Fender Squier Affinity Series Strat

This is a Squier Stratocaster made in the worst of all places a guitar could be made: INDONESIA. It has 21 frets, 3 single-coil pickups, 2 tone controls, 1 volume control, 5-way selector switch. The neck is maple, the body is cheapo plywood stuff. I wouldn't be suprised if the body was made of plastic. Normal bridge like any other strat.

I like to play all kinds of music, usually using distortion. This guitar sounds bad for all of them. I use it with a peavey Bandit 112 an Ibanez Distortion and an Ibanez Echo. The pickups are very noisy. They pick up all the sounds you DON'T want. They hum worse than any other strat I've ever heard. You will have to have a very nice amp to get this guitar to even sound okay. It sounds pretty bad with distortion. The tone controls don't effect the sound as much as they should. I want to get a seymour duncan humbucker at the bridge. The only thing I like about this guitar is the price. And the box it came in was pretty neat.

I was amazed that the action isn't bad. The finish is pretty good. There were no finish flaws. The pickup selector makes way too much noise when changing settings. Overall, it looks okay but sounds as bad as my mom's 30-year old "Lark" acoustic piece-o-junk.

This guitar does withstand live playing, but i can't withstand playing live with it. The output jack broke once, and i had to go get the wires fixed. Now the output jack comes loose all the time, but i can't do anything about that without taking off the pickguard. Because the jack is loose, if I bump it while playing it makes crackle noises. The tremelo/bridge are garbage. If I even touch the tremelo my G-string drops to F#. Almost always when I use the tremelo, I lose my tune badly. This is one of the worst parts of this guitar. I am forced to use it live often because my acoustic has been gone getting repaired for TWO FREAKING MONTHS.

I haven't Dealt with Fender.

I have had it for a long time, and it hasn't fallen apart YET. I wish i would have known what a good guitar sounds like when buying this guitar. If it was stolen, I'd probably feel very sorry for the poor guy who stole it. The best feature is how tough the finish is. It also works very well as a doorstop, baseball bat, blowgun target, or for getting christmas lights out of a tall tree. I am just going to have to forget about this guitar and go to my buddy Mark's house, where I can play his Gibson Les Paul Standard or his Ibanez Steve Vai through his Marshall Stack. Any body want to trade my Squier for an Ibanez RG-570?

Your standard Stratocaster stuff... 21 frets, maple fingerboard, single 1-ply white pickguard, 5-way selector, three single coils (somewhat cheap), one volume pot, two tone pots, covered tuners, two trees, very tough strap buttons, floating tremolo, baltic blue finish, medium frets... Made in 1999, brand new from Indonesia. The reason it gets a seven is because, well, it's a strat, it's tried and true, and this guitar adds nothing to it.
I bought it with a Stratocaster pack Wood bros. offered, different than the fender pack. It came with a Frontman 15R amp and a standard Fender gig bag.

The sound is okay - assuming you're using positions 2 and 4. I've been playing guitar for a year and a half now, and I'm an intermediate player. I've gotten my hands on many other Strats and other kinds of guitars... This strat is middle of the road. Assuming I put a little work into it, it'll sound better. I play classic rock, jazz, and blues, and I find that with what I do, it works fine until I can get my Tex-mex.
Positions 1,3,5 have the usual stratocaster 60-cycle hum, it really bothers me, so I use 2 and 4 mostly. It is excellent on a clean channel, but I almost always have distortion on, and in overdrive it really gets to me. It's not shielded well (gotta fix that) and unless you touch a metal part (the screw next to the pickup selector is good), it has a very slight noise in 2 and 4. If you don't use too much gain, it works fine in distorted, but I like playing lots of clapton and floyd, so when i go on the solos it gets aggrivating.

The action was middling from the factory. Everything was in place, the truss rod just needed a bit of adjusting. Everything else worked fine. Pickups need to be raised, I won't replace them because I'll get my tex-mex in a few months.
The tone pots might die eventually, and the covered tuners really do suck. I don't use the tremmylo because I head a floating trem, when overused, will ruin the bridge. My friend has an Am-std with a floyd rose, and I almost hand to strangle him when he started dive bombing my guitar.

This guitar, like all other Fenders I've come in contact with, could withstand being run over by a semi. The pickguard does collect a lot of dust, but a little mini-vac I have solves the problem nicely. It's gotten rammed into cabinets, fallen off couches, and withstood an all too curious little sister.

Never had to deal with Fender.

