Thanks for the vid, i was in 2 minds whether to spend £600 on an American strat because I thought squires were embarrassing or lame but I have now decided to spend half the amount on a Korean squire which you have convinced me is not lame or uncool or embarrassing. COME ON SQUIRE!!
A good level headed assessment, too often people buy into the mythical qualities of these things. A few weeks ago I fitted new "hot" pickups to a friends Les Paul, needless to say he waxed lyrical over the "improved" sound, I told him if I had walked out of the room for 20 minutes and done nothing to the guitar he would also have heard the difference...
@Guitarvirtuoso666 Weaker does not mean "low quality", and I never said that. It simply means it does not capture as much sound compared to other pickups. Standard American Stratocasters are made that way by design, not by flaw.
I got a Squire II passed down to me from my dad who later bought an Fender American Standard and he bought David Guilmore pickups and because the DG pickups were a solid drop in pickguard/pickup config, I put the American standard pickguard/pickup config on the Squire II and it sounds Amazing.
From my honest experience with squiers, I can say that I don't like them, I prefer the "weaker" sound of my USA strat, some don't want the rough gritty sound, I'm a tone freak, and I don't go by "hotter = Better"
The sound that suits my style comes from USA Fenders, not squiers. Squiers have their high points, but not any that I can use. I stick with Ibanez, and My one USA Fender. Every squier I've played just doesn't achieve the tone I want.
My Squier goes out of tune past the 9th fret because the scale length is 1/4" longer than it should be and the saddles are at the end of their adjustment.
Dude i played this girls squire I am teaching her how to play...it was the most unbelievable strat style i have ever held...i tested an american strat in the store...was not exactly that impressed...was amazed by this squire through my roland cube 30
plus squiers make unbelivibly amazing basses for the price. lots of pros actuall use them. i like it more than my brothers stingray. squier and fender both just really know what their doing.
Some good points in this. I mean MIA Fenders are great guitars, but they def. aren't worth the money nowadays with having to pay American factory workers (who are probably unionized) and their recent price gouging. I've gotten along great with my Squier Standard Series H/H Tele and a Vintage Modified Strat...Great guitars the price thats for sure.
i am a poor college student bent on getting the squier now. it'll be my first electric.. Originally looking at the $250 stratocaster, but now I'm sold for squier lol. Originally, I was looking away from it because my guitarist friends advised me not to get a squier.
When I get it, i can stop bending acoustic strings :D
Very intelligently put, and backed by your others vids. Certainly convinced me. I own an Epiphone Casino and staggeringly (to me) some of the videos relating to it on here consist of a few Gibson obsessives professing how shit Epiphones are!!! No need!!
Epi's are decent axes. The only reason I don't play them is because I don't prefer the guitar shape (for me it's easier to sit down with a Strat-style bodied guitar), but as for the way it plays and sounds it actually works very well.
and the older they get the better they sound. ill never trade, pawn or sell mine, its better than any American made strat (has been proven side by side) and its not modded in any way, the only thing thats ever been changed is the pickguard, its over 11 years old and has mileage... ive had people swear ive changed the electronics but i havent, been dropped poked molested, you name it and out of 3 other guitars i own it still my first and fav.
Nice video, and I agree with you 100%. I recently bought a Squire 50's Vibe Strat and I am blown away. My Fender MIM is getting sold- the Squier plays and sounds much better.
yeah todays squire are really good. specialy the vintage modified series and deluxe series. i own a 15 tear old squire. pickups hot. i only got it refreted but the guitar is a tank i still use it. people who thinks squire suck is ignorant. great video.
i got a squier deluxe and it sounds fantastic! i changed the pickups from the hotrails to dimarzio hs3 and 2 yjms's and it sounds better than yngwies signature.
