WILL IT CHUG? - Squier Bullet Stratocaster

[@OlaEnglund]

WILL IT CHUG? The Squier Bullet Strat... yeah

[@LiemLeMusic]

Ola Englund woo. I also have a squier bullet strat as well

[@Machinedmetal]

It’s going to chug!!

[@Machinedmetal]

Got a friend who only plays one guitar. That fender is it! Neck rode is probably loose.

[@Machinedmetal]

Obviously it’s going to sound different with a solar!

[@SiegeRylo]

Ola Englund you are the man! I love your videos brother!! I’ve been chugging for 19 years and you inspire me to chug everyday!!

[@CamXXL]

"It's not that bad, It's just that it sucks" Lmao

[@uramura9368]

It is great, Iron maiden sound.

[@jakubsabosz2933]

@@uramura9368 Not really, Iron Maiden uses has either HSS/HSH setup on strats and Hot Rails humbucker (mini humbucker), and Smith generally plays 2 x HH guitars. So, no.

[@maximilianodelrio]

Đura Mura nope

[@skyline2601]

@@jakubsabosz2933 in the early days used single coils if im not mistaken, but it was the 70s after all and they were kind of punk oriented.

[@2927bronxny]

There are more Squier guitars in the world than humans.

[@marty644]

Lie

[@denismacfarlane255]

And to think all because of Billy Squier.

[@seanathonhooper]

@@marty644 nah he's probably right

[@erikfraunfelter3628]

You mean Mitchell guitars at Guitar Center, lol!

[@k.a.m_dh9959]

More squiers than ants...

[@CommunistSpyware]

It damn better chug cuz its the only guitar i can afford

[@xopiglet9372]

CommunistSpyware lmaooo

[@aririariribo6989]

@Ham Is Haram Lol wtf?

[@jetpilot3423]

@Ham Is Haram LMFAOOOOO

[@thales2608]

@Ham Is Haram genious

[@kaiser7695]

The HSS version can chug better

[@BradTheProducer]

Squier presents Nevertune Bridges, new at NAMM 2020.

[@ognjcc]

wdym i got the same guitar it's always in tune, i tune it like 1 time in 2 weeks sounds completely normal if you don't use a whammy bar

[@theabsolute23]

Огњен Same, my squire holds tune quite well if you don’t use the trem bar.

[@nmo_d5s]

@@theabsolute23 Pro tip: Pop the strings out of the string trees or get a pair of graph tech trees. If you really want to put money into making a squier play decently, ditch the trees and get a set of staggered locking tuners and grease the guitar' nut. Hipshot is a good brand. $50 and all the whammy abuse you want and it'll never go out of tune.

[@SimonBrinckmann]

@@nmo_d5s that's almost what I did... Now it's the most tuning-stabile guitar I have... The stock parts are crap...

[@scottykingdavid]

Just stretch the strings out near the tuning pegs.. and it will stay in tune well. And dive bomb away . Still in tune

[@leomessi7058]

My Squier is one of those "one in a million" that stays in tune and sounds beautiful... I feel fortunate. 😂

[@datukaruma1563]

Actually the deluxe, CV and VM all stays in tune. The deluxe even have a usable 2 point trem.

[@leomessi7058]

Franky FourFingers I have a Left Handed Affinity Series Squier Strat.

[@metalrebel7506]

Lucky bastard, mine always goes out of tune even when I just tuned it

[@westtexasrailfan]

Mine just straight up sucks. Took it to be set up/frets tapped into place, and even the dude at the store said I'd be better off with a really cheap knockoff from Amazon or a used Ibanez. But it's all I've got, so I'll work with it until I move up in my level of playing.

[@lonniemurray4742]

West Texas Railfan I’ve gotten some REALLY good bullets before but you have to try them out at store before you buy

[@icewatericewater]

No lie, this is one of my favorite tones you have ever had.

[@stomer214]

lol it`s so weird to see Ola playing a strat

[@WildWildWeasel]

It's not the first time Ola plays a Strat though. There's another old video he has of a different one.

[@kongandbasses8732]

Basically his Solar Double Cut guitars are kind of a superstrat. They are more similar than different.

[@IgoRthethrasher]

Weird it could be if he would play a fucking trumpet...

[@TastyChevelle]

As he ages, so do his tastes. Dire Straits covers here we come!

[@NivanSharma]

Stomer seriously though

[@mcswordfish]

I love chugging on my (23 year old Squier) Strat - there's something about the high-end clarity that I really like. Admittedly, I'll use position 2 or 4 to avoid the monstrous hum I get in a high-gain situation.

[@davidkastin4240]

Get a noise gate pedal to eliminate 60 cycle hum. I have a 20 yr old Squier standard and the pickups are awesome.

[@supermastater]

I absolutely love that distorted twang that you get on single coil strats/tele’s, you don’t get that with humbuckers.

[@davelanciani-dimaensionx]

I love using a Telecaster copy with single coils for heavy tones. I roll back the tone control just a bit to mellow the hum slightly. Listen to early King's X albums for some very cool and heavy strata sounds.

[@OlaEnglund]

unless you split them... which you can on a solar guitar, OH SHIT I OWN THAT COMPANY CHECK IT OUT WWW.SOLAR-GUITARS.COM /Modest president

[@darthshaggy9970]

yes! i use a stratocaster to play djent, prog metal or maybe math rock, its sounds just amazing, the single coils twang helps a lot in the chord progression songs

[@philanaemic]

I was surprised to find that so much of early RATM guitar sound was Telecaster neck pickup. I love P90 single coils, I used Bareknuckle's Pig90 in 2 of my guitars.

[@supermastater]

Ola Englund Been a pround owner of a a1.6 frc carbon black for almost a year now Ola! And a copy of guitarist edition od your solo album. Awesome stuff!

[@brians3948]

I've been chuggin with a damn strat for so long I've fukt my perception of life

[@orocrussellanthonycantila4136]

I also chugged with a strat and my band fucking won

[@mr.chocolatehazelnutspread8317]

all strats can chug like a beast you just need a good amp lol

[@MrMortadelas]

5:05 WTF? The single coil sounded angrier. I got to get myself a tele and a noise gate.

[@MrMortadelas]

@Reed Tard Jim Root uses not only humbuckers but active ones as well.

[@prodchronic]

@Reed Tard you're 12 years old go to school kid

[@2free2snakes]

Yes, single coils have that glassy quality to them. They're usually much brighter than humbuckers.

[@jonathanmonroy10]

I did some metal stuff with my squire tele and a noise gate into my peavey vyper :) it sounds killer, highly recommend. If you wanna see it go to my instagram @ Lavishvro

[@Axess-sv8nq]

P90 pickups are the in-between single coil and humbucker sound. With this guitar, I would throw a dual-rail (humbucker in single coil size) in the bridge position. It will chug AND be quiet.

[@James-eg3nf]

4:04 "I mean this would have been a lot more fun if I wasn't constantly battling the instability of the tuning.." said every Gibson Les Paul owner.

[@gabriellesta7568]

Gibson SG owner

[@brostoevsky22]

My Epiphone SG 400 stays in tune. The Epiphone headstock has a better shape and angle for tuning stability.

[@daveshank1921]

I had a Epiphine Les Paul Studio. It stayed in tune better than my Dean 350C and my 77 Guild D40c.

[@leestanford2452]

Returned the first and only Paul I ever bought within a week due to intonation.

[@wxdanwx]

"it sounds pretty cool actually I mean it's different from a humbucker" maybe it's time to play around with some (noise cancelling) singlecoils?

[@kongandbasses8732]

Noise chancelling single coils are basically humbucker in another shape. Like stacked coils, not side by side as you see in usual humbucker. Use a noise gate for full single coil goodness. And use shielding tape to shield your electronic cavity. Thats it.

[@Axess-sv8nq]

Dual rails would be the best alternative to those Squier single coils. Guitar Fetish and Dragonfire are decent low-cost ones.

[@jimshea2292]

Or flip the pickup selector up one tick and the noise is gone. Easiest way to get rid of pickup noise in just about every Strat.

[@Powerlete]

Fishman pickups has that option. Look up tosin abasi signature pickups from fishman

[@JS-us8mg]

Kong and Basses not true... there are noise cancelling singles available.. and true single coils.. check out fender noiseless and suhr pickups..

[@illuipereirasouza7494]

As a proud Squier owner this video has made my day. I would dare say it doesn't chug, it cHUMMMMMgs.

[@jakub8294]

This video is so good that builder on scaffolding behind my window stayed and watched it with me

[@jakub8294]

@BA MikeFoxtrot I'm 100% shure it's because Ola was playing strat.

