Battle of the Cheapest Squier Strats! Who Wins?

[@JRobsonGuitar]

Nice comparison mate. Got to agree with you on Jet guitars. A certain luthier we both know tells me that Jet guitars are of a similar build quality to Player series Fenders. No brainer, really 👍

[@gedellis701]

Absolutely, my Jet is superb.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Cheers mate! Can't argue with James - no doubt he's seen a few more guitars than we have 😜👍

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Mine too mate - love em 😍

[@calbrockocat8728]

I have to agree with the Jet giving you a lot more for a little more money. Still, not going wrong spending less than 200 British Pounds is pretty amazing!

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Totally mate - tis the golden age! Can barely go wrong these days 😃👍

[@yetanotherflippinusername5174]

Yep, I like that ultraviolent colour best as well!

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Is that a typo or do you just love violence? 🤣👍

[@peskypesky]

@@stevecassidyguitar 😂😂😂

[@yetanotherflippinusername5174]

@@stevecassidyguitar 😂 Now I'm wondering myself!

[@dragan4658]

The Jet is the one to get for what you get for the money, though if anyone is worried about resale value, Squier has the upper hand, in my opinion. I've got several Squier Strats and I'm a Fender snob so I will getting a Fender strat in the near future, black body with white pickguard & dark fretboard. C ya laytr! Lovely video, by the way!

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Ha! Cheers mate - Happy Strat Hunting! 🏹🎸

[@danielrentel9747]

Thanks for your videos, Steve. I really enjoy them!

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Thank you so much mate! 😀🙏

[@MashaT22]

About that matte finish, be careful to only use a very damp soft rag and then dry it with another dry rag. Do. NOT use any guitar cleaning products that say “matte safe” on them. I’m willing to bet that the Debut is has an open pore finish. My friend has a top tier (for Fender ukes) $350ish Fender Dhani Harrison ukulele that I occasionally borrow. As the good friend I am, I wanted to return it all clean and fresh, so I used matte safe Music Nomad cleaner on it. All was good until the next morning when I woke up to my horror and saw thousands of little sparkly looking dots in the teal finish. After talking to Music Nomad (who spoke with someone at Fender) and Sweetwater (where it was purchased), we came to find out that the Dhani Harrison uke has an open pore satin finish, which is very different than a filled closed pore finish (satin or otherwise). That means the cleaner literally sank through or ate through the open pores, which would happen on a closed pore finish that’s filled. So because it didn’t say anywhere on Sweetwater or Fender’s description that it’s an open pore finish and that it needs to be cleaned with just an extremely damp shammy and immediately dried with a second shammy, Sweetwater covered it under their warranty and let my friend trade it for a new ukulele when they came back in stock. But kudos to my friend because she didn’t freak out or get upset at me even before we knew that it could be replaced- she was like, “oh that’s a unique finish. I can be the only person with a sparkly looking uke. Don’t worry, I’ll rock this!” But she ended up trading it for a new one because she was worried the finish would start to peel away, and a relic job on a uke just looks pretty silly at that point! 😂😂😂 But back to your Debut, if you’re looking to relic it, try using some “matte safe” cleaners (or even regular cleaner if you dare!) on it to see if it’s an open pore finish or whether they bothered to fill the pores before applying the satin paint - plus, it might look cool to have millions of dots on your Strat. Just make sure you let it sit overnight like 12 hours after applying cause you won’t likely see the results until then.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Ha! 😂👌 Soz Marsha I shouldn't laugh - that sounds like it was a bit of an ordeal 😬🙈 Such an epic saga commenced just because you innocently and kindly tried to clean your friends uke. Lessons learned though - never clean anything ever again - Just leave everything manky 😜👍

[@pablocalderonmusica4939]

I would buy the sonic squier. Looks and souds good 😊

[@stevecassidyguitar]

It's a very decent guitar - I prefer it over the debut too 😎👍

[@ima640]

Yes you definitely need another purple strat. and i think the real winner is the customer, getting playable instrunments at this pricepoint i great compared to what they were years ago.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Totally agree with "the Customer wins" 100% 😎👌 No doubt we're in a Golden era! 🥳

[@petermartin1967]

Hi Steve, I bought my first Jet guitar recently, a JS-300 in Seafoam Green. I just wanted to see what all the hype was about with these Jet guitars. Wow! I am blown away with the build quality and it sounds fantastic! Very impressed, not just for the price, but impressed full stop! I would highly recommend one now. They would make an excellent first guitar for someone just starting out too. Still not sure on the logo, but hay, you can’t have everything 😀👍🏻

