The Most Expensive Fender Squier EVER Is It Worth It?

40th Anniversary Gold Edition Squier Strat. Is it Worth It
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[@user-xt2pi1fk2y]

In 1962 - 1963 I went to military boarding school in Lebanon, TN with Duane and Gregg Allman, and started the first band with them. I had a Fender Stratecaster, Duane a Jazzmaster and Gregg a Telecaster their grandmother bought them. Gregg taught Duane how to play guitar, and never sang. We had a cook in the mess hall who sang with us, and won every band competition in Nashville at that time. I played simple rhythm bar chords, went off to university, and they became famous as founders of Southern rock. At 74, I've picked it up again, with 6 Squires and 7 Epiphones, with the exception of a Gretch and Rickenbaker, and have them set up at the Guitar Center. As compared to Gibson and Fender, it's not recognizable, unless you're studio session player. Dylan: Very solid overview with your presentation. will follow you along in future!

[@Hiro.the.God.]

I’ve played so many guitars, and my honest opinion is, there are some “affordable” guitars that out shine any PRS, Fender, or Gibson I’ve ever played. If you like a guitar and it makes you want to pick it up and play it, that’s the best guitar in the world. That being said, that blue Squire is gorgeous. You can buy aftermarket parts and make it better than any 5k guitar out there. I prefer buying guitar kits and putting what ever hardware I want. As human beings, we are prone to want to fit in, so we put way too much emphasis on Name Brands. It’s all in your head folks.

[@MrMarcburger]

Squier

[@krmhayes2893]

Truth!

[@jokerpanda]

in my experience, the difference between an affordable and a usa/JP made guitar, the difference apart of some hardware, is the posibility of getting a bad instrument, being that the imported one could be a banger but also has a high possibility of something out of its place... had a korean ibanez rgt42dxfm and it was splendid, also a 20th anniversary Squier strat and omg it was the best strat that i had.... obviously both had their maintenance and their respective adjustment.. but i would never change my PRS CU24 for one of them

[@timothyoo7]

Yep, one of the best playing guitars I've ever owned or played was a Harley Benton Tele. I did drop in a Mojotone 4 position electronics unit. But, honestly I had less than $300 into it.

[@TheFatAndTheFurious]

@@MrMarcburger Squire would've been better

[@txlers]

I just picked up the 40th anniversary strat, vintage edition. It feels up to par with any other and I'm in love with the maple neck and how unique the pick guard is

[@pelopolanco]

I just got the vintage one with black satin burst, I love her.

[@nickklein4676]

Same it’s amazing. I was thinking about putting in new loaded pickguard but honestly not needed

[@RS2KR]

I was pleasantly surprised when I received my Squier CV Custom Telecaster. The neck and frets were really good.

[@nicholasaragon4126]

Recently spent a few hours with the new Squiers. The build quality is definitely better than many MiM and even some MiA. I judge by the feel and quality mostly, not what the headstock says on it. I went guitar shopping recently for a new one to add to the collection. Ended up taking home a PRS, but the Squiers were nothing to scoff at. In general, I wouldn't pay more money for a slightly inferior MiM guitar just because it says: "Fender" instead of "Squier." My main guitar is a MiA Tele, if I didn't have it, I'd be just as happy with a high-end Squier... Well, 2 Squiers XD

[@araconteur3737]

As far as anything that is a fender style guitar at GC, squier is the way to go. For less than $500, or $600 for this one, you truly can't go wrong. The performer is my favorite MIA strat but it's $1200 (I think, maybe more) I say watch some of the tech videos (EG: know my gear with Philip McKnight, very honest and knowledge guy) and source parts from places like guitar fetish(great for PUs and electronics), guitar madness pickups, guitar parts zone, stratosphere(bodies, necks, PUs, hardware)... There are so many great parts sources that are dirt cheap to build a partscaster that is way better than a performer series strat for at most half the price. Yeah it's a lil effort but it's more than worth it and after a while you'll never have to pay for repairs, fret work, setups or electronics installs once you get use to it how to do it. But, if I'm gonna buy a ready to play fender type electric I'm going toward squier or Donner or entry level G&L. I'll never buy another new MIM or MIA fender when I can build one for less than half and get a.much better guitar and exactly how I want down to the color. I'll never buy another strat with a trem, after owning a few hardtail strong thru bodies (never used a trem ever, I always block them) I'll never go back but fender rarely produces then in the MIA, MIM or the squiers, and most people prefer them after they try one for the first time. But I can order a 1.75" thick hardtail in pretty much any wood choice and even usually in any color I want for less than $200 and even less than $150 sometimes. So I'm hoping more people go this route and the send a message that we don't need overpriced gear that doesn't actually give what we want anyway. As far as Gibson style electrics, the nicer kits are great, like Badcat, solo, even guitar fetish,my LP kit I bought on clearance from them is the best sounding LP I've had in years.if there is a hardware and electronics delete option go for that it'll make the kit cheaper and all your want.is the wood anyway and get those parts at the places I already listed above. But NEVER buy a fender style guitar kit. Trust me, buy the parts individually. Or, LTD by esp is where it's at for LP copies or Ibanez artcore for hollow bodies. Even Epiphone is stuck up and had overpriced their stuff in recent years. I compared my firefly es copy to a DOT and it's the same quality wood, binding, hardware. The epi pickups are better but the ones I bought for $50 from guitar madness are way better than those epi ones and the guitar was a third of the price. I ordered an upgrade bridge and talipiece, bone nut, full size pots and tuners, all in gold to mimic an es-355 and with better parts and PUs and it's still cheaper than a new DOT and way better too. All the LTD or an artcore needs is PUs upgraded. They have better hardware and electronics than the epi. It's a myth that you have to buy a Gibson or a fender to have excellent gear. Period. Play non-authentic, you'll be glad you didn't buy into the propaganda and waste your money.

