SQUIER AFFINITY STRATOCASTER 1997 [Made in China]
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Squier Affinity from January 1997 found in a pawn shop for €39.00.
Here I strip it down and set it up and then give a verdict! Is the body solid or play? Watch to find out!
Full size solid body, full pots, metal switch. Really impressed. Nice playing also
Thank you! I sold it on for double!
This was my first guitar back around 1999. I just found one the other day in mint condition on Reverb and snagged it. I can't wait till it comes in.
Great review. I have the same guitar, same colour, same year and month. I have had it about ten years and have loved playing it. The neck on mine is particularly nice. Wide but very comfortable to play. The tuners are as cheap as you described, other than that I've found it to be a great guitar for the price I paid. Thanks.
Great guitar. I sold it for €90 soon after, making €50 profit on the €40 I paid!!!
I have one just like that. Changed the pickups to TexMex on middle and bridge, and Chinese coolrail in the bridge. Vintage tuners Kluson style and Fender style bridge with vintage saddles.
Last mod: jumbo ss frets.
Awesome!
Sounds cool. I don’t like the neck and fingerboard profile on this.
@@KRAZEEIZATION so do I!!! I was used to a modern C, but, is what I got at the moment... hahahaha
Well, I was thinking on selling it and get a new one, but lack of courage in doing it!!! hahaha
The necks on these and the newer Chinese Squiers are kinda flat and wide an very un-Fender-like. My preferred neck is C with 9.5 radius or even slight flatter, with jumbo frets. I’m selling this guitar now as I’m only buying Fender USA from now on and high end Mexican or Japan Fenders. Go for it!
I've done a few of these. If you want to put Kluson vintage style tuners on you're going to have to rework the housing of the Bottom E tuner. The headstocks are not holed to fit vintage tuners and do not have enough room for correct fit. That's not to say you can't and shouldn't do it. These guitars are killer if you get a good one. Keep the neck and the body... Throw the rest away and refit with your favourite gear and you're good to go. My first became a Knopfler signature tribute. The second became a Keith Urban tribute. They are alder bodied, maple necked rosewood fretboards.
They’re not really guitars you’d take very seriously. I’m selling this as I’ve just bought a Tele and Strat both USA and a Vintera 50s Tele. I’ve no more time for low end axes as they don’t come near USA, Mexican or Japanese. Plus upgrading is a serious waste of money. If you have to upgrade you’ve bought the wrong guitar in the first place. I sold lots of Vinyl LPs, bikes and general junk I had lying around and it’s just paid for 3 amazing Fender guitars!
I've recently bought one of these for £30 it was a little neglected but I brought it back, for some reason I like it more than the new squire I've bought this year, the only thing that really bothers me is the tuners, i want to swap them for the more modern locking ones so making the holes larger is necessary, but I don't know if you've noticed the peg holes are in very weird position the low e is way to close to the nut and the bush actually overlaps the slope and not sit flush, I've replaced them with bushes that have 10mm instead of 14mm collar and it sits well, but if I use modern tuners the washers are always 14mm which brings back the issue...
I bought a cheap Chinese Squire Stratocaster HSS style for $40AUD put new strings and professional set up and it’s playability and comfort is fantastic! I could believe it! Since my other is Ibanez JS1000! Squire is almost a good as the JS! Yes the pickups aren’t as good and tuning but that can be fixed if I choose to spend more money on it!
I have exactly the same, 98. I was pleasantly surprised by the electronics,and the sound is much more decent than the new cheapy pups.
I've have one Strat Afinitty cy98 Made in China in sunburst and the paiting es beatifull, the wood from the bodie and neck it's so good but hadware tuning and bridge are bad, my first guitar since 2012 aprox, great review
Thank you! I sold almost every Squier I had. Even a Japanese one. Crap pickups and poor electrics!
I only kept a FSR Custom Esquire because it’s so damn gorgeous! Neck too thin so it’s an ornament now!
I bought a cheap Chinese Squire Stratocaster HSS style for $40AUD put new strings and professional set up and it’s playability and comfort is fantastic! I could believe it! Since my other is Ibanez JS1000! Squire is almost a good as the JS! Yes the pickups aren’t as good and tuning but that can be fixed if I choose to spend more money on it!
It’s just a great design and it’s tried and trusted for nearly 70 years!!!
i have one of 1999, similar but black, and sound is really good.
I have the same .... 3 tone YN7***** .... same stuff inside ... I have completely gutted the insides and put in the CRL 5 way and CTS pots 250k with a 47 Orange drop... re wired etc. Hand wound pickups. Great Strat.
Bought one new in early -96, same collor. The logo was fatter and it did not say affinity on mine. Mod it a bit with tex-mex pickups and so on, had it for years.
I love it although I prefer a thin and lightweight body.
i have a red one. 1996 one of the first affinitys made UNUSED!!! its 24 years in a case and still has the protction foil on it...... also one that has a 50 years lable on it and it says squier fender so the model befor it became affinity (like a standard) both yako taiwan. never played them :D
Do you want to sell it?
@@uria702 never
Love the accent!
I just got one of these for a tenner to flip. Totally keeping it.
Ha! I sold mine on for double what I paid!
@@KRAZEEIZATION mine has Jan 1997 in the neck pocket too.
Ayuda apenas compre una affinity squier pero solo tiene una pieza en donde debería tener dos por donde están los Afinadores-pala. Es original? La compre en una tienda jp acá en México
All 90's Squier are made in Solid body! I had one from 1996 and it sounds and play great.
I miss that guitar that my mom gave it to me :(
Não é verdade (No, it's not true). Korean and some Japanese Squiers are made pywood
Lookup up the fender plywood scandal , Korean strats with silver logo are definitely plywood .
