I have this guitar. The only setup I did was to float the trem (simply due to personal preference) and then intonate it (because I floated the trem). I have had it over for almost a month and a half and it still impresses me. The frets are smooth (no polish needed), the intonation was almost spot on out of the box, and it stays in tune--things that a cheap amazon guitar doesn't provide. I have three friends who also bought this guitar and they all three say the same thing. Based on this video, the more than a dozen others I've watched, my friends' experiences with it, and my own, I would say this guitar offers one thing those other cheap guitars do not: a consistent product. The haters seem to forget that when the pickups sound a bit hot or the neck is a little thin that it's a $120 guitar. It's not made for the seasoned pro, but the beginner in your life is gonna love it.
I've said it a million times. I have two squire stratocasters from around 2002. They are strat pack guitars that came in a pack labeled stop dreaming start playing. One is white, and the other is sunburst. I replaced the nut with bone, the pickups with Fender Custom Shop 60s, Graph Tech locking tuners, and super-v-bladerunner tremelo. The squire strata that were in this pack are full size and therefore not thinner nor smaller tuners holes. The necks are amazing flame birds eye maple with thick rosewood fretboard. I bought both of them for $100 each, and with the upgrades still invested less money than what the least expensive Fender stratocaster cost. They are Fender stratocasters that are simply labeled squier. Not only do they cost less but a better product than any Fender stratocaster, you can buy off the shelf today. People buy and spend so much money for a name but never learn how to really play. Stop spending money and learn how to play what you have. As you have shown, if you can play and have a good amplifier, the guitar will sound and do what it was designed to. Until you become Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, or Joe Satriani, focus on learning how to play. The man makes the guitar not the other way around.
Bought squire strat pack in1998, $125.00 for little amp ,tuner, strap. Never did any kind of set up on it for years, about eight years ago did proper set up and it transformed the guitar...it's actually my favorite guitar now....unbelievable! It just fits and feels like home. I was going to buy a fender player strat but after checking out a few of them ,decided the squire strat was just fine...so I bought an amp instead and epiphone les paul...lol Put loaded pick guard from stew mac in it for fifty bucks and the squire strat is awesome, only reason I switched pickup was volume tone pots wete acting up...sounds great .
Can I just say that playing at the start was just beautiful it reminded me a lot of rpg’s from the 90’s before the gain kicked in that is and that was equally as impressive I really like your style this channel is slept on glad to be a sub.
I set a friend's kid's cheapo squier strat a few months ago - after a lot of basic work (action, intonation , truss rod, fret polish, slight nut work, it's great, but most people don't know how to do it or have someone who does
I love my 'old' Squire Strats............... real rosewood finger and excellent frets. Wish I could play 1/10 as well as you. You make some nice music with that cheap Strat.
@@jasujokelainen5073I was mindblown when i found out that you get twice as many search results on used guitar sites when you use both spellings because soo many people don’t know how to spell it right😅 Probably missed out on some deals over the years
It’s good to see those entry level Squires to be serviceable instruments. To give a young guitarist something that he/she recognizes as cool and used by their musical idols is really motivating. My first guitar in the 60’s was an acoustic steel string with a high action that was difficult to play. I dropped it after a few moths and didn’t pick up another guitar till I was 19 and bought a lovely Yamaha classical guitar after falling in love with flamenco of all things.
I got the 2 tone sunburst one and I really like it. It's the cheapest of my 6 Strats, but it's built really well. The only shortcoming is the electronics, but I just happen to have a loaded pickguard I put together with alnico v pickups and an upgraded wiring/pots harness that I'll install in it as soon as I'm done procrastinating. I also have a spare set of cheap locking tuners that I'll install on it as well.
Another great video John.. I have an Affinity Strat and there's something just right about it. It doesn't weigh much and it's so easy and satisfying to play. I can spend hours just noodling away with it. Pleasant on many levels. It sounds like a Strat for £170. Yeah, I've put some locking tuners on it and had it set up but yeah great. I might replace the pick-ups and electronics which I'm sure will make it even better. Your playing is superb once again. It sounds like something 10 times its value! Just great..