[@brandonjackson5865]

Fender Japan is where it’s at for the 1000 dollar mark I think. The Mexican Strats have gotten too high for not any better than classic vibes.

[@araconteur3737]

@@brandonjackson5865 to be honest, with all the knowledge I have of electric guitars, the MIJ stuff I know very little about. When I had my guitar shop we'd get a nice MIJ strat in our inventory here and there and always thought they were nicer than their price indicated, like the foto flame models were on par with MIA except the pickups did kinda suck. And we would get early squier strats when they were made in Japan and they were actually better than MIA from the same year of production. The notion that only we can make quality guitars or amps is absurd and kinda shows how narcissist we are as a culture. The only thing holding back the people in far east Asian countries form embarrassing us in the instrument industry is their unfortunate circumstances that don't supply them with the best equipment and resources and materials to surpass the quality of MIA and sometimes MIM guitars. Japan has already proven to be our equals if not even better at making instruments. And Korea has been on par with MIM for a while and soon the perception may change to them making better products than the MIM producers. Indonesia is nipping at Korea's heels to be in 2nd behind Japan and they both inch closer to being on par with Japan every year. And China has shown to be able to do the same if they want to and invest in decent manufacturing equipment and training the employees to be able to compete. We can't just coast in our successes form the first half of the 20th century forever. The conclusion of WW2 left us in a very good position to be in top for a long time. With the huge expansion of our manufacturing industry to make needed equipment for the military, vast abundance of natural resources and the fact we had a large population that was relatively well educated and the huge expansion of our infrastructure from the new deal gave us a huge lead. But now we are lazy, entitled and frankley just not motivated to compete like we did a century ago. The Roman empire fell because it was to bloated and had become entitled and lazy compared to their competition. And it's a pattern in this world. The completion is getting better than us at this and doing it at a much better price.... If we don't start living soley on the brand identity we have created, it's identity will no longer be worth anything. And that's exactly it. MIM and MIA have created a vortex that they can't get out of and the fender custom shop and Gibson's super expensive historic reissued stuff has ruined them in the long run. They quit caring about keeping the regular products of high quality and only try to court the buyers who are wealthy. My two cents

[@monmixer]

I'm not picky but I have to like it and that is the bottom line.

[@brandonjackson5865]

@@araconteur3737 I agree with you on everything, however want to add that the American work force isn’t the problem in my opinion it’s corporate greed that is keeping American innovation and quality stagnant to laggard. “ I can’t pay you 20 dollars an hour to make widgets “ Said CEO of widget company whose made 16 million a year while his widget company has posted a loss for the last 8 quarters. I’ve worked in manufacturing for close to 20 years and most of it in the automotive industry Toyota was the leader in quality American auto makers were chasing. American companies use lean manufacturing and buzz words and say they are going to be like Toyota is about quality. That sounds really good until they realize sometimes you got to slow down to speed up. The minute quality is going to cost a little more all that world class quality talk goes out the window and it’s back to what American companies are good at figuring fires, ie running bad products to keep that line moving and reworking the products instead of breaking it down to the root cause and eliminating the source and preventing the issue from coming right back in a couple months.

[@seannicholas363]

I've got a Squier 40th Jazz bass and it's very similar to this Strat in many ways. This video is fabulous and such a great education. Dylan is a true gem.

[@zororosario]

Stunning how nice this guitar is! Sounds good looks killer. With some work on the rough edges or whatever you to improve, this is a nice guitar as a keeper.

