I Gigged the CHEAPEST Squier You Can Buy....It Surprised Me

[@Adventuresingearland]

08:30 - firstly, love the quasi-pedal steel bend. Second, this is the biggest stage I’ve ever seen for a military base. The multiple levels of illuminated stage at the back for backing singers looked miles away!

[@barbmelle3136]

Good video. We do over stress about our guitars, and we have some pretty nice ones in our collection. I was at a venue when a Jazz Cat was invited to sit in. He did not bring his guitar. They found an inexpensive solid body LTD. After about a minute of adjusting the controls, he started to play. It was a great performance and no one could say the cheapie guitar held him back.

[@ksharpe10]

This just Proves true Talent and Hard work, is what it counts in the End. Great JNC!!!!

[@timchalmers1700]

I bought the cheapest Yamaha Pacifica a few months ago for $220. The finish is beautiful and the back of the neck is a satin flame maple that looks gorgeous. I think it's fun to buy an inexpensive guitar, and set it up the way I like it (I like good intonation, and notes that sustain, which means no fret buzz. I've been enjoying it's tones and playability. I also bought a Sterling by Ernie Ball Music Man Axis. It's $400 list price and same thing, it plays great and sounds great.

[@barbmelle3136]

I agree with you. I came across a cheap Yamaha, it does not even say "Pacifica" but came in a beginner kit. The guitar actually played perfectly, but the sound was a weak and thin.Three good pickups later it plays and sounds really really well. I love to hand it to visiting who are all pleasantly surprised just a few bars into the song. Cheap guitars that play well are a lot of fun.

[@timchalmers1700]

@@barbmelle3136 Excellent! I've thought about replacing these pickups, but the more I play it, the more I like what they do. They are similar but a bit different from the stock MiM Strat pickups. They have some very sweet tones. I realize that some people don't want sweet.

[@stevesteve1965.]

I bought 2 hardtail Squire's purely to mod and they play just fine. Neck and body are all good straight and resonant, thin body nice and light.

[@duster722]

Same here, the Squier Bullet Strat hardtail in a fetching Sonic Gray. So lightweight and comfortable. I figure if it’s good enough for Mike Rutherford to gig with (with upgrades of course), it’s more than enough for my LR noodling.

[@slawsonscot]

I've always found that the cheaper ceramic pickups are a bit softer and smoother in the top end, compared to alnico magnets - something that I personally like more than a biting treble. I put Alnico 2 Blues pups in a G&L, and I think that's part of the appeal of the Silver Sky/SE too.

[@RavBunneh]

I have the same guitar in the same color. Love it! I took my pickguard sticker off tho.

[@jamiesugg]

I played my 1997 squier affinity strat yesterday at the church for the first time, had it a few years as it was given to me but it needed a good setup etc. I was pleasantly surprised at how well it performed. It has a full thickness body, ceramic pickups and a gorgeous deep sunburst finish.

[@tomaslopez2940]

Got a Yamaha Pacifica 012 for my birthday this year because I loved my 612 so much. The best part about cheap guitars is that they're excellent mod platforms. I stripped the 012 of it's stock nut, electronics, and trem bridge and replaced them with a graphtech tusq nut, a $40 set of ebay humbuckers with a treble bleed volume and coil split tone controls, and a hybrid bridge I made out of spare Fender/Squier bridge parts I had lying around. It plays extremely well now and in some ways is even better than the 612! Maybe you can do a video about mods you would do to this Squier guitar soon?