Excellent starter guitar, and an excellent guitar-guitar with a few mods. I will keep using it religiously till i get my tex-mex. My jazz band director, who has a degree in guitar, played it and asked how much it cost and when I said "169 dollars outside of the package" his eyes bugged.
Of course, that was when it wasn't plugged into an amp. ^~

It's a Chinese Strat with 23 frets.Its a laminated wood top and the finish survives whatever i hit it with.. Its got a 5 way, 2 tones, and one vol. knob.Its a standard S-coil config and sound pretty cheap unless you lower the top pickup and raise the rear.Im not sure the miodel of the pickups but ill probably replace them with some dean hotrail humbuckers. The electronics havent gone bad yet, but a lot of my frineds have trouble with the bottom pickup on the selector switch to where it works to the effect of a toggle. Body is mahogany and the neck is also, it was mounted with a rosewood fretboard. It was a basic black body with a white pickboard that ill probably replace. Tune-o-matic bridge and fat neck.. Hella accessories were included... An amp, picks, wiring stops, strap,5 foot cord, 14 inch cprd, chromatic tuner... etc...

IT suits my style of music, which is punky, and thrash, and a little heavy metal stuff..Its not bassy enough but i regulate that on my amp. ITs not noisy unless you adjust the pickups as i mentioned above.Pretty full sound, its not muted or anything like guittars ive played with before. I play int with an Boss MT-2 distortion pedal and a Jimi Hendrix wah... I al;so use my friends GT-3 and can produce any sound i really desire on it. I dont like as i mention earlier how trebely the damn thing sounds.

The actioon and setup was fine, the people at fender obviosly knew what they were doing when they built this machine.Pickups needed a little adjustment, bridge was routed fine, and the finish and wood were in extremely good qualioty when i recieved it.

I pretty much guarentee this thing will withstand gigs, especially if it withstands my room and the woman that wont put i down. The finsish has been slapped around and so far no scratches or knicks... And my friend haad his for four years and its still truckin with him. The strap buttons are solid but i recomend using strap locks. I COuld use this for a great while and probably alwasy depend on it.I wouldnt gig without a backu cause there is always room for an accident or two. I always recomend using a backup.

Havent dealt with em... hjope i dont have to.... i hate operators.. they annoy the piss outta me

Ive been playing for about 3-4 years give or take... i havent always been dedicated but im really started getting into now that i have a good guitar. If it were stolen or lost, i might buy the same type, but id rather have an SG or Les Paul, but who wouldnt? I still really like this guitar and recommend it to begging users and intermediate users.

Made in Japan or something. 21 frets. Volume, two tone knobs. Three single coils with 5-way selector. Pickups suck and deserve to be shit on. Crap plywood body. Strat style body. Standard Fender Strat bridge, non-locking tuners.

I play mostly hard rock/metal, mostly like Metallica or Creed. It absolutely, positively sucks for this style. I use a Digitech processor, Crybaby 535Q wah, and several Mesa Dual Rectifiers with Mesa cabs. It is noisy on all settings. Even with the best amps and effects, it still sounds like I bought it at K-Mart. The guitar can make this really good out of tune sound, especially after use of whammy bar. It may be good for pissing off the neighbors, you know, if your neighbors are good guitarists and know what shitty tone is.

The guitar was fine from the factory, a real eye pleaser, but that's all. It doesn't matter how the pickups are adjusted, they still sound bad. The action is about as good as the action that Rush Limbaugh gets.

If you are playing this thing live, you need to check yo self fo you wreck yo self. This thing won't break, but I guarantee you it will sound bad. My strap buttons fell off after having the thing for about a year. This guitar should not be played without a back up because this guitar should be no higher than a back up, like sixty or seventy guitars down the line.

Never dealt with them.

I have been playing for four years and let me say the Ibanez I play now blows this guitar to some other planet. I wish I knew more before I bought this mistake. If this was stolen or lost, I would rejoice and stroke the comforting neck of my new Ibanez and tell it how much I love it. I hate everything about this guitar, especially it's shitty sound. This guitar is only good for beginners.

Made in China price $139 from Mcfayden music

I have only been playing for a year,so this guitar is perfect for me.I play it through a FENDER FRONTMAN 15 amp.I play blues and classic rock and this works fine for me.

It is black with a white pickguard.The action is o.k. but I might have it adjusted.The finish shines

I have had no problems.It survives my 4 year old constantly messing with it.

