Squier Deluxe Hot Rails Stratocaster Olympic White | Review Demo

Squier Deluxe Hot Rails Stratocaster Olympic White | Review Demo
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[@thedragonzord_]

Keep up the awesome work Rob. I love all these squier reviews. Ive recently picked up the J Mascis Jazzmaster and was blown away with what squier has done. Almost immediately after that, i went out and bought a vintage modified jaguar. They get more play than my 90s fender strat. Really impressed with what Squier has done in the last few years

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Thank you very much 😎 the J mascis is the best Squier about imo such a great guitar in everyway, I do also like the Jaguars as long as you fix the bridge on them, I have done a few videos explaining that

[@Hunter-pw4mj]

man, i cannot get enough of these hot rails! been thinking about buying some hotrails to replace my bridge pickup on my vm mustang, and now i'm curious on how just replacing both pickups with hotrails would sound. thanks for the awesome video! i love your channel, man. great to see you uploading a bunch more!

[@theguitarmanifesto]

They are killer pickups, I bet the squier VM Stang would sound awesome with the HRs on. Glad you like the video dude and it's good to be back \m/

[@charliemarkham7418]

I bought this exact guitar recently and it is a beast.... 50 watt boss katana and this guitar are my happy place. Its plenty and more than enough to get over drums. I can move furniture and still have a little left on the knob. 👍

[@theguitarmanifesto]

One of the best squiers ever made

[@fedlad]

really cool looking Squier Strat and good covrer version too. looking forward to live stream later

[@theguitarmanifesto]

She is a beauty dude, yeah should be fun been a while, if you have any questions hit me with them tonight 🥃☑️🎸😎

[@cjstroked]

Class guitar....only change I made was I took the bridge pickup out and put a bill Lawrence l500xl....just filed the pickguard down to suit, so the humbuckers angled. Its a beast very versatile

[@iainholmes2735]

Nice look, sound and value. I'm reminded, what a great guitarist Mick Ronson was. Spiders from Mars (well from Hull, if we're honest !). Cheers.

[@MD_is_me]

Thanks fr this. Not a lot of vids demonstrating the cleans for this guitar. I'm converting a Squier Standard into a baritone and have a loaded HR PG I was considering as a replacement for the stock HSS PG. Sounds like the swap will work nicely.

[@shellydrew100]

Just love those 70's head-stocks :)

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Agreed

[@jaybuzz4071]

Meeee toooo !!!

[@tony.guitarplayer]

Just trade my Cort CR300 to that Strat. I love the tone middle and neck position. It gave me John Mayer-ish tone

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Nice awesome guitar big sound too 🤘😮🎸

[@shellydrew100]

What i really like about your channel Rob is that you always review affordable guitars , regardless of how long someone's been playing , from 1st time buyers right through the whole "spectrum", total respect to you Rob :)

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Thank you very much I always aim to check out guitars aimed at beginners and the average home use but also what is realistically priced

[@shellydrew100]

When i 1st started playing i felt sort of lucky , my best mate and me hadn't anyone to compare to...but wow we had so much fun learning , my very 1st electric was a Satellite LP copy with ribbon wound strings in it...45 quid i paid for it , i wish in a way i'd kept it :(

[@theguitarmanifesto]

I've had a couple of them Satellite LPs great guitars sound killer, you can sometimes pick them up on ebay pretty cheap. It's a lot of fun when you first start out

[@cybersectech3171]

I have this gem, it's light, the pickguard has faded to tan, the pickups are very dynamic.

[@theguitarmanifesto]

One of my favourite squirt guitars

[@timleem3609]

Great Squier guitar. Love the Olympic White w/black knobs. You can buy them here new in the U.S. for $ 300 in either white or black. Pickups sound great.

[@theguitarmanifesto]

That's a good price very limited over here brand new, she looks and sounds the part

[@davidkastin4240]

This is a great guitar! I don't know why used ones on eBay are so ridiculously high?

[@johnnorth9355]

The tonal range of those hot rails over the clean setting is awesome - you can see why their called hot ! This gives me a dilemma in that my Squire Strat could benefit from better pups and I was leaning to the MIM style ones. These sound worthy of consideration as well - which do you feel is the better choice Rob ? In the end I guess I would choose whatever gave the best classic Strat sound but would love it to rock as well.

[@theguitarmanifesto]

and to be honest they sounded even better in the room, awesome pickups. If you want a heavier sound go for the hot rails, if you want a classic strat sound go for mexican pickups 2009 onwards they are much better sounding after that year

[@VintageSG]

Try and find the rail pickups made by a company called Artec. They make AlNiCo and ceramic variants. I had the ceramics in my Strat. A 500K volume pot and alter the wiring slightly to run the bridge through the tone control and all was sweetness and light. Well, it was with the volume backed off. It would crunch like b@stard too, when needed. They're four wire, so you could just run one in the bridge and add a coil split if you wanted. I've got an AlNiCo rail in the bridge of my Tele and a hot ceramic in my lapsteel. Great for graunchyness. They retain some of the characteristics of single coils, but have a real edge to them.