[@MultiSpeedr]

The coolest thing about Squiers is they usually feel the part, because specs are pretty close as far as neck shapes.. So this sounded pretty damn good to me

[@icarusi]

I got a Yamaha Pacifica 112, which was the first budget guitar with reliable QC. I got a Bullet Squire after seeing Jack Pearson use one on the Blues Cruise vid, where he got sustainiac style sustain. I tried it with a few pedals but the EH Crayon worked best for that sustain, at conversation levels, once dialled in. The Squier I got was the hardtail, which gives even more sustain than any trem Strat I've used,

[@griffsimcox9459]

jack pearson tours with a couple of squires pretty sure he can make any guitar sound good

[@nikolaki]

I keep a Chord CTE62 at church. Got it for £51 new because the finished was damaged from a drop. It was my first telecaster shaped object. The neck and frets were actually really good. I couldn't get its 3 saddle bridge to intonate. Tried all manner of string gauges. Anyway, I bought compensated brass saddles, new tuners and redid the wiring loom. Kept the original pickups. I put 12 gauge strings on it and play it most weeks at church. Rock solid.

[@hkguitar1984]

The very best budget guitar I ever owned and played was a 1974 Fender Mustang, I purchased it brand new in that same year. Over the years I've owned USA Made Fender and Gibson instruments, I've pretty much stuck with those two brands all these years.

[@passionplayer7]

I’ve had two students purchase these and was very pleasantly surprised as well! Great feel, easy to setup and for beginners, can’t get anything better for the price! Not sure about how well the wood is dried, eventual fret sprout, etc. Cheers!

[@RussInCanada]

Mike Rutherford gigs Squier Strats with Genesis.

[@ksharpe10]

He was using those 80's really well made ones in or out of JAPAN, the transition period when USA was not even building about 82.

[@RussInCanada]

@ksharpe10 He played Squier Bullets. There's an article in Guitar World from 2021 about it.

[@JosePineda-jn8jk]

@@ksharpe10 I think people just assume older is better. In terms of guitar manufacturing and construction processes, it’s actually better and more consistent now than it was 40 years ago (worked at shops myself for years). I have bought old used Squiers and new ones and I honestly can’t put them in some meaningful rank unless I’m just choosing things like pickup layouts and configurations as my favorites which means little in terms of build quality. I’d put my Squier contemporary that I got in 2021 against any “quality” Squier and bet it would either be the same or maybe slightly better in some marginal way. People just assume “China bad” when it comes to manufacturing stuff.

[@stefangranberg9319]

Dave Simpson and Jack Pearson also like them :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipW5kGyQpM-bhNU&ab_channel=DaveSimpson

[@stefangranberg9319]

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[@WTC_2U]

I once bought an authentic made in Mexico Fender strat off of eBay for $100.00. The catch? it had been painted black. ALL BLACK, except the top and back of the rosewood neck. And not painted well - just goopy black paint all over everywhere - pickguard, pick up covers, body and head. Horrid looking, crappy sounding, awful set-up. But then I realized I could, without any damage to the real finish, simply scratch and peel the paint off. So, using a guitar pick, I slowly returned it back to it's almost flawless sunburst finish. It is now actually two guitars -turns out the the neck was GREAT and so went to my favorite strat. The body became my go-to Eb tuned Jimi/Stevie strat, but using a maple neck. Best $100 ever on a guitar purchase. Pickups were updated, as the basic Mexican-built guitar pick ups were pretty life-less.

[@user-eh1og1ci7h]

You're an animal.

[@BrianCope-ff4yq]

Jack Pearson,what a fabulous guitarist,uses squier Strats and tele’s all the time and sounds fabulous.

[@timolsen8252]

Jack Pearson gigs a Squire and he’s one of the best in the world.

[@guillermorendon4631]

Hi John, I have the exact same one. Just as good as yours, super comfortable neck, low action. Only thing I will change are the pickups, for some cheap Chinese Alnico 5. 👌

[@BOSSenjoyer]

If Wilkinson branded pickups are like their Chinese tele bridge they'll be great

[@james_do]

Love these gigging review videos

[@randygeren]

if you get a fret end file and learn how to use it you can take care of sharp frets then you might have to learn how to level crown and polish frets then you will have to work on nut there almost never cut right the slots will have to be lowered to the right height above the first fret widen and lubed tuners don't slip it's the nut that causes tuning problems now move on to a setup truss rod intonation action then pickup change then it should play a sound good .

