sound amazingly good out of the box. It’s hard to appreciate how far Squier has come in the last couple years. Five years ago I would have NEVER entertained the idea of buying one, only MIM for budget buys, but now I wouldn’t hesitate on any of the upper end Squiers. Great stuff!
Fender has really up’d their game with the Squire brand. I have 2 Squires an Affinity Tele in Butterscotch Blond and a Squire Standard Strat in Cherry Burst and I love them both. They play so great. I’m very tempted by these new paranormal series.🎸🤘
I think you can tell by the excitement within the video, but we are truly blown away by the quality of the Paranormal range! Thanks for tuning in & glad you enjoyed the video🤘
The blue Toronado looks like something I need. It's actually the Fender I've been looking for. Hardtail...check. Small headstock... check.... humbuckers.... check.... 2 tone 2 volume ....... check. Just damn.
Nice to see people enjoying the Poplar body guitars. I have had a couple now and the tone and resonance from them are amazing. My mahogany guitars are put to shame by them. Huge props to squier for using them in these models!! ❤
I’m guilty of always wanting a Fender, but I’m perfectly happy with my Classic Vibe 50s tele. I’m really loving that blue Toronado, that’s so pretty! As for sound, I think most any modern guitar can sound great in capable hands.
Lot of folks don't realize Squier has been around much longer (1890's) then Fender before the acquisition in the mid 60's. Early on Fender was shocked at the quality for price coming out of the Squier factory. So much that it forced them to greatly improve QC and hardware features, good for us:).
It's so great you guys are back in the same room! You've done an amazing job with the split screen videos but there's nothing like the vibe or being next to each other (classic vibe if you will) :D
That exit jam was amazing! Its true that the guitars sound awesome but it also has to do with the way you guys jam out and show what the guitars can really offer.
You excitement is so contagious that I think it will be some hours after my bedtime before I can retire, heck it fine it will be with a smile on face. Now I feel that its got to be be grabbing one of these bad boys ASAP! LOL!
Thanks so much guys... you've given me uncountable hours of absolutely unadultered joy... For me Andertons Music Co is the very best entertainment available !!!
Oh, man!.. Can't wait to get my Paranormal Offset Tele 😁 I was a bit bummed by the mail you sent me today about the "In Stock" date being moved from 2/7 to 5/8.. I guess I have something to look forward to 👍🎸
I bought a used black Toronado , in great condition. A few issues, frets weren’t sitting in property and required glueing in. The bridge saddles were awful, replaced. Nut needed some filing. I was 50/50 on the bridge pickup but now it has grown on me. Machine heads are good . Maybe in a few months, I’ll get the electrics ( pots/caps/output jack ) upgraded. I love it and it’s a keeper
I've been watching Andertons RU-vid videos for a couple of years, and The Captain's guitar playing has gone from, well... rather embarrassing... to bloody good. What a great 3 minute intro. Usually I hang around for the intro to end so the informative bit can start (and Pete can wow us with his licks), but here I was hoping that the intro duet wouldn't end ! And then we had the outro jam. Oh joy. There's hope for all us middle-aged rather average players yet !
I'd have one of those Tele-masters today, if they came with a dark fingerboard. Also, holding out for a Classic Vibe Electric XII. Some of the far east made Gretsch guitars are at the peak of the bang-for-your-buck curve, too.
You're doing horrible things to my bank balance Captain Lee. I've already got my eyes on a Chapman ML3 pro modern in Hot Blue. Now you're tempting me with these.
It’s brilliant for Squire to offer guitars not available elsewhere in the Fender catalogue. I thought I had “graduated” from Squire to Fender years ago, but last year got the Squire Jazzmaster with active pickups and I love it. Some of these new guitars look really exciting me, and after seeing the great new quality of “higher end” Squires, I’m not afraid to buy them. I probably wouldn’t buy a Squire Strat today, but I might buy one of these!
The parallel universe series should have just been a higher end version of these. They're trying nowhere near as hard to look cool and quirky and as a result are so much classier. My indie side has never drooled over guitars as much as it does over these. Well done fender
Oh man, I was looking quite a time for an offset telecaster and now this 🙀 This will be my third classic vibe...they just won‘t stop making these gold nuggets
What I like about these is that they all have a very distinct sound to them in addition to the funky looks. Also, yes to narrow tall frets, as far as I'm concerned they can totally replace jumbos.
Morning gents! Great video. Love seeing you back together! Those guitars look and sound great. This is the first time I've thought "wow.. I need a Squire."
Fun fact: the Super-Sonic was inspired by a photo of Jimi Hendrix playing a right handed Fender Jaguar. The Cyclone 2 was inspired by a heavily modified Mustang they had with 3 pickups
I have a Player Jaguar and the Paranormal Tornado. It’s really hard to choose a favorite, but the Tornado being half the price of the Player makes the choice a no brained. If I could only buy one, it’d be the Tornado hands down.
I'm down in the comments during the outro and look up to see the captain is the one playing that tasty lead. I had to back it up and listen again. Well done! I know Andertons had the Jan tracks but these intros and outros could very well just make up an album. I could listen to Pete and Lee play all day!
I have a custom shop toronado, An american production Toronado, A tornado made in Mexico and a Korean fender toronado with a set neck. So now I neeeeeed the squier toronado!!.. im psyched I thought this design was on the scrap heap of fender history. This is awesome!!