What I’d like to see is this model up against the Squier Sonic series Strat. Like what does the extra $70 dollars get you if you go with the Sonic series?
With modern CNC methods, as long as the material is good then it should be possible to churn out decent guitars. Of course, the baseline design has to be good but, once you have that, the incremental design costs are, literally, zero.
I'm tempted to get one for nostalgic reasons. My first guitar was essentially Squier this with a gloss finish. So long as the frets are solidly in place and level, a little patience and effort can turn a guitar like this into something much nicer.
Funny, I had a Squier (which I love) and an Ibanez RG350DX which I hated. The Squier had an alder body, maple neck, rosewood (like...never really knew ) fretboard, cheap electroncis and I loved paying it...(still do...more to come). The Ibanez had a basswood body, maple/rosewood neck, Edge trem. The Ibanez ended up in the garbage...that's how much I hated it. The Squier got allot of new things as a project guitar that cost more than the original axe, and I STILL love playing it and love it even more than I did originally. Ibanez, about $800.00 Squier, about $200.00 (originally). There it is.
I think you just sold me on one of these ....The matte finish looks great in my opinion.....It sounds great....If you didn't know and you listened you would think this was a much more expensive guitar.....Some Really Nice playing.....Great Demo!!! Thanks!!!!....I don't really need another guitar.....but the price....What the heck
I had done a review of this guitar as well. I wish I could get the Telecaster that’s offered in the UK only. Unfortunately wouldn’t get to US before September and would cost $294 US because of taxes and other charges
Sounds like many of the guitars I've heard on your channel. The Pickups may sound slightly scratchy. This is something I've occasionally heard on Pickups purported to have ceramic magnets. I'd be tempted to lower the Pickups a little to see if that makes any difference and smoothes out the tone a little. 🤷
Most of the things that make a Strat, a Strat, are there. The pickups are a little thin but not bad. These squires are so much better than the Harmonys and Teiscos that begginers used to struggle with, and everything except the fret ends is consistent from one Squire to the next. The thin body is actually not a bad idea, now that USA Strats are pushing 8.5 - 9.5 pounds. Some HSS Strats have broken the 10 pound barrier.
People always talk about sound, but you buy an "expensive" guitar for the feel of it. Theres no way people could tell this was a squire if you just did a sound comparsion to something more expensive...squier sounds great, like a strat...but probably doesnt feel "solid"
Very good point. And how a guitar feels in the hand and the player’s feelings towards it can affect how you play. I’m sure we’ve all owned a guitar we “hated” and didn’t much enjoy, and another we “loved” and found inspiring to play.
It can go the other way too. I have a Squier Bullet Strat that I just can’t put down because it just feels right, comfortable neck, super light (6 lbs) and perfectly balanced. I’d pay way more for a replica with better parts.
Thats true but the real question is if that..."feel" thing is built in to the construction of the instrument or it can be easily changed with a couple of strategic mods and how those mods really cost....for example some pay for a custom shop to have a rolled fretboard and some do it with a...scotchbrite or a fine sanding block....
Bless your heart! You could play a cigar box with a 1 x 2 for a neck with some wire off an old screen door for strings and it would sound like a very very expensive guitar...
Hey John, have you ever tried Donner Guitars? i've heard that they have a decent 335 with the price of squier bullet. I've tried it once and i was amazed by the fret job on guitar of that price range. You should try that guitar!
I dunno man. I have played my 40th anniversary Squier strat (seafoam) professionally for a year. It never goes out of tune unless I move it to a different environment (humidity) and sounds just as good as my fender. In my opinion. And I like the neck better. My Squier Tele as well, but I dropped a Seymour Duncan hot rails and fender knobs and switch in that one. Just to kill the humm. Love it.