dude your so right like i honestly feel or hear that much of a difference between like a squier deluxe strat or an american standard i mean to save money buy the squier its a great guitar anyway so what if it doesnt say fender on the headstock i think thats all what people care about
man i really enjoyed your videos, ive owned a squier since 97 still got it, infact it looks so beat up that people think its a road worn. LOL i first bought it because it was all i could afford and i wanted a hendrix model strat so bad, it was my dream. one day i went to the shop, finally was able to play JH Woodstock (900.00) was so dissapointed. but extreamly happy that my squier was not only comfortable but sounded better, id show it off and when i plugged in jaws dropped LOL
I highly agree with a lot of the things you said. I am a gigging musician who plays a frankenstein strat (only fender part is the neck, which happened to come off of a usa strat). Whenever I tell people that it is homemade and not a fender USA they seem to get bummed.
nice video.Great riffs i heard in your previous videos.Its funny because when you said people say that squiers suck i thought of my friend who thinks his that squiers suck and he always tells me how much my guitar sucks.I have a squier made in china and a gorilla amp and i think that it sounds good.I personally got a squier because i recently starting messing around with guitar and that was a cheap good guitar to start off with.Nice videos keep posting them.
My Mexican Strat's pickups are super hot, it's a 50th Anniversary Model. Also, for the record, I love Fender more than Gibson, Ibanez, B.C. Rich, etc. I think that Gibson is way too overrated.
Thanks for this video. I wanted a Jaguar som freakin bad, but they're $600 and I refuse to pay that much money for one. I've already got a Fender fat strat which was like $350 and I REFUSE to pay that much for a piece of wood ever again.
Again, thanks for this video and NO Squiers don't suck. In fact, I'm gonna go get one next month. I've been thinking about getting an Affinity. Yep, I'm "downgrading", but not so much. This helped a bunch!
i got mine last year and its from indonesia. alder body. so i hear its not the lowest tier. think its a fat strat, first one so i dont know much about it.
Check out the Squier Classic Vibes. They are made in China and prove that a low-cost guitar does not equal low-quality guitar. I own one and it easily keeps its own with my MIA strat. Squiers are fine instruments, but there is something about owning an American Fender. For some it is worth the extra cost, but if you don't care about that a Squier would really be all you need to play at home, gig, and make money. Plus I feel safer gigging with my squiers than my MIA.
Hooray for a a reasonable guitar shopper! Found this video after commenting on your other one. Can't agree more. My main recording bass is an Indonesian Squier, and number 2 is the same model as a backup. #3 is a Musicman Sterling, and #4 is a Warwick Corvette.
Man in Canada guitars are obviously wayyy pricier even with the difference in the dollar. A Squier standard strat goes for almost $400.00, a mexican goes for about $650.00, and an american standard goes for around $1400.00. I think I'll make a trip to the states for my next pricey guitar haha
The cheapest Gibsons Les Paul was about $1700.00, but most of them are $2500.00 or more. The Gibsons Les Paul with the 50s/60s neck lists for $3000.00, and has alnico V pickups which are the same pickups put into a Squier 60's vibe strat, which is a tenth of the price, with a better neck in my opinion. Gibsons have big, fat necks :S
lol, i love what you said about the kids coming and playing at guitar center. its really all in the player, not the guitar. i mean, yeah a decent guitar would help, but if you cant play it, then its gonna sound like shit.
indeed, the whole guitar center cliche. every time i go in there, all these young kids who have been playing for a week busting out crappy metallica riffs, and they all think they are badass. anyhow thanks for saying what we are all thinking.
also very nice insight on the mik squier, mine is an 87 black.
i've got squier II from late 80' i think. that guitars have very comfortable necks. i bought real wood body and it sounds amazing. pickups are loud and aggressive. that plastic tuners are so weak, but with glue i fixed them. i have also 1989 fender strat mij with alnico pickups and i can say, squier sounds better - louder, wormer, deeper and that gass-sound. btw sry for my english :>
true, most of those videos where they say their squire sucks (kids) play shit. i played eruption on a damn squire and people are commenting like "whoa! you played eruption on a squire?" hell yeah, and basically it starts all in your damn fingers. you only make the guitar sound bad if you suck.
