A Gift Guitar That All Players Will Love This Christmas 🎸 The Killer £139 Squier Sonic Mustang! 🔥

If you want to buy someone a guitar this Christmas but are not sure where to start, or if you want someone to buy YOU a guitar this Christmas and need help to guide them, this film is for you. Look no further we have found the perfect guide to a cheap guitar that everyone will love! 😁🎸
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Phat Cat Mustang: • Upgrading A Cheap Guit...
Time stamps:
00:00 intro & coming up
01:12 a perfect guitar for Christmas
03:54 let's open it
06:51 a lot of history to it
08:18 types & colours
10:22 what does it weigh?
10:40 great modding platform
11:32 perfect for beginners
12:42 some specs
13:14 neck profile & measurements
13:30 nut, headstock, tuners, bridge
15:10 pickups & readings
16:09 fingerboard & frets
17:48 let's look at some wonky screws
18:59 under the hood
21:13 it needed some fettling
23:25 this is what it sounds like
25:48 let's play something
27:47 volume & tone controls
29:07 let's play something else
30:27 so what do we think?
34:43 my little collection
35:12 the point of this film
37:11 play out jam
Signal Chain Info:
TC Polytune
Boss DD3 / Boss RC5 Looper
Soul Food / RAT
Amps: Fender Princeton Tweed '65 1 x 12
Mics AKG C414 & SM57
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 into Protools
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[@jltrem]

As an old geezer (71) who in high school could only afford a single pickup Kay Speed Demon (which are going for $600-$800 dollars now, dammit) while all the more well off guys had Fender Mustangs, I still have a yearning for a Mustang down in my jealous soul. I still have a memory of visiting with another high schooler and lying on his bed was a Dakota Red Mustang with a white pearloid pickguard next to a copy of Cream's "Disraeli Gears". I still have that image in my old head. Perhaps my time has finally come.

[@jonathanhandsmusic]

My mom bought me a beat up, used Mustang that had the finish sanded off, for my 14th birthday in 1968. She paid $75, and it came in a Fender case. She thought it quite expensive! I like your comment as a fellow old geezer.

[@jltrem]

@@jonathanhandsmusic Didn't see many (I personally didn't see ANY) guitars, especially Fenders, with the finish sanded off in 1968! '68 was far before the invention of the "V word", vintage. Back then they were second hand guitars, which meant cheaper.

[@norseman61]

Get yourself that Mustang! As an “almost as old fart”, I can say you’re (we’re) at that point in life where you (we) have earned the right to get what we WANT, not just what we need.

[@jasonswitzer1748]

I love this guy. He’s very thorough. He’s comfortable and enjoyable to watch. I always learn a lot as a viewer. Honestly, this is one of the best guitar-focused channels on KZbin. Hey Colin… if you read this, I’d love to see comparison video of Jazzmasters at various price points. And for kicks if you want to throw in a Jaguar just to tell us what you think of that, as it’s so closely related to the Jazzmaster. Also, I’d love to see a video about the Telecaster Deluxe and whether it is possible to get it to sound close to a Les Paul. It seems like a great lightweight option to a Les Paul. I wonder if a better comparison with the Tele Deluxe is an SG? Ah well… always look forward to your videos. Have a great weekend!

[@NetVoyer]

Love his channel. And the Mustang is a pretty nice guitar too.

[@mikemoon9730]

Commenting as I watch FYI... Colin's enthusiasm unwrapping alone is so genuine. If you're like me and try to guess what a gift is, straightaway the size of the box and weight would get the excitement going! Hands down, one of the most relatable staged unwrappings ever. Love it

[@antonyedwardson9900]

Glancing over my shoulder at the Bullet Mustang I bought for my daughter just over a year ago, I absolutely concur with Colin’s assessment, great guitars especially for slightly smaller hands and arms! She hasn’t yet fully caught the bug but the guitar will wait patiently for the day when music moves her to it.

[@matdowdall]

The takeaway here for me is that a " Cheap" guitar through an " expensive " tube amp can sound absolutely killer of the players got some skills.

[@royrobles7423]

The amp is most important to me

[@FingersOnAFretboard]

Not just a toy, a guitar as a gift is potentially a friend for life,maybe the beginning of a love story! Absolutely nothing to lose getting one for your kid, or anyone who ever dreamt of playing guitar

[@dw7704]

These are really more Duo-Sonics than Mustangs, but still cool I wouldn’t complain if I received one as a gift. I do have a Mustang that has all the original stuff- vibrato, slider switches for in & out of phase, and I love it A great guitar related gift for me is a giftcard, but I don’t believe anybody owes me a Christmas gift,so if someone gets me one, I am grateful, no matter what it is

[@RobbieF]

The Squire Mustang is one my favorite guitars! I upgraded mine with P90s and it is a sheer joy to play.