I use a squier classic vibe 60s tele. Never EVER goes out of tune on me. I upgraded the pickups so it could handle more gain, thats it. Absolutely love it
I just received this guitar from Amazon in sunburst. It did not come in a double box. The fret ends are super sharp. It's buzzy especially on the low e. I tuned it endlessly with fenders app and it still sounds out of tune. It feels like every other cheap guitar I've ever owned. I always wanted a strat so I'm sending it back and I'm going to fork out the money for the player series as I should have.
I wish I had my first couple of electric guitars, just to compare to today's cheap, beginner guitars. I don't recall what brand my first couple of guitars were, but I do remember having a Squier strat as a teenager and I loved that guitar! It might have been a POS, Idk. I didn't know any better.
If it makes a back up it is pretty solid. And for kids that haven't much to spend worth considering...or save up. Yet when you're young you don't have much time 😅
I bought one just to screw around with it. I was pretty impressed with the quality for a ~$100 guitar. It definitely stands up the cheap Chinese knock offs that are cornering that market, even better than the beginner Epiphones, and that's saying a lot as I prefer that style of neck and heads over fender style. The biggest beef is what most beginner guitars have, the frets are sharp and need to be filed down better. I'll probably return it or sell it to a beginner. A+ for intro beginner guitar, and getting your value on what you pay for.
Ha Ha... Would I buy that guitar for my son ? I actually prefer Archtops (as electric guitars) and Acoustics... but bought a Squier BulletStrat (HSS) some years ago and played it through a 'Blues Junior' 15 watt and an old 1984 VOX 10 watt that just will not wear out ! Great with both Amps and lots of fun... Now my lad has it and the VOX Amp... It is worth more than I paid for it and yet the selling price made it easy to consider buying... An honest value purchase, you could say... Yup... I like that Squier Strat in your hands... It's a "Goodie" ! 🤠...
Amazon U.S. says: Top Material Type Poplar Wood Body Material Poplar Back Material Type Poplar Neck Material Type Maple Fretboard Material Type Laurel Wood Guitar Pickup Configuration S-S-S String Material Type Nickel For $120 you cannot expect much at all...for a beginner, in my opinion this would be a turn off. I'd put a Squier Affinity in their hands for a $100 more...or a Classic Vibe if you have any hopes of them continuing or if you want to resell it. I wouldn't waste $120 and just add $100 for something better.
I might agree though a quick search told me the Affinity's use Poplar too. CV's use Nato, I don't know if that's any better, but atleast the other parts and construction will be better. You can get 15% off too pretty much any day of the year at most online stores. So it's really just $70 extra.
I think the guitar is well done, it`s correct to it`s market and playability targets, just to get sart, practicing, upgrading if so, stay in tune, and I`m sure, you swap the badges, take it to a bar or nigth club jam, and with this sound checked here, a bunch of drunk and enthusiast audience never get to realize is a low priced or entry level Stratocaster as well. That counts. I`ts the guitar player talent the one will make it sound, Santana said one day when was required for What amp, what guitar, what effects rigs, and so on.
His playing reminds me of one of those documentaries you see on Amazon Prime about musicians or bands, but they don't have the license to their music, so the sound track sounds just oike this.
Most importantly, after purchasing any stringed instrument, but guitars in particular; is to have it setup and reworked to YOUR preferences for your playing. No singular setup works for everybody, so take the time to learn your preference and communicate that with an experienced luthier (aka not just the guy at the local guitar shop who just learned how to do setups last year.) Search for a luthier with experience and reputation, your money will be well spent.
[Irony] If you would have said (but not shown the headstock) that this is the new Fender Custom Shop strat model, I would have believed you. This just goes to show that electric guitar playing is maybe 50% hands, 25% guitar and 25% amp.
When they don't list the wood, it'sn cheap wood, but theat's to be expected at this price range. Have you tried any Harley Benton guitars? Quite a nice value for the money,...
The wood does not make as much as a difference as you think it might - the expensive woods are the ones that make the greatest stress on the tooling . Maple is very expensive due to its high sugar content, therefore causes more wear on the tooling .
