I Tried The Cheapest Fender Guitar...

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0:00 The most cheapest, most budgety-est guitar
0:35 What is Squier and what do they have to do with Fender?
2:12 My experience with Squier
3:02 Sweetwater and Hosa
4:41 Unboxing the Squier Debut Stratocaster
7:18 Squier Debut Series Specs
8:36 First impressions of the Debut Stratocaster
9:34 Setting up The Squier Debut Strat
12:04 Demo
14:07 Clean tones and Pickup demo
15:59 Trying to not get demonitized
18:25 Some issues...
20:50 Playing metal on the Squier Debut Stratocaster
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[@TaylorDanley]

Get yourself something nice, I won't tell your wife! 🤐 sweetwater.sjv.io/4P4Xn9

[@alexflores-gu8zf]

alex

[@hellofx]

Save up more ... don’t be a cheap bastard.

[@Generalbas1972]

There is actually a humbuger version as well. Anyway great review now the one you have do you have a link to where you bought it cause i can only find it with a light fretboard and i like this model better? :)

[@DrMurdercock]

Seeing a budget guitar plugged into a budget amp makes me happy

[@TaylorDanley]

I mean TBF I’d probably play the katana over most expensive amps anyways lol

[@DrMurdercock]

@@TaylorDanley Being that you own both a katana and some high end amps, may I ask why? I like mine just for simplicity sake, everything i need in one head right now and it's cheap compared to other amps

[@riffsnoleads]

@@DrMurdercock Not trying to speak on Taylor's behalf, but generally speaking solid state amps require less items or setup in order to silently record direct into an interface. Tube amps NEED a load box/attenuator or cab and the first two are not cheap and the third takes up space and makes sound.

[@ShaneStoneOfficial]

Big same! More KZbin guitarists need to take notes

[@charlesharper7292]

​@@TaylorDanley My Boss Katana 100w 2X12 is pretty good. I swear it can blow my curtains out through a closed window!

[@Clinthopanonymous]

Man, there's just something about a single coil with high gain that sounds good to my ears. There's a rawness about it, almost a "shittyness" about the sound that's just good.

[@TheRealxVincent]

I took my 3 single coil Fender strat to band practice (I play metal) in position 2 (bridge and middle), and the other guitarist said it was the best sounding guitar he's heard (he only plays humbuckers and a cheap tele). I think we're onto something here.

[@666dreamboat]

​@@TheRealxVincentI'm a huge fan of a noiseless strat pup in the bridge for metal

[@TaylorDanley]

I know what you mean. It's kind of like what people try to get with the Fortin sound. A really shrill but nasty top end.

[@MrAntifed]

I was gonna say the same thing. It's raw and i love it

[@masterbeaver]

You sound like a man who would love P90s.

[@rockoutmichigan]

The larger the grain the lower the cell-density in the wood. That comes from my 83 year old Dad who owned/operated a hardwood floor finishing company for 30ish years. If it does flex or bend, it can be straightened with a humity/pressure/time combination.

[@Grease-Goblin]

Right before clicking on this video, I was thinking about how I had bought a cheap Squier years back as a guitar I wouldn't mind fucking up, but ended up loving it enough to actually take care of it. I have plenty of much more expensive guitars that I love to death, and while they may sound better or play nicer, I play my Squier more than any of them. Part of it is that I keep it near my desk so it's always just there when I want to play, but part of it is that it's actually a really nice guitar despite it being dirt cheap. I never feel like I'm missing out when I reach for it.

[@DanielTroop]

honestly, i kinda prefer the matte sunburst over the gloss sunburst

[@TaylorHayes-xo5zw]

If you take the pickguard off you'll see its actually already routed for HSH, got a nice surprise when I modded mine. So really just a plug in play if you buy a new electronic set

[@thejakefromstatefarm6768]

I have a squire i bought 25 years ago and it’s my favorite guitar as far as drag around with me, never put it in a case or a stand. It’s always laying around or leaning on something. I dragged it behind my truck and drove around the block once to prove it would be in tune afterwards. It was, it just stays in tune. It has been on fire. My house burned and it’s the only thing that survived. The neck was curved where it was leaning against the wall but I straightened it and put a new truss rod in it. To be fair it was out of tune after the fire lol. It didn’t have strings to be in tune. But it’s just as good as before now i had to change the pickups the pick guard and pots and wiring so basically electronically its a totally diffrent guitar. I put active pickups in it. Because I’ve never use active before so i thought why not.

