Squier Affinity Series FMT HSS Stratocaster Demo & Review | One Ray

[@gorgon9786]

Great go through!. Did you do any setup before making this video?. I mean, - since the unboxing?

[@OneRayMusic]

Thank you so much! Yes, I set the neck relief, adjusted the action, and set the intonation.

[@stopthink9000]

Subbed! Awesome demo, you make that thing sing! I have the same guitar and love it. It looks great like you said but something about the feel keeps me coming back to it from my other guitars. Of note: I've had mine for a couple of years and the bright white pickguard has turned cream. No sunlight or smoke, just gradually faded I guess. It looks even better now with the cream guard than the bright white one. Pickup covers and knobs stayed bright white so prob different type of plastic. Enjoy! Im off to go listen to your albums!

[@OneRayMusic]

I’m so sorry for my delay in responding! Wow! Thank you so very much! That’s really cool you have the same axe. I’m kinda hoping my pick guard turns cream now. I totally agree about feeling comfortable on this Strat. I’ve been playing it at my gigs the past few weeks, and it’s been choice. That’s so frickin’ cool you’re checking out my albums, too! Thank you again for listening and subscribing! I appreciate it so much! 🍻

[@jpizzleforizzle]

Fun trick to keep vintage trems in tune. Tune a string, dive the bar. Repeat until that one string stays in tune. Do this for each string. After that, if you do a big bend and a string goes out of tune, just press the bar down and magically the string will go back into tune without touching the tuners.

[@OneRayMusic]

Cool trick! I’ll have to try that! Thanks! 🍻

[@hexicanpapa1930]

The improv riffs were killer......expand on that one bud !

[@OneRayMusic]

Thanks, man! Will do!

[@Puru_hoja_Shuru]

This Fender model vs Yamaha Pacific 112VMX. I am going to buy one of these What would you recommend? I like to play blues, jazz and exotic music like arabic and raags, but also want to explore other genres. Thankyou

[@OneRayMusic]

It’s been a long time since I’ve played a Pacifica, but I remember it being a good guitar. I genuinely think you’d be good to go with either this Squire or the Pacifica for the styles you mentioned. Thanks so much for watching, and never stop jamming! 🍻

[@jefftangen9280]

Good review. With the larger headstock, is there any neck dive?

[@OneRayMusic]

Thank you so much! Fortunately, there’s no neck dive. I was torn on the larger CBS era-style headstock, but I’m starting to dig it.

[@russellnash4059]

I just bought the blackburst one last week. Loved it, but I replaced everything on it, lol. I would have loved it even if I hadn't gutted it, but let me tell you, put some gold on the black one. I found that I loved the middle pickup. Neck was ok. Bridge was awful. I got a custom pickguard and put an SD 78 Trembucker with a couple of SD single coils. The bones of this guitar are awesome, though. I would recommend this for sure.

[@OneRayMusic]

I looked at the blackburst as well. With those mods, I bet your axe is singing now! Thanks so much for watching, and never stop jamming! 🍻

[@Heka41]

How does it do metal tones?

[@OneRayMusic]

If you use the bridge humbucker with a higher gain amp, you can get some good metal tones. Thanks so much for watching! 👊🏻😎🍻

[@Heka41]

@@OneRayMusic Thanks for replying.

[@OneRayMusic]

Of course! You’re welcome!

[@donalbrady]

That riff you made up was really cool. It reminded me of Tom Morello 🤟🏼

[@OneRayMusic]

That’s a huge compliment! Thank you! I may have to do something with it.

[@tedyrusafa8271]

Congratulations! Very good!

[@OneRayMusic]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!!