If you have a kid who wants a fender Strat… save up some money… go on marketplace and find a used Mexican Strat and have a tech do a set up. It’ll say fender on it so it’ll feel like the real deal to a kid. These budget guitars aren’t for beginners. These guitars are for old guys who like to tinker and mod. Personally I just let my kid play mine 😂
Throw enough effects on a guitar and you can no longer tell what the guitar sounds like. Clearly the amp/modeler+effects have more of an impact on the sound of a guitar than the actual guitar or pickups. But yeah, these seem like very serviceable instruments.
i have a Fender sunburst '54 repo that I love. I want a Fender black strat/maple neck (think Hendrix' Band of Gypsies or Clapton's Blackie). Squier makes a guitar like that in their Classic VIbes series. I've played one and it's just like a Fender to me. I'll get that one instead of the Fender. 👍👍👍
Can you go down to your local pawn shop and buy a legitimately bad guitar and do that again? I want to know it wasn’t just me. (It probably was though)
It's a "licensed fender product"...by that logic, it's not a strat copy per se but a legit strat, just a cheaper variant...it does annoy the crap out of me though when people list a squier as a fender
Did you make this video for beginners looking for their first guitar or a "Look what I can do" to other guitar players? I'm thinking the latter. If for beginners why don't you start by explaining what "Normal" means? I can make the cheapest guitar sound like a Hammond organ if I wanted to. The sound and your playing doesn't equal views or sell guitars. Good luck to your channel.
This is basically a bullet neck on an affinity body with cheap hardware and paint. I'd be more inclined to spend a little more for maybe something like an entry level Ibanez for a kid. I love Squier but this thing just screams cheap junk. It looks like it feels cheap too. That's the fastest way to turn a kid off to learning how to play. No kid wants to play some cheap piece of crap, I know I didn't. This guitar is more like just a wall decoration that happens to be nominally functional. At least it's only $120, I'll give it that.
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I have this guitar. The only setup I did was to float the trem (simply due to personal preference) and then intonate it (because I floated the trem). I have had it over for almost a month and a half and it still impresses me. The frets are smooth (no polish needed), the intonation was almost spot on out of the box, and it stays in tune--things that a cheap amazon guitar doesn't provide. I have three friends who also bought this guitar and they all three say the same thing. Based on this video, the more than a dozen others I've watched, my friends' experiences with it, and my own, I would say this guitar offers one thing those other cheap guitars do not: a consistent product. The haters seem to forget that when the pickups sound a bit hot or the neck is a little thin that it's a $120 guitar. It's not made for the seasoned pro, but the beginner in your life is gonna love it.
I've said it a million times. I have two squire stratocasters from around 2002. They are strat pack guitars that came in a pack labeled stop dreaming start playing. One is white, and the other is sunburst. I replaced the nut with bone, the pickups with Fender Custom Shop 60s, Graph Tech locking tuners, and super-v-bladerunner tremelo. The squire strata that were in this pack are full size and therefore not thinner nor smaller tuners holes. The necks are amazing flame birds eye maple with thick rosewood fretboard. I bought both of them for $100 each, and with the upgrades still invested less money than what the least expensive Fender stratocaster cost. They are Fender stratocasters that are simply labeled squier. Not only do they cost less but a better product than any Fender stratocaster, you can buy off the shelf today. People buy and spend so much money for a name but never learn how to really play. Stop spending money and learn how to play what you have. As you have shown, if you can play and have a good amplifier, the guitar will sound and do what it was designed to. Until you become Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, or Joe Satriani, focus on learning how to play. The man makes the guitar not the other way around.
Bought squire strat pack in1998, $125.00 for little amp ,tuner, strap.
