The recent Affinity series use 1.650 (42mm) nuts as well. It was a great starter guitar for my daughter a few years back. Cool to see this series use that as well. Nice work on the video, thanks!
I bought mine in the sunburst also.I like the finish as it reminds me of the early Strats that were nitro finished. Plays really well after a few adjustments and a a new set of Ernie Ball slinkys. A fun Strat to noodle with and well worth the price .Great for a beginner of any age .Not in a class of my 2012 American Standard Strat but still pretty nice for the price.
That would be cool with a pair of Soapbar P90’s or a P90 in the neck with a humbucker in the bridge. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it if you decide to mod it!
I find that they feel a lot different and they need cleaning more often. They also don’t take abuse as well because the shafts are narrower. Also there is less surface area on the resistance tracks, so they don’t last as long. They work fine on beginner instruments.
They actually are a bit darker than most Squiers I see. Not to the point of being roasted, but to the point that I did check the specs to make sure it was maple!
Minne squeals when I plug it in to a higher powered amp to the point where it doesn't stop. I need help on how to get that to stop. Any help is appreciated thanks
That is usually an issue with the gain stage of the amp. If it's not doing it on another amp or even the clean channel of the same amp, it's probably not the guitar.
I wasn’t crazy about the matte, I was actually going to just review this and sell it but I kinda dug it. Keeping mine
Yeah I think matte is nicer on some colors than others. I admit it’s odd on a burst, but I still like it.
@@hacksguitarhobby I had red and and black already, so maybe if I polish the crap out of it I can get it glossy😎
Usually that works. Try it under the pickguard first!
@@hacksguitarhobby good thing is if anything happens it was only $119🤣
@@SearchingForTonehow did polishing it go? I was thinking about doing the same because I’m not a huge fan of the matte finish
The recent Affinity series use 1.650 (42mm) nuts as well. It was a great starter guitar for my daughter a few years back. Cool to see this series use that as well. Nice work on the video, thanks!
I thought I had heard about that change but wasn’t sure. Thanks for the info!
I bought mine in the sunburst also.I like the finish as it reminds me of the early Strats that were nitro finished. Plays really well after a few adjustments and a a new set of Ernie Ball slinkys. A fun Strat to noodle with and well worth the price .Great for a beginner of any age .Not in a class of my 2012 American Standard Strat but still pretty nice for the price.
Couldn't agree more!
That would be cool with a pair of Soapbar P90’s or a P90 in the neck with a humbucker in the bridge. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it if you decide to mod it!
I’ve thought about P90s in a Strat for a while. We will see!
Make a nice HSS modder with the nice cutouts. Like that Matt finish as well. Gonna make a nice project 🙂 👍
May try an experiment first, but we will see!
Do the mini pots make any difference?
I find that they feel a lot different and they need cleaning more often. They also don’t take abuse as well because the shafts are narrower. Also there is less surface area on the resistance tracks, so they don’t last as long. They work fine on beginner instruments.
It looks black and yellow no burst
2-color burst, yes. Maybe hard to see in videos to the grain, but there is not a hard line between them.
Can you put a full thickness bridge in there? Or is the body too thin?
Pretty sure it’s too thin. I don’t have it anymore, so I’m going by memory, but I think it would take a 36mm block.
The neck and head stock look like they have a slight darkness/ stain vs a pale white, is that just lack of lighting?
They actually are a bit darker than most Squiers I see. Not to the point of being roasted, but to the point that I did check the specs to make sure it was maple!
Minne squeals when I plug it in to a higher powered amp to the point where it doesn't stop. I need help on how to get that to stop. Any help is appreciated thanks
That is usually an issue with the gain stage of the amp. If it's not doing it on another amp or even the clean channel of the same amp, it's probably not the guitar.
I put an alnico v loaded pickguard I put together in mine and a set of locking tuners. Those improvements made it a really nice guitar.
I imagine it would. Great upgrade platform.