[@morecowbell69]

I recently bought one of these to keep at my mom's house. Something to play when I'm staying for visits. I'll be seeing it at Christmas.

[@1973larryrichardson]

You know, I have a feeling that he is a super cool guy to hang around with. I love his playing style and he is so informative. Anyone could learn from him. I already have. Thanks brother, and Happy Christmas.

[@johndaugherty4127]

I commented a while back that his vids remend me of going to a bud's house and going down to the basement to mess with his guitars while the Old Ladies have coffee and talk.

[@tonyacutt5364]

I've known Colin a while, he's a very cool, chilled out, genuine bloke

[@sylvain1111]

This is so funny, I ordered one that is supposed to arrive today and I was thinking that Friday is the "Guitaristas day" and that would be cool if Colin would do a review of the Sonic Mustang. Can't wait to receive mine.

[@theguitaristas]

Spooky! 😆👍

[@jamesmgreen15]

Super guitar for the TV room and more. In my experience, it's once in a third blue moon that tuners cause any tuning stability issues. Cheap ones might not hone into the spot quite so easily, but I have made them work well enough for the fun stuff. Great review:)

[@Bruisewillies]

Great! I got one of these a few months ago and after a few mods can't believe how good they are. I also picked up one of the Bullet Mustangs earlier this week and there are a few differences, the neck is totally different on this, 9.5 radius and a lot thicker than the Bullet. I honestly think these Sonics are the better guitar though.

[@gunner4365]

That was fun. A cool little guitar for the cost of a sit-down dinner for two. It ain't perfect, but would you expect? Colin says "I wish I'd had one like this when I started out" and I say damn right. I'm diggin' the whole beer-piss-and-smoke club vibe distilled down from a hundred black-painted basement dives; Screw the pots - just dime it out and rock on.

[@johnulrich5572]

I bought a Bullet Mustang several years ago when they were selling for under $150 to mod into a Duo-Sonic II, Olympic white with added full size pots, alnico single coils, and tortoise pickguard. Rounded the fretboard edges and stained the neck vintage amber. My fav guitar. Thin like an SG. My friend who has a collection of high end guitars liked it so much I made him a copy. It's a fun easy guitar to play. Guitar Center has a special color for the Sonic Mustang - yellow with pao ferro board- for $159,99. I might be tempted just because it's so cheap and fun, Great video,

[@tonywhite5883]

Just a thought here.... I have arthritis in shoulders, left arm and hands. This put a near stop to playing so I grabbed a Mustang, albeit a Fender one but I would certainly use a Squier Sonic, about a year ago. Light body, shorter scale and, believe it or not, I had to put 8s on as I no longer had the strength to bend with 9+ without a lot of pain. Result was I managed a gig in a local town where beer flowed and good evening was had. Nobody cares too much about my gear,and certainly not what strings I was using, maybe except me! So if anyone out there has a similar condition then consider one of these and try it. It may mean you can continue to play. Anyways, just a thought there. Great vid there Colin, many thanks.

[@theguitaristas]

Nice one Tony, proof that where there is the will there is a way... glad you found a way to battle on and keep playing mate! 👍

[@henryhunter5026]

A great little guitar for the money perfect for any player that likes the classic Fender bolt on design guitars, those ceramic magnet pickups sound great. I wonder if Epiphone will take notice and once again make some good bargain basement guitars, at the moment they seem to be pricing themselves out of that market.

[@QuantumGamingUploads]

If I got that I would be over the moon even if having more expensive guitars. Great price and you got to love the Mustang.

[@robc1515]

Got this exact model for my 10 year old daughter to learn on earlier this year. She loves it and I have been really impressed with how it plays and sounds. Absolutely nothing wrong with it, great little guitar.

[@theguitaristas]

Great to hear! 😁👍

[@howardmaryon]

Colin is like the cool guy who lives round the corner that you can pop round and have a jam with then have a pint in the pub and talk about guitars all evening..... what joy that would be.........