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Nice one mate - Glad you like your Jet too! 😀👍 The logo is off putting for a lot of people. I'm pretty much indifferent to it. I maybe even kinda like it, as I just associate it with a great guitar 🤔🤷‍♂️ But yeah I know it puts a lot of people off even trying one - They're missing out I reckon

[@bradleyclosson5042]

I love the look of the single ply black guard on the gloss black finish. I'm thinking about an all black strat build with gold hardware. The question is ebony or maple and I don't know the answer yet.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Sounds Classy! 😎👌 I believe there is a special edition Jet JS400 black and gold (maple) and the JS380 comes in black and gold too with rosewood

[@__Anton__]

Good point about the satin finish being a fingerprint magnet. I looked at a Classic Vibe sunburst in satin, looked great. I'm tempted to get a Jet next though.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

I'm not sure how similar matte and Satin are. I think My Charvel might be Satin and it has the same problem, but it's less noticeable on electric blue 🤓👍 I'm almost sure I seen the Squier Debut listed as having both Satin and a Matte finish in different sections of the listing on Amazon though 😂

[@dcamnc1]

I have both. The Sonic is a bit better imo. Mostly due to the taller frets and stronger pickups. The debut is fine however.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Other than the HSS Vs SSS, I'm sure the Single coils are the same, although I was too lazy to take off the pickguards and have a look 🙈 The two I have both have the exact same narrow tall frets too

[@keithsnowdon8672]

Great presentation

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Cheers mate! Much appreciated 😀🙏

[@peskypesky]

I prefer the Sonic. The matte finish on the Debut will be a fingerprint magnet. I also like maple fretboard option with the Sonic.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

I totally is a finger print magnet - I couldn't believe it didn't make a mark when I tried to show it marks easily 😂🙈 But yeah I prefer the Sonic too for the maple board too 😎👍

[@Markleford]

It's my understanding that at this point, the skunk stripe is mostly a skeuomorph. It's a design element harkening to the past that's no longer needed. In the old days of one-piece maple necks, they'd have to carve the truss channel through the back, but once they commonly started using rosewood (as a way to not have fingerboard wear show so prominently), they had the alternative of doing it through the top of the neck piece. But it turned out that since so many people liked the look, in later years, they kept the stripe for the aesthetics. I believe for consistency (in Fender realms at least), the skunk stripe turned out to be pretty standard, but entirely superfluous, and if the guitar is sold for cheaper they'll definitely leave it out. I have some of my Squier Strats with skunk stripes and some without, seemingly depending on their aesthetic sensibilities (or vintage cues) at the time. Heck, I got one Strat-style Starcaster (pretty much the "Debut Series" of its time) that cuts all the corners it can, so it has a maple cap fingerboard over a maple neck with no skunk stripe -- yet I've seen nearly the same model with maple board and included neck stripe, but that's because I honestly suspect they just stole extra parts from other lines currently made in the factory. 😹 Anyway, with all this said: I honestly don't care either way! I suppose it could be argued that a skunk stripe will make a neck stiffer and less prone to twisting, in the way that a multi-piece laminated neck would, but I have no practical data on this.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Thanks for sharing this mate - Makes loads of sense 👍 I'd never even paid attention before but it looks like all my Jets don't have the skunk stripe. I've obviously never missed it or bothered if it was there or not 😂

[@Markleford]

​@@stevecassidyguitar Oh, so you did reply to this, but I didn't get a notification about it for some reason! Odd, that. Maybe that deflated your algorithm magic, if it happened to more than just me... 🤔

[@billybob-b7t]

I've got to try (not blind buy) the new fenders and squires. Every time I've owned one in the past, it has been very disappointing. Love your channel pal , 😁

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Thank ya kindly mate! 😀🙏 Try before you buy is a smart move. Not enough of us do that these days, as the convenience of buying online is too easy - but the result is the rapid decrease of the brick & mortar stores. Good on ya mate 😎👍

[@JimBagby74]

At school we used Squiers as cadavers to work on. Re-fret, Rewire etc. The skunk stripes weren't always carved or sanded properly and you could feel it all the way up and down the neck. Not always, but not rare. Some say the channel under the fretboard method sounds a bit more twangy or spanky. I dunno.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Interesting! Sounds like a great school! 😀👍 I've had a couple of Fenders recently that have that had the same issue with the skunk stripes protruding out slightly. Still playable, but a bit annoying too

[@johnsmith-nd9yo]

Sounds like my Fender USA Performa Honeyburst. I can feel the skunk strip and it really grinds my gears. Fender = JUNK.