[@christopheraaron8299]

18:55 I think the word you were looking for in that moment was "modular." It already has HSH routing under the pickguard so no need to rout it out for a humbucker.

[@altpath]

Tree rings indicate it's age. Not surprising they use very young trees for these cheap guitars. Older trees have nicer grain so they'd reserve that for expensive instruments.

[@TaylorDanley]

That’s why I assume they’re farmed.

[@Crispy_Music_2024]

The problem isn't that the tree is young, it's that the trees aren't "Old growth" with tighter rings (due to having grown in naturally occurring dense forests)

[@bburritt666]

I got lucky with Squire. My first guitar was a 92 Fender Stratocaster “Squire” series. Made in Korea. Don’t get me wrong the pickups sucked but I still have it and played many metal shows with her over the years. Mind you all the parts have been swapped even the neck because the frets on OG neck are near gone. So I bought a neck 12 years ago. Great guitar.

[@realrhino333]

I have Ginsons, Epis, Fenders and Squiers and all our good instruments. Granted some Squiers are not good, but when you find a good (which is not that hard), it is gold.

[@user-ot5tg6wy2e]

I got one a couple of months ago. While the pickups were low ohms the fit and finish was flawless. I replaced the electronics. Been happy with it since. Stays in tune.

[@TaylorDanley]

Yeah, the electronics are a bit noisy, even for single coils.

[@misfitwookiee3177]

Found my Squier HSS in a pawn shop in downtown Torrance. Asking $150 in 1997, I showed the middle pickup wasn't functioning so got it for $125. Squirrel is from 1991 IIRC, and upgraded my pickups last year. Thing is a beast, and still is totally fun to play to this day. I don't worry about upgrading because I'm not trying to retain its value, don't worry about dings (covered in stickers anyway) and have very happy memories with it over the years.

[@TaylorDanley]

That’s awesome, that’s what it’s all about 💪

[@misfitwookiee3177]

@TaylorDanley I get it, and there's tons of ppl who don't see the advantages. I own a Squier, two Epiphones since I sold my bass that I also molded, and numerous brands of guitar and bass that are considered "uncouth" to be charitable, but one of the Chinese basses I bought off looks alone via eBay still stands in my mind as the ultimate P-bass sound despite modding another with Steve Harris' effing sig model pickup. If 10% of burgeoning musicians would explore sounds they're lifted with before "I'm gonna buy this and change it to what everyone else is doing", I believe people like Glenn Fricker would be happier with the results! TL/DR; listen to what you have and mod once you hear how far you are away from the core sound you hear in your head!

[@jeffrowlette]

The best "feeling" necks ever - to me - were the Squire Bullet necks made in Indonesia about 4 years ago.... They fit my hand better than all my Fenders

[@MrJayArt]

Squier is actually a really nice line of cheap guitars I’ve have a few of them and they have always been really great to play and sound awesome.

[@Duct_Tape.]

As an 80s/90s thrash guy I've always played Ibanez RGs, Jackson soloist and Charvel dinkys, and detested anything Fender. 5 years ago I bought a 90s Deluxe Strat and a Mexican Tele on a whim from Reverb. I now own 7 strats and 3 Teles as well as several Fender offsets. Most of my shredders are gone. I have a couple Squiers and they are great for what I paid. Strats are really all about the neck pickup, and positions 2 and 4. Fun fact: most strats don't have a tone pot connected to the bridge pup ( maybe that one does,) so all that fiddling was psychological. I didn't know either,lol. Great vid.