[@bpabustan]

I am also happy to see many "boutique" manufacturers of guitar gear give decent to very admirable praises to inexpensive products. I think today, you can find many great stuff at any price point. I bought a Klon Clone some years back, I never knew how a Klon really sounds but in and of itself my Klone sounds amazing I am keeping it regardless whether it nailed the Klon sound or not.

[@ljmiller96]

I walked into the Guitar Center yesterday, a couple days after my birthday, just to kill some time and grabbed a "60s vintage" 40th anniversary squier strat that also came out in 2022 (sonic blue with the gold anodized pickguard). I fell in love with the neck, the expressive, shielded pickups, the look and sound of the guitar even with the original factory strings (a year old by now). It's a hundred simoleons less than the one you reviewed and every bit as good. I bought it, even though it was lacking the whammy bar, and took it home. Great birthday present! I think I'll like it even more than the used 2010 american standard tele I grabbed off the wall a couple of years ago.

[@raffaele.eleonorafrazzi6387]

Thanks for all the details. Great job 👍🏻

[@eddepreist9178]

I own 2 MII guitars and the fit and finish on both were excellent. One is a Fender FMT Telecaster and I just bought a Squier CV 60s thinline Tele. Love both and yes both have excellent necks and fretwork.

[@alaincollette4390]

A very good and useful review. Congrats. You are talented.

[@randa4382]

I actually love that neck. Big ole headstock, binding and block inlays... i have always been a sucker for that.

[@youraverageguitarplayer]

Just found your channel and I’m so impressed with the amount of details you provide. Pretty impressive. I was wondering if I wanted to get a bridge replacement, what would be the right bridge spacing? I tried finding this all over the internet but could not find it.

[@krmhayes2893]

To pay $600 for this thing, just to start doing improvements to it is not my bag. A Squire for 600 bucks should need nothing, not even a set up.

[@sunn_bass]

View review. I haven't had the chance to try the 40'th anniversary Squiers yet. You really peaked my interest in this series. As for the body wood, it's better than basswood or poplar from a durability point of view.

[@jessicabeckers06]

I am really glad I found your video. This guitar is on 50% sale at a lot of stores in Australia at the moment so I am probably going to buy it as my first guitar. This was the most comprehensive video that I have found on this guitar and I found it very interesting! Great video!

[@BerscakCustomGuitars]

Great video, cool guitar! My 2002 Squier Starfire had an MSRP of $998.99 new, I got mine lightly used back in 2003 for around $650.00.

[@Foofer23]

I played one today. There is definitely something special about the neck! The binding is sweet. The dots on the binding make it easy to locate chord placement. The neck is super smooth. It sounds like every other nice Strat I’ve played. It’s currently $499.99 at my local store. It’s made in Indonesia. Most forget to mention this.

[@p-47m16]

I got a G&L asat (tele) tribute deluxe for just under 600$ and it’s amazing and everything, the body, the pickups, the finish, it’s all great.

[@TexanUSMC8089]

It's really hard to beat the G&L Tribute series guitars for the price.

[@lazvt8469]

@@TexanUSMC8089 and the MFDs are to die for.

[@bomac06]

Glad to hear the neck is good. I ordered one last night. Can't wait for it to get here.

[@thanosp.8140]

The fact that the fretboard and neck are so well made alone makes this guitar so much worthy and comparable to high end guitars that cost multiple times the price. You can always replace electrics, tuning keys, trem system, pickups, but to actually try and fix a badly built neck is close to impossible.

[@johnnygordon9311]

The picups in these sound good to me and I have a real strat

[@raysissum]

Great video - did you do another video for the Jazzmaster?

[@tomosborne5949]

Dylan, a great review. My black /gold 40th is a superb guitar. It's a guitar that you don't want to pass up. The tonal quality and sparkle is as good as it gets . 10- 46 NYXL strings supercharge this guitar. Thanks again Tom

[@melchiando]

Nice playing, sounds great!!

[@bpabustan]

just from the opening seconds Dylan played, I know this guitar is a good contender for many players' consideration if they want to buy a strat. BUT if I were to be asked, I would just like simple dot inlays, chrome hardware, a simple plastic guard and 22 frets, then I'm sold!

[@larrycavallucci3258]

I bought the 40th Anniv Black and Gold TELE back in DEC, back-ordered at Sweetwater, while ON SALE, for $360. Even more worth it! When I got it, their 55-PT Inspection was true to form, and there is nothing to do to the guitar. I bought it to add a Certano G & B Bender to it, so it's now with a Luthier for that install. I had an American Made Strat, via 2012 yr, and was never really happy with it. SO I bought a PRS SE Custom 24, again from Sweetwater, and then sold the Strat. I've owned other Fenders over a long period of time, even earlier edition Squiers, and never had any problems with them, after a standard setup and new strings.

