My wife bought me a Squier Affinity Strat for Christmas last year. Perfect right out of the box. Sounds and plays great! It’s now my number one. $249 guitar. I haven’t changed a single thing about it and I’m not going to.

My favorite tuners as well! No more finger/string poke injuries🤘🏼

gorgeous guitar. i only bought and played fenders, never even touching squier up until the day i once saw that beautiful double-bound cv tele and it straight-up outplayed all the fenders they had in store at the time (except for the custom shop stuff maybe). don't fall for what it says on the headstock. these guitars are absolute bangers and i'm almost hoping that 90 percent of people will stay gear snobs cause then all the good squiers will be mine muahahahaha. also it's all about what's in your fingers anyway. also: superb video, fine tuned humor. i love it. you got yourself a new sub.

New to guitar, currently have an acoustic but have a squier affinity on the list so these videos are great. Cheers.

Dude, before reading the description I was trying to find that guitar somewhere, I was confused, now i see that these are your mods. i am looking forward to build something similar.

Keep it !!! I have a Squier infinity..love it ..beautiful guitar

@jasujokelainen5073

Ай бұрын

Affinity?

Absolutely superb video. Im sorely tempted but my soldering skills are rusty to say the least, but maybe an Obsidian loaded pickguard is the way to go ? Excellent

Keep it!!! 😀 It looks and sounds fantastic! Seriously! I have the same Fender Player Telecaster you had ( in polar white ). I love the guitar, especially the pickups, but I have to do something with the sharp fret ends. I should have sent it back to Gak and exchanged it at the time. Love your channel mate, best guitar channel on KZread. I watched some of your older videos yesterday on building your studio, a really great watch. What an amazing job!! You should be massively proud of that! Cheers buddy 😀👍🏻

@postoffice146

2 ай бұрын

But fixing the fret ends yourself is less work than it is sending it back.

I have the same guitar, swapped the pickups for Fokin Classic S. Best sounding strat tone of all of mine expensive strats. Give it a go, they aren't that expensive for a set. That CV will never leave my hands

Iv got the sunburst one of these and love it! The only slight gripe is that mine weighs a tone but considering how good it feels and sounds (all stock) I'll defo be keeping it!

Squiers are so good these days. I got a dirt cheap squier sonic tele last week and the frets are perfectly level! I paid 160 euro for it 😂

Do you remember the Custom Shop designed Squier series? I can't recall what year they came out but they are by far the best Squier series I've ever played. Haven't seen one for sale in around ten years but yours has very similar appointments.

Nice that you got a good one. Every single example of any 40th anniversary instrument at my local Guitar Center has been atrocious for going on two years now! Bad necks, pickup buzz, weird rattles . . . just felt like absolute garbage. Eventually I got a Vintera II Nocaster and have been really impressed.

@bluwng

2 ай бұрын

Half of that sounds like it can come from setup are you sure it was a hardware fault? How was the feel/ playability between Vinterra & 40th anniversary.

I have one on that finish. Used for $116 USD. I dropped some silver sky SE pick ups in that I had laying about.

definitely want to see the comparison of trem blocks

I brought an Amazon pro 2 as a 40th bday present, I then played a squire jazz master a few months later, it might have been a dud but it felt awful in comparison, now my Harley Benton gotoh and vintage v100 are a joy to play still

@FA-nl5fi

2 ай бұрын

Squier Jazzmaster require neck shims break angle is crap out of the box

If you do sell it, you should definitely sell it to me! I'd use this as my main guitar. Looks and sounds awesome!

Im with you, i think. I just cannot justify paying the xtra money for a fender. The classic vibe squier’s are just so good. Im going to change the pickups and tuners anyway, so even after i change them, ill still have less money in it. I dont care about the name on the headstock. I do want to try the 40th version tho.

i think you should try the Squier Strat SE. Its well built but the pickups are meh. Others are just amazing. Would like to see you guys play it one day.

i have the same guitar , i replaced the pickguard for a white plastic one , it made the guitar sound a lot brighter ( more high end indeed ) , it's a keeper for sure , no need for an mim or usa fender strat anymore . Maybe one day i will upgrade the tuners , brigde and pots /switch , but i am in no hurry , it's a great guitar as is .