I own two squire strats , a korean from the 90s and a chinese one from a few years back , probably the nicest sounding guitars ive owned , and ive owned a usa telecaster , squire guitars are a good starting point for any new guitarist , much cheaper than the epiphone stuff and pretty much all the parts can be upgraded , if anyone is thinking abot buying one , just play lloads of them , find one you like and just buy it , forget what it says on the headstock
i dont even own a squier strat but my igonorant friend who is eons ahead of me in guitar skill, constantly tells me squiers are shit. they dont sound as good as the upper models, but they ARENT garbage! god!
Hey what do you think about fender squire bullets? I have one and it was made or "crafted" in indonesia... and as you said it really doesnt matter too much. But still are the pickups stronger if you buy it from indonesia or places like that?
( with the fender logo in the back of each tune machine )
ive tryed many squiers and none of them have those little "upgrades" which are not very available in the affinity, bullet, or standard series, am i right ?
I have 5 squires.. A kid bought...had 5 months and mom sold? My gain:) Anyways I put a seymour Duncans in SSL5 in Bridge and SSL1s in Neck and middle and things sounds like a $4,000 Custom Shop model... but that said the stock pick ups rock... Just wanted to say I swapped out the Pickups....like 1,000,000 kids say on YOUTUBE! Bottomline kids don't spend money on an axe...spend on Lessons and a real expensive guitar tuner!
If you're not employed at the store you shouldn't be hanging out there to begin with. If you hang out with your *band* at the guitar store, that's even worse.
ooo yea, i just got more picks for my squire yesturday morning, and went back around 3 hrs later because i broke my pick (rolled over with chair) and i saw the same people playing the guitars that were their when i went the first time
I don't know about you, but I'm not satisfied buying a guitar until I have tested it and whatever other guitars I'm considering thoroughly. If that means "hanging out" at Guitar Center or my local guitar shop all day, then so be it.
Then you're not hanging out, you're testing products with the intent to purchase. People who hang out at GC or Sam Ash put their grubby mitts all over everything in the store and never buy anything, period.
and there is always that one person with the jackson, esp, etc. playing the same super fast metal sounding riff over and over on a super loud amp. annoying.
I agree, they're lovely guitars, I got myself an affinity strat before Christmas, one of those "Stop dreaming, start playing" packs, with guitar (in a very sexy metallic blue), amp, tuner, headphones, picks, spares etc all for about £150, its a really nice bit of kit... Admittedly I can't play anything but power chords and one barre chord at the moment, but hopefully that'll come, my goal is to be able to play along to Pink Floyd.
I wanted a Joe Strummer telecaster for a little while, after already buying a Squier Tele. All I had to do was mess it up a little, and now I have something that Joe would actually play.
I agree completely agree. I bought a Squire Bullet about a month ago. This is a new 2008 reissue. There is a little fret buzz and the thing could not stay in tune. I added $35 dollar sealed tuners. Now this thing sounds awesome. My one and only video, I play it first and it is my favorite out of my Dean ML and my Hagstrom Ultra Swede.
i used to be one of those kids who played les pauls, or flying v's but they got boring to play so i got a fender mexi strat, and they're WAY much better than any gibson (fender makes a good first guitar anyway) so squire and fender by a long shot (great sarcasm vids BTW) squires got my vote too.
Ha ha ha. Im a kid-14 years old-I bought a classic vibe 50's squier strat friday and I really love it. It sounds phenomenal. I was hesitant because I thought I would be downgrading but I couldn't have been more wrong!!!
I agree with you 100%. I have a friend who has a Gibson Les Paul Classic and he can't play anything but power chords. People think way too often that its the guitar that makes a player sound good...such a childish thought. Jimi Hendrix, for example, would sound just as good on a $99 squire bullet. I would say its 90% player and 10% guitar.
Question for you. What would be your advice for someone who is just starting to learn? Im not sure what avenue to take as far as starting out. Should I get a couple books, try some websites, get an instructor? Originally i said i was going to try to self teach myself but it all seems so complicated with scales, chords, tabs, etc. Any suggestions? Sorry for the noob question...
Learn your notes and scales (have a piano or keyboard nearby to help with that), then learn songs from your favorite bands chords-only, then move on to leads after that, then develop your own style for what you like best. I consider learning tablature/notation optional.