[@Dad-Gad]

I recently managed to get a hardtail sonic strat off eBay for £90 delivered , easily the smoothest playing strat I've ever owned , stays in tune , great neck , neck and middle pickups are great bridge is a bit lacking , but I'd definitely recommend them 👍

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Wow! I do love a trem, but the trems on the sonics aren't too great, probably could do with an upgrade, so hardtail is a good shout. £90 too! Bargain! 😎👌

[@thelolguy007]

Yes it seems the rumours are indeed true. I am in fact so in need of new Jet KZbin content I will seemingly watch that of their imitators and competitors just to get my fix 🤷‍♂️🤭 All joking aside, another quality video mate 👏👏👏

[@stevecassidyguitar]

😂🤣👍 Cheers mate! Turns out I can't do a vid about Strats without mentioning Jets at some point 😂🙈

[@thelolguy007]

@ I was counting on it 🤭

[@GRBAquatics]

Very Cool, Thankyou Steve. Interesting video and guitars. REALLY liking the 'Debut' matt finish..... All the Best. Cheers

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Cheers mate! I do like the matte too - but it's a bit annoying 😂 The FBI should use these for getting criminals finger prints 😜

[@GRBAquatics]

@@stevecassidyguitar Fingerprints...... Really? I saw you mention in vid, couldn't believe it, That is my ONLY issue with Black Glossy guitars, and thought matt would provide a solution...... Bloody Matt...... Cheers.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

@@GRBAquatics Yeah mate it's a magnet for marks. I couldn't believe it didn't make a mark when I tried to prove it 😂🙈 But Yeah Black Guitars in general gloss or matt - marks show up very easily

[@RobbieF]

I purchased the Sonic Flash Pink hardtail single humbucker Strat last year this time. Added a Hello Kitty sticker and gave it to my daughter for Christmas. It's a great guitar. I steal it from her periodically to play.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Ha nice one mate! Great idea and great gift! You the man 😀👍

[@bluessumlin...7067]

I like the Sonic, but overall the Jet is a better option!🙂

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Totally agree mate - Exact same thoughts here 😀👍

[@zThisPlay]

1:24 naruto frets? thats bad ass

[@stevecassidyguitar]

😂🙈👍 Please excuse my scottish accent - "Narrow Tall" 😁👍

[@zThisPlay]

@@stevecassidyguitar 😅

[@wagonet]

Love my 2 eart guitars. Good value

[@stevecassidyguitar]

The Earts are very impressive guitars. One of the few companies that are keeping up with Harley Benton in terms of specs/price 😎👌

[@socialLjetlag]

I have the sonic strat in that exact blacl color with maple neck,i replace the neck and middle pickup cover to white to make it look like gilmours,and the guitar is probably the most expensive and stablist guitars ive owned i think. Tuning stabily is great once you know how to set your nut up and your trem. I love mine,and i maybe will replace the pickups but it sounds pretty good

[@stevecassidyguitar]

I would do the exact same thing with the pickup covers mate - love that contrasting look 😎👌

[@markjones759]

I have a Jet JS400,and it’s a great guitar for the outlay.I upgraded to locking tuners,but tu be fair,the stock ones were ok,and had no issues with them.Tomorrow,I’m taking delivery of a denser player plus sss,and I’m hoping it’s going to be better than good for the £870 I’m forking out…fingers crossed.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Ooooh! The Jet might have spoiled your expectations of the player 😬 But nah... To be fair ya can't beat the player pickups - absolutely brilliant 😎👌

[@markjones759]

@ I have wanted a fender for many years,so this will be it.Ive bought it from a local music shop,who have ordered it in for me,so there’s no returning it…so it’s keeping it,or sell it 🥸

[@SearchingForTone]

Going to grab my sharpy now

[@stevecassidyguitar]

😂 Cheapest mod ever? 🤔🤷‍♂️

[@SearchingForTone]

@ I just swapped out the pickups and tuners today just have to solder everything up

[@stevecassidyguitar]

@@SearchingForTone Nice! 😀👍

[@coyote8427]

i have the lime green sonic strat! cool guitars

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Nice one mate - go big or go home! 😎👌

[@jrchanning]

Great comparison of two budget Strats, I think overall I preferred the sonic as I like maple fret boards, great prices for a new guitar 👍🎸😃

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Cheers mate! 😀🙏 Same here - maple all the way 😁👌

[@650thunderbird]

👍🏻👍🏻 Correct me if I'm wrong: wasn't the "skunk stripe" from the time they used one piece maple necks?