[@Drust49]

there are even squier made in Mexico mine which is my first real guitar I bought it in 2005 it's a special telecaster made in Mexico and 20 years later it hasn't moved (apart from the paint which went nitro) and the neck is great with a real rosewood fingerboard

[@tyleroulton5510]

I bought one of these a few months ago and it is already routed for humbuckers, however the body is not very deep so keep that in mind if you are replacing the guts. I had to return one preloaded pick guard because the electronics were deeper than the guitar and I would’ve had to dremel through the back of the body to make it fit. At that price though I couldn’t pass it up, it was my first strat and it’s been fun working on it.

[@TaylorDanley]

Good to know!!

[@BrentBeaver68]

I bought the same one, sunburst, from Amazon at the end of April. It really is a fantastic guitar for the price. The only change I made was putting a blade style pickup in the bridge position for a humbucker sound and set up the action to my liking. I have $145 invested in the guitar and I've gigged with it several times with no issues.

[@cosmicbackwoods]

my friend bought one of these at GC a couple of months back to get back into playing and he's already learned a bunch of songs. he knows it sucks but he keeps saying how much fun he's having so the guitar does serve a purpose

[@TaylorDanley]

Having fun is the point! If it's not fun, why do it? (doesn't mean you shouldn't practice, which can not be fun, but overall....)

[@OfficialZoinX]

I love how this guy tries to be brutally honest about cheap guitars and doesn’t like say ‘oh it’s the worst guitar I’ve ever played’ or ‘oh it’s the best guitar I’ve ever played’ he just describes the pros and cons without being so biased about it

[@KainzMusic]

At that price point, they're disgustingly good!

[@TaylorDanley]

Yeah, it's crazy to think about.. I bought my "beginner" guitar in the 90's for more than this, and with the price of inflation this guitar is better quality and less money.

[@dragonmodel9262]

these would be good to take out everywhere and not have to worry about it.

[@Crispy_Music_2024]

Do you think they partially roasted that Maple neck so they can more rapidly kiln dry the wood, but still have it be usable?

[@TaylorDanley]

I have no idea. That theory goes beyond my knowledge of guitar manufacturing. Could be!

[@jstnR]

I got lucky and bought a highly modded Squire Sonic just because it was so cheap and i wanted to try some Alnico 2’s and this one had the guitar madness overwound buckers and a bunch of other upgrades for $180. I got it shipped free from a sweetwater used seller with a great reputation modding cheap guitars so i figured if i hate it i can get 130-150 at least for it and not be too bad off. Its been two weeks and i am absolutely in love with it. I have several nice guitars and i cant put it down. I thought the tiny frets and thin rosewood board were cheap at first, but the action is stupid low, zero buzz and the tone is snappy and crisp but still warm. The alnico 2’s though 😢creamy sonic goodness

[@smeemusic]

Taylor this is your friendly reminder that more people need to know about firefly guitars. I promise they will BLOW YOU AWAY. Just went and had a jam session with my uncle the other day. We played his firefly’s for hours. I didn’t realize we hadn’t even tuned up in that whole time. I then picked up one of his Gibson’s and found myself tuning every 2-3 minutes. Tried another Gibson, same. Went back to a firefly and just enjoyed the rest of my time. Myself I’m a Schecter and Ltd guy. I’m not the firefly fanboy here. But I can admit when something is so good it’s out of place. All of my uncles firefly’s will keep up with my Ltd 1000’s all day long. Build quality is on point. Tops are stunning. Finish is super good. Ball end frets. Super smooth tuners. Hardware is rock solid. They come well setup out of the box. I feel like firefly just emerged from a different universe or something. Like i seriously cannot stress enough how legit those guitars are. I promise pound for pound these are the best valued instruments on the entire market. Taylor you keep sleeping on firefly. Trust me bro. Get one of their V’s or something and show people something truly special.

[@smeemusic]

14:10

[@TaylorDanley]

I believe you! I just have others that I’ve purchased I’ve got to get through first 💪 I appreciate the reminders! 🤘

[@luigizanellato2959]

Squires can be great. I bought a used Strat, installed Fender deluxe drive pickups and replaced the electronics. Made sure the neck and bridge was set up to my liking, and it’s great. 150$ I spent to upgrade, it was worth it.

