Squire By Fender, Why The Hell Not

[jeremy9222]

Hey Guys,

Whats with all the Squire bashing, the best strat I`ve ever played WAS indeed a Squire. The Vintage Modified Series was a stroke of genius !

Share you experiences with Squire, pic too please

[djwilbanks]

I played a Fender Squier Series Strat (Fender on the Headstock with a small logo says Squier) yesterday with some of the guys at my local music store. It was awesome

[longjaw]

I've never been a snob when it comes to Fender style guitars - my 1970 Strat is the best single coil fitted guitar I've got but my Chinese Stagg Jaguar-style copy is a really good, playable guitar and once I changed the pick-ups to SD's it sounds really good too! If it plays well and sounds good then it's a good guitar!

[jomo]

I have had many Squires, and still have a couple. I also have a Custom Shop Fender 1960 Relic and I gotta say, it doesn't cost ten times what a Squire costs for nothing. A Squire set up "right" is actually a great little guitar though. I'm just getting more into American guitars in my old age.

[FUS44]

I know there are lots of flavors of Squier. (MIM, MIJ,MIK...etc)

I have a first generation MIJ squier strat. For $85, a great way to get to fenderville w/o spending and arm and a leg.
They are mass produced. I think you're going to have to search high and low for a good one, but they exist.

[mobprop667]

if it plays well, and does what you want it to do, then it is a great guitar.

[jomo]

Originally Posted by FUS44

I know there are lots of flavors of Squier. (MIM, MIJ,MIK...etc)

I have a first generation MIJ squier strat. For $85, a great way to get to fenderville w/o spending and arm and a leg.
They are mass produced. I think you're going to have to search high and low for a good one, but they exist.

Gotta admit, those MIJ Squires back in the day were pretty awesome.

[kspeed]

Originally Posted by jomo

Gotta admit, those MIJ Squires back in the day were pretty awesome.

Some of the MIK's were no joke, either They're solid for the money and in some ways the new ones can rival the MIM Standards.

Still, I'll take a MIA or vintage model anyday

[jomo]

Custom Shop baby!

[StrangerNY]

I got a '51 Modified, which I'm getting ready to swap pickups and re-wire, but I still dig it the way it is. I also have a Butterscotch Blonde Tele (which was gutted and completely re-wired) and a mid-90s Strat. All pretty cool guitars.

I do prefer my Fenders, but the Squiers are all a lot of fun to play.

- D

[flashriffs]

Couple of year back I had enough for a mexican strat burning a hole in my pocket, long story short, played about 10, none said a word to me, disappointed, I made my way out the shop, right next to the door was a squire, I picked it up and it was spot on, spoke volumes to me. It was a dream to play, low action, no buzz or choking, I've sold it now, my mate pestered me for it after I put a jb h/b in the bridge, the fucking pick up was worth more than the guitar !!

any way since then my wife bought me a real deal usa job, to be honest, close my eyes I could be playing the squire !!

check out my fingerpicking squire thru a crappy zoom g2 SoundClick artist: pond life - page with MP3 music downloads

here's a pic of the old and the new. Moral of the story, 'there's nothing wrong with squire's !!! FRANK

[ES350]

The new pine Squier Tele appears to be a hit...

[frankthomson]

been a fan for years.
still have at least 6 or 7
some i haven't changed anything.
everytime i think to replace the pups, i realize they're not bad pups, just a little different.
and all my fender parts bolt-right-up.
BIG FAN HERE.
i actually regret selling a more than a few!

[Kipp73]

would you have a top squire or a bottom mex strat?

if you gonna play strat, you gotta go usa. below that, if the shit fits, wear it.

[qwank]

my squire is an absolute POS!

it was my first guitar though, i didnt know any better. i'm sure theres lots of good ones out there though. mine is just a bad one

[Yogi]

Until you play one of these, I don't think you can comment on the quality. Sounds and plays just as good as my $1500 USA strat, but for 299. Image nabbed from Ebay

[FUS44]

Fender recently put out a MIM Jazzmaster that has a few GREAT updates (Tune-omatic style bridge, hotter PU's and an improved trem angle, if you've played a jazzy you know.)
However, they aren't thrifty about the price...They list at $899 I think they're about $600 on the street. These are great guitars and still a deal, but not quite the deal I'd hoped for. The word is out. The MIM ones aren't bad at all.
IMO with squiers, they skimp on the hardware, but most of them can be made very playable with some good tuners and a set-up.

[JasonC]

If I had 300 bucks right now I'd probably grab me one of them classic vibes Squiers... they look and sound AMAZING.

[coldsteal2]

Have you seen the Fender Squire Pro Tone Strats
they are really nice

[Brian Krashpad]

I've owned a number of Squiers over the years, some were quite nice, others, not so hot. Right now I have two. One is an 80's MIJ Squier P-bass I picked up around '89-'90 for a hundred bucks:



I also have what started out as a Bullet Strat, but is pretty far afield at this point, again bought for a hundred bucks, but just this year:

[Wuchak]

I have a Squire Mini Strat that I got used for $70. It's a great couch guitar do to it's size. I had a setup done on it with .11's and it plays fantastic. You do need the heavier gauge strings with the short scale length since thinner strings end up being floppy and don't have enough tension to stay in tune. No problems holding tune with .11's. The fretboards are surprisingly nice on the mini's. The electronics aren't great but could be easily upgraded for little money and you'd have a great sounding travel guitar. Since I use it with the Smokey amp I'm not too worried about upgrading the electronics.

The mini Ibanez are pretty killer too.

[pawpek]

I have had my MIK Squre Strat since '89. Got it for my 18th birthday. I played 3 in total, the first was ok, 2nd had fret probs and mine was stuck up in a corner, long forgotten. I played her and she sung even though her stings were rusty. We just "connected" brought her, took her home along with a Boss CE-2 chorus. Brought her new strings set her up and love to play her. When I left home my mother put her in the garden shed for 3 months I went apeshit as we all know what changes in humidity do to guitars, well it did, the pickups and selector changed colour, apart from rusty strings she was as good as I left her, she is a little dinged and scratched, has a skinny neck compaired to most put plays well. The only things that has been changed is the vol pot and wires to the jack plug

[Belzeebub]

Originally Posted by Yogi

Until you play one of these, I don't think you can comment on the quality. Sounds and plays just as good as my $1500 USA strat, but for 299. Image nabbed from Ebay

i wouldnt mind picking up one of these.

[needlespauls]

Originally Posted by Belzeebub

i wouldnt mind picking up one of these.

Me too man, I want one so bad and they're so cheap!!! Only problem is, my job has been cheap lately too lol.

[needlespauls]

I love my Vintage Modified 70's P Bass!!!! I'm gonna be gigging with it!

[Brian Krashpad]

Originally Posted by needlespauls

I love my Vintage Modified 70's P Bass!!!! I'm gonna be gigging with it!

I've gigged my '80's MIJ Sqier P-bass many times.

[rickym]

If it's good enough for George Harrison to use on his Japan tour in 1991, it's good enough for me!

Here's Hari's: