I Tried The Amazon Stratocaster…

[@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? :)

[@81giorikas]

Hey I don't know if you noticed the neck, that is quartersawn right there. You are right, it is not the tightest grained maple blah blah but it has some subtle flaming going on and as it is cut it should be very stable. Not even more expensive guitars have quartersawn woods.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@bluwng]

From an engineering standpoint you have to determine what is good enough. If the wood meets and exceeds your requirements or the design intent then it’s good enough. Example you need a coffee table for cups,of coffee maybe some fruit and magazines maybe an iPad. If you a nice looking soft pine table is that good enough, yes, does it exceed your requirements can it handle the weight , yes easily. Now your neighbor had a titanium table with carbon reinforced bracing, is it stringer, yes, is it necessary, no not at all.

[@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.

[@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

[@danielhigley8543]

My first guitar was a squire II stratocaster... i absolutely loved that guitar. Everybody that played it loved it.... i regret to this day that i gave it to my sister-in-law..... who pawned it to pay a car payment on a car that got repossessed 1 month later.........

[@jrm_music7229]

@@danielhigley8543 sorry for your loss man ..

[@DanielTroop]

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

[@jasonandres3898]

@@DanielTroop I definitely do too. I don't like gloss sunburst at all but I seen this and like it. Looks more "natural" I guess.

[@PaperBanjo64]

I actually prefer Fender sunburst to Gibson sunburst.

[@Juno58]

I actually prefer sunburst over so called buttercream, which always reminds me to the color of pus. Don't know how someone can find that color nice!

[@Barflew1]

@@Juno58 WELL,,You Can't Unread That..I'm sitting here laughing...I like Sunburst too..Great Comment 😂

[@StratJams]

I agree

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

Thanks for this!

[@kcsvantasticvoyages9729]

@@thejakefromstatefarm6768 turning u in for Squire abuse dude! Lol

[@thejakefromstatefarm6768]

@@kcsvantasticvoyages9729 lol i was just playing that guitar 30 minutes ago. Still a great guitar and still my favorite. And im a les Paul guy. On stage i play les pauls and a flying v. But the squire is my number 1.

[@thejakefromstatefarm6768]

You're welcome. Thank you for sticking around and reading about it.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@MravacKid]

My first guitar was a Squier Bullet Series, I bought it on my highschool graduation trip in '95. Extremely shoddy build quality, Made in China, with frets sticking whichever way, poorly bored holes and misaligned jack plate and so on... but such a lovely neck, as nice to play as a regular Mexican Fender (after I filed off the bits of frets that were sticking out, of course :) ) I still have it and love it. Since then I got another Bullet, used and *much* newer (serial number check says it's a China-made '09), which had significantly better build quality with properly finished frets and aligned holes, but nowhere near as nice to play. And recently I boosted the collection with a couple more used Squier Strats, an Affinity (Chinese '03) and a standard model (Indonesian '12, reportedly recently bought new by the previous owner), the Affinity is nicely done, the standard had a poorly fitted nut and a few frets lifting off the fretboard I had to hammer down a bit. And now that these Debut series showed up I decided to finally get a Telecaster as well as all the reviews say they are nicely made, should be arriving next week. :)

[@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!!

[@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.

[@christopheraaron8299]

I've had this guitar for like 6 months now, and I really like it. The electronics left a lot to be desired, but that was an easy fix. I had a spare loaded pickguard with 3 single coil size hot rail pickups on white pearl, so I put it in there and now it really sounds fantastic. I also had a set of cheap locking tuners and a roller tree laying around, so I put those on it too. Overall, very happy with this instrument. Of my 6 Strats, it's one of my most frequently played.

[@JRidgely]

I have a Squire Sonic that I got in a package with an amp. It was on sale for $150 all together. It’s honestly very well made and set up. Maybe I got a good copy. Beautiful gloss black body with maple neck, everything came set up perfect. Once I get better I plan on changing out the pickups, polishing the frets and swapping the tuners for locking.

[@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

[@steveg.3022]

I’ve got the CV 50’s Tele and the CV 60’s Strat. Both are very nice. I got each used, then did some minor setup adjustments myself. Haven’t touched the setup since. No problems. My favorite guitars. I’m an advanced beginner, but the necks seem thin, or should I say … just right.

[@cartilagehead]

IDK how consistent the production line for these is but other ppl have taken some of them apart and the routing looks to be on the more generous side of H-S-H, so you’ve got most options ready out of the box if you don’t want to take a router to it and expand that center pickup cavity.

[@ownrc]

i absolutely love my squire P bass. as a beginner what you said has definitely rang true. their p bass is even less complex than that strat, all it’s got is tuners and 3 dials, i haven’t even bothered to get it setup cause it sounds pretty good. I will eventually but it’s just not a priority cause it was great out of the box 🎉

[@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)

[@EricHughes-m7u]

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.

[@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

[@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....)

[@doctornova3015]

@@cosmicbackwoods suck is relative. its cheap, yes but they can be modded cheaply to improve them. and once you learn to set up guitars it can make a huge difference.

[@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.

[@JohnAvillaHerpetocultural]

I never understood the hate the Strat gets from metal heads. I always loved metal and still do but I also always loved psychedelic. I got a strat in 96 because it was what Billy Corgan played on Siamese Dream. He shreds on that album. If you can play the solos from Geek USA or Soma, you can SHRED I also loved the super heavy tone on that album. I used a strat for years as a metal shred machine. I never felt it wasn’t suitable. The only thing it isn’t great for are swept arpeggios because of the knob locations but Yngwie made it work. I prefer a Gibson for sweeping but I can make a strat work here if I have to.

[@Duct_Tape.]

@JohnAvillaHerpetocultural Funny you should mention Billy as I just ordered one of his Dimarzio hot rail bridge pickups for my SSS Squier. Siamese Dream was a masterpiece, literally my gateway album to appreciating alternative in the 90s.

[@JohnAvillaHerpetocultural]

@@Duct_Tape. 100% I think a lot of people sleep on his ability. One of my top five favorite guitarists and among my favorite composers.

[@drunkenfarmerjohn42]

The bridge tone wiring was changed in the '90's or so. So most "Modern" spec strats have it wired to a tone knob. If the model is labelled as 'vintage', or with a repro year in the name, there's a solid chance that it isn't. Also, for some reason, a bunch of custom shop units aren't wired for tone control.

[@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 💪

[@martinrussell9980]

I have a Squier Jazz Bass from 1983 that cost $750. It served me very well over the years and holds up against my later Fender Jazz and Lakland 5 String for playability and tone.

[@Demiglitch]

What you said about the hardtail is so true. The reason I bought my Squier Jaguar was because it was a hardtail. Beyond having fun with the whammy bar it just becomes a pain as a beginner. I frequently broke strings and it would send everything else out of whack when it broke and it made tuning a lot harder. It doesn't matter much to me now, but if I could do it again I would have liked a hardtail to start off with. Frankly I like the look of the hardtail strats more, it's a shame they're not a standard. The tremolo system meant I was dealing with extra noise from the springs and made intonation more confusing for me. At the very least, it was a good exercise for when I bought my first floating trem guitar.

[@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 💪

[@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.

[@christianCantwell-w2m]

te200 is a poor mans Jim Root if you wanted options.

[@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!

[@PhantomOfTheWapera]

@@sloppywompas hey me too!

[@jeffryburns2206]

I have an affinity series strat, needed almost no setup out of the box, holds tune very well, and sounds great

[@lethrbear32]

I never really wanted a Squier but saw a red sparkle Telecaster for $140 in GC and decided to get it just because it looked spectacular in person, but I had no idea it was going to impress me until I plugged it in. It felt great when I played it. The pickups are ceramic, but I actually love how they sound with clean tones and high gain. I never checked the resistance on them, but the bridge pickup is HOT. I can even do pinch harmonics on it. The neck p/u sounds creamy and sexy. The string through body is solid alder, and it even has the round counter sunk Fender output jack. I looked up the factory it was made in, and it's same one where Cort guitars are manufactured. The only thing I did to mod it was put on a white pearloid pickguard and changed the tuners. Intonation was even perfect out of the box. The same guitars are $219 now.

[@Demiglitch]

My first guitar I bought last year was a Squier Stratocaster, same colour as yours, in one of those beginner kits. Happy with it for a while, but eventually bought a few different used non-Stratocaster Squier guitars which I prefer to play due to them all having pickup replacements. Not that the stock ones weren't functional, but whatever these people put inside these other ones were great. My personal favourite is a Squier Jagmasterr. I prefer the matte finish of the one you got over my glossy one, though. All of my Squiers have a Squier branded neck plate though, weird that yours does not.

[@RobfromNorCal]

I love my squires. I have that guitar and it's awesome. No buzzing or dead notes. I love the Matt finish. Perfect for modding, I'm leaving mine alone. Best out of box action ever. Only thing I did was tighten the truss rod. It feels so good in my hands

[@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

[@drunkenfarmerjohn42]

@@-jank-willson Squier is best girl, and Gibby is blue-hair.

[@matthewgierula5674]

The best thing I ever bought for my Stratocaster was a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickup for it. Didn't have to rout the guitar at all and its a beast of a pickup. Since its a rail pickup, it really has great sustain. SD also makes a few other hot pickups like the Little 78 and the JB Jr that give you a humbucker experience without doing major surgery to the guitar. The spring noise is pretty annoying. Foam is a cheap fix or just getting better springs is a better option. After seeing how poor the quality of the wood is on the neck, I wouldn't invest a whole lot into it though. Getting some cheap upgrades on StewMac could make it a bit better until the neck goes to hell.

[@drunkenfarmerjohn42]

Surprisingly, the truss rod is a dual action truss. Fender, for whatever reason, put a REALLY good rod config in this thing. So while the wood is young wood, the neck is not nearly as likely to give out as you'd think.

[@TheSlamLord]

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.

[@GonJilman]

I had one of the newer Squier paranormal series telecasters that had the stacked single coil pickup in the bridge. Roasted maple neck and it honestly played REALLY f****** good. The stacked pickup sounded a little shrill when completely cranked but if you back off your volume knob, it tightens up and sounded great. Four 450$ or so, you kind of forget anything about what you believed before when speaking about Squier guitars.

[@asdfjkl227]

As someone who doesn't play guitar, the whammy bar is the most important part to choosing a guitar.

[@Greg042869]

Then you might want to get a slightly thicker guitar.

[@potato9832]

The lack of a whammy is equally important as the presence of a whammy. There are valid reasons for both.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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! 💪

[@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.

[@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

[@snaredude56]

In all of the videos of this Squire where they have taken it apart, the body is routed for Humbuckers in the bridge and neck positions so adding a humbucker in the bridge position wouldn't require any mods to the body which would make that swap much easier.

[@dingusmann3003]

man i love my squier strat, of course it's not a high end piece of equipment but running it through my fender FM65R amp, something about it just speaks to me on such a primal level. it's not the greatest thing of all time, but it'le always sound good to me

[@Aidenbro-s2k]

I've watched a couple of your videos and they are some of the funniest and most entertaining I've seen in quite a while. I'm going to subscribe. Thanks for all the info and putting so much care into your work. I truly appreciate it.

[@fullscanproductions]

At 13:54 I totally agree.....wiggle stick is a whole lot of routing and assembly for something that's going to make no sense for a beginner, and that's got to account for at least 15% of the manufacturing cost of the guitar.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@StratBurst92]

I bought mine in the sunburst, I like the look of the flat body finish, reminds me of the early strats done in nitro. Mine played good out of the box, a few tweeks and a new set of Ernie Ball slinkys.These debuts are an Amazon exclusive and that is the only place you can get them.Great for the beginner or casual player.BTW Sweetwater is great, been a customer for years.