Its the perfect guitar for someone starting out,or someone who does'nt think a good guitar has to cost a lot of money.

I just purchased a Made In China Squire Affinity Stat for my nephew, as he wants to learn guitar. I have been playing for 25 years and own a Les Paul Standard and a American Standard Strat. This Affinity has 21 frets, a solid hardwood body, a rosewood neck and a Torino Red paint job. All the standard strat features are included, although the tuners have a very low tuning ratio and require a light touch and a bit of patience.

The pickup sounds are a tad brighter than my American Standard, and lower output, but it sounds fine.

the construction is top-rate. I was very surprised. The neck fit is excellent, the set-up out of the factory was fine except for intonation, which easy to adjust. The paint job is superb, as is the satin finished neck. There were no flaws on this guitar.

I feel this guitar will stand up to anything a 13 year old can dish out. I remember the junk guitar I had to learn on, and I would've jumped out of my skin to have a guitar this good back then.

No experience with this.

This guitar was still in the box when I bought it, and I'm thinking of getting one for myself to mess with. I'd love to hear a triplet of Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro's in this thing.

This guitar is a Stratocaster knock off made in China in 1999. It sports a polyurethane finished solid wood body (I took it apart and couldn't see signs of plywood in any of the cavities) and a 21 medium fret, large headstock, rosewood capped maple neck with a satin finish. This neck is not as deep and narrow as vintage models but is comfortable for all purposes. Electronics are pure Strat: three passive single coil pickups connected via a 5 way selector (that in this case is a piece of junk) to one volume and two tone pots. Tremolo system is a basic Strat unit with improved saddles (have rounded edge where the string rests to prevent string breakage). The stamped out enclosed tuners are also very deficient for pro use. The guitar includes tremolo arm, adjusting tools for truss rod and saddles, warranty booklet and owner's manual.

I bought this guitar to hot rod so I didn't even try it when I bought it. I quickly proceeded to replace the stock pickups (which are basically pretty cheap) with Carvin Alnico blade type single coils, the selector switch with a Switchcraft 5 way and the tuners with WD/Gotoh non locking tuners. I ended up with a pro instrument for less than $275.00. The guitar sounds as good or even better than my American '57 Strat reissue (probably due to the pickups). The sound is thick and full of definition clean or distorted. Acoustically, the guitar also resonates as much as my '57 reissue, which is an indicator of good tone in an electric guitar. I play pop, rock'n'roll and blues/country based rock and it works perfectly for all I do, it's very versatile. I've tried it through a Korg G3 effects pedal and a Crybaby Wah into a '59 tweed Twin repro and it sounds full and throaty.

The guitar was almost perfectly set up from the factory, at least for the majority of players; I'll need to raise the action for my taste, though. Intonation was almost perfect from the factory as was the neck, fretwork and finish.

As already mentioned, the tuners, pickups and selector switch are very bad quality but for $129.00 how much can you ask for? After replacing those, (and maybe the pots which will eventually die) this thing will withstand a lot of use and abuse. Could use without a backup.

Never dealt with Fender and probably won't need to, their stuff is good and built to last.

I've been playing for over 20 years and own at least one each of all the desirable models and makes of guitars (mostly in reissue form but a couple of vintage players) and when set up like I did, this Squier stands up to American made Fenders. If it were stolen or lost, I'd buy it again and "repeat the procedure". It's hard to find this much quality for so little money; I don't know how Fender does it. Great value!

My Squier has the standard Strat controls(2 tones, volume). It has also has 3 single coil pickups. My guitar pretty much has the features of any strat you can find in the world.

The sound is decent. It's rather thin, but that's how all strats sound. Great for Blues and Rock music. I play it through a boss distortion pedal(sometimes) and then into my Fender Blues Junior(Which is a kick-ass amp). My amp actually makes my Squier sound ten times better than my old amp, which was a cheapy Squier amp that came with the guitar. The worst thing about the sound is that the pickups are cheap(of course, on a $150 guitar). They can be very noisy in the 1,3,5 positions, but I'll hopefully be upgrading to Texas Specials shortly.

The set-up that my guitar came with seems fine with me. I've had it for a year now and never adjusted the neck or bridge. The finish is great looking for what I paid, It's white with a white pickguard. The action is wonderful and I recently compared it to a $1200 Deluxe American Strat which my friend owns and couldn't tell the difference between the playability between the two.

This guitar would last anyone for years and years. It is the only electric I own and is veery durable. The hardware is excellent, it stays in tune, the strap buttons will last FOREVER, and I can always depend on it.