[@williamcozart9166]

He was really just watching your wife in the next room dude.

[@emissary25]

What are you going to do when you look through your window at bedtime and see that he's still there?!

[@demolitionman5782]

Thats creepy as fuck

[@marclafferty6416]

I have the same bullet strat. I liked the colour. Mine wasn’t too bad out of the box but some new tuners and a good set up it’s actually a really good guitar.

[@PNGtwentyfour]

Been playing guitar a long time. PRS, Ibanez, Peavy, Gibson. Just bought my first strat yesterday. It's a game changer. Ola mentioned that he likes the sound of a single coil through the same amp - agree. It has a brighter more articulate character that I've been looking for my whole life.

[@Vito_A]

This was my first guitar, changed out the neck to a sclloped neck, and YJM fury pickups, locking tuners . Now i never touch it because i have a Solar

[@pinkbastard2.080]

Does it play good

[@Vito_A]

@@pinkbastard2.080 Yah, it screams

[@joeyr88]

My first as well. I went with esp and ibanez

[@pinkbastard2.080]

@@joeyr88 is schecter guitars good, and which Ibanez would be good for beginners?

[@zdubbs7609]

It’s my first and the only guitar I have

[@wesharris5650]

Ola's Got that whole Jerry Cantrell look going Rocking that Strat Cheers!!

[@tylerbrittan593]

Coffee with Jerry Cantrell!

[@Brentqvaleenjoyer]

G&L rampage with one pickup is infinitely cooler than a strat

[@danielsgrunge]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@lancepage1914]

I was happy with any electric guitar when I was 13 years old. We all must start somewhere.

[@matejkovac6992]

we must STRAT somewhere*

[@garbo9251]

@@matejkovac6992 nice

[@johnoverbay576]

love the will it chug series, its very informative and very enjoyable to watch

[@mcdeanos4590]

Will it chug on a Vox ac30!!

[@mikusheep]

*pulls out metal zone* sure it will

[@mcdeanos4590]

MikuSheep hahaha *laughs in 8 string tuned to drop q*

[@alexk5325]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6WmiXWMetiKerM this video proves it can hehe

[@celticfury7328]

Brian May got some seriously heavy godlike tones from his AC30s!

[@MikeCarvin]

Brian May already confirmed that 40+ years ago.

[@TheCsabi86]

I have listened this video many-many times in mp3 format, and must to say, I like the single-coil sound much better than the humbucker sound. Much aggressive and crispy.

[@gergoolle5773]

Wierd, but i liked more the bullett's sound when he switched to his solar.

[@De50lat0r]

Same. Sounds like the humbuckers take a lot of the high end frequencies off of the tone. I see now what people mean when they say humbuckers sound darker than single coils.

[@jayz6008]

Single coils have lots of clarity. Humbuckers tend to sound muddier at times. But the positive side is theres not as much noise. When deciding between the two its about finding the right balance.... there are also active single coils though so that's an option. .. personally I love single coil tones but can't stand the noise

[@Saber-2]

I agree I got a starcaster which is not even a squire. but wanted to play meshuggah stuff and I'm pretty happy with the sound lol, yes tuning is an issue but you learn to make it up with your fingers

[@jayz6008]

@@Saber-2 wtf you probably suck then

[@DMNDREG]

Right!!! That bullett sound was better to me

[@xsonicassassinx]

Ola, i finally got around to listening to MOTU (sorry it took so long). you managed to make a guitar driven album that doesn't feel pretentious or forced. the songs flow well together. everything has it's place. incredibly tasteful. i still absolutely abhor sax in metal songs, but i'll look past it. well done, Ola. you deserve to be incredibly proud of it \m/

[@lordpickle8424]

4:24, lolol, I like how it starts buzzing immediately as soon as he stops playing.

[@homevalueglass3809]

That's a single coil for ya

[@Niven42]

I have this exact same guitar, and I can tell you... the struggle is real. :(

[@andiarman5709]

You can also tap to. 5:22 and listened to solar noise alitlle bit.

[@theviolinoob]

5:22

[@elnyoutube123]

I like the hum in the background. Makes it sound so much more badass. It makes it seem like more is going on especially in a recording.