Got my Squier affinity strat yesterday, love the vids man, you should get a kickback from Fender for proving the Squier can holds its own. Im a beginner, and im thinking if i can get my skills to about 15% of yours i would feel like THE MAN!!! How long have you been playing?...
Thanks for the vid, i was in 2 minds whether to spend £600 on an American strat because I thought squires were embarrassing or lame but I have now decided to spend half the amount on a Korean squire which you have convinced me is not lame or uncool or embarrassing. COME ON SQUIRE!!
thekeybros 1 year ago
I had an 86 or so Japanese squire that I wish I never let my buddy talk me out of! It was awesome!
eddana2 1 year ago
A good level headed assessment, too often people buy into the mythical qualities of these things. A few weeks ago I fitted new "hot" pickups to a friends Les Paul, needless to say he waxed lyrical over the "improved" sound, I told him if I had walked out of the room for 20 minutes and done nothing to the guitar he would also have heard the difference...
g0fvt 1 year ago
I agree on this mostly,
except on what you said about the pickups.
pickup quality isn't defined in output,
as a matter of fact I prefer low to medium output over high output.
also, I don't think a strat pickup is considered a low output (or weak pickup).
Ofcourse it's weak compared to EMG's, but there are pickups that are still alot weaker (rickenbacker toasters etc...)
Anyway, great job
Guitarvirtuoso666 1 year ago
@Guitarvirtuoso666 Weaker does not mean "low quality", and I never said that. It simply means it does not capture as much sound compared to other pickups. Standard American Stratocasters are made that way by design, not by flaw.
rmenga 1 year ago
I got a Squire II passed down to me from my dad who later bought an Fender American Standard and he bought David Guilmore pickups and because the DG pickups were a solid drop in pickguard/pickup config, I put the American standard pickguard/pickup config on the Squire II and it sounds Amazing.
Joeychitown 1 year ago
why do you need the bheringer thingy with the digitech gsp1101 ?
Eyeseen 1 year ago
From my honest experience with squiers, I can say that I don't like them, I prefer the "weaker" sound of my USA strat, some don't want the rough gritty sound, I'm a tone freak, and I don't go by "hotter = Better"
The sound that suits my style comes from USA Fenders, not squiers. Squiers have their high points, but not any that I can use. I stick with Ibanez, and My one USA Fender. Every squier I've played just doesn't achieve the tone I want.
hillbillygenius72 2 years ago
My Squier goes out of tune past the 9th fret because the scale length is 1/4" longer than it should be and the saddles are at the end of their adjustment.
Win some, lose some.
thebouleoffools 2 years ago
dude, do they still make squiers in korea? that's awesome how their hotter
acalora123 2 years ago
i honestly don't know
rmenga 2 years ago
OMG YES 5 STARS!
Dude i played this girls squire I am teaching her how to play...it was the most unbelievable strat style i have ever held...i tested an american strat in the store...was not exactly that impressed...was amazed by this squire through my roland cube 30
Bowtome09 2 years ago
plus squiers make unbelivibly amazing basses for the price. lots of pros actuall use them. i like it more than my brothers stingray. squier and fender both just really know what their doing.
XIRedRibbonsIX 2 years ago
What Squier model is the guitar? Bullet? Affinity? Is it a Standard?
maniac612 2 years ago
affinity
matleboss94 2 years ago
wrong
rmenga 2 years ago
Some good points in this. I mean MIA Fenders are great guitars, but they def. aren't worth the money nowadays with having to pay American factory workers (who are probably unionized) and their recent price gouging. I've gotten along great with my Squier Standard Series H/H Tele and a Vintage Modified Strat...Great guitars the price thats for sure.
rayMacy 2 years ago
cool story bro
jillraydave 2 years ago
Hey Great video 5 stars. My first guitar was a squier strat not the one that is on the video of my guitar. It was a very good guitar
acthetech 2 years ago
BRAVO MY MAN BRAVO! The best man IN THE WHOLE WORLD! SQUIER FOR LIFE! (and Fender 2)
Tomossj 2 years ago 3
i am a poor college student bent on getting the squier now. it'll be my first electric.. Originally looking at the $250 stratocaster, but now I'm sold for squier lol. Originally, I was looking away from it because my guitarist friends advised me not to get a squier.