[@MuscleCarLover]

The Mustang would have to be Fender's simplest model. I'd say Telecaster, but '50-'67 models did have a control layout that would confuse today's player. I'm a bit dubious about 9s on a 24" scale length though for tuning stability. At least it's a hardtail which helps in that department. The readings on the pickups made me think it would be a fire breather, but it just sounds normal, a nice tone overall as well. Lastly, during the video, I checked the Fender website (to see what colours they were available in as that can change from region to region) and it looks like Australia still has the Bullet line and no Sonic line, so what I can see is just a Sonic Grey HH Bullet Mustang. I wonder why they've got that discrepancy

[@grungebob]

I bloody love this channel. Sounds ace and presented in fantastic fashion and quality. Plus a little man who sold the world thrown in for good measure.

[@theguitaristas]

Cheers mate! 😁🙏

[@BillJones]

the "butterknife of joy" - love it!

[@russcottee]

Lovely video - your comment about how much better (and cheaper) entry-level guitars are nowadays is so true (remembering the dreadful, Jedson, Shaftesbury and the likes back in the day!)

[@rstuartcpa]

Once again - amazing content. Matches my taste exactly. My first guitar was a 1964 Duo Sonic II with the longer scale length. Got it used for $125 in 1976, or $668 in today’s money. You’re right about the value of today’s inexpensive guitars. One feature on the original that I wish for on the new version is the two three way pickup selectors. One selector for each pickup. Position one is on, two is off and three is on with the opposite phase. The number of possible settings is 9 but seems endless. I love the two “out of phase” combinations. Quack and double quack.

[@carlosdeno]

Cool as 10! My first guitar was a Zenta Telecaster, over 45 years ago. I loved it, however when you look at what’s available today for new guitarists, it’s amazing. Great video as always Colin and loved it when you were laughing at the wonky screws 😂 have a great weekend mate! 🤘💜

[@theguitaristas]

Cheers man, my second guitar was a Zenta Telecaster! 😁👍

[@WesleyWattley-xy4fg]

Zenta my first electric guitar for searching djaffa

[@CaratacusAD]

What a great entry level guitar :) I love Squires :) It would be really cool if you could review one of the new re-issue Rapier guitars designed by Alan Entwistle of Burns fame. They have some very interesting pickups and electronics.

[@christopherguzzi1316]

This is like kryptonite to me. I don't need any more guitars but could use a decent Marshall tube amp if anything but it's shiny objects like this that I can't resist sometimes. Just bought what I believe to be one of the last Andertons purple Squier Classic Vibe Telecasters. Went on sale at a great discount for the first time I ever saw so I bought it. Now they are all sold out. 😇🤗😘🤓

[@theguitaristas]

Excellent! 😁👍

[@giancarlopaolini7529]

I still remember building my first electric guitar (there was no money around so ..) when I was around 11 ...I remember I went to buy the strings ...all the same gauge ! ..I had no idea they had to be different and Internet was not around yet :-). Well, today I've got some 29 guitars (PRS, Fender, EVH, Music Man, Ibanez, Kramer, LTD, and others) so it must have been a long life love considering thatI'm now 71 :-). I wish many others could do the same ....too good for a musician soul....so give it a chance.

[@alanwilson1724]

Hiya Colin! You can glue a cocktail stick in the wonky screw holes, cut them flush and redrill.

[@ASM881]

I first feel in love with the mustang when I was 12 in 1990 and I saw this little underground band from Seattle in a video. They’re playing a memorable little ditty that had a riff that sounded like “Louie Louie”. I can’t recall the name. 😂. Cheers Colin.

[@theguitaristas]

😎👍 Excellent!

[@andrewforrester4579]

Just goes to show how much reasonably priced guitars are much better now than years ago great video as always Colin

[@e.henrythripshaw4554]

If the off-kilter screws really bother you, it's a simple matter to fill the holes with bits of toothpick and wood glue and re-drill the holes. Give that you're not changing the location of the holes very much, it's _very_ difficult to see what has changed, even with the pick guard off the guitar. The only difference is the screws are straight. Fun video.

[@garym8726]

It was matchsticks in my day🙂

[@garym8726]

… and a bradawl!

[@Oggi7777]

I’m on a quest to watch all of your videos through Christmas, I’ve seen them all already. I find them rather calming. Thank you and have a Merry Christmas!

[@brentbeltz8968]

Cheers Colin! Thanks again !

[@johnm3152]

Hello cow girl in the sand-anista - ish ! A utilitarian axe if I ever did see one. Like it

[@pete11956]

Wonderfully informative once again Colin,always enjoy your tutorials.