Never did any kind of set up on it for years, about eight years ago did proper set up and it transformed the guitar...it's actually my favorite guitar now....unbelievable! It just fits and feels like home. I was going to buy a fender player strat but after checking out a few of them ,decided the squire strat was just fine...so I bought an amp instead and epiphone les paul...lol
Put loaded pick guard from stew mac in it for fifty bucks and the squire strat is awesome, only reason I switched pickup was volume tone pots wete acting up...sounds great .
Can I just say that playing at the start was just beautiful it reminded me a lot of rpg’s from the 90’s before the gain kicked in that is and that was equally as impressive I really like your style this channel is slept on glad to be a sub.
I set a friend's kid's cheapo squier strat a few months ago - after a lot of basic work (action, intonation , truss rod, fret polish, slight nut work, it's great, but most people don't know how to do it or have someone who does
Yeah but the players in the class played shity ass guitars and they didn't have any problems
All the proof you need right here that a talented player can make just about any gear sound amazing.
Not an original thought nor is it accurate.
@@bluwng he said "just about".
Watch John 5 play Hello Kitty guitar @@bluwng
Tone is in the ears. If you can hear good tone, you can make adjustments to achieve that tone.
I love my 'old' Squire Strats............... real rosewood finger and excellent frets. Wish I could play 1/10 as well as you. You make some nice music with that cheap Strat.
Squier.
@@jasujokelainen5073I was mindblown when i found out that you get twice as many search results on used guitar sites when you use both spellings because soo many people don’t know how to spell it right😅 Probably missed out on some deals over the years
It’s good to see those entry level Squires to be serviceable instruments. To give a young guitarist something that he/she recognizes as cool and used by their musical idols is really motivating. My first guitar in the 60’s was an acoustic steel string with a high action that was difficult to play. I dropped it after a few moths and didn’t pick up another guitar till I was 19 and bought a lovely Yamaha classical guitar after falling in love with flamenco of all things.
Entry level Squiers.
I got the 2 tone sunburst one and I really like it. It's the cheapest of my 6 Strats, but it's built really well. The only shortcoming is the electronics, but I just happen to have a loaded pickguard I put together with alnico v pickups and an upgraded wiring/pots harness that I'll install in it as soon as I'm done procrastinating. I also have a spare set of cheap locking tuners that I'll install on it as well.
Another great video John.. I have an Affinity Strat and there's something just right about it. It doesn't weigh much and it's so easy and satisfying to play. I can spend hours just noodling away with it. Pleasant on many levels. It sounds like a Strat for £170. Yeah, I've put some locking tuners on it and had it set up but yeah great. I might replace the pick-ups and electronics which I'm sure will make it even better.
Your playing is superb once again. It sounds like something 10 times its value! Just great..
What I’d like to see is this model up against the Squier Sonic series Strat. Like what does the extra $70 dollars get you if you go with the Sonic series?
I bought a 2nd hand one back in 2006, and was my main daily guitar till 2022. Still lots of life in it.
I don't think that Squier, or anyone else for that matter, should be ABLE, or ALLOWED to make a bad "Strat" by now.
With modern CNC methods, as long as the material is good then it should be possible to churn out decent guitars.
Of course, the baseline design has to be good but, once you have that, the incremental design costs are, literally, zero.
@@KeithMilnerIt isn't always in the making but quality control. When is something a reject?
The cheap guitars these days are much better than when I first started playing in 97
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I'm tempted to get one for nostalgic reasons. My first guitar was essentially Squier this with a gloss finish.
So long as the frets are solidly in place and level, a little patience and effort can turn a guitar like this into something much nicer.
Funny, I had a Squier (which I love) and an Ibanez RG350DX which I hated. The Squier had an alder body, maple neck, rosewood (like...never really knew ) fretboard, cheap electroncis and I loved paying it...(still do...more to come). The Ibanez had a basswood body, maple/rosewood neck, Edge trem. The Ibanez ended up in the garbage...that's how much I hated it. The Squier got allot of new things as a project guitar that cost more than the original axe, and I STILL love playing it and love it even more than I did originally. Ibanez, about $800.00 Squier, about $200.00 (originally).