[@purple6string801]

I can't not believe all the KZbin videos you have made over the years. THUMBS. always. I really look up lot you fellas on here. ty

[@BluesCover]

1. Dylan you need to check the Squier Contemp Strat line. if there is a guitar that is the PERFECT! guitar for pickup upgrade to become one of your favorite strats - this is the one! in the price of the 40th Anniversary Gold Edition Squier Strat you can buy the contemp (340$ at sweetwater)and some Dylan pickups and also the wiring on this is interesting 2. you can get the Aluminum Anodized pickguard for 20$ on Amazon. 3. it is a shame that you can't get Cort guitar in the USA. Cort guitars really worth it!

[@tomosborne5949]

Installing sperzel locking tuners and dressing the nut issue with kyser .I have 30 seconds of sustain. Note: the nut will correct itself. Don't panic. The neck is one of the finest I have ever used. Great work Dyan

[@onlyfromadistance7326]

I bought a Squire and put TexMex pickups, Fender tuners, CTS pots, and a Graphtech nut on it. Leveled and polished the frets myself. NOW it's a great guitar. About $600 all together. Couldn't find another strat with that colour finish, so i just got this one and fixed it up myself. Have to say, im pretty damn happy with it. P.S. I just can't leave a guitar stock anyway...

[@Job.Well.Done_01]

What color is the finish ?

[@onlyfromadistance7326]

@@Job.Well.Done_01, i think its called seafoam green. I also put cream knobs, switch cap, trem tip, and pickup covers on it. Looks kinda 50sish. I just can't bring myself to "relic" it...

[@Job.Well.Done_01]

@@onlyfromadistance7326 sounds beautiful! I hear ya on the relic….. I like that look on certain guitars, but not all.

[@G.S.W.SewmesomeMusic]

Bought a 70s cv slightly used,still had the plastic on the pickguard. Put a fender tremolo and block in it and a loaded fender Tex mex pickguard total price $ 600 all in.It gives my Mia strat a run for its money tone wise. With that neck and pickguard I would say it’s worth it.

[@0000song0000]

16:40 that pickguard looks pretty much exactly like a Classic Vibe electronics... so the neck work is the real improvement

[@tomosborne5949]

A quick tip , if your 40th anniversary Tele develops a dead string or buzz , shake up a bottle of Kyser string cleaner and lubricant. Use a q-tip and Dab a drop on each nut slot. Your guitar will correct immediately. The nut will be ok. My PRS, SE custom 24 CE Had same issue I treated it with Kyser. You can slightly burnish the slots gently when you replace your strings. Using your old strings . Use guage of original 9-42 or 10-46 as nut will easily accept either set.

[@ElvisLin]

I have a Squier Contemporary Telecaster and it plays and sounds amazing. I pick it up more often than my Fender Strat

[@KevinMillard68]

as for the pickups that has nothing to do with radius its alkl about the output signal they go for many strats also have all poles flat or i have also seen every pole different heights as well etc.

[@cmel714]

Got the 40th Anniversary Jazzmaster and am loving it. Got it from a famous Chicago guitar store and they cut me a great deal so didn't pay the full 600.00. It is totally worth the price I got it for. The neck is great, doesnt go out of tune when I use the vibro. Do a review of the Jazzmaster am curious what you think. Thanks.

[@martianmurray]

I got one too (surf green), from the same place I believe. Couldn’t agree more, the neck is awesome, and even out the box it played great. On mine the b string swells in nicely when you strum it behind the bridge, especially with some dirt.

[@randyinmpls5413]

I'm going to have to visit this place. The place in Chicago, where you "Exchange" money for a guitar.

[@jschwam1307]

I also bought the blue Jazzmaster and I’m extremely happy with it. I plan to play it at my next gig, bone stock! I love the neck on these guitars!

[@dalewilson1725]

I got my 40th Tele at *Famous Chicago Guitar Store*

[@BrandonShannonPaul]

Got that same deal from the same guitar store in Chicago on a 40th Jazz Bass. Absolutely loving it. Enjoy your jazzmaster!

[@nizodizo9549]

I have a MIM Fender Stratocaster and the inside body cavity is super clean, not finished but furniture grade routing.

[@onlyguitars]

cool! Really want to check your video on the vintage version. Wanted one of those but they have a really skinny neck ot my taste. Everything else about those I love except the neck size. but got a jazzmaster j mascis and the neck in that is fantastic! Satin as the vintage ones but chunky and the jumbo frets work great! What a great guitar.

[@mnblues8175]

Check out ToneBomb. I added a 43mm nut width neck on my Classic Vibe for 189.00(us). Little work involved but it saves my fat fingering everything. Was a nice quality too.

