Fender Squier Affinity Series Strat

made in 2004, "crafted" in indonesia
22 frets
i got that stupid strat pack thing
here, from the website
MODEL NAME Squier Strat Pack
MODEL NUMBER 033-0800-(Color#)
SERIES Squier Affinity Series
BODY Agathis
NECK Maple, C-Shape,
(Polyurethane Finish)
FINGERBOARD Rosewood, 9.5? Radius (241 mm)
NO. OF FRETS 22 Medium Jumbo
SCALE LENGTH 25.5? (648 mm)
WIDTH AT NUT 1.61? (41 mm)
HARDWARE Chrome
MACHINE HEADS Standard Die-Cast Tuners
BRIDGE Synchronous Tremolo
PICKGUARD 1-Ply White
PICKUPS 3 Single-Coil Pickups
PICKUP SWITCHING 5-Position Blade:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup
Position 3. Middle Pickup
Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup
Position 5. Neck Pickup
CONTROLS Master Volume,
Tone 1. (Neck Pickup),
Tone 2. (Middle Pickup)
COLORS (506) Black,
(525) Metallic Red,
(580) Arctic White,
(595) Metallic Blue,
(Polyurethane Finish)
STRINGS Fender Super 250L, (.009 to .042) Nickel Plated Steel p/n 073-0250-003
UNIQUE FEATURES Dot Position Inlays
ACCESSORIES STRAT Pack Includes:
Squier STRAT p/n 031-0600,
Fender Frontman 15G Guitar Amplifier,
Full Enclosure Stereo Headphones,
Chromatic Tuner,
Gig Bag,
Cable,
Guitar Strap,
Pick Sampler,
Set of Fender Strings


it seemed like a good deal, until now

i play mostly rock
you plug it in and allyou hear is buzzing, its horrible

came already put together , the finish was nice, everything seemed to be good, i loved the color, a nice red

i would never play this live, its got a horrible buzz, theres a lot of times that the strap slips, it goes out of tune from 5 minutes of playing so this thing is not going to last

never delt

ive been playing for about 2 yars, i wish i had not bought this guitar...its horrible

This is a 2001 Squier Affinity Series Stratocaster. It was crafted in Indonesia. It has 21 medium sized frets with nice rolled edges. It has an alder body and the standard Strat features, 3 single coils.
Tuners are Schaller look alikes, but keep it in tune just fine.

This guitar is well suited for rock, metal, punk, country, R&B and just about any kind of music. I'm playing through several amps and it sounds good through ALL of them. The 5-way pup selector is solid and allows for a wide range of tone !

The guitar was setup okay, however I tweaked it, and now it plays really fast. I lowered the action a bit. The maple neck is a two piece, the body is also two piece, but it is a lot lighter than my Fender Strat, which I like !

The strap pins and hardware are very solid, as is the switch and basic features. I would and have used this guitar without a backup. It's got Fender's name on it, so it's durable. They don't put their name on junk !

Customer support at Fender is top notch. Mr. Gearhead (on the Fender site) is also extremely helpful.

I'be been playing for 35 years and wanted a guitar to experiment with different pickups, etc. This guitar sounds and plays so nice, that I've decided to leave it as is. Maybe I'll get another brand to experiment with ?

Made in 2004 in China. 21 frets, 3 single coil pickups,
5 way switch, solid body, candy red color--which is very
well done. Lifetime lubricated tuners, Maple neck with
rosewood fingerboard.

It has a typical strat sound, maybe slightly brighter than
my American Fender Strat. The pickups--for stock and
relatively inexpensive ones--sound just fine. Not as
good as an American or Mexican Fender--but better than
many strat copies that are out there. I have been pleasantly
surprised to find the pickups to be quiet for single coils.

The fit and finish of this guitar are absolutely amazing
for the price range! Everything is well assembled--and
the paint job is as good as my Mexican Fender! The guitar
needed a "professional setup" (in fact, every guitar does--
even expensive ones--if you want it to play well) which was
about $59.00 dollars--so figure this into the cost--you won't
regret it!

This is a very good beginner or second guitar--provided it is
setup properly! I use it in church--and it sounds just fine.
The strap buttons seem solid and the guitar is well balanced.
Many reviews I've read don't take into account the importance
of a proper setup! Before I had this done--the guitar had
troble staying in tune and the action was high. The factories
just don't put the time into fine-tunning these. But once you
have it done--you'll be amazed how good it sounds and plays!

I've always had great luck with Fender! A friend of mine who
builds and repairs guitars for a living says these are great
inexpensive guitars once you have them setup correctly. Fender
backs their products--if they didn't--they wouldn't have been
in business for over 5o years!