When I get it, i can stop bending acoustic strings :D
o00o0o0o0o0o 2 years ago
Very intelligently put, and backed by your others vids. Certainly convinced me. I own an Epiphone Casino and staggeringly (to me) some of the videos relating to it on here consist of a few Gibson obsessives professing how shit Epiphones are!!! No need!!
markwinfield 2 years ago
Epi's are decent axes. The only reason I don't play them is because I don't prefer the guitar shape (for me it's easier to sit down with a Strat-style bodied guitar), but as for the way it plays and sounds it actually works very well.
rmenga 2 years ago
@rmenga Epiphone made Stratocasters too (back in the day).
I own one, it has a Fender style body and an Explorer style headstock.
It sounds pretty decent but the frets are horrible.
They're square instead of round and they are really small, besides that it's a pretty nice guitar and it only cost me €75,-
The model has the numbers 300 in it, I don't know the complete name because over the years the letters worn off.
MrDunkJunk 1 year ago
and the older they get the better they sound. ill never trade, pawn or sell mine, its better than any American made strat (has been proven side by side) and its not modded in any way, the only thing thats ever been changed is the pickguard, its over 11 years old and has mileage... ive had people swear ive changed the electronics but i havent, been dropped poked molested, you name it and out of 3 other guitars i own it still my first and fav.
vizeck 2 years ago 2
Nice video, and I agree with you 100%. I recently bought a Squire 50's Vibe Strat and I am blown away. My Fender MIM is getting sold- the Squier plays and sounds much better.
dmedicFF 2 years ago
Well more proof that its the indian not the arrow
chiknfulio 2 years ago
yeah todays squire are really good. specialy the vintage modified series and deluxe series. i own a 15 tear old squire. pickups hot. i only got it refreted but the guitar is a tank i still use it. people who thinks squire suck is ignorant. great video.
djonathan06 2 years ago
i got a squier deluxe and it sounds fantastic! i changed the pickups from the hotrails to dimarzio hs3 and 2 yjms's and it sounds better than yngwies signature.
reddracken 2 years ago
dude your so right like i honestly feel or hear that much of a difference between like a squier deluxe strat or an american standard i mean to save money buy the squier its a great guitar anyway so what if it doesnt say fender on the headstock i think thats all what people care about
paintballer417 2 years ago 2
Exactly. Well put.
rmenga 2 years ago
man i really enjoyed your videos, ive owned a squier since 97 still got it, infact it looks so beat up that people think its a road worn. LOL i first bought it because it was all i could afford and i wanted a hendrix model strat so bad, it was my dream. one day i went to the shop, finally was able to play JH Woodstock (900.00) was so dissapointed. but extreamly happy that my squier was not only comfortable but sounded better, id show it off and when i plugged in jaws dropped LOL
vizeck 2 years ago
I highly agree with a lot of the things you said. I am a gigging musician who plays a frankenstein strat (only fender part is the neck, which happened to come off of a usa strat). Whenever I tell people that it is homemade and not a fender USA they seem to get bummed.
larryvales 2 years ago
nice video.Great riffs i heard in your previous videos.Its funny because when you said people say that squiers suck i thought of my friend who thinks his that squiers suck and he always tells me how much my guitar sucks.I have a squier made in china and a gorilla amp and i think that it sounds good.I personally got a squier because i recently starting messing around with guitar and that was a cheap good guitar to start off with.Nice videos keep posting them.
joekuznia11 2 years ago
Showpieces don't make for a better player. Now that you've realized that you're back on the Light Side of The Force. :)
rmenga 2 years ago
dude, you are great, what's the name of your amplifier?
razekcs 2 years ago
Are you deaf? 1:13
TheMadMusicMan 2 years ago
i want your guitar......
mexrilla 2 years ago
My Mexican Strat's pickups are super hot, it's a 50th Anniversary Model. Also, for the record, I love Fender more than Gibson, Ibanez, B.C. Rich, etc. I think that Gibson is way too overrated.
danecook321 2 years ago
Thanks for this video. I wanted a Jaguar som freakin bad, but they're $600 and I refuse to pay that much money for one. I've already got a Fender fat strat which was like $350 and I REFUSE to pay that much for a piece of wood ever again.