[@trailryder5813]

I have a 2007 Squire Affinity Strat that I really enjoyed though not quite loved. I mean she was fun for an evening but not something I wanted to keep until a few little modifications to her body and I did fall in love. She now makes my 74 Les Paul sunburst slightly jealous which is the pride of my collection.

[@-jank-willson]

guitar harem

[@cliftongardner4367]

I had heard about these but I was not at all expecting one to look this good; that matte sunburst is straight up gorgeous and not just for a 120-dollar guitar. I know strats really aren’t your thing but great review and glad these really do stack up!

[@TaylorDanley]

Thanks! Yeah I had the same feeling when I saw it. Like “how tf does this guitar look this good?!” I also have a weakness for matte guitars though 😆

[@jeffrowlette]

I bought 2 of them immediately. Red and Black. No regrets. Although I did have to fret level and do a full setup, they were very playable right out of the box.

[@jamesosterberg2510]

In 2020, I bought a brand new 2018 Squier Strat Contemporary HH Active in Satin Black, the one with Active Squier pickups, big reverse matching headstock, and cosmo black Floyd. (I think it was Squier's high end model at that time) It's almost the only guitar made in China I own among my others, but I love it. It's very well built, looks so nice, and the pickups try to replicate EMG's being powerful and noiseless. It's a very cool guitar, despite being made in China !! I really love it !!

[@TaylorDanley]

The guitar you’re describing sounds awesome 💪

[@charlesharper7292]

Got my first Squire last year. A Strat O Sonic. Has a couple P90s, a stop tail bridge, and Gibson scale length. Love it!

[@jordanpratt3821]

@charlesharper7292 oh yeah those guitars are cool as shit.

[@joeh8441]

Make a video on the Jim Root squier. I've always wanted to get one but didn't know if it was worth it. Figured I'd have to mod the hell out of it. Would definitely like your opinion on it in a separate video.

[@TaylorDanley]

I’ll definitely do that, I’ve been meaning to for like…. 3 years lol

[@johncollins5552]

@@joeh8441 Make your own.

[@rexdarvog]

My first act was a 2010 Squier Affinity Strat, great build quality for a budget guitar and sounds better after modifying the volume pot. The construction is obviously a different method compared to Fender, but Squier models are usually a good guitar for the cheaper price. Whatever they produced back then isn't the same now.

[@alexr8120]

I have one of the Fender FMT HH Teles and a Squier Bullet Tele (loaded with p-90s). Electronic differences aside, I enjoy playing both of them ALMOST the same. Both were bought used, the Fender was perfectly setup when I purchased it. The Squier still had plastic, was barely played, and had a little setup to be done. If it wasnt for one neck being gloss and the other not, I couldnt tell the difference on playability alone if i were blindfolded, to the point I actually WANT to get a more premium Squier model just to have in the arsenal, and a more tight price comparison to the FMT

[@bobg58]

I bought a Strat Squire (complete with Squire amp) about 30 years ago. Still have it and I love it. The only parts I ever changed were the strings. Okay, so the bridge mechanism recently broke. No big deal. I can get a better one now. Just the same, not bad for a 30 year old Strat Squire.

[@gaberox1]

I bought a Squire Bullet Telecaster a few years ago and it was excellent for like 175$. Played great sounded great like a classic Tele and I would easily buy another since I ended up giving that one away to my niece. Just don't have room next to all my Jacksons lol.

[@TaylorDanley]

Sounds like the same problem I have, which is 💪

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

The Squire stuff is serviceable now. I have a classic-vibe bass & an offset-Tele. After pro set-ups and puckup-changes, they’re nice playing and great sounding guitars.