I've been playing guitar for about 15 years. You will not find anything in this price range that compares! Once you have it setup properly it plays very well! Many parents buy these for their kids and then don't spend the money to have it tuned up! Make sure you do that! There's nothing about the guitar that I hate--of course it is not as good as a Mexican or American Fender--but it still a fine guitar! Squier in late 2004 updated the standard and affinity series guitars with good tuners, better paints, and overall better craftsmanship. The guitars coming out of Squiers plant in China are a fine value. Yes---I would buy another--and have it setup properly!

You've read the above reviews, so you know what's strapped to this shit machine, sucker. My particular version was black with a rosewood fretboard. A regular strat set-up gets a regular strat set up rating in my silly book.

It's the kind of abrasive neck snapping sound that's not even consistant. Like having one ear drum rubbed with steel wool and the other with sand paper... While you're sexually assaulted, yeah, why not? But, that ain't all bad, bubba. It's still better than the complete worst.

High, uneven action. Well, that's fun for working out your fingers... Or something... Actually, come to think of it, most seven hundred dollar-ish Fender guitars that I've played need to be adjusted for action, pickup height, and intonation. So, that's not a big deal if you throw comparison into the equasion. The pickup selector and pots keep in character with the screeching, raccoon being tortured style of sound; they're unpredictable, noisy, and harsh. The finish isn't all that bad, not all that good, though. Better than the $600 Highway 1, suprisingly. The neck is wide and slows you down with it's "I don't know what the hell is wrong with this thing" type of attitude. The tuning keys though, oh mamma, they are what makes this thing a pig. But who likes to keep consistantly in tune? Keeping is tune is for people who like to sound good. Those fairies.

One good thing about this thing is that its makers seem to have intended for it to be treated like a slave. Not to say that it's dependable or anything, but for the price, you can lay a pretty harsh beating on it without much guilt. Not the type of guilt that comes with buying it, anyway.

Imagine the conversation:

Customer support: "What seems to be the problem sir?"
Customer: "Everything about this guitar, you bastard!"
Customer support: "Well, what did you expect?"
Customer: "Oh."

Whoever dares steal this thing from me must have a sick personality or be a cop. I've carved so many horrible, degrading, morally dispicable little phrases and symbols into this guitar that it's general appearance has managed to fit it's sound. And believe it or not, I'm sort of proud of myself for doing it. Like a scarlet letter that covers its whole body. I think, with this guitar, that if I played live, parents would cover both their child's ears and eyes.

2004 made in China. Metallic red with rosewood fingerboard. For such an inexpensive guitar, and for being a Strat, the features are outstanding. Everything that is supposed to be on a strat--jumbo frets, thin maple neck, 5-way selector switch, very impressive high-quality finish, alder body--for an extremely low price.

This guitar has a very nice traditional Strat tone with the slightly lower output that is typical of stock single coil pickups. That being said, there's nothing wrong with the pickups, they're just your average run of the mill single coils.

Compared to a Tex-Mex strat, the out-of-the-box tone is not quite as scooped out in the middle and has more richness and sustain. Compared to an American Standard strat with stock single-coil pickups, it's very close--a bright clean sound.

It sounds better right "out of the box" than any other guitar in this price range. Of course you've got to keep your strings fresh and tweak the action to your preferences just like any other guitar on earth (contrary to the assumptions of some other posters here), and yes you may want to try medium gauge strings to get a beefier tone or replace the stock pickups with something more suited to your taste. But just as far as the inherent tone of this guitar it's much better, due to the heavier body weight than in the older Tex-Mex series and many other low-dollar knockoffs.

Not one flaw or quibble with the action, fit or finish. Every detail is clean, sharp, perfect. It looks really nice. Selector switch moves firmly and without noise and the tone and volume knobs rotate very smoothly. Action is perfect at the nut and the bridge. Frets are level and polished and the neck is dead straight. The finish seems to be polyurethane satin. Deep shine on the body, looks just great. Chrome bridge inserts don't look as bottom-of-the-barrel as what Fender was using on the Tex-Mex guitars.

This guitar seems very solid. The hardware seems just fine. The finish looks very strong and durable. Neck joint is nice and tight. It will probably outlive me.

I've been playing for over 25 years and my main guitar is a Martin OM28V. I use the electric for home recording. If it were lost or stolen I'd grab another one. This is a great guitar for the money if you can overcome the hypnotic effect of thinking that it should be inferior just because it's from China, it's under $150 bucks or it says "Squier" on it instead of "Fender Made in USA".

last year model basically everything has been said bout its appearance

uggh terrible sound everytime i plug it in it has this buzzing sound that wont go away the sound on some frets are very bad

there was somthin wrong with it right when i bought it one of the screws were loose on the pick guard because the whole was drilled improperly had to have it fixed at a local music store uggh terrible

not to durable the a string got a bump on the 13th fret making it sound hollow replaced string and decided why not change them all and couldnt get in tune for a while took me a while to figure how to tune this crazy thing

i own a les paul and i like it much better if this guitar was stolen o well that piece of chunk is theres then

21 frets,5-way selector(best part of the guitar).Made in indonesia.s-s-s configuration.

AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH. Whistles way too much, i try to play tab on my computer and it picks up anything electric. Also on high gain it whines. The 3 single coil pickups suck crap. My guitar sounds really dead. If your want a strat go for a Fender. They sound much better. Oh ya i almost forget dont go about playing anything with power cords or bends and dont use the whammy bar. The tuners are a disgrace.

My guitar came working perfect. Not the fastest guitar ive tried, but the is an excellent guitar for begginers. I play hard rock and metal. My friends jackson warrior was waaaayyyy faster.

Maybe the best part of the guitar. It's very durable, and fairly reliable but if you were gonna play it live you would some mods. Pickups, electronics,tuners, bridge.

Never had problems

Overall a beginners guitar. Ive tried many guitars, jacksons, bc rich's,fenders,gibsons,esp. Im probably going to trade mine in for an esp ltd.

2000 model made in China...and the Chinese ones are much better than the Indonesian ones. I had a $100 credit at a store in CT. Cna't get much for a hundred bucks I thought...but hey...gotta spend it so go and see what is there. There was a Squier Standard Tele that had been given a big whack and had a chunk of the paint and wood chipped off. It was going for $150 as is....and then there was this shorworn Affinity Strat in black with rosewood board...very classic looking...and it was going for the same price....played the both of them....and the Tele felt like total crap (made in Indonesia)...the Affinity felt very much like a Mexican Standard...same feel to it...so I bought that one....took it home cleaned it up...tweaked the neck relief, lowered the strngs, intonated it...and put on a set of Ernie Ball .010's...and plugge it into my Gibson Les Paul Jr. Amp....whoa....and more whoa...this guitar has the snap, crackle and pop....and the quack of a full fledged Strat...in fact...I sanded off the decal...and restained the neck.....left it plain....I am replacing the tuners with Gotoh mini's.....and guess what? I now got me a custom assembled strat.....and I may not even change the pu's...cos they seem to have all the snap needed....
all for under $200....not bad....kinda like the old days when Strats and Tele's cost $140 new.....(the late 60's for all you non-Boomers).
Peace

Made In Indonesia, 21 frets, two tone knobs, one volume and a lever thng with five notches. I bought it bareley used, perfect cond. the only misuse would be the way they turned the tuners, Usually I dont mind if they tune out instead of in but they were all mixed, some out and some in, other than that everything was fine. Came with Case, Cable, Whammy Bar, Strings and complimentary picks. I dont use picks often though, just for power chords.

Great sound, It picks up well, I have a Bheringer cheap $100 amp, it works pretty well all kinds of settings and effects and the guitar picks up well. I had a problem with it cutting out but I tightened the nut on the cable output on the guitar, now it is fine. Only bad thing is when you get near electrical devices, I cant look at tabs on my computer and hold the guitar at the same time. I can't even play next to my amp when I have the drive up (Hi Gain). Other than that, Great sound, and the whammy bar makes it too easy to mess around and sound cool, only problem might be adding grease to the place you screw in the bar, if you crank it too far in, when you play it will "stick" and vibrate the guitar giving you unwanted sounds.

Finish is awesome, Only problem I had was using thick picks and going a little far with the power chords, because the red part above the fingerboard is a bit scratched. Other than that, awesome set up, everything is functional and pretty. I suggest using Armor-all on it, it works wonders not only on cars, but on guitars!

Havn't played live yet, but I hope to someday, I havnt had any big problems, Just broken strings, I would be fine without a backup. Strap buttons could use some tightening from the way I bought it but other than that, It is fine for live shows, Bring strings though.

Havn't had any trouble, no reason to call the company.

I have only been playing guitars for a few years, maybe four. Mostly bass but I have just started guitar again. I have an old kay bass, no Idea what model or anything, passed down family, I also have a cheap gremlinn acoustic, it is crap. I also play my dads alot, very nice red to cream transition with a specialty pick guard, awesome sound. I love it.

