Squier Mini by Fender, short-scale blues guitar

[chris199630]

i got mine for 50

[Florrezmax]

could have put on some pants, when playing to the world......

[Bobby59]

LOL NICE SOUND! Im curious to hear it with TEXAS SPECIALS IN IT!

[damageplan67]

I have an SX SST 57 3/4 scale it has an alder body 1 volume and 2 tone plus a tremelo (I don't use it but nice to have) A great quality guitar I got it from rondo music for 100.00 same as your Squier and it plays great ,came set up to play out of the box unlike the squier mini your playing,it is a better all around made guitar quality blows Squier out of the water.Squier maybe good if they had good quality control like Ibanez does.I also have a Ibanez mikro I love.

[9pasadena9]

@damageplan67 soooooo make ur own on vid and stop hateing

this is a budget guitar a hole

[damageplan67]

@9pasadena9 I'm not hating just stating the truth about Squier's quality it sucks.What do you play I own a SX 3/4 SST57 strat a Dean EVO/XM a Douglas halo(gibson explorer copy) an I banez mikro and a Glen Burton acoustic (not that great of a guitar but paid 50 bucks for it) I don't play enough anymore and am not that good but i know good gear and have played both Fenders and Gibsons (Les Paul studio)as well as a high end Taylor.

[DrummerGrrrl]

@damageplan67: Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're so wonderful and you have the best guitars, blah blah blah. Ibanez Mikro? Ha! Talk about crap...

[damageplan67]

@DrummerGrrrl I don't have the best guitars but they are better made quality wise than the mini Squire thats what my comment was about and not hating the guitat the quality at factories is the big issue.

[DrummerGrrrl]

@damageplan67: I apologize. After I made that snippy remark, I went and checked out the Ibanez Mikro vids on youtube and... well, like I said, I owe you an apology! And... I may have to check out the Mikro at the local Guitar Center! I really am sorry for making such a moronic comment when I hadn't even tested out the Mikro!! Sigh. I can be such a smart ass sometimes...

[damageplan67]

@9pasadena9 Hey fuck wad if you knew anything you would see that in my comment the guitars i have are budget also 100.00 to 150.00 and better quality than the Squier and were playable out of the box tune and play unlike the mini squier that I would buy if quality control were better sorry I've heard and known people alot who had bad unplayable ones.

[9pasadena9]

@damageplan67 i didnt even finsh reading idc what u think finds someone else to talk to bitch

[BuddhaMaster84]

or perhaps, jamming the mini like this goes under child molesty?

[BuddhaMaster84]

this song is called "big steps for a baby"

[juneausucks]

they have amazing sound much to my surprise the warm clean sound is great

[orbitration]

As for the tuners being the culprit for going out of tune easily, I'm more inclined to say that cheap plastic nut needs replaced before anything else.

[Guitarrmann]

Does anyone know where I can get a left-handed ministrat?

[psychkoala]

That guitar sounds rather horrible.

And it's not your playing, which is rather good; so that means it's the guitar.

Then again, sometimes it's fun to play Blues with a "trashy" sound !

Thanks for the demo.

[MoDangerFlint]

pretty good playin´... n1ce one!

[xOexess]

are the tuners and bridge standard size? or are they mini?

[Nick5379]

I had that guitar, and I hated it :(

I am used to playing the bass though, so it's kind of dramatic difference in size.

[jeffmara]

I want to get one and put a hot rail in the bridge.

[UltimateGuitarist17]

Hey have you thought about sticking in some custom shop pick-ups? itd be smoking hot.

[letterbekmen]

i wanna get one and put vintage noiseless pus in, but that cost more than the guitar...

[TuxedoDrum]

That's what will make it sound good so it's worth it...

[mcbrowny94]

@UltimateGuitarist17

haha wouldn't that cost more than the guitar itself?

[bjornkom]

Anything you do to this guitar will cost more than the guitar... Think of it as an experimental platform... YES, I am getting new pups at some point for sure. The stock ones are a tad harsh played clean, neck especially. But start with the tuners. Their replacement is must.

[Xshuffl3niggaX]

hey nice guitar for $99.

where'd you buy it from???????

Thanks

[bjornkom]

Sam Ash. But you can get them just about anywhere. You'll see them in grocery stores soon, I am sure.

[CrankCase08]

I find that with these shorter scale guitars it's easier to use thicker gauge string and thereby get a better, fuller sound, rather like the guitar sound of the early 60s. I don't bend intensely, so I've used 11 for the top E down to 46 for Bottom E, giving it a lot more tonality, especially for picking and chords. Plus, an 11 breaks a lot less than a 9.

[EuphoriaMusicSession]

just goes to show:

any guitar can sound good if you're a good guitarist.

[artifact26]

hey is the bridge and tuning keys same size as a full size fender stratocaster ???

the pickguard probably isnt though

but i was wondering about the bridge and tuning keys

thank you . nice playing

[bjornkom]

Yes, I believe bridge and tuning keys are the same size as a full-size strat, from a visual inspection, anyway.

[CanItAlready]

Yup. Just compared my mini to my full-size Squier strat and tuning keys, bridge and pickups, even, are the same as the full-size.

[burl0721]

probably

[bjornkom]

Sure, why not? I recommend that you have the store set it up properly, though, even if it would cost a little extra. (Which is true for an guitar, not just this one,)

[hwhw0987654321]

i just bought a jacksone and i have a squier,strat,lesspaul epiphone,sg jay turser and an ibenes, sthe beast gutare is ibenise and jacksone there made in us and germinny

[sid77777]

SOunds good i gotta have one of these..

