This guitar has been gently used and still has the manufacturer's plastic on the pickguard. There is some minor wear and scratches on the body, but the guitar plays and sounds very well. Made in China in 2019. A superb gateway into the time-honored Fender family, the Squier Affinity Telecaster delivers legendary design and quintessential tone for today s aspiring guitar hero. This Tele features several player-friendly refinements such as a thin and lightweight body, a slim and comfortable C -shaped neck profile, a string-through-body bridge for optimal body resonance and sealed die-cast tuning machines with split shafts for smooth, accurate tuning and easy restringing. Loaded with dual Squier single-coil Tele pickups with 3-way switching for genre-defying sonic variety, this model is ready to accompany any player at any stage.