The Strat is by far my best guitar, not including my dads acoustic, If stolen, I would probably get another if I got such a good price but its always good to try something new, so I would probably get something else. I only wish I had smaller fingers so I could switch chords faster without touching other strings. I'm improving.

was made in china in 2003. 23 frets, bit different to most 21 fretted strats. rosewood neck,
came with a whammy bar. has 2 tone knobs and a volume knob.

i am a punk and alternative rocker. i use it with the squier amp it came with, which whistles when near anything electrical. to counter the whistling, i turn the tone knobs down to 0, but this causes the sound to have 2 much bass. not bad when it isnt whistling and is turned up properly. clear distorted sound.

guitar set up perfectly in the factory, especially considering its an asian made model.

have noticed that the screw on the lead input comes loose alot. nothing to worry about ut, just tighten it with my fingers and it is right. has 2 1cm sqaured chips in it which i dont know where they came from, and it is always stored correctly when not in use, so id say my squier had pretty lame paint job. strap buttons are rock solid. strings arent rusty and ive had the guitar with daily use for a year. i would definitely use it for a gig without a backup.

didnt buy it off the manufacturer

have been playing for 3 years, also own a telecaster and gibson persephone. both mint condition. if i lost it, i wouldnt care too much and would buy a new and better guitae

Made in korea, 21 frets, 1 volume, 2 tone, 5 way switch, 3 singlecoils, alder body, vintage style vibrato, slim maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, came with some tools that i lost before i had a chance to find out what they did.

I play a range of styles from metal to some bluesy stuff, and the three pickups and vibrato unit give it a great versatility, and the tones available are classic strat, made better by the use of a marshall MG30DFX, although the bridge pickup gives of a lot of feedback, and all pickups hum a bit, but they are singlecoils.

A very slim neck and deep cutaway provides easy access to all 21 frets, with a low action to help fast playing and shredding and a vintage style vibrato set up with 3 springs that returns to pitch well, exept when used for kerry king style exessive divebombs, but it's not a floyd rose, so don't go crazy with it.

this guitar has withstood many a live show, all without a backup, i may add, and always delivered. beware of the screechy bridge pickup though, so try to turn down the volume when not playing. You could get it potted, at least i'm considering it, or buy a replacement. the scratch plate can chip easily, but replacement ones should be cheap, and it is still a dependable lump of guitar, easily playable.

never needed any help from them.

i have been playing for 3 years now, and it is great for starters, and with replacement pickups, intermediate and semi-pro too.

Korean Made. Basic Strat setup. Alder body. Three single coils, 21 frets, rosewood fretboard, maple neck, standard tuners. Has a red finish. Think Jack White of the White Stripes Airline guitar. That's the color. 5 way selector. Basic tremelo bridge. It's reliable. Not the greatest, not the worst.

My nusic style is basically classic rock/blues rock with some modern stuff and early 90's. It fits all of these pretty well. I play it unpluggd alot, but I also play it thru my small 10 or 15 watt amp. I also have a Digitech Rp50 effects processor and this works well with the setup. It makes it sound alot better. The guitar has the slight hum of a single coil when not using an out-of-phase setting, but all single coils are like this. The pickups are pretty good, especially for the price paid. The bridge pickup is really good. It has that classic Strat sound. The neck pickups is also good. It gives you that nice bluesy feel. It sounds pretty good clean and distorted. Good sound. I like to use the bridge-middle pickups together and cranks the tone volume down to get that sound. I can't really explain it that well, and it doesn't sound as well clean like this, but with the distortion on it has a nice sound, almost like a humbucker. Really good rock tone. Once again, not the worst, not the greatest.

The action and intonation was set up at the factory. The action is medium or so, I don't know the exact measurement. It's sorta high I guess. I like my action a like that, so I am very satisfied. The pickup hieght was fine. No dents or anything out of the box, although there are some now from all the usage it has been thru. Bridge and saddles set up fine. Very good set up.

This is one tough guitar. Very durable. It has some minor dents and very minor, almost undetectable scratches, most of which are my fault. It has been thru one talent show gig and will go thru another in a couple of days. Hardware seems good. It has a little rust, but that is ok because this is a player, not a looker. You can't really see the rust unless you are looking closely. Finish has no cracks or chips. Very good finish. Strap buttons are rock solid. Never had a problem with them. Very dependable. The only problem I have had is that one of the screws holding the selector plate in would fall out. A little tape or a sticker fixes that however. This doesn't affect the playability whatsoever, so its fine. I think is could do a gig with out a backup. I would bring extra strings of course, but who doesn't when playing a gig. I use 49-11's so I don't break a whole lotta srtings. Reliable guitar.

Never dealt with the company. I can give no info. No use even gining a rating.