[@adityarohanik0]

This is going to be my first guitar (once it finally manages to get shipped) Stress level : 99.99%

[@emilcaldera]

My first guitar was a Squier Strat, with the same singlecoils and with a nice distortion sounds amazing, now it doesn't sound at all but in it's time, was breath taking

[@capiroteofficial8372]

meshuggah`s bleed on start - that would be something!

[@williamcozart9166]

"On a strat", I assume you meant.

[@Berzibuh]

And at 3:00? Do you know what song it is? It's killing me..! Lol

[@Kaiwa3000]

Infantryman, Airborne he uses active pickups on fender bodies

[@dukelightyear4207]

3:00 sounds like something that belongs on a Lamb of God album

[@rowdy5.9L]

Yea it was heavy asf. I liked how he did the ending of that riff.

[@jussit3909]

Single coil actually sounded pretty nice :) I've understood that the Bullet Strats are rather bad in terms of quality. I have a slightly more expensive Squier that is actually okay, but it goes out of tune quite easily. But even if you upgrade the bridge and the tuners, it's still 1/3 of the price of a quality guitar. So yea.. at least it's pretty decent value for the money.

[@CMRonin]

I have a decent squier strat that I swapped the pickups on to high gain single coils and it sounds pretty great but once I get money I really really need a noise gate

[@uramura9368]

Any guitar can chug with right pedal or amp, but not every amp can chug. Some may chug but only on low volume, for example Fender Bassman or DeVille. Maybe author of this videos can test in that way, loud chug. That is real test. Thumb up for chug test idea. Such videos were unimaginable in my garage band days. Keep chuging!

[@MrGuitarplayerdude]

I have a bullet squier. I threw in some Seymour Duncan hotrails and got a good setup with some nice tuners and the guitar absolutely shreds. Sounds huge through a 6505

[@ChrisFranklyn]

There's a hardtail bullet with a humbucker which might help with stability and noise. But I actually like how this one sounds in the video :)

[@calebheney302]

The first guitarist for Suicidal Tendencies used single coils on their first record. Super cool sound actually.

[@thomash4447]

Also Trevor Perez of Obituary plays rhythm on a single coil Strat............Love that sound

[@TheJMan1K]

My 3 choices for single coils that I’d use are fender noiseless, fishman, or EMG (regular and retro actives). You can use regular singles but you‘ll have to use a decent gate. Also making a faraday cage is very important when using singles.

[@skyraider87]

Something about the dirtier sound of a bullet strat with high gain is so beautiful

[@JosePineda-jn8jk]

Surprisingly articulate but I guess that’s the single coils doing their job

[@proteus2103]

That sounded surprisingly chuggy. Oh, and noise gates are a great thing with single coils.

[@Tysandifer]

Yeah it goes out of tune...just like anything else you put new strings on a d don't play a but to stretch them out

[@opheeeeeelia]

big round of applause, i know im late but i was literally thinking the same exact shit

[@collecter3456]

But it’s a cheap guitar so it sucks no matter what! Lol

[@joshuadelsaraza4782]

@@collecter3456 I mean, u wouldn't expect smth surprising like an expensive guitar except if it has a good setup and good tuning heads

[@Josh-d6j4b]

@@collecter3456 not everyone can afford custom shops buddy

[@collecter3456]

@@Josh-d6j4b Sarcasm.

[@H.E.M.]

I love playing through a single coil pickup. The twangy sounds makes it sound different.

[@SixString_J5]

Hey Ola! You might try positions 2 and 4 for a small amount of noise cancelling. Also a gate is essential for high gain on single coils especially if you are running lights and camera and all sorts of other electronics in the room causing the 60 cycle hum. I am however shocked that the thing won't stay in tune. Squier has been touted for stepping up their game lately. If you were going to keep it, which is obvious you won't, I'd recommend blocking the trem, a tusq nut, and Fender locking tuners.

[@janzelf]

Bullets aren't that well made these days. They're okay, but not 'for the money' anymore. Better to get a Harley Benton or even better and cheaper; a Fazley Outlaw Plus, these already have tusq nut - properly filed slots, etc. These Bullet Squiers aren't well serviced out of the box. Gotta do some work; filing down the fret-ends, filing down the nut-slots (keeps the guitar in tune), probably some intonation and hardtailing the trem, but definitly doing some shielding on the electronics which are just covered by a bare pickguard and bodycavity, probably swimming pool-style. Also, true about switching to different positions, was looking for this comment already, he didn't even touched the switch ;)

[@Vlad-bi1ss]

I played metal on a stratocaster for so long that I kind of love the sound of a distorted single coil

[@alextheguitarist7282]

Person: Has a Jazz guitar with lipstick pickups. Ola Englund: Will it chug?