[@williambentley5877]

I have had good luck with the iyv guitars. My kids bought the hollow body jazz style made of mahogany and I bought a lp style for 180. They are both really good solid guitars

[@chrisgmurray3622]

I used to use a two humbucker Fender Tele for years, and lost it due to a misunderstanding when it was pawned during the birth of my youngest daughter. I cried. Early last year I chanced on a cheap indonesian made Tele copy ( with the humbuckers) and a case for the equivalent of 100 pounds. This was an Australian designed " Artist Guitars" model and was used for about a year before I bought it. Although it is the heaviest guitar I've ever held in my life, it looks amazing and, what's more, it sounds so good I can hardly believe it. To replace my old Tele with a modern reissue would cost me almost £1500, and this guitar actually sounds better to me. Even if I'd bought it new it would cost only about £ 160, and it had a case, and unbelievably it had locking tuners. Apart from the weight, and I don't usually mind heavy guitars as most seem to, but this one is REALLY heavy,... it is the best sounding guitar I have apart from maybe my PRS SE,.... and locking tuners!!!!! Wow. Artist Guitars Australia are easily as good or better than Harley Bentons and if you get a good one they're really good.

[@CHlEFFIN]

My 40th Anniversary Squier Tele in Vintage Blonde is my pride & joy… what a stunning guitar visually, and its neck is a little bit thicker than your regular C shape neck. There are times I’ll find myself staring it in disbelief that I only paid $299 for it.😊

[@valdazis]

surprisingly good sounding on your video and the gig. Amazing value

[@danrunnoft6642]

I played an Indio Strat style guitar live. I got it on sale for $75 with gigbag. Of course I did some setup work on first, but it still had all of the original electronics, and it sounded good to my ears.

[@Sitiben]

I have 3 of that exact guitar (down to the color) as I travel quite a bit between places. I found them very consistent and overall very playable.

[@tymanngruter1808]

Its one out of hundred that plays and sounds good, christmas tree with strings are in the millions!

[@peterhall4852]

Sounds like a strat. I see the old Pacificas-the 112js are now around £220 £. If you are happy with ceramic pickups thats a good deal

[@Daniel-kx4sy]

I always defend Squier and I will continue to. They're decent for the money, for a beginner. That being said, I really wanted a P Bass but already had a high end bass. I bought a Squier Affinity and replaced everything. Electronics pickups, tuners, nut, etc. The only thing original is the wood, paint, and frets. A couple years in and the truss rod hex is totally stripped after only a couple mild adjustments, which sucks cause the neck has a bit too much bow in it and it buzzes in the higher frets no matter what I do and there's no way I can adjust the action down. No matter how much you dress it up, it's still a Squier

[@elevenAD]

Brother Jack Pearson loves Squire guitars! I have one of the original MIJ Squires, was actually playing it last night and its an amazing playing guitar but the original pups sound awful. The best cheap guitar I have played were old Agiles, they made some mind-blowing guitars from around 2010 to 2014! I still have 4 that I would never concider selling because they are worth far more to me than their resale value. 2 of my Agiles cost me under $300 and to this day they get played more than my actual Les Pauls. A comfy neck is everything!

[@tbluesboye]

Jack Pearson plays Squiers! He's a certifiable bad-a**! Read an interview where he mentioned that he likes the ones made in Indonesia?! Don't know if that's a thing or not, but his playing speaks for itself!

[@BenEdwards984]

I came to say the same thing. Absolutely phenomenal player.

[@tbluesboye]

@@BenEdwards984 True that!

[@SarahAndreaRoycesChannel]

Cheapest guitar (10 Euro) Iplayed and liked was a pre owned and really worn beginner Harley Benton from the dark ages. I cannot date it exactly, but it had a headstock that would get Fender to sue, so I guess it was about 20 years old. I head to clean it, file the fretends somewhat and polished them, did a setup and if it weren't for deadspots due to worn out frets in two crucial places that had me have the action quite high (for my tastees) while still needing to be very careful at that spots I would have kept it. Great sustain, stable tuning with floating trem. I have taken away the lesson that a well played in guitar makes a ton of difference.