I have been playing for 1 1/2 - 2 years. I also own a vintage Gibson acoustic. I have been told ny many people that I sound like I have been playing for longer than I have, even from other guitarists who have been playing for a long time. Not to brag, but a am probably at least a year ahead of most people who have been playing the same length of time I have.
This is my first electric and it has served me well. I have learned alot on this and I plan to keep it as a backup for quite some time. I should be getting a new guitar, hopefully and Agile, pretty soon, so this will sink down to my number two axe. If it were stolen, I would probably kick the persons ass, and then laugh at them, partially because they stole a Squier which can be bought a a low price anyway.
This is a very good guitar for beginners and intermediate players, and even advanced players. Not the greatest guitar in the world, lso not the worst. Good axe overall. If you have any questions feel free to email me.

2 volume knobs, 2 tone knobs, and a 5 way selector switch. Pretty standard for any strat. It also has a whammy bar.

This thing sounds more or less like crap. It picks up almost any electrical device you come anywhere near. I tend to keep the tone switch all the way up, or in the middle, and the tone knobs around half, to try to combat this problem, which doesn't work well, since it's still quite noisy. The output on the guitar is very weak as well. I generally only bring it for one or two songs during my set, if at all.

The guitar was set up all right at the factory. I'm more used to set necks, so I don't really bother with adjusting it too much.
One thing I did do, was put extra springs on the tremelo arm which I took from my old Lotus strat imitation. I'd rather use the Lotus, except that it's about twice as heavey.

This guitar seems to hold up pretty well. I generally use this guitar to literally "throw around" at the end of my set from time to time. So far nothing has broken that I couldn't fix, or live without. The paint's chipped in two or three places, the headstock has a dent in it, and the "high E" tuner is slightly broken, but still works well enough.

Never dealt with them.

I bought this guitar about 3 years ago so I'd have a guitar I could dink around with and not worry about damaging my les paul. If I could go back, I'd spend the 150$ on a different guitar with better electronics, or a good effects pedal or two.
If it got lost or stolen, I probably wouldn't notice for about a week or so. And I sure as heck wouldn't buy another one. You're better off going with some cheap SG imitation with halfway decent humbuckers than this thing.

My Squire was made in China. The year on the neck says 1996.It has 22 frets, 5 way selector, alder(I think)body, rosewood fingerboard, strat bridge and wammy bar,generic tuners(I plan to get better ones),and medium frets. When I bought this guitar, I took off the origional white finish and repainted it light blue. I also took out all the electronics and put in a Fender 57/62 pickup for the bridge, lace sensor for the middle, and I left the stock squire pickup in the neck position because it has quite a beefy tone.I also replaced the origional switch and the pots. I personally think the origional electronics are garbage.

I play mostly country, blues/rock, and surf. For amps, I use a 1979 Peavey Mace with Celestions for gigging, and an old 60 watt Lab Series for practice. For effects,I use a Boss CS-2 compressor, Boss super overdrive, Boss Turbo Overdrive, and a Crybaby wah. Soundwise, the only thing I don't like about this guitar is the weak bridge pickup. It has a nice, bright tone, but no balls. I would eventually like to put in a Seymour Duncan Hotrails for the bridge. Other than that, the guitar sounds great with all my modifications. Like any other strat, It's very versatile. I,m mainly a Telecaster man, but I think that this guitar lends a lot of variety to my sound. Good backup guitar as well.

Like I said, I found the electronics to be garbage, and I would recommend them to be replaced. I think the wood is fabulous, nice and light. Whenever I shop for an electric, I try it out unplugged first. If it has a good, resonant tone, then I know it's going to sound great plugged in, whether or not the electronics need to be replaced. I have small hands, and I find the neck to be pretty thick in the upper register. I like maple fingerboard better than rosewood, so I would like to get another neck.

All things considered, I find it to be very solid and durable, just like any other Fender electric. Definitely a good backup guitar. LOTS of potential for upgrading.

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As an overall rating, I would give this guitar a 6 in stock form. To belabor a point, the rating gets better with better electronics. I would give my guitar an 8 with the mods. I have been playing for 26 years. My other guitars include two TElecasters, a 1976 Ibanez Les Paul copy, A Fender copy bass, 1977 Yamaha acoustic and a 1950's Kay archtop electric(my first guitar when I was 16) I bought this guitar because I couldn't afford an America made strat, but with all the mods, I was able to turn this guitar into a good sounding instrument. The only things it really needs is a more powerful bridge pickup and a neck with a maple fingerboard with better tuning gears. If it was lost or stolen, I would't consider it a huge loss compared to my other guitars, but I still would be disappointed.

Made: 1996, in China. 21 Frets. Basswood as far as I can tell. Traditional Strat S/S/S layout & controls. Rosewood fingerboard. Arctic White finish. "Vintage tremolo." Smaller headstock shape--not like today's big CBS-style pegheads. Gave a "10" for features because it is a dead-on copy (aesthetically) of an American Fender.