Again, thanks for this video and NO Squiers don't suck. In fact, I'm gonna go get one next month. I've been thinking about getting an Affinity. Yep, I'm "downgrading", but not so much. This helped a bunch!
madeyes4u 2 years ago
dont wanna bother you but any thoughts on the chinese made ones these days?
sunp 2 years ago
I hear they're made in China.
rmenga 2 years ago
i got mine last year and its from indonesia. alder body. so i hear its not the lowest tier. think its a fat strat, first one so i dont know much about it.
mjfan123085 2 years ago
Check out the Squier Classic Vibes. They are made in China and prove that a low-cost guitar does not equal low-quality guitar. I own one and it easily keeps its own with my MIA strat. Squiers are fine instruments, but there is something about owning an American Fender. For some it is worth the extra cost, but if you don't care about that a Squier would really be all you need to play at home, gig, and make money. Plus I feel safer gigging with my squiers than my MIA.
YogiSizzle 2 years ago
Aaaand you just answered the question I asked 5 minutes ago on another video:) Keep up the good work!
yobhsiFehT 2 years ago
I sense much TRUTH in this video! I wanna give you a huge high 5!
Maverick274 2 years ago
agreed!
danncapitan 2 years ago
Hooray for a a reasonable guitar shopper! Found this video after commenting on your other one. Can't agree more. My main recording bass is an Indonesian Squier, and number 2 is the same model as a backup. #3 is a Musicman Sterling, and #4 is a Warwick Corvette.
You even spell Squier correctly! five stars.
nova0052 2 years ago
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Man in Canada guitars are obviously wayyy pricier even with the difference in the dollar. A Squier standard strat goes for almost $400.00, a mexican goes for about $650.00, and an american standard goes for around $1400.00. I think I'll make a trip to the states for my next pricey guitar haha
WhiteNightRiots 2 years ago
If that's true a Les Paul Standard must easily break $2000 there.
rmenga 2 years ago
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The cheapest Gibsons Les Paul was about $1700.00, but most of them are $2500.00 or more. The Gibsons Les Paul with the 50s/60s neck lists for $3000.00, and has alnico V pickups which are the same pickups put into a Squier 60's vibe strat, which is a tenth of the price, with a better neck in my opinion. Gibsons have big, fat necks :S
WhiteNightRiots 2 years ago
lol, i love what you said about the kids coming and playing at guitar center. its really all in the player, not the guitar. i mean, yeah a decent guitar would help, but if you cant play it, then its gonna sound like shit.
metalmanh20 2 years ago 2
indeed, the whole guitar center cliche. every time i go in there, all these young kids who have been playing for a week busting out crappy metallica riffs, and they all think they are badass. anyhow thanks for saying what we are all thinking.
also very nice insight on the mik squier, mine is an 87 black.
wprestidge1 2 years ago
i've got squier II from late 80' i think. that guitars have very comfortable necks. i bought real wood body and it sounds amazing. pickups are loud and aggressive. that plastic tuners are so weak, but with glue i fixed them. i have also 1989 fender strat mij with alnico pickups and i can say, squier sounds better - louder, wormer, deeper and that gass-sound. btw sry for my english :>
swetroniusz 2 years ago
Do Squier Affinity Telecasters have hot pickups?
hillbillyz9497 2 years ago
i love this guy SQUIERS RULE!!!! screw all you haters :)
imabassplayermandude 2 years ago
true, most of those videos where they say their squire sucks (kids) play shit. i played eruption on a damn squire and people are commenting like "whoa! you played eruption on a squire?" hell yeah, and basically it starts all in your damn fingers. you only make the guitar sound bad if you suck.
thojyout23 2 years ago
do the chinese ones have hot pickups
thojyout23 2 years ago
great! but anyone know how the bullet strats stand? thanks!
sunp 3 years ago
a new bullet strat or a old bullet strat? because squier made two different kind
erikchavez831 3 years ago
the ones they would sell today. i have a LP style, and everyone needs a strat, just kinda tight on cash right now. suggestions?
sunp 2 years ago
When i was 15 i got a 1989 squire strat for about £75.