My mom gave me an NC4 Bullet. I think she got it in some kind of trade for something.
I had a 95 bullet and it was plywood. I got the 97 affinity a few weeks ago and it's much heavier.
I have a March '97 model. The only original parts are the neck, sans tuners and nut, body and input jack plate. Everything else has been swapped out.
Hello!!! I also have a 2000'S Squier!!! From Yako fabric, wich upgrades would you do to it????? semi swiming pool is great!! i want to put humbucker and maybe p90!
I wouldn’t bother upgrading a Squier, use the money towards a better guitar.
@@KRAZEEIZATION It is some kind of personal, I really dont mind, i will turn it into a good guitar (try) it is a very special instrument for me, i wont spend a LOT but, i'll try to do something cool with it 😎
Question for anyone that can help. I have a YN7 chrome plate ,made in china but when taken apart the body and neck have "MAY 23 1998". Which one is it ?
That review is spot on Mate! You keep it up Mate I gave you a Subscribe! 5 STAR REVIEW!
That piece broke off the neck pocket because you took the neck off like shit. You used a electric drill , when you took the bottom 2 screws out the neck pitch shifted forward-you can see it happen, this stressed that area and chipped that wood. I always hold a guitar with one hand at the neck heel and use a regular screw driver to take the neck off.
The guy's a douchey guitar snob. You can tell by the way he abused and slapped at this guitar. Anyone who's played one of these mid-90s Chinese Affinitys for even a 10 seconds understands that their well made quality left little profit room for Fender to sell as their "low end" Chinese made guitar. It's why they were only made for a few years, and why they're so highly sought after, today.
Yea he handled it like trash when I’m reality it’s actually a gray beginners guitar.
@@Huntington12345678 bruh I just bought one that wasn't played for 23 years sat upright, and everything and it sounds much better than the one he has, I might upgrade the neck or just get new machines for now.
I have a 1998 just like yours in white. Full body size and neck, wood broke in the same spot, a little glue took care of it. I wonder if the bodies were the same as the "Fender" MIM or MIA?
They’re full 46mm thick like MIM and USA but the wood is basswood I’d say.
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I have one of these and it won’t produce any sound when I plug into the amp, I’ve tried multiple amps and cables. For some reason it’ll sometimes work when the cable is only halfway in the guitar. Also the volume knob turns all the way instead of stopping at a minimum and maximum. Any clue what the issue could be? Thanks 🙏
Sounds like output socked may be damaged. Knob spinning also indicates the volume pot is finished!
@@KRAZEEIZATION Ah alright thank you so much!
@@KRAZEEIZATION Hey, if I were to replace the volume pot, do you know what kind it originally came with or I should look for? Thanks for the help, and sorry for my technical inexperience 😂
@@T3RROR That’s ok. It’s a 250k volume pot. Make sure it’s splined to suit the vol knob.
CTS pots are excellent. EBay, Amazon or any guitar vendor sells them.
@@KRAZEEIZATION Super helpful, I appreciate it!!!
I’ve got a Squire Stratocaster NY7 had from new and I quite like it is aged well in fact the only thing I can say with ageing is the scratchboard has yellowed but it plays really well, I’ve tried other cheaper Stratocaster types but never find one as good as the one I’ve got, I only use it for practice and recording and it works really well especially with the recording Very underrated guitar
They’re great for what they are and great value fir money. Saying that I sold all my MIC/MII Squiers as they were cluttering up the place! I kept the 1986 MIJ Squier and an 1988 MIK Squier though!
I have one, but I can't get a neck replacement since this is a 43mm? Any thoughts
I’d sell it and buy a new one. Not worth repairing they’re so cheap!
Play mine with a Behringer300 super fuzz and kokko distortion peddles, it sounds dirty, really dirty. Awesome n cheapo.
looks and sounds like basswood
Sir, i have Squier china serial number on Plate YN567714, What year is my guitar made? 95 or 96..?
Your squier was made in 1995 as I read yn means it was made in Taiwan and the following number indicates the year so 5 is 1995. I recently got one and I love the tremolo
So what wood is it if not ply
Basswood, cheap but can be good tonewood. Agathis is another.
@@KRAZEEIZATION mine is alder and one is agathis
I would stay away from agathis. I have a squier standard from 2001 I think. It’s Agathis. The bridge inserts have shifted forward. At first look it appears like the post (insert) is bent but it’s actually the insert pushing the soft wood. This is not a good scenario. I reinforced it but I would not buy this body again.
@@superweak its not the agathis fault :D could be a default piece for shure. but agathis is actually a very strong wood.
@@unfreundlich7168 maybe look into it because I understand this to be an issue with certain Squiers. I defintely isn't a one off and I won't be getting a body of that wood again if I can help it. Was a big hassle sorting it out.
That's grand sure
Tengo una modelo 96
Cómo se de que año es la mía?
Tengo una 96 y otra 97
Yo tengo una del 93. Le puse hipshot tuners y es una preciosa guitarra.
Ayuda apenas compre una affinity squier pero solo tiene una pieza en donde debería tener dos por donde están los Afinadores-pala. Es original? La compre en una tienda jp acá en México
@@robemclovin9779 si es YN el Y es de Yako taiwan, y el N de Nineties (90's) y el primer número es el año, por ejemplo YN6 1996
Machine heads Crap...loverly tone glassy... ceramic fav .. k500 prefer k250
You chipped that piece off, because of how you sloppily took the neck of without supporting it. When it pried out, the heel forced against it. Note to self: never do that again, especially with more expensive guitars.
Sounds awful
Lmao It’s not about the guitar. In his hands it sounds awesome.