[@TaylorDanley]

Agreed! I didn’t mention it but the Jaguar I have is pretty solid too. Electronics kind of suck, and not my favorite bridge, but at the time was incredible to get a Jaguar for less than $1000

[@christopheraaron8299]

I went ahead and ordered one (supposed to be here tomorrow) because it's only $120 and I already have a loaded pickguard with alnico v pickups and a wiring harness with upgraded pots and thick braided wires laying around and a set of locking tuners that are unassigned as of right now, so why not? I kinda have to. I got the 2 tone sunburst one. I'll probably just keep the stock trem because I'm not much of a whammy bar guy anyway, but I'll still leave it floating. I kinda like that it only has one string tree and the slim headstock. Traditionally, the cheaper ones have two trees and the fat 70s headstock, so it gives it a little bit more classic look. I'll probably swap the tree out for a roller tree. I've heard good things about these, I have to imagine Fender's profit margins are extremely low, but it's a good way to take back some business from the cheap copycats. I mean, who's gonna pay $90 for a Glarry now when they can get a real Strat for $30 more? This will be Strat #6 in my current lineup. I also have a Fojill mahogany light relic Strat, two Squier Affinity Strats, a DIY kit built Strat and a 2007 MIM Fender Standard Strat, all of which I heavily modded or restored.

[@davidhatred7275]

which is better, this or the fender starcaster? (not the vintage starcaster)

[@grudgetank3127]

wood grain despite certain sources actually depends on elevation and location, plenty of water or a lack. a rock bluff vs a valley bottom, cheers! squire has come a long way since the 80's

[@dookieday1]

I consider myself a squier expert , playing a squier since 1985,,,, my current guitar is a 25 year old squire affinity strat, they just keep going, the neck never need an adjustment,I've only replaced tuners,needs a fret job ,but at this price cheaper to replace with a new guitar.

[@earthrocker8955]

love my squier hard tail jazzmaster with 2 humbuckers

[@TonyrogerWilliams-tq8yn]

The debut and Sonic series are already routed out for humbuckers the only thing you have to do is route to pick guard or buy another pick guard for around 25 bucks but the body is routed out and all three pickup places for humbuckers.

[@KarstenJohansson]

I quite like the colour and matte finish on this. I even like the neck wood, 'cos it looks unique. I noticed it sounds a bit weird during the distorted scaly bits, so I'd have to replace the pups immediately. I have lead-guitar bias disorder, so there is that.

[@fuzzymuppet1990]

Thier classic vibe series is is great, i have a CV 50's tele and cv 70's , they hang right in there with all my high-end guitars, no sharp fret ends, have a little play in a few of the tuners . while 0 problems/issues with the electronics, the pots and switch do feel cheap compared to the cts/switchcraft stuff, but it still works fine. The necks on them are fantastic , no buzzing and low 1.4 mm action at the 12th fret.

[@1978garfield]

I just wish the CV 50's Tele didn't have that huge baseball bat of a neck. It's my fault I ordered one when I caught it on sale but had never played one. I have played a lot of Teles and only came across 1 with a super thick neck. I guess that's how they were in the 50's? I don't know.

[@fuzzymuppet1990]

@1978garfield the 50s classic vibe necks should be the same size as the older standard and usa strats, thin C , weird mines def not a baseball bat, i have the black guard butterscotch one

[@sloppywompas]

if you get a chance to, you should check out an ibanez gio. they’re not bad at all and sit around the $200 price range. i picked one up in 2010 as my first guitar and still have it to this day!

[@TaylorDanley]

I HAVE ONE SITTING RIGHT HERE! Just hoping I can get a sponsor for the video to cover the cost of the guitar. But I will have a video on it soon!

[@16pak14]

Every Stratocasters styled guitars I ever had were HSS guitars , and I find them better for metal playing . I have a Squire HSS Bullet Strat, and I get a pretty mean sound from it. Helps that I have a Fender amp that goes with it .

[@MrSulfor]

I have a bullet HSS I got on sale for like $100 bucks. Thing hardly goes out of tune and is really versatile.

[@needsLITHIUM]

Some other people have made videos on these, and apparently they are routed for H-S-H under the pick guard. So they are just a pick guard swap and new wiring harness away from being a great mod platform. Personally, I'm more of a noiseless single or HP90 in the neck, and regular humbucker in the bridge kinda guy.

[@thetoneknob4493]

the older squire guitars from the 80s 90s had rosewood fret boards witch fender charges a 200$ premium for today! the mij guitars wer basswood bodies.and the made in usa squires used alder and maple or rosewood fret board. fender uses paoferro fret boards on alot of guitars now and saves the good rosewood for artist sig models and reissues. the custom shop gets all the good stuff.