[@punkrocktv8229]

Mine seems to be microphonic and i cant play it live with a band. Also the Frets are very sharp on the bottom that being said the thing plays like a champ and just needed some relief on the neck to get a little bow in it it was too flat. I put 5 springs on it too

[@aquaslinky-gaming]

the squire jaguars at my high school are amazing with the fender amps they have!

[@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.

[@gregfruchtman1404]

Good Afternoon, Please make a deep dive video on the Squier Jim Root model. Thank you.

[@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 😆

[@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.

[@3ccdmike]

I want it ! I was looking at the Tele for my first but I wanted a Strat.

[@PaperBanjo64]

I had a Squire Affinity Strat and the build quality was really good, had beautiful woodgrain on the headstock and neck...but the neck was way too think for my liking and hurt my hands to play on it, which was a shame as it looked and sounded really good.

[@BedeLaplume]

​ George Harrison is playing with a Squier on a live rendering of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for a charity concert( Prince's Trust all-star band ). Mind you, back then quality was good and they were made in Japan. However, the Classic Vibes and 40th-anniversary models may use cheaper wood, but they seem to be way up there as far as quality. It's hard to tell with those models with eyes closed, whether it's a Fender or a Squier.

[@Doobs77]

I thought I saw all of Taylor’s videos, but this one must’ve snuck by me because I only knew about this from a video suggestion after watching a different video. Long story short, I placed an order for the same guitar through the link on this video halfway through. Taylor sold this guitar to me very quickly. I was very impressed and he is right, Squier strats are very awesome modding platforms since they do make a lot of stuff out there for modding strats. I was impressed with the overall performance of the guitar but then again Taylor could have a Fisher-Price guitar through a My Little Pony amp and still make it sound metal as hell! Thanks again and not surprised that Taylor put out another awesome video.

[@danedearmond4905]

I have an old Squier Bullet from '05-ish. Great cheapo guitar. Mine came from a "Sam Ash" and came set up (I can only assume someone working there did it when bored). Over the years I've changed out everything and now the only original parts are the body and neck. Put some lower-end Fender Alnico Tex-Mex pickups in it, beefed up the caps and pots, fully shielded the cavity and now it's a great player (and thanks to the shielding is pretty quiet for an SSS). Only thing I don't like is the poly finish (but you can't get Nitro on a

[@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.

[@joesmith5617]

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

[@jamesraymondsmith]

Thanks for posting, but you didn't say anything about the top loading bridge that seems to make installing new strings very difficult to go through the saddle

[@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.

[@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.

[@RichardHead82]

I got a Fender Jazz Squire bass from sweetwater, got the pleking, its a pretty nice bass, 800.00 out the "door"

[@Lemoncrusher4455]

Got a subscriber out of me. My wife bought me my first electric guitar last November and it’s from Walmart a BCP strat. Was in tune when I pulled it out the box and didn’t set it up I didn’t know how to till recently. I had a friend that knows his stuff about guitars just look at it because he was interested on how quality it was for a cheap guitar. And the only two things he said that wasn’t his preference was the nut is plastic and the action was a little higher than what he’s use to on electrics but he said to never been set up by someone that knows their stuff and never adjusted since unboxing pretty good quality guitar. Made me was a squire mustang as my next guitar or a jaguar. Been playing and really getting into guitars for about two years now and I’m really enjoying the new hobby and skill I’m learning

[@willshred4money]

I totally agree, all beginner strat styles should be hard tail! I don't get the trem for the sake of a trem. I have a cheap hard tail strat and its great.

[@glennkoenig6078]

Thanks for your review. I have an extremely tight budget and always wanted a Fender (David Gilmour thing). I am a 59 year old novice where I want to get back into playing and experiment with some effects pedals. This guitar would be a great launch point, especially since I am able to set this up correctly. Going to save a few more pennies and go for the flat black model. Would the string weight be critical with these pickups? What would you suggest in weight/brand?