[@RobCrawford23]

Bowie instead of Neil Young(ish), a good choice

[@PipeCat1965]

Colin, you can sell anything with your energy alone. But that IS a pretty cool little axe.

[@scottbrower9052]

Always with the quality content, Colin 👍🎄

[@user-wv1ef2my2t]

Very good cheap guitars, maybe not just for complete beginners. I have several Squier guitars and the quality usually exceeds the price. In my subjective opinion, especially those made in Indonesia. Hello and thank you for the nice video. Pavel CZ

[@Severinate]

Genuinely wish I didn't have all my guitar needs covered, so I could warrant a Squier collection.

[@michaels2418]

Just vibing with that Squire. You can tell he’s really feeling it at the “let’s play something jam.” Really nice chord progressions with some tasty runs.

[@RC-so7rv]

I'll be selling off a lot of guitars in the coming year, including some expensive pieces that I thought I would never get rid of, but this year I purchased a Fender Player Duo Sonic, and I absolutely LOVE it! For that little money, this Squier is going to join it on the wall of fame! MERRY CHRISTMAS, COLIN!

[@philliosr3615]

Hi Colin. You could try using a hinge drill bit to redrill and centre the hole. Very easy job. Always look forward to Fridays reviews. Keep it up.

[@haystackhider7158]

The green one.. Supercool!

[@TheRandyDowning]

Oh! Just saw the unwrapping! She's a beauty! Sounds nice. Could be fun to goof with!

[@jowyong6769]

Great little guitar there! Tuning was spot on, no issues after your tinkering. The real shocker though, was where in the flippin' heck did you get such immense wrapping paper??! 😱

[@bradyazell]

Another great episode. Not a big Mustang fan. But that Squire Stratosonic that you did a few weeks back is one hell of a guitar. I love it!

[@spencinijones1120]

For a maker as big as squier, they really should have a better range of lefties.

[@fisterroboto1044]

Oh this is gonna be lovely

[@crsstephen72]

Love your channel !!!!

[@lisaferrara8120]

Love your playing! I may be ordering this at this price. Great review.

[@jonathanhandsmusic]

Very cool! Perfect first electric, doest't need to be expensive. Christmas guitar is just right when you don't need a $2500 fancy type(the kind most of us want). especially as a gift for someone. Sonic Mustang looks great and sounds great too. Thanks Col!

[@robertgallagher2226]

I have two Squier Mustangs..love both

[@derekcostello1016]

Always entertaining - Love these affordable guitar vids. I have a Squier bullet & new sonic Mustang Fantastic value for the money as is or a mod platform.

[@sebapezzani4961]

A great narrator as usual! Great job!

[@nellayema2455]

Fun video! Cool guitar. These are $199 USD in the States, however, MF has the Canary Yellow one on sale for $159. Also, today (12/4/2023) the have the Bullet HH Surf Green model for $129. Want to guess what I did today? I've seen some product reviews of this model on the MF site that suggest using 11 gauge strings on these. What do y'all think about that?

[@norseman61]

Lousy pots aside, I’ve got to say that I’m REALLY impressed by the tones. I was expecting very little from this, but I really thought it sounded great. Nice demo!

[@jameswilliford5478]

Love the Fender and Squire by Fender line of strat style guitars. I've also been ordering Firefly guitars from Guitars Garden for a few years now. They're one Chinese guitar manufacturer that has been getting better every year. Lots of models and even doing relics now. Just ordered a FFST which is the strat model. Locking tuners, bone nut, stainless steel frets with rounded ends, alnico 5 pickups and a lot of really nice finishes. Also using nice woods and Korean bridges. Really great for $169 USD plus $27 shipping.

[@transmissionggb2820]

I love your honesty and I swear I will give your channel something back for all your help that I get from it. I swear this is the last comment.

[@TheClassicQ]

Sweet! Will not break the bank, sounds good!

[@buddhamus]

The pickups surprised me. They sounded pretty good played clean, which is rare to find in cheap pickups. With the issues you did have, it sounds like this is actually a good guitar to learn how to do setups and mods like replacing the pots (or pop a P-90 in the bridge position). All around, not a bad guitar to start with or to have around, no matter what your playing level is.

[@justletmepostthis276]

A nice guitar WITH an instruction video of the set-up is a nice touch! Even my squire Strat (About $200) sounds great after a set-up my friend did. I did this to all my other instruments after he showed me how to do it and what to look for. Great idea to include the video set-up!