[@mouse_eater]

Lipstick pickups are usually wired in series, so they most certainly chug

[@alextheguitarist7282]

@@mouse_eater Never knew that...thanks

[@NekroMcFly]

The sound on the Squier is more detailed and bright. Love it.

[@LJacyHenry]

Always use the second switch position that usually kills 3/4 of that hum.

[@fredriksvard2603]

Still too much. Just put something good in, like in a jim root model.

[@acuevas3344]

use the 2 and 4th position to cancel the noise................then tune your sound with the gknob.......

[@JbfMusicGuitar]

WILL IT CHUG? Yeah, pretty much. WILL IT TUNE? Hmm, not so much.

[@IHateIdiots21]

I have one of these, it was given to me. Painted it white, threw some black hardware, a black HSH with Dragonfire pickups pickguard on it and some Schaller tuners. It's now my favorite guitar. Thin neck and light weight.

[@Axess-sv8nq]

Slap a dual-rail pickup in the bridge position, throw on set of locking tuners, and the Squiers do pretty well for chugging.

[@simoantere7283]

As a black metal guy it was kinda funny as every time you had a problem regarding the sound, I loved it. The noise on the background is great for a cavernous black metal sound, and so is the slight instability.

[@oliveoilxtravrgn6855]

I have a similar guitar but it has Humbuckers so it's still good to see

[@VintageDefectors69]

I got a new Bullet Strat from 2017 since it was so cheap and looked so cool (the black HSS one with the sparkly pickguard) and it was amazing to me. The pickups aren't good obviously, but they weren't horrid. The humbucker definitely helped a lot. The tuners were also bearable which I think is probably the thing they've updated the most on these. If you don't use the trem it actually stays in tune very well on the new ones (depending on the setup I'm sure). That's my take.

[@DBRguardian]

Dude we got the same guitar except my can't have a whammy bar

[@VintageDefectors69]

@@DBRguardian I think the newest ones are all stop tails, which is probably better.

[@tuomashaukka5667]

I've been using a tele for metal for years now. I just love the completely different high end character of single coil pickups.

[@nmnmnm9509]

Aswell hallowbody and( jazz arctop)guitars are really good for metall and high distortion!

[@jleighwolfe]

Lot of metal guitarists play teles. They have a unique bite to them

[@miguelaguero9661]

Immagine going to a cannibal corpse concert and they pull out one of these

[@r3ngokuking]

Damn, the single coils kind of sound like Megadeath and Testament had a baby.

[@elephantt2077]

3:18 Time to install locking tuners

[@jpob5]

You should see if a guitar with Lipstick pickups chugs next

[@ofadetergentsud]

If you want this tone without the hum, EMG makes active stacked single coils. My dad used one on his Squier. They sound really good.

[@Praetor_Encarmine]

I love the single coil sound in metal tones, more than the humbucker one. It's a pity all the hum they made.

[@jefferydavis3332]

Way back in 1998, at the age of 14, I got my first guitar and of course it was a squier. I also got a little kustom combo amp with an overdrive switch. At that time, the internet was just starting to boom with guitar lessons and tabs and I was eating it up. I have great memories of me sitting in my room by myself for many hours a day playing guitar having dreams of becoming a rock star, lol. I learned so much in that first year on the squier guitar and kustom amp. These days I play shows out with my band like 2-3 times a month here in the greater Cleveland area and I play on American hss strats, a fender tone master twin reverb 212 combo, and the boss gt-100. And I love this set up because it sounds awesome, is super versatile, and easy to cart around.

[@kobiban]

There’s some songs using a single coil guitar on Wintersuns first album, and it sounds killer. Really twangy and cool.

[@TheValeus]

Thanknyou for this video)) the year 2001 my mother bought me red Squier Affinity Stratocaster. After a while I put on the bridge custom made hambucker, chahged electronic to diMarzio, and, for my home playing it still OK)) and always in tune))) Thank you Mum!!!

[@sethdoty5356]

5:22 I caught that, your Solar is making the same kind of noise you were complaining about the strat!

[@21stcenturymetal31]

I think its the amp itself or possibly the nano drive. I heard it as well. However cheap single coils don't help with the buzzing.