[@chuckvt5196]

I recently got one of these from Sweetwater also, and I was also blown away by the quality of the neck. What a fantastic neck! Overall, I agree with you This Squier is worth the price! Great video!

[@heydudeyt]

Hi, what do you think about you squier today. Still happy? I'm considering to buy one, but I'm not sure...

[@chuckvt5196]

@@heydudeyt It still plays and looks great. It has a bound neck, so no neck sprout, etc. I would say that the quality is absolutely on par with the Mexican Fenders.

[@heydudeyt]

@@chuckvt5196 thanks

[@chuckvt5196]

@@heydudeyt You're welcome!

[@hanyzaky3284]

Thanks for helpful review , I need your advice about squier 70 Vintage modified , The guitar feels and sound good but I do not like its big headstock, Could I restore 50s headstock shape by sanding the curvy part or this could be wrong ?

[@Allguitarinfo]

I have a Squier from 1983 made in Japan. SQ model. 70s headstock. 3 bolt neck. THESE Japanese Squiers Were made as well if not better than the American fenders at that time. It's a great instrument ...

[@tomosborne5949]

Many feel the neck pickup is weak, its not. Set the neck pickup a wee bit up and it will be very nice . Use the suggested factory measurements or see a good luthier. I raised my neck pickup about 1 mm and it came alive nicely.

[@denyel_]

i’ve been saying squier necks are INSANELY good now! wish i had these squiers when i was a kid!

[@thevalencrimes]

I bought a 40th anniversary seafoam green JM and it sounds and plays amazing for the price point . I have an 80s USA Fender 52 RI Tele and although very different guitars I think the Squire is easily on par with the Tele and is actually more resonant unplugged. I like the neck on it so much so I have ordered a 40th Strat with maple neck. If it sings to you give it some love ❤

[@tullahirecars7151]

Champion as I discuss with some manufacturers players a buying guitar because of neck pickup and the rest you can change but the neck is the art of the instrument thank you for this review

[@hackmeister]

You can get MIM Fender Strats for around $500 used. Fantastic value for the money. I own two: A metal "black top" with a Floyd Rose and hot alnico humbuckers with coil tapping and a more traditional "60th anniversary". Both are great.

[@DerEchteBold]

Why wpuld you get a used one of those for almost the same price if this one is better?

[@hackmeister]

@@DerEchteBold Fact: The MIM Fenders are better than the Chinese Squires. A lot better.

[@DerEchteBold]

@@hackmeister Someone who tested 'em said the exact opposite here in they comments, he called this specific one "definitely better than many MiM and even some MiA".

[@MrDream-zm1pw]

@@hackmeister Bought A new 2018 Standard MIM STrat in Arctic white. Horrible fretwork, high frets, sharp frets. Fixed it, sanded it, leveled it, crowned. but just left a bad taste in my mouth so sold it a few years later. Recently got a Squier Contemporary Jag. Perfect fretwork and neck feels superior. Blew any mexi fender out of the water. Check yourself, dont wreck yourself. Kidding! But FACT: Mexifenders are usually horrible in my experience.

[@hackmeister]

@@MrDream-zm1pw I have 2 MIM Strats: 2002 Standard, 2014 "Black Top". Both are great. The only issue they had was they both needed setups. I've been very happy with them.

[@justinmclaughlin8180]

I picked up the white jazzmaster I never really wanted an offset but this one spoke to me. I just finished building an affinity tele with tapped sd 1/4pounders and now I don't even play it I'm on the jazzmaster most of the time

[@renodavid]

I had to jump on one of these when Fender and Sweetwater put them on sale for $359 a few days ago. 👍

[@benperry490]

bought mine from sweetwater about 3 months ago love it, looks absolut;y beautiful and sounds great. I'm going to sell my Fender hwy 1 black strat becuse this is some ways is better especially the block inlays. I had only 1 issue string ping when tuning coming from the nut slots easy sand/file uick fix

[@geoffreyalder7275]

With reference to the 'thin cast alloy block'.....my friend has an American made standard strat (2015) bought new, it has the thin block ...

[@jaykarimi7123]

I have a 40th Jazzmaster &...damn, I LOVE it...Befor this guitar, I did not like the feel of a Fender, in all honesty. I have about 10 guitars from my baby, my ESP MII Deluxe, to this & i have to say I pick this one up more than anything else. Fender really did a wonderful job on these. a lil setup work & it plays & sounds like a dream. It is so good i just bought a 40th P bass to match it.

