A genuine Stratocaster on Amazon for $119? Is this real? The new Debut Series come out of nowhere!
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- It's true guys! Fender has just released the new Debut Series by Squier on Amazon. These new stratocasters are selling for just $119 and appear to be an Amazon exclusive. But are they amazing or total junk? Let's find out! Thanks for watching and be sure to subscribe.
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The route under the pickguard is HSH. I just took a look so that leaves a lot of options as far as pickup configurations. Let the modding begin! Get this guitar here: amzn.to/3Jl3MAb
sounded good,and i didnt mind the finish.i bet squier/fender do the same with these as with the early chinese classic vibes,considered higher quality than the current indonesian classic vibes.they will get lots of good reviews,sell a boatload,then they will cheapen further,and move production to indonesia,once the model is established
I think that might be the default routing for all strats. I have a 2018 HH "metal" strat that I ripped apart. It started with the 2 humbuckers, and it had the HSH routing just as yours does. I'm replacing with HSS.
This is good info!
Love the way you done this review, got straight to the point on everything 😊 and made the product sound as good as it plays. WELL DONE.
It's a genuine squire by fender stratocaster yes it's a decent guitar pick ups aren't as good as a fender stratocaster but they aren't bad about two hundred dollars worth of cosmetic stuff and it's pretty close to a regular fender stratocaster.
One disagreement: Considering the competition these days, YES the fretwork DOES need to be this nice.
Yes it NEEDS to be, but it usually isn't.
@@thebaldshredder same can be said for high end fenders, gibsons
@thebaldshredder dude thank you for buying and reviewing this guitar...I was the one who suggested this during the live show...you rock!
Thanks for the suggestion!
Great idea!
183 aud but im in.
Forget the guitar. Your playing is amazing. Sounds like you just time traveled from the 80’s.
I got mine yesterday in the sunburst. I'm in my 60's, a jazz player and normally play on large jazz boxes like D'Angelico New Yorker, ES175 etc. I also own a Gibson 335 and a Fender Telecaster. I saw a review on here a couple days ago and thought why not for just $120? I'm really shocked at the great quality at this price. I'll have to put some better quality and heavier gauge strings on it. I think these come with 9's installed. On a guitar like this I would prefer 10s like on my Tele. I have to get a accustomed to this neck, compared to my jazz boxes it feels like I'm playing on a broom stick because it is thin in comparison, but well crafted and plays nicely. The satin finish in sunburst is nice and has a certain understated elegance to it. It sounds pretty good through a Twin Reverb. I don't really do much distortion. it's a keeper.
I grew up playing guitar in the 60s, and was a pro for over 20 years. We NEVER had anything like that for $120 when I was coming up. Sure, I still have my original '64 blue Mustang, which I bought used off my neighbor for $120, but even then those deals were few and far between.
Good demo, Baldy! Well presented and even makes me curious to try one out for laughs...
Are you doing the inflation or do I need to so it in my head? 120$ in 1964 is worth 1215$ now.
I bought a Fender American 🇺🇸 Ultra and then the Fender Squier Debut to be my practice version with fret note stickers. For $119, I love the debut. It is helping me learn the fret board. It is nicer than I expected and I don’t have to worry about damaging an expensive guitar 🎸 with sticker residue.
Not too shabby. That guitar has a three ply pickguard, diecast tuners and a correct Fender headstock.
They probably cut corners on the hardware and pickups , but for that price as long as the neck is straight it's a good platform. Also it's good all these small companies are forcing the big boys to start competing at a reasonable level. Nice job once again brother 👍✌️🤘
The trem block is the lightest one I've come across. it weighed 35.6570g. That's half the weight of a Squier Bullet block (68.9485g).. I installed one from Musiclily (299.3710g)
@@creepyrc794 Like I said a good platform guitar that's it , I saw Sean on Scar my Guitar demo a Strat yesterday. It was only $89 with a $10 off coupon , same deal good platform but that's it. Basically like buying a diy kit just painted already....