This is the best Demo of these on RU-vid, for some reason all the others have no idea on how to dial in a decent sound. Or are so bad at playing that it’s totally distracting. For a clean sound you still need a bit of gain and amp effect just like as if you are playing live. And the boosted sound shouldn’t be so distorted that is wouldn’t matter what you are playing. So I think these guys did a great job and this is the best sounding paranormal review so far. Well done guys
About time they bring back the Toronado. The most slept on guitar model in Fender's history imho. I hope they bring back a Fender version aswell in the future!
I did own a classic vibe telecaster in white blonde for a while. The fret job was wonderful. It is gone only because i have a 1975 telecaster now, and a 1977 telecaster.
Just got my offset jazzcaster from sweetwater. I really like it! Hold tune very well and i love vintage tuners so easy to change string no tuning issues. I love the neck it feels like a modern C closer to a player series tele. The neck is great. I live the maple fingerboard. Neck pick up is classic tele neck. Middle posish is great. The bridge pick up is bright but the tone control is responsive so you can dial it back. Takes overdrive great. My only only complaint the plastic knob on the 3 position switch is lame. Easy upgrade down the line maybe. Guitar is a perfect weight and I am very pleased.
Dear Lee & The Dane --the SuperSonic is great it is a re-issue of the original 1996-97 one that was made in Fugen Fender Factory...and when I got mine in the Blue Mist that Dane Pete is playing...I realized that the Two Controls were setup for the "Go To" for a Grunge / Punk Player...but What If? it had the traditional wiring with a Volume and Tone Control...like the Jagmaster ONE that I own (Japan) and I decided to break open the SCRATCH PLATE AS YOU WOULD SAY IN the UK...so I did..first off the rotate the Switch to up down as opposed to ftont back and then to rewire the controls to a Volume / Tone with a 22uF capacitor...Orange Drop...and then the Guitar really lit up...you think it is great with two Volumes...take your dark Gray one and convert it and do a SHOOT OUT BETWEEN THE STANDARD WIRING AND A MODDED WIRING...NOW " I AM GOING ONE STEP FURTHER...THE ATOMIC HUMBUCKERS ARE 4 WIRE...SO I AM NOW GOING TO PUT PUSH PULL POTS ON THE GUITAR AND COIL TAP...THE PICKUPS...THEN YOU CAN HAVE SUPER VERSATILE SOUNDS...IMAGINE A SINGLE COIL FRONT LIKE A STRAT AND A FULL ON HUMBUCKER IN THE BACK (THINK PAWNSHOP 51...WITH TREMELO) THIS GUITAR ROCKS...MINE WAS PERFECT OUT OF THE BOX...THE ONLY THING I DID AFTER WIRING WAS TO GO WITH ERNIE BALL HEAVY TOP AND BOTTOMS 10-52 STRINGS....SUPER FOR THAT LONG RUN ON THE BASS STRINGS... THEN THE NEXT THING YOU NEED TO FEATURE BESIDES THE SHOOT OUT ABOVE...IS TO DO A SHOOT OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TORONADO IF YOU CAN FIND ONE USED - AND THE NEW ONE...THAT SQUIER MAKES...OH!!! ONE MORE....THE NEW PARANORMAL BARITONE GUITAR...IT IS A TELE WITH P90'S WITH E TO E BARITONE STRINGS...SUPER GUITAR ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G--jBf1Ojz0.html HERE IS 60 CYCLE HUMS VID ON THAT GUITAR...ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n2ytgpmDvJY.html .i AM A SQUIER OWNER GOING BACK TO JAGMASTER (jAPAN 1997) AND SOLD OFF ALL OF MY AMERICAN FENDERS OVER THE LAST 23 YEARS AND WENT ALL jAPAN OR INDONESIAN & CHINA SQUIERS NOW...THEY ROCK AND ARE SUPERB....MATTER OF FACT HERE IS A VIDEO OF A FENDER MASTER BUILDER "WHAT WOULD HE BUY IN A SQUIER - PLAYING ONE WITH PHIL MCKNIGHT...ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-seI8BhXpBRA.html THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO....IF YOU GET THE BARITONE TELE IN...LOVED TO ORDER ONE FROM THE UK JUST TO SAY MINE CAME FROM THERE...ALSO YOU NEED TO DO A REVIEW OF THE SQUIER VI IN COMPARISON TO THE TELECASTER BARITONE PARANORMAL!! BRIAN "BEBOP" DeLUXE SAYING BUY FOR NOW...
I have an original (first run?) MiM Toronado. They're pretty cool. And these are basically an exact replica from what I can see. The bridge is the same, the tuners, everything is pretty much the same. That's awesome!
Fender constantly releases some new Offset or Paranormal series, but if I want to buy a 60s Vintera strat I can still only choose between 2 different colors. I clearly do not understand the guitar market.
Damn you guys. Stop showing me things that I need to buy. This is getting ridiculous. And wtf is wrong with fender making so many good guitars this year.
@Andertons Music Co Hmm, I'm quite sure Toronado should be pronounced in the Spanish way TOROH - NAH - DOH. And the body shape resembles the Music Mans Albert Lee and the newest Mariposa as well. These Squiers are really cool guitars. It will be cooler if you can convince Fender to make a FSR of the Supersonic with the straight headstock hehe... fingers crossed!
Didn’t realize a lot of Europeans don’t know what a “tornado” is. It’s what we in US call a powerful and destructive funnel cloud vortex that can be produced under the right atmospheric conditions in a storm. They create insane damaging wind speeds and the largest ones can carve out up to about mile wide paths of structural devastation. 🌪️