[@uncleKai_SWW]

Guitar fetish rails and electronics are a great investment for these.

[@riffsnoleads]

You could spend a lot less elsewhere and get the same parts/quality. Guitar Fetish is such a joke of a site.

[@TaylorDanley]

🤔 idk what that is but now I’m curious

[@barryprosser1370]

Slick guitars are pretty nice on guitar fetish as well. ​@@TaylorDanley

[@MasterKtulu77]

I own 6 Squiers, all great, all project guitars that I worked on myself until I was satisfied. The first one I owned, was an Affinity I bought to learn to modify electronics, change parts, do full setups and fret work. Just know that it doesn't matter how you mod it or how much money you put into one, you will never increase it's re-sale value. Just enjoy them for what they are.

[@joesmith5617]

Can u review the squire bass vi it's amazing for low tuned metal

[@watcherzero000]

I got a Squier Contemporary Stratocaster HH FR Gunmetal Metallic but it was $469. I am a big Trevor Peres (Obituary) fan and he plays Fender Deluxe Double Fat Strat FR's. When I see a strat I think "I Don't Care"

[@riffsnoleads]

that's the proper mindset to have. fuck gear snobs

[@rockoutmichigan]

Fender is making good moves. I do love Squier basses, they're good workhorse instruments that won't break the bank. Never played any of their guitars.

[@TaylorDanley]

My Squier jazz bass is excellent! My much more expensive schecter bass gets almost 0 use after I purchased it. It just works for a mix almost perfectly every time.

[@TheBigWotep_]

@@TaylorDanley what model is it I've always been interested in getting a squire jazz bass but I know a lot of them are pretty bad

[@troyfrink]

My first guitar was a Squier Strat in 1997!

[@christophermichaels4144]

Yes do the Jim root video

[@KidNato]

The low end Squiers are a great value as a mod platform, especially if you can get them used.

[@TaylorDanley]

Agreed!

[@calebperry7288]

I bought one of these. The input was loose, frets were a bit sharp, and it quit working on day two. I returned it and found a used yamaha pacifica for 50$ more at my local guitar center. If you can stretch your budget or find one used, buy a pacficia.

[@Dez_The_Fox]

I have an '80s Squier Stratocaster. It was my first guitar, so I didn't know any better at that point. Although I have a '52 Les Paul, the Strat is still my favorite.

[@Arran263]

Hi, could you please make a video reviewing the Ibanez RG470DX-TMN? I really enjoy your videos and would love to see your honest review on a guitar that I am thinking of purchasing.

[@user-ls4pg7mt2g]

I got the same guitar at a pawn shop talked the guy down to 80 then I put emg singles in it great sounding guitar for metal

[@Yume-m2z]

Early 90s squiers were made by fender in the usa as its stated on the headstock, got one myself, plays very close to a fender strat in terms of sound....i think, not sure, the production ran during 2 years 91 and 92

[@DriverW900]

Mod it. Block the trem and put a humbucker in the bridge. It would be cool to see an affordable, like guitar fetish, pickups and set up for heavier strings and lower tunings. A lot of kids get guitars like this when they start, they outgrow it quicker than they have to. I'm sure with a few simple mods they can get much more mileage out of them.

[@riffsnoleads]

Why not just setup (or learn how to) the tremolo? Strat tremolos are very capable of maintaining tuning, even with heavy use I have two (CHEAP ones) and play Slayer and EVH nonsense all the time with no issues

[@TaylorDanley]

I think the idea is because the springs are noisy af, and rather than try to combat that on a tremolo that's not really made for tremolo-y type stuff, it's easier to block and eliminate the spring noise and hassle. I don't think I've ever used one of these types of tremolos in any meaningful way. They're kind of like tone knobs (ironically tone knob was usable here lol)

[@SlavJerry]

this seems like a solid mod platform

[@TieNylon]

I love Squiers and own seven of them. My 20th Anniversary Squier Strat is one of the finest guitars I have ever played (and I have owned half a dozen Fender Strats over the years). Properly set-up with decent strings, Squiers come alive. If you play through effects pedals, you will be hard-pressed to notice $2000 worth of difference between a Fender and a Squier. Today's Squiers are very good guitars, excellent value, and are not easily dismissed as simply being for "beginners". So are today's Epiphones, which lately have been exceptionally well-made (like their Les Paul Custom, which is tremendous). Perhaps the big manufacturers finally figured out the economy has tanked and people are stretched. These are good guitar-buying times for folks with limited budgets. Tough times for cork-sniffers!

