I have recently got the pink strat ,the photos don't do it justice the roasted neck is stunning, on the whole the guitar looks and plays great . It's a steal at that price.
For God's sake I absolutely agree. Every time you click on a UA-cam demo Of a guitar you'd like to hear. The player is always shredding. It's like give me a break and play with some clean finesse so I can hear the guitar.
i love the jaguar but, it bugs me they didn't keep it all flamed maple fret+fretboard... that tele slightly reminds me of the twles with Lace Sensor pickups
I went to the guitar store and played all of these with no idea of which one I wanted and ended up with the pink hh strat. it's beautiful in real life and plays amazingly well also the way the selector is set up with the coil splitting is really neat.
I got the Jaguar just the other day and I’m absolutely in love with it. An amazing guitar with a great look but more importantly a great feel and the pickups are amazing for the price
Finally getting around to getting the strat with the 3 angled single coil pickups. To me it seems to combine tones from a strat, tele, and a pseudo humbucker with the series wiring of the bridge and middle pickup. Really excited to put it though its paces.
Love the flame in that pink pearl strat neck! It's difficult, but I've actually found nice flame in a Squier 60s strat I got for my son. It's rare though and these demos might give false hope. Cool guitars nonetheless!
Never mind kids getting their 1st guitar. I'm 44, own 4 other guitars including a Mike Lipe Custom, two different PRS SE range models and a Yamaha. I've still ordered one of these Telecasters in white as they just look fabulous and at that price you really can't go far wrong.
Too funny. Pre-ordered the sunset metallic strat but the gunmetal metallic tele kept calling my name so canceled the strat and ordered the tele instead.
I really want the Jaguar but it makes more sense for me to get that special strat I already have too many guitar with him buckers. This lineup is a guitar budget dream
I just got the same Tele yesterday. Couldn’t put it down last night. Took me a little bit of playing to get used to the jumbo frets. The neck is nicer than my vintera Tele
@@diddymies yeah still feels like a Tele except for the switch and pots being the other way around. As for the sound, the pickups get distorted quite easily even on clean channel. Have to roll volume back a bit on the guitar to get more of that Tele twang
@@diddymies no neck dive at all. It is slightly heavier than my Mexican Tele but not overly heavy. I’d say these are on par with the classic vibe series
Great video. All the new Squiers look and sound awesome. I've wanted the Telecaster RH in white ever since these were announced. I'm not so sure now, after watching this. I think it looks fantastic in gunmetal ... the pictures on the Fender website don't do it justice 😊
@@KC-yi1td Cool. That's awesome. Hope you are enjoying playing it 😊 Can't wait to try them out when music stores reopen. Does the white one have a sparkly finish, or is it it flat white? Flat would be my preference. That might sway my decision.
Hey gak Im just about to order the metallic jaguar hh contemporary and I think if I was a kid growing up today the offerings from squire would excite me more than any recent fenders and I foresee a future where more squires frequent festivals and gigs just down to affordability playability and just looking so dam cool which means the world at 16 trust me if fender dont book up theyll be squires cheaper little bro oh the irony and when ya get me order give her a once over to make sure shes all lovely and ready to rock medium action please lol
I really like how on the first strat they moved the middle pup up and out of the way. My personal major complaint about SSS or 3 pup style guitars, the damn middle pup is in the way when picking!
I don't think that is why they did it. First position is bridge and middle in series, essentially a humbucker, sounds better the closer they are together in series, the further apart they will sound muddy.
@@terror324 I just bought the new 5 string jazz bass in the same finish and roasted maple neck this week. It's also great, so easy and fun to play with the satin roasted neck.
@@danielarcaris8965 i just can't believe the price of these squires , new strings and boom . Don't need to drop triple the price on an american strat now a days.
I bought that Black Strat with the anodised pick guard for my very first guitar at the age of 30. Really hoping I like playing it. A friend gave me a bullet strat for a lend until my guitar came but its really buzzy coming through the amp and even when unplugged and my finger placement is perfect the thick E string always buzzes. It's very annoying and off putting.