Usually thee tuners are poor
@@t55a2 Yeah that's why if I buy one or get one as a gift I usually mod it out and upgrade everything...
Squier's Achilles Heel has always been their tuners. Instant/Automatic replacement! Then their frets, glad to hear they've resolved that one.
Uhhhhh .....WOW! It's hard to believe Fender is actually even doing this! Good for them!!
As a side note? Please ...please do a deep dive on a Slick guitar from Guitar Fetish? They range between $239-269 & look really, really nice (the $89 hardshell cases look INCREDIBLE, too) ! Would super enjoy seeing you open one of these Slick boxes up!
Honestly, they have to. I know Fender owns brands like Jackson which do those super cheap guitars, but Jacksons don't say Fender on them anywhere, so a younger guitarist might never consider buying an expensive Fender when they get older, so without a cheap guitar to compete with the Amazon brands, Fender is shooting themselves in the foot.
They are only doing it because they are getting their ass kicked on price/ value by brands like Harley Benton.
With how cheap and easy CNC machines are to get, I think the days of the $1000 plus guitars are numbered.
I'm flip not deb I got a sea foam green stray from guitar fetish,love it!
I bought a slick SL60 in like 2019 I think as a first guitar. I took it to a luther friend and he was really impressed with the setup as delivered. It's good quality hardware all around a good guitar.
However, im hesitant to recommend buying a guitar online. If you go to a music store and just see how a few feel, even not knowing how to play you'll probably notice some just are more comfortable than others.
My slick is still really good but I bought a Tanglewood acoustic and a fender squire at guitar center that are much more comfortable for me. I struggle to say why but they both just feel better and do more to encourage me to keep learning despite my lack of talent 😅
I just got one in black. Electronics tone volume and pup selecter works great and fretends are smooth! Action was set low that’s another good thing. Whammy works tuners work. And it stays in tune just about as long as any other guitar I’ve ever had. So I can’t really say that’s an issue because every single godamn guitar I’ve ever had goes out of tune after I’m done abusing it. I 😂😂don’t do Floyd rose. I’m a terrible guitar player who loves cheap fenders. $120 this is fantastic and I’m hoping they do a telecaster. Sorry for the novel! Great review !
They do do a tele
@@HenryofEngland I live in the us. I haven’t seen it on Amazon yet. I’m sure it’ll get here eventually. My strat is nice! Only thing I’m not crazy about is the matte finish. I’m planning on painting it.
@@Alpha_WK I'm I to minds about the finish myself but I suppose can't gripe at the price
@@HenryofEngland I’m definitely not griping! It’s a good guitar. Definitely better than the sonic. Terrible fret sprout. So the debut series will give me an opportunity to use my painting skills
@Alpha_WK right that's it I'm ordering one
The finish on this one looks just like the finish on the Fesley guitar you liked so much. At the time you mentioned the Fesley's were made in the "Fender" factory. This makes sense, and why these debut series guitars are really nice.
6:29 Finally, I was wondering if I would ever hear a clean tone.
I'd say that's definitely a Glarry buster.
Nope, it’s definitely on par with whatever Donner’s putting out. Glarry’s are horrible.
Matt finishes really love them. Nice job Richard
Just got a Firefly FFSP in the matte sunburst looks awesome 👌
Great review as always. I have a 25+ year old MIM strat, but would love to see this in a Tele. Didn't see it on Amazon, but it could be cool.
Nice Demo there brother...Squires are great for the price and great for mod projects...I have two of them that I turned into Old School EVH 78 Replicas ...
Very interesting, the Squier Bullet series, you could get for less than $100 a few years ago with a high gloss finish that were manufactured in Indonesia. I recently bought Sonic H-S-S stratocaster and a Squier Affinity H-S-S stratocaster that were both in the same price range but I found that the Sonic which was made in Indonesia was set up better than the Affinity that was made in China and had better fret work. Nicely presented but I think if Squier wants to compete, they need to up their game with the finish.