There it is.
Super clear focus on the Fender amp badging for the first clean riff.
😂
I think you just sold me on one of these ....The matte finish looks great in my opinion.....It sounds great....If you didn't know and you listened you would think this was a much more expensive guitar.....Some Really Nice playing.....Great Demo!!! Thanks!!!!....I don't really need another guitar.....but the price....What the heck
Dude, you make everything sound great...
I had done a review of this guitar as well. I wish I could get the Telecaster that’s offered in the UK only. Unfortunately wouldn’t get to US before September and would cost $294 US because of taxes and other charges
Setup,and polish the frets because that is an expectation then give it a go. Curious to see what you think when it is setup proper.
Sounds like many of the guitars I've heard on your channel. The Pickups may sound slightly scratchy. This is something I've occasionally heard on Pickups purported to have ceramic magnets. I'd be tempted to lower the Pickups a little to see if that makes any difference and smoothes out the tone a little. 🤷
ok for you playing with the plastic wrap covering the pickups etc..well worth it though ..ordered dakota red
Most of the things that make a Strat, a Strat, are there. The pickups are a little thin but not bad. These squires are so much better than the Harmonys and Teiscos that begginers used to struggle with, and everything except the fret ends is consistent from one Squire to the next. The thin body is actually not a bad idea, now that USA Strats are pushing 8.5 - 9.5 pounds. Some HSS Strats have broken the 10 pound barrier.
Got one today...Black...looking forward to playing it tomorrow ....
For cheap strats it would be interesting to see what you think of Levinson Sceptre guitars, or Artist guitars.
Sounds fantastic
Excelente ! 🎶🎵🎼 la música sale de los dedos y del alma ! la guitarra 🎸 solo sigue siendo lo que siempre ha sido ; un instrumento 🎸 Bendiciones !🙏🏻
People always talk about sound, but you buy an "expensive" guitar for the feel of it. Theres no way people could tell this was a squire if you just did a sound comparsion to something more expensive...squier sounds great, like a strat...but probably doesnt feel "solid"
Very good point. And how a guitar feels in the hand and the player’s feelings towards it can affect how you play. I’m sure we’ve all owned a guitar we “hated” and didn’t much enjoy, and another we “loved” and found inspiring to play.
I had an old Revstar that sounded amazing, but did not feel "solid" at all. Main reason why I sold it - I second your point.
It can go the other way too. I have a Squier Bullet Strat that I just can’t put down because it just feels right, comfortable neck, super light (6 lbs) and perfectly balanced. I’d pay way more for a replica with better parts.
Thats true but the real question is if that..."feel" thing is built in to the construction of the instrument or it can be easily changed with a couple of strategic mods and how those mods really cost....for example some pay for a custom shop to have a rolled fretboard and some do it with a...scotchbrite or a fine sanding block....
@@r0bophonic I went from a Bullet to a Player series and neck feel difference is huge.
Satin smooth compared to a sluggish gloss.
Bless your heart! You could play a cigar box with a 1 x 2 for a neck with some wire off an old screen door for strings and it would sound like a very very expensive guitar...
No he couldn’t
FYI The body is pine.
Hey John, have you ever tried Donner Guitars? i've heard that they have a decent 335 with the price of squier bullet. I've tried it once and i was amazed by the fret job on guitar of that price range. You should try that guitar!
Whammy bar, how’s the tuning after using that?
Squire has been on one lately, especially with those new jazz master tele hybrids they just put out. Acquire one of those john!
Squier.
I dunno man. I have played my 40th anniversary Squier strat (seafoam) professionally for a year. It never goes out of tune unless I move it to a different environment (humidity) and sounds just as good as my fender. In my opinion. And I like the neck better. My Squier Tele as well, but I dropped a Seymour Duncan hot rails and fender knobs and switch in that one. Just to kill the humm. Love it.