I like Classic Rock, and it did okay for that, but the pickups were very noisy at higher volumes. 60-cycle hum killed the fun. I had to play in the in-between settings on the five-way switch (positions 2-and 4) to keep from deafening the audience with squeals and interference. Other than that, the guitar is in the Stratocaster ballfield--but is thin and weak. However, you cant really expect more for the price.

Straight out of the box, this guitar played lovely. When I'm sitting around the house, it is still my go-to guitar to play unplugged. For a asian-made guitar, it is quite solidly built. No neck-joint issues. All frets cleanly dressed--no burrs. The only gripe I have with the craftsmanship is that the dot inlay-markers are not perfectly straight. It is noticable up-close (although I didn't notice it at the guitar shop.

As with nearly any entry-level guitar, the electronics left much to be desired. After a year or so, the pots became scratchy and the switch got finicky. I really had to set it so that it didn't screw up, and then NOT TOUCH IT. A couple of years ago, I replaced the entire pickguard/electronics assembly with a drop-in unit I bought on eBay. It cost me $59.99USD (+ shipping), and had no-name "Texas Rockem" pickups. They actually sound beautiful. So, for the price of a Squier and replacement pickups, I have a great-playing, great-sounding Strat. Finish is great--nice and slick. Solid strap buttons, etc.

Never had to deal with Customer Support. Never worried about warranty either.

I've been playing for eight years. I have this Squier Strat, A custom built Stratocaster, Dean acoustic, and a Strat set-up for slide. If it were stolen or lost I would buy another, because these are GOOD and cheap (I'd still replace the electronics, though). I like the fact that these guitars are well built structurally. If you can get past the chincy electronics (or replace them) the make great guitars. They have the Fender pegheads (decals are available, boys). They are actually better than most 70s Fenders I've seen. With my new pickups and electronics, this makes a killer Fender clone.

This is a Squire strat with the standard strat setup: 3 pickups, 5 position switch, one volume control, two tone contrls, and strat wammy bar. These are basically the same features as on the 1962 strat I used to play in college back in the 70's, so I rate it a 7. Locking tuners and Floyd Rose setup would bring it up to a 10. So I rate the Squire a 7, which is what I'd give a standard strat.

This guitar has the standard strat sound but with slightly less output than a "real" strat. If your trying to overdrive your 40-year old tube amp that's been retrofitted with some crappy East European 12AT7 tubes, you won't be happy. But if you have a modern amp you can get that standard strat sound by cranking up amplifier gain a bit. So sound is like that of a standard strat, an 8.

Here is where the Squire falls short of a standard strat. Quality is pretty variable on the Squires I played, and I'd say they range from 1 to 8. The one I bought is an 8, but you there are plenty with quality probalems and bad setups out there. But if you play a few of them (like I did) you should be able to find a good one. So I score my strat an 8 in this dept.

Hey! This guitar is a big block of wood and metal. WHat could go wrong?

No idea.

I'vw been playing for 30+ years. Bought this guitar for my son and we both love playing it. (I play this baby more than my Les Paul Custom.) It';s got all the strat karma at 1/3 the price and that rates an overall score of 9 in my book. Back "in the day" I gigged with a '62 strat into a Fender Twin, a setup that could set you back $10,000 today. To be honest, the Squire strat through a Princeton Chorus sounds 95% as good at 10% the price.

If you can hear the difference (or think you can) sell the car and pick up the 1962 strat. But if you can't afford it, just buy the Affinity and lie.

This Squier Strat Affinity Series model was made in 1999. It is a glossy olympic white, with a maple swirly neck. It has 21 medium jumbo frets and a tremelo that stays in tune (during *normal* use)!
I did not expect such a fine instrument when I bid and won this beauty on eBay for $78. This guitar is my favorite (of six) and I love the skinny, fast neck and low profile on action.

This guitar suits my style perfectly. I am a rock musician and use this guitar when I don't want to bring my expensive guitars, for what it is, it holds it's own !

The action was a perfect .067 off the 12th fret and the pickups are powered with 500KOhm pots, so a lot of mid & high end. The whammy bar is the best I've ever played on a non-floyd guitar !

This guitar will take a lot of abuse, misuse, refuse, beer baths, parties, clubs, halls, gigs, champagne and a good old lickin' and just keep on tickin'

Very helpful, the best !

I've been playing since the Beatles were thinking of starting a band. They came out and blew me away, I learned my chords from listening to them harmonize ! Then I started getting into Steve Cropper and the Stax sound, then came Danny Gatton, Jeff Beck, Clapton, etc.. This guitar can do it all !