Yeah bullets used to be $119 and would regularly go on sale for $99.
First time viewer. Bald Shredder you don't review guitars like everone else...you kick f*cking *ss! Dude that is some serious shredding. Outstanding.
Thanks 🤘
Great review and as always, fantastic playing! Thanks for posting Richard.
Thank you kindly!
I got this same guitar a few days ago and everything he says is accurate. I basically thought exactly the same thing before and after buying it as he did. It really is fantastic considering the price and quality of the guitar. I would not hesitate to recommend this to anyone or to buy it again.
Todays Bullet . I bought mine in 2010 and played it a couple of hours ago and still can't believe how much I love it. It's a workhorse Strat that gives you what you work for. I need to get the volume pot cleaned but other than that it is just as I bought it and getting better every year. I have a LP with the same finish and love the way it shines up in the high traffic areas. Send me one Squire !
The great thing about these Squiers is that there are constantly people selling the tuners out of their Mexican strats for like $30 who upgraded theirs to locking tuners...and the pickups as well!
(the spacing of the 2 positioning pins on back are not same) however you can tighten the replacement mexi ones to make an impression and then drill new holes and it works, just not exact match.
I was very surprised by how well that single coil sounded with the gain up. My first thought was...I'd love to buy that and then replace the bridge pickup with a humbucker, but if I could get tone like you just did from that single coil...
I looked into them almost pulled the trigger but wanted good opinions on it. Thanks for the demo RJ
Mine just came yesterday and I cannot believe this guitar was $120. I've had strats I've paid way more money for that don't play or sound near as good as this one does
Sounded better than i thought it would, I like the finish, IMO If they really wanted to compete they would bring back the budget Fender Starcaster, people not in the know would choose a Fender (x) over Squire (by fender).
Squire works waaaay harder than Fender to get your money.
It’s SQUIER not SQUIRE
THERES A HUGE DIFFERENCE..look into it…
@@riffjohnson22 I will now purposely spell it wrong to celebrate a tremendous asshole, now. Thank you.
Squire by fender are fender guitars they are fender low end.
@@riffjohnson22 1 is a fish! (A juvenile snapper!)
They HAVE to!
Wow did not see that one coming. Thought it would be real bad😂Looks and seems well built. We'll done fender🤝 and awesome videos as always Richard 👏
Thanks 👍
Well my friend, you have once again have lived up to your UA-cam name! Yes, you are bald, and MOST CERTAINLY A SHREDDER! NICE JOB! Also, great job on your assessment of the guitar. I used to be a bit of a "guitar snob" with a 23 guitar collection including 3 Les Pauls. One being a $5,500 custom shop standard! Long story short, I had some unexpected health issues come up and while waiting for 2 1/2 years for my social security disability to get approved, I had to sell EVERYTHING! I now have a modest arsenal of 7 guitars, including 3 Squires. 2 Telecasters and 1 Strat. After doing some "magic" on them, I'm truly happy with the way that they turned out. With modern manufacturing technology, inexpensive guitars are miles ahead of where they where 20 years ago! What we used to have to pay 6 or 7 hundred dollars for then, you can purchase now for 2 or 3 hundred bucks! I love your channel and your attitude! Your not one of those "guitar douchebags" like so many other channels are! LOL... Anyway, keep on keeping it real and real shreddy! God bless and take care...
@@vegasaxeman thanks!
Great video! They're don't look too bad for the price but I got a Squier Affinity Stratocaster on sale for $200 and it has a two point tremolo and great sounding pickups and descent tuners. The only thing I might replace is the nut and I considered locking tuners but it's not necessary just a wanted upgrade.
I'm glad you weighed it! That would be a cool thing to do in all your reviews. Thanks.
WOW you were rocking out and you did great on the clean tone also
You made it sound like a high end custom shop. Plus it actually sounded in tune. (Intonation wise) Great playing!!