All throughout school people went on and on about how shit it was without playing or hearing it
I have played Les Pauls, vintage strats, PRS but prefer my squire
thehispterbebop 3 years ago
I own two squire strats , a korean from the 90s and a chinese one from a few years back , probably the nicest sounding guitars ive owned , and ive owned a usa telecaster , squire guitars are a good starting point for any new guitarist , much cheaper than the epiphone stuff and pretty much all the parts can be upgraded , if anyone is thinking abot buying one , just play lloads of them , find one you like and just buy it , forget what it says on the headstock
jasoninertia 3 years ago
YOU ARE RIGHT MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kidmumudf 3 years ago 2
FINALLY someone to agree wiht me
i dont even own a squier strat but my igonorant friend who is eons ahead of me in guitar skill, constantly tells me squiers are shit. they dont sound as good as the upper models, but they ARENT garbage! god!
WhiteNightRiots 3 years ago
Im with ya there man. Ill change the nut and the tuners though.
IamTheRedneck 3 years ago
Hey what do you think about fender squire bullets? I have one and it was made or "crafted" in indonesia... and as you said it really doesnt matter too much. But still are the pickups stronger if you buy it from indonesia or places like that?
axel1831 3 years ago
( with the fender logo in the back of each tune machine )
ive tryed many squiers and none of them have those little "upgrades" which are not very available in the affinity, bullet, or standard series, am i right ?
what do you think ?
please reply ! :)
andyamone 3 years ago
hey dude! i really like your videos :)
i have a fender squier stratocaster too, and i really would like to ask you some things:!
my strat is very rare D:
its a 90s squier strat made in japan california series, in a RARE green/flakes color, i never saw a green strat before, i mean DARK GREEN,
the pickups are nice, the same ones as yours with that yellow vintage look :D
it has the 60s headstock and it has a skunk stripe in the back of the neck. it has Fender* tune machines....
andyamone 3 years ago
I buy whatever guitar will do the job I want it to do, regardless of make, model or where it's manufactured.
rmenga 3 years ago
I have 5 squires.. A kid bought...had 5 months and mom sold? My gain:) Anyways I put a seymour Duncans in SSL5 in Bridge and SSL1s in Neck and middle and things sounds like a $4,000 Custom Shop model... but that said the stock pick ups rock... Just wanted to say I swapped out the Pickups....like 1,000,000 kids say on YOUTUBE! Bottomline kids don't spend money on an axe...spend on Lessons and a real expensive guitar tuner!
shineonprickley1975 3 years ago
"i go their to buy things, cuz no i do not hangout as those places thank you very much" lol, yea i hate those ppl who hang out at the store all day
iongod17 3 years ago
If you're not employed at the store you shouldn't be hanging out there to begin with. If you hang out with your *band* at the guitar store, that's even worse.
rmenga 3 years ago
ooo yea, i just got more picks for my squire yesturday morning, and went back around 3 hrs later because i broke my pick (rolled over with chair) and i saw the same people playing the guitars that were their when i went the first time
iongod17 3 years ago
I don't know about you, but I'm not satisfied buying a guitar until I have tested it and whatever other guitars I'm considering thoroughly. If that means "hanging out" at Guitar Center or my local guitar shop all day, then so be it.