Crafted in Indonesia with parts from Japan (like the Sony TV's, etc..) this is a great player's guitar. You can leave it around, no one will rip you off. Who wants a Squier, I want a Fender. Well boys and girls, let me tell you...put $500 back in your pocket and buy the Squier and you'll be glad you did. It is a solid sounding guitar !

The sound really comes from my effects & amps, so ya, the sound is fine. The whammy is great, stays in tune pretty good ! Solid hardware and electronics, nice finish (alder), maple neck, sleek & fast !

Perfecto from the factory, just plug & play - and don't worry !

Could drop off a truck and would still play in tune !

Greatest people in the world (is my endorsement ready ? ) no, but seriously, The Squier is 2nd fiddle to the strats, but a very decent guitar that can hold it's own amoung the other $150 guitars from Ibanez, Epiphone, Yamaha, Cort, Hohner....

Been playing 'bout 20 years, singin' 'bout my fears,
Had I not this fine guitar, my eyes would be filled with tears;

GREAT !

This gittah was made in 2002, got 21 frets, made of plywood as far as i can tell, 3 singles (shit ones.) Its got a pretty standard tremolo bar too. The headstock is like a normal strat only a bit wider, the bride is pretty standard, normal tuners too. i got it in a pack with dodgy 15 watt frontman, plys a gig bag and some cables. yeah its got plenty of features i spose, so 6

ok. This guitar was fine when i started out and didnt really care what i sounded like as long as i had a guitar. But now i know a little more, it's really no good for me. the sound is really thin and whiny, sounds almost synthetic somehow with distortion. i use a boss ds 1 pedal and an old school wah from ebay, it sounds fair bodgy. i think its got alot to do with the amp too. I spose you can get a fair variety of sound, neck pickup can give you a decent bluesy sound, while the others all have their decent points. I almost always use the neck or bridge in conjunctiuon with the middle however, cos either of them by themselves has waaaay too much buzz. They hum more than an abo in an electric fence. Anyway, its fair shit

yeah the guitar really didnt have any bad problems, the finish was ok, pickups were alligned good, the tuners arent bad either. The only problem was a loose input jack, which had to be constantly tightened. other than that, twas ok

ah its pretty shit
the strap buttons are ok, the finish is still fine after a year and 3 months, the hardware as i said is ok. However i wouldnt gig with it cos it sounds like shit, i always borrow guitars, gonna get a new one soon. this is strictly a practice guitar

been playing a year and a bit, if it was stolen i wouldnt repleace it. I dont really regret getting it, because it was cheap and it worked for me. It holds a special place in my heart and i dont think ill ever sell it or give it away, cos its the guitar i found my feet on. If some coon stole it id run him down and take his nuts and attach them to the headstock as a trophy.

Your basic strat features. 3 single coils, 5 way selector switch, large 70's tyle headstock, standard bridge, etc. the only thing i was dissappointed in was the pickguard... one ply... makes it look kinda amatuerish. when the bridge is loosened a little you can do dive bombs with the whammy bar, and it stays in tune pretty well.

i'm more of a humbucker man, the single coils that came stock just weren't enough. i replaced the bridge pickup with a seymour duncan hot rails pickup. heavy. but for what came stock on it, i didn't like.

great action. best i've found on ANY fender made guitar. nice smooth playing neck. standard finish. black with white pickguard. rosewood fretboard.

this guitar seems pretty durable, although, it hasn't been tested adequately yet.

been playing 9 years, just got rid of a fender american strat because this one plays just as well, if not better, than the fender. and, since this guitar is so affordable i would definately replace it if stolen, although, not sure if i got a special guitar out of the squier bunch or what. love it's playability, smoothness (billy d. williams), and sound now that i improved the pickups. i hate the fact that this is the cheapest guitar anyone can buy at any guitar store, and it doesn't really seperate me from the crowd. but you can't beat the feel.

Just your standard strat setup. Solid body, 3 single coils, 5 way switcher, 22 frets.

Sounds good for a beginner guitar. I personally like to play it through the bridge pickup, it has a nice bright sound. Anywhere else and it tends to get muddy.

I had a few sour frets, and had to adjust it some, but other than that no comlaints really.

The strap falls off the buttons all the time. It fell off it's stand once and two frets broke. This is not what one would call a quality guitar. The low E string has a problem with staying in tune.

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I've been playing this guitar for three years due to a lack of cash. I need to get a job, and I'm getting a car, so money's a little tight and I'll just have to ride this guitar out until I have money for a better one. For all intents and purposes, it suits me very well. I would not buy another one and it's still broken and not worth repairing in my eyes. Any repairs would be worth more than the guitar. Great guitar for the beginner, but once you get going with it, it's not so good anymore.

Standard Strat features, made in Indonesia, not sure of year. Alder body, which is nice as opposed to poplar, 3 single coil pickups, magnetic blades under the pole pieces, tremelo, rosewood neck.