Signal chain?Maybe this is more of a testament into what we plug into. Bridge pickup sounded like a hot humbucker. Not a bad thing.
Great video! An unbelievable guitar at an amazing price. I purchased one, sunburst also, after watching your video. It'll be here in a couple days! 🤘🎸
im not seeing any skunk stripon the back of neckdoes it have a truss rod could be why its soooooooooooo cheap look at joint on body seeif its there the adjustment if not top,of headstock itbmight be there if not neck will pone to warping
I have owned easily over a hundred different guitars over the years and I know that's not a lot compared to some people but I did pick one of these up after watching your video when I am pretty freaking shocked how fun it is how well it plays and I even like how it sounds
Love the flat finish. Sounds good! I bout a squire from g. Center about 5 years ago. It's a metallic forest green. Through in a dimarzio pickup in it. Never had to adjust the string action. Thing plays like a dream. Only paid 169$ for it
Damn, when you play like that you make any guitar sound great.
Exactly, it's not the guitar it's the player, Clapton could play that and it would still sound like Clapton.
Thanks for the review👍 I just ordered the sunburst!
side note = dude, you are a really freakin good guitarist. tasty, interesting and technically sophisticated stuff you come up with.
Thanks
i have a real fender strat Squier bullet wihch was made in 2010 got it for $100.00 love this thing i am goin to mod this thing to death
nice Squier you have there and it’s good for the money thank you for the video and review
my favorite video is when you reviewed the monsoon by Leo jaymz i have one at my friends house he got at namm
Great sound. Finally someone put some metal to the pedal.
My wife & I are going to look into this... Great review... A good guitar to have as a mod platform. Also get the Fender Back Plate from China Alie Express. Cheers 🍻🥃🥃🎸🎼🎵🎶🎶🎶
I am a leftie guitarist who can never afford a Fender but being a die hard fan of Hank Marvin I used to long for getting his unique sound but never could. Now I have a Squier Standard with SSS Alnico pickups . With a Marshall amp and a vintage echo/ delay unit I get about 80% of Hank ....❤
You got the WRONG amp, you really needed an AC15 or AC30 for Hank's sound!
If it had a 2 point trem, I'd get one in the 2 tone sunburst. The one you got has too much black on it though. I've seen them with a thinner band of black so that more of the brown shows.
I must say that for 119 free shipping you can't fucking go wrong❤
Nice revue mate, could listen to that all day.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great review and demo! Nice guitar quality.
I really liked the first part of the sound demo (hi-gain). Can you tell me the signal chain you used to get this?
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I picked up the Dakota Red. I wa mostly worried about the frets, but to my surprise, they are actually really good. I'm in the process of upgrading it now, I'll post a video soon.
The tuners on mine actually stay in tune also..
This would be a lot of fun to use as a base for modding!
Love the Matte finish. One reviews, the Red may look dull due to the matte but I like it.
Just bought the Fender $119 and the Tank _G from your links. Thank you for the advice. Im old and im going to use learning the guitar for brain health. Thank you! Have a great day!
Replace the nut with a TUSQ one and put some Hipshot locking tuners on it. Since Squier uses smaller headstock holes, You”ll need to ream the holes a little larger on the headstock to accept standard sized Fender tuning machines.
Impressed: both by the Strat, *and* your playing. Thanks
Thank you kindly!
Had to get one, was looking for a used strat to mod and this new one is it, curious as to the cavity under the pick gaurd but I got a router.
Thanks for the review & see You on the next one...
Pretty good shreddage bro!