[@seanjazzguitar]

I bought a Harley Benton Strat during the lockdowns just to teach myself how to do setups. Soldered a dimarzio paf in the neck and now I gig it almost as much as my main axe (2002 mim fender tele). Decent neck and decent pups gets you most of the way there and once you learn how to do setups you save insane amounts of 💰

[@EliasThury]

Best cheap guitar I've had was an ibanez art100. Pickups are pretty muddy, but sounds pretty good for jazz through a solid state. The one I have is super resonant, but tuning stability was always a bit iffy. Frets are pretty wore on it now and it gets some dead spots from time to time with seasons change. But for 289 back in 2010 it's a lifer guitar. Thinking about swaping the neck pickup out for a goldfoil.

[@seanjazzguitar]

Agreed, I bought an AS83 back in ‘06 for $200. I think I’ve tweaked the neck only once ever. Pups are fine playing jazz through an old Roland cube 60. Amazing workhorse guitar.

[@TechnoRiff]

Got an Indio HSS Strat style from Amazon for about $80 as an experiment. After replacing the trem bridge and pickups (both also low cost), it actually plays and sounds great. I tried and returned another Indio SSS one due to build issues, so consistency is something to be aware of.

[@KozmykJ]

£108 in 2017 still my best Out Of The Box guitar, never had to do anything to it, barring the usual setup. Harley Benton SC-450 P90 GT

[@ziggarillo]

I've got a £29.99 Rockburn ST that I bought from Amazon last month. Its absolutely fine. The Novice Noise Maker channel has done a couple of videos on them in then last few weeks.

[@philipclouting2954]

My first guitar was a Grant SG copy, which I bought from Macari's in Charing Cross Road, London in the 1970s for £40 and which was great, although the pickups weren't very powerful. I still have it, but I don't play it very much now.

[@pptemplar5840]

I think the pickups leave a little to be desired, they sound fine to me when I play single notes, but chords sound a little dull and undefined. Out of the box the strings had a little bit of rattle for me but I don't think there's anything wrong with most squires at a base level, They just have good bones, and that's the most important thing for a cheap guitar because the setup can be adjusted and you can swap electronics if/when you feel like you need to easier than something like a neck or a whole new body. It only holds a tune half decently, but it's probably the plstic nut being a tiny bit sticky, honestly lubing it would probably make most of that disappear. Just a "fine" instrument.

[@JosePineda-jn8jk]

I’ve played everything from a cheap Squier Bullet I got for $80 to a fully customized Kiesel Aries I ordered, and all I can say is a guitar is a guitar is a guitar. Yes, the expensive kiesel custom shop played and sounded great but, in the end it didn’t do anything my cheapest squier bullet can’t. The only thing holding me back on the squier was the single coil pickups, so I just swapped the bridge for a DiMarzio rail humbucker and the tuners were not the best so I swapped them for cheap locking tuners I found on Amazon, now it’s perfect. I still even switch to the single coils for certain parts and they work fine but, I needed more push and growl from the bridge. What’s important is the setup, and since that’s what I did at the shop, I gave a comparable setup to the Kiesel. It’s even to the point where I can dive bomb with the 6 screw bridge and still be in tune. Squier’s get slept on due to the name but, for me there is something rewarding about people coming to complement me on my tone and playing only to find out I’m using the cheapest guitars possible 😂 the other back lined guitar players are always surprised and want to check it out to see if I’m BSing or not lol.

[@nikolaki]

My #1 gigging bass is a Squier PJ, paid £116 used for it. Only thing I changed was the bridge pickup. Found a chap selling a Fender Noiseless Jazz Bridge Pickup for £15 off an American Deluxe something or other. Other than, it's all stock.

[@oleijon]

Steve Rothery comes to mind. And Simon Neill also gigged Squires on the first couple of albums and tours. I used gave away my old Washburn N1 to my niece. It cost me 99$ on sale at Guitar Center. Not a bad guitar at all actually.