For a beginner guitar, very good. I bought this guitar to modify as funds are a question and I liked the alder body. Actually the guitar plays nicely, and despite the cheap pickups, the sound isn't really that bad. I plan on installing better pickups soon. The thinner body acutally helps as it keeps that nice strat treble bite, despite the rosewood neck.

Bought at a pawn shop, it needed a setup as well as new strings.

Seems pretty solid.

I give it a good rating as the guitar is actually quite playable, with the modifications I plan on doing, I feel this is going to be a fun guitar to use.

Mine was purchased around 2001, made in Indonesia. There are 21 frets, thin neck. S/S/S pickups, most strats are. The 5 way pickup selector is very noisy. Positions 1/3/5 are noisy, 2 and 4 aren't bad (I'm assuming that is standard for most S/S/S guitars). Pickups are stock pickups from either Fender or Squier. I'd like to replace the pickups when I can afford. I think the body is alder. The tuners aren't the best, one day I may replace them. The tremelo sucks, it detunes the guitar pretty easily. The input jack rattled the first few weeks of owning it. I tightened that up and is fine now.

The sound lacks the higher treble and lower bass. Right now I have 9 guage EB's on them, I plan on switching to a heavier guage soon (Hopefully that'll help the sound). I play the blues, Beatles, Rolling Stones. The guitar suits that style pretty nicely.

The action on this thing is incredible. The pickups were setup pretty good.

The guitar seems like it'll withstand the test of time. I have never dropped it nor treated it badly, though I haven't cared for it like I should a guitar. I changed the strap buttons to strap locks. I would use this guitar as a backup. It's rather reliable, except for the tuners which can be inconsistent.

I have had no problems that needed customer support.

I would buy this guitar again if it were ever stolen or lost. I like it's great action and ease of playing. I strongly dislike the tremolo bar, but that's alright (I keep mine off). I didn't have much money at the time of buying it (still don't) and didn't both comparing it to many other guitars. I have played a few Les Pauls, a few American Strats, and a couple Ibanez. This guitar does compare with the $700+ range.

22 frets, vol and 2 tone dials, candy apple red, strat, string thru body bridge, non locking big, gumpy tuners, got a gig bag with it

Not so great. I played my dads mexican fender strat and now hate my squier. Doesn't stay in tune, shorts out, puts a lot of extra hum through my amp. The only thing I really like is the bridge on my squier is better than what comes on a mexican fender strat and not much worse than that of an american fender strat.

The bridge is nice. The tuning pegs are just not very good looking, too big. The pick up switch shorts out frequently. I have heard all squiers have short problems with the wiring. Easy to fix though just take your pick guard off and resauder. Also, the guitar is awckward feeling to hold compared to other strats.

Never could you play this live! Hardware has lasted the two months I've had it so far and the kid i got it from had it for a year with no troubles. The finish is good and the strap buttons are sturdy. Never would I gig with this just do to poor sound quality. It has shorts in the wiring or pickup switch.

haven't dealt with them

Not a great guitar. I've been playing just a month and already i can tell all the flaws. Pay the extra few hundred bucks to move into a mexican strat because you wont want to keep this guitar very long and you'll end spending money again.

Pretty sure it's and Affinity (for some reason they sanded off the series name and the country it was made in). Blue w/ white pickguard. 3 single-coil pickups. I got it for free. My mom picked it up and gave it to me. Don't know how much she payed for it. I guess it has all the features that a Strat should have.

I mostly play rock or blues. Sound is good to me. I run it through a Boss DS-1 into a Crate GFX-20. I get real bright sound from the bridge pickup and real crunchy distortion. I use the bridge and middle pickups together and mess with the tone knobs a little to try and get that "Hendrix-type" sound. The neck pickup can be used for some lead stuff. Just depends on what ya like.

The setup was bad when I got it, but that was kind of a good thing. Learned how to do the setup my self. Action was way too high. Pickups were too low. Slight truss rod adjustment too. Wouldn't stay in tune. Intonation was way off. After I adjusted everything (action, pickups, neck) it is great. The guitar player in my band couldn't beleive how easy it is to play now. Stays in tune really well for me and I really like to bend the strings.

I have a kid and it still works. Enough said.

Haven't dealt with them.

Got my 1st guitar when I was 16 and just messed around with it. Mostly played acoustic up until 2 years ago. As for the guitar, if it was stolen I would probably try to get an American Strat. I love it because it suits my needs right now. As much as I love SRV and Hendrix i'm not quite at that level yet, so this guitar is fine for me. If you can get one for around $100, I would pick it up if you didn't have anything else. As for value, I get it a 10. Mine was FREE!