[@acevedohiram]

I got one for 300 on reverb. It feels great in the hand. It'll be a nice bedroom guitar for exercises and stuff before bed

[@Rustyboyyy1]

Just bought one today, came home and saw this video. Looks like I made a good purchase . Happy days🤙😎

[@simonnotthepieman1581]

No problems with nato wood. I used to have a Yamaha FG (90's) which had nato wood back/sides. It got a lot of comments from others about being nice to play

[@TheBluesine]

HI DYLAN, thanks heaps for, this video man, much appreciated. I am deciding between this Strat or the Jazzmaster . I cant get to a store so Im buying online. Did you end up getting the Jazzmaster and how did it compare to this strat? Quality, sound, build? cheers

[@monrodeo100]

I bought the Silver Se wondering about your upgrade for the pickups and Hy they might be a better choice

[@bearcountrypublishing5303]

I wanted to give a late comment about the neck. A few months back I bought the Squire Classic Vibe 70's Jazz Bass. It has the same inlays and binding. However, it has the maple neck. So, they are black rather than white. I love that neck. It's just like you describe it on the Strat. I think my price tag was $380 (normally $450).

[@johndelong9230]

I bought the 40th gold jazz bass. It's as good as any MIM that I have played. I think the put extra quality into these Squirts...

[@carlosalves4444]

After uhming and areing, my wife God bless her pulled the plug for me for Christmas. What a darling, im so excited to get it now, cant wait $ 599 AUD .Seriously i got a mim 2017 new,got cracks on paint near the the neck joint after a few months, got terrible frets, after 6months, terrible fret wire, even older squiers dont have same wear. Its put me off, now going to work on the mim strat and really felt ripped off, for the limited playability and wear. So hopefully this will be different, great reviews byw😅

[@williamdavid6]

Hey Dylan, I was recently gifted a brand new Squier Affinity HH Strat in Olympic White. What would be your opinion on swapping out those pickups with some V7 V8s? My prefered style is Rock/Metal type stuff, but I also enjoy cleans.

[@emptypromises2962]

As a whole, it seems to be a solid instrument. The only things I would want to change, would be the trem block and electronics. A full size steel block and full size pots and a descent capacitor, would put that thing up there with the american made Fender stuff.

[@rainmaker9717]

Is the pickguard Anodized Aluminum? Or some other type of finish on Aluminum?

[@billzade8158]

I don't remember if the new price on the Squier Baritone Jazzmaster got out of control too, but buying them used DEFINITELY makes them the most expensive Squier's you can put your hands on. And to be fair, they're fucking glorious.

[@kidwajagstang]

Depends on perspective. If you were lucky enough to find one at a Guitar Center or other local Fender dealer, the price for them new was an astounding MSRP of $399!! IF you could get one. Since they were back ordered for the majority of their run, they were often showing up on the secondary market by jerks exploiting their scarcity that were snapping them up before genuine musicians had a chance to purchase one😢😢

[@TexanUSMC8089]

I have a 2022 classic vibe and affinity Tele. Both have full-size pots. I wonder why this 40th-anniversary edition has the dime size pots?

[@andrewclemons8619]

My ol lady is making me buy it because it looks good hanging in the living room.. sounds pretty good. I'm getting to tele in green. Might put some more balanced aftermarket pups in. The neck is kinda dark and the bridge is bright

[@TheCommonSenseProfessor]

I have a 40th Anniversary Squier Vintage that I got for $300 on sale. It was definitely worth it!

[@valueofnothing2487]

I have several CV's and Affinities. Frets were excellent, especially the Affinity. The fake rosewood fingerboards were dirty and needed cleaning and polishing, but the maple was great. Most stock Squire pickups are too bright for me. Not sure what those pickup specs are.

[@0000song0000]

lower the pickups, that makes them way more mellow 🤠

[@PHeMoX]

@@0000song0000 That directly affects volume and depth too though. It muffles the tone. Honestly, the pick ups aren't that great at all for a $600 guitar for sure. Very bright and kind of thin sounding to start with. As such, I wouldn't spend over $200 for that type of sound.

[@leftyguitaristSE]

Great video! The only thing missing is a steel block on the trem👌🏻

[@mnblues8175]

Added a brass block...added a couple pounds but, gave it sustain into tomorrow.

[@lloydkrulewitz1126]

I am expecting delivery of this 40th Anniversary Strat Gold Edition in Ruby Red Metallic this Thursday...current Labor Day "sale" price from Fender with free delivery is $349.99 U.S. Quality and price makes buying this guitar a no brainer! Thanks for your in depth review...