[@joeymcmanus448]

I pick up a mustang every time I go to the guitar shop they have two. One plays really good and the other not so much. I have so far fought the urge to bring it home for now. They are fun because they are simple. Great video. Cheers

[@Ectoplasma-re1dg]

That is funny,because i gifted myself with the tobacco burst version Yesterday ! Happy Christmas ! I love the guitar.

[@badactor101]

Colin, you can plug the wonky screw holes and redrill them. Easy peasy.

[@jrchanning]

What a great guitar for so little money, looks and sounds terrific 👍🎸😄

[@GROCK619]

Nice work 👍

[@user-fd6tg3rn4m]

nice vid mt.

[@txkflier]

The perfect guitar for mucking about. Mod it, let house guests or the kids play it. I wish I'd gotten one like that back in the 60's. Great review and playing, as always. Cheers..

[@rockinchairboogie3222]

Another wonderful video. I have bought guitars over a $1,000 or 2 and I had to get them setup. Merry Christmas from the States.

[@jonathanhudak2059]

Colin For the money and sound I was impressed with this guitar and it's price range. Nice review and playing!😊

[@Dad-Gad]

Such a great channel , fantastic presentation as ever 👍

[@theguitaristas]

😎🙏

[@rtellomx]

Totally agree: There's anyone who wouldn't appreciate a Squier Mustang. Not even the Snobonamassas out there!

[@jeffberg8015]

Very well considered suggestion. I expect that if I decide to buy a Fender style guitar the first choice would be a Tele, but I could certainly see enjoying one of those. Thanks for the video.

[@davelewis4215]

Nice choice for Christmas👍I bought my son an excellent bullet Mustang a few years ago. I treated myself to this brilliant one pickup guitar £249.00 from GAK last week in the sale. Squier FSR Classic Vibe '60s Custom Esquire 3-Colour 👍

[@colinstuckey1053]

Great vid Colin, and a good no-frills guitar. For the price it's a no-brainer, and as you also said... a decent modding platform. Cheers from another Colin!

[@waynewagner395]

Another great review Colin! I bought the HB Bullet one a year ago and loved it. It needed work too but what a great guitar to learn to play, once set up properly. Those single coil ceramic magnet pickups are wound way HOT, but sound pretty darn good! For a few bucks you could replace pots & cap and leave everything as is and be good to go.

[@JaymesEaston]

Thanks Colin for writing. I suppose what I was suggesting is, "What would be a good first amp for a good first guitar?" My number one pick would have been the Vox-Pathfinder, 20 watts, OD, tremolo, reverb, ext spk out, line out. I paid $70usd fifteen years ago. Most versatile, expressive amp, friends ask me what is that amp? I say, can't you read, it's a Vox. Thanks again, prosperity, peace and rock on.

[@roberts6053]

Being a Mustang/Sonic/Bronco whatever, I sort of like that the screws are wonky and that the volume pot is crap. Obv it just wouldn't do on a top end guitar, but this is a garage band beater that is made for abuse and only to be set to 10. It's almost as if it was made that way on purpose and I think that modifying it or trying to upgrade it would be entirely missing the point and would ruin the vibe. I so wish I could justify buying one. I'd love to see this in the hands of a teenager forming a first band, gigging for the first time and living those teenage years that we did ourselves. Thank you for finding this guitar out there and bringing us the word. I now want to find some struggling kid and anonymously hand this to them. Love it. Thanks.

[@CaptainRon1913]

Nice review of the Squier Sonic, thanks for posting. I bought the Tele Classic Vibe, and the same thing with a few mods. I might have to buy this Sonic as well. Saving up and looking at a Blues Jr Amp.

[@richardmcpike]

A fab video Colin on top form with this one pal great work…what a bargain these are .. the man who sold the world a mustang 👍

[@jips123]

Cool!

[@user-rz9nn6le1y]

Great Colin. I was already started to see this episode on the TV Channel , when I received the KZbin advise...so I decide to restart the vision here hoping to help you with the algorithm 😊

[@theguitaristas]

Cheers man that's appreciated! 😆👍

[@michaelgallegos8811]

That is a cool guitar right off I love the large head stock! Shoot I would not mind having that around here one bit..🙂🎸🍻

[@renodavid]

That little guitar sounds absolutely gorgeous. I really wish you’d compare its sound to the ‘65. My first proper guitar was a ‘70 Mustang (orange with the racing stripes). Lovely guitar, but I always thought the pickups were rather weak. I suspect the Sonic might put it to shame plugged straight into an amp. Someday I’ll get another one of those, or a Duo-Sonic in desert sand. 😍 Also, I like the butter knife. I always wonder about the guys that feel the need to pull out a foot-long hunting knife when they’re doing an unboxing video. Weird.