[@drothberg3]

I play clean a lot. Higher action definitely improves the sound.

[@GlenMcGlone]

I’ve got an old base model Pacifica 112v that’s a pretty damn good guitar.

[@MarkTaylorrr]

really important episode for me. often I think about buying guitars based on JNC, but now I will have to ask myself "yeah, well, JNC liked the squire, so are you gonna go and buy one of those too?"

[@samiam3297]

Knives dont make chefs. That simple. Skillllzzzzz are Skillllzzzzz....and alway pay your sound man or woman!! 🤘😔🎸

[@johnplaystheguitar123]

love that the sticker is still on there. also are you ever going to take off the jacob collier wrist band?

[@blackcreekmusic783]

I bought one of the beginners packs at Guitar Center thatches complete with an amp. An Affinity in Lake Placid Blue finish and H-S-S. A lot better than I thought. I bought it cause I wanted the maple neck with the 70's big headstock to put on another guitar, but I'm gonna be using the body to build another one and upgrade the pickups

[@KristopherCraig]

The pick ups have a nice spank to them. The clean sound was awesome.

[@ShreddingFinn]

You go out and buy one of these and then use it as your setup guinea pig. From then on you can buy cheap guitars and set them all up, never have to spend anything on a guitar again unless you feel like it

[@-Thunder]

Exactly what I did. I bought a Squire Affinity Strat used to learn repairs. Now everything is swapped including bone nut, a full refret and Fender TexMex pickups. I love it. I actually prefer the skinnier body now. Couldn't possibly sell it.

[@georgeflowers3730]

Squier has some great guitars, but you must play them before buying. A couple of years ago, I needed to buy a bass guitar. After playing many affordable options at the store, I bought a Squier P Bass, it felt great in my hands, and it was easy to play. I wouldn't sell it for almost for any reason!

[@mklinger23]

I can see the bow of that neck in the video lol. Thats in dire need of a truss rod adjustment.

[@johannesdebeer]

I have a squier bullet and an Am II Pro Strat. The Squier's fret ends are poky and the neck although not bad isn't as amazing as the pro strat neck. It's pickups are not quite as clear and lacks a bit of sparkle. However with dialled in clean tones on the amp it sounds pretty good. It is also very light, a bit thinner and really comfortable. I hope you don't take offense to this: your solo play sounds light years better than your band does. Have they been using Truefire? Maybe they should. Sorry not to hate but maybe you've outgrown them???

[@greuve]

Bought a Squier as a spare guitar (€220) and I actually now prefer it over my 1986 MIJ Contemporary Strat. The squier just stays in tune so much better. Perhaps I got lucky? Or perhaps the lever nut lock that is part of the type II tremolo on the MIJ is just junk. Probably both :o)

[@rustyshackleford9557]

Folks will not like this video. They will say, " he got lucky and got a good one" Nope! He is a great player and likely owns some nut files and knows how to do a very good set up. Period... Ive been in this biz for 45+ years and probably 5%of the total guitars I have sold or repaired belonged to someone who could actually play. No one talks about this. Zillions of folks own guitars, very, very, very few can play. It wouldn't matter how good my shoes were or how good my basketball was or what brand hoop I was shooting at. I suck at basketball. At least I know it and admit it.

[@FabrizioPeretti]

My experience with a cheap Guitar I tryed to upgrade was that it didn't stand the test of time. Frets moved, notes are dead and no mod could save it. Still best neck I've played LOL

[@oliveruhrinec]

It would be interesting experiment to try how low budget can one go for professional gig

[@ShreddingFinn]

The cost doesn't mean squat it's the setup.

[@bluwng]

I respect your friends opinions but their data set is all over the place across different years and different models and based on personal experiences, the reality is Quality is a science and based on repeatability and reproducibility. The factors I mentioned are controlled with process and inspection and test which should be independent on place of origin and more on training and verification . Playability and robustness in the instrument has to do with design and materials not quality. All that being said Fender has been around forever they have their process down tight one can make an argument their quality is good across all their lines. Remember design and materials do not equal quality. Point there isn’t as much variation as your friends claim during the current production runs.