I don't know to much about Fender customer support???

I've been playing guitar for 2 years and I am very pleased with this guitar. If you want the ultimate strat, do this: buy a squier strat(150 bucks), texas special pickups(150 bucks), and a new set of quality tuners(50 bucks). Pay a good guitar tech 50 bucks or so to install the stuff, set it up nicely, and you have a $1200 strat for 400 bucks!

This guitar features a laminated top, 22 frets, made is china in 1997 I believe, the controls are two tone, one volume, and 5-way selecter. The pick up configuration is s/s/s, the pickups are single coils but I dont no what kind they were special ones put on. the neck is maple the body I think is alder but I am not sure, and the fretboard is rosewood. finish is soled black. its a strat. tuners are non locking. the neck is relativaly thin and great playing.I had to but the case seperatly. the pick guard makes it kind of plain but if you change it with a pearl pick guard it really brings out the guitar. The only really thing bad with it is its bridge it breaks the strings quite easy if you dont file them down.

This guitar defenetly suits my stile of music blues, and is really good for metal, rock, and clasic rock. I guess it would do good for country but I havent really tried it. This guitar is excellent for lead. The sound of this guitar is all really in the amp, some say that it's the guitar thats crappy when they got this little $50.00 on sale used crappy amp. but I just got a Marshal G30RCD for a relativally good price and it rocks with my strat. Its kind of tacky on the bridge pickup by itself but sound good with both middle and bridge, also for blues I think sounds great on the neck and middle pickups which I mostly use. The only dislike I really dislike is the swiching controls they kind of are touchy but can be fixed just go under the pick guard in the controls and tightin the screws.

this guitar was made quiete well and satisying it is very comfterble and plays really easy I like it a lot. there was loose controls but can be easily fixed. Its all in how you treat it.

This guitar will withstand live playing if you dont thrash it. Some simple hardware might not last but is easy to replace but I havent had any bad problems. The finish will defenetly last. The strap buttons are defenetly solid. I can depend on it. And I would use it on a gig without a backup. DONT PURCHASE USED, PEOPLE THINK BECAUSE ITS A CHEAP PRISED GUITAR THEY CAN RECK IT.

never really had to.

This guitar is great I have been playing for 7 years and have lots of equipment six guitars and many amps and effects. This guitar goes good with effects. if it were stolen I would by it again. I like the comfert and some what light wait of the guitar, I especially like the neck.I dont like about how hard it is to find the same parts. I have compared it to other guiters like the Fender Standerd and American strat and think if the others were $200.00 cheaper I would buy the Squier. The reoson I bought it instead of the Fender is because it feels more comfterble and is easy to play looks better if you add the right stuff to. I wish it had better hardware though.

My guitar was made in 1998. It was made in Indonesia. It has 22 frets. Regular Strat features 1 volume, 2 tone controls, a five way selector switch. I thinkl that it is made out of Alder but I'm not sure. It hasd non locking tuners. I got the Strat pack so it came with a gig bad, an amp, cord, tunner, strap, stings. I did buy a guitar case for it though latter on.

The sound on this guitar is awsome. I play moslty rock/hardrock and it does the job just fine. One thing that I did find that if you put the toggle switch on 2-4 it's not near as noisy. When I use distotion I fing that a high pitch squeel comes through the amp. The sound is very rich and also bright. It's great for those kick ass solos. I think overall it sounds great.

I got my guitar brand new and I thought that that it came pefect and ready to play, just needed tunning. All I have to do is to raise the pickups and thats about it. That finish is really good, these guitars take a beating and keep on playing. I did find that the tunners are not the best so I will have to replce them once I get enough money.

This guitar will last live playing, I mean I wouldn't play with backup, but I wouldn't play any guitar without backup. This guitar will last forever! The strap buttons are on there for good. I couldn't see them breaking. If the opertunity came around and I didn't have backup I would play without backup. Well I would have to think about it first but probably would.

Never needed it!

I have been playing for a year and a have and this is my second guitar my first was a Epiphone Strat. and it can't stand up to my Fender. If I lost this guitar I would find the thief and beat the crap out of him then take my guitar back. I love the sound, the shape, got to love the shape. The thing that I don't really care about is the colour of my guitar. When I get enough money I will buy a pedal, I'm not quiyte sure with kind buyt somthin that will make it sound really cool. Oh yea and a Larger amp.