String buzz could just mean the guitar needs a decent setup. Amp noise can come from the single coils especially the cheaper guitars that have no shielding inside the cavities
@@KC-yi1td yeah I haven't a clue what I'm doing, just a beginner. Lol. My amp is a Roland Micro cube, also before my mate gave me the guitar he sent it in to a music shop to a friend of his and got it set up. I just think it's not a great guitar. Now don't get me wrong, I loved playing it and learning on it and it does the job but I have the financial means to get a bit better guitar.
Hey guys, got the same trem on my Squier Jazzmaster Deluxe, you might wanna order a bridge with rolling saddles (same for the string tree) because the stock tune o matic kinda ruins the tuning stability. Maybe you already thought of that but I'd you didn't, keep that in mind 😉
@@FelixHureau I'm in the states and I already have a roller bridge that I ordered from Stew Mac. It came a couple weeks ago. It's also the only roller bridge with a 12" radius too. It'll all match up. I just need the guitar now. One more month!
That new Strat Special pup configuration is more like a Lead 2.5 (pups are angled like the Fender Lead 2, but there's one extra). It sure sounds as bright as a Lead 2 with that angled neck pup. Not sure it sounds like a Strat at all, so why not get a proper Fender Lead 2 MIM, for just a bit more cash. But that Sky Burst and roasted neck are tempting me.
Lead models and player series do not have the features this range has, with great quality controll like the classic vibe range, and at half the price, why wouldn't someone buy when they can get passed the branding on the headstock ?!
Got the sky blue strat the other week. Swapped middle and bridge pu wires. Pos 1 - bridge single coil Pos 2 - out of phase bri mid Pos 3 - all3 funky but not strong signal Pos 4 - bri and nek tele country Pos 5- nek. I don't like Teles.
Jacksons are a deal killer for me due to their necks/fretboard. Too wide, frets are too spaced... pain in the ass floyd rose units on them too. One was enough for me, got rid of it.
I had a Japanese jaguar at one point, never had much luck with getting the action low. Ended up trading for a faded SG, which then became a Japanese 83 strat and so it continued.
You need to shim the neck. It works two-fold... Get the neck up sontounjwve to raise the bridge. This means you'll get lower action and better tuning stability. The tension over the bridge will increase and the guitar will just work better.
I don't think you'll have a problem with these Contemporary Jaguars. With the Classic Vibe Jags you would have to shim the neck because of the floating tremolo system. These contemporary jags are hard tailed and it looks like they have tuneomatic bridges so they should be super easy to setup just the way you like it
uhm,,,,,, i got to be honest, never thought of getting a Squier....... but....... that Tele might be such a fun guitar to play punk, post punk, post rock stuff.......... and for that price? damn! anyknow here knows those pickups?
I'm sorry but I'm gonna have to be that arsehole who moans. That demo didn't do the Floyd strat justice at all - you've got a decent arsenal of players who could have shredded on this thing and at least into a Marshall half stack or something. At least Danish Pete at Andertons gave a decent stab at it. I'm normally used to GAK doing a lot better than this, for guitars at all ranges. Not to be a dick to the guy playing it in this video or anything. Incidentally, Pete's said he's loving it, that the cheap version Floyd is stable and that he won't even change the pickups. Squier has certainly upped their game in recent times and I might even give this one a try. If I like it, I might order it from GAK but as long as you guys *actually have it in stock*
I have recently got the pink strat ,the photos don't do it justice the roasted neck is stunning, on the whole the guitar looks and plays great . It's a steal at that price.
Looks like the flame on the neck will vary, its luck of the draw
I don't understand why so many demos are always with distortion. I think the true tone test is when a guitar is played clean.
fr i just wanna know if it has a decent tone for jazz
@Fruit Bat McGee a lot of jazz guitars have humbuckers like the es-335 for example
For God's sake I absolutely agree. Every time you click on a UA-cam demo Of a guitar you'd like to hear. The player is always shredding. It's like give me a break and play with some clean finesse so I can hear the guitar.