[@stevecassidyguitar]

I do believe you're right mate 😎👍 Even the Sonics with the Laurel boards have the Skunk Stripes. Never even thought about it - but you'd think it would unnecessary for that, but I suppose it's maybe just easier for them to churn out a load of the same necks 🤷‍♂️

[@650thunderbird]

@@stevecassidyguitar Churn it is, Steve!

[@bluwng]

They are $120 and $199 in US it is a big price difference.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

That is a big difference! Is that $120 before or after discount with the Debut?

[@bluwng]

@ MSRP for both respectively

[@BudgetPedalChap]

As solid as these Squiers seem, at just a little bit more, the jets are a no brainer.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Totes mate! They could do with improving the pickups at the very least I reckon 🧐

[@gedellis701]

Great informative video, really interesting.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Thank ya kindly mate 😃🙏

[@deatheric]

My perfect strat neck (at the moment) is a rosewood board, vintage tuner, truss rod adjustment at the head, and skunk stripe at the back. Surprisingly this is very hard to find even on current Fender catalogue 😅 P.S. who let the giraffe in the shed? 🦒

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Isn't that the neck specs on a Fender Player ii strat? 😀

[@deatheric]

@@stevecassidyguitar almost, the tuner is classic gear which I think is still the 10mm hole which is more modern. For some reason I prefer the look of the narrower 8.75mm vintage bushing 😅

[@geekPlayground]

Great video !!! I come here not only for the guitars, but to laugh a bit. I love your jokes! 🙂 Was it my impression or those glasses have lenses ? Regarding more strats, take a look at this one, please: Fazley Sunset Series Dawn HSS Olympic White This one comes with a gigbag and the neck is roasted maple for £112. Amazing !!

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Cheers mate 😃🙏 The Fazley's are very good spec for the price too mate - great shout 😃👍

[@-processdrone-]

@2:40 I've noticed you're always nearest the door in these gigs..... ready for a quick exit? @9:03 I love how that Squier sonic HSS Strat in Purple is basically a rip off of the EastCoast ST2 in the same colour (which is , of course a rip of Fender but in better colours and price range) . I'm enjoying the cyclic nature of that. The Squier has an infinitely preferable headstock though and the combination of that and the Maple fretboard do make make me think that extra £60 might even be worth it. If it'd had black plastics I'd have already bought it instead of wasting time typing youtube comments. I notice how the fanfare around Pacificas lasted about a week and vanished without trace.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Ha! yeah mate in that Venue there isn't much space for a 6piece 😂🙈 They just boot me out when I hit a wrong note - which is too often! It can get a bit cold by the door sometimes too 🥶 The eastcoast colour might even be better - looks like it's got a bit of metallic through it too 😎👌 12" radius though 👎 Great observation about the Pacifica's - You mean the high end ones yeah? Never really see anyone using them 🤔

[@Ray-lk7lc]

Great review mate. Maple fingerboard sells if for me. Both guitars are bang for the book. Have a great weekend.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Same here mate I'm all about the maple 😁👍 Thank ya kindly sir 😃🙏

[@eertje01]

Great vid! I have the ultraviolet sonic. Interestingly mine is made in Indonesia. I love the look of the Laurel board on your debut! On my sonic strat the Laurel board looks really cheap. Could be a MIC vs MII thing, since I used to own a MIC sonic tele with a great looking fingerboard 🤷

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Oh! I hope I've not made a mistake with the country of manufacture 😬 Ultraviolet is so cool - love that colour. Excellent choice sit 😎👌

[@eertje01]

@stevecassidyguitar no I'm pretty sure the sonic series is made in Indonesia and China. Ive had 3 of them now. 2 were made in China and the purple strat was made in Indonesia. I love the sonic series. Super affordable and super easy to mod because all the parts are fender size. The purple strat now has a fender MIC neck on it and 2 gritty p90's 🔥

[@Reeldin58]

Hi Steve, not really tempted here with either of them. Later today I have to go into town and will have a couple of hours to kill while I'm there. There is an emporium that stocks Jet guitars so I might well pop in and see if I can have a noodle on something and see if it changes my mind about a bargain Strat type.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Nice one mate! Keen to hear how you get on with that 😀👍 With the Jets - I've never enjoyed the stock set up - I'm sure they use 10-46 strings and they are junk strings too. As soon as I get a Jet (I'm keeping) I chuck on a set of coated 9-42's. Although I'm sure the JS480 came with 9-42's. They are newer models. so they might have changed to 9-42 as standard now 🤷‍♂️ Anyway... Have fun!