[@JosePineda-jn8jk]

As a somewhat advanced player I’d still love to get a playable guitar for Christmas. Regardless of a pricetag, I know I’d build some sentimental value as I played it and likely modded it over time.

[@christopheraaron8299]

I love my Sonic Mustang SS. I did have to make some changes, though. I replaced the plain white pickguard with pearl white, the tuners with locking tuners, the string tree with a roller tree and the plastic control knobs with red metal knobs. I also shimmed the neck to make it easier to intonate and put copper shielding in the pickup cavity. I also have a Bullet Mustang-90 (another mod job with all the same mods as the Sonic plus P-90s.)

[@Charlies247]

Excellent episode again. Stay Free!

[@wadesummers4102]

Took me to 14:56 to notice you have a festive tree in the studio!! I've played a couple of MiJ Mustangs. Very nice indeed. I like to say inexpensive rather than cheap if the quality is there. Looks like a great beginner's guitar. Very good modification platform.

[@michaelgarvey2148]

Great video , i bought my nephew this exact same guitar for Christmas . He is 10 & the shorter scale will help him & red is his favourite football team colours , i don`t mind if it needs the pots replacing as he will learn modding & how to set up his new guitar , Squier are great guitars for the money .

[@calogeroavanzato398]

Great stuff as usual Colin, how's about a Fujigen next

[@ToddTheJoker]

Merry Christmas Colin, seems like you bought yourself a gift for xmas! lol...I have a bullet Mustang but I had to put a Duo-Sonic bridge on it to give it some more balls and low end that the stock bridge didnt have! I love that little Mustang! Great guitars for the price! I agree!

[@markpell8979]

I'd just bought a Bullet Mustang HH pretty cheaply at the pawn shop when I saw your show for the first time over a couple years ago and subscribed, it was the first "Cool Wall" episode. My first Mustang was a surf green one from Indonesia and its fit and finish were nearly perfect, the way you'd like from a new Fender hopefully. Best paint job of any guitar I've ever owned. It was such a good guitar that I bought another 'used' one for much cheaper last year in metallic blue, also made in Indonesia. Bought it for spare parts actually or possibly as a modder but it was so good I haven't messed with it except to clean it and set it up and keep it as a player that I can take out of the house or hand to a friend to play without worry. So this year ('23) we go from Bullet to Sonic series and they've dropped the wonderful comfort contours on the body and don't have one extra minute, literally, to pilot drill the screwholes and run them in straight. Maybe that's a China vs. Indonesia thing, whatever, but on average Indonesia seems to have better QC on their guitars regardless of brand. If you shop for an older Bullet model I'd say look for one from Indonesia and the overall quality might be better. Still the new series Mustangs sound and play nice and are a great deal. As you say, these are not just beginners' guitars. They're easy and fun to play for anyone and if you like to modify or upgrade guitars the Mustang is a great place to learn to do that without risking a lot of money. I still think that anyone with a guitar 'collection' of any size should get a Mustang just for fun and variety. It may just be the guitar that your kid learns on. A lot better than my first electric, long ago. Cheers from Dallas!

[@mwpv11]

I own an older Duo Sonic strat and it is a great guitar that is lots of fun to play

[@sparx550]

Colin you lucky sod, I got socks and undies. Great films mate, playing catch up on all the previous films. Cheers.

[@deanlockamy2087]

Wow Squier has come a long way you made it sound really great. ''Leave it on 10'' you should get that trademarked. I like it.

[@transmissionggb2820]

You might be saving me money on my daughters Christmas present this year as am under pressure to get her a new one if this is as good as it looks.

[@vainparasite]

Oh dear I've messed up here, I've bought my lad a used Les Paul traditional pro this year, I could have saved a pile of cash if I'd have seen this last week 😳 I bought him a bright red crafter cruiser strat copy when he was 10 and that got him hooked back in 2009 and he's been mad on anything guitar ever since. Oh wonkey screws push a cocktail stick in the hole, snap off and put the screw in straight 😊👍 Merry Christmas

[@theguitaristas]

I'm sure he'll love that Les Paul! 😁👍

[@vainparasite]

@@theguitaristas I hope so I've got him a used orange tiny terror head to go with it too so it should be a rocking Christmas this year 😊👍