Product: Fender Squier Venus
Price Paid: US $450
Submitted
04/26/1998
at
05:41pm
by
A Romero
Features
:
9
Japan made solid basswood body. Comes with a long scale maple neck with a 22 fret bound rosewood fret board with dot markers with a very stylish diagonal cut at the end where it meets the body. It has a neck single coil and bride humbucker with a three way toggle switch and only a volume pot. It comes in black and seafoam green with matching headstock, but I found it in killer sunburst. It is a slab body with slight conyour in the butt. It has an offset butt and is a double cut aways. Comes with a gig bag. It has a tune-o-matic bridge with strings through the body arranged in sort of a fan arrangement. You have to see it. It's beautiful.
Sound
:
10
Very quiet humbucker and usually noisy single coil. I play punk, alternative and the occassional pop song through a long effects chain. It is great with a special tone unlike any other guitar.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
7
The guitar came set-up from the store. The finish is very nice and the smaller refined headstock complements a very beautiful styling. The only big, big defect: It came with a bowed set-neck. I do guitar work and set-up my guitars but this one I just couldn't set up. I took it to my guitar tech to find out the fret slots were too wide for the fret wire. We had to do a partial refreting job from the 12th fret to the 22nd and shave some of the fingerboard and binding off. After this, the guitar has behaved beautifully.
Reliability/Durability
:
9
It is very versatile and easy to play for it has a wide, chunky neck. I replaced the humbucker for a DiMarzio Air bucker and sounds great. I always replace the strap buttons for Schallers.
Customer Support
:
10
I like to do my own work but have contacted them in numerous occasions for schematics and list parts and they are very helpful.
Overall Rating
:
10
This is a great guitar. I don't know if any other person had the same neck problem I had but a local retailer that sells them told they have had no problems. I would recommend this guitar to those who want a chunky guitar neck with versatility. Some people say that they want a tone control, but I like it with just a volume pot. It is a beautiful simple guitar you have to see and try out.