[@bronzesnake7004]

I dig it! Sounds great and looks awesome. Ya, it's worth it! I just dished out $2,000 Canadian for an Epiphone Excellente, acoustic so I won't be buying a guitar for a few months, but this is now on my radar! I also had to sell my Casino and Seagull Maritime to buy the Excellente, so I'm almost 100% certain my next guitar will be another Casino, I loved that guitar, but not the color. It was cherry red, and I very much prefer the vintage sunburst. Thanks for the review. Jack ~'()'~ Commieda AKA Canada

[@JeremyMcCant]

I’ve played the vintage edition and the gold edition. The gold strat and tele literally feel and sound like toys, they feel like they’re made of out plastic. On the other hand, the vintage edition is GREAT!!! It sounds good, feels good, the one I have on layaway is VERY well made and put together well. Then again, NO 2 guitars are the same. But the one vintage edition strat I tried was AWESOME and I can’t wait to buy it!!!

[@heydudeyt]

​@@You-Deef What do you think about your guitar? Was it worth buying? I am also not sure, if the vintage or the gold is better

[@heydudeyt]

@@You-Deef thanks

[@ectoplasm]

The fact that a lot of people seem to just assume that a Squier is "bad" by default just goes to show how long-held prejudices will linger and how people are still judging them based on their quality 30-ish years ago when you'd still find them being made out of plywood. I'm not really interested in Stratocasters, so I'll probably pass on this, but I'm definitely considering looking into the Jazzmaster.

[@stewarttomkinson3356]

I play left-handed so all I can get is the 51 telecaster from squire and I change the saddles and the tuners and it’s fine

[@secretguitarlab]

Great Vid!!!

[@davidjoel111]

Talking about wood, any insight about wood strength? I have a friend with a basswood Ibanez and he had a major issue with his bridge posts, this Ibanez has the proprietary Ibanez floyd (Edge II if I remember correctly) and the posts started removing wood and bending, yielding to the pressure of the bridge with strings, I don't know if I'm explaining it clearly but because of this I've avoided basswood guitars because it is a "soft" wood.

[@chrishammonds72]

These are $900 AUD here in Australia. Player series can pick up for around $1000-$1200.

[@piciManaska]

Squier is the new Fender

[@gringopig]

I have a 40th P bass and it was miles ahead of every Fender I tried in the shop

[@The504lego]

Hope you get to demo the 40th anniversary vintage series ones!

[@ranman58635]

FYI I love the new afinity strat. I got the tranz blue and the pickups are in my opinion, quality compared to the other ones I've had. The neck was surprisingly without sharp frets but I could see the thinner fretboard and frets. Sort of a weak stain in the grain. Almost looks washed out.

[@araconteur3737]

I think the affinity series has always been a great value and usually recommend to people needing a good cheap strat to cheaply modify. But I hate that squire puts that dinky 40.6 mm nut on them and it's uncomfortable and awkward for me to play. The tele, jazzmaster, and every other affinity has a 42mm nut but only the strat has the 40.6 mm nut..... I'd rather have a bullet, it has the 42 mm nut.

[@ranman58635]

@@araconteur3737, good info and never saw that . Ty

[@rickhill6277]

Is the Tele, Strat and Jazz the same Radius? I’ve seen other demos that say it’s a 12” Radius not a 9 1/2”? Thanks man.

[@tomosborne5949]

The Bone nut on my Tele is exceptional. Milled and Burnished in perfectly.

[@starshineraiser6729]

The new Squier Strats and Teles sound fantastic, but I had the $550 Jaguar and it looked like they carved the body shape with only an axe.

[@mynickisnick4302]

0:15 - it might be the most expensive squier strat. But one of the most expensive guitar that has the Squier logo on the headstock is the M77 at 900$, new, in 2003, basically a guild bluesbird. And the X-155 (17" jazz box) was more than 1k.

[@peterlucas8629]

Apart from the neck being special everything else you can buy online. Set of Alnico V pickups about €25. Metal gold colour pickguard about €25. It still has the small pots and cheap switch in it so I cannot believe the cost of this guitar, and I bet if you checked the frets with a level/rocker tool they would need to be levelled, crowned and polished.

[@glenkepic3208]

First, passed on the '82 first runs. Reminded too much of my '75 MN HT SB. Great until working. Slippery. Bought an Arbor . Flatter radii....Think Jimi at Woodstock. Its still here. 'k, Ann Fat Tele is nice but dig my Vista era Jagmaster more. My Robben Ford Blueline axe. Its a good guitar.

[@seanwynkoop474]

Squire Custom Shop Made a 5 string Jazz Bass Deluxe with factory EMG setup around 2007 /2008 cost was around 800.00 dollars. I ended up paying 800.00 for the bass and a custom ordered SKB/Fender flight case for it . I was told at the time from the shop owner no one wanted to pay the cost due to the Squire Name ..... So he ended up selling it to me at a discount to get new products in that would sell. I can say it's one of the best playing bass guitars I have ever played. Most people just don't believe it's a stock from the factory Squire.