@PherotoneStudios

3 ай бұрын

Love this. We’re doing a video soon on pick guard materials because I’m sure metal ones have an impact. A couple of people like yourself have said they’ve changed to plastic and it improved the tone too

@antoonhermans8953

3 ай бұрын

@@PherotoneStudios yes indeed , i saw some more comments in other vids about this guitar that the sound really improved when they replaced the aluminium pick guard for a plastic one , so that got me thinking and i also did not like the looks of the original pick guard , so yeah , happy now , the pu's don't need upgrading they sound great .

They have modern split top tuners that drop right in. I have them on all my Fenders

I have the discontinued Squier Deluxe Strat and it's perfect. Imo all their $300+ models are really good quality

@PherotoneStudios

11 күн бұрын

Noticeably. Easily as good as the Fender Player series

Where are you finding them these days? They seemed sold out.

you should try halfround or flatround strings because your sliding your fingers on the strings making a sound. It gets rid of it. I tried them and it works.

I have American Stratocaster steel block pickups on my Standard Stratocaster (Squier) and they definitely ring out very nicely over the normal zinc. Fyi, theres no such thing as a 40th anniversary Squier Classic vibe.

Keep!!

Yes, very good guitar. But the 40th Ann's aren't moving. Used CV's are available for $240. Pretty amazing.

Had to subscribe off of this video alone. Great content!

@PherotoneStudios

3 ай бұрын

Thanks mate. We’ve got some really good stuff coming too, so it’ll be a great year

Looked inside my player plus Nashville Telle and can confirm it comes with a treble bleed so just putting that out there.

@ranman58635

Ай бұрын

And you payed 700 too much for it. I do these mods but no way do they make a guitar worth what you paid I'm sure. 🤔

@aussiecue

Ай бұрын

@@ranman58635 You think I bought it for a $1 part? Fuck wit.

Can't find one with a white pick guard

Agree 100% from a bass guitar point of view. Got a used Squire 40th Anniversary P bass best player I have . Better than my Fender player PJ jag and way better than 75th anniversary Jazz . The frets were horrible. 2 hours to file and level frets. The Squire is perfect, satin neck and frets perfect. Stock pick ups were nice but threw in some Geezer Butler EMGs and with my driver sounds like a 2000 dollar bass. I paid $219 US on Musicians Friend.

i wanted one of these but i already own 7 strats so....😢

Metal pickguard acts like an antenna it is a magnet for RF noise.

@PherotoneStudios

2 ай бұрын

Got a video coming soon on this. I don’t like metal pick guards

What do you mean we are ridiculous 😂

@jasujokelainen5073

Ай бұрын

You are Ridiculous?

The best squire Stratocaster is actually a used Fender Mexican strat which you can get for the same price or less on used marketplaces

@Organic_ape

2 ай бұрын

Find yourself a Japanese Squier Stratocaster Silver Series. It has incredibly comfortable 50s body and neck and even comes with Gotoh tuners. Genuinely vintage guitar for not that much money. Love mine, keeping it. Upgraded its pots to a custom made set and added Texas Special pickups. It's a serious musician's instrument now.

Splitpost tuners are the best

Keep that & sell the Player 👍

Of course you have to keep it haha

The player colours are broing so you buy the player plus of full american, at least theyre not as stupid as eppiphone and gibson prices

Wtf I just ordered this😭😭 same spec lmfao

Rasta is sponsored by Fender, all things considered. 🤔

Well, can’t sell that….

Man… please tuning strings. and too much reverb. Do we hear guitar or effects? 🤯

Don't sell it!!!! 😢

@PherotoneStudios

3 ай бұрын

It sold yesterday 😭

The fender tuners will fit the squier? Nah, just won’t.

Naw humbuckers look ugly On a strat