[@Chimp_No_1]

Great analysis ! Thank you !

[@BOSSenjoyer]

I swear the Squier stuff sounds more Fendery than high-end actual Fenders. Never tried a Debut but the Classic Vibe and Paranormal usually sound juicier and/or spankier side-by-side.

[@valdazis]

I had the same idea actually

[@BOSSenjoyer]

@valdazis Might be something like hardware being made as cheap as possible but maybe better maple, combined. Not sure but it's there.

[@Twominutedevotions]

After learning how to be my own luthier, I now realize everything with guitars is just marketing BS and every single guitar on earth is a setup, maybe a set of tuners, and an electronics swap away from being the best thing someone has ever played. Never underestimate the power of marketing BS

[@Mark-fo3hx]

I had a Daphne blue Squier deluxe strat that was really good. I regret getting rid of it

[@RollerCoasterFenatic]

I play out at gigs every weekend on my Lyxpro Telecaster. It's in the player how you play and perform, not in the guitar.

[@myeyesarewaiting]

A colleague got a second hand fender acoustic for £300. Think they were around £500 new. It exchanges blows with my £1.75k Auden, easily. And my Auden trades blows with £2k Furchs and £2.7k Larrivees.

[@robphillips8351]

I have a squier bullet telecaster that plays like a champ.

[@nmcgregor1990]

It looks like it'd be a great mod project! If you were to mod it, what would you do? Also amazed by those Gear4music pedals!

[@leeroyuk45]

You could always put a set of my essential sets in it 😂

[@DanAddison]

I’ve never gone for the cheapest end but my only electric guitar now is a Squier Contemporary Telecaster RH. It’s stupid good and was a little over £300.

[@toddmurphy390]

Do you leave the stickers on them because you may not keep them?

[@hotcakesman]

I have the Debut cause I am sucker for cheap guitars that I can mod. Best out of the box budget one had to be Firefly's... yet to have a bad one.

[@lost6872]

I was thinking about grabbing a cheap strat, and I'm guessing this is going to be it now, haha. I bought the little 3/4 size one, not realizing it only had 20 frets, haha.

[@bestboy897]

sounds sick

[@JDStone20]

Guitar sounded find. The cheapest guitar I have and the one I did like when playing it is the Peavey Reactor, a 1994 model going by it's serial number. I liked it so much I bought another one, but I loaned that to a friend and never got it back, but I still have my original one I bought. I think this is one of the first CNC machined guitars. I had a Squire Strat from the 1990's that I think was made in Mexico, and I didn't like that guitar that much. It was stolen along the my Mecian Fender Strat, which I did like a lot, but it lead me to getting an American Fender Strat, which is my main guitar now along with my early model 1986 G&L ASAT

[@ljtowers5161]

People still don’t understand how little a difference expensive guitar make compared to cheap guitars. They might sounds better but not 10-15 times better and if you upgrade some parts for not that much money, the sounds can become almost the same.

[@briane.paulson]

Nothing against your live gig but put a band together playing the stuff you really like as in your demos.

[@andymarsal]

might be the best live sound you had

[@toivokojonen]

Hi John! Just an idea (I know that you are a busy musician): Could you try to do a Steve Lukather inspired HX Stomp preset with the new Bogner Ecstasy on Helix? And again, you do not have to do this :D I know you are busy

[@therangersinger]

I think he just did like 2 weeks ago

[@toivokojonen]

@@therangersinger :D what a pleasant surprise :D don't know how or when I have missed it but an honest thanks to you!

[@francescodefendi3201]

06:45 one of the most SITARing guitar ever!

[@jeffrowlette]

Don't lose that sticker...free lessons 👍

[@YxYzYx]

Though material quality matters, it’s majorly overblown when it comes to guitars and gear. In fact most people can make a cheap guitar play & sound better than an expensively priced instrument with some TLC and inexpensive upgrades. In the digital age it’s even more pointless to be a gear snob as we have many ways to produce the tones a player seeks.