[@xebio6]

@@TieNylon How do you rate the "Duncan-designed" pups that some Squires come with? Thx in advance!

[@karlblanchette5217]

I bought a Pink squier sonic and I love it. :)

[@CABALDRUMMER]

Fun watch. Dude you should look into one of those new Ltd M200DX

[@JaredPitcher]

My most recent guitar is a Squier Contemporary Jaguar, and the fretwork, fit and finish are far better than my Mexican Fender Telecaster. Squier makes excellent instruments for decent prices, and I think public opinion is finally recognizing they've been steadily improving all these years.

[@TaylorDanley]

Finally, only took like 20 years! lol

[@apoplexiamusic]

Single coil? Not a problem. Buy a baritone conversion neck from Warmoth, tune it to drop F or E and that single coil will be your friend. Even better if you can get them fancy noiseless ones

[@charlesharper7292]

Fretboard is gorgeous.

[@totalbullion5882]

I learned on a squire II decades ago, it was a great guitar.

[@TaylorDanley]

They're pretty good!

[@tankdarla637]

I bet they are selling like crazy! Looks good.

[@terrygilliland5405]

Like to see "I tried the most expensive guitar on the planet" lol I bought a squire strat in 1998, one of those pack deals, comes with amp and tuner, never messed with it much, and about six years ago put loaded pick guard from stew mac and finally a proper set up and it's great guitar

[@CMINCOGNITO]

were in a golden age of affordable guitars

[@ltd4all]

The guitar is already routed for HSH pickups.

[@user-ls4pg7mt2g]

Put single coil emg in it you'll love it

[@driftthekaliyuga7502]

Everything Fender makes is good right now. Everything. EVH, charvel, Jackson, squire. I haven’t tried a Gretsch but I’d buy one without hesitation because it’s fender. Guitars, basses, amps, pedals, the Presonus stuff. I play death metal but if I could only play fender stuff I’d be completely set.

[@joshhayes8172]

Oh hell yea bro .... i rocked a Tele in a death metal band for a min ..... twangy and brutal riffs strangly work together

[@JohnnyBgood548]

Did you say side quest! Another Tigtone fan!

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Ridiculously good for the money.

[@AlexandarJL]

If you're into strats and metal, the Sonic series ( yes a bit more expensive) but the H TT - one humbucker in the bridge shreds like hell! Highly recommend you to check it out. In pink ofc 😌

[@TaylorDanley]

Of course! 💪

[@johncollins5552]

So cheap you can just get a rattlecan and make it any color you want.

[@anthonystark5412]

Dude, over the past couple of years, I have watched enough of your videos to know that you're not a Toan-Fuhrer. That tone knob adjustment at 21:30 resulted in some really good rhythm tone - for $119!?

[@riffsnoleads]

HOLY SHIT! TAYLOR USED A TONE KNOB! BLASPHEMY! POSER! HACK! SHILL! jkjk I've been playing a 2001 Squier Affinity Pbass my whole life with no desire to upgrade any of it. The only people who hate cheap gear are either aesthetic brained or trying to justify their spending habits. side note: I bet that tremolo can keep tune, just needs a setup.

[@TaylorDanley]

Hahaha, single coil guitars are the only time I can justify a tone knob lol

[@riffsnoleads]

@@TaylorDanley come one dude, gotta embrace that Fudge Tunnel, Obituary, Celtic Frost, Nailbomb vibe (0 on tone knob, high gain, humbuckers)

[@denverrandy7143]

"I want a girl who leaves her makeup on the shelf"👍

[@TaylorDanley]

SOMEONE NOTICED. I'm a Weezer fan, don't tell anyone...