Been waiting for these for a while. I was thinking of going for the pink strat, but now I am definitely tempted by the jaguar or the tele.
i love the jaguar but, it bugs me they didn't keep it all flamed maple fret+fretboard...
that tele slightly reminds me of the twles with Lace Sensor pickups
Same with me
@@0000song0000 The white Telecaster reminds me a lot of a Chapman ML3 they did in white with black binding. That was also a good looking guitar.
I went to the guitar store and played all of these with no idea of which one I wanted and ended up with the pink hh strat. it's beautiful in real life and plays amazingly well also the way the selector is set up with the coil splitting is really neat.
I got the Jaguar just the other day and I’m absolutely in love with it. An amazing guitar with a great look but more importantly a great feel and the pickups are amazing for the price
I bought a Squire Contemporary HSS Strat a little while back and think it fantastic. I am now interested in the new series.
Same , none have come to where I'm at in Canada, we got all the new paranormal but for whatever reason skipped these. Bummer
I managed to pick up a blue jag in this range . I was literaly lookin for a set of strings when I saw it . Great value for money guitar can recommend
Finally getting around to getting the strat with the 3 angled single coil pickups. To me it seems to combine tones from a strat, tele, and a pseudo humbucker with the series wiring of the bridge and middle pickup. Really excited to put it though its paces.
Love the flame in that pink pearl strat neck! It's difficult, but I've actually found nice flame in a Squier 60s strat I got for my son. It's rare though and these demos might give false hope. Cool guitars nonetheless!
I’m jealous of any kid who gets one of these as their first guitar!
IKR. My first one was a $130.00 LP copy with a bolt on neck that was falling off. It had bad wiring too.
Never mind kids getting their 1st guitar. I'm 44, own 4 other guitars including a Mike Lipe Custom, two different PRS SE range models and a Yamaha. I've still ordered one of these Telecasters in white as they just look fabulous and at that price you really can't go far wrong.
@@talkychris Same!
I got a classic vibe Jazzmaster for my daughter as her first guitar. It's a nice guitar and she loves it.
I think this is going to be my first real guitar, aside from a cheap strat copy
pre-ordered the strat but now loved the sound of the Jaguar... may change my mind!
Too funny. Pre-ordered the sunset metallic strat but the gunmetal metallic tele kept calling my name so canceled the strat and ordered the tele instead.
Did you receive it yet and how much would you say it weighs? Looking for a light guitar, by light, I mean like feather light.
I really want the Jaguar but it makes more sense for me to get that special strat
I already have too many guitar with him buckers. This lineup is a guitar budget dream
Can you do a tone comparison between Squier Contemporary Strat Special, Squier Affinity Strat and Squier Classic Vibe Strat?
I just got the same Tele yesterday. Couldn’t put it down last night. Took me a little bit of playing to get used to the jumbo frets. The neck is nicer than my vintera Tele
does still feel and sound like a tele even with the humbucker?
@@diddymies yeah still feels like a Tele except for the switch and pots being the other way around. As for the sound, the pickups get distorted quite easily even on clean channel. Have to roll volume back a bit on the guitar to get more of that Tele twang
@@KC-yi1td thank you for answering :) Btw does it have neck dive?
@@diddymies no neck dive at all. It is slightly heavier than my Mexican Tele but not overly heavy. I’d say these are on par with the classic vibe series
you just got it?? how tf???
Great video. All the new Squiers look and sound awesome. I've wanted the Telecaster RH in white ever since these were announced. I'm not so sure now, after watching this. I think it looks fantastic in gunmetal ... the pictures on the Fender website don't do it justice 😊
I got the gunmetal Tele. Bit more green than it shows in photos. I saw the white one in the shop too, either way they both have a great finish
@@KC-yi1td Cool. That's awesome. Hope you are enjoying playing it 😊 Can't wait to try them out when music stores reopen. Does the white one have a sparkly finish, or is it it flat white? Flat would be my preference. That might sway my decision.