I use a squier classic vibe 60s tele. Never EVER goes out of tune on me. I upgraded the pickups so it could handle more gain, thats it. Absolutely love it
I just received this guitar from Amazon in sunburst. It did not come in a double box. The fret ends are super sharp. It's buzzy especially on the low e. I tuned it endlessly with fenders app and it still sounds out of tune. It feels like every other cheap guitar I've ever owned. I always wanted a strat so I'm sending it back and I'm going to fork out the money for the player series as I should have.
Would have liked to hear it with no reverb/delay. I’m sure it would still sound fine.
I wish I had my first couple of electric guitars, just to compare to today's cheap, beginner guitars. I don't recall what brand my first couple of guitars were, but I do remember having a Squier strat as a teenager and I loved that guitar! It might have been a POS, Idk. I didn't know any better.
If it makes a back up it is pretty solid.
And for kids that haven't much to spend worth considering...or save up. Yet when you're young you don't have much time 😅
"Actually it's not a piece of Junk" @ 12:30 LOL
You could make a Popsicle stick with one string rock.. killer melodic phrasing 👍👍
without looking you'll never tell the difference between this Squier and Custom shop Strats ... it's all about the hands
I'd speak for yourself on that bud
Thankyou for the review. Great advice! Keen to know how interchangable of this guitar with 3rd party strat parts if for future upgrade?
Great video. Thanks a lot
I bought one just to screw around with it. I was pretty impressed with the quality for a ~$100 guitar. It definitely stands up the cheap Chinese knock offs that are cornering that market, even better than the beginner Epiphones, and that's saying a lot as I prefer that style of neck and heads over fender style. The biggest beef is what most beginner guitars have, the frets are sharp and need to be filed down better. I'll probably return it or sell it to a beginner. A+ for intro beginner guitar, and getting your value on what you pay for.
I've played the Sonic series and the Affinity examples. Sonics are fine first guitars. Well worth the money.
If you told me this was the kline, I'd believe it.
Ha Ha... Would I buy that guitar for my son ? I actually prefer Archtops (as electric guitars) and Acoustics... but bought a Squier BulletStrat (HSS) some years ago and played it through a 'Blues Junior' 15 watt and an old 1984 VOX 10 watt that just will not wear out ! Great with both Amps and lots of fun... Now my lad has it and the VOX Amp... It is worth more than I paid for it and yet the selling price made it easy to consider buying... An honest value purchase, you could say... Yup... I like that Squier Strat in your hands... It's a "Goodie" ! 🤠...
Amazon U.S. says:
Top Material Type Poplar Wood
Body Material Poplar
Back Material Type Poplar
Neck Material Type Maple
Fretboard Material Type Laurel Wood
Guitar Pickup Configuration S-S-S
String Material Type Nickel
For $120 you cannot expect much at all...for a beginner, in my opinion this would be a turn off. I'd put a Squier Affinity in their hands for a $100 more...or a Classic Vibe if you have any hopes of them continuing or if you want to resell it. I wouldn't waste $120 and just add $100 for something better.
I might agree though a quick search told me the Affinity's use Poplar too. CV's use Nato, I don't know if that's any better, but atleast the other parts and construction will be better. You can get 15% off too pretty much any day of the year at most online stores. So it's really just $70 extra.
My '98 fender american traditional strat has a poplar body and it sounds good.
I think the guitar is well done, it`s correct to it`s market and playability targets, just to get sart, practicing, upgrading if so, stay in tune, and I`m sure, you swap the badges, take it to a bar or nigth club jam, and with this sound checked here, a bunch of drunk and enthusiast audience never get to realize is a low priced or entry level Stratocaster as well. That counts. I`ts the guitar player talent the one will make it sound, Santana said one day when was required for What amp, what guitar, what effects rigs, and so on.
His playing reminds me of one of those documentaries you see on Amazon Prime about musicians or bands, but they don't have the license to their music, so the sound track sounds just oike this.
How long did yours take to come?? Ordered mine took the 30th and still hasn’t came.