[@kitoyobeni1]

@@21stcenturymetal31 He's using so much gain without a gate that any guitar will make some noise.

[@tdu5777]

@@21stcenturymetal31 even the gain from the dark terror is a lot. Running that boost in front will definitely produce some noise using most guitars.

[@21stcenturymetal31]

Agreed fellas

[@JeremyMcCant]

The bridge on a strat has such a SICK tone with high gain that I've always loved!!! I LOVE humbuckers, but that single coil is SICK!!!!

[@Rebel-zw5hv]

“That’s the good thing about humbuckers they get rid of some of the hum” -Ola 2019 lol really 😂 love ya man

[@krisitantobias]

This is why i like your videos because you are so true to your reviews. .

[@ryotaryuu]

Staying with cheap guitars how bout an Epiphone SG special.

[@brostoevsky22]

Those are horrible! An Epiphone SG 400 is pretty good (the one with the glued in neck).

[@devoarepunk]

I have a 2010 Squier Strat I got pre-loved, with some custom pickups for like $175. Its my favorite guitar and im proud to say it.

[@fovxoe2011]

man i love this guy's playing, i think he's my favourite guitarist in the whole world ! (not saying he's the best, before ppl start launching pointless debate...)

[@Antlegs]

I have a bullet with a humbucker setup and it is really good

[@jamesm6570]

Hi Ola, have you heard the new Exhorder record yet? It would be interesting to have your take on it. Cheers

[@whitaker_media]

Oooh, gotta try out this rig with Yngwie's supposed "humless" single coils... or something with a hot rail!

[@sharpshooter1159]

Personal experience: Squiers can only stay in Standard tuning, and just barely.

[@birdsaresinners3373]

I tuned my squier affinity strat to drop a, it's doing pretty good

[@disco4535]

E flat

[@TheJabics]

Get different gauge strings

[@kaiser7695]

lil kit kat fender guitars are really good at drop tuning

[@birdsaresinners3373]

@@kaiser7695 yeah, especially with 11 gauge strings

[@TheMrsaintevil]

Single coil are nice to play, especially with fuzz type of pedals or fuzz + distortion

[@invay69]

WELCOME TO YNGWIE TERRITORY!!!

[@ieattacosforaliving341]

I have a bullet hhs limited edition trem system. Didnt really have tuning issues. Noticed the spacing on the nut is very narrow. So i added graphite and no tuning issues.

[@ericlassard3033]

No problem with single coils-use noise gate or noiseless singles, about tuning-proper thick strings and guitar setup-guitar taken directly from box usually dosent tune...:)

[@revolutionday1]

These kind of guitars are notorious for coming stock with some of the cheapest and shittiest tuners known to man or beast. Epiphone- I'm looking at you, too! One of THE absolute first things that should be immediately replaced on an "student-level" instrument, would be the tuners, and likely the nut as well. Otherwise, you're just purchasing an exercise in frustration and futility.

[@eduardoignaciolizanamirand8997]

An old guitar mate I used to play in a band with had the squier telecaster afinitty and this guitar reminds me that tone, and how noise it was

[@sh1maru]

Squier definitely sounds better than solar. Tremolo should be blocked with wooden block to fix the tuning issue. You can even try some sort of noiseless singles, like Yngwie

[@bradsmithstudios8881]

I like how he left the tag on so he can return it when he’s done shooting the video 😂

[@larrydicus7822]

I'm not as great of a guitarists like you, but I live the bullet strat. It's like 129 USD.

[@blackmoonfiend2369]

How are you chuging at the other strings except the first

[@nickdimitrievski3392]

As someone who used to own one of these...I can confirm that the stock tuners are absolute shit I replaced mine with Wilkinson’s after about a week of ownership

[@notryan1502]

Micro Dark: from “will it chug” to making other things chug I feel like that’s a place of honour on Olas channel

[@Wabin22]

You can't really do it justice if it's brand new, as with most guitars they will not hold tune with new strings, new/different humidity and so on. Squiers often do need a little bit of work like fixing the nut and such, but from then they are great. My Bullet Strat never goes out of tune, despite people saying the tuners are horrible.

[@starwolffan13]

I can't speak for the Bullet series, but I have an Affinity Squier Telecaster and I haven't changed the stock tuners and it never goes out of tune!