Thanks for the video, Richard. I agree that Fender is stepping up their game from sheer need. Those barely known companies who have been selling cheap guitars have really been giving Fender and Squier fits. For instance, last year I shopped in a reasonably intelligent manner and scored a pair of Donner DST-400s. They cost more than the Squier you just reviewed, but they are considerably higher in value than the Squier. Where it has a poplar body, the Donners use alder, the bridge pickup is a humbucker, and the vibrato is a 2-post version rather than a 6-screw (I don't like those). The only functional upgrade I did was putting roller saddles on the bridges to help with tuning stability. Those and the cosmetic upgrades have left the total cost of the guitars and their upgrades under $250. I don't doubt that that Squier is worth its price, especially for players with setup skills and tools, but Fender and Squier need to continue raising the level of their game, because Donner and similar brands have raised the bar in the affordable instrument market!
Exactly!
Vintage Fender Strat bodies had a nitro finish that was not glossy like polyurethane. They may have been going for the nitro look To me, it looks great with the sunburst finish.
Amazon deliverd my sunburst debut strat today. Looks and plays great. For $119.00 I am very impressed.
@thebaldshredder nice review! I checked out the Amazon listing. I won't be buying one.... because I don't "NEED" another guitar...."WANT" yes "NEED" no....but I like the Dakota red option.
Always play your vids as soon as I see then pop up
Yes! 🤘
Yay Fender!!! It's about time! Another great review Shredder - Thanks!
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The biggest cost saving measure is that the body is made out of poplar - a very cheap and plentiful wood. Quite frankly, I'm a fan of poplar guitar woods. Just because its not expensive doesn't mean its not good.
Interesting for sure. I thought those high value guitars you've been featuring would make the big 2 lower their prices. Instead they come out with a new series!
Thing I like about this the most is the satin finish. Wish this was standard options on the expensive versions...
Just got the red Squire , loving the matt red ox finish , great for the money , slightly unhappy with the thicker neck, but hey its a fender , neck is coming off and off to the shed to slimline this sucker, done a few before, overall a great guitar thanking you for the video , OLD MAN FROM UK :)
wasnt expecting it,but that strat sounds pretty good
I have three squares and I love every one of them squires are little thinner the bodies but they're pretty heavy and I'm sure that's how they cut the cost they didn't put the gloss on it's still a heck of a deal I have a squire standard that came out in 2004 it's HSS has a mirror pickguard it's got a 2-point trim floating trim and it has a compound radius neck it's thicker up toward the headstock and then it flattens out great about mid neck it's the most comfortable neck I have ever played it's one of my favorite guitars are we are almost forgot it's got a painted headstock what is gorgeous silver logo that says Squier Stratocaster of course I paid like 374 Falcon 2004 still looks like new. I only wish I could play as good as you I'm not a shredder by any stretch of the imagination it's not my style I've always done more pop rock type of music although my favorite band is Def Leppard and all the hair metal bands I may pick up one of those that's cheap thanks for showing that you're always finding great guitars
My first guitar was a Hiatt Deluxe from K -mart in the sixties. It was crap. So was my playing so it was okay for while.
I was hoping you would try the tremolo system for at least some Ventures/Shadows style dives. But then again, on these price points the trem system will be unstable.
Exactly, why pay more ?
They had to do something to compete and it sounded good.
Great video Richard. I think Fesley painted these guitars...lol. They look great in the matte colors. I don't think I can call victory just yet, but Fender making a decent guitar for $119 is very close to it! I think a real victory will be when Gibson matches that price! Thanks for the cool review. Keep on shredding!
LOL, I don't see Gibson ever coming close to 119.
@@thebaldshredder Me neither...LOL.
You pay 119 per letter in the Gibson headstock. And it’s worth not a single one of tjem
I was just on the Thomann website, and their ST-62 VW Vintage Series guitar (strat copy) is now $133, plus $85. shipping to the U.S.
I think Fender is finally starting compete with Jet and Harley Benton. This is a way better deal.
Great guitar and I can’t belive the price, wow! 🎸🤘
Mr Bald that sounded great.I want one or two!
These really reminded of mid-90s MIM Strats. Poplar bodies with 6 point trems and thin blocks, ceramic pickups, cheaper tuners. Good mod platforms. Being a satin finish, wonder if it'll shine up or relic?
hekk yaa brother!
i got the sunburst model as well!
shoot man just a neck alone will cost more than 119 wowwzerrz!