[michaeljacksondude]

i have the same one from best buy and my grandfather bought me the most advanced modelling amp in the world aka the peavy vypyr 15

[felixfirehead]

Does not sound very good to me.

[to0lkj90]

i just bought one except mine is red and i bought a vox amp tuner and and book im going to be committed to learning how to play/is it betteer to learn by notes or frets?

[mrmartyo]

i would recommend learning both. learn notes and chords first, so that once you transfer over into learning tabs and fret numbers, it will be much easier.

[SykoKid75]

i have a les paul pee wee but its well kinda crappy is the squire a better guitar im think of trading it in for one

[theschecterguitarist]

I think it's a stoptail bridge. Check the bottom of the bridge for the ball ends of the strings and change them like a normal guitar through there

[0xNecrox0]

How do you change the strings on these???

[Creepycottages]

Ps Like your Mini Strat video - I like the fact the tuners are not so good - it makes you a better player - they are definately more stable with larger strings - as of course the scale length is short so they can handle a thicker string.

[guitarkid2039]

whoever is thinking of buying one i highly recommend that you dont. I have one, it was my first electric guitar. It is good for players who are like five years old but it is not a good guitar. There are just fifteen frets and my strings constantly fall out of the nut. If you want a bluesy guitar go for a Fender Squier Stratocaster. Its a great bluesy guitar. And if you dont have money to buy that guitar buy a Fender Squier Start its 200 bucks cheaper

[bjornkom]

This guitar was $99, and in my very subjective opinion, it's a great buy. Just try out the one you buy carefully. After $100 worth of guitar set-up with my local luthier, I am impressed by the playability of this guitar. Judge for yourself.

[guitarkid2039]

i bought mine for a hundred dollars and it came with a case and a amp. I mean its a good deal. The body is plywood....when did you buy it. After about a week i bought mine i was having problems with the bridge, nut and the middle pickup. They gave me a new one and the same thing happened about a month later. I gave up on it. If you want a guitar thats cheap buy the epi lp special II. A man with your skill should be playing a LP or Strat or somehting.

[Creepycottages]

Sorry chum - I have been playing and selling guitars most of my life and for the money the Squire mini is easily the best small guitar. Check out my video response.

[bjornkom]

I just checked your website - So Harry Potter in your backyard there? :-) B

[Creepycottages]

Hi Yes a few miles away - all gone now. The last few weeks the same place is being used for the filming of the new Robin Hood film with Russel Crow and Kate Blanchet. Its amazing over 200 horses bought in (old breeds) 600 + extras - the largest film set ever in Britain.

Regards

Paul

[tedizzle45]

hey man that was pretty cool im thinkin about buying one because i mostly have heavy metal guitars and i want somthing thats more jimi hendrix style or bluesy, btw what scales should i use to solo if i am trying to do some blues?

[bjornkom]

Any scale, pentatonic blues scale - did I understant your question correctly?

[madmap0]

so can you play the same stuff like you could on the actualy sized one

[bjornkom]

Sure you can play the same stuff! All you're missing is the tremolo.

[ssteiyne]

sounds pretty sweet to me. Nice playing!

[eurekan99]

What inch is your mini?

[Faireweatherfriend]

The current mini Squiers are listed at 20.75 inches by Fender, although that seems hard to believe. I do remember they used to be 22.75 like yours. Not so long ago, there also used to be a MIM Strat with a 22.75 neck called the Stratocaster Junior. Nearly impossible to find now. Black only, I'd like to find one. Saw one once in a store but it was the same price as a full-sized MIM, so I got cheap about it.  Shoulda bought it.

[brimike3]

is the mini 20" or 25.5"?

[bjornkom]

Neither. It's 22.75. You can also try a Rondo's GX series strat with 24" necks. I have one of those too. The only thing is the neck of the Squier is thinner and more comfortable (to me.)

[BlackAngusYoung]

I have the same guitar too. Do you tune yours to regular pitch or do you find the strings are too slack?

[bjornkom]

yes, I tune it at the regular pitch, but I do use gauge 010-046. The 009 they come with are too rubbery. It's one one my favorite guitars, and i have owned both fenders and gibsons.

[jayhawk808]

does it have standard size parts? because i might get one of these and make some upgrades to it

[bjornkom]

Pretty much yes!

[dud8112084]

Are the tunning pegs normal size what are all the normal sized parts on it?

[bjornkom]

The headstock is normal size so the tuners can also be normal size. I just had Grover Mini Rotomatics installed.

[dud8112084]

ohh thts cool i hear tht guitar 's stock tuners arent too good so id change them thanks:]

[hippieadrien]

hey, that sounds pretty good. i'm ganna buy one. might do a little work and maybe paint it or something

[sonnysantinomianj]

i have 1 to wooooooooooooo

[83rb3]

I have a Squier Mini and just love it. Its alo the same color as your Mini. Even though I'm going to try to star playing my brother's Ibanez guitar I'll still keep the Squier.

[madmark299]

My son has the same guitar. Did you change the strings on it ? You make it sound good... Thanks

[bjornkom]

Hi MadMark,

It's the original set up with 009 strings in the video, but I am about to replace them with an 010 set. I have also bought new tuning pegs. I am playing through a Peavey Classic 30 watt all-tube amp in the video, which has a great sound ($300 on eBay)