[@Reeldin58]

Hi Steve, I popped into the guitar shop in Lowestoft today and had a noodle on a couple of Jet guitars. I'm still not a Strat fan after trying one first. However....I had a play on a standard Jet Tele and I'm in love. Just a bog standard model with single coil pickups in a beautiful blue finish with a little bit of sparkle about it. It's only a small shop with no more than thirty guitars on the wall. The guy who owns the shop sets everything up first before they go on display and it was a joy to play, and to my ears sounded exactly how a tele should. I can't do it just yet because my family do insist on Xmas pressies but next year I'll have to get one.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

@@Reeldin58 Nice one mate! Sounds like the JT300 in LPB - I've almost bought one of those several times too 😎👍 I had the sunburst JT300 on the channel early on - it was one of my first vids 😀

[@thenovicenoisemaker]

Artist guitars, nitro finish on a £320 guitar!

[@stevecassidyguitar]

That's a good shout mate! 😃👍 Yet to try and artist 😃

[@thenovicenoisemaker]

@ get it on your list!

[@Mr_Ashley]

Personally I’ve never understood why squire beginner guitars aren’t by default HH over SSS, most beginners (myself included) don’t know the difference between the two on the get go, but that horrendous hum that comes from cheap SSS put me off as when you’re learning it’s already hard enough to make it sound nice. Just my opinion. Also 1 vol 2 tone is all that’s needed on a beginner guitar.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Did you mean 1 vol 1 tone? Yeah mate - I do get what your saying... But... sometimes I make the mistake of assuming that all beginners are kids, and might not care so much about the tone and happy to rock out with some Humbuckers. But people pick up the guitar at any age, some later in life, some even at retirement age. I've had loads of retired or (near retired) pupils over the years and many over lockdown, where the 60's and 70's was their era. They want to learn, Clapton, Gilmour, Knopfler, Hank Marvin, Hendrix, Status Quo etc... Without the high gain, single coils might not be too noisy. and on an HSS strat, 3 of the 5 positions will be hum cancelling anyway - that's one of the reasons why so many people recommend HSS strats to beginners - I think 🤷‍♂️

[@Mr_Ashley]

@ yeah sorry I did mean 1 vol 1 tone. Don’t disagree with you at all, I just know that for me personally I would have been better off with two humbuckers, less controls ( ideally not mile high action ) and just focused on learning to play the instrument, then worry about all the other things you learn about the instrument itself later such as pot sizes, pick ups, pick up location, intonation, string gauge etc etc etc etc.

[@djw8133]

Great gig footage Steve, love a bit of Chic myself. Where was the venue?

[@yetanotherflippinusername5174]

Felt sorry for the guy on the otherside of the door with a woolly hat on peering longingly in!

[@djw8133]

He could feel the funk!

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Cheers mate! 😀🙏 That was no.57's in Dundee. Wee pub - but a great one 😎👍

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Ha! Totally 😜👍

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Not the worst job in the world - well... Maybe now it's getting colder 🥶

[@Alan-zf2tt]

Low price Fender/Squier Strats always seem to have damper, softer wood to me

[@stevecassidyguitar]

It's been Poplar and Basswood mainly in recent years for the Squiers. I've never really noticed much of a difference. Not saying it's not there - I juts don't notice it 👍

[@gringogreen4719]

The Debut is really more like a "No Name" Strat knockoff in overall looks. The Squier Sonic is keeping more in that Squier/Fender tradition with all the appointments you spoke of. I actually like the single ply black pickguard on the Sonic as it gives it a more Metal vibe. Of course you are going to buy that purple Sonic Strat. C'mon Steve, we know you. Plus it would be perfect for you to Mod and perhaps have the neck refretted with stainless steel frets. There's several videos waiting for you in that guitar!