[@glennkoenig6078]

I just received the black Fender Debut from Amazon yesterday. It came in a non-Fender original box, it was actually a square box with tons of brown filler paper. the knob was missing on the pickup selector switch, no hex wrenches or tremolo bar, no sticker. I was fuming mad that a used guitar was sent. I immediately returned it for a replacement. Afterwards, I contacted Amazon and they offered a 20% refund and stated I didn't have to send the "used" one back - too late, already dropped it off at UPS! Expect a replacement tomorrow. The neck and frets were very good, and the action looked OK, but who knows who originally had this guitar.

[@billhoppe2991]

Thanks for the great review. Are the strings easy to fret? I'm 74 years old and have some arthritis issues now. I want something to just play with but my acoustics really are painful to fret now. Thanks

[@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.

[@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.

[@scottinWV]

I've picked up a black one with the white pick guard used for $50. It must have been a midweek build. It plays really nice and sounds decent. I gave it to my son to learn on. Then he gave up.

[@CryptToneMusic]

Ever try anything from the Ibanez gio line?

[@TaylorDanley]

@@CryptToneMusic FUNNY YOU SHOULD SAY THAT… yeah I have one here… soon!!

[@CryptToneMusic]

@@TaylorDanley Hell yeah can't wait! Love your budget gear demos!

[@haroldcampos9661]

Put 4 springs and 11-56's then tune it to Db, hook up a booster pedal and play some sabbath then hit a random dive bomb lol

[@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

[@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.

[@za4310]

Man I had no idea rolling the tone knob back while on the bridge pickup would make it sound better! thats wild

[@bluwng]

Put a loaded pickguard with Humbuckers. That is the beauty of Strats they are easy to mod. FYI already routed for Humbuckers.

[@Pigpenned]

On the notion people said Squier Strat's are junk I bought one 20 years ago for £30 in a junk shop. It's been beaten and abused for 20 years by me & friends and this year the bridge block failed after my mate gave it heavy whammy abuse. I don't know of all Squier's but the bridge block was made of pot metal. I managed to acquire a milled steel replica from Ebay- which is a huge improvement but Squier bodies are thinner than Strat bodies. My guitar was built in Indonesia so a Fender block won't fit. I just messaged the seller to confirm dimensions and now it's fixed the guitar has more of a clang to it.

[@KidNato]

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

[@TaylorDanley]

Agreed!

[@samjordan3766]

Dude, what was that matte black Explorer knock off? That looked dope!

[@yoyofargo]

would be dope if Fender nutted up and had Squier use the same factory as firefly to upgrade the squier line to the same specs for a similar price. I can buy a $160 guitar, shipped, with a roast neck, stainless steel frets, bone nut, locking tuners at this point. I mean the Squier Contemporary is like $450 and doesn't even have SS frets.

[@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

[@JakobThompson-h2t]

​@@TheBigWotep_i'm not our man here, but i can say the Affinity series jbass has taken my Spector 4's place as the daily player

[@TheBigWotep_]

@@JakobThompson-h2t sweet thanks I ended up picking up a 40th anniversary jazz bass

[@INDUSTRIAL_WOLF]

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.

[@StonedBlue]

Got a $115 loaded pick guard from Amazon and put it on a $99 squire strat. It sounds amazing

[@MasterofRB2]

Bro knew what we were all thinking st 15:55

[@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.

[@obelysk4209]

I have a squier contemporary tele gunmetal grey with a hotrail bridge and humbucker neck roasted maple neck body and neck inlays it really is absofukinglutely insane guitar for 450 bucks

[@PeterLangowski]

For anyone who buys a cheap Squier, spend the $25 and replace the cheap tremolo block with a full sized brass block that's made for a Squier body (the block is shorter). It helps with sustain and tuning stability with using the whammy bar.