[@briansmith6862]

When you lay the guitar on its side from time to time, I can actually see the bow in the neck! Anyone else?

[@Boris_Chang]

Most concertgoers can’t discern between say a real ‘59 and a Squire. Why worry about tone for live gigging?

[@LANIROMEE]

Is Fender ripping us off?

[@GetEspo]

Acepro headless guitars on eBay...

[@bluwng]

The neck may have zero finish people are just making assumptions that it’s light. FYI truss rod isn’t designed to adjust string action this concept mis educates kids.

[@nellayema2455]

True, but too much forward bow (relief) will raise the action a bit.

[@therangersinger]

Action is a combination of three things. Neck relief, bridge height and nut height. That is the only way to look at it.

[@bluwng]

@ neck relief impacts it, I agree but that is not its design intent.

[@bluwng]

@ it will you just have to be aware of this but also remember it is not designed to adjust action. If you don’t recognize this you will get a nasty habit to file nuts to improve action or constantly mess with the truss you could end up messing up your nut. Respect and understand each portion for what it is.

[@therangersinger]

@@bluwng ok we all know the truss rod is designed to adjust and balance tension from the strings. This is obvious and everyone is aware. Just simply stating the the term "action" is a measurement of string height over the frets. The truss rod, bridge/saddles as well as nut height are all points of adjustment that determine overall action. Why the heck is this conversation continuing 🤣🤣

[@ogmakefirefiregood]

Yes, it is surprising to fund out your guitar is way out of tune after your first solo...🎸

[@BluesDocter]

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[@predigr]

You said the issue. 1/10 Squiers are all good. You need to be lucky. The major issue I have found is tunners. Surprised you can gig with a Squier. You got that 1/10.

[@prakharbhardwaj303]

Are you ever afraid of ruining your gigs by playing these cheap guitars? Don’t your bandmates object to potentially risking the shows?

[@RandyCraig-e3c]

Another case for not needing a $1500 instrument to play professionally. With a few caveats. The cheapest guitar I ever used was at a talent show in middle school. It was a $90 Sears model that had a speaker as part of the body.

[@predigr]

That is not true. This video does not proof anything. It only proofs he was lucky to got the 1/10 Squier with no issues.

[@RandyCraig-e3c]

@@predigr He's been doing a series of demos lately with lower priced guitars in a testing phase of some sort. He's done that with numerous guitars as of late whether that's his intention or not. But after doing the research on this, what was a $1500 10-15 years ago is now under $1000. This is due to advances in technology and how these guitars are pieced together. I am not saying you aren't going to have a lemon. That may be just as likely. The cheaper guitars are often built with inexpensive components and less quality control. That doesn't mean you can't gig with it. And find one you like. The point is just because it's cheap doesn't mean it isn't adequate. And it's "proves." Not "proofs." :)

[@predigr]

@@RandyCraig-e3c he had lot of lucky. I agree 600-1000 today can perfectly be professional instruments. Sire, Fender Player II, PRS SE, even Harly Benton, JET are totally gigable guitars. But a 150 Squier is not. He found a gem and is very unlikely. Just tunners, 9/10 Squiers have bad tunners. I love what Squier have been doing recently, very cool guitars. I have 2 very awesome ones. But they have flaws. And they are more expensive that the $150 model. I also had very cheap Squiers and I wouldn't say they are gigable guitars. It is simply not fair to say that. It was hard to play with them and tunners were so-so. Thanks for the correction "proves". Not a native speaker.

[@RandyCraig-e3c]

@@predigrI think you should ask him if you think he got lucky. The only issue your pointing to is they aren’t assembled consistently. It’s a gamble. But 1 out 10 is a stretch

[@RandyCraig-e3c]

@@predigr Like I said, ask him if he thinks he got lucky. I don't think you can speak for Cordy.

[@albertizing]

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