@@andrewwallace1729 it’s got a pearl in it. Not sparkly like the gunmetal one
@@KC-yi1td Nice. White pearl is good. Going to be a tough decision. Thanks for the info 😊
Hey gak Im just about to order the metallic jaguar hh contemporary and I think if I was a kid growing up today the offerings from squire would excite me more than any recent fenders and I foresee a future where more squires frequent festivals and gigs just down to affordability playability and just looking so dam cool which means the world at 16 trust me if fender dont book up theyll be squires cheaper little bro oh the irony and when ya get me order give her a once over to make sure shes all lovely and ready to rock medium action please lol
I really like how on the first strat they moved the middle pup up and out of the way. My personal major complaint about SSS or 3 pup style guitars, the damn middle pup is in the way when picking!
I don't think that is why they did it. First position is bridge and middle in series, essentially a humbucker, sounds better the closer they are together in series, the further apart they will sound muddy.
@@benjaminvalencia4228 It's still out of the way.
@@Mr.56Goldtop Never said it wasn't, just letting you know the design reason.
@@benjaminvalencia4228 And I thank you. It wasn't an attempt to be nasty.
@@Mr.56Goldtop Porn is nasty, you are OK
I bought the gunmetal Telecaster. I love this guitar more than my Mexican Fender.
I just ordered the pearl white one, I also have a Mexican strat. I’m excited for it to show up
@@brettadkins7563 it's a hot little guitar dude.
@@danielarcaris8965 hahaha I just got this Squire and like it more than my 2600 dollar ibanez prestige to, its just more fun to play.
@@terror324 I just bought the new 5 string jazz bass in the same finish and roasted maple neck this week. It's also great, so easy and fun to play with the satin roasted neck.
@@danielarcaris8965 i just can't believe the price of these squires , new strings and boom . Don't need to drop triple the price on an american strat now a days.
I bought that Black Strat with the anodised pick guard for my very first guitar at the age of 30. Really hoping I like playing it. A friend gave me a bullet strat for a lend until my guitar came but its really buzzy coming through the amp and even when unplugged and my finger placement is perfect the thick E string always buzzes. It's very annoying and off putting.
String buzz could just mean the guitar needs a decent setup. Amp noise can come from the single coils especially the cheaper guitars that have no shielding inside the cavities
@@KC-yi1td yeah I haven't a clue what I'm doing, just a beginner. Lol. My amp is a Roland Micro cube, also before my mate gave me the guitar he sent it in to a music shop to a friend of his and got it set up. I just think it's not a great guitar. Now don't get me wrong, I loved playing it and learning on it and it does the job but I have the financial means to get a bit better guitar.
I am very undecided ... Which one to choose as the first electric guitar? I'm between the Stratocaster Special and the HH FR Stratocaster.
I need that tele
I've got the Skyburst Metallic Jag on order. It'll be coming in May. Super pumped for that. I've already got a Duesenberg Trem for it too.
I have the same on pre-order, can't wait either. Is that the Les Trem II you are fitting?
@@justindysonuk Yes. The Duesenberg Les Trem II
Hey guys, got the same trem on my Squier Jazzmaster Deluxe, you might wanna order a bridge with rolling saddles (same for the string tree) because the stock tune o matic kinda ruins the tuning stability. Maybe you already thought of that but I'd you didn't, keep that in mind 😉
@@FelixHureau I'm in the states and I already have a roller bridge that I ordered from Stew Mac. It came a couple weeks ago. It's also the only roller bridge with a 12" radius too. It'll all match up. I just need the guitar now. One more month!
@@bciecko1 yeah the radius is a pain in the ass with this kind of bridge x) hope the guitar is as great as it sounds in the video
Soo good man, amazing job. Really professional 💯🔊
The SSS in black looks and sounds pretty good, would have preferred basswood over poplar though.. only criticism.
