I own quite a few guitars and I bought this same model about 2wks agó. This guitar is a lot more than a platform for mods. It's one hell of a guitar. It's neither a Strat or a Tele but you can get both those guitar sounds out of it+.. It's just a great versatile guitar. I certainly wont be changing any pickups or anything else about. It. Well done Squier, youve surpassed yourself again and youve also surpassed Fender with hybrid guitar. The best of all worlds. ❤
Squier IS Fender. Squier does not exist and never has (as a guitar company). These are Fender US-designed guitars made in factories overseas. No different than Apple making iPhones in China. But you are correct that the only thing a person with a brain would change is the tuners and ONLY because they need locking tuners for quick string changes. This guitar stock is as good as ANY MIM Fender (minus the rolled fretboards on some of the Player Plus models).
Uh, NO. It does NOT need new pickups! They are alnicos wrapped in copper and properly wax potted, just like MIA and Custom Shop pickups. You have no clue if you actually believe there is something wrong with those pickups or that more expensive ones will sound better. Pickups, including the ones Seymour Duncan makes, are 1930s technology. Guitarists are such idiots when it comes to pickups. 🤡
@@Great-Documentaries sorry dude couldn’t hear you, could you take Fender’s family jewels out of your mouth and try again? Pickups are preference. These were lackluster at best. But what do I know I just have my own signature pickups!
Interesting, my experience is the complete opposite. I got the paranormal tele with the jazzmaster body, and the neck is quite the specimen. It's a beautiful piece of wood and the luthier did a great job on this one.
@@mattt180 No luthier worked on a Squier. A factory worker in China pulled it from a CNC machine, hammered cheap frets in, and bolted it on with skinny screws.
I own quite a few guitars and I bought this same model about 2wks agó. This guitar is a lot more than a platform for mods. It's one hell of a guitar. It's neither a Strat or a Tele but you can get both those guitar sounds out of it+.. It's just a great versatile guitar. I certainly wont be changing any pickups or anything else about. It. Well done Squier, youve surpassed yourself again and youve also surpassed Fender with hybrid guitar. The best of all worlds. ❤
I’m totally on board other than the pickups- not bad, but no dimension. Just not bad enough to not be worth changing tho!
Squier IS Fender. Squier does not exist and never has (as a guitar company). These are Fender US-designed guitars made in factories overseas. No different than Apple making iPhones in China.
But you are correct that the only thing a person with a brain would change is the tuners and ONLY because they need locking tuners for quick string changes. This guitar stock is as good as ANY MIM Fender (minus the rolled fretboards on some of the Player Plus models).
@Great-Documentaries +1 for liking your own comments! Dude it’s a good guitar for the money, no doubt.
You mentioned that you were going to change the pickups. Curious what you would change to..
I’d have Tom Brantley wind me a set.
Nice job. Will a Tele neck fit on it?
I got my Philip Kubicki Strat neck (reshaped w Tele headstock) in there with a little carving on the pocket!
300 on sale from Fender.
That would be a steal!
Uh, NO. It does NOT need new pickups! They are alnicos wrapped in copper and properly wax potted, just like MIA and Custom Shop pickups. You have no clue if you actually believe there is something wrong with those pickups or that more expensive ones will sound better. Pickups, including the ones Seymour Duncan makes, are 1930s technology. Guitarists are such idiots when it comes to pickups. 🤡
@@Great-Documentaries sorry dude couldn’t hear you, could you take Fender’s family jewels out of your mouth and try again? Pickups are preference. These were lackluster at best. But what do I know I just have my own signature pickups!
The necks suck, but otherwise they can be decent.
I found the neck to be far more comfortable with better fit and finish than any MIM strat
Interesting, my experience is the complete opposite. I got the paranormal tele with the jazzmaster body, and the neck is quite the specimen. It's a beautiful piece of wood and the luthier did a great job on this one.
@@mattt180 yeah the neck on mine is pretty spectacular for the price!
@@mattt180 No luthier worked on a Squier. A factory worker in China pulled it from a CNC machine, hammered cheap frets in, and bolted it on with skinny screws.
@@ronaldnixon8226 Whatever title you'd like to give the man/men who put together the guitar, they did a great job.