[@goodwillgoth7553]

pls do a Jazzmaster next

[@Axess-sv8nq]

Then, a Danelectro!

[@patrickkingsley402]

From personal experience, I can confidently say that Jazzmasters chug.

[@andy_182]

Patrick Kingsley just bought Jim roots Jazzmaster shit is crazy good

[@goodwillgoth7553]

@@andy_182 I tried one, badass af. Not JM Pickups tho

[@andy_182]

@@goodwillgoth7553 yeah i guess but a jazzmaster is a shape really

[@thatshaneguy546]

I got a squire it's one of my favorites. It stays in tune well, A good set up on your guitar goes along way

[@drivenbydemons6537]

Serious reply... As I get older and "smarter" I have to audition gear and tones with a basic drum and bass track. Everything chugs when you scoop the mids but in the mix it's pure wombat shit. I rate basic chug potential around everything else.

[@revolutionday1]

Probably the most intelligent and informed comment on this video so far.

[@bipbipletucha]

Next time you should try a higher-end Strat. The single coils sound great, and the higher quality components will add more fullness to the sound (those Squier pickups sounds incredibly thin) as well as improve tuning stability (with the inclusion of better trem units and tuners that aren't complete crap). I'd reccomend the Fender player or Vintera series, or even a squire classic vibr, all of which are very good guitars for the money (mostly under 1k). As for the hum, try a noise gate pedal next time! All the best to you Ola, love the series. Chug on!

[@RastaSaiyaman]

To people who say that Stratocasters aren't metal... - Gary Moore's "Nuclear Attack" is played on a Stratocaster. - Darron Malakian used a Stratocaster on System of a Down's first album. - YNGWIE MALMSTEEN! And then there's players like Billy Corgan, Hillel Slovak and John Frusicante who pulled awesome fat sustaining tones out of their Stratocasters. Notice that I didn't mention Iron maiden, that is that they have Humbuckers fitted to their stratocasters. The others used normal single coil pickups in their guitars.

[@GabrielGAS1201]

for smaller bands biffy clyro and arcane roots have some awesome heavy strat tones

[@BoyAditya]

Baroness new album pretty much fender with single coils (strat, tele and jazzmaster)

[@ippotsk]

I like to imagine that the tuning pegs slide back at a rate of 0.05 mm per note

[@extremefabi]

Weird, how i thought it was written "squire" all my life :D not medieval after all...

[@sampsonsimpson20]

I have a Squier Bullet strat and I had to change out the nut and put on locking tuners for it to stay in tune. It is enough to drive you crazy.

[@sammccomiskey5882]

Most Squires are meant to be modded, or thrown away. Sad fact of life

[@Johnny1.0]

New nut and tuners will take the suck out of it.

[@sammccomiskey5882]

@Infantryman, Airborne thing is, if you get some decent pickups, tuners, new sustain block for the bridge and a new nut, you'd end up with a solid guitar. Plus you'd be getting a great instrument for less than the price of a new one

[@kitoyobeni1]

@@sammccomiskey5882 I love modding guitars, but at some point you might as well just spend that same amount of upgrade money to get a better guitar. That Squier is still going to have a lesser quality body (cheaper wood) and neck (wood, frets), as well as electronics. I'd rather start with a guitar that only needs a few upgrades rather than the bulk of it.

[@bgilley8199]

@@sammccomiskey5882 these days you can buy a pretty high quality electric guitar for under $400, so why spend a bunch of money to upgrade a subpar instrument, unless you're trying to learn how to repair and upgrade guitars, then it's a good project. Squires are great for beginners, and some models are actually good instruments in their own rights, like some of the vintage squire strats, or some of the Tele or offset models.

[@ze-ce.cra_]

Unless it is a Classic Vibe, or at least a Vintage Modified

[@MightyZarquon]

Coooool! I’ve still got one of those, my first ever guitar, purchased in 1993. I just went and checked, and sure enough it also has the single coil pickup. It hasn’t been used in years, together with its partner, the HM3 Hyper Metal. Now I think about it, mine was a bit crap at staying in tune, too... not as bad as this, though! It also buzzed like crazy. This video brings back memories.... good and bad! ;)

[@AnkothOfficial]

For a good metal single coil sound, without the noise, use Seymour Duncan hot rails. I use them often, they are basically tiny humbuckers but designed like single coils, so less hum and higher output and still cool, spanky sound.