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flargenpoo 3 years ago
Then you're not hanging out, you're testing products with the intent to purchase. People who hang out at GC or Sam Ash put their grubby mitts all over everything in the store and never buy anything, period.
rmenga 3 years ago
I see some people at Samash rehearsing there for hours I hate them
hillbillyz9497 2 years ago
and there is always that one person with the jackson, esp, etc. playing the same super fast metal sounding riff over and over on a super loud amp. annoying.
britt713011 2 years ago
I agree, they're lovely guitars, I got myself an affinity strat before Christmas, one of those "Stop dreaming, start playing" packs, with guitar (in a very sexy metallic blue), amp, tuner, headphones, picks, spares etc all for about £150, its a really nice bit of kit... Admittedly I can't play anything but power chords and one barre chord at the moment, but hopefully that'll come, my goal is to be able to play along to Pink Floyd.
gullivera 3 years ago
you get 22 frets on mexican and 21 on american
whydoesitmatter1994 3 years ago
Wrong. The American Standard Stratocaster has 22 medium jumbo frets.
rmenga 3 years ago
overall , what rating would you give to that guitar ?
ciornianucristian 3 years ago
It does what I want it to do, no complaints.
rmenga 3 years ago
how about the $250 squire's? are they way much better (powerful) or do they have weak pick-ups for the sake of imitating an american model?
serazac25 3 years ago
They usually have hotter pickups. Best option is to play one, then play an American Std. to compare to be on the safe side.
rmenga 3 years ago
I wanted a Joe Strummer telecaster for a little while, after already buying a Squier Tele. All I had to do was mess it up a little, and now I have something that Joe would actually play.
BucksStudent 3 years ago
I agree completely agree. I bought a Squire Bullet about a month ago. This is a new 2008 reissue. There is a little fret buzz and the thing could not stay in tune. I added $35 dollar sealed tuners. Now this thing sounds awesome. My one and only video, I play it first and it is my favorite out of my Dean ML and my Hagstrom Ultra Swede.
deanfean 3 years ago
i agree with your point but kids that are "hanging out" are more often than not thinking about buying something and trying different things.
scarecrow312 3 years ago
...and usually buy the wrong guitar for the wrong reasons.
rmenga 3 years ago
is also true.
scarecrow312 3 years ago
i used to be one of those kids who played les pauls, or flying v's but they got boring to play so i got a fender mexi strat, and they're WAY much better than any gibson (fender makes a good first guitar anyway) so squire and fender by a long shot (great sarcasm vids BTW) squires got my vote too.
fenderpwnage 3 years ago
Ha ha ha. Im a kid-14 years old-I bought a classic vibe 50's squier strat friday and I really love it. It sounds phenomenal. I was hesitant because I thought I would be downgrading but I couldn't have been more wrong!!!
z2dove1 3 years ago
I agree with you 100%. I have a friend who has a Gibson Les Paul Classic and he can't play anything but power chords. People think way too often that its the guitar that makes a player sound good...such a childish thought. Jimi Hendrix, for example, would sound just as good on a $99 squire bullet. I would say its 90% player and 10% guitar.
MarkGuitar508 3 years ago 2
Question for you. What would be your advice for someone who is just starting to learn? Im not sure what avenue to take as far as starting out. Should I get a couple books, try some websites, get an instructor? Originally i said i was going to try to self teach myself but it all seems so complicated with scales, chords, tabs, etc. Any suggestions? Sorry for the noob question...
Stryder330 3 years ago
Learn your notes and scales (have a piano or keyboard nearby to help with that), then learn songs from your favorite bands chords-only, then move on to leads after that, then develop your own style for what you like best. I consider learning tablature/notation optional.
rmenga 3 years ago
Thanks! I Appreciate the help.
Stryder330 3 years ago
Got my Squier affinity strat yesterday, love the vids man, you should get a kickback from Fender for proving the Squier can holds its own. Im a beginner, and im thinking if i can get my skills to about 15% of yours i would feel like THE MAN!!! How long have you been playing?...
Stryder330 3 years ago
Thanks. Been playing almost 20 years. And yeah it would be nice to get some green from Fender, no doubt. :-)
rmenga 3 years ago
I like your videos, funny and good guitar player.
I'm thinking start now playing guitar, do you think i can learn with a Squier Strat or i should first buy a classical guitar?
blueicePT 3 years ago
Either.
rmenga 3 years ago