[@JojoFryrocks]

Right?! 😂

[@gringogreen4719]

@JojoFryrocks Yup! I suggest a black aluminum pickguard for the purple Squier. Aluminum gives the sound some extra "zing" that even the pickups can channel. I haven't put a aluminum pickguard on a Tele yet, but on a Strat where the pickups go into the pickguard, it kinda acts like a aluminum cone from a Resonator guitar and it adds something (both acoustically and in the signal) that was not there before. 😉👍✨

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Enabler!!!! 🧐 😂🤣👌 I've not bought it.... Yet 😁

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Trying hard to resist!!! 😂

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Ooooh!!! I can picture it 😎👌

[@ThomasBranson-yv5ub]

I wouldn't know, I have no idea how much a pound is.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

😂🙈 I'm on my 11th incarnation of this Thumbnail now 😂 I just can't get it right 🙈 I asked the community in a poll earlier for help and adding the prices was suggested, I also talk about pounds in the vid. I don't know where you are either or where anyone else who is watching might be from but.. I'm from Scotland and we use the pound (GBP) £100 = 120EURO = $125

[@jamesonpace726]

I bought the debut hoping 40mm = lightweight & it is, but not by enough to not buy the Jet. Jet are very nice, inexpensive, but heavier guitars, from a guy who has quite a few, quite a few....

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Yeah mate - in theory they should be lighter, but the sonic is about average strat weight 7.4ish lbs. The debut a wee bit lighter 👍

[@AndrewAHayes]

I cant see me ever buying a modern Squier, the budget ones are too badly specced and the higher spec ones are too expensive! There are much better options these days!

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Nailed it! 😎👌 Can still be good mod platforms. Some cool colour options and decent bones on some

[@Tcoldsteel]

Does it come in pink?

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Some variations of the sonic comes in pink. The single pickup hard tail one does 😃👍

[@johnsmith-nd9yo]

My Squirer classic vibe broke down within a month(pickup cuts out). ANDERTONS SHOP REFUSED TO FIX IT. Pile of junk. Same for Fender = JUNK.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Can't argue with that mate - I've had my fair share of both Squier and Fender duds the past few years. I think they're now in one of their worst era's ever for QC. Kinda went all wrong since the pandemic. Surprisingly, I seemed to have got lucky with both of these in regards top QC. But this is why I'm mainly playing Jet guitars these days 👍 Also had my fair share of poor experiences with Andertons too 🫤

[@johnsmith-nd9yo]

@@stevecassidyguitar i love everything about my Jet JS400 Blue......except the pickups. Oh and the tone and volume knobs look a bit cheap. Maybe the scratch plate as well, kinda looks like someone has been smoking near it for 40 years. Beyond those minor points she is a beauty. The body and neck is very pleasing.

[@JojoFryrocks]

Sonic. Just doesn’t look quite as cheap. But neither of them look as good as the Jet guitars tbh.

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Totally agree - sonic for me too ... If I had to choose a Squier. Otherwise Jet 😜👍 You deserve a Jet too JoJo 👹👍

[@JojoFryrocks]

@@stevecassidyguitar You know, I really did think about it, but then I spent £350 on a 1992 Squier instead so that’s my Strat now!

[@steviemac8075]

Not known for starting rumours 🥴 but I heard from a guy who knows a bloke that if you hit like and subscribe you are automatically put into the draw for the 🆕 old stock Harrier jump jet 🛩️ and your statutory rights remain unaffected 🤷🏼‍♂️what’s not to like 👍🏻 ken😉

[@stevecassidyguitar]

Ha!! It might have started as a rumour, but let's make it a thing 🤣👌

[@bluwng]

JS400 vs JS480

[@stevecassidyguitar]

I had that one filmed and 80% edited, but lost the project file when my PC got wiped. So have to start again 😭 Still have the vid files though 😅👍 But I've got around 12-15 vids all at the same stage, might be a while before I can get that one out soz. Still playing mega catch up

[@bluwng]

@ this comparison is a big deal, spec wise, aside from aesthetics they don’t seem much different but who knows maybe the neck profile is different. I don’t really put that much weight on pickup magnet type after dialing in tone most decent pickups all do the job.

[@lucianstefan8527]

I wouldnt buy anything new at that price point to be fair

[@stevecassidyguitar]

That's a good point sir - used Is always a smart move 😎👌

[@SteveBoothby-t9b]

Great review and fair Steve. Keep going either way with the budget/ mid price guitars as they are where most of us will take a punt. Myself I am tempted by a Jet JS400 as after being a Strat avoidance snob for more years than I care to mention, my recently acquired Strat SE has me smitten.