I just modded a 70s Squier because I liked the neck and the way it played, after switching out pickups,nut and block it plays and sounds just as good if not better than most of the over price Fender Strats out now. It will be a cold day in hell when I pay what they are asking for a USA strat
Back in the day the better Squier guitars and basses had the gold lettering on the headstock while the crappier ones had the plain black lettering for the logo. I truly hope that they are going back to the days when you could get a decent instrument without having to spend 800+ bucks for a bottom of the line Fender. I have a couple of the old school basses with the gold lettering and they play and sound just as good as my Fender does. I have done some luthier work on them but all in all they are solid platforms. Again here's hoping they go back in time to the levels of quality they had back then.
Damn Bro !!! You sound great !!! I can't believe that thing costs less than 200 bucks. That is crazy !!!
Not an amazon exclusive. Here in Indonesia we have tokopedia, and many people there sells it.
Richard, you can make a piece of driftwood with a string sound great!
Holy crap, that’s a decent guitar for the money.
Great playing too :)
i am noticing there was no "set up" it just played good outta the box
Correct
Thank Rich good info ,I have 1993 squire made in Korea and guys that play it are amazed how good it plays n sounds it's a blackie I bought it for 100 bucks off Craig's list the guy never played it I know great guitarists that love squires they say ya gota know how to pick em and what strings ya put on them for your style and ya gota know how to intonate them and set the action God Bless Rich I'm a bald player too
Really digging this, I'm ordering the red I like the flat mat paint, I'm a Gigging musician chic and I think I can dig this on stage
Hey ! Bald shredder! You are one cool dude !
Hey, thanks!
Squire's are never terrible !...they are Fender guitars .
Great review. Great playing
Thank you kindly!
How many beginners would have died for something like that back in the day. Jeff Beck built his own. George Harrison's was a knock off weird strat thing. Nobody had something as nice as that when they started. We can look down on it that guitar. Shame! Listen to how fantastic it sounds with a great guitar player. If I didn't already have a strat, I would buy one. Wonderful job. I'm joining...
Glad to see you're not a snob. And welcome aboard!
A weird little thing I noticed; The middle screw holes on the back trem cover aren't offset like they usually are in Squier/Fender Strats.
Just what I've been looking for. I got a Fishman Fluence loaded pickguard I'm gonna put in it. We'll see how that goes. I got a set of Stringjoy Orbiters I might throw on it as well. Maybe get a set of lockers? Anyways, it should show up Friday. Thanks for the rundown!
Enjoy!
@@thebaldshredder Hah! Yup, sure nuff. Black pickguard, ordered the black lockers, shoot a bit of paint, I'll have a Stealth Strat!😂
Wow Richard this is another awesome guitar review I love it. Shred on dude.😃👍❤️🔥⚡️🎶🎸
Yes, that's the one fatal problem with this guitar, and many cheap guitars, is that the necks are thick.If you don't mind it then it's a great modding platform where you can replace pickups, saddles, tunning pegs if you like down the road. Otherwise, most critics have found that the frets were level and fret ends were smooth. I think you can even replace the trem with a short block from GFS. Because it is squire, you can probably get a HSH pickgard from Warmoth and put whatever pickups you want. You probably can replace the neck if the frets wear down.
This earned a subscription 👍🏼 well done
this guitar has to be CNC machine mass produced, which means, just like epiphone, each guitar will be pretty close to perfect the way epiphones are lately..
Hey Bald, for a beginner would the Squire Frontman 10g amp do the trick. Great video
Yes it will
Mine is showing up today, can't wait 😊
If they had left handed versions, I'd get one.
My lefty Squier Sonic is a hit out of a miss. I upgraded the pickups to Dimarzio HS-4's and had it set up by my favorite guitar shop luthier and it is one of my go to guitars now.