[@jaybuzz4071]

@@theguitarmanifesto I found a set of deluxe hit rails on eBay new. I want to put them in a strat I have, I also have some 300k pots will they pair and can a push pull pot work with these or is there any need ?

[@murinator5948]

Man, your guitar really sounds exactly like mine :D The only bad thing about this hot rails are, that they can't handle that much gain that you playd with. But for this price it's a really good guitar.

[@markplenty]

Cool guitar!! I’ve got the vm 70s in black, just added an Artec Hotrail in the bridge, it rocks 😎

[@theguitarmanifesto]

ah nice dude white or black in a Strat is awesome

[@MrSpeed-lt8gr]

Man I wish they still made this guitar. Always loved it when I tried them out in the shop.

[@ClubPetFight]

You can buy pickgaurds with the real Duncan hot rails and drop them into a strat

[@eggmaneric3877]

Just picked one up for $99 USD Score! Great video sounds great!

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Nice that's a steal for an awesome guitar, probably one of the best strats i've owned

[@chrisselby8787]

Where? I am looking for a new one.

[@lovecraftmusic8717]

The quality seems really good, especially the paint work (olympic white is really nice). I like almost everything of this gutar: lacquer neck, rosewood fretboard, 2 pivots bridge, block saddles, white Pickguard & black plastics/pickups... The only thing that I don't like too much is the square shape of the pickups...and maybe even the big headstock. I should try one for sure.

[@AllTheCoolNamesAreTaken84]

Thinking of picking one of these up used since they don't seem to be in production anymore. Question for you... I'm a huge Corgan/SP fan and I was wondering if you could drop in a loaded pickguard with Corgan's DiMarzio pickups? It would be a lot less expensive than his signature Strat!

[@theguitarmanifesto]

It should drop in just fine 👌

[@spoonsandguitars3142]

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO

[@theguitarmanifesto]

No worries dude :)

[@shellydrew100]

Ziggy played guitar , so did you Rob , well it was Mick Ronson ...brill Rob :)

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Yes I did 😂🎸☑️

[@shellydrew100]

You did it your way :)

[@josh.w3554]

Man that's amazing

[@theguitarmanifesto]

extra bitchin with the hot rails

[@davebruton5731]

Did you use , a distortion pedal , or was this the guitar alone ?

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Both clean and distortion

[@123ubuntu666]

Exactly like my Aria Pro Start, except mine has white pup covers, knobs, switch. I did buy some black covers and knobs and switch for it though. But I like the all white look for now. The pups in it are standard Aria Pro fare: that is to say they aren't out of this world good, but they are pretty decent. It cost me 100 quid. It's made in Indonesia as well I think. The fretwork is excellent and the fit and finish is also excellent for a 100 quid guitar. I love it. I bought 3 hotrail pups from China for about 15 quid (yeah, I know) - but they are supposed to be really excellent. Who knows? I haven't tried them yet. Won't be putting them in this guitar anyway - happy with the pups I got for now. There's so much you can do with a white Strat. Put on a black scratch plate, put on black or white fittings. All really change the look and feel of it. Maybe it's not such an amazing guitar, but I can't really fault it for the money. That Squier is very very nice though, and those pups sound pretty good to me.

[@johnnorth9355]

Got an original 1980's Aria Pro 2 RS Wildcat in black - sounds awful in my hands but better guitar players seem to get amazing sounds out of it !

[@theguitarmanifesto]

We've all been there :)

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Watched a few videos on them Arias sound pretty decent and look the part. Thats the thing I like about Strats you can mod everything on them and there is a so many variations of parts and colours etc. It's Indonesian so it's gonna be darn good, for 15 quid gotta be worth a go?

[@123ubuntu666]

+John, that's a beautiful guitar. I just played that white strat just now. I sounded terrible! ;-) The guitar sounded good though, if that makes sense. Would love one of those wild cats - they show up every now and again on ebay.

[@theguitarmanifesto]

I'm sure you weren't that bad :)

[@1201zj]

Squier Billy Corgan signature

[@theguitarmanifesto]

What instantly came into my mind 😂😂🎸😎

[@byronofcalgary6985]

All "Duncan Designed" cheapies sound hot compared to no-name Squier pickups - but they sound like bad distortion - you will get sick of DD's tone rather quick - get any Standard Squier for the 2 pin trem and get a 2nd loaded pickguard - there's a Seymour Duncan Loaded Pickguard that even adds in a JB Jr -it's a Dave Murray Sig Edn - but an ANGLED Humbucker Strat is either Squier , Yamaha, DIY or $$$

[@slitbodmond8293]

Would you recommend this one or contemporary stratocaster hh for metal?