[@denverrandy7143]

​@@TaylorDanleySounded great with the Katana.👍I'm gonna hafta look into one...Great distortion...Oh,Weezer just celebrated the 30th anniversary of the blue album on Spotify KZbin channel with playing some of the songs.Was Great.

[@ProdBanks-el9nn]

You know I have an old squire and I was just thinking to myself if it’s even worth throwing on some new strings and giving it a full set up for shits n giggles. I think I will now

[@TaylorDanley]

Do it champ! 💪

[@billyturk8117]

I used to have that same ATG shirt

[@TaylorDanley]

They had them on sale for like $20 about a year ago… couldn’t pass that up

[@joeydurant6267]

To this day one of the only strats I've ever bonded with was a sparkle blue squire super strat of some kind... It had the black logo so maybe it was one of those not intended for America ones or whatever but it had a factory Floyd rose, HSH set up and played great. Reminded me of a Bruce Dickinson sign or something. A buddy had bought it as his first guitar. Got it at GC in the very early 2000s cuz I was still in highschool... Would had to have been maybe even a late nineties depending on how long it sat at GC. Still stands out in my mind cuz it was right in that era of the strat packs and seeing bc rich guitars at sam goodys... That's why there's still that lingering hate for Epiphone and squire both... I'm 40 and if you're that age ya know they were shit back then... I had a us made Peavey predator that up until that squire had put every strat I played to shame. Shouldve kept that Peavey. And my Electra sg. Damn Ive lost some nice guitars over the years lol.

[@tankdarla637]

It looked like you were putting Listerine on the fretboard...hahahahahahaha

[@braydenroden]

“Lets get a meter to see how loud this is” The neighbors: “ITS TOO FUCKEN LOUD!!!”

[@gabrielsalazar9969]

Question: Where did you get that Witch shirt, man? I'm a big fan of that movie. I always see you have some sick horror movie shirts in your videos.

[@TaylorDanley]

Creep o rama!

[@briandipierro8865]

I just picked up some weird offset strat looking SSS guitar for $30 that I wanted to use as a modding platform, Sam Ash apparently had Brownsville as their store brand (that's what it is) and it weighs next to nothing But this is tempting me so bad to get a Squier.

[@allenmahan9393]

Hey, Taylor. I might buy the black one and modify it ...

[@TaylorDanley]

Do it! Let me know how it goes!

[@lepotat3700]

I saw that lichtlaerm lamp 👀 video on that soon?

[@patrickshannon4516]

Yeah they get pretty expensive for their headstock labels at fender.. LoL 😅 yeah I like it but would rather have it with wide 70s style headstock.

[@TaylorDanley]

Yeah those are pretty cool!

[@barryprosser1370]

I really dig squire guitars. Glad people are starting to understand how good they actually are. 🤘🤘🤘

[@TaylorDanley]

It true!! They really have come a long way (supposedly, I never played them before 2011 or whatever it was)

[@heavybrett-al4082]

Buying cheap in the 90's, I sort of feel sorry for people today looking for a cheap starter axe, as the choice out there on a budget is insane and the quality of some are really good at there price points. Interesting times to love shredding.

[@TaylorDanley]

Haha, I feel sorry for them but then remember what our options were and immediately don't feel sorry anymore.

[@larslevinberget9558]

NEVER heard that Squire was an independent brand aquired by Fender, that's new even to me! Gotta look into this... Squire was made in Japan 1978 and so on, for about $400-600 and often better than USA CBS Fender from the 70s and then came Fender Japan in 1980, for around 800 and then new Fender USA models 1986 for 1000 and up. Then came the 90s and the Mexican Fenders adopted Squire's role. And so Fender by Squire made in Korea around 1994 and the reputation started to drop...

[@mollyXdallas]

Would sell the Jim root square teley?

[@TaylorDanley]

Yeah, that's probably what will happen. The plan was to make that video and sell it... that was like 4 years ago haha.

[@D4emonspawn]

Rondon music sells amazing budget guitars that you could try out.