[@lewisbeeman]

Bought a new Squier Contemporary Strat today from the always awesome Casino Guitars. Got a great price and it was worth it purely for the roasted maple neck in my opinion. As for these Squiers and the price. I am sure they are great, I mean, I am a huge fan of Squier. But the fact that I can still buy a used MIM Fender for $400, it would be very hard for me to buy a $600 Squier even though they are probably worth it. Oh, and they look awesome!

[@bradcollins7736]

Yes! Casino Guitars is awesome!

[@markbarnaart2381]

When are you doing the Jazz Master video? Is it the gold edition?

[@TheCodeTinkerer]

For the price it wipes the floor with Fender. The Blue version is on sale for USD 380 at the moment in Denmark. Sadly the Ruby edition is the most popular so it 1/3 more expensive for the color option alone.

[@pauldekoning7679]

Just bought one for 320 euros on sale :D. First electric guitar, am excited to try it!

[@monmixer]

If they are sending a strat out with 9 gauge strings on it they are obviously happy with the tuning stability with the tremolo.

[@arbitermatt]

Wow, it sounds great!

[@tomosborne5949]

I purchased the black gold unit. Immediately put gold locking sperzel tuners on. It has incredable sustain. This guitar matches the American standard, price point is very good for this quality.

[@Mike-ng3zl]

which model tuners did you use, looking to pick up the dark red and gold version

[@tomosborne5949]

@@Mike-ng3zl HI Mike, the 40th anniversary neck is not drilled for the sperzel pin locators. You can buy the installation plate then carefully drill the holes . Important not go too deeply so use extra care. I bought my sperzels 25 years ago . These are positively the Finest tuners ever made.

[@tomosborne5949]

@@Mike-ng3zl the peg head needs to be drilled also. Drilling from the face to the back . Painters tape so you do not chip out any wood. The sperzels have a shouldered nut. So the bore is slightly larger. I used my die grinder very carefully to get the fit to an S.A.E. fit. Not quite snug. After you are satisfied take a small school paint brush and brush a dab of Tung oil inside the bore. This eliminates moisture from getting at wood. I have pictures for you. This is the nicest telecaster ever made. Open 6th E and you should get only 12 seconds sustain stock. With sperzels it jumps up to over 20 seconds. Add bigsby and roller bridge I get 30 seconds. You need to use a .100" thick pick and your volume up at normal home volume. If and when you go to a roller bridge and Bigsby you will find a whole new range of crystal clear harmonics the intonation is infinite on the roller bridge. I preffer the Bigsby and nor a B- bender . But this option has also a nice flare of quality worth looking at. You can also get a bigsby add on to get a B or G bender. Note: as some reviews claim the neck pickup is weak. Not true. You need to find the string guage you like , then move the pickups up to a safe setting , they are very good pickups and wound to American standard Tele specs.

[@tomosborne5949]

@@Mike-ng3zl of all the reviews period I feel that Dylan is the most tuned in person. Obviously he is humble and a great player. His knowledge is very good. You don't have to worry about ghost harmonics behind the roller bridge with a bigsby in place., as the the string has only 2" between rollers and bigsby secondary roller. The main roller has the pins.. any extra help and feel free . I would like to send you a few photos. On a note: the 40th Tele has a wallop of punch. And you will not get tired of it . I got rid of my new PRS CE as the neck was just too thin. My fingers would lock up after 3 hrs playing out. The Tele has a much nicer profile. And a nicer fret radius.

[@tomosborne5949]

@@Mike-ng3zl the pick guard edge is fine. You will never cut yourself. Use mothers cannula paste wax on it . the feel of the guard is great. The volume and tone pots are very decent. The blade 3 way is super nice. The bone nut is superb. I use a drop of string lube on the grooves but shake the bottle good. Your 40th anniversary comes with 9-42 strings . Go 10-46 with no problem.

[@guycewilkerson9858]

I’m hoping those necks are going to become available at some point. I have a Squier strat FMT that is crying for that neck.

[@roob67]

Nice playing man. That tells me the guitar is worth it.

[@shanewalton8888]

Dylan's shirt matches the pickguard. 20:10

[@kellykane3597]

I would change the switch and the pots.but I love the neck

[@markbrown7103]

This is truly a beautiful guitar for the money I love the way it looks and sounds it’s really well worth the money I’m gonna have one soo❤😮🎸🎶🎼😁

[@arsbadmojo]

OK, sorry, 3 questions - when you flipped the pickguard over, you immediately knew they were alnico5. I know how to tell if they are ceramic or not, but did you know they were alnico5 because that is the only realistic alternative to ceramic pickups, or could you actually identify the magnet material just on sight? Sorry if that's a dumb question, just trying to improve my knowledge.

[@AAllinsonNN]

Squier is a brand for the future and epi really needs to keep up