Pretty cool especially for the price lol
That new Strat Special pup configuration is more like a Lead 2.5 (pups are angled like the Fender Lead 2, but there's one extra). It sure sounds as bright as a Lead 2 with that angled neck pup. Not sure it sounds like a Strat at all, so why not get a proper Fender Lead 2 MIM, for just a bit more cash. But that Sky Burst and roasted neck are tempting me.
The new MIM products are no longer $500 or even $600 they are up to $700/ $800, Fender is getting greedy.
Lead models and player series do not have the features this range has, with great quality controll like the classic vibe range, and at half the price, why wouldn't someone buy when they can get passed the branding on the headstock ?!
Got the sky blue strat the other week. Swapped middle and bridge pu wires. Pos 1 - bridge single coil Pos 2 - out of phase bri mid Pos 3 - all3 funky but not strong signal Pos 4 - bri and nek tele country Pos 5- nek. I don't like Teles.
The Lead II doesn’t have a trem. I do like the phase option though, might mod my contemporary for one.
Im waiting for my white tele🙂
When Squire surpasses fender.
Jackson also have a js model dinky they has a stained body and roasted maple neck , it's like 415$ Canadian , so ultra cheap price point
Jacksons are a deal killer for me due to their necks/fretboard. Too wide, frets are too spaced... pain in the ass floyd rose units on them too. One was enough for me, got rid of it.
These are awesome!
Love the Jaguar, anyone have experience on getting a low action on a jag? And what’s the release date
I had a Japanese jaguar at one point, never had much luck with getting the action low. Ended up trading for a faded SG, which then became a Japanese 83 strat and so it continued.
Putting a shim in the neck pocket (like it was originally intended) helps a lot
You need to shim the neck. It works two-fold... Get the neck up sontounjwve to raise the bridge. This means you'll get lower action and better tuning stability. The tension over the bridge will increase and the guitar will just work better.
Thanks for your replies everyone
I don't think you'll have a problem with these Contemporary Jaguars. With the Classic Vibe Jags you would have to shim the neck because of the floating tremolo system. These contemporary jags are hard tailed and it looks like they have tuneomatic bridges so they should be super easy to setup just the way you like it
Word has it, that DHL is shipping my new White Contemporary Tele RH this week.
THEY FINALLY DROP THIS WEEK???
Tell how it feels
Just ordered the same one!
dude let us know what you think, im thinking of getting one my self
uhm,,,,,, i got to be honest, never thought of getting a Squier....... but....... that Tele might be such a fun guitar to play punk, post punk, post rock stuff.......... and for that price? damn! anyknow here knows those pickups?
The tele has an atomic humbucker. It feels amazing. The neck is fab. Just got it two days ago.
Awesome Review! Congrats! 👍🏻👽
what? no top-loader option on the tele bridge?!?
I'm sorry but I'm gonna have to be that arsehole who moans. That demo didn't do the Floyd strat justice at all - you've got a decent arsenal of players who could have shredded on this thing and at least into a Marshall half stack or something. At least Danish Pete at Andertons gave a decent stab at it. I'm normally used to GAK doing a lot better than this, for guitars at all ranges. Not to be a dick to the guy playing it in this video or anything.
Incidentally, Pete's said he's loving it, that the cheap version Floyd is stable and that he won't even change the pickups. Squier has certainly upped their game in recent times and I might even give this one a try. If I like it, I might order it from GAK but as long as you guys *actually have it in stock*
You should tune your Floyd rose before demoing a demonstration..
This and play something closer to the sort of style the guitar is intended on e.g. 80s stadium rock/metal
2021 the only thing I see Squire doing wrong is more lefty's not in black please.
fender still dislikes left handed players.
No white version...this is getting ridiculous.
Another thing about demos, clean tones and you know if our budget on a guitar is 500 then why do demo in expensive pedals and monitors...
Probably they are shite as the classic vibe series.
You can but roasted maple necks for $50 from China if thats your thing. Its a fad, NONE of the greats used one.