[@theguitarmanifesto]

The contemporary I guess with the active pickups and hardtail

[@antonis1love1asses]

Great review! How the neck feels buddy?

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Thank you, really nice feeling neck one of the best squiers I've owned that's for sure 💯🇬🇧

[@kmatt420]

I’ve been thinking about doing live streams but idk I’m nervous lol

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Go for it don't worry

[@adultomelas5322]

Great SP cover

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Thanks dude

[@stemitz7079]

I have a question I hope you can answer,In the 300 dollars range is this guitar the best choice?I play mostly rock (hard/soft) and some clean stuff! Thanks for the review man!

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Any of the classic Vibe Strats are awesome

[@shellydrew100]

Its a personal choice Rob , but those large 70's head-stocks seem to "balance" the look , won't make it play any better

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Certainly look better to me too

[@jaybuzz4071]

Love the 70s headstock !!!❤❤❤

[@eddykidd]

sweet GTI shirt!

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Thanks dude :)

[@indigos290]

They're all gone! I can't find any anywhere!

[@jaybuzz4071]

Anybody know anything about the duncan designed Felix hot rails ?

[@jaybuzz4071]

Deluxe

[@AntiZer0]

Would you recommend a squier VM strat or this strat because im torn. Im into the same kind of music as you more or less.

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Hot rails are great for heavier music single coils are great for clean, or maybe a HSS model for better versatility

[@rod9944]

I want to buy one of this and put emg 81 and emg 60 and make a chug monster out of it like Jim root Stratocaster what do you think? I love the big headstock

[@kmatt420]

Damn I have this exact same model.

[@theguitarmanifesto]

It's a badass axe dude

[@Mauitaoist]

A lot of them have the pickups in the wrong places just check to make sure

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Yes I've heard that a lot

[@darraghcoffey294]

Where do you get your guitars?

[@theguitarmanifesto]

That'll be telling

[@AAAAAA-ex5td]

A 2 point tremolo as well. She stay in tune pretty good? Because man I thought I was done with buyin another strat but this sucker is now in my sights. Thank you for posting Rob!

[@theguitarmanifesto]

The tremolo was flat to the body so stayed in tune ok considering it has a fresh set of strings on, dude its a killer guitar man well recommended

[@simonriley7750]

It still sounds really dirty on clean setting. Can you somehow get it cleaner or it's just impossible with hot rails?

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Always gonna have that heavier hot sound

[@simonriley7750]

Thanks for the response. Oh well, i guess ill have to live with that. :D

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Still a great sound though dude

[@jaybuzz4071]

No I've heard clean tones from these.

[@accentontheoff]

How does the tremolo work on this. Thanks.

[@theguitarmanifesto]

I don't use them

[@accentontheoff]

@@theguitarmanifesto Ok

[@1201zj]

Help me dude. Im in between this Strat and the J5 sig tele

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Personally I prefer this hot rail deluxe

[@taubenschlag5450]

I actually like that you don’t play nirvana this time! Otherwise great reviews mate :)

[@theguitarmanifesto]

If you don't like to hear Nirvana you're on the wrong channel dude :)

[@taubenschlag5450]

Rob The Meat Manifesto no no I like em! But it’s always interesting to hear as much variety as possible. You’re doing great!

[@theguitarmanifesto]

I always mix it up dude

[@commandhtf]

This guitar just screams Ritchie Blackmore to me...

[@rollingon5566]

I was considering buying one for my mock up Billy corgan rig but then I said "aww fuck it" ill buy a fender instead

[@theguitarmanifesto]

That's how you do it dude boom

[@rollingon5566]

Rob The Meat Manifesto I got a HSS strat for the added versatility, it has a Seymour Duncan jb in the bridge and it sounds so awesome, it also had a push pull pot for coil splitting

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Ooh yeah, the coil splitting is a awesome feature

[@burgersandfries74217]

would you be willing to sell this if you still have it?

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Sorry dude this went in 2018

[@burgersandfries74217]

@@theguitarmanifesto damn, ive been trying to find a Olympic white full size two point body

[@denniscacho2007]

what sing are you playing?

[@quentink7312]

dennis cacho 1979-smashing pumpkins

[@yvosquiensosrnpyradio5449]

seria genial si la afinas loko,,,,,,,, no ois q esta desafinada?????

[@John-ZZound]

where can i buy it?

[@theguitarmanifesto]

Only used now discontinued