 Hey what's up everybody today I'm going to compare these two guitars the Squire Classic Vibe 60s model and the Fender Ventera 60s model and I'm going to let you know what I like about each one and if the upgrade to the Ventera over the classic vibe is worth it or not. All right so we'll get started here with the Squire Classic Vibe. This is a great guitar it's you know 400, 450 something right around there and you know I'm impressed it's got it's got issues you know the the tuners aren't great they're greasy for some reason like even though you wipe them off they're still really greasy it doesn't hold its tune very well whenever you're really kind of playing and bending it you know I don't know I haven't really gotten it set up so maybe with a better setup it would be better but you know it's it's not bad this what is the Indian Laurel fretboard it's okay it's dry it's you know the fret work is not great like it they're a little sharp on the bottom you know but the pickups sound great it's kind of got this I don't know if this is what the Mustang bridge or whatever they call this it's it gets stuck sometimes and the you know this whole mechanism here is is very tight compared to the other one it's very you know like extreme like this you know which is is okay if that's what you want but it's just not as fluid or soft as other ones I have played you know the electronics sound great the pickups sound great the sound great with distortion or with clean you know it's got the I assume classic you know rhythm channel here you know this is a great guitar for the money and if I were on a you know lower budget you know this is certainly you know one that that I would be okay with with a setup you know it's it's it's okay it has that Jazzmaster sound and you get the feel you know but you can tell that it's not quite you know a premium instrument I've had a lot of inexpensive instruments and and I've had some great ones and I've had some crappy ones you know this one is is not bad considering considering what it is so this is the Fender Ventera 60s model this is you know a step above the classic vibe it's not quite as high as the original 60s model or the you know one of the professional series this is not a us made it's made in Mexico I believe this is a fantastic guitar this is one of the better guitars that I have played especially having bought it online and never having played it in person before I really love the matching headstock that really sold me on this particular model as well as it being a thousand dollars less than the original 60s that I was looking at but still a step up above the classic vibe and it's certainly a step up like you know I'll start with the tuners you know they're they're not greasy like the classic vibe they hold their tune very very well the neck feels way better as opposed to the dryness of the classic vibe this one is very fluid and the pal ferro however you pronounce that neck on this I really like a lot of people you know have said that they don't like that compared to rosewood but I have several rosewood guitars and I really can't tell that much of a difference and I kind of like the imperfections of it it kind of makes it you know original for me pickups sound fantastic they're not as hot as the classic vibe which I actually like they feel like they had a little more air in them and you know the electronics are great the switch is a better quality I think than the classic vibe overall it just feels better and the bridge certainly better it has more of the classic style you know multi spacing for each individual string here which is great as opposed to just the single on the classic vibe the tremolo or whammy or whatever you call this system is much looser and nicer on this you know you can have a little more nuance it's not so herky-jerry like the other one seems to be this one is a little noisy which I actually kind of like it adds some nice atmosphere on the tracks sometimes turn on some distortions and reverb and get a nice squeak out of this and it's you know pretty neat on track also the the finishes available on this are great this is the placid blue or something like that I believe it's called the other one is supposed to be a sonic blue but it's really more like a white it's very very light blue you can barely even see it looks almost like the olympic white model on the classic vibe you know overall this is a fantastic guitar this is the one I'm going to keep I'm going to send the classic vibe back if I were on a budget classic vibe will be great but since I can afford a little bit more you know on this guitar this is a fantastic one and I don't feel a need to go to the next level to even see what it's like I may play one eventually one of these days but I'm completely satisfied with this one so anyway I'll play a little bit for you thanks for watching