Most importantly, after purchasing any stringed instrument, but guitars in particular; is to have it setup and reworked to YOUR preferences for your playing. No singular setup works for everybody, so take the time to learn your preference and communicate that with an experienced luthier (aka not just the guy at the local guitar shop who just learned how to do setups last year.)
Search for a luthier with experience and reputation, your money will be well spent.
[Irony] If you would have said (but not shown the headstock) that this is the new Fender Custom Shop strat model, I would have believed you. This just goes to show that electric guitar playing is maybe 50% hands, 25% guitar and 25% amp.
When they don't list the wood, it'sn cheap wood, but theat's to be expected at this price range.
Have you tried any Harley Benton guitars? Quite a nice value for the money,...
The wood does not make as much as a difference as you think it might - the expensive woods are the ones that make the greatest stress on the tooling . Maple is very expensive due to its high sugar content, therefore causes more wear on the tooling .
The debut series P bass says it uses poplar. So id assume this is also a poplar body. But honestly who tf knows
i might've missed it in the video but what are you running the guitar into? i can't believe how incredible it sounds!
HX stomp i believe
Equipment batters a little, but you’ve just proven it’s the player!
Clean tone great PU's neck..i like 🎉🎉🎉this
what are you playing through?
Can you please do the debut Tele please
love the squires
Squiers.
Sounds great!
Будьте осторожны, Джо Натан Корди может заставить звучать фантастически обычное полено ...
The Legato Queen ELODIE will probably make it SHINE for sure!!!!
Would anyone be able to recommend a telecaster version on Amazon??
Just ordered one its arriving in a couple of days.
Im waiting for them to do this with a telecaster
If you have a kid who wants a fender Strat… save up some money… go on marketplace and find a used Mexican Strat and have a tech do a set up. It’ll say fender on it so it’ll feel like the real deal to a kid. These budget guitars aren’t for beginners. These guitars are for old guys who like to tinker and mod. Personally I just let my kid play mine 😂
the pickups in this sound better to me than the ceramics they were putting in MIM strats a few years ago
I agree I'm not a fan of these super cheap landfill guitars.
I bought one for $99 just to have fun building with
Throw enough effects on a guitar and you can no longer tell what the guitar sounds like. Clearly the amp/modeler+effects have more of an impact on the sound of a guitar than the actual guitar or pickups. But yeah, these seem like very serviceable instruments.
i have a Fender sunburst '54 repo that I love. I want a Fender black strat/maple neck (think Hendrix' Band of Gypsies or Clapton's Blackie). Squier makes a guitar like that in their Classic VIbes series. I've played one and it's just like a Fender to me. I'll get that one instead of the Fender. 👍👍👍
Can you go down to your local pawn shop and buy a legitimately bad guitar and do that again? I want to know it wasn’t just me. (It probably was though)
It’s a squire then not a fender strat.
Sell a guitar and buy some new pants.
That's not a Fender though?
It's a "licensed fender product"...by that logic, it's not a strat copy per se but a legit strat, just a cheaper variant...it does annoy the crap out of me though when people list a squier as a fender
Did you make this video for beginners looking for their first guitar or a "Look what I can do" to other guitar players? I'm thinking the latter.
If for beginners why don't you start by explaining what "Normal" means?
I can make the cheapest guitar sound like a Hammond organ if I wanted to. The sound and your playing doesn't equal views or sell guitars.
Good luck to your channel.
Sounds too thin and overly jangly in tone
This is basically a bullet neck on an affinity body with cheap hardware and paint.
I'd be more inclined to spend a little more for maybe something like an entry level Ibanez for a kid.
I love Squier but this thing just screams cheap junk. It looks like it feels cheap too.
That's the fastest way to turn a kid off to learning how to play. No kid wants to play some cheap piece of crap, I know I didn't.
This guitar is more like just a wall decoration that happens to be nominally functional. At least it's only $120, I'll give it that.
Satin finished bodies look cheap to me...I have a gibson and an american fender in satin and I'm saying that...