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I think for the price this is a great guitar, but as I said earlier it is only good for begginers and once you get better you are probably going to want a better guitar.

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I really like this guitar. It is perfect for me. If you ever fancy modding a guitar start with a strat. Turn a mediocre strat into a beast that will make purists spit at their vintage Fenders!

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A great buy! A great playing guitar! If you like the looks of '70s strats and want to save loads of hard earned cash, this is the guitar for you! I've had the "real thing" and think the Affinity series are as good if not better. I've encountered the same problems with the Squires as I have with the Fenders. Just like any guitar, you have to know what to look for and pick the best one. To choose Squire or Fender is more a matter of preference. Do you like higher or lower output pickups? Do you like it heavy or light? Staggered or flush poles on the pickups? You have to get over thinking that if it says Fender on the headstock it is going to be better. Squire will always have an uphill battle for credibility among profesional musicians. The Affinity series Strat (made in China, not Indonesia)is a well made, good sounding and playing guitar. And it's only $149.99! Suggestion: Increase the selection of finishes (LOVE the gold finish!)

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might want to soup up another one with lace sensors,the basic guitar plays so awesome when you upgrade the electronics man it makes you just want to keep playing.

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I will probably have the product for about a year before looking for new.I would probably get a fender as the quality is a bit better.

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I purchased it as a project guitar, I don't have the funds nowadays to spend a grand or more on a fender standard strat or to build a strat from scratch ( body,neck,tuners, pups and so on) Right out of the box it looked awesome in metallic red with the maple neck, the pick ups even though they are squire it will still sound like a strat just weak but that didn't matter to me I plan on putting in either Fender Custom Shop ’69 Stratocaster pickups or Fender Custom Shop Texas Special Strat Pickups, I already changed the pots to Fender 500k and black knobs, not sure if I will change the tuners the stock tuners they have no slop in them and they stay in tune, I did hard tail the bridge I don't need the tremolo bar to work backward plus it greatly helps keep it in tune and lessens string breakage. The neck was perfect no cheese grader effect from the side of the frets just nice and smooth, great action, I priced out all my parts I want to change out and is still less than a Fender mim strat even counting the cost of the guitar itself I will end up with a comparative $1000 strat for less than half the price. But right out of the box it is defiantly a decent guitar the only thing I would suggest is to hard tail it it will take about 5 minutes to do, if you don't know how to do this just search on YouTube " how to hard tail a stratocaster " your guitar will stay in tune a lot better and you won't be breaking strings all the time. Hope this helps if your looking for that real strat look and sounding guitar. PS if you wan't to get a Hendrix, Trower or SRV tones with out having to buy a bunch of pedals pick up a Peavey vypyr VIP series amp they have a ton of effects even the VIP1, it's on sale all the time around $99 very affordable and the volume dose go to 11 lol

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I'm on a tight budget and wanted that strat sound for playing Jimi Hendrix, Robin Trower, Stevie Ray Vaughan and newer Eric Clapton.(i own a 2014 Gibson USA SG special and a 2012 Epiphone Les Paul Traditional pro limited edition) I saw this S.S.S. pup Squire Affinity at Zzounds for a hella good price and picked it up as a project guitar, I didn't want to pay $250 for a fender body and $250 for a neck then the cost of pups and hardware it would have been the same price as a mim fender strat standard. I opened the box on the squire the setup (china) was right on to fenders specs, the frets were smooth no cheese grader effect, the machine heads (tuners) are tight no slop at all and once I hard tailed the Tremolo Bridge it stays in tune forever and a day. So far I've changed the volume and tone pots to fender 500K ($7.00 each $21.00 for all 3) The stock pups are not too bad and you do get that fender tone, I do plan on changing the pups but I still haven't made up my mind if i'm going to go with Custom Shop Custom '69 Strat Pickups, or Fender Texas Specialâ„¢ Strat Pickups either way a set of 3 from fender is only $249.99 so the squire was right around $150.00 + $21.00 for the pots and new pups will be $250, my total cost to do my project Strat is going to be less than $450.00. If you are a beginner or on a budget like me and want a real strat I would say hell yeah pick one up. I love the metallic red body with the maple neck and totally stock this guitar this guitar plays very well and sounds pretty dam good

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I'm a beginner and bought the Squier Affinity Strat on the advice of my cousin "String". He has played for over fourty years and started his career at eighteen years old playing with Ronnie Van Zant and the original Lynyrd Skynyrd band. Prior to leaving the music store, he had the guitar technician restring it with D'Addario EXL110 strings, lower the action, adjust the bridge and bridge springs, file the fret ends smooth to the fingerboard, and correct the intonation on several strings. "String" says it plays and sounds as good as any Fender Stratocaster he's ever picked. I wouldn't know the difference, but if it's that good to him after some minor tweaking, it's plenty good enough for me!!!

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I recently picked up an Indonesian Squier,Affinity built in 2012...superb craftsmanship. I had a chance to compare to a few Chinese ones and was not impressed with them. I have mine set up exclusively for jazz. I changed the tuners to Grovers and will be changing the front pickup to a Kent Armstrong classic rails. I will also probably swap out the electronics but for now it is fine. While this guitar is inexpensive and great for beginners it can also be used by old pros like myself once set up a bit.

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i would think if you wanted a basic guitar that didn't need to last too long this is the one. If you want a good wearin one.... keep lookin

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i think it will be probably 3or4 years before i want something else. it sounds good and i a great deal. if i wanted something else it would probably be a tele or les paul. but this is a great strat and i think it would be a while before i would want a new one.

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I bought 2 of these Affinity models for my sons (who are beginners). The other Affinity was a tele model and the review I wrote for that was very negative. I just want to make myself clear here that what I expect in an entry level guitar, from a "big box company" like Fender is for the guitar, at least, (at the very least), needs to be playable. You can give me a plywood body, questionable electronics, even flaws in the finish but FOR PETE'S SAKE, DON'T CUT CORNERS ON THE NECK! When I have to spend hours cutting fret wire, leveling, beveling, polishing, smoothing the back of neck, setting relief, setting intonation..........It makes this guitar neither playable nor a value. I can't believe Fender puts their name on this product.

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I did repair/custom work and sales at a major retailer in the US. During Christmas time, of course we get a lot of kids looking to start up guitar. Understandably, the parents don't want to spend much money on something the kid may never pick up. In this case (or in the case that you just don't have much money to spend), I would look into the Ibanez Gio series. Decent enough that Ibanez still puts their name on it (not "Gio by Ibanez"). They run from 100-200 bucks, and you'll get better sound, better feel, better quality. I hated selling people Squiers. I knew they weren't getting their money's worth, and I knew I'd have to be working on it sooner or later. If you have some extra money, I'd get